It’s no secret that I am a fan of the Hair Nation channel on SiriusXM. In fact, I rented a house in Mexico for a couple of months and I told the driver who delivered me to the home that I had to run into the abode to make sure that I could get Hair Nation on my phone, and that if not, we were turning around and heading north for the border and ditching the rental.

At times, prior to firing up a Slaughter song on Hair Nation, the DJs will comment that Mark Slaughter is a genuinely good guy who is a pleasure to be around. The first time I heard this, I was elated because like most fans, I like to know that my rock heroes are good peeps. But I already suspected this about Mark because of the interviews I’ve read and watched, and the band’s documentary from 1991 called The Wild Life, which is a must-see. And if you’re a long-time fan like me, you have to see the movie because it brings back memories of a simpler time, plus all of the guys in the band were just so freaking adorable with their enthusiasm and energy for life.

Slaughter’s song “Do Ya Know” always reminds me that many people in this world are asleep…meaning that they don’t know who they are, what they stand for, why they’re here on the planet, or where they’re going in life. While I believe that the vast majority of people are good and have positive intentions, there are some individuals running around our world who don’t seem to understand that how they treat people does matter. People who derive pleasure from being cruel to others, manipulate situations at the expense of others, and refuse to consider how their actions affect those around them don’t seem to understand that we’re all connected. String theory, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics—whatever name you assign to it—has proven that just like a mother’s inexplicable knowledge of her child being in danger, subatomic particles remain deeply connected even when separated by billions of light-years. 

I suspect that Mark Slaughter gets this.