At times, this presents a problem. Because I care about my work here so much, I often hold Thrashpit to a standard on par with professional publications despite the fact it is labor of love done for fun. Thrashpit has no profit, no paid positions and (in this internet age of ours) increasingly few material benefits. Despite this, I look forward to writing for it as often as possible. Sadly, there comes a time when that same standard I (along with my staff) staff strives for must be applied critically towards some mistake that has been made.

This is one of those times. In an interview my brother Matt Hensch did a while back with Seventh Servant’s vocalist/guitarist John Greely, I mistakenly added an extra vowel to his name and misidentified him as the guitarist/vocalist of Iced Earth in 1992 when in fact he was just the vocalist. Speaking in the professional sense, it is a mistake no serious music publication should make and a horribly careless one at that. Speaking in the personal sense, it is an embarrassing gaffe, the likes of which I wish I would have caught.

Either way, the damage has been done. Though the facts have been corrected, the original article was a great disservice to John. With all this in mind, I would like to formally apologize to Mr. John Greely and beg his forgiveness. Beyond this, I call on him to place none of the blame on my talented younger brother/staff reporter Matt Hensch as this was my sole mistake. Last but not least, I hope he will recognize not only my sloppiness but my passion for music, perhaps someday letting us go again for round two.

I apologize profusely to Matt, John, my publisher Keavin and all the readers who caught my mistake before I did. I promise I will try my hardest not to let it happen again.

Sincerely,

Mark Hensch
Editor of Thrashpit.com 

Publisher's Note: Mark has been the editor of Thrashpit for over three years and this is the first time a mistake like this has been made and a correction to a published article has been needed. That should tell you something about the quality that he and his staff of writers strive for because that is virtually unheard of in publishing. (Just take a look at the "corrections" in the New York Time during any given week to see how perfect the "paper of record" is). In the rush and excitement to get something to press sometimes honest mistakes can be made. It's just the nature of the beast. I told Mark that I didn't feel his statement was really needed. He caught the mistake rather quickly and had it corrected. But it just shows you the level of integrity he has and the high standards he holds for himself and anything he is associated with. Like Thrashpit's big sister publication antiMusic, this is a labor of love and of passion but I have to tell you that Mark has brought to it a level or professionalism beyond what you will find in even the most "professional" of music publications. I just felt that since Mark felt the need to issue his apology, I would take the opportunity to publicly commend Mark and everyone associated with Thrashpit for a job well done that has gone far beyond the call of duty. I'm honored to publish their hard work and proud of everything they have done. Most publishers would kill to have talented writers of this caliber. Their passion and their integrity shine through in everything they do and they have created a publication that metal fans can trust to be honest, thoughtful, informative and ultimately authoritative. So let's not let one single mistake take away from the years of exceptional work Mark and his crew have done here. 

Keavin Wiggins
Publisher of the antiMusic Network
 

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