Thieving Dogz, TD II & You Are Here, Right Where They Want You.

 Thieving Dogz was originally named Hand Over Fist, before being informed that a Black Sabbath cover band (Hanover Fist) had made it all but impossible for any band to legally hold a similar name, and they were prepared to defend their trademark status. The first album was quickly pulled from the marketplace and with a new name (inspired by something said by my brother Richard Arnold) and a new logo, Thieving Dogz (1999-2005) was born. 

 Jon Sympson of Sioux Falls, South Dakota was producer of the first album, as well as guitar, vocals, guitar Synthesizer and shared songwriting duties. These works were out of print for more than a decade, with ChameleonJAM Multimedia currently searching out the best surviving recordings for re-release, anticipated to be July 14th, 2023 for the 1st album. 

I was the primary producer on TD II, while Jon produced the gaggle of songs that followed, perhaps an EP's worth that were never released as an album, but we had a tentative title and art for it. It was to be called "You are Here, Right Where They Want You." With the exception of tracks that were recorded as a demo for The Jimmy Arnold Band in a Virginia Beach studio in 2002, that was the entirety of our catalog. This logo was designed by Jon and those songs were performed live in the studio. The single of "How Blue Can You Get?" that was released in 2017 came from the same session. The song features Jon (center) on lead guitar, Walter Barnes (Right) on Bass and Joe Smith, Jr (Left) on Drums. Wearing what was my ubiquitous headband, that is me, front and center. I had the lead vocal and Organ on that song. A few years later Jon returned to South Dakota and formed The Sheltering Sky, before reuniting with an earlier band of renown there, M-80. He was also involved in Avant Garde music video in the last few years of his life. Jon H. Sympson transitioned from this rhelm in February 2017 and is missed by fans and artists alike, the world over.