CONTRA COSTA TIMES; 8/25/1999:
COUNT DANTE MADE IT TO THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER!!! Just think -- everyone from Antioch to Pleasant Hill to Concord to Walnut Creek got to see Count Dante getting his face raked across the top rope by El Homo Loco on the morning of August 25, 1999 as they sat down to drink their morning coffee. Read the story where CC Times Columnist Joe Garofoli puts over the Count's tremendous ringside political commentary!!! Click to see item.

San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 25, 1998
TWO LIVE
A rave review of Count Dante and the Black Dragon Fighting Society's epic success seminar submission fighting stage show! Click to see item.

REALITY CHECK TV
Count Dante is a frequent guest on this San Francisco Cable extravaganza of sleaze! Huge, Ace, Dave and Danny have televised the Count ranting in a drunken stupor, playing an extended bass solo, and wrestling El Homo Loco! Catch Reality Check Saturday Nights at 11:30pm on San Francisco cable channel 29 and you never know when you will catch The Count!
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EVENING MAGAZINE; KPIX Ch. 5, SAN FRANCISCO:
Count Dante and the lucha warriors of Incredibly Strange Wrestling have appeared a record three times on this local entertainment show. A healthy chunk of their last ISW segment from November sweeps 2000 was devoted to Dante and his ISW co-host Alan Bolte! Click to see item.

YOU'VE GOTTA SEE THIS; FOX SPORTS NET:
Count Dante, El Pollo Diablo, Macho Sasquatcho and Super Pulga were all featured on this Fox Sports bloopers and oddities show. You know you have made it when you are on a TV show sandwiched in between speedboats flipping over and bulls goring rodeo clowns! Also featured on this episode were women who wrestled in creamed corn and Turkish grapplers who slather their hairy bodies in olive oil and reach into their opponent's pants to score a takedown.

FIRST CUT; KRON Ch. 4, SAN FRANCISCO:
The Count's first epic TV appearance! It must have been good too because KRON and their cable outlet Bay TV have run the segment hundreds of times to date! Click to see the online version of this segment.

Santa Monica Mirror: Grooves, July 13, 2000:
Round Town
Count Dante & The Black Dragon Fighting Society at The Garage. What stands six feet four, belts it out like nobody's business and sings hits like "Beware The Wonder Bra," and "Kung Fu Rock & Roll Success Seminar" with the fury and gusto of a gorilla chasing his mate? Why it's Count Dante! He owes quite a bit to the shenanigans of rockabilly wrestling pioneer Johnny Legend for paving the way, but he still kicks butt, kung-fu-matic style!

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT "THE DEADLIEST MAN ALIVE,"
THE HOT NEW RELEASE FROM COUNT DANTE AND THE BLACK DRAGON FIGHTING SOCIETY!!!

LOOKOUT FOR A GOOD SHOW: The Hi-Fives and the Mr. T Experience -- two of the best bands on Berkeley punk label Lookout Records -- are coming to Abernathy's in Walnut Creek on Saturday, along with the hard rock guru of motivational speaking, Count Dante. Abernathy's is at 1411 Locust St., Walnut Creek. Call 925-934-9490 for more details. THE LEGEND IS GROWING LIKE A RAGING FOREST FIRE: Speaking of our friend, Count Dante -- master of San Francisco's Incredibly Strange Wrestling, rock band leader, martial arts expert and financial wizard -- is turning up in the pages of Details magazine this month. In a "shtick" rock, the Count is among six acts profiled, including one singer masquerading as an evil troll and another who dresses as Abe Lincoln. The exposure will hopefully further the Count's quest for world dominance through karate and solid financial planning. --Tony Hicks: Contra Costa Times, December 17, 1999.

"Your motivational Kung-Fu rock mastery truly has impacted my pathetic, software-engineering existance." --Dave Rusconi Engineer, Epigraphx

***COUNT DANTE AND THE BLACK DRAGON FIGHTING SOCIETY "The Deadliest Man Alive"
Yes, I was once just a lonely loser, I had no direction, no life. I'd just come home everyday and turn on the most accessible lite-rock station available to me on the radio machine until, until... until I found Count Dante, the deadliest man alive, the most incredible and amazingly charismatic man I've ever met, or experienced. He got me up on my feet and out on the street, I stopped eating cockroaches and now I have a dog. I don't get any chicks yet but one day I know I will- all because of this wonderful, no, incredible man and his potent rock; Count Dante' and The Black Dragon Fighting Society. Ed "Zen Machine" Faine, some of his titles include drums, eye gauging, and financial planning. Andy "The Beast" Davis, his titles include guitar and he's a master of his own style. This triumvirate of men help to create the powerful charge of Rock n' Roll you experience with songs such as "Speed Queen" a driving bass, pounding drums, and commanding vocal, 4 to the Floor Rock style. Then there's my all time favorite "Redwood City Rock City", and of course I can't forget the song I relate to most, "Driven by Demons" or "Beware the Wonder Bra". So get your copy of this powerful new record, become a Martial Arts Millionaire by utilizing the Count Dante' Dynamic System for Self Defense and Personal Success, just beware the warnings of the Mandamus enclosed. --Adam Moskovitz, Primal Chaos Online

"I cruised down to the Bottom Of The Hill to catch the CD release party for Count Dante's new audio CD...The Deadliest Man Alive! You all know the Count as the host of Stinky's Peepshow and from Incredibly Strange Wrestling. The show was attended by your favorite folk from Stinky's as well as the curious public. The Count put on a rousing show featuring cuts from the new CD. I especially dug the songs 'Speed Queen' (anyone who has lived in Lower Haight Street gets this one!) and 'Redwood City Rock City'! Hilarious! The CD has great Artwork and a photo of the Count with our own Suzy Ming! Hurry! As The Count would say, run, run like the wind to buy this CD!" --Huge, Reality Check (Cable Channel 53, San Francisco)

"The period of the llth Century was known as the "Golden Age of Ninjitsu." and the Black Dragon Fighting Society is realized; as the sands of time journey through the hour glass we find the "Golden Age of Ninjitsu" metamorphasize into the "Age of Deadly Collar Holds and Bass Pickin' as the internationally renowned Count Dante (star of ISW and an awe inspiring motivational speaker) searches out and reforms the musical claw of the Black Dragon Fighting Society (guitar and drums). Purportedly so deadly that no label would even consider touching it; Count Dante's deep pockets come to the rescue for the Bay Area rock n' roll trio's DIY debut release. 15 turbid chunks of Elvis/Martial Arts/Trashrock/Go-Go Dancin'/Hofbrau Huffin/Tony Robbins/Kiss inspired rocknroll action. Songs are guaranteed (By the Count himself) to be deadly and probably even stick in your craw for awhile (that's my guarantee). Count Dante says, "You can ride the train or get the hell off, but it's moving real fast and it won't stop until it reaches it's final destination...and that destination is...SUCCESS." Or, you could just pop this silicon tart in the player and press GO. "Full Nelson Riley" (no, not the didjits) to the rescue!" --Jack Soil, KFJC Radio 89.7fm

"Speaking of bands, have you purchased your copy of the new COUNT DANTE & THE BDFS cd release "THE DEADLIEST MAN ALIVE"? It rawks mightily and tirelessly! I'm not sure if my favorite song is "Redwood City, Rock City", "Return of the Claw" or "Rockin'at the Rocker". I would tell you more, but I am afraid of breaking the sacred Mandamus. At $ 9.95 per disc, the 15 songs cost only 0.6633 each, and provide a WEALTH of KNOWLEDGE and FIGHTING PROWESS! I look forward to attending the ROCK N ROLL CD RELEASE SEMINAR next week!" --feelthysword, Count Dante fanclub member and Metal Fan.