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For those of you who are wondering here’s an update on what we’ve been up to:
For the past six months or so our main focus has been writing new music for a future release. As of right now we have six songs together along with several half written songs that will either be made into future classics or shit sandwiches. For our own enjoyment we’ve tentatively titled some of the finished songs after inside jokes (as we usually do) like our song “I made Ripper Cry.” This title comes from an incident on our 2002 tour when Jamie made our tour manager Ripper cry. It’s a longer story then that but if I told you it wouldn’t be an inside joke anymore (plus its not that interesting). If you were at any of our last few shows you may of heard the song as well as “Novelty” which were the first post “Clearing the Channel” songs to be put together. While these two aren’t a very far departure from the past music we’ve assembled, other songs like “Greenlight” go in a bit of a different direction. More then ever before we’ve really been experimenting with looking at the writing process differently. This includes not only rethinking song structure but also the instrumentation in the band. Not all of our “experiments” have worked out but others have. A good example of this would be one of our half written songs where instead of playing guitar Tony plays keyboards. Nothings final yet but if our thought process continues down this path you can certainly expect some new sides of the band to be shown with our next release.
Stay tuned for more news on the writing process as we head into the studio in 2007.
Here’s another video via YouTube featuring the song “Identity Theft” set to people playing Paintball. The song was featured on the 2005 XBOX game, “Greg Hastings’ Tournament Paintball”. I did play paintball once. It was fun. The paintballs hurt me. Thanks rocxtreme!!
B) Hot day in the middle of a center city Madison Street.
C) Thousands of feathers needed to be cleaned off the stage before our set because the opening band ripped up pillows on the stage during their set.
D) An extended version of “The Silent Acquiescence of Millions” was played to close the show. The only problem was Jamie forgot and walked off the stage at the part we normally end the song. He walked right off the stage and into our van not realizing we were still playing. The rest of us finished the song. Tony finished the vocals.
E) Last show of our first ever tour. Lots of pictures and goodbyes with our tour mates Epidemic and A Color Red. Felt good to end a poorly attended two-month tour on such a high note. We still talk to some of the guys who were in Epidemic. I have no idea what happened to A Color Red. All good guys.
F) In a hurry to get home to celebrate Jay’s birthday we ran into problems driving home. On an Indiana highway we pull over because Tony isn’t feeling well. He steps out of the van only to pass out and fall on his face. I can still hear our guitar tech yelling at Tony as he watched him crash on to the pavement…Eating at gas stations for breakfast, lunch and dinner finally caught up to one of us. The next several hours were spent at a nearby hospital while Tony was checked out. We resume our quest home as the sun rises. Never did make it back in time for Jay’s birthday….
Apparently Jim Morrison and Michael Hutchence talked to a psychic about their "controversial deaths" and the "many myths that surround them" and she put all of it into this book.
