Insane Gig.

O.K. sometime soon in the middle of the school year Mind the Gap is signed up to play a song in front of 700 people. It's totally insane considering we've only played one BBQ gig in band history but we guess punk is about taking chances. CR is really nervous because he has to sing. We've decided to play "California's Burning" because it's really hardcore and has a strong influence. Soon we are going to get a great voice amp by pulling together some money and for X-mas CR is getting a normal sized amplifier for his guitar (he now has a crappy mini Fender reverb). We were gonna sign up for the SPIN magazine hot pursuit contest thing but it turns out you have to have been playing gigs for a while before being elgible to even try out. The school gig is a pretty big deal though, it's at the Rupert A. Nock middle. It might just be for sixth grade but that's still about 150 people. Also, Daxter had missed alot of band practices which was kind of annoying but we showed him the newest songs and worked on fine tuning "Moak" a little. Everything's sounding good.

Late Night Partying (post by Mail and CR)

You know, staying up late, drinkin tequila (just kidding (just kidding) just kidding) whatever. We're working on lyrics to a song that really celebrates the spirit of the band, It's called "We Can't Even Write a Song". Also there's a sick new almost full hardcore punk song we've been practicing called "Moak" and it's about how the mayor who sucks was elected. By the way from now on we're going to change the template once a month until we run out of templates to change. Just a weird traddition... Here are some sick photos:





-The Distorted Coke!











-CR Watching the Tube!












-C. Bonham Loves Chips!










-An Instant Party

KNUP LATNEMIREPXE (post by c. bonham and CR)

It's "Experimental Punk" (spelled backwards)... a new song we're working on. Have you ever noticed how Nirvana's songs are often really out on tune or "anti-mainstream", unexpected and irrisistible? Well this new song is totally out there and Nirvana inspired. It's got pretty good lyrics that we worked together on. It seems like whenever CR co-writes lyrics with other people in the band the songs turn out better. Rock On!

Rock n' Roll Gets Serious (Since When?!).

We're starting to get truly serious about this band thing. We're putting together money for recording equipment so we can record right out of the basement... mixers, equalizers, speakers, mics, cymbals, amps, and just all the annoying but neccescary crap. We've all decided that a band can lose alot of mojo practicing just once a week on "wednesdays (sounds dorky huh)" so we're expanding practice time. If we don't happen to play on New Year's CR knows about a great club that can be rented out. Then again it might make more sense just to play cafes and battle of the bands'. Also, c. bonham and CR are working on lyrics to a new song about the CA wildfires and it's one of our best songs yet we think. Sorry for the embarrassingly long and repeated gaps of posting. It's hard to remember sometimes.