The band would like to thank Erik "The Voice" Olsen for stepping up to the plate and playing bass for us. It was a lot of work for him to learn all our songs in a few weeks, but he did a great job! Anyone that wants to know where he got his nickname should check him out with his real band, Blu Iris. (Hint: If you never got a chance to see the original Led Zeppelin, see these guys!)

December seems like a lifetime ago. Some changes have been made and Brent has pursued a different musical path and we do wish him well, and Joe is doing the cover band thing and they kick major ass I've been told. I can't wait to see them. Professionally, everyone has gotten so busy that we kinda just put "Confined" on hold, but this show chnged that. We are gonna rock this place as if it's our last show!!! It might be! But the talent when we are together keeps us going. I only hope the guys feel the same. This show for us is BIG at one of the premier clubs in town.

I can't wait to get the ball rolling again but it would't seem right if I didn't take a minute to thank the guys from the bottom of my heart. You commitment to this band has been probably some of the highlights and at times frustrating but we did everything we set out to do. From doing the demo in March, our final line-up change, opening night Doc's, and we did it all on our terms. We played our music first and didn't settle for compromising the integrety that we are a original band. That was what we set out to do and we did that. We learned alot about playing live in diffeent settings in some of the most kick ass club in this city. We had a great year!! The best part is people really do enjoy our music. Those memories I will treasure forever. Thanks so much again!!

Everybody seems tense, but yet content. We have worked our asses off for this. Now we just keep getting better and better. The creative process for new material is starting to flow. One of the guys in the band, who shall remain nameless, penned the lyrics to a very magical song, and it will be huge. Another wrote the music before he even seen the song. I guess the "song writing soulmates" are at it again. A lot of inspirations lately to influence good material at a bad time.

New bookings today reflect that our momentum is going to change. These dates are confirmed.

Nov. 13 - The Rock in maplewood - 93X Nite
Nov. 18 - The Uptown Bar in minneapolis
TBA - The Turf Club in St. Paul

We got a real cool high-profile show comming October 18th at Southside Music Cafe in Burnsville. It is a Saturday afternoon show, from 4:30 - 6pm. A 90 minute, wide open set. However, it is one of those gigs that the club wants to know which band you are coming to see (so they know who to invite back!). Joe is working on a real cool electronic invitation that you can print out to show them at the door. If you plan on attending just one of the four upcoming shows, this show is very important for us. Even though the other guys feel the October 15th show at Doc's is really important too (and could really seal our fate since we're playing that night for one of the top agents in the cities), we would really like to blow the roof off at the Burnsville show.

We ask you again to bring a friend and turn them on to this new band. By the way, if you have any special request for songs you'd like to hear, please email Jason at twister3v@yahoo.com, or send it to our Feedback Section on this site. We will do our best to do it for you at a show. Our set list covers a real wide variety, so let us know. Without you people to play for, we would have no reason to leave our practice space.

We have been in touch with Oar Fin records and they are interested in working on our full length CD. Hopefully our schedules will allow us to have something out by the end of the year. Even though we haven't done much of it as a band, lately our original music is our priority and Joe has material, Steve, Jaon, Lee and Brent all have stuff waiting to surface from the sound of it. It shows a lot of talent in this band.

For those of you who wonder what's going on, please just hang in there. It's right around the corner. A lot of people have been hitting this web site, so we are very anxious to play again. It's starting to make us very tense at practice.

In the interests of keeping him around, I would like to start a campaign to liberate the poor Canadian woman he was going to follow. I say let's remove her from the oppressed life of Canada, and bring her down here! I'm not saying this just because this will keep the band running smoothly, it's because I really care about the poor oppressed citizens of Canada (anyone buying this bullshit?? ... Didn't think so.)

Moving right along (before I wind up on Canada's most wanted list ...), there is some more good news to report. We have two more shows that we will announce tomorrow on the Upcoming Shows page. We just have to get the times nailed down. One will be on Thursday, August 28th at The Rhythm Room in NE Minneapolis. The other will be back at Doc's Landing in October.

Something special is going to happen with this band, and we must go on. We have given him 30 days to reconsider, so let's hope he does! No one can replace him, and we have decided not to pursue another guitar player for now.

On the upside, we got another tune down, and this one is a cover! So, Yes, we can do those too!! We are working on a remake of a kick-ass tune that will blow everybody's mind once they hear it!

The band took a whole week off and just chatted with each other over the phone, which is something this band doesn't do. We have heard talk of us doing a showcase of our own in the near future. We did well at the last show, now we have to make sure we can top it!

Sunday was our first day back to work, and we worked on a couple of new tunes that we will unveil at the next show. Monday was back to hard work (no rest for the weary in this band!).