The Demo

We recorded the whole thing live in studio at Junior's Motel in Otho, Iowa. Most of the songs were done in one take and there was only a few dubs. It was recorded in the summer of 1996 and mixed a few months later by Joey, Paul and the sound enginer.  I think we had booked 8 hours but due to everyone over sleeping we only had about 6 hours. If I remember it only cost us around $300 or so.

It was a very dirrect and to the point experience. We pertty much just set up, played and listened to the play back and then went on to the next song. The set up was analog and in fact it has a bit of a history with the Beach Boys and a few others in the 70s. Not much thought really went into it, in fact the order of the demo is the order we recored the thing in.

There were only a hundred of these made as far as I know. At one point we were talking about pressing a two song single but due to money problems and just plain old fashion laziness, it never happened. The Demo is sold out and have been for a while. This is about the only place where you will find it.

One of the odd things about the demo is that Paul had broke the top two tuning pegs off his guitar and did the whole thing, including the solos on Johnny Hit & Run Pauline with only the bottom four strings. All the track were recorded with Paul and Joey on guitar, Brian on Bass, Greg on Drums and me on Vocals, except Johnny hit and run which had Joey on Drums and Greg singing the first two verses and me singing the last.

Click on the links below to hear the songs and read a discription and lyrics: