As mentioned in 'The Quickening' blog, we've had a couple of rather busy weekends, starting with Gazastock '08.  Andy and Jane can only speak for the Saturday afternoon into early evening segment of the weekend, but if that was anything to go by, everyone had a great time over the entire weekend while raising money for an extremely worthy cause.  Naturally Q stood out for their lead guitarist and the general moody demeanour of the majority of the band (apart from Hen on drums, who looked like a kid in a sweet shop, which was infectious!), and Three-o were a revelation, definitely worth hanging on to see!

The Maniac recording the following day went... well it went!  Poor Andy and Emlyn are now trawling their way through the tracks to arrange them within an inch of their lives - so keep an eye on the site; we'll be uploading six new tracks imminently!

And finally, the thank yous:

Thanks to Jennie for the spectacular cooked breakfast to keep the band going through all the recording!

Thanks to the hen party who kept us entertained with their karaoke versions of I Will Survive, Mustang Sally, I Love Rock 'n' Roll and other karaoke classics at The Two Brewers while we set up.  (They left before we actually went on and reduced the potential audience by half, but we won't hold it against them!).

Thanks to the Jam Band at Ryan's Bar's jam night in Southborough for letting four-fifths of the Maniacs get up and do a number or two on Sunday!