Where have we been ?

Many people have asked where the band has been these last 6 weeks. Apparently there are some people out there who actually READ this blog. We have been going pretty strong with gigs and practices the last five years culminating in our two Fairmont July 2006 gigs. As a band we pretty much agreed to take the month of August and most of September OFF from gigs to concentrate on other aspects of life in the big city. Let’s face reality…we are not all 25 years old, single with nothing to do except practice every night like we could in the past. We took August to concentrate on other things such as starting / finishing remodel projects in our homes and taking family vacations. Pete has been concentrating on getting that next higher degree of Black Belt in Karate. Lonzo has been coaching 2nd / 3rd grade tackle football. Andy and Kinger both have garage / basement / bathroom remodel projects ongoing to attend to. Andy has been diligently recording original tunes with his other band Open Element. Kids are back in school and of course we all have careers we need to give some time to as well. Don’t worry about us folding and throwing in our cards because the passion for playing music is still burning strong in all of us. We are the Lava Lords and you can be sure that over the last 6 weeks the magma has been forming, steam is starting to spew out of the volcano within us and the HOT LAVA is ready to EXPLODE any day now. There is a lot of pent up musical energy in us we need to express. We thought we had three gigs for this FALL etched in stone and just when we were about to announce them the rug got pulled out from underneath us. We guess this is just the business side of music rearing its ugly head. We had arrangements with a booking agent to get us some gigs and he turned out to be nothing but a slime ball so we fired his sorry ass and took this responsibility back “in house”. We are back out beating the streets, knocking on doors and promoting the band ourselves. We think we have some pretty sweet gigs pending that we can’t wait to announce but cannot until they are etched in stone. Please keep checking back for updates. U GUYS ROCK !!!