So... Hi! How you? Fine thanks and you? Fine thanks.

I'm sitting at Audio Militia Studios next to my boy Tripwire while our Shane, aka "The Showered One", aka "Shooter Shane", aka "Slinky Toes", aka "Fifty Shot Johnny", aka "Mom's Sarmies", aka "Fuck Face", lays down bass tracks for one of the tracks - The Flaw - on our new album "The Name That Shall Not Be Mentioned", which is actually not the name at all... I'm just not sure what our manager (who is actually Shane) said about letting the name out... I'm so confused. All I can say is that the album has an amazing title, but more importantly, amazing songs! And the one I wanna talk about now is The Flaw. Because we've decided to record it again in a dropped B tuning. We're scared. It's so low down and bass fat that we're afraid people might actually die... No really, this song used to be total madness, now a step and a half lower, it's madder than Jeffrey Dahmer and Courtney Love's schizophrenic hermaphrodite bastard child! I can't flippin' wait to drop it live, but only if you guys promise to be Jeffrey Dahmer and Courtney Love's schizophrenic hermaphrodite bastard children on the g-damn dancefloor...! I'm talking disgusting pits here guys. Seriously.
But anyway, over the weekend we spent some time re-recording guitars for all the songs we currently have for the new album. Initially we had recorded guitars using verious equipment, including a SansAmp, various Marshall amps and Eleven, but this time round we tried some other guitars, including a PRS SC 245 and a Yamaha Baritone, along with our own guitars. We also tried a Randall amp and A Mesa for something different, something else, y'know! More is definitely more in the world of Pestroy...
Basically, what I'm tryna say is that shit is fat yo. And better. And tighter. And heavier! WOOP!
We'll be releasing soon, we'll keep you crazy cats posted, pinky swear!
In other Pestroy news... We're now on Twitter, because the whole world said we must be. Follow us to get more regular updates on what's in happeing in Pestroyville.
We also did a new photoshoot with Nic Van Reenen and acclaimed local photgrapher Mike Lewis. We're super stoked with the outcome, and had a really cool time working with these two guys, the whole thing was super chilled and they were awesome to work with, thanks guys! Expect suits, cereal, scissors, skeletons, and sluts! 'Cos Jim was there... POW! KABLAMMO!
Ok, I'm tired and I want Gahzel. Lata!

So here it is. Studio blog part 3. Holy crap, I know you guys have been waiting with baited breath for another Pestroy studio blog, so here we go. Sleepless nights over! Right? Right.
So our Shane actually managed to get himself off the Koppi and after a few days recovery has got himself and his bass into studio to take this little record of ours one step closer to completion. Of course before we talk about the recording, we have to wonder about the insane scratches on the man's legs...? Looks like Freddy Kruger was at Oppkoppi. He claims he walked into a bush, which is feasible considering that by many accounts he was one of the drunkest men on the Koppi on saturday, but we know the truth... Lets just say that our good friend and Shane's tent-mate Gordon Laws aka Heavy G sometimes can take BROMANCE to quite a rough place... For a definition of BROMANCE, visit this link:

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Good. Now onto more important things. Like the jazzy phat nastiness that our Tripwire has got for our Shane's bass tone. When I arrived the two most handsome men in metal were doing a comparison between Shane's Warrick Corvette SS and Audio Militia Studio's Fender Jazz Bass. They've been running the two basses through Shane's Genz Benz GBE 600 Amp and a few other complex looking  machines that look like they could power a small nuclear missile silo! Tripwire's getting excited about scrolling options in Pro Tools, I'm not even sure what that means, but as long as the man is happy, I am!
We're playing the intro to The Flaw over and over to check out the different options we have. Sliding, accenting, rocking faces, splitting skulls, melting panties. You know, a normal day in the life of the Shane...!
Look, what the man has just laid down has just given me quite an extreme broner! So on that note, I'm gonna get the hell out of cyberspace, and I'll catch you guys in the real world somewhere this weekend.  Let me know where you'll be, we'll have a shooter and who knows, maybe a kiss or something...!?

Peace,
Gump.

So it's like day 4723 or something in studio and we're still tracking drums... I think we may have thrown down a bit of a gauntlet for our Dyl with the song we're currently doing, it's called The Flaw. But as usual, the man has risen to the challenge and is throwing down some double bass kick sickness that is actually breaking the spacetime continuum. I'm serious, the last roll he did actually split like 6 atoms, we had to reset the computers and everything...
Nem, the ruggedly bearded and manly East European drummer from our favourite electro opera pop-porn quintet, white metal's favourite sons, Facing The Gallows, is here. He's throwing out some suggestions and although the man is seriously into funky house music, he's got some killer ideas, THANKS NEM!
We (being myself - Gump - and Tripwire) actually went to watch Nem's band play at Cool Runnings last night, it was super sexy! Bryan sang like a heavenly angel, Chase shredded like Death in a wheat field at harvest season, Nem broke skulls and Ricki's ass stayed together! HOORAY! Oh ya, and Ray was there as well, doing something I guess...! Jokes Ray, you RULE! And your bass is awesome.
Staab from The Dead Will Tell was there as well, I think he might have drunk all the beer!
So ya, Dyl has just finished, gotta listen back, so I'm out! Catch you guys soon, hope your week is brilliant!

Peace,
Gump.

What's even happening kids!? So, Shane and Jim are at Oppikoppi, we're super bummed about missing the party, but will definitely enjoy our warm beds over a cold, thorny tent tonight! So, the rest of us, being myself (Gump), our Dyl and our Tripwire are here in the Audio Militia studios tracking some drums for our upcoming fourth album. If you've been at any of our shows over the last couple of months, you might have heard us throw down one of the new songs, Divided By Zero. Dyl's actually laying the drums down for that as I type this, shit is sounding PHAT! We've spent about a week doing some pre-production, gone through about 3 kick-drums, 5 or 6 snares, missioned over microphone angles and placement and I reckon the man Tripwire has got a KILLER tone going, the kick drum sound is literally making a sex wee all over my face right now! So hopefully by the end of the weekend we should have final drum takes down for Divided By Zero, and the two new ones that none of you have heard yet, we're calling them Suitable Failure and The Flaw. So a small update from the world of Pestroy, we're mad stoked to be writing new stuff, and I reckon you guys are gonna seriously get off on this new shit, I reckon the hard work we've put in this year has definitely paid off! I just can't wait to tear up a stage with these new tracks soon, I'm expecting some sick moshes, maybe even a little slam dancing... Ok, maybe not slam dancing...! In other news, we're gonna be at the Cool Runnings in Fourways tonight to see the fags from Facing The Gallows split faces and get the skinny jean massive slamming like a tiger eating a crocodile (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7dazPp20d8)! Not to mention the boys from Inishi8 rip our sternums apart with their monster D'NB phatness! And of course to make sure Ricky from Facing The Gallows's ass doesn't split open right there on the stage, GROSS! Dude, what the fuck is going on there? It's those skinny jeans man, I'm telling you!
All right, I'm out, I'm way too high to be blogging, so I'm out! Catch you lata guys!
Peace,
Gump.

Take the head of a goat, and a bunch of alcohol poisoned, dehydrated,
sunburnt metal heads, and what do you get? Ramfest of course, the uber
metal fest situated in surprisingly scenic Rawsonville, for those of you
who don’t know, thats only a stones throw from Worcester, if you still
have no idea, it’s about an hour out of Cape Town.

Being the "Metal Bringers" that we are, Pestroy was set to rip up the Main
stage, at the twilight hour of, ...5 in the afternoon...! This kinda sucked
because it was hotter than Satan’s armpit, and shade was a five letter
word unfirmiliar to most in these parts, but due to some form of divine
intervention, Dawie, the organiser, asked if we wanted to play a better
time slot, 1am, way more up our alley, we gladly accepted!

1am seemed so far away, but we managed to keep our distance from the bar
until it was time to play, unfortunately, things were running a tad late, so
we had to prolong our unfamiliar sobriety a bit longer. Unfortunately,
the sun and copious amounts of alcohol had gotten the better of many
festival goers, so unfortunately the main stage was not so main anymore.
Everything seemed to be rocking at the second stage, which was in a tent,
with a PA system that rattled many a testicle! The organiser once again
came to our rescue and asked if we would rather play the second stage and again we accepted.

As usual, we hit the stage with the ferocity of a starved lion stumbling
across a 1 legged impala, the crowd seemed a tad nervous at the
onslaught, but after the first track or two they threw caution to the wind
and began to mosh up a storm and windmill like I’ve never seen windmilling
before. We even tested the ground with our newest track, "Divided by
Zero" which went down superbly well with these metal junkies! Thanks to Dawie who saved our asses as far as time slots go, it really was well worth the wait, and I’m sure the metal fans in the area would most likely agree. We can’t wait for next year!

Ramfest was literally the best show we have played in the Cape province,
and Pestroy are super stoked to have played to a whack of new fans. To all of you who might be in the area more or less around Ramfest time, you should seriously check it out as we’re sure it’ll only get bigger and bigger!

Intrigued about the title of this blog? Check out the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ5urxT-E3U

METAL!

Hey whatsup Everyone!

We hope you all had a killer break and are totally amped for the new year! We're ready to fucking rock it big time and have been writing some sick new material which we'll be unleashing on you guys soon!

First off we wanna announce our new sponsors : Metal Mulisha and Silverstar!! Go check out their stuff at www.metalmulisha.com and www.buysilverstar.com. It's seriously the sickest gear we've ever seen and are proud to be wearing it ! We just wanna thank Tyron for hooking us up!

Some of you might have recognized our song "Killswitch" which is being used as the title track on MK'S Studio 1 on DSTV! Also keep your eyes peeled for our videos "Party Monster" and "Cortisone" which are getting regular rotation on MK as well!!

FHM has a competion every year called the FHM Guy Awards, and they've nominated Pestroy in the SA Band of the year category! If you've got a second please go to www.fhm.co.za and fill in the survey and vote pestroy at question 19! Killer!

Our good buddies The Spindle Sect from Capetown have just released a new album and got our Tripwire to feature on the track- Sci-Comm. Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6325052948&ref=share It's fucking sick!

Recently our friend Shaun from Seether was in South Africa for a few unplugged shows, and he asked Dyl to drum on a few tracks with him. Go check it out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=My7iZbQuKoq

Some of you might have noticed a handsome new face at most of our shows? Well he's our photographer Mr Wayne Nel, and we'd like to welcome him to the Pestroy team! Check out some live pics on Facebook and shortly on our website!

Check out some pics of Pestroy in the latest "One Small Seed" which features our good friend and very talented Ross Garrett!

Zoo Magazine recently voted Pestroy's "Enemy Within" as one of the essential local albums to rock out to! Nice one Zoo!!

Speaking of "Enemy Within", if you haven't got your copy yet, Go get it in most stores near you, and if they're sold out then fear not! You can now buy the whole album on iTunes or on Amazon.com!

New Merch soon to be Available At shows so check it out!

Stay Metal Ya'll

What's up! We have not posted in a LONG time, no excuse other than being incredibly busy! It has been an awesome 8 months, we have worked fucking hard on this album, finally the recording process is drawing to a close... It sure has taken a long time, it has been hard having only our nights and weekends to work on it, but it has definitely been worth it, this album is sounding fucking amazing! Well since we posted last, we have had Inge from LARK lay down vocals on a song called "untapped", the ballad of the album, she did an awesome job. We had Etienne from UNDERBELLY come in and lay vocals and screams down on "party monster", that shit is sounding heavy as fuck! We played "party monster" at Oppikoppi this year for the first time, we're looking forward to adding all the new tracks to our set! Nic from 16STITCH came in on the weekend and layed down some melodic harmony's over "flavour flesh", and then screamed his face off on another track. Which is weird 'cos he's a drummer, but the little bitch did a fucking awesome job, thanks greek man!
Other than that, we've all been around helping Tripwire lay his vocals down, Shane has been fattening up some of his monster bass riffs, I've been screaming like a fucking rottweiler on heat, and basically we're almost done. Some tweaking, final mixing and mastering and "ENEMY WITHIN", Pestroy's 3rd full length album will be ready! So get your asses ready for the launch soon, that shit is gonna be fucking INSANE!

Stay metal!

Peace,
GUMP

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Hello everybody! Apologies for not doing a diary for a while, but there's only so many times you can write (or read...) the words: "So HUNGOVER..."
The sessions have been going extremely well, we have tracked drums, bass and distortion guitars for 7 songs, we also got our friends Ross and Lee in from Hog Hoggidy Hog to do some trumpet and trombone pieces on a couple of interludes, it was good to have them up from Cape Town, there is no end to the ruckus when Pestroy and the Hog's get together!
The guitars were a lot of fun to do, we tried quite a few options and managed to get a great tone, the songs are sounding heavier than I could ever have imagined! Thanks to Anton from the Music Connection for pulling out a few tricks that he's had hidden up his sleeve, Bon Bon as usual for his help, we really appreciate it. We layered quite a few tracks for the distortion through a couple of amps and guitars, tried some direct takes, and the result is some metal!
Tripwire has been mixing and cleaning up mine and Jim's mess, and he's done a killer job as usual!
So other than that, nothing much to report from the land of Pestroy, we have been hard at work and partying hard to, and are steadily getting this album done! We will be tracking clean guitars on Sunday and then start with Round Two of drum tracks, and the process goes again!
There are some killer shows coming up as well, next thursday nite at the Roxy with MyEpic, looking forward to that, so we will see you all there, the Jagermeister will be flowing strong, so catch us at the bar for a shot! You're paying...!

LATA!
Stay Metal!
Gump

13 Feb 2006

Monday Evening

 

Jim here, back from my mountain experience of being a hippy and whatever else you might have read during my absence… To make it clear I was climbing some serious man mountains, jumping off water falls, that kind of shit! (OK, it sounds very hippy, but fuck it, I loved it!)

Otherwise the recording is sounding awesome, Dyl is really nailing these drum tracks!

I apologize to Dyl and Shane for the loss of a leg and an eye during my mountain madness weekend!!!

Anyway, I'm back and we're all accounted for, so let the metal continue to roll…

 

Keep it gangsta,

Jim

 

 

18 Feb 2006

Saturday

 

AM:

 

It happens all the time, my phone rings way too early and when I answer, the usual shit:

"Dyl, we need the keys for the band room by 10am!" I'm like, "SHIT, I was only planning to get out of bed at 12!" After a 'speed shower', I hit the road to Carfax, to find Shane and Jim waiting outside staring at their watches…

After the usual amp carrying work out, we eventually make it to the studio. Tripwire and Hair seem a tad more confused than usual, a lot of "it didn't sound like this last night…!"

I'm confused.

Shane's bass eventually sounds fat, turns out he had to turn the volume on his guitar up…

This paragraph has taken me way too long to type!

 

Sweet, Captain Dylan Hunt of the Starship Andromeda out!

 

 

PM:

 

I've been sleeping on the couch all morning, apparently I was more hung over than I thought I was, in fact I feel like Satan himself has wiped his ass with my soul… dark are the days… The return of whiskey bum is imminent…

We hit the FHM Homegrown Ho's Party last night, there were a lot of Jocks there, pink shirts and gelled hair is cute! It's the shoes I just can't understand… and jocks always seem to be confused about flesh tunnels: "Boet, what are those things in your ears, are you stupid boet…?" The girls were great though, they all seemed reallt keen on world peace and shit! Nice.

OK, enough bullshit, this is a "Studio Diary "…

Yesterday, I bought a new amp, the new Ibanez Thermion, which at the store sounded fat like Gilbert Grape's Mom, but in the studio sounded dead like Gilbert Grape's Mom… confusing.

Anton from Music Connection is coming in at 2pm to check it out.

On a positive note, the amp's distortion plus pedal distortion sounds amazing, if played on the "Secret Weapon", my Epiphone Gothic Explorer, which for some inexplicable reason has killer tone.

Shane's been laying bass takes, kicking ass all over the place, The engineer men have been messing with Hartke pre-amps and Shane's Hughes and Kettner, the tone is low down groove monster shit!

We ran out of steam into the afternoon, Shane finished up a take for "Flavour Flesh" and we all went home to sleep!

 

Peace,

Gump

 

 

Sunday 19 Feb 2006

 

AM:

I forgot that Anton came in yesterday and made the amp sound killer, much respect!

We got in early and listened to Shane's "Flavour Flesh" take from yesterday, it was tight and grooving, so we dropped him in at the bridge for a quick re-take on one part, nailed it, moving on, loving the song, it's all about fucking which makes me happy!

Shane's in the booth right now practicing for the monster, the hecticness that is "Cortisone"! Bon's just arrived, Shane's laying down a take, this song is all about attack, probably the most complex and intricate song on the album, but definitely the heaviest and most brutal, it's the most metal song we have! Sorry if I'm rambling, I fuckin' love this track!

Trip reckons the section Shane just did is a bit shady, Shane thinks Tripwire is a bit shady, they're wrestling, limbs have been torn off, there was some make up sex, and we're back to recording!

The song is sounding awesome, in fact this whole fuckin' album is sounding great, I'm really proud of what's been done so far.

We're breaking for lunch, I'm tired of typing, I'll catch you guy's lata!

 

PS: Don't forget about the gig with HOKUM at Roxy's on 3^rd March, it's gonna be sex!

 

Peace,

Gump