Hey, you guys are going to be on an Elektra Records compilation of one-hit-wonder cover songs - Henry Rollins, RuPaul, Fountains of Wayne are gonna be on it!

Ahhh...if only it were true.  Well, it was going to be true, and the whole cd was finished and ready to roll, but, sadly, Elektra shelved it at the last minute.  Fuckers...

But, officially, it was your first recording session with Battershell and you had only been in the band for a month or so.  The song you guys recorded was "I Want Candy" - originally recorded by the Strangeloves in 64 but then covered and brought to greater fame by Bow Wow Wow in 82...killer song.  Battershell's version was a little different...real heavy Bo Diddley beat in the beginning, grooving along, and then a tempo change to a thrashy chorus.  Great friggin' version!  People loved it live.

You made the mistake of partying way too much the night before and came into the session with a body crying out for peace, comfort and massive amounts of aspirin (you learned an important lesson and never did that again before recording).  The whole thing was recorded at Baby Monster studios and it was the first time you guys worked with Tim O'heir (All American Rejects, Lou Barlow and whole bunch of known musician types).  You actually met Tim a few weeks before when you played a gig up in Cambridge, Mass at the Middle East Room.  Your drumset kept inching away from you that night because the club didn't provide a rug and you were playing on bare floor - a major no-no.  You got so pissed off as you were trying to hit toms that were two feet away from you that you jumped off the kit and got on the mic and asked if someone in the audience had a hammer and nails (sarcastically) - BUT HOLY SHIT...SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE DID HAVE A HAMMER AND NAILS...FRIGGIN' WEIRD!!!  So you anchored your set to the stage and continued playing.  Tim must have thought you guys were the wackiest band.

Well, the session lasted all day to record the one song - which didn't do your aching head and body any good.  But the results were AWESOME.  So long story short, all the artists have recorded their songs and the thing is ready and Elektra pulls the cord on it.  What a shame!  How many other killer albums and cds have been shelved over the past fifty years?  Someone should go dust those babies off and release 'em.  It would be better than just about everything that is out right now (grumbling like an old man).

But, all is not lost...YOU HAVE THE RECORDING OF BATTERSHELL'S "I WANT CANDY"!!!, but, it is on tape and you don't have the means to transfer it to digital just yet, damn.  BUT, HOPEFULLY ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU WILL GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DO IT!!!

I want sleep.