hey, whats up everyone. its brandon from the IATA camp. so, im sure a bunch of you are wondering what we have been doing with ourselves since you havent seen any tour dates for a while. a few weeks ago we drove our van down to virginia beach to mikes parents house to have another writing session. we spent about 12 days down there. and let me tell you, it was amazing to get out of the winter weather for a bit. we wrote 3 more brand new songs that you guys are gonna love. one of them is actually a very special song that is a giant "thank you" to all of YOU. yes, you. we set up a little mini recording studio in one of the rooms in mikes folks place. good thing we have the RATT with us, cause hes a master at recording/engineering/mixing/producing/snoring. we recorded 4 songs on garage band. and they turned out pretty damn good if you ask me. mike and i got tattood while we were down there. our friend josh (two pushes) inked his 2nd and 3rd tattoos hes ever done on us. we got a beer/spray can with VB inside of it. you can see mine in the iata tattoos photo album. all of us were supposed to get it, but just didnt have enough time. hopefully the other dudes will get theres soon enough. we also ended up playing a show down in virginia beach. one of mikes bros was putting on a show, and heard we were in town. so he asked us to play. it was a great time. a big THANK YOU to the kids that came out and represented the avalanche that night.  did anyone see the RATTs biological twin by the way? we brought him on stage. hes a spitting image of the RATT (with a glorious stache). THERE IS A NEW PHOTO ALBUM ON OUR PAGE. WE PUT A BUNCH OF PHOTOS UP FROM OUR VIRGINIA EXPERIENCE. GO CHECK IT OUT!!!!

thanks to everyone whos been sending photos of your tattoos to our myspace and the avalanche united page. KEEP THEM COMING PLEASE! (send to avalancheunited@gmail.com) for those of you who havent added it yet check in our top friends. theres a lot of great people over there supporting the avalanche.

we should have some new shows being announced soon enough. so sit tight. we will keep you updated on whats going down.

cheers, kampai, prost,

brandon IATA