This Week in Rock

Practice on Monday was great. Going into practice, most of us weren't prepared for No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn, but we still gave it a shot and it came off sounding pretty damn good. My dad got a kick out of seeing all of us rap and we were all laughing pretty much the entire song. We're all pretty pumped to continue practicing that one because it'll always be a blast. Hopefully the bar crowds will agree.

We're starting to look into booking gigs as most places are booked for the next couple months, so we need to get on the ball with that. I think we pretty much settled on the name 40 Helmet too. The name came about when Dan, our singer, would get really parched during "You" by Candlebox because it's pretty dry in our practice space (my basement) and would sorta lose his voice. Nick, the bassist, said he should get one of those beer helmets so he could drink water/beer throughout a song without having to take a break. Dan asked what those things are called and Nick said, "I don't know. 40 helmets?" Now, a helmet that holds 40 oz. beers does't necessarily exist, but that didn't stop us from giving our band that name.

Next week:
The Romantics - What I Like About You
Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
Cracker - Low