7 daze.

Magchan has made us this fantastic banner, complete with light-up disco floor (which would come in dead handy for Enter:Beat It).

Last night was our penultimate rehearsal. We hit the Borderline in under a week. Gulp. First things first, though. Time to put that new Joey Jordison snare through its paces...



Okay. These aren't all the songs, but try this for starters.



Phone. On speed dial.



Gay Bar, Kicks and Substitute.



Give me some Pais in me face.



Breedin' mayhem.



There's an easy way. Then there's the haaaard way:




And exactly as the title says, Not So Pretty Vacant. Though not actually terrible, considering we haven't played it since last August.

Deaf On Arrival.

Splitknob.

This week, we were joined by a very special guest star - none other than Slipknot's very own Joey Jordison. Sadly, without his signature snare drum. But more on that later.























Here, then, the entire Squid set from start to apocalyptic finish. And serve you right. First up, Joey Jordison fights the law.



Hate to say we love to beat it.



A spanking Monkey.



Phone more heroes at the Crow Bar, Crow Bar.



Teenage sub sells rain.



Caught by the Stevie's.



Little Jelamine Garner sings Breed.



And they don't come much harder.



Well now, here's a tale that has yet to play out. As mentioned at the top, our masked marauder was without his snare. This very snare, pictured, which should have been winging its way via special delivery.


















A day later, a parcel did indeed arrive. But it didn't look much like it contained a drum.























The reason being that it didn't. By some bizarre quirk of incompetence, it contained a Prestige series Ibanez shred machine.























And could I just draw your attention to the street value of the aforementioned instrument...











Somewhere out there, a confused longhair is quite possibly attempting to plug a hundred quid snare into his triple rectifier...

Stay tuned. Which we obviously didn't, if that version of Law in the key of Q is anything to go by. Anyhoo, check back to see what happens. In the meantime, as an extra special treat, here's a limited edition bonus track for all you truckers out there in the dark.



T-minus 2 weeks...

Don't put your daughter on the soundstage...

Well now. This week, the Squid blagged the big rehearsal studio at The Joint. And do they mean big.



Apologies if we're playing out of time, but there was a few seconds delay between playing one side of the stage and the sound reaching the other...

Here is a selection of vidz to enjoy.



One, two, three, fours, fours, fours, FOURS!

We won't end it like this, but I didn't record the version where we got it right.

Just for grins, click this image to link through to a very different SquidVid. I highly recommend clicking on the full stop after 'simple ascii' when you get there...



Oh yeah. Tell your friends...

Keeping up with the Jones.

Now this is what you call a sound Clash.

Heavy Breeder.

This is what we're looking for. The devotion. The dedication. The superhuman effort. Pay particular attention 30 seconds in, when you can see just what it takes - no, what is demanded in order to be of The Squid.

Hyard Man Style

Another year, another rehearsal. Somewhere under the open hi-hat, we're playing Jimmy Cliff.