John quits shoeman! As you have all probably seen already, John Dupras has left shoeman. The date that he decided to leave was the 16th of January. "what makes me mad about his leaving is that he didnt call us. he left it on the shoeman board. that's very stupid. but if he wants it that way.. whatever. also, the reasons he left sounded VERY selfish. i cant believe the stuff that he put. 'in it for the money'.. and 'selling myself out for new friends'.. thats just a crock! every opportunity we got, we'd invite him, but for some reason, HE refused, not us. WE wanted him to be a part of the band, but he seemed never to have time for us, and its all our fault? i think he needs to really sit down and figure out what he wants.. its a dissapointment to hear this.." that is a small portion of the talk i had with andy over the weekend. if you still dont know what we are talking about, click here
well, as you have seen, shoeman is not very busy as of late. there seems to be some hesitance when it comes to recording.. ideas are not really planned out. "we play lots and do lots of stuff but have nothing to show. hopefully things will pick up" said alan, in a telephone conversation i had with him yesterday. there has been a problem with "original" stuff. "we keep doing covers. i want to make something on the spot. that is the way to go for me" andy said last week.. hopefully everything is resolved.
shoeman back in business! as of late there has been nothing new with shoe, cause kent took a nice little trip and left the rest of us behind. and although andy recorded a solo version of 'ichabod's crane', nothing as of late has been recorded, exept that the previously un-heard of song "murder in the town of the lost diners" was recorded just this last friday. all tracks were down exept vocals, due to andy's cough and sore throat.. the song's release will be postponed until further notice.
allright now, we have some sad/happy details..some shoe fans recieved an email about the band RiP.. it is a fake.. i was just told by shoeman to send it they were lonely
John Dupras is now back full time with the band, as said in the guestbook. welcome back bitch!
Added Pics to the band pic page!
STORY 3
recording seized!
the recording of 'hexel exile' has been indefinately postponed, due to problems arriving with the recording studio.
"as of now we are postponing recording our album until a later date. we are currently terribly busy with schedules concerning jobs, girlfriends, and recreational sports, therefore, recording shall commence later this week". rumors circling the band tell me that someone named chuck gemelli, or 'VerMillioN' to Ninternet people is going to be sent a copy of 'hexel exile' for mixing purposes, but nothing official as of yet
coming soon:
interviews by me -mr martyr- to all the members of the band!!
full transcripts will be up AsAp.. the interviews will take place during the course of the following weeks. If you would like some shoe-qwestions answered then either sign the guestbook, put it in the form or email
As we reported earlier, John Dupras is on hiatus, more-so vacation from shoeman. reports tell us that he is commencing work on a side project along with former shoe Rob Duncan called 'harsh' in which John describes as "the loudest fucking band ever. Rob's vocals sound like farts". we'll keep you updated on any recording plans
John on hiatus?
the official report once again, made by kent thomson this morning was:
"as of this time, we would like to report that our other guitarist, john dupras is currently on hiatus due to what we call "guitar-less thinking". we are sad to report that this saturday, as we are commencing to record our first single, john dupras will be absent, although credited on the single"
New "roadie"
"at this time, we would also like to welcome our 'roadie' ryan garrioch, added to the mold
late last evening."
releases?
"and finally, as i had said earlier, shoeman will commence recording this upcoming saturday, and will be releasing a
'crappy demo' later during the week. please contact andy in any form possible to send a tape in and recieve the first shoeman
record"
now THAT is a productive day!
"throughout the course of december, shoeman will be considering following up our dream of releasing something, and yet, we feel to be making drastic changes in order to do so"
and in an interview last week i had with the so-called "frontman", andy floyd, he said
"well.. sometimes i get the feeling we're going back-ass wards instead of forwards.. i want us to be ahead.. get somewhere.. i dont want shoeman to be a one time thing, and yet the way it's going at this time, i feel we're at a standstill.. we need to make some changes... we need to sit down and talk about where we're headed.. so far.. its nowhere"
there seems to be a conflict somewhere, so whatever happens, be sure it will be the headliner on this news section
monkey wrench
everlong
my hero
high and dry
creep
airbag
[i feel like][gerry]cheevers[stitchmarks on my heart]
hemp hemp hooray
tired of sex
el scorcho
story ctd for Nov 30/97
over the phone with my latest shue-terview, andy wanted to do covers.. no chance of "hexel exile just yet"
"at this time, shoeman would like to report the addition of a new member, kent thomson. we would like to thank his brother blake also, for helping us over the latest jams. We would like to thank everyone who made kent feel welcome to the band, and hope that he will feel welcome, and fit into the mold of the band as soon as possible"
Shoeman get to play in front of people!
SHOEMAN are gettin let out! people are INVITING them!! They get to play somewhere.. man.. cool.. looks like the first "shoeman" lineup will be
andy: guitar/vox
kent: guitar/vox
al: drums
and when they get to play, MrMartyr will be right there, front row, center!! the review will be by yours truly,
song for song, note for note. look forward to it!