In April 2003 we recorded our debut EP “Time & Money” at THE MILL STUDIO, Crathes.
The following is an account of that weekends shenanigans!….

Saturday
10.00 - Arrive at studio….spirits are high!
10.10 - Niall (Mill Head Honcho and Pallas Guitarist) makes fashionably late entrance. He’s cool and has with him, Linus – Swedish giant
and all round nice guy who makes tea / coffee and assists in the day to day duties at The Mill….spirits are high!
11.00 - What happened to the last 50 minutes?!…spirits are high!

Unsure of exact times from here on in but it went something like this:-

Realisation that this is for real!
Audible sound of Dave’s arse going…he’s not practised enough.
Spirits remain high (along with temperatures and sweat levels!)
Plug in and run through tracks. Lugs (Alan Stewart – drums) complains that he needs loosening up.
No-one has hash!
Lugs remains tense but gets into his groove as the day progresses (hash would have sped up this process).
Spirits are high….unfortunately, we are not!!

Saturday tea time and onwards:-

***BLUR OF ACTIVITY***
***CHINESE FOOD*** (cute waitress serving along with stern looking mum!)
***NIGHT OUT IN NEIGHBOURING BANCHORY***

BACK TO DIGS (SLIGHTLY INEBRIATED BUT BLOODY HAPPY WITH LIFE!)
SEARCH FOR PORN ON SATELLITE TV (UNSUCCESSFUL!)

This leads us to what we can only describe as Saturdays BLINDING MOMENT! ….

All in band smoke with the exception of Cammy (Jamieson – guitars) so we all go outside for a cig while Cammy retires to his boudoir (which he, in his drunken state, thinks is upstairs!)
We are smoking and chatting outside Cammy’s bedroom window - which is NOT upstairs and is, in fact, fully illuminated and very much DOWNSTAIRS.

Cammy begins to get ready for bed….
Lugs: “Check this C***!”
Moyz: “ Chap on the window!”
Lugs: “No way…wait till he’s bollock, he thinks he’s upstairs!”

[Stifled laughter and everyone crowding round…..Cammy drops his kecks….]

Lugs, Moyz, Prod, Dave and Phone (as one): “WAHEY!!!”

The poor bastards face goes as red as Pittodries seats and he grabs the nearest thing to him to protect his modesty….a vase (clear) of flowers!

We finish our fags, wipe away our tears and hit the hay to recharge for day 2 in the studio.

Sunday

Cammy is christened the “GINGER OMAR” after a black porn actor, famous for his admirable length.
Any worries that the name will stick are soon recovered from…we drop the GINGER bit, but OMAR is now a firm favourite. Cammy’s not bothered…much!
Note:
THE OLD WEST MANSE, Banchory, your B&B is the best ever.

10.00 - Back at studio.

Now the rest of Sunday really is a blur. It was one of the most intense things we have ever done although we thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Arrived home that night tired and happy. RECORDING RULES!!!!

The results are now available on our debut cd, which we hope will be the first of many.