Day 3 – August 18th, 2004 – THE NEW VIOLENCE STUDIO DIARY

Hello.

Day 3 has gone along a lot better than yesterday, in terms of productivity and overall “vibe”.

We finished tracking drums and bass on The New Violence and Got Your Hooks In. They were done in the larger outer room at Razors Edge studios for a bigger roomier sound and it sounds pretty cool. Then we started tracking guitars on Killing Ira, Got You On My Radar, Au Expose and Wrecking Ball. Jamie and Trumpy, Producer and Engineer respectively thought we should get Lemmy to do vocals on Wrecking Ball. Dickheads.

Finished the evening with a few beers which when you pour a bit of Stone’s Ginger Wine into the bottle with the beer you get an alcoholic and yet therapeutic to the vocal chords elixir of good health – ching ching!

Day 2 – August 17th, 2004 – THE NEW VIOLENCE STUDIO DIARY

Well, today was a bit frustrating. The “vibe” wasn’t fantastic and we were taking a little longer to lay down the drums and bass for songs we regarded as relatively simple. Let this be a lesson to all young punk rockers. Having said that, the takes we finally got were really good, so even though it took a while, I’m glad the final result was a good one.

Trumpy and Hutch were up to their usual antics and the lovely Josh Morris came in to take some happy snaps – as he has on most days.

Day 1 – August 16th, 2004 – THE NEW VIOLENCE STUDIO DIARY

Hey there. Well the first day went pretty well. I’m not gonna write too much as I just got home and have to be back at the studio at 9.30 in the am. Started at 10 today. We had a fella come down to tune my drums up. He did a great job. Well he wan’t just any fella. It was Tim Powels from the Church. I just didn’t want to be a name dropper.

Messed with drum and bass sounds all day and got some tape shortage issues sorted.

Started tracking at about 7.30pm. We’d been warming up all day and were feeling pretty brave so Chamie and I had a go at a few of the more manic numbers. I think the takes we’ve stayed with so far are cracking but it could just be some premature cabin fevered delirium setting in. We have heaps to do tomorrow in terms of laying down the drums and bass.

Tonight we put down the beds for: Au Expose, Synaethesia , Wrecking Ball (in one take), and Got You on My Radar (in more takes than all of pet sounds combined).