Below is our NYE wrap up written by Coy. In February we go into the
studio for our next full-length release. We have a our record label
sponsoring us, C-Room Records, and we will be working with a producer
for the first time: Gordon Payne. He played guitar for Waylon
Jennings for 25 years and started his career as a writer for RCA
Records.

NYE by Coy Boazman-Bassist for LBP.

It's 2006 (Quick...somebody buy Marc a shot!)

An LBP New Year's Eve party is like a box of chocolates...........

At sound check, I told Marc that I had recently seen Jack Black on
Letterman (two of my favorite people) and he was talking about a New
Year's Eve show that "The D" played in New Zealand or some-place like
that. Before the show, he got freaked out and realized that there is
extra pressure on New Year's Eve, "the crowds going to be even more
drunk, even more crazy, even more completely out of control". So he
told KG, "we'll get drunk too- -FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE". He then told
Dave that it was very sloppy but everyone loved it. I think the quote
was "sloppy love-fest of rock". This was supposed to be a funny
story, a cute anecdote at best but I'm starting to think that Marc
decided that it was a great plan.

When buying the guitar player shots, remember that he will feel
obligated to drink them (and you all bought him shots).

LBP NYE shows are always funny. They are a very big deal to us, we
plan incessantly and work out the set list to every last detail -
("We have 7 1/2 minutes to jam inbetween these two songs and then
we'll blah blah blah, etc. etc."). But then every year, 5 minutes
into the show everything has been thrown out of the window and
whatever happens happens.

This year, Marc had the (I can't think of an appropriate adjective -
F-it) idea to play "Beat It". We learned it and rehearsed it a few
times, we thought it was a funny thing to do. He then proceeded to
drop hints by making all three trivia questions (created every year
to give away free tickets) about "Beat It". So right at midnight, we
kissed our wives, played "Auld Lang Syne" and started "Beat It". If
you were there, you know that everyone got the joke. There were
cheers and laughter and of course a perfect recreation of the video
choreography by the Walker sisters (I guess they are the Walker-
Reczek sisters). What you probably didn't realize is that we really
tried to play it well. The crappy version of the 80's classic was a
sign. The shots had started to roll, the ball had dropped and Sloppy
Love-Fest of Rock '06 was on.

Sometimes the worst played gigs are the most fun. Marc kept doing
things that were (politically correctness warning) weird. I would
look at him like "Huh?" and he would turn to me with the drunkest of
grins, nod slowly and say "it's alright" which made such little sense
that I couldn't help but laugh every time. The funniest thing is the
crowd seemed to be in on the joke. The farther off course we got, the
more into it they were.

After the show, I got my favorite drunk-ass complement of all time.
These are the fun kind of complements (not, your band rocks or you
play like so and so), the kind that are just funny. I was talking to
Rock Star Frank Zwee and a girl sitting next to him was tugging on
her friends arm slurring "tell him, you should tell him". Well the
friend wouldn't do it so she finally said, "my frieeeend wants me to
teeell yooou......that your hair issss perfect". Rock the F on!

At 2, they turned the fog machine on full blast and filled the room
up so much that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
They were blasting cuts from "Live and Well Shaven" over the P.A. so
loud that it sounded like we were on stage. The place was completely
empty except for the people cleaning up and Jessica Zweeback dancing
with Phyve to "Cause & Effect" in the strobe lit fog. It looked like
art.

We need to thank Deans/Clarks and C-Room Records for letting us keep
our NYE tradition alive. We want to thank Sky Blue 72 for opening
(we'll return the favor anytime, it's an honor to share a stage with
you guys). And mostly we want to thank every one of you so much for
your support. 2005 was a very hard year for our band personally, you
all stuck with us and now 2006 is going to be our year. We can't wait.

Thanx,
We love you,
Fight fire with fire,
Coy - LBP Bass