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September 2000
Darren and Mark decide to start a band. Something different, like grunge/punk or rap/opera. They walked around looking for a drummer but couldn't find any. They even put up notices in music stores and still found none. Maybe it was cause of their age, or probably because they forgot to put a phone number or contact details on the notices.

January - June 2001
Yeah....still looking

June 2001
Mark and Darren decide to become a techno band cause they were sick of looking for a drummer.

July 2001
Donny joins band (yay!). Now we are complete. No need for techno.

August 2001
First practice. It was awesome. Donny's drumming was equally awesome. We used a temporary name of Fix My Shoe. Practice was in Mark's garage. First song played together was Just Ace by Grinspoon. We went through it first time perfectly, we were gobsmacked. The practice actually turned out a lot better than we expected & we are all excited about the next practice.

December 2001
Second practice. It was way better. Darren got a new big amp & we now practice at Marks Church. Decide on Hesplin as a name cause we got teased with the other name. The word Hesplin doesn't actually mean anything, so don't bother looking it up, it just sounds good. We also recorded 'Puppet' and 'Asylum Home' on Donny's little tape recorder.

January 2002
After long Christmas break & time to think of improvements, the 3rd practice was SICK! Maybe cause we had a better place to practice than the big Church. The songs were very tight, but we all decided to shift focus and play original songs.

February 2002
Some feedback at last. Thanks to the people who took the time to give us some constructive criticism and for understanding that our recordings aren't professional (the songs were recorded on a video camera the first time and a little tape recorder the second).

March 2002
Brief practice for Mark's exam. We practiced "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder. It had really cool bass solos to show off Marks skill. It was also a good change of pace from the usual loudness.

April 2002
Marks performance at school went well. Donny ended up playing drums for everyone elses performance & Darren had a sleep. It was our first performance together and was heaps of fun.

April 2002
Band practice no.4 was at an actual rehearsal studio (yeah, we seem to find a new place every practice), but this is definately the best. We had the additions of microphones and a PA, which we could only dream about prior to this practice. In regards to the music, we seem to have become heavier and developed our own thang. Two new songs were tested and turned out great, with two songs completed (Puppet & Asylum Home) and three in development. Darren and Mark have tons of other originals in the works until ready for Donny to bring'em home.

May 2002
If you are wondering why there is such a long time period between practices, it is because it is Mark and Darren's HSC year. Meaning that band practices are about as frequent as the Olympics. In the mean time though, Darren and Mark are working on original songs in their spare time. We also learned where our weaknesses were at our last practice and we are each working hard to perfect ourselves for next practice.

June 2002
June was a pretty quiet month, we have each been practising for endless hours on our own instruments at home. There have been discussions of getting a manager for the band. Todd, a friend from school, brought up the idea of becoming our band manager after hearing 'Puppet' and a few other originals. Yeah, we laughed at first, but it was actually a really good idea. The MP3s have been removed from the website, so anyone who got copies are very lucky. The reason for this is that we are not ready to let the public listen to our originals until they are perfected. We would also like to use better recording equipment next time. Darren has promised that lyrics will be included next time, so if you liked the sound of the songs, stay tuned for some MP3's later on. We will however, include cover songs and original demos for all your headbanging needs.

February 2003
Unfortunately, Mark has had to leave the band, and we are now out for a new bassist...

Name: David "Donny" Pardy
Age: 18
Plays: Drums
Likes: drums, women, skateboarding, coke, unnaturally deep and loud amounts of bass
Experience: about 5 1/2 years with punk, metal, progressive and funk influences
Drum setup: 5 piece Mapex Venus series kit - 10"x8", 12"x10" and 14"x14" toms, 14"x6.5" Mapex Mars steel snaredrum, 20"x14" bass. 14" Paiste 402 hihats, 20" Paiste 402 Ride, 16" Paiste 2002 Crash, 18" Paiste 2002 Crash, 10" Sabian PRO China Splash
Other bands: 'Set For Life' was supposed to make a reappearance but nobody has said anything to David yet.
Side of Stage: Does the middle count as a side?
Favourite Music Styles: punk, progressive, heavy stuff
Favourite Bands: Irrelevant, Good Riddance, Planet X, Strung Out, System of a Down, In the Grey (an awesome local band)
Favourite Drummers: Virgil Donati (Planet X, Session drummer), Andrew Gander, Jordan Burns (Strung Out), Danny Carey (Tool), Sean Sellers (ex. Good Riddance), Daniel Jones (Seraphs Coal), David Jones, Vinnie Colauti
Favourite Albums: Strung Out - Twisted by Design, Good Riddance - Operation Phoenix, Good Riddance - The Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit, Tool - AEnima, Irrelevant - Reflecting and Refracting, Planet X - Live in OZ
Favourite Songs: Planet X - Native Metal; Strung Out - Matchbook, Paperwalls; Irrelevant - Renewal, After Words, The Need for Divinity; Good Riddance - Blueliner, Indoctrination, Self-fulfilling Catastrophe, Sh|7 Talking Capitalists

Name: Darren Rattos
Age:18
Plays: Guitar, vocals
Likes: WWF, Resident Evil (Milla Jovovich), The Osbournes, my amp, fishing, Donny's drumming & Marx bass playing.
Experience: 5 years playing guitar, experience in rock, metal, blues, funk (as in RHCP) and punk (groan)
Equipment:Fender Squire Strat with Marshall AVT100, Fender DG7 acoustic.
Previous Bands: 1 (maybe more, can't remember)
Side of Stage: Right hand side
Favourite Musical Styles: Grunge, metal and blues.
Favourite Bands: Korn, Nirvana, Sunk Loto, Grinspoon, Silverchair, Ministry, Alice in Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Slipknot, Soundgarden, Metallica, Hesplin, Papa Roach, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, Jimi Hendrix, Sevendust.
Favourite Guitarists: Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz.
Favourite Vocalists: Layne Staley (AIC) , Kurt Cobain (nirvana), Jon Davis (korn).
Favourite Albums: Big Picture Lies (Sunk Loto), Frogstomp (silverchair), Korn (Korn), From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (Nirvana), A-Sides (Soundgarden), Untouchables (Korn)
Favourite Songs: Wait and Bleed (Slipknot), Aneurysm (Nirvana), No Place to Hide, Ball Tongue, Here to Stay, Make Me Bad (Korn), Burden in My Hand (Soundgarden), All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix/Bob Dylan), Israel's Son, Tomorrow (silverchair), Love Buzz (Nirvana/Van Leeuwen), Between Angels & Insects (Papa Roach), Sleep Now in the Fire (RATM)

Name: Mark Hopwood
Age: 18
Plays: Bass guitar and piano.
Likes: computer games, hooning around in the bluebird, going to movies, hang out with mates, a good jamming session with the guys, bass guitar, der?!, cranking the vol. at band prac., nice chicks, a good mosh pit, crowd surfing, and jokes.
Experience: 3 yrs self-taught, 1yr with lessons for bass guitar, 6 yrs with lessons then stopped for a while and took up bass guitar, 9 yrs in total experience playing piano.
Equipment: Ibanez GTR 200, 4 string bass guitar, 70-watt Jade Australia amp. Long straps.
Other bands:nil
Side of Stage:left hand side
Favourite Music Styles:Jazz, Funk, Rock, a TINY bit of punk, Metal, Rap, Hip-Hop, Grunge, anything but pop music, country and opera.
Favourite Bands:System Of A Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Grinspon, Sunk Loto, Korn, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, Godsmack, Silverchair, Incubus, Papa Roach, Crucified, Taproot and LimpBizkit.
Favourite bassists:Flea, (RHCP).
Favourite Albums:Rage Against The Machine self titled, Grinspoon -guide to better living, Incubus -make youself, Korn self titled, Korn -Issues, Korn follow the leader, Korn Life is Peachy, Korn Untouchables.
Favourite Songs:Supernatural (Stevie Wonder)all the songs off Korns self titled cd, falling away from me (Korn), beg for me (Korn), somebody someone (Korn), Killing In The Name (Rage Against The Machine), Champion (Grinspoon), suck my kiss (Red Hot Chili Peppers), aeroplane (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Maria (Rage Against The Machine) again and again (Taproot), Chop Suey (System Of A Down)