This will be my first show in a long while, and will be Alpha Wolf’s first show ever.

5 songs off the EP, and 2 brand-spankin’-new songs to shred through for this show.

TL;DR: Make sure you’re there to see everything go to hell.

Cake made by Mo at http://mopies.wordpress.com/.

The cake is a lie, but my god was it delicious and moist!

We’ve worked out all the kinks in the “let’s make a new shirt” pipeline, so we should have a much quicker turnaround for the next ones. A few people have gotten theirs already. Let us know how you’re liking them, and what you would like to see next.

I won’t post who got the gig, because I thought it was a great 3 episode watch, and some people probably haven’t seen it yet.

Drummers who auditioned in no particular order:

• Mike Mangini
• Virgil Donati
• Derek Roddy
• Marco Minnemann
• Thomas Lang
• Peter Wildoer
• Aquiles Priester

(All links go to the drummer’s facebook fan page)

I saw a lot of comments of people who were disappointed with the way DT was marketing it with essentially making it a “reality series.”

Since when is that a bad idea? “Oh man, DT is selling out. They’re reaping the benefits of Portnoy leaving the band.”

Are you kidding? This is the perfect example of when you SHOULD actually have somewhat of a reality show. I mean, you have a group of talented musicians who we’ve all grown to love over 20 years, and they want to put it on camera to let you in on their world. On top of that, it is FREE to watch whenever you want.

What’s wrong with that? People are interested in the band and its members, and really want to be in-the-know for how they go about finding a new member, and I think it’s awesome they’re covering it so extensively and cutting together the most interesting bits.

At least it’s not a group of people we’ve never heard of with no-talent getting wasted and beating each other up over who has the bigger six pack, but that never happens right?

Anyway..

Congratulations to all the drummers who auditioned, and the members of Dream Theater for their success and we wish them all the best here from AES.

Shout outs to everyone who came, and hopefully people who haven’t had a chance to see us live yet will enjoy it.

Watch An Endless Sporadic perform LIVE at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

Preview and purchase merch and music at our store. We're also giving away Eternal Bloom for free!

Attention AES fans and shirt enthusiasts! While we are restocking sold-out merch, we have narrowed down our next shirt to a couple of designs by friend, forum member, and AES fan, Jay Graf, who was also responsible for the self-titled AES album art.

Now we want YOU to decide which one will get printed next!

1. Octopus Moon


2. Frog World Domination

Everything is 50% off in the An Endless Sporadic Store, and Eternal Bloom is up for FREE to download. We’re totally out of our minds, and we know it, but that’s how much we love you.

Merry Christmas from AES!

Zach used it as his audition CD for Berklee, and had friend, Andrew Hoyle track drums.

Around the same time, I used to put a playlist on shuffle a lot and just drum along on my V drums to songs for fun. Erotomania was definitely a fun one. I remember playing it a few times in a row sometimes. In this video, as you can see, I don’t have everything down 100%, but it was just for fun, so hey! Can you blame me?

In the video “Death and Dying” by Death by Stereo comes directly afterwards.

Enjoy!

Erotomania & Death and Dying

andy | Myspace Video

We’ll keep you posted each time new lists or details are added, but enjoy for now, and feel free to comment and ask specifics, so we can try and answer those sooner for you!

What are some things you would like to see on the new-and-improved site? We definitely need a page dedicated to gear.

What-say-you?