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After Andy Warstar's Birthday Party Gig, there were a couple weeks of downtime. Andy had decided some weeks before that his intention was to manifest an excellent drummer, who only wanted to play drums and nothing else.

A few weeks after laying out his intention and desire, Jason Williams manifested at an Ashland bus stop. Andy was bicycling past, noticed Jason's long hair, and decided to stop and give him a Warstars promo disc. DIY, as per Andy's custom.

Jason went home and listened to the disc shortly afterwards. A day or two later, Jason called Andy and asked if he was up for jamming. And the rest of the summer 2005 is history. Jason joined the Warstars, Andy dubbed him Thrasher (because of Jason's ball cap) until a more "Warstars" stage name could be thought of.

It was shortly after the first couple weeks of jams with Jason that Andy ran into his friend Steve again. Steve was putting together an event in Lithia Park called "Free Speech In The Park" and asked if the Warstars would play. Andy said "Of course!" and that was that.

Another couple weeks of jamming had Andy ready to rock, although Jason showed some apprehension. He felt the material was too fresh, and that he and Andy "really oughta jam together for at least a year before playing any shows."
Whatever dude... That doesn't sound very punk rock does it? No. It does not.

A professional musician ought to be able to play his songs with little or no rehearsal on a whim, if that's his profession and he aims to put food on the table by doing so. As Andy suspected, the freshness of the songs worked to benefit the sound of the music more than anything.

Andy also had his friend Terry, a professional camera man, film the entire show. The video is all the more fun to watch, because you get to see Andy rocking out in an "Uncle Sam" top hat throughout the whole performance. And it is in letterbox. Neat huh?

And the ladies really dug the Warstars too. Ah Yeah...