4.3.08

Back in the USA!!!

Hey everyone!

Just a note to let everyone know, Four Star Mary made it back to the U.S. safely.  Derrick and I a little worse than ZU.

After braving weeks of freezing cold and rain, staying up till the wee hours of the morning with our favorite beverages, eating the majority of our meals at the Welcome Breaks, we safely land in LA where the temperature was a lovely, sunny, 80 degrees, and THEN Derrick and I get sick.
We really had a great time seeing all the old familiar faces, and of course meeting some new family members as well.  Claire, Duncan, and Mad got some great photos that we'll be getting up soon.

A huge thank you to Laura for helping organize everything.  Not an easy job, and she pulled everything off flawlessly.  A huge thank you also goes out to Rich Willoughby for being one of our managers, for driving us EVERYWHERE, and for playing drums for us and making us realize drums can ROCKKKK!!  Rich runs Cold Room Studios in Oxford so check out his myspace site and if you are in a band make sure to book some time!  Franko Mario did it again by not only managing us with Rich, but also being head of merchandising, security, and ALWAYS keeping a level head on his shoulders and our feet planted where they need to be.  Jake Roos, for being an exceptional bass player for us on this tour and also pulling double duty playing in his band Fatally Yours.  Fatally Yours??  I think the point was proven how amazing this band is.  We were so proud to have them on our bill.  Marc, Andy, Gareth, and Jake thank you.

f course all of these thanks wouldn’t be possible if it wasn't for all of our fans that came out to see us and who have stuck by us all these years.  I really hope you enjoyed yourselves and that you keep spreading the word.  Make sure to sign up on our message boards if you already haven't done so.  Also, check out the Myspace page and all of our personal ones too.  Jaime (Sweet J)  always takes care of our Myspace site and Will and Skidachu take care of our message boards.  Drop by and say hello, and we'll let you know what's going on in the world of Four Star Mary!

lot's of love

 Tad

1.05.08

The Message boards are back!!!

Happy New year everyone. To start the new year off right I finally got off my butt and setup the new and improved FSM Message Board. I know it was a long time in coming but that time has finally arrived. We hope to see all of our friends stopping by to say "Hello It's Me" lol

March UK Tour is in the final planning stages

Yes, it's true after Tad's little acoustic tour in December we are in the final stages of locking down a full band tour in March. Venue's are still getting sorted but we will release details as soon as everything is confirmed. We are trying to spread the gigs around so we can get play in the North, South, East and West. We can't promise we will play your hometown but we will get as close as we can.

New Acoustic songs playing on our Myspace page

Tad has recorded a few FSM classics with our friends the inmates for your listening pleasure. We will be rotating them into our myspace player over the next couple of weeks. Let us know what you think of the new versions of the songs.

I can't think of anything else to write so I will leave well enough alone. We Can't wait to see everyone in March.

XOXO
Z
U

 

11.01.07

New Ringtones, wallpaper and UK Shows added

"It's Been a while now hasn't it "

Sorry it's taken so long to update things around the site here. Time has a way of getting away for me.

Upcoming UK acoustic shows confirmed

Things are getting busy again here at FSM HQ. Tad has planned a quick acoustic tour to the UK this December. He'll be going it alone for this trip as the rest of the band will be working at the local town center shop as Santa's Helpers. They will be putting snotty little kids on the old man's lap so they can get a photo to put on the wall for grandma to look at. You'll have to look after Tad while he is there as he lives in Los Angeles and is not conditioned to actual winter weather. Put the kettle on and fill him up with some PG Tips.

New Acoustic songs on the way

We are planning on releasing a new collection of acoustic songs this winter. We will pull together a bunch of the acoustic versions of FSM favorites and put them together on a CD or Downloadable from itunes. Plans haven't been finalized as of yet but be sure that by Christmas there will be some  new FSM music that you can't possibly live without.

What the Band is up to

FSM is in the planning stages of the a full band tour through the UK sometime this winter. After Tad has blown through town this December a full band tour is planned for this February/March. Details are getting worked out as we speak so get ready to have all of FSM land on the shores of  the UK. Word has it that  ZU hasn't had his chocolate and caramel biscuits in a while and he is very hungry.

Be good or not it's up to you.

XOXO

ZU

 

08.05.06

Ipod shuffle winner announced

The winner of the FSM Ipod Shuffle giveaway is Rachael Brown of Perth, Australia. Many thanks for all of the people that purchased the Hello It's Me CD. Sorry that everyone couldn't win. But you are all winners in our book. Thanks for supporting the band and spreading the word of FSM to the world.

We are still trying to put the finishing touches on our Fall UK tour. Dealing with promoters is a tricky thing so we have to keep mum about details until the contracts are signed. We are looking forward to seeing all of our UK friends again.

We are keeping busy with a few acoustic shows and full band shows around the LA area. But we are really trying to get out of the area and meet new people outside of LA . We hope to play shows in the nearby areas in and around the Los Angeles area. More news on shows to follow.

Take care of yourselves and we'll see you soon.

XOXO
ZU
 

06.22.06

What we are up to now

FSM has been busy with usual band stuff. Get photos taken, do interviews, get more photos taken, rehearse, write new songs, get even more photos taken, have a meeting, save a whole litter of puppies from a burning building, take more photos, solve the Soduko puzzle in the NY times, take more photos, finally sit down and write a new news page to entertain the FSM peeps.

Have a look at the updated merch page. There is a FSM ipod shuffle giveaway in progress. Wouldn't you look cool with your very own FSM Shuffle. We finally have all of our CD's available for download at itunes and other download sites. We've even included handy links for you. Isn't that nice.

We uploaded a few new things in the archive section for your enjoyment and nostalgia.

Let us know if there is anything we can do for you. We are here to serve you the FSM fans.

XOXO
ZU

 

04.27.06

Ok, A new website for a new CD

We have just completed a whole re-vamp of fourstarmary.com. We were way overdue for a new site and the html gods are now smiling upon us. Have a look around. We tried to add a whole bunch of new stuff as well as some cool old stuff. The archive section totally rocks. You can see some old flyers from the good old days. Old photos when we were all so youthful and full of cheerful angst and for the real FSM enthusiast a handful of old school FSM art.

From FSM novice to the FSM Veteran there is a gaggle of stuff here.  We even put an audio player that plays FSM songs while you are surfing the site. We will probably change the song every now and then just to keep you on your toes. We might have you doing a Polka while you browse the site in the future. You never know so you will have to keep checking back often. Check out the Journal hear what Tad has to say about the new lyrics for Hello It's Me.

We will be adding a bunch of new photos to the photo section as we have just wrapped up a recent photo session at a special undisclosed location that looks like a bomb blew up the place. Hint! Hint! We'll have a contest to see if anyone can guess where we did the photo shoot for a yet to be determined prize

That's all of the news I could come up with

Talk to you guys soon

XOXOX
ZU