In February, both Ludwig von Schießhoffen and Andrew Morrison & Friends launched their respective websites, with Ludwig's site containing a streamable preview of his first solo offering for Frostbyte Records 'The Mungers Song'.  Remaining Fußgängerzone member Birgitte devastatingly lost two fingers from his left hand in an accident on his large Alabama farm in the USA.  As a "leading biomechanical research company" prepared to graft a powerful mechanized hand on to the guitarist's wrist, Ludwig flew across the Atlantic to support his long-time friend during his convalescence, and vowed to return to F-Studio to complete his debut EP when time allowed.

Meanwhile back in England, Big Bad Fat Cat Benjamin became somewhat concerned about security staff at Viewpoint Studios making frequent sightings of a "continental" looking female hanging suspiciously around the building.  This female turned out to be his long estranged wife Marlena Popescu who, on Wednesday March 7th, brazenly stormed into Big Bad Fat Cat Benjamin's office in Port Solent's Harbour Court Business Park brandishing divorce papers and demanding half of his fortune.

After several months of legal wranglings, an out of court settlement was reached - rumoured to be at around £47,300,000 in Marlena's favour.  Within a few days, Marlena disappeared back to her home country, taking her newly obtained fortune with her, and leaving Frostbyte Records on the brink of bankruptcy.

Despite the profits generated by the re-release of 'I Was A Teenage Mr. Man', Frostbyte Records now faced their bleakest financial period in their brief history.  To reduce expenditure, Fat Cat was forced to make redundancies in the administration sector of Frostbyte Records, particularly within the I.T. and web design areas.  As a result of this, www.frostbyterecords.co.uk was somewhat neglected, and aficionados of the label resorted to scouring the pages of the music press for any available information on the plight of Frostbyte.

During the late nineties and early twenty-hundreds, the label-less Euthanasia had been enjoying considerable success in the clubs of both Ayia Napa and Ibiza with their newly revitalized dancefloor fodder.  Despite this popularity the band had only released one single in the last eight years through mp3.com - which had obtained unprecedented sales for the Californian based website.  Desperate to save his faltering business, BBFCB saw only one option: re-sign this mega-band.   But this would prove to be more than he bargained for.  Euthanasia, knowing the financial circumstances of the company, held Frostbyte to ransom and demanded creative control as well as a veto over company policy.  Desperate times calling for desperate measures, Ben duly submitted to Euthanasia's demands.

During this period, the Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah had recently moved to Hollywood.  He was spotted performing a cameo role in the series 'Spin City', starring Michael J. Fox.  His Frostbyte contract had still not been secured, and more bad news arrived for Fat Cat Benjamin, when The Ayatollah was sectioned to a New Mexico institution.

Late August saw the official release of Euthanasia's 'Misery Men' on twelve inch and compact disc, and was the first time the track had hit the shelves of UK record stores. The song's reputation in summer holiday resorts, and the inclusion of a brand new Freeform Dub Instrumental remix of the song guaranteed its place at number one in the British charts for some five weeks.

Frostbyte Records were well and truly back on the road to recovery.

('Misery Men' finally gained an official release on Frostbyte Records in August of 2001.)

Ludwig von Scheißhoffen's much delayed debut solo EP was finally released on December 3rd.  Industry insiders and music journalists alike had been wildly speculating about whether 'The Mungers Song EP' would ever see the light of day (its release was first announced on this website way back in February 2001) but towards the end of the year Ludwig updated his official website and proudly presented streamable previews of the three tracks which featured on the compact disc and 7" vinyl EP.

(How 'The Mungers Song' was seen on the shelves of the world's record shops.)

This release was accompanied by a mass-marketing campaign set to rival every boy and girl band, every TV-audition-show-syndicated jumped-up Sharon and Tracy, every avant-garde and experimental band, and every last bandwagon-raping charity record's bid for the Christmas number one.  British Bookmakers William Hillfiger quickly announced that they were no longer taking bets on Ludwig's single topping the charts at Christmas.  It was anticipated that 'The Mungers Song EP' would eventually outsell Band Aid, Bing Crosby and the Bible many times over.  It did, and was number one at both the end of 2001 and the beginning of 2002.

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