History
2002
Euthanasia's freshly released 'Masterblaster' single hit the new year shelves, blowing away the post September 11th blues.
Many people, after listening to this mega-sound, could hardly recollect any of the terror, as they were too damn busy dancing.
(Euthanasia's 'Masterblaster' was still selling well almost three months after its release.)
Early May saw the closure of Frostbyte Record's regular recording studio Viewpoint, for an elaborate multi-million
pound refit. The capital for this refurbishment came from the unprecedented success of both Ludwig von Scheißhoffen's
'The Mungers Song' and Euthanasia's 'Masterblaster'. As a result of this development work at Viewpoint Studios,
Frostbyte's artists were unable to record any new material until November 2002.
June 3rd saw the renaissance of the historic Isle Of Wight music festival, with music fans across southern England travelling to the
island to watch live music for the first time since the nineteen seventies. Due to Frostbyte's lack of recording facilities,
many of the label's artists were pursuing live performances. This increased live activity meant that many Frostbyte artists were asked to
perform during the day, including Feedback Syndrome, The Chinky Mental Daves,
Euthanasia and The Natural Technicians From Carpetland (who reformed especially for this one off performance).
Ludwig von Scheißhoffen was given an extremely high billing in the running order, playing his acoustic solo set of Fußgängerzone
material in-between Starsailor and The Charlatans. According to local paper the
Isle of Wight Country Press, there was not a dry eye in the audience when Ludwig
performed his timeless classic 'The Plinkey Plonkey Song'. The entertainment editor of the Isle of Wight County
Press wrote in his review of the day "I found myself weeping uncontrollably: how could one modest German musician have stirred
up such a deep well of emotion within this normally cold and cynical heart? But cry I did, and my soul felt all the better for it."
The festival's past problems came back to haunt the event, when during an after-show party - that featured a DJ set by Euthanasia -
Norman Hockberg, George Stereo and Jackson Switchblade Jr. of The Natural Technicians From Carpetland were tragically killed when a
fight broke out with Diarmuid Flannel of The Chinky Mental Daves, who had been drinking Scotch heavily since the early hours of the morning.
In October, he was found guilty of murder and given three consecutive life sentences at Winchester Crown Court. In the same
month, a charity night was held to raise money for the wives and family left behind after the tragedy at the Isle of Wight Festival.
The performance was held at "Joe Daflos" café-bar - as owned by Mark King of Level 42 - and featured Euthanasia,
Feedback Syndrome, Disordered Mode Shop (who made a special, rare public appearance) and Ludwig von Scheißhoffen.
(Level 42's Mark King)
In early November, The Ayatollah Of Rock 'n' Rollah was released from his incarceration in New Mexico and headed back to England.
A statement from Ms. Sisteen V. Booth, administrative assistant at Frostbyte Records, said "There are plans for The Ayatollah of
Rock 'n'Rollah in the New Year". November also saw the re-opening of the newly refitted mega-soopa-doopa-tech Viewpoint Studios.
This was an event with mixed emotions, with Frostbyte saying goodbye to their chief engineer Andrew Morrison, after eleven years of
dedicated service to the record label. Andrew had been a loyal member of the Frostbyte staff for over a decade, and decided
to retire from full-time studio work to enable him to concentrate fully on his second year studying for a degree at the University of
Portsmouth. Andrew Morrison's replacement was the world famous Moses Avon-Glossop, a living legend whose slow work rate
and cocaine addiction during the nineteen-nineties made him almost as famous as did his fine production skills. In 1992, Seattle
grunge rockers Born Dead's multi-platinum selling album 'Battle Creek' established his reputation as a creator of
colossal productions - although the album took an excruciating two and a half years to complete, and very nearly split the band up.
Avon-Glossop's first job at Frostbyte Records was working with The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah on his new material.
As 2002 drew to a close, the Viewpoint Studios team worked behind closed doors remastering old Frostbyte material.