An idea I've had for some time is about to be put into practice.
The music from the film "The Piano" by Michael Nyman is to be given The Disco Students treatment.
One piece, "The Promise" is to be tackled.

And so, the new songs keep coming.
We have now nailed down six new numbers, with the old material, we're almost ready to play live.
The last rehearsal, on Friday 17th, was without doubt the best ever.
We are now making one hell of a racket.
New songs, hot off the press are " We're All Gonna Die", "Us Artistic Types", "I Know You('re)R Kind " and "I Am The Very Limit".
One problem is, which three songs will we choose to be on the EP ?
Each week, new material is being written.
We want to record at the end of next month.

The time had come to try the new material.
"Bad Orgy", "Morrissey Stole All My Ideas", "Gay Lorry Drivers" and "I Don't Want To Go To Prison" were all created within a few weeks.
The new songs all carry the distinctive Disco Student sound.
Work continued on arranging and honing the new material, ready for the next step - recording.
The plan is to release a 3 track CD on Yeah!Yeah!Yeah! Records - the first Disco Students record since 1981.
We've been looking around at recording studios and think we've found the right place.
We will be recording in the first week of November.

Right, where was I ?
OK, so we assembled at Basement Studios for our first rehearsal.
We decided to see how "South Africa House" and "Kafkaesque" sounded in 2003. As these songs were written by callow youths a quarter of a century before, they had aged very well.
A few changes here and there - and we had them.
The next step was new material.
We had a whole raft of new lyrics, and it was like finding an oil well - the stuff gushed all around us.
Clearly, we had nothing to fear.
By our third rehearsal we all knew we were onto something.
The Disco Students are alive and well.

So, how does one put a group together that last played live over 20 years ago?
Mmm, good question.
Well, first of all I asked myself do I REALLY want to do it ?
The answer was yes please.
From then on it was easy.
The telephone is a great thing - so I used it to contact Richard - he used his to get to Jon and we were three.
I drove in a car to see Kevin - and he agreed.
Then we all four met in a pub in Baker Street and talked about what had to be done.
There was little doubt - there was a lot to be done - and we had to do it.
Within another week, we were rehearsing at Basement Studios in Watford.
We were writing songs - more of which later - and we were a group.
The Disco Students existed once again.

As you've arrived here, you just MUST be interested to know how The Disco Students are faring on their return to the world of music.
The answer is, rather well actually.
The group broke up in the early 1980's, with the members going their separate ways.
The very thought of The Disco Students existing in any form again was simply a non-starter.
Too many hours in dreary rehearsal rooms and cold Transit vans had taken its toll - the group were a spent force - exhausted and broken.

So, fast forward to the Summer of 2003.
And the idea of reforming The Disco Students seems just perfect.
How odd.
Of course there have been some casualties - drummer Graham Hocking has not been seen or heard of for over 20 years. Gone.
Guitarists Simon Clark and Carl Perkins have too disappeared off the radar.
Jon Greenough, now lives in Plymouth, Devon - the logistics ruling him out of the new group.
So, it has been left to original members Simon Cheetham and Richard Coles to find two suitable allies to do the group justice.
The position of drummer has been filled by Jon Coles - brother of Richard.
Kevin O'Brien, once of Watford punk heroes The S-Haters now plays the guitar.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Disco Students.