1992

In the spring the band submitted a technical rider to its second venue. The rider was fourteen pages. It included load-bearing calculations for the drum riser, egress routing, circuit calculations and a contingency appendix. The venue owner, Phil, had been booking bands for eleven years. He called Marcus and asked if it was a joke. Marcus said that was a negative.

Phil said most bands asked for a case of beer and a working PA. Marcus said the band would also accept the case of beer. The terms were agreed. Appendix B has been in force since.

Linda Vasquez was not sent a copy of the rider. She obtained one. In April she had an electrician install a dedicated circuit behind the stage at The Runway Bar. She did not mention it to the band. Dennis found it during load-in. He checked it with a meter. It was correct.

The band recorded its first album in the summer, in a home studio two miles from the perimeter fence at Davis-Monthan. The album is called BRRRRRRT. It has five tracks. The title track runs at 162 beats per minute. Each member was required to hold that tempo within two beats either way. The archive has confirmed that they did.

Sessions were scheduled around four day jobs. They ran from 1800 to 2200 on weeknights and from 0800 on Saturdays, except the Saturday of Elaine's drill weekend. Marcus built the session plan on a single sheet. It was not revised.

By day, Marcus moved from the dock to the dispatch desk. He described the change as a lateral move with better visibility. Dave studied for his commercial driver's license on his lunch breaks and passed in October. Tony replaced the van's water pump in May. He did it before it failed. He said the inspection had found it.

The band played twenty-two shows in 1992. Eleven were at The Runway Bar. Six were at Phil's room. One was in Phoenix. Attendance ranged from twelve to forty-one.

The cassette was sold at shows and from behind the register at The Runway Bar. Linda kept the inventory and counted it at close. The count was always correct.

In December the band performed the full album in sequence for the first time. The set ran twenty-one minutes and forty seconds. Marcus noted the time. He had projected twenty-one minutes and thirty-five seconds. He recorded the deviation as five seconds, crowd noise.