1994

In 1994 the band gave two interviews. Both took place in diners. In both, Marcus arrived first with a folder. In the first, he discussed the gun, the aircraft and thrash metal as a format. In the second, he discussed the technical rider. The interviewers asked about the music. Marcus explained that as well.

The interviews were published in the winter and the fall. Marcus filed both. He requested a correction to one figure. The correction was not printed. The request remains in the folder.

In March Elaine Kowalczyk left the music store and opened her own teaching studio. It had one room, one kit and a bench for parents. She taught four afternoons a week and on Saturdays that were not drill weekends. By December she had thirty-one students. She kept attendance in a ledger. The ledger was audited by no one. It balanced.

Dennis completed his first full year at the second contractor. He submitted eleven equipment cost justifications to Marcus. Each was typed. Each referenced the previous one. Marcus approved all eleven. Dennis filed the copies in the binder, which by then required a second binder.

Dave applied in June for a civilian contract position driving a shuttle bus on Davis-Monthan. The background check took five months. He did not mention it at rehearsal. He mentioned it in November, when it cleared. Marcus said that was good news. Dave said it was correct news.

Tony wrote the van's first quarterly inspection checklist. It was two pages. It assigned the inspection to Dennis, who had the most consistent calendar. Dennis accepted the assignment. The arrangement held for two years.

The band played twenty-eight shows. It played its first downtown date on Congress Street in February and its first shows in Yuma and Bisbee. The Bisbee show was in a converted feed store. The temperature at load-out was thirty-eight degrees. Elaine noted that the kit held its tuning.

Linda extended Friday hours at The Runway Bar to one in the morning. She told the band it was not on their account. The band played the first Friday under the new hours and finished at 2330, as scheduled.

Marcus began drafting the band's third album. It concerned the aircraft boneyard on the south side of the base. He said the subject had been in front of them the whole time.