12-30-2002 We hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. This will be the last update of 2002! Happy New Year everybody! We're booked through the month of May at Shady Brady's in Winchester VA. All shows are for ages 18 and up, start at 10:00 PM, and have a $5 cover charge. Shady's is located on 164 N. Loudon St. It's a great venue, so come check it out, eat some wings, play some pool, and rock out with us. Check us out at the 7th annual Millenium Music Conference in Harrisburg PA. We have been confirmed for the event, time and place TBA. I would like to apologize for the lack of MP3's which were promised over the holidays, unfortunately, we do not have enough space to upload all the high quality MP3's as we had planned, still working on a way to distribute them freely. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Gettysburg definately ROCKS! Thanks to the Lambda Chi for having us, and thanks to Backyard Memories for opening. The crowd was killer. We had a great time and we're looking forward to more shows there next year! Thanks again! Quick reminder: we're still shopping for management and/or booking agents, if you are interested, please contact us! Email: idleride@idleride.com Phone: (540) 723-6491

11-22-2002 Ok, so we're sneaking in two local shows, so much for a break over the holidays! Lucky you! Check us out at Shady Brady's in Winchester VA the day before Thanksgiving (Nov 27), 18 to get in, 21 to drink! Come out in full force to rock with us and enjoy some of the best wings in the valley. Show starts at 10:00 PM.

11-18-2002 What a crazy November we've had! We have a lot of people to thank, so bear with us! Thanks to the all those in radio land and all those that came in person to 123 Pleasant St in Morgantown WV on Nov. 11th. We had a great time and look forward to making regular trips to Mo-Town As always, we had a great time and we'll see you folks in January! Thanks to Static Support for allowing us to share the stage with them in Harrisonburg VA at the Main Street Bar & Grill. We hope to collaborate more often! Check out their site here. UMaine Rocks! It was well worth the hike to get some northern exposure. Thanks to the Lambda Chi house and all the brothers for hosting us. The Rolling Rock table is classic, we truely appreciate it. It was good to see familiar faces and hang out with some good friends. We'd also like to thank Owen's Country Market, which is somewhere in New England? Well, it's time for us to take a little wintery hiatus to spend some well deserved (we think anyways) time with our loved ones and to cacth up on some "behind the music" stuff, but really it's mostly so Mike can hibernate. We may play a show locally sometime before the new year, we'll keep you posted! As an early Christmas gift to our friends and fans, and since we are sold out of "The Words in Their Eyes", we are going to make the entire CD available here in high quality (256 kbps) mp3's until the new year. We will let you know when they become available for download. Happy Holidays!

10-21-2002 Whats up MORGANTOWN! Thanks to everyone that came to support us and everyone who made the show possible, we had a great time as always and we're looking forward to seeing you all again at 123 Pleasant St. Call them and let them know how much you want to see us there! Thanks Angela for the scoop on the WV Music Conference! Check out Ang's site, The LAB, you won't be sorry!

10-17-2002 SHOW UPDATE! Oct. 19 @ 773 Garrison Ave, Morgantown WV. Music starts at 10:00 pm. It's a house party, so have fun and please respect your host! If you are under 21 do not drink! We are in the market for management and/or a booking agent. We know there is a big difference between the two, but we don't want to rule out any possibilities. So if you are interested, or know someone who might be, please contact us or pass along our info. Thanks! Email: idleride@idleride.com Phone: (540) 723-6491 We are planning on returning to the Millenium Music Conference again this year after a brief one year hiatus. We will keep you posted. Links and Booking sections updated.

10-14-2002 Thanks to all the fans new and old that showed their support at Coalie Harry's this weekend, despite all the initial technical difficulties we had a great time. We have the best fans! We hope you all caught Jayme Salviati's set before out show on Saturday! We would like to thank her for sharing the stage with us and we look forward to more shows in the future. She's definately a class act, and very talented. Check her out! Maine has been rescheduled for November 16th. See the shows section for more details. Uh, happy Columbus Day?!

9-23-2002 We would like to say farewell to our friends from Julian Fist. They were one of the most professional and hospitable bands we have ever had the pleasure of sharing the stage with. Best of luck to each of you in all you do. Great show on Friday at Gullifty's! Thanks to everyone at Gettysburg who dropped by to listen and hang out. We had a great time! We're working on some new covers, such as Santa Monica by Everclear and High by Feeder, as well as five or six others. Also it's worth mentioning that we have a lot of new material of our own that we have been crowd testing for the last few months. Here's a list of some of the new titles (and some not so new) you may hear at one of our shows, feel free to let us know what you think! Jackson Another Bull Train of Thoughts Pebbles Mistake Gravity Simple and Sweet Movin' On Sad to Leave Waiting for the Light to Change Florida

9-5-2002 Well looks like I managed to skip the month of August... sorry about that. We did manage to pay off the van in August though Thanks to all the folks who came out to the Pharmacy last nite in Shepherdstown, we saw a lot of familiar faces and some new ones too. It was an incredible experience, we could feel the energy. You guys rocked! Made our week for sure. We have officially ran out of copies of "The Words in Their Eyes" Our first priority is to get more in stock. Shouldn't be a long wait. The links section was updated in August too.

7-21-2002 Hey kids! Thanks to everyone who showed your support last nite at Coalie Harry's! You were a fantastic audience and we had a great time as always! We now have new email addresses! If you recieve an email from someone claiming to be one of us or speaking on our behalf and it does not come from an idleride.com email address, it is a fake! Heres our new emails: Booking & General Info: idleride@idleride.com Jason: jason@idleride.com J.B.: jb@idleride.com Dave: dave@idleride.com Mike: mike@idleride.com

7-12-2002 ATTENTION! We no longer have control over the email address IDLERIDEBAND@HOTMAIL.COM. Please disregard all emails and information from that account as of July 10th 2002 and do not send any information to that address. We cannot read or send mail from that account. New email accounts for each member of the band as well as a group account will be established in the near future. Thank you for your pateince and understanding.

6-25-2002 Oh, where to begin... well in the last month everyone in the band has moved. Jason, Mike, and J.B. are now conviniently located in Winchester VA, while Dave is in a new residence in Martinsburg WV. We've also got a new practice facility at the Combs farm in Ridgeway WV. Fun stuff, eh? New songs, and lots of 'em! Some titles include "Jackson" and "Another Bull". We've been crowd/fan testing these songs lately at our shows and so far so good. We've retreated a bit into reclusion to hone our song writing skills and grow as musicians (heck, Dave's even started taking lessons) in preperation for our third album, "Waiting for the Light to Change", which we plan on recording sometime next year in a land far, far away. The new website... yeah I know you've all heard this before. It's a long term goal, we're trying, we've just been in a state of flux, so we're going to make do with this one for now, and try to get it updated more regularly. One more payment to go on the van, another small personal victory ;) Updated the booking information and links page too!

4-2-2002 "I'm sorry sweetie, I'm kinda busy. I hate to drop this bomb. I'd love to take you out to dinner but I can't stop kissin' your mom!" Thanks once again to PRIAPUS for coming all the way up here to share the stage with us at Coalies. Hell of a show guys. Can't wait to work with you again. By the way that Mike guy is a compulsive liar and that guitar player of theirs has a really weak bladder, but its genetic... Oh and we'll have to do the Dooby Brothers again sometime soon! We got some sound clips from the Olympic Torch show, the beginning of Raining in December and the end of Me and the Moon, as well as segments of the interview with Trenary. Look for us to post that on the site soon. Thanks to Strovel from WEPM! The new website is on hold until we get Mike's mac working again, so the quality of our flyers we mail out to you guys is going to suffer for a while too, bear with us. Feel free to send us any donations for the "Get Mike a Job Fund." We're all very excited to be playing with Choda Farm from Mechanicsburg PA whom with played with at the MMC5 last year at Gullifty's Underground and The Chris Shepherd Happening from Philadelphia PA at Gettysburg University this weekend. Come check it out, the cover is $1 and all procedes go to the Make a Wish Foundation!

3-14-2002 We would like to thank Dick, Priapus, and all the Fire Fighters down in Huntington for having us for the weekend. The cooking was awesome but don't worry guys we wont tell your wives about it! Come check out PRIAPUS at Coalie Harry's on March 30th! Hey Emma, thanks for coming all the way from sunny Florida to see us... Idle Ride "The Emma Sessions" Live From Marley's Dog House ;) This is a short one, eh?

3-4-2002 Hey everybody! We had a blast at the Tub party! Thanks to the Tub Thumpers for inviting us down, a good time was had by all, even the dough boy. We hope to continue this tradition in the future. Also, look for a photo gallery of the dough boys adventures coming soon! A new website is in the works at this very moment. Mikey has been working hard on improvements and new features to enhance your idle online experience. It should be jacktastic when all is said and done. J.B. has just returned from a sailing trip with his good friend, The Captain.

2-21-2002 Whats up folks? The photos section has been updated with ALOT of new photos, so have look and tell us what ya think! We're preparing for another East Coast Campus Tour this winter, starting off the first weekend in March, be sure to check the shows page for all the up to date schedule! We've been hard at work on our music, adding more vocal harmony as well as adding new songs to our arsenal. We are taking our time on this batch of material, which we feel is our best yet. We're still tossing the idea of another album around, but don't look for any studio time for us until next year. The following advertisement has been brought to you by the Tub Thumpers, a proud sponser of Idle Ride (sound like a beer promotion?) - "Come have fun and enjoy the Mardi Gras spirit with your friends at the Tub. Martinsburgs' finest purveyor of house parties. The Tub is conveniently located at 819 N. Queen St. Martinsburg. The party starts at 9:30 pm. Must be 21 and older to drink. Live entertainment provided by Idle Ride, the official band of the Tub. For more information visit www.thetub.org."

1-9-2002 Hey its the first post of the new year! I hope everyone had a good holiday season, we certainly did. We've been preparing for some extended time on the road here this winter and spring so look for us at a town and campus near you! Thanks to Angela from THE LAB for coming all the way down to Winchester to pictures of our show in December. I hope you found that the trip was worth while! If you are unfamiliar with her site, go check it out. She is an awesome photographer in support of the local bands of PA and the surrounding areas. Thanks again for everything! We now have a fresh supply of stickers in a variety of styles, colors, and prices. The smaller ones are $2 and come in orange, teal, black, and white and the larger ones are $5 are quite complex (they match the van!). They are all available at our live shows. More details to come.

12-21-2001 Happy Holidays to all! We would like to wish everyone and their loved ones a happy and safe Christmas! The video for Soldier's Gun is incredible! The crew from Shepherd did an excellent job and the shots from the upcoming movie "Gods and Generals" are unreal. Thanks for everything! Hopefully we can have that up on the web soon. Special thanks to the WVMUSICSCENE.COM for having us as their Artist of the Week last week. We greatly appreciate it and look forward to coming down your way soon. Check out the site people, its a great tool to find local bands and venues that suit your tastes in West Virginia and its neighboring states. We had a blast playing for the running of the torch through our home town of Martinsburg. It was FREEZING! I think we all agreed that show was the coldest we have ever been. Definately an experience we will never forget. Go Team USA! One last thing, please refrain from using foul language and insulting people on our guestbook, noone wants to see that, I mean c'mon, its Christmas time!

12-1-2001 Hey everyone! We've got alot of thanking to do this time. A big thanks to the guys from Julian Fist, Kyle, Scott, Troy, and Mitch, you guys were great and we appreciate everything. One hell of a show guys! We look forward to working more with you in the future. Thanks to Angela from The LAB for taking all those great photos! You do excellent work! We shall be posting some of it here on our site in the very near future. Thanks to Shannon and Melanie from PA Rocks! Once again ladies it was a pleasure, tell your mom we said hi, shes a great lady! We're glad you all enjoyed your first Idle Ride show. Thanks to April for all her information and interest, we would love to play some shows! Live Alien Broadcast put on a great show. Thanks to Gullifty's for having us! Hey Gainesville? Whats up? I know this is late. We had a great time down at the swamp. Thanks to The Big Matt, Briana, Emma, Adam, All the Lambda Chi brothers, Mandy the Gator Head Girl and her crew, the UNF crew, and everyone else that supported us! We had a great time!

11-12-2001 Go UMaine! Congratz on the win over Mass this weekend. You've got 4 fans here. We had a blast in Maine, the people in Orono were very, very cool, and we can't wait to get back up there for Bumstock (Am I spelling that right?) in the spring and I think theres been talk of having us up for another social function?! We plan on enjoying a little "Darren Time" this week before we head to Florida. So what really is the plural of "moose" anyways? We LOVE Maine! Hey Georgetown KY, whats up!? Thanks for all the good southern hospitality, we look forward to making another trip down there sometime soon. Sorry about the cops and all, but I think it was worth it! Maybe we'll head on down to Lexington too next time we visit. Thanks for a great time! We are scheduled to play on December 20th when the Olympic Torch comes to town, more details to follow in the days to come. We are also already booking our spring tour. So far we are planning on stopping at several campuses in Ohio, as well as Gettysburg, Townsen, Marshall, VTech, and Maine.

10-29-2001 What a CRAZY weekend it was! We're having the time of our lives on the road! Special thanks to Bill and his little brother at the Lambda Chi house in Philly, that Gold Label So Co kicked ass. Whats up WV Wesleyan!? Thanks to Ben Frye and Kappa Alpha down in sunny Buckhannon, you guys know how to party! We hope to be revisiting both places in the spring, thanks for making the first leg of our fall tour everything we were hoping it would be, and a big thanks to the Tanners for letting us crash at the homestead and for an amazing homecooked breakfast we will never forget, give Cheech hell for us. So this really was supposed to go under the last news update, but I forget it like the jack monkey I am. We just finished filming the video for Soldier's Gun about two weeks ago. Thanks to Jill and her crew from Shepherd for everything. Hopefully we will get a copy that we can put up on the web in the media section, look for that sometime in the early spring of 2002.

10-22-2001 The van is getting its final touches today... now that we've got a ton of spare parts, insurance, tags, stickers, fuzzy dice, seats, and a shakey head dog, we now have flames and logos mwahahaha! So now you can't miss us as we cruise to a university on the east coast near you. Be sure to wave (or whatever) and keep us entertained while we're on the road! J.B. is getting sexier by the minute. Oh, and Jason's bio is up. Our first shipment of T-Shirts should be ready for the launch of our East Coast Greek Tour this weekend. You can pick one up for an even $15.

10-03-2001 The CONCERT FOR THE CAUSE raised $800 for the American Red Cross! Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a success: The Martinsburg Journal, Mr. Stiles and The Musselman High School Drama Department, and all the fans and members of the community that came out and made donations and supported us! Thank you once again. God Bless America! The media section is up. It contains a listing of radio stations that play our music, a couple of MP3's, and both of our news paper articles from the Martinsburg Journal. Enjoy! Everyone give a warm welcome to Soldier the Shakey Head Dog, the newest member to the Idle Ride Road Crew. Check him out on the dash of the van next time we roll up.

9-22-2001 CONCERT FOR THE CAUSE - Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and families of the attack on September 11 in New York and Washington DC. With sponsorship form the Martinsburg Journal and help of the Musselman High School Drama Club we are throwing a benefit concert for the American Red Cross. It will cost $5 a person and ALL procedes will go directly to the Red Cross to help out in the recovery and rebuilding proccess. GOD BLESS AMERICA

9-6-2001 We've got a van... yes you read that right. Its a 94 Chevy white utility van, soon to be custom. It joins the ranks of the Arctic Fox and Arctic Weasel as the ARCTIC BEAST. Watch for it on the road, we're coming to a town near you. We're hitting the east coast on our winter college Lambda Chi Alpha tour. Want us to play your campus? Let us know by clicking here. The bio pages are finally done. To see them simply click on our faces at the bottom right corner of the main page.

8-14-2001 Hey everyone! Sorry its been so long since we've posted anything here... just keep reading! We have acquired several new toys, check out JB's new bass and Mikes new drum set (coming soon) at the next live show near you. There is talk of us goin on a small east coast tour next spring/summer with River's Edge. Haven't heard them? We play with them every Sunday at the Belle Starr in Winchester VA. Its an all ages show and the food is great. More details, if any, will be posted here as soon as we know the facts. There is also talk of the band heading back to the studio next year to record yet another album. We have tossed around the idea of re-recording 9 songs from our self-titled debut album and adding 6 or 7 of our unreleased songs, such as Sad to Leave, Sweet and Simple, Mistake, Summer Drive, and Movin' On. But its all still in our note books for now. Thanks for all your support once again with the Next Big Star competition. We did not win (again) but 2nd out of 4000+ bands nationwide isn't shabby!