Sometimes in the course of events it is neccesary to take stock and reflect on the past. Sometimes it is neccesary to look towards the future. The future at the moment is something that not many people would have envisioned for Creeper Lagoon, a relatively unknown band from San Franciso. With the self destruction of it's most well known lineup in the aftermath of the band's debut release for major label Dreamworks, you could be forgiven for thinking that the band's relatively short career (2 albums and 2 EP's) had come to an ignominious end...

But you'd be wrong.

Founding member Sharky Laguana returned home from a shitty summer (to what would be an even shittier fall) in late 2001, and did what any unknown musician has to do when the band goes bust. He got a job. And like anyone else whose resume for the past couple years consisted mainly of being a rock musician, the job he got wasn't too great. And that is how in September of 2001 he found himself grinding away his days by carefully taking apart hundreds of CD cases and placing bar code stickers on the enclosed artwork. It was a profound dissapointment and as the year steadily got worse it became progressively more difficult to imagine any kind of future at all. But there is an old saying about a door opening when another one closes, and that is exactly what happened that winter, when two very important events happened that would turn things around.

The first event was an email from a chance acquaintance asking Sharky if he would be interested in singing on a Pink Floyd compilation. The email sender turned out to be studio owner Walt Szalva, who ran a small but well stocked recording studio in the Sunset district of San Francisco (the same room was once used by Chris Issak to track his biggest hit "Wicked Game"). It wasn't long before Sharky was wandering over to the studio on a regular basis, first just to hang out, and then eventually recording several songs he had written that winter on his accoustic guitar and drum machine. As the work on the songs continued and slowly crystallized into an EP with help from Walt, it became apparent to Sharky that he needed to be playing live music with musicians again.

A small ad on Craig's list led Sharky to the aptly named Treasure Island (a small former naval base in the San Francisco Bay) where a group of musicians had gathered around a small upright piano in public housing located on the island. At the very first rehearsal the chemistry was palpable and he immediately knew he had found some like minded souls to play music with. The group was quickly productive and prolific. Working together and seperately, they recorded several albums worth of material in their home studios over the course of the next six months. They were so prolific, in fact, that the group decided to form two different projects to accomodate all the material.

With the summer came the second event: an offer came from The Arena Rock Recording Company to put out the EP that was still in mid production, and was as of yet unheard by anyone. The intrusion of a deadline brought a great deal of urgency to the densely layered tracks, and the musicians from Treasure Island (Jason Bassler, Miles Tuffli & Rachel Lastimosa) volunteered to help finish out the record. With all of their help, and a final forty eight hour straight mixing session, the EP was completed by the deadline, and was shipped off to the mastering plant. And now with the arrival of the EP in stores, they will all be touring as Creeper Lagoon this spring to support the EP, Remember The Future, out Dec. 10th on The Arena Rock Recording Company.

For more information, and show dates please visit www.creeperlagoon.com.