March 8th, 2007:
The recording process for the third album is in the demo stages as we have made a few recordings to get some idea about sound quality and mixing. It has, however, been kept to a bit of a slower pace by the number of shows we have been planing for this late winter/early spring.

Speaking of which, Strange Land's last show at Shank Hall was a great experience and we want to thank everone for the strong showing of support at that one. Stop by the PHOTO GALLERY for some new pictures from that evening courtesy of our friend and photographer extraordinaire GARETH GLYNN ASH.

Strange Land has five more shows scheduled and/or in the works for the upcoming months including next week Friday's show at The Main Stage. Stop by the SHOWS page and find out when we'll be playing near you!

December 21st, 2006:
Well the year is almost over and Strange Land is ready to begin 2007 by going back into the studio to start work on our third album. All that's left to do is pound out the arrangements of a couple more songs and then it's go time. Stay tuned for more details and updates on the new album as they happen.

Next we have a show for 2007 to announce already as well. Our friends in FAR CORNER have invited us to open for them at Shank Hall for their CD release party in February. Check out the SHOWS page for more information.

For those of you missed the show you are in luck. We have a couple of new shows to announce for the upcoming months. The first show is October 14th and will be a STRANGE LAND and family show of sorts. The two opening acts will be Sean's other band, ABS BLUES BAND, and Chad's band with his brother Peter Novell, TWILIGHT RADIO. The second, scheduled for November 3rd, is at a new venue for us, MAIN STAGE, in Waukesha. Please see the SHOWS page for more information on both performances.

May 19th, 2006:
So it's been a while and Strange Land has been busy. We have a ton of new material that we are working on for the third album and just recently completed what is going to be the title track and cornerstone of the album.

Also, we have set up a couple of shows for the month of June and look forward to bringing some of this new material to you. The first show is on Friday, June 2nd and is actually KOPECKY'S CD release party at MCAULIFFE'S PUB which they have invited us to open for. The last time we played together at McAuliffe's was a blast so we are really excited to be doing this again! The second show will be back at our home away from home, VNUK'S LOUNGE on Saturday, June 24th again with KOPECKY and our new friends, MY ALIBI. See our SHOWS page for more info on both of these upcoming dates and more.

January 21st, 2006:
Happy 2006 everybody! Hopefully the new year is treating you all well. Since our show with King's X, Strange Land has been taking some time off from playing out to concentrate on doing some writing for our 3rd album and we're happy to say that the time has yielded some pretty exciting results that we hope to play for you soon! Speaking of which, Strange Land will return to the stage in February starting with a FREE show at Brad and Chad's former high school. The Franklin High School music department has invited us perform as alumni in their annual Jazz Cabaret. There are many other upcoming shows in the works as well including making our way back to MCAULIFFE'S PUB for another evening with KOPECKY. Keep watching the SHOWS page for updates.

One last thing this month, please swing by our PRESS page and check out the awesome new review that BLAMING SEASON recently received from SEA OF TRANQUILITY.

November 29th, 2005:
First and foremost thanks to everyone who made it out to MCAULIFFE'S PUB for the show with KOPECKY on the 5th and to VNUK'S LOUNGE for the show with KING'S X on the 15th. Both were a blast and we are grateful to all in attendance! There are new pictures posted from the 11/5 show courtesy of our new friend Gareth Glynn Ash, so stop by and check them out at the PHOTO GALLERY when you have a chance.

Also, BLAMING SEASON T-shirts and Baby doll T's are now available for only $10 each. Stop by our MERCHANDISE page and order one for yourself or as a Christmas present for someone else.

October 20th, 2005:
KING'S X UPDATE: The KING'S X show has been confirmed for Tuesday, November 15th at 7:00 PM. Tickets go on sale Saturday, October 22nd. Click HERE to order yours now!

October 17th, 2005:
We had an awesome time playing with PARALLEL MIND and ORPHONIC ORCHESTRA at VNUK'S LOUNGE last Friday and can't wait to do it again! Thanks to all who came out to support the prog rock!

BIG NEWS: Next month Strange Land will be performing with none other than the mighty KING'S X on the night of their Milwaukee tour date supporting their current release, Ogre Tones. Please stay tuned to Strange-Land.net for more details as they are available.

Finally, even more BLAMING SEASON reviews available this month from THE METAL OBSERVER and SEA OF TRANQUILITY. Stop by the PRESS page to read them.

September 12th, 2005:
We are very happy to announce that PARALLEL MIND from Chicago will be joining us and ORPHONIC ORCHESTRA for our show on October 14th at VNUK'S LOUNGE. This should make for a great night of diverse progressive rock from all across the spectrum. Please see our SHOWS page for more details on this one.

August 18th, 2005:
Some new additions to the web page this month. First we'd like to let everyone know that we've joined the legions of bands on www.MySpace.com. Visit our profile page at: http://www.myspace.com/slband. Secondly there is new Live Review of our last show from the SHEPHERD EXPRESS posted on our PRESS page. Click HERE to read it. Finally we'd like to tell you about a show we have coming up in October to Celebrate Chad's 30th birthday. We will be joined by our new friends ORPHONIC ORCHESTRA and we're waiting on confirmation of another great local band for that night as well. Please see our SHOWS page for more details.

June 21st, 2005:
Well, it's been a while once again and the reason is because Strange Land has spent the last 4 months preping for and participating in the Emergenza international music festival. And so, as many of you know Strange Land had the opportunity to participate in the Emergenza Milwaukee finals over Memorial Day weekend. It was huge day for us and we are very grateful for the experience, but as it turns out for us that was the end of the Emergenza Road. However, we would just like to take one more opportunity to thank everyone who purchased tickets and came out to The Rave to support us in our attempt to take Strange Land to the Regionals. We'd also like to once again thank everyone who came out to Vnuk's for the first round and to The Rave Bar for the semi-finals. We couldn't have made it as far as we did if it wasn't for your support.

This has been a huge learning experience for us and we are very grateful for the whole thing, but now it's back to concentrating on attaining our goals on our own terms and back to work in the studio on more songs for our third album and more gigs to promote "Blaming Season." Thanks again to everyone from the bottom of our hearts and see you soon!

So now on to present matters. Strange Land has a couple of shows at Vnuk's Lounge coming up both of which are posted on the SHOWS page. More details on those coming soon.

Also, Strange Land has been receiveing a lot of press on our new album BLAMING SEASON. This new press will be posted along side our reviews for ANOMALY on the REVIEWS page shortly, so please check back to read up on what everyone has to say.

Next just a couple of quick updates about our upcoming shows later this month:

Unfortunately due to unforseen circumstances we regretfully announce that OUTLANDER has dropped out for our CD release party on the 19th. In light of this news we have been lucky enough to convince a couple of great bands, the mighty TEST-SITE and our good friends FUZEE, to fill in their shoes for the evening. Along with a night of merriment and varied and diverse music, you can also expect to see CD and T-shirt giveaways. Also, if you are planning to attend the EMERGENZA show on the 11th don't forget to save your ticket stub from that show because it will get you into the CD release party for FREE!!!

And speaking of the EMERGENZA show, if you haven't already purchased your tickets for this one, please send us an email and we can get some out to you ASAP. We can really use everyone's support on this one as it is a competition requiring the most audience votes to progress to the next round. So if you can, please come out and show your support for us on this one and once again don't forget that as a reward to our friends and fans, the one ticket gets you into both shows!

December 18th, 2004:
It's been a while and there's much to tell so let's get right to it.
First and foremost Strange Land is finally happy to announce the release of it's second full length album, BLAMING SEASON! Please check out our MERCHANDISE page or the NIGHTMARE RECORDS website for more information. To celebrate we have scheduled a CD release party for February 19th at our home away from home, VNUK'S LOUNGE. Our friends in OUTLANDER will be joining us for the evening and we hope you will be able to join us as well!

We are equally excited to announce the return of original drummer, BRAD KLOTZ. He's been away for a while but now he's back with a vengeance and better than ever! Please help us in welcoming him back into the family.

Finally this month we have one more show to announce. We are happy to be a part of this year's EMERGENZA FESTIVAL on February 11th. We will be competing to move on to a regional contest, so we will need as much support for this one as possible. If you are interested in coming out to help support us as well as some other great local bands for this one, CONTACT US for tickets. Please see our SHOWS page for more information on this and all other upcoming shows.

April 27th, 2004:
Recently our good friends in Dimension X invited us to join them for their first show in over a year at Vnuk's next weekend. We very happily accepted since we haven't seen the DX guys in some time and not to mention it's been a while since Strange Land has played out as well. So come on out to Vnuk's Lounge on Saturday, May 8th and show your support while we take a quick break from recording and show our support for the return of Dimesion X. Please see our SHOWS page for more details.

March 15th, 2004:
Well, it's been a while and that is because Strange Land has been holed up in our new studio for the last several months getting the place together and busily polishing the eight songs that will comprise the second album. This past weekend we finally began laying some intial tracks and over the course of the next several months we will be focusing on working on the new album. More information will be available right here as things progress so please check back and thanks for stopping by.

November 8th, 2003:
There is a new face in the Strange Land camp, please help us in welcoming Esteban Gonzalez to the family. He has taken on the responsibility of drums in the band and will be playing his first show with Strange Land next week, so come on out and support the "new blood."

Speaking of that show, Strange Land will be participating in a benefit show for The Heart Association along with a number of other local bands this Friday, November 14th. Please visit our SHOWS page for more details.

July 8th, 2003:
Some of the pictures from our last show with BATTLESTAR CADILLACTICA and EVENT are now available for viewing. Please stop by our Photo Gallery and check them out.

In the never ending quest to make Strange Land's music more readily available we have recently hooked up with NIGHTMARE RECORDS who are now a part of the fine family of folks who are kind enough to help distribute Anomaly for us. Please stop in and visit the Nightmare Records Web Page and check out their massive catalog of all types of hard rock and metal.

Recently Strange Land was invited to join the bill on a couple more upcoming shows. The first show is on July 27th and along with fellow Wisconsin P.R.O.G. alumni SHADOWCASTER we will be opening for Swedish metal band FATAL SMILE who will be touring the states for the next couple months. The second show will be in mid-August at The Rock Shop, a new club that is opening in the building where the Globe West used to be. For this show we are very excited to finally be hooking up with SPIRAL TRANCE, something we've been trying to make happen since February. For more details on these and all other performances, please visit our SHOWS page.

May 18th, 2003:
There is much to tell in the Strange Land camp this month. First and foremost we excitedly announce that along with our good friends, BATTLESTAR CADILLACTICA we have been invited to open for one of our biggest influences, Boston prog band, EVENT. Please see our SHOWS page for more details.

Last Sunday evening, if you happened to be tuned into 97.1 WMSE, you might very well have heard some of our new material. Why, you might ask? Well, Strange Land was lucky enough to be invited by Mark Krueger to be his guest on Planet Prog for the evening. We talked and played a couple tracks and had all around wonderful evening hanging out in the studio with Mark. So thank you very profusely to Mark and everyone else we met at WMSE for being so nice and for letting us stop in and hang out for while.

Finally this month, Strange Land has planned to head back in the studio in early June to begin recording the follow up to Anomaly. More details will be made available once the project is underway, so be sure to check back here soon.

March 5th, 2003:
Recently Strange Land was invited to join the bill of a couple of upcoming shows, the first of which is next Saturday, March 15th with our new friends, Fizzgig. The second show is on April 27th with Laser's Edge recording artist McGill/Manring/Stevens. This instrumental fusion super group is comprised of progressive guitarist Scott McGill (Hand Farm), legendary bassist Michael Manring (Michael Hedges/Attention Deficit), and drummer Vic Stevens (Gongzilla/Hand Farm). Tickets for this show will be available ahead of time through the Vnuk's Lounge webpage. For even more information on both shows, click here.

Also, we very excitedly announce that now you too can now have your very own Strange Land wallpaper. See our Downloads page to get yours now!

January 3rd, 2003:
Happy New Year everyone! In the news this month, Strange Land has been busy writing quite a bit of new material over the last few months with the intent of recording a new full length album later this year. Recently the band recorded demo versions of some of these new tunes, MP3s of which are now availiable on our Sounds page.

Also, several new pictures from the last two Vnuk's Lounge shows have been posted in the Photogallery as well as the band-member sub-pages. Head over to the Band page to check them out.