Sometimes being in a and and recording an album involves sitting in a darkened room, eating low quality fried food and putting tambourines in time! I looked at the calendar today and realised that the album is meant to be finished this week...oops. Well it's nearly finished...nearly. I've been moonlighting this week selling mercandise for the Cooper Temple Cause at the Astoria. It was a good laugh actually. My good friend Robbie is their production manager and asked if i'd do it at te last minute. Not bad to see a gig, get pissed and get paid for it. As for the profusion of interesting hairstyles at the aftershow....

Oh, Will Young (the singing chimp) was at our rehearsal room yesterday. By a accounts he's a realy nice guy, just don't invite him round for a tea party. I'm not jealous of his Million selling singles, flash Merc and gold plated tyre to swing on...honest!

Just spent an enjoyable couple of days messing around in the studio. Me and Andy are pitching stuff for various ads. Music's good fun especially when it's pissing it down. I'm also trying to find out how to order vegetarian food in Japanese! We're heading to Japan in February next Year. We can't wai READ...

What a weekend! Hello everyone, I just thought I'd write a quick note about the festival we played in Gran Canaria at the weekend. We all had the BEST time thanks to the organisational skills and friendliness of Frank, Carlos and Juan. The festival was fantastic with about 4000 people getting drunk READ...

Hola, Bonjour... where am I? Back in London. It's colder here than when I left to play the first Montana show in Madrid at the beginning of the month, but knowing we're off to the Canary Islands at the end of the week takes the chill off the air. Once again, touring around Spain was great. Santi READ...

Hello all, well here we are again trapped in an overloaded van enroute to another venue. It’s a wonderfully warm day in Madrid and we’ve spent the morning spending. We played the Moby Dick last night. This is probably the best sounding venue on the tour and it was rammed. We were supported by Th READ...

Modern technology eh? I’m writing this from the front seat of a van hurtling through the Spanish countryside. Woke up in a strange hotel room with Santi Campos (our tour manager) and felt strangely devoid of hangover. I gradually realised I was on tour. This is how most days start. The shower in the READ...

Hello everybody! We´re in Madrid today and we´re having a day off. We played Castellon last night at an incredible club called the Ricoamor which is run by an impressively big haired guy called Alex. This was a real rock and roll club and Montana ROCKED! This was the last night of the tour for the A READ...

So here we are in Spain again. What a truely magnificent country this is. The Spaniards really know good music when they here it! Barcelona was merely a warm up for what was a triumphant return to Valencia lastnight. We played a comedy shambolic set to a full house crowd. A great time was had by all READ...

Having your hair cut with a hangover is a strange experience, part of you just wants to say ‘do something mad with it’ while a small sober voice of reason tries to intervene. I didn’t go fro the Hoxton mullet in the end. Farrah all went to see Montana rock the Dublin Castle last night. It was odd to READ...

Hello from Jez, I presume all you good people who’ve been waiting for your exam results are now out celebrating or drowning your sorrows! We’ve just got back from sunny Galicia. This has got to be the most beautiful part of Spain we’ve visited. We were playing the Felipop festival with a few of READ...

Hello and all that, sorry. I should be updating this diary more often. Unfortunately my life isn’t as exciting as Adrian Mole’s. Today I’m packing my rucksack for a weekend in t’ Yorkshire Dales. A holiday? Yes, even though my whole life is one long holiday of touring, drug taking and swarms of grou READ...

Hello everyone! Enjoying the sun are we? Well I’m back from Spain fully rested. I even managed to find tapas that didn’t contain fish or meat! It was Aubergine.... Oh well, the beer was cheap. We’re in a state of high excitement here as we’re going to ‘master’ the album next week. We’re doing it READ...

Hola! Greetings from sunny Almeria. It’s hot here, ‘Mad dogs and Englishmen’ hot. It’s a tough schedule of sunbathing, swimming, boozing and the eternal quest for vegetarian tapas. I’ve managed to avoid the ‘fried brains’ and ‘pigs tails’ but have mostly been eating olives. The guitar has been strum READ...

About bloody time too! Greetings from Andy’s palatial studio in the heart of London Town. Today we are mostly recording trombone… I kid you not. Posh Mike blew a 'mean horn' at public school and has been limbering up for his moment of glory. We’re working on a track called ‘Half as strong’ which sho READ...

Our last day in protools today mixing the final tracks for the album! It's incredible to think how long this has all taken...... Post soon. See yoou in France? Jez xx READ...

Hi everybody. I’m reorganising my studio today. Beyond tedious although I’m still quite excited by the smell of my cordless drill..mmm. Today I’ve been listening to The Cars anthology. Godlike it is. Also on my stereo this week are Nada Surf, Phantom Planet and Pete Yorn. Tonight I’m going to the pu READ...

Well, the sun is out so everyone in London has forgotten they’re meant to be miserable for a few days. As for Farrah, we have an amazing knack for booking studio time when the forecast is sun, sun and more sun. It’s hard being a whining singer with a chip on your shoulder in this heat. I’m sure it w READ...

Good afternoon folks, I'd just like to ascertain which one of you has my hangover? I definitely ordered one. I mixed grape and grain, started drinking at lunchtime and carried on into the early hours (carefully making sure i didn't drink ANY water) but I seem to be unscathed. Is this a good sign or READ...

Hello folks! Sorry I haven't been exposing my innermost thoughts and pearls of wisdom for a while, I've been a busy bee. So...Well....I must have some big news like THE ALBUM'S FINISHED....well nearly. We're off into the studio over the next couple of weeks to finish off some stuff. I'm sitting at h READ...

So here I am, good morning everyone. I'm sitting in front of the computer munching on some almond thins and planning the day of farrah based activity. Meeting the photographer later who did a great job of hiding the bags under my eyes and then I'm sending some stuff to our french label for our immin READ...

Just wanted to tell you all that our Valentine's jaunt to Madrid was a great success. The gigs were great, the audience mad for it and we were looked after in fine style by Santi, Mayte and Pablo. The album has been selling really well and we're hoping to go back again in May. Since we got back we'v READ...

I wake up to prove my theory that there is a connection between 'beer' and 'Hangover' The day is spent slouching around a sunny Madrid and having a fantastic lunch with Pablo (our wonderful label boss). The gig is at the same venue tonight and we're generally more up for it. We go on at 11.30pm READ...

A very knackered Farrah arrive in Madrid in the morning after rehearsing the night before and now being awake for over 24 hours (sorry, no photos were taken) Spirits immediately soar at the sight of sunshine and Santi Campos who picks us up from the airport and takes us to the Hilton (ahem). After a READ...

Just thought I'd say high from grey, rainy Yorkshire where I've escaped for the weekend. Hope you all have fun! READ...

I can't believe I've been hard at work for an hour on the album. I'm spending the day replacing guitar parts on Daytime T.V as the parts i'd already recorded sounded...what's the technical word...SHIT. We're mixing tonight so I'd better get a move on. I hope you all had a great weekend. It's hard READ...

Good morning everybody! I hope you're feeling more awake than me. The world is carpeted white. Even the tower blocks look bearable. My throat hurts this morning, as do my aching muscles. Really enjoyed the gig last night but didn't enjoy loading in a blizzard. I was to red-bulled up when I got in s READ...

Sundays eh? Sandwiches, relatives, antiques roadshow, sprouts. I woke up this sunday without a hangover for the first time since 1989 (i started drinking very young) What a strange experience it was. Still as boring but without the headache. I've been listening to some new CD's (The Pernice Brothers READ...

Hello everybody and best wishes for the Year ahead. My resolutions were to 1. Stop making resolutions i won't keep and 2. Update the diary more regularly as the rest of the band don't seem to have any lives worth boring you about. My hangover from the New Year is receding like hair and I’m packi READ...