Having been friends and bandmates for years – then heading separate ways into the covers band wilderness – they met again by chance in a petrol station in West London and arranged to meet up for a beer – reminisce & get pissed!! Sounds like a plan doesn’t it?

After too many Kronenbourgs & Newcastles the past made way for the present, and the feasibility of building a studio at Rob’s house (long suffering wife permitting).

Six months later – they were recording their first tracks in the newly built studio. 

One of the first tracks to come out of the now named ‘Chaplin Studio’ sessions was “Back Of The Net” 2006, which was sent to Roque – Christian O’Connell’s producer at Virgin (now ‘Absolute’) Radio as a hopeful contender for their World Cup Song Competition.

Fortunately the song was chosen, which presented Beavis Maplin with two live interviews on national radio, plus lots of airplay & exposure that days before they could have only dreamed of.

Ultimately the song came fourth – with Sham 69 being the overall winner – but the band thank Christian & Roque for giving them this opportunity.

The next year was spent concentrating on tracks for the first album “Life, The Universe and Other Tall Stories”.  Having a vast back catalogue and a host of new material, the band had more than enough to choose from, releasing the finished product through unsigned CD.

With the release of ‘Ze Big Wow’ now upon us (See home page and making of ‘Ze Big Wow’)  – a reworked version of “Life, The Universe...” is to be released through songcastmusic  in September.

So that should keep Beavis Maplin busy for the next few months then!

Oh... Did we forget to mention....

The “Back of the Net 2010” E.P. will be released in April 2010 – also thru songcastmusic so watch this space for further news!