The search is over! We are complete!

Hey everybody.
Hope everyone is having a good '08 so far.

Xerus is once again a fully functioning three piece!

We have found ourselves a drummer
by the name of Mark Steffens.
Mark has played in many projects that
have taken him all over the country.
Most recently he was rocking the
skins in a band called Zion Tribe.
Before that he was in a cover band called Drive Time.
The change up of drummers will of course
change the very core of our sound.
With that said, we think Mark will fit nicely and
bring a new vibe and feel to Xerus
while still honoring our sound.

We are ready to get back on track with
everything we have always been up to:
writing, practicing, playing shows
and recording our next CD.

We hope to be back out on stage for you
by the spring with the new CD to follow soon after.

Thanks again to all who have supported us
during this "downtime" in Xerus.
Its that much more fun to get up on stage and
do what we do knowing that there
are people out there who want to hear it!

Thank you.

2008 Is Goan Be Great

Happy New Year Xerus fans!

Well what a year 2007 was for Xerus! Without a doubt our "biggest" year to date: Getting the chance to play the Red Gorilla Music Fest in Austin, TX during SXSW in March, having over 150 college radio stations nation wide put us in rotation, finishing second place in the Whiskey Wars in May, getting "..this impossible everything" licensed to four cable television shows in August...it was a helluva year.

Much of this wouldn't have been possible without help from many different people. Our producer Chris Mara, Jon from Tinderbox Music, Brian and Kevin from Dreamscapers and Rae from Soup Music Company, we thank you all so very, very much for your help in making 2007 the amazing year that it was for us.

Our focus lately has been on the auditioning of prospective drummers, which has been going well. We are close to announcing who will be sitting behind the kit in the coming weeks. We cannot thank all of you enough for your words of encouragement during the last couple of months. It has meant so much to us. We hope to be back on stage by spring with a new CD soon to follow.

We'd also like to thank all of the bands we shared a stage with in '07. There is some great talent here in the Midwest and we feel lucky to be a part of a scene that supports one another like we all do.

We hope you all will stay tuned to what we are up to in 2008 and continue to support local music!

Much more to come!