practice is for pussies and communists. i know this as much as the next person. however, we're playing with proper decent bands in front of people who are investing their time/money to support promoters who put on a line up as easy skanking as this and bands who have travelled from afar. i just think we owe it to people who drag themselves out to at least have a vague idea what we're doing.
also, the transition from guitar to drums isn't a particularly easy one, especially with no practice for 5 months and i'm fairly shit at both, so it's more of a warning than anything else.