The Kalamazoo band twitch came into existence around the end of 1990, out of the remains of the rarely-heard "Crowded Morgue". At the time, band members included Kevin Oberlin (vocals and guitar), Steve Martin (bass), Kevin Farkas (drums), and Rick Cutsinger (guitar). Within this line-up, they released the metal-with-some-clean-guitar cassette "Feel the Palm" and gained relative popularity around town, playing the club and parties. Within the next year or so, Chris Bryers joined the band as vocalist, leaving "Selling Heaven" and Rick Cutsinger left. Chris joked that he had won the "Honorary Sammy Hagar Ruin your Favorite Metal Band" award, but in fact, Twitch took quite a turn towards improvement. In 1993 they released the very popular EP CD "Homewrecker", and became fixtures in Kalamazoo and played the big festivally shows. Another demo was recorded at the Western Studios which was never released. They released the 7' of Jedi/Maryjane to a dwindling number of turntables. They were signed to Grass Records and recorded their first full length, "Beaten Senseless and Giddy With Love" (1993?). A video for "Locomotive God" was produced. They were also included on a Frank Sinatra tribute record. At the height of the Kalamazoo local scene, twitch was picked up by major record label R C A Records and recorded two albums worth of unreleased material (a demo and an album) with producer Dave Ogilvy. In 1995, they were dropped by the label and broke up shortly afterward. Members went on to start Owlsa, Sleet and Dead River Drag.
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Hell Yeah!! you guys were the shit back in the day!!! and i really miss those days... still listening to the tunes on a daily basis... Hailz Friends!!!
Yes, I know there is no music up yet but, you should add us anyway.
Why? Because the Whole six-song E.P. will be available (For Free) by early October . . . And yeah then when the music IS there you can know first.
If you are a friend of mine who is in a band or can help in anyway by booking us please send us a message. We would like to start doing shows mid-late October.
The Band is Myself and Dan Kavalhuna from (Oceans of Regret) Shep and Dirty from (Eleanors Fall) And Jason (Disquiter) Jochems
Were ready to get going so PLEASE stop by and say hello....
Loved Twitch. Fortunate enough to see 'em 3? times in WI (2 "Palm" era and once opening for Big Drill Car) A Golden day of my life was finding "Beaten..." at a record store in Madison, WI in 1995. I didn't even own a CD player at that time. Still pull the discs (and cassette) out often. Twitch with unsinged Thought Industry at the Bluejay Bowl in 1991/2? a show I will never forget. Thanks for the memories...
