Black Sabbath, Zoetrope, Trouble, Holy Terror, Cro Mags, Mercyful Fate, Motorhead, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Black Flag, Leeway, Johnny Cash, Corrosion of Conformity, early Prong, Willie Nelson, early Exodus, Ennio Morricone, Thin Lizzy, Waylon Jennings, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Husker Du, early Testament, Swiz, Godflesh, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, on and on...
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listen to the reissue of both albums, streaming, for free: OLW on Lala.com
formed in 1989 by Eric Stevenson and Jonah Jenkins.
Eric had played in the Boston area thrash metal band FORMICIDE. Jonah was a big fan, and had met them while working with friends on a local fanzine, LOOK AGAIN.
Eric recruited his brother Kevin, and bass player Roy Costa, both original members of Formicide .
Early practices and song writing resulted in many 4-track recordings...but the band's first studio recording took place in 1989, with Bruce Bennett, at Kashmir Studio, in Wilmington, MA.
This first recording resulted in the 1990 eponymous 4 song cassette.
3 songs of this were released on 7" vinyl, in a limited pressing of 1000 copies, by Dan McNamara, on the zine related label: LOOK AGAIN RECORDS. This was the only music released by LOOK AGAIN.
A second demo was recorded in 1991, with the songs "Liar's Den", "Meantime", and "Oblivion." This was recorded live to two-track, but the engineer recorded a broken speaker in the guitar cabinet, so the recording was never released, and the songs were dropped from the live set, with the exit of Kevin and Roy the same year, due to creative differences.
Two other songs from this period were played live, but never recorded in a studio, "Find Me Blind and Bound" and "Lung Black". One live bootleg of the band playing at the Raathskellar in 1990 exists, which includes these two songs.
Soon after the departure of Roy and Kevin, Chris Crowley and Craig Silverman (also a one time member of Formicide) were recruited to play bass and guitar respectively.
In 1992, a third, 5 song demo was recorded, "Prone Mortal Form". This demo included one ambient instrumental track that was never released otherwise, "Window 4:45".
Between 1989 and 1992 the band opened for bands such as Corrosion of Conformity, Slap Shot, Leeway, Sheer Terror, Prong, Starkweather, and playing with local bands such as Overcast, Dive, SEKA, Sam Black Church and dozens more.
Not only do I have Innocents and Prone Mortal Form in my ride all the time, but my Pandora station regularly rotates OLW music in for good measure. I hope the band gets royalties from Pandora, or does Century fuck you there, too?
Does anyone have the first EP on CD, especially with all 4 songs? I haven't heard Complex Man in years...
Alas, my non-prayers have been answered with Complex Man on the player! This is THE song that got me hooked on OLW before I even realized my Jr High friend was in the band! Hell yeah!
Hey guys figured I'd stop in an say hi...I still think its bullshit that century media wont let you post YOUR songs, but what are ya gonna do right? If this is the way the music business works, I REFUSE to sign to a record label.
Hey fellas,just a note saying that your 2"official"lps Prone Mortal Form/Innocents have been staples in my listening rotations for ages & I never tire of either.These lps speak volumes to me personally & I'm a better person for having heard & appreciating them(as very few lps ever do for someone).
Former Guitarist (Peter Hasselbrack) from the Boston based Thrash band Deslok is coming back to Boston after 20 years to perform with his new Death Metal band BLOODSOAKED. Some everyone come out to The Midway Cafe on Monday August 10th to witness the destruction!
Monday August 10th
The Midway Cafe 3496 Washington Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Dude I hate to be a pain in the ass, but is there a chance you could post "Knew Her Gone" from Innocents? I haven't heard that tune in close to ten years and I cant find it anywhere!!
