Milemarker was formed in 1997 from the ashes of various southeastern
hardcore bands. The names of these bands are not as important (you either
remember them or you don't, and chances are you don't) as was the shared
point of view fostered in founding members Dave Laney, Ben Davis, and Al
Burian: fierce commitment to the self-reliance and community ethic of the
hardcore punk scene, combined with confrontational musical challenges to the
conventions and limitations of that same genre. Keyboards, samplers, video
projection, pyrotechnics, French- anything which might shock the audiences'
sensibility and preconceived expectation was used.
Milemarker put out five albums in the first four years of their existence;
the sound of the band solidified from esoteric artyness into driving
electro-punk, focused on the tension between melodic danceability and the
primal power of screaming and breaking guitars over each others' heads. The
band toured constantly, managing to pull off six US tours, four European
tours and a trip to Japan by the end of 2002. The touring line up had been
amorphous from the beginning, with drummer Sean Husick filling in for Ben as
early as the second US tour, Roby Newton joining and quitting at various
points, and a slew of other people pitching in or tagging along.
2005: After three more records and the accompanying tour mania, with years of relentless productivity and the bludgeoning self-abuse of non-stop travel behind them, the big questions inevitably arose. To what end? Where was the goal the band had sought? What was there to show for all the broken equipment, damaged nerves, and financial woe? Had all of this crazy behavior actually achieved anything?
It was at this point of crisis that band guru and existential advisor Ingo Ebeling
stepped in, going so far as to arrange driver's license suspensions and house arrests to carry out his program of recovery. Under his guidance, the band ceased their cavorting ways. Instead, Ingo insisted that they slow their chaotic momentum and refocus on their core. It was no easy task. But, after months on a steady regimen of carrot juice and group meditation sessions, the path was cleared. A new clarity and spiritual insight had been attained.
2008: No longer the ardent, middle-finger-giving nihilists of their youth, the band members now embrace a variety of forward thinking lifestyles: yoga, fasting, rolfing, and transcendental meditation are the order of the day. Additionally, the band has embraced a communal, self-sufficient lifestyle, cohabitating in a rural North Carolina compound where private property has been abolished and the days are spent brewing beverages and hemp-based gasoline. “Music became less important,” says founding member/guitarist Dave Laney. “It became more about the meaning, the philosophy behind it all.”
What is this exact philosophy? To discover the answer, one must read from the voluminous inspirational pamphlets being churned out on the band's vegetable-ink printing press. Or, stop by the compound and spend a day milking goats and chatting with us. As for the music: when the band do pick up their instruments, as happens occasionally in the twilight hours, the effect is relentless. Unconstrained by genre limitation, interpersonal hang-ups, or belief in this illusory plane of existence, Milemarker is finally and truly free.
hey guys, berlin show was amazing and in case you will stay here for a while you maybe think about coming to our berlin show on 30. july. see you and take care
dear milemarkies, the yoga-introduction worked well. never seen an audience so calm and polite... i am still impressed: last nights show was awesome. please come back soon and dont let us wait another three years.. matt
have fun tonight, i am still quite heartbroken that i cannot be there. also, what the hell happened to chapel hill? homogenization is rampant, i should have guessed a lot would change in 8 years. carrboro looked unscathed. i hope.
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so sorry about that I must have told you the wrong one.
That's funny because I tried that one a while ago too, the one I gave you, and it made me all crazy because they sucked real bad, and they didn't pay too good either they offered like contests and stuff instead of money.
But anyways, the working site is
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it's the one I am making $900 a week with putting in about 23 hours a week, sometimes up to like 30 hours if I'm motivated.
After you get your membership make sure you register with with the companies on page one in the members section because they are the ones that pay the big bucks, I got $60 for one that took me 50 minutes today. You'll see what I'm talking about when you start up.
Brit started taking them too and she's making $700 a week, it's making me so mad because I'm the one that showed her which one to sign up with now she's making more than me.
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