Mike R - microphone Kristin - bass Darick - drums Mike S - guitar
Influences
Black Flag, Minor Threat, All, Descendents, Tear It Up, Striking Distance, Bad Brains, Jellyroll Rockheads, Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, the Germs, Dag Nasty, Big Boys, Cut the Shit, Life Sentence, the State, Poison Idea, and Angry Samoans.
bands you should check out...Never Enough, Ruiner, Bad Business, Nick Fury, Forward To Death, the Breaks, Bane, Turbonegro, Active Sac, Jean Mills Society Torch, Municipal Waste, Can't Say, Worn Thin, Get It Away, Damage Deposit, No Time Left, Fucked Up, What Happens Next?, Doughboys, Pinhead Gunpowder, Moment of Youth, Aesop Rock, Run DMC, the Aftermath, Kill Your Idols, Career Suicide, Swiz, Cannibal Ox, Johnny Cash, Wire, Paint It Black, Shitfit, 86 Mentality, DSB, I Hate You, the Hate Crimes, Atmosphere, Rob Sonic, the Gatecrashers, Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Medic, the Backup Plan, Drag the River, Lucero, the Misfits, the Faction, Modern Life Is War, the Suicide File, Dag Nasty, Gorilla Biscuits, DYS, My Revenge, Slapshot, DRI, Internal Affairs, Teen Idles, Cro-Mags, Operation Ivy, Youth of Today, Judge, I Object, In My Way, Shanghai Valentine...the list goes on and on.
movies you should watch...Another State of Mind, the Decline of Western Civilization, Suburbia, Afropunk, the Minor Threat DVD, Goonies, Stand By Me, Zoolander, Old School, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind
books you should read...Dance of Days - Mark Anderson, Get In the Van - Henry Rollins, We Got the Neutron Bomb - Marc Spitz, Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut, Still Life With Woodpecker - Tom Robbins
Sounds Like
Black Flag, Jerry's Kids, and Tear It Up with lyrics about giving a shit about more than the color of the vinyl.
The Spark were a fast/thrashy hardcore/punk band from Baltimore, MD influenced by the greats like Black Flag, Minor Threat, Jerry's Kids, Tear It Up, Cut the Shit, and many more, as well as less obvious bands like Articles of Faith and Dinosaur Jr.
We played our first show on Sunday, June 1st, 2003 at the Charm City Art Space in Baltimore, MD and we played our final show on Saturday, October 14th, 2006 at the Oddfellow's Hall above Ten Car Pile-up in Towson, MD.
We started this band barely knowing each other and we ended it as friends, extremely proud of everything we'd accomplished. We made a lot of friends along the way. We played with a lot of great bands, some of which were heroes to us. We released a few records, none of which we look back on with embarrassment. And we spent a lot of time in the van figuring out what makes us happy.
We love this band and we wish to thank everyone that supported us in any way. None of us are going anywhere, we're still active with new bands. Please check them out and help us continue what we started with the Spark... Paper Dragons - www.myspace.com/paperdragonspunx Pulling Teeth - www.myspace.com/pullingteethmd the Jons - www.myspace.com/losjohns Head Home - no website yet, but great band!
Again, thanks for everything.
the new record.....is fucking amazing! i want to see a 45 minute set full of covers on oct 14th! you might as well just play every song you know. i mean it's your last show and all.
love,
chris
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