The Swarm / Morser split ep

The Swarm were a band that was started up with Kyle and matt from Grade who recruited Chris Colohon as the singer just after Left for Dead broke up. Kyle had found some young kids to play in the band one of them being Mike who would go on to drum with Chris in the Cursed. In fact some bands look at the Swarm as a precurser band that would become the Cursed. The idea behind the band was to do something similar to the German crossover scene in bands like Acme and Morser. So this split with Morser was a big deal. The record was released by Per Koro in Germany and Spiritfall in the States. The songs on here are:

1. Last Rites

2. Familiarity Breeds Contempt

3. Smooth Running Order

The Swarm "Parasitic Skies" 10"

This was the early inception of the Swarm. Kyle Bishop played guitar with Adam Bratt and Matt Jones was on bass. Mike always played drums and Chris always sang. This was recorded at Signal to Noise and was put out by No Idea. The songs on here are:

1. Fucking Invincible
2. Blink
3. First Saved Message
4. Plague
5. God's Little Acre
6. On Our Knees
7. Upside Your Head
8. Willing Victim
9. Monopolized Reality for the Maintenance of Order

Friday March 6, 1998

Flyer - Friday February 27, 1998

Zine - Full Contact 05

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Issue 5 of Full Contact Magazine had a couple of pieces that I worked on like the Verbal Assault piece and the 9 Shocks Terror interview. This issue also features interviews on Sick of it All, Ringworm, 100 Demons, Ferret Records, and Seth Enslow.

Hacksaw ep

This band featured the Sharron brothers and Chad Ross. The band really liked what Swiz and Sweatbelly Freakdown had been doing and took them as influences. Great American Steak Religion released the ep and the songs found on here are:

1. Kick It
2. I Lied to Myself
3. Without Living
4. A Million Times

Flyer - Friday, December 5th, 1997