The Difference Engine was my first band with Sean and later Ricky, started at age 17-- also there is the earliest version of No Babies uploaded-- Conflict Hymens was a means of provoking people for fun by writing songs about them and my first time drumming in a band and was the start of Devolution Summer 2K6-- AC Slater was another band from that period that I recorded the first EP of and still love-- xOrder Upx was a jokey pizza straightedge band that I played drums with for one show & was the other pillar of Devolution Summer, the best part of their shows was seeing how many times they'd cover Barfight-- Bailey Turner was the most popular musician of the entire DEvoSum scene and sent Conflict Hymens hatemail-- Hence the Plagues were best when they had both singers but they were definetly breathing some life into our cold dead scene (I got to do some improv vocals with them a couple times).....
Other bands on this blog were some of the first bands I ever saw (although that honor formally goes to Pain) and were either inspirational, or what I was clearly reacting AGAINST.
SO GO HERE, check it out, download EVERYTHING....
http://thegulfcoasthardcore.blogspot.com
here's what I was doing at age 17:
