Humble Beginnings

1992
We had the vision for the rock band but we weren't equipped yet with the instruments or the talent. At that time we were mostly concerned about acquiring the equipment, with enough attitude we could surely make up for any lack of talent. Shiny electric guitars and huge amplifiers were highly sought after items. We never did get the huge amplifiers, just as well, we managed to do plenty of damage with what we had. Mat's house was a good place because there were always extra guitars and other equipment hanging around i.e. mandolin, 12 string, the PA. We are forever grateful for the hospitality of the Richins family.

The first recording session:
sitting around a tape recorder with acoustic guitars we recorded the cure's disintegration. The recording captured on that tape is so legendary that it has never been heard by human ears, nor should it be. Some say the ghost of Jimi Hendrix stole the tape in the middle of the night and filed it away in an archive of "lost recordings". Every once in a while a recording gets leaked out of this archive, like when a new release comes out from a band that broke up 20 years ago. I'm pretty sure this one's never going to get leaked though, they have it under lock and key and I wouldn't be surprised if it's already been added as the soundtrack to the fast forward movie that gets played for us when our life flashes before our eyes, just before we die.

In those early days it wasn't outwardly obvious that our project would become the movement that it became. We felt we needed to add distortion pedals and drums to our arsenal before we considered ourselves legitimate, but even then Only Anything was an unstoppable force that had started and lack of wattage was just an insignificant obstacle in the wake of our momentum. Point in case: we already had T-shirts!

In addition to surrendering their room for the band, Mat and Joe made other sacrifices at key moments. Joe stepped in with the drums; Mat got the bass and scored the 4-Track recorder which was destined for us. It was discarded with the broken electronics but it called out to him and he revived it so that it could fulfill the purpose of its creation. And we found ourselves legitimate.

Thwaits