SOC STORY

So we had messed around with making songs as early as 90-91 I believe. Me and Thrill and our friends Joe and Lance, took the instrumental from Jay-z's Hawaiian Sophie, This was before Jay-Z was actually popular, and I wrote three verses for use and named the song "No Fat Chicks or My Car Will Bottom Out". It was messy and goofy, but I remember doing it at a talent show and I nailed my verse and thats when it went off that I think I could do this if I work on it. We then recorded Beer For Every Man. Ray was in the mix for that and Dave was officially the other vocalist. To ask why I didn't do it alone, or why Dave didn't can be summed by saying, We wouldn't have done it, kept going, or had the guts alone. Something about that group mentality I've always loved. He is exactly, and I mean exactly my opposite as a vocalist, but we needed that, it we become similar because we fit each other. So we started making songs and trying new things. Keep in mind, pre-dating this was us standing in Derrek's Dad's shed, called the dope shed, making songs. We eventually had ray on guitar, me and Dave, and Derrek as DJ THRILL. We needed a bass player and this kid named Jordan from my Rhode Island College film class, heard some of our stuff and came down to jam. He was in. His friend Adam played drums for a few practices and then we got Sean O'Hearne. Ray knew him first, then I met him when I lived down at URI. He helped Ray learn to play guitar. Sean somehow became our drummer. The RIC rock hunt had an opening and I took it and told the band. It really was a joke to think we could play a show. We had maybe 7 songs, some not even finished, and we didn't bring cabs for our guitar and bass. I don't think we thought we needed to bring them. So for our first show, the guitar, dj, bass, and vocals all came out of the house speakers, which were extremely tiny. We stunk like hell. I remember the feeling of failure after that show. After that show, Derrek and Dave bought equipment, so we always would have it. We had no right at all starting a band. We had no clue what to do. We just had balls. So after a few shows of taking it on the chin, you develop this, screw everyone let's stick together. We started getting better and more and more in the crowds faces. We never wanted to be the type of band that was background music. Meaning, the bands playing and people are standing around talking. Hell no. I did everything, and honestly everything, I could to make you stare at the show. I don't care if you stared with hate. We were going to make you watch. And eventually, our antics on stage became stories people would tell. We became young , wild , loud maniacs on stage and we would destroy everything in our path. We did this, because of the feeling from that first show. It was never going to feel like that again.

KML