OT: Spys4Darwin

[Severen]

Some of you may be interested in this.

http://www.spys4darwin.com/

Spys4Darwin:
Chris DeGarmo, former guitarist of Queensryche, Vin Dombroski, lead
singer of Sponge, and Mike Inez & Sean Kinney, the rhythm section of
Alice In Chains, came to be in the dark confines of a Seattle rehearsal
space in late 1999. The seeds were planted in 1998, when Kinney’s Alice
In Chains bandmate Jerry Cantrell was putting together a touring band to
promote his first solo album. DeGarmo and Kinney were part of that band.
Their friendship and chemistry would evolve throughout the rehearsals
and subsequent tour that followed, paving the way to a studio
partnership (Binge) where most of the “microfish” EP would later be
recorded.

Inez had made a couple of trips to the new space in Seattle, and the
three quietly (pretty fucking loudly actually) began giving the studio
it’s name, literally. Dombroski was contacted, and the four spent about
3 weeks jamming and recording at Binge.

The sessions have continued, with a portion of those first weeks
together emerging as “microfish”, and additional material slated for a
full-length album.

Working outside of the traditional demo- to- “real studio version”
process, these songs represent the initial recording takes of those
first sessions. Arrangements were expanded or contracted as needed, and
overdubbing is on raw original takes.

I know you'll enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it! Thanks for
listening….

Scott Olson
(recording engineer)

[Catman the Great]

> Some of you may be interested in this.

Someone should send DeGarmo back to Queensryche and get them to write
something decent again. Alice In Chains? As "Hear in the Now Frontier"
proved, no Queensryche member has any business trying to come out with
grunge music.

With Regards,
Catman the Great

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[Mike Marino]

>
>> Some of you may be interested in this.
>
>Someone should send DeGarmo back to Queensryche and get them to write
>something decent again. Alice In Chains? As "Hear in the Now Frontier"
>proved, no Queensryche member has any business trying to come out with
>grunge music.
>
>With Regards,
>Catman the Great
>

Has Queensryche put out a good album since Empire? I lost track of them a long
time ago. But anyway, I'll probably check out spies for Darwin. I like all
the musicians, no reason not to I guess.
-Marcheene

Monkey hate technology. Robot hate the monkey. They will fight eternally.
Monkey vs Robot.

[RelliK Band]

>Has Queensryche put out a good album since Empire?

nope

[Catman the Great]

> Has Queensryche put out a good album since Empire? I lost track of them a
long
> time ago.

Opinions very on this, but I think the follow-up, "Promised Land" was
*better* than Empire. After that, nope, nothing.

If you don't want to go buy an album you're not sure you'll like, you could
get the QR greatest hits package, which would give you 4 tracks from the PL
era to see if you like that (the two bonus tracks were on the Japanese
version, I think), and all of the catalogue songs sound a lot richer and
just generally better thanks to remastering, including the Empire tracks
that were sterilized by digital recording technology.

With Regards,
Catman the Great

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[arcane]

> partnership (Binge) where most of the "microfish" EP would later be
> recorded.

Wasn't Matt (Sorum) in a band called Binge? Is this the same group?

arcane

[FloydDoorz]

>If you don't want to go buy an album you're not sure you'll like, you could
>get the QR greatest hits package,

I don't see how Queensryche can issue a greatest hits package... Operatin
Mindcrime is an excellent concept album and to just take tracks off that is
blasphemous. I guess Empire was sort of a concept album too... That's probably
why Pink Floyd hasn't released an actual greatest hits album unless you count
the ultra half-assed A Collection of Great Dance songs. People who buy a
greatest hits album for a progressive rock band should be ashamed.

-----FloydDoorz-----
"Behold the glory of my half-assed sig!"

[Catman the Great]

> I don't see how Queensryche can issue a greatest hits package...

Well, they had charting singles, and even with the Mindcrime tracks on there
it flows pretty well.

[Mike Marino]

I hear that. I've always had trouble listening to just one track off of
mindcrime, or of any other concept album. It's like watching 15 minutes in the
middle of a movie, doesnt make any sense.