For a couple of years, I played in a rad band with Ryan Monroe, Jeff Kozelski, and Larry Gornto. Ryan wrote most of the material, although Jeff and I kicked in some ideas from time to time. It was a great situation for me, as I was also doing the Analog Moon thing, and it was fun to be in a position to concentrate solely on my own parts. The songs were incredible, too. The band name came from the album that Ryan and I had recorded at my home studio in Northeast Columbia. Ryan played almost all of the parts on the record, but we put together a decent band and had a really good time for a couple of years. We disbanded when Ryan signed on to play keys (and sometimes guitar) for Band of Horses. He’s since rerecorded a couple of those songs along with several new ones in a solo project aside from Band of Horses. I’m still doing the Analog Moon thing for now, and Jeff has a band down on Charleston called The Outervention. Larry’s still in Columbia and plays in a band called Moving Mercury.
Liz took these pictures at a show that we played at a now-defunct venue in Columbia called Headliners back in early 2007.