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Thru ~r.; ago four musicians
got. t.og,lhu t.o play som'
grooyY tu~. Afw a month of
pla~ng t.og,lhu lh'Y r"4ivtd
lh~r puformmg d~ut. at. lhf-
Oust.u f4-5Wal undu th' nam'
of Sponge. A f'w montt.s aft.«
th' puformanc~ at. ~ f4-St.vai,
th~ nam' Spon5' fell through.
Th' p#.nod of t.rr.' that. fol(lwtd
was ful of n'w nam4-S from Th'
&and formaly l<no1111 as Spong'
t.o M.S. in a 6ot.tlc. Aft.u' a long
t.m' of st.r~ous ddil>uat.ng
~y 1\naly s't.tud on Glass lucL
Glass Luci is ma<k ~
of Andy ..Johns (guitar/Vocals),
St.ow' Rlchards (guitar), Jason
Cot>t> (l>ass guit.ar), and
....bnathan famdl (p«eussion~
Th'Y hav~ playtd at. plac4-S from
th~ Olust.u f4-St.val t.o th~
Hardl>ack Caf~ in Gain4-S\o'illc.
Li ~ al t>ands, Glass luci hop4-S
t.o ~day sell COs and puform
t>~for~ thousands of p~plf-; t>ut.
IJI"'U than look for th~m around Th~ mast« of nois~. Jonathan During th~ cours~ of th~ night, Whil~ pla)ing a chaUmging t.un~ At th• Hardt>acll: Caf~ in Gainw.1k,
t.o\11'1. ~a~~ on~ a t>~acon of
~gM 'WiU shin~ on th~m in this Farntl, t>~t.s out. anoth« rtlyt.hm. Stow~ Richards t>"o m4-S crazy, J<lson Cot>t> accidmt.ally t>it.4-S his Andy ....bhns t.ast.4-S t.h~ microphone.
world of wackin4-Ss. Kup on wo"'ing on that m~t.al tac" crazy, crazy. H~ is j.Jst. holding t>aclc t.on~~ off. H~y. "" l~s. IM'Iat. tlavor gum is that on th«t
th~ ~X&iummt.
anyway?
In the summer of 1994,
Society Down was form~
from the ashes of a 1:1and
form«iy containing drumm«
Matt Watts and guitarist
Natt Grun. The two met
through a mutual fritnd and
st.arttd the Pand. Law, they
realiztd that they wanttd t.o
play a difftrtnt style of
music, so they 1:1roke away
and 1:1ua me a duo. Shortly
afttr, Kris Ha111:1trg, lifelong
friUld of Natt's , and rua1t
acquaintance of Matt's, was
asktd to sing for them, and it
wo"'td out. The last dement
they nudtd was a t>ass
player, and afttr many
tryouts (and many
disgruntled Pass players-our
apologies), they settltd on
Matt Perkins, an
acquaintance of all and soon
to 1:1e fritnd. It's funny how
cunou~ llhy )'OU look so much lik• Alri~t.. ~o pr~f«S Cok~ t.o f>~si? It.'s so nic~ t.o mut. wf.ll-round~ IM'Iat. is that guy ov« th«~ doing? things woric out, Put they
,Jc,rry S4infdd7 This is th• only Kris Hallt>ug polit.f-ly surv~ys th~ yoi.J'lg mm Nau Gr~ also mjoys Wow, MaU. f>aicins can look and play stuck ~th it, and 1:1uilt a pand
th<JU4'1t. on ~aU. Watt's mind as h' crowd. ~~chair racing and und«wat« t>ass at til~ sam~ t.m" t>astd on strong friUldship
and the nud in ev~one of
pr'Par4-S t.o practice. racqu~t.t>all along ~th his guitar them to go hog wild.
pla>W'!4

HighProw is Mike and
Da'rid Bond, Chris Morgan,
And Lucas BoyetU. "'We
try to kup the music as
emotional and truthful as
possiOie without losing its
originality. fruth is the
most important Yirtue if
we are to leam anything
apout ourselves:•

Through his l)'ics, Dav~ eond H~y. Lucas eoy~t.u, it must t>~ And heN w• hav• Mik• eond doing H«~ Chris Morgan shows his
induc4-S a plac~ ~~ t>oys t>"om~ rc.ally hard t.o solo ~th all that hair his t>4-St. 'vlnne f>aul imitation. Kup calling, a t.nu~ and ultlmau ~ldman.
giants. Wait, go Ull Gi.Jiva-1 in yoLr ~y4-S. look it is Ch~\lt>acca.
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