A Letter To A Friend

The members of the bands have been involved in the DIY punk scene for a number of years with the most notable being guitarist Will Killingsworth, who played guitar in Orchid, Laceration and Bucket Full of Teeth and who continues to run his Clean Plate record label and Dead Air recording studio where the band records all of their music. Drummer Andy Skelly played drums in both The Last 40 Seconds and Wolves, Stephen's previous bands were Montcalm and The Last 40 Seconds; he currently also plays guitar in self-destructive supergroup Aerosols featuring members of Wasteland, Cut Up, and Northern Aggression. He also briefly ran Distort, an independent record store in Northampton, Massachusetts (May '06 - December '06). Meghan played bass in Unicoroner, and sang in Stop The Clock and Relics on their first 7" and split 7" with Furnace.

Much like Orchid, Ampere (especially earlier albums such as "All our Tomorrows End Today") often borrow some of their lyrics from philosophers and revolutionaries such as Guy Debord.^[3] They have preserved some of the "intellectual" punk seen in bands like Orchid,Sinaloa, Native Nod, Current, and others.^[4] In all of their endeavors, Ampere has persisted in their commitment to intellect, art, and sincerity.^[5]

The band actively tour in the US and completed a tour of Europe with Sinaloa in March 2006. A split record on Ebullition Records between the two bands was released in time for the tour, along with a 7" of their early recordings and a four-way split 11" with Death to Tyrants, Wastelandand Daniel Striped Tiger which was recorded live at Dead Air. Since then, a split 12" comprised completely of cover songs was released withDas Oath.

2007 was a productive year for the band, encompassing a brief Japanese tour as well as three new split records; a 6" with Ringers on No Idea Records, which, after the first press was re-released as a 7"(both versions of the record came with limited runs of t-shirts featuring the album art), a 9" with Funeral Diner put out jointly by Clean Plate and The Electric Human Project (this release included intricate etchings between the grooves), and a 7" picture disk with France's Daitro on Clean Plate/purepainsugar.

In 2008, an Australian-tour-only split 7" with Off Minor was released. Both bands contributed a previously-released but compilation-exclusive song from an Animal Rights benefit CD on Exotic Fever. It is Ampere's most-limited release to date (aside from the cassette format of the demo tape) at a scant 300 copies. Each band took 150 for their respective jaunts down under and made different packaging.

That being said, this is one of my favorite releases by the band, this is jsut the Ampere side. Too bad this record is long out of print because it is a jem.

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Usurp Synapse

Usurp was born in Lafayette, IN. Through numerous line-ups they continued to push the envelope of the then-bugeoning "screamo" sub-sub-genre of punk rock. Their music was available on several compilations and 7" records, including a split release withJeromes Dream, with whom they toured the United States on Clean Plate Records. All their releases have been compiled and released on a discography CD, Disinformation Fix, on Alone Records. Antonio Leiriao moved from New York to Indiana to sing for the band in 1999.

The band utilized unconventional marketing methods, such as a die-cut album cover folded into the shape of a penis entering a vagina, and the inclusion of a razor with a record that promoted suicide on Electric Human Project.

Former members played in Fax Arcana, who have since disbanded.

They reformed as a 4-piece in the year 2004, recorded a full length album, then unfortunately had to cancel a uk tour in 2005 which was supposed to be with phoenix bodies. They have been inactive since.

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Emotion + Harcore = Bliss

I Haven't Had A Date In 4 Years Goldie Hawn...

The Kidcrash is a band from Olympia, Washington that formed in 2000. In terms of contemporary screamo, this band is set apart from the rest, this EP displays that. This being one of the earlier releases of this band, it is a very raw, emotional and melodic album that doesn't let up from, not one time. Download this you'll love it.

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Foreign Label selling Kidcrash 

I Have Dreams

I apologize for not updating more, but school and work are kind of taking a toll on my life, so here's a new update. This is I have Dreams. Download it, screamo/hardcore. Amazing.

"I Have Dreams was a screamo/emo band born from the ashes of a band called New Ethic, when their guitar player Daniel died in a car accident. New Ethic played their last show in August, 1998 with Daniel’s best friend Mike Hanson in his place, and it was about a month or two later that I Have Dreams started playing. The band consisted of Allen Compton and Mike Peters on vocals, Mike Hanson on guitar, Ben Seals on bass and Clayton Rychlick on drums. I Have Dreams were more than a band - in the words of Mike Peters: “It was an attempt to cope with the pain everyone was feeling after Daniel’s death.” 

I Have Dreams were together for roughly six months, and they broke up in the Spring (around April/May) of 1999. "

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Glad To Be back =]

Behind Trees

Sailboats, was a band from the Berkley California. In 2003 they recorded a 2-song demo and played several shows throughout California. Whats really sad about this band is that, when Touring in 2004, they got in a traffic accident. Where 2/3 Members tragically passed away. Hence leaving this AMAZING demo behind. The demo contains 2 tracks of beautiful, angry and fact screamo. Whats interesting is they did record a LP, but as far as it says on their myspace, it will never be released. Members went on to Loma Prieta (amazing screamo/emo violence band from Berkley) and Punch. Below are links to the bands myspace, and Discos Huhelga which carries Loma Prieta/Punch records. Don't sleep on this, these songs are flawless.

R.I.P

Sailboats - Myspace
Loma Prieta - Myspace (member of Sailboats)
Discos Huelga - (label who puts out Loma Prieta/Punch)

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Orchid/Jeromes Dream Split

This split features two screamo/emo violence champs. The mighty Orchid and the timeless Jeromes Dream. This split features 4 songs by each band. The original One sided skull shaped white vinyl 10, silk screened on the flip side. Music starts in the middle; JD tracks run to the outside, Orchid tracks to the inside of the record. Like, wow. The JD tracks are among the best they've recorded so far; manic complex screamo with some melodies; Orchid play their usual excellent Hardcore style; fast and complex but not as crazy as JD. Another timeless emo violence release.Emotional yes, fast yes, obscure yes. This record is amazing. Below are links to both the bands myspace's.

Orchid -Myspace
Jeromes Dream -Myspace

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