Dischord released the band’s only demo, entitled Six Song Demo , in October 2012. All tracks on the demo were previously recorded versions of songs appearing on the Rites of Spring album.
Picciotto and Canty eventually teamed up with bassist Joe Lally and former Minor Threat , Skewbald/Grand Union , Egg Hunt , and Embrace singer Ian MacKaye (co-owner of the band’s label, Dischord Records ) in Fugazi . Mike Fellows went on to do session work for the Drag City label…
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Picciotto, Janney and Canty formed One Last Wish with Embrace alumnus, guitarist Michael Hampton . They recorded one studio album, entitled 1986 , which was released in 1999 due to the band breaking up after mixing was finished.
Rites of Spring was the band’s first album. Its twelve songs were recorded at Inner Ear Studios in February 1985, produced by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi and Minor Threat and Michael Hampton of The Faith and SOA. It was released on vinyl in June of that year as Dischord Records…
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Picciotto, Canty, and Fellows had previously played together in the short-lived hardcore band Insurrection. The trio was joined by guitarist Eddie Janney—formerly of the Faith , Skewbald , and the Untouchables—and began writing music together in December 1983. The band finished several songs during this early period, like “All There…
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They were influenced by The Faith (Eddie Janney’s previous band) and their 1983 EP Subject to Change with their introspective lyrics and angry, melody-tinged songwriting.