Gray Matter were a Washington, D.C. based hardcore punk band.
The band formed in the summer of 1983. Geoff Turner, Mark Haggerty and Dante Ferrando had been playing in bands since their early junior high school days. In 1983, Dante and Mark were playing in Iron Cross, but when the band's image began to reflect its violent supporters more than the members themselves, Dante quit. Soon after Mark also left and the two reunited with Geoff and Steve Niles and started playing shows around Washington D.C. as Gray Matter.
The band's first album, "Food For Thought", was recorded at Inner Ear studio in November 1984 with Minor Threat's Ian Mackaye assisting with production. It was originally released on R&B Records in 1985, while the members were still in high school. In 1986, Dischord Records released the EP "Take It Back". Shortly thereafter, Mark left the band to go to college and Gray Matter broke up. Dante went on to play drums for Ignition and Geoff, Steve and Mark reunited and formed the band Three, with Jeff Nelson from Minor Threat. Gray Matter reformed in the spring of 1990 and released a double seven inch in 1991 and the full-length, "Thog", in 1992. The band officially disbanded in 1993.
Band members:
Geoff Turner - vocals, guitar
Mark Haggerty - guitar
Steve Niles - bass, vocals
Dante Ferrando - drums.
"Food For Thought + Take It Back" is a compilation album by Gray Matter, released in 1990 on Dischord Records.
Tracks:
1-10 LP Food For Thought, released in 1985 on R&B Records
11-16 12" Take It Back, released in 1986 on Dischord Records
17-18 unreleased demo
19 7" Alive & Kicking, released in 1985 on WGNS Recordings and MetroZine.
Tracklisting:
1. Retrospect
2. Oscars Eye
3. Fill A Void
4. Give Me A Clue
5. Gray Matter
6. Caffeine Blues
7. Crisis And Compromise
8. Flash In Time
9. Phobias
10. I Am The Walrus
11. Chutes And Ladders
12. Burn No Bridges
13. Walk The Line
14. Take It Back
15. 4 A.M.
16. Head
17. Phobias
18. The Spy
19. Walk The Line
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"4 Songs" is a double 7" by Gray Matter, released in 1991 on Dischord Records and WGNS Recordings.
Songs 1, 2 and 4 were later re-recorded and included on the album Thog.
Tracklisting:
1. Bite The Bit
2. October
3. Shiver Boy
4. Slow Grind
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"Thog" is the second and final studio album by Gray Matter, released in 1992 on Dischord Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Thog
2. Second Guess
3. The Disinclined
4. Bite The Bit
5. Song In Threes
6. I've Just Seen A Face
7. Killing Direction
8. October
9. Snare
10. Slow Grind
11. Smoking Hole
12. Drain
VBR ~275K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Hepcat are an American ska, rocksteady and reggae band from Los Angeles, California. The band formed in 1989.
By the early 2000s, the ska scene became oversaturated and commercially less interesting, so Hepcat were dropped by their label. Hepcat went on a hiatus, then reunited in 2003 and continued touring.
Their soulful harmonies and mellow rhythms were unlike those of contemporaries and more akin to musicians from the heyday of 1960s Jamaican ska with elements of soul, jazz and R&B.
The term "Hepcat" originates from an early slang term (1930–1935) pertaining to an admirer or devotee of jazz, especially swing or one that was "hep" or a hipster.
Band members:
Alex Désert, Gregory Lee - vocals
Dennis Wilson, Lino Trujillo, Aaron Owens - guitar
Deston Berry - piano, keyboards
Jeremiah Ben Zion, Raul Talavera, David Hillyard, Efren Santana - saxophone
Kincaid Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn
Joey Urquijo, David Fuentes - bass
Greg Narvas, Scott Abels - drums, percussion.
"Out Of Nowhere" is the debut studio album by Hepcat, released in 1993 on Moon Records. The album was reissued in 2004 with two bonus tracks on Epitaph.
Tracks:
1-13 LP Out Of Nowhere
14-15 7" Nigel, released in 1990 on Laughing Pussy.
Tracklisting:
1. Dance Wid' Me
2. The Secret
3. Hooligans
4. Skavez
5. Miss Congeniality
6. Clarence Thomas
7. Prison Of Love
8. Earthquake And Fire
9. All For You
10. Caravan (Skaravan)
11. Policewoman
12. Same O' Same O'
13. Train To Skaville
14. Nigel
15. Club Meditation
VBR ~267K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Scientific" is the second studio album by Hepcat, released in 1996 on Better Youth Organization (BYO).
Tracklisting:
1. Country Time
2. Bobby & Joe
3. Black Sky
4. Solo
5. Keep On
6. Home
7. Dollar Dance
8. Come Out
9. Clarence
10. Anita Hill
11. Positive
12. Lovin' Man
13. Relation
14. Marcus Garvey
15. The Fool
16. Yoko Zuna
VBR ~250K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Right On Time" is the third studio album by Hepcat, released in 1997 on Hellcat Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Right On Time
2. I Can't Wait
3. Goodbye Street
4. The Secret
5. Pharoah's Dreams
6. No Worries
7. Mama Used To Say
8. Rudies All Around
9. Tommy's Song
10. Nigel
11. Together Someday
12. Baby Blues
13. Open Season....Is Closed
14. The Secret (Secret Remix)
VBR ~266K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Push 'N Shove" is the fourth and final studio album by Hepcat, released in 2000 on Hellcat Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Push 'N Shove
2. Tek Dat
3. 'Lude 1
4. Prison Of Love
5. The Ronnie
6. Daydreamin'
7. Comin' On Strong
8. You And I
9. Beautiful
10. The Region
11. Gimme Little Sign
12. 'Lude 2
13. The Spins
14. Live On
VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
