Gray Matter - Food For Thought + Take It Back, 4 Songs & Thog

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

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