Back in the spring of 2001, I had a band in St. Paul MN called Gone Out Gone. We played bar shows and parties and whatnot, and I thought we were pretty good. At least we had a good time and played with some great bands. At one point, for whatever reason, we were invited to submit a Smashing Pumpkins cover song for a tribute album. I think it was Gorilla Marketing or something. Somewhere out of California. Anyway, we decided to record Drown. This was the song that made me want to start playing guitar.

We didn't have a lot of connections or money, so the recording was entirely self produced. We recorded the band in our dungeon practice space off of Prior and University Ave on a Fostex 16 track digital recorder. The outro was recorded in the kitchen of my apartment off of Fairview Ave. We all took the day off so we could record with less traffic noise and not disturb the neighbors. The soprano singers are Lori Lewis in her pre Therion twin cities days (seriously, look her up) and my phenomenally talented and eternally patient wife. At some points there are over 14 simultaneous tracks of their voices. This was all expertly mixed and finished by Ev Olcott into what you hear.

After it was finished, we submitted the song, but never heard back from the Gorilla team. Probably for the best, it was probably a scam. We ended up including it on a CD release called the Pepperlight Sessions. Only 150 copies made. I listen to it now and still feel very proud. It's a little amateurish, but the spirit and the heart are there.

Anyway. I'm not sure why I waited almost 25 years, but I'm releasing it for you all now. Let me know what you think.

My bands cover of Drown from 2001