Artist description Harsh but melodic. Metal with other tasty influences. "Nihilistic anti-social punk dance metal" (Pat Malia)

Music Style Alternative Metal

Musical Influences Everything they listened to and liked

Similar Artists ourselves, and Peace Corpse (what we were called before). People say Pearl Jam, or Metallica, or Korn, or those bands. Maybe.

Artist History After a 5 year hiatus since the release of their acclaimed “Theory of Negativity” cd, drummer Jason Rowland and guitarist Pat Malia, who’ve played together since grade school, were craving the intensity of the original Peace Corpse and Theory of Negativity projects. They approached The Outlook studio’s Ted St.Pierre, who produced and engineered their first two releases, about recording some new material. Ted stepped in to play bass as well as recording and producing what was now just the bare bones of the original band. Pat Malia wrote the lyrics and sang or screamed them out on the new tracks. He describes the music by this incarnation of the band as “anti-social metal-dance-punk.” They had recorded 9 really cranking new songs as a power trio, when original vocalist Adam Mazza stepped back in to add some guitar and baritone guitar on several more tracks, and vocals on a song he had written for the band back in ‘96. Rob Gaudet, who contributed a couple of keyboard tracks on the first two cds, also played on afew of the most recent songs. By the time the cd was complete, the sound was highly developed, and more massive than ever before. Ted St.Pierre, whose recording work ranges from late 70’s punk icons to rock and roll hall of fame veterans, says “This is the heaviest thing I’ve ever recorded. Pat’s vocals really put it over the top.”

Group Members Pat Malia - Vocals, Guitars, Music, lyrics; Jason Rowland - Drums; Ted St.Pierre - Bass; Adam Mazza Guitar on the second cd, Vocals on the first cd; Rob Gaudet - keyboards on afew tracks; Rick Thornton - Bass on the first cd

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals, occasional keyboard, occasional baritone guitar

Albums Peace Corpse; Theory of Negativity; A Dead Area

Press Reviews "gnashing grind and thrash to crunching funk-metal" Cradle; "groove-metal vibe, raw aggro feel" HuH; "great songs! shriek those two words as emphatically as you can" Performer; “... they burn with the fury of Rage Against the Machine ... they’re also subject to outbursts of quirk that echo Primus....” Option; “...retro-hardcore topped with Zep-like mock-raga ("Brood,") and a Metallica-laced manifesto (“Smoothie”)” The Noise

Location Bethel, Maine - USA

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