Not Silent

Punk with the Lead, metal with Frank's Enemy, acoustic with Julio Rey, and all points between

The Lead – Religion No Rite (In Your Face Again) (Julio Rey demo 2012) – download at Area 1234

The Lead – Religion No Rite (In Your Face Again) (Julio Rey demo 2012) – download at Area 1234 (0)

February 27, 2012 • Category: CAROUSEL WORTHY, HEADLINES, THE LEAD

See, this is what happens when you have too many sites all over the landscape. I actually had posted this last month at Area 1234 and forgot to link it here. Sorry. Here’s my second demo for the Lead’s upcoming reunion EP. I think the song works out well so far but I’d really like [...]

The Lead – Religion No Rite (In Your Face Again) (Julio Rey demo 2012) – download at Area 1234

BLOG»

Lyric: Religion No Rite (In Your Face Again) (1)

Words for demo #2 I’m currently working in for Lead EP Nina and Rob and I are planning…. (1/11/12: cleaned up last verse) (3/11/12: changed one line) Religion No Rite (In Your Face Again) Once upon a time the fall from grace The Father said get thee from my place Became the Son, came down, [...]

THE LEAD»

The Lead – Religion No Rite (In Your Face Again) (Julio Rey demo 2012) – download at Area 1234 (0)

The Lead – Religion No Rite (In Your Face Again) (Julio Rey demo 2012) – download at Area 1234

See, this is what happens when you have too many sites all over the landscape. I actually had posted this last month at Area 1234 and forgot to link it here. Sorry. Here’s my second demo for the Lead’s upcoming reunion EP. I think the song works out well so far but I’d really like [...]

FRANK'S ENEMY»

Frank’s Enemy – @anonymous (download at area1234) (1)

Frank’s Enemy – @anonymous (download at area1234)

I guess now’s as good a time as any for me to tell you that I have long-term plans to release a full-length Frank’s Enemy project. Frank’s Enemy’s been putting stuff out here and there sporadically since 2002, and all of it will be included in the full-length (with some additional work on the tracks). But again, [...]

SOLO»

Lyric: Barry Goldwater Blues (0)

After hearing a couple of anti-Goldwater lyrics by sixties folkies unaware that the war party was on their side….

THE VISITORS»

Julio Rey – Bottom Line / The Soldier (Live – Loogie Soup & Visitors “covers”) (0)

Julio Rey – Bottom Line / The Soldier (Live – Loogie Soup & Visitors “covers”)

The first song was first successful songwriting attempt to marry el rock punk with los lyrics Christian, back in the spring of 1980 as riots erupted in my homietown and we were preparing to get invaded by a bunch of Cubans in boats. The second song was written about a year later when I had [...]

KING JAMES AND THE CONCORDANCES»

DOWNLOAD at area1234: King James and the Concordances – The Authorized Version (0)

DOWNLOAD at area1234: King James and the Concordances – The Authorized Version

All the original wacky hijinks, ripped and noise-reduced from the original 1987 cassette master with digital booklet including all original artwork and actual photos of the two guilty parties. Musical styles in order of appearance are punk, reggae with a touch of mariachi, old school hardcore when it wasn’t old school with a touch of [...]

LAS OVEJAS ELECTRICAS»

Las Ovejas Electricas (download at Area1234) (0)

Las Ovejas Electricas (download at Area1234)

Las Ovejas Electricas EP, Download Not Silent/Area1234, 2004 This is a project that my friend Al Valdes (my King James collaborator) and I recorded back in August of 1999 with our spouses as extra vocalists. It’s also the first and only time we recorded on something better than a Portastudio. Most of the tunes are Al’s (he [...]