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atlas promo ep

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atlas 00:01
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it was about atlas shrugged. matt has never indicated to me that he listened to rush, and there was no evidence that he was a rush fan. he might not have been cognizant of the irony.
2.
mosh pit song 02:11
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this was a song intended to be about mosh pits for matt to sing on, but i created some lyrics instead. whatever matt's influences were, i was listening to a wide variety of melodic punk bands like bad religion and weezer at the time, which is why this sounds like a bach cantata converted to a punk rock song.
3.
unintelligible 01:58
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this was a song intended for matt to sing on, but i created some absurdist lyrics instead. a writing assist goes to nwa, but i would argue it sounds most like vitalogy period pearl jam
4.
i've got nothing to say 04:25
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these vocals were kind of written by matt, as they are things matt would say out loud. i'm kind of making fun of him. this is the last thing written for or about second class citizens. writing assist to frank zappa, as well. this came out of leftfield for me in terms of musical influences, but it sounds a *lot* like a man man song, from 1997.

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stylized 2CC. at the beginning of high school, a friend of mine named matt wanted to start a punk band in which he would play bass and sing and i would play guitar. there was a song called atlas that was written in the style of nin's big man with a gun (although the actual influence was probably marilyn manson, which i remain largely unfamiliar with) that was influenced by ayn rand, and which i approached with kid gloves; while atlas did not develop, i did write two songs in a similar (but more music-theory informed) style, with the intent to have matt sing on them. specifically, big mosh pit song and unintelligible were supposed to be 2CC. in addition to these songs that were written for matt to sing on, i've got nothing to say is an inri song about matt. he flatly wasn't into it and it didn't develop. matt decided that i had more in common with his sister, which made the premise of being in a band with me unworkable. that is, i reminded him too much of his older sister, which is something he didn't like. matt was an odd duck that was uncomfortable in his sexuality. the truth is that matt was not very punk rock, but he found his right libertarian tribe in the fringes of the techno scene and had a moderately successful career as a happy hardcore dj in the 00s under the name darkstar. years later, in the mid 00s, matt was supposed to play bass in throatmotor, but i ended up doing it instead because he never actually learned how to play. the last i talked to matt, he lived somewhere in toronto. a low quality recording of atlas did exist (it was recorded on a handheld cassette recorder), but matt was last in possession of it c. 1996 and i would strongly doubt he still has it. i have no recordings of matt. frankly, i'd be open to it because matt always had a quirky set of idiosyncrasies that i thought i could develop if he'd let me, and i still think he'd be an interesting if deeply flawed front-person, but i would project no possibility of completing this project. 0 releases on inri records, but i have constructed a mock atlas promo ep as inriɣ with big mosh pit song, unintelligible and i've got nothing to say as b-sides and integrated it into the release list.

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released April 1, 1997

theoretical:
matt - supposed to play bass and sing and presumably provide artistic direction
j - supposed to play guitar and probably some other things

actual:
j - guitars, effects, bass, sample-based digital keyboard, tapes, drums, percussion (pens on table), vocals

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second class citizens Ottawa, Ontario

second class citizens was supposed to be a punk band with matt playing bass and singing and myself playing guitar but it didn't develop. these are a handful of demos that were supposed to be 2cc songs but ended up as inri songs, instead. picture from june, 1995. ... more

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