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Hello! This is Outlet, a new band out of the depths of Vassalboro, Maine!
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Well hello there! This is JT of Outlet writing up a little bio of the band so you all know just how this all came together. The band consists of 3 members, Saturn Incredible Man(right), Rob Gelinas(center), and myself, Justin Scott Taylor(left). We are all good friends and we all got together around January of 2000 as a band. Before that, in November I believe it was Saturn Incredible Man had recorded a solo album of his own(which is very good, and available for purchase if you so wish!) and he was looking to put it onto cd. I was capable of doing so, so he contacted me. We put it together and it turned out really well. Rob was kicking around at this time too just hanging out with the crowd. We had all been itching to play in a real band so we decided we should give it a go together. For some reason, rather than taking the old "lets play some covers" approach, we all wanted to make an album so we started writing tunes together in February. We have been recording this sucker for 4 months now. We recorded it in my bedroom actually, so I should say our quality is rather outstanding for such an environment, wouldn't you say? The album was written primarily by myself and SIM, each of us doing about half of the album really. We have worked really well together I think. It was hard at first cause SIM was going to school in Portland(an hour and a half away) and we could only get together and write and record on the weekends. That was rough. It was easy to get burned out cause some weekends we would cram so hard that we would actually write and record up to four songs in one weekend! It was slow at first, but then SIM got out of school about 3 weeks before our deadline of June 1st so we were able to get together much more often and we really got things going. So here we are with a finished product. 17 action packed tracks as we like to say, all of which are very different, 65 minutes for the whole cd. We have gotten nothing but good reviews thus far, with Saisuu and The Worst being the favorites, as we expected, for they are our favorites too, so check 'em out! Like I said, all the tunes are very different, so check 'em out. We have been influenced by a ton of different bands including 311, Alice In Chains, David Bowie, Coal Chamber, Collective Soul, Dave Matthews Band, Deftones, Faith No More, Filter, Incubus, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Mr. Bungle, Smashing Pumpkins, Slipknot, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, A Perfect Circle, and many more. Our music is a reflection of these influences yet takes on a very unique sound.
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Song Info
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1. Saisuu
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: SIM
Guitar: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
I'm feeling something
That I can't explain
To know your mind
But not your face
To know that our thoughts
Are quite the same
But to know that our hands
Are far away
I'm seeing a star
And I wonder if
You see the same one
From your nest
You've helped me so much
We've made it so far
The distance between
Will not defeat
And someday soon
We will meet at last
Don't ever forget
What we have had
I've changed so much
With the help of you
For that I must say
To you Saisuu
I'm feeling something I can't explain
To know your mind but not your face
To know that our thoughts are quite the same
But far away
You've helped me much, we've made it far
Distance between will not defeat
Don't ever forget what we have had
We'll meet at last
And when it rains I think of you
Each time I smile, it feels so good
I dream to hear you laugh and see your face
Someday soon
We will meet soon under the moon
Look up, see the stars, free to choose
Away from everything, all alone
In our fantasy
And in our world of Faraway
We will be free and on our way
Soon enough, it will be real
To you Saisuu
2. The Worst
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead vocals: JT+SIM
Backing vocals: JT
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
Keep trying to find just where I burn
I want the place where I get the worst
Tripped on a stone the size of my head
Smashed apart the pieces with my fist
I'm trying to run but I'll only die
Isn't that what you wanted?
Up to my knees in piss and mud
My soul is torn from head to foot
Jumping off a bridge of thorns
I want the worst
My life it ran away
My chains wont let me find
My pain wont go away
That's what keeps me alive
It keeps coming back
It keeps coming back
And it tries to make me die
I don't want it
They stick the glass into my eyes
They tried so hard to make me blind
And so my life it didn't fit
But no one really even gave a shit
They buried me before I died
And in my head I sing this lullaby
My life it ran away
My chains wont let me find
My pain wont go away
That's what keeps me alive
It keeps coming back
It keeps coming back
And it tries to make me die
I don't want it
3. I'm Nothing
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: SIM
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
I used to hate somebody
I used to like myself
Then life was just a bitch
And bits of pieces fell
And my life they thought I hated
All my life they never waited
And all my life I felt so wasted
They didn't see what I created
And they just left me alone
When I just wanted someone
And I just fell apart
And Now I'm Nothing
And they'll forget me when I'm sleeping
And they'll forget me when I'm weeping
And for every time they are decieving
A new group joins blindly believing
And for all the times I spent improving
Everything was just an illusion
Not a smile, but a frown
Never laughing, only a broken crown
I held it in when you beat me down
I held it in, all I do is drown
And all alone I took my place
And all alone I lost my face
And forever on I'll be forgotten
I'm laying down here at the bottom
You spit on me when I couldn't stand up
You and your lies become common place
And all alone I took my place
And all alone I lost my face
And forever on I'll be forgotten
I'm laying down here at the bottom
Believe in me and now I'm nothing
Forever on I'll just be nothing
Believe in me and now I'm nothing
Forever on I'll just be nothing
4. To Speak In Whispers
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: SIM
Guitar: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
Here we are
We're not alone
We're looking about
For what we've known
A ghost, a crime, as true, as a lie
We must hold tight
We can't lose sight
And when I look at you your eyes are clenched quite tight
The fear of losing you, it creeps into my mind
I try to comfort you, I'll hold you through the night
I know you wont give up, I can see it in your eyes
We'll just start again
Without the dust and wind
We'll just start again
Away from everything
Here we are
We're not alone
Running away
From what we've known
A scam, a stain, we're drenched by the rain
Forget this life
It was their lie
And forever on we'll have to run away
To avoid their trap we'll stumble on our way
We wont be blinded by the nightmares that they crave
We'll never give up and be forced to play their game
We'll just start again
Without the rain and the wind
We'll just start again
Away from everything
5. Noume�a
Music by SIM
Lyrics by SIM
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: SIM
Keyboards: SIM
Rhythm Guitar: SIM
Lead Guitar: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
Intro Screams: SIM, Rob, JT, Allan Taylor, Kraig Beaudoin
Light Bulbs: JT
Hablamos en doscientos, expresiones
Esperaramos para, la ni�ez
Si �ntense, Cuenta, otra vez mirame, no hables
�tu comprendes?
�Valgame Dios!
6. Mr. Punch
Music by SIM
Lyrics by SIM
Lead Vocals: SIM+Rob
Guitar: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
He wakes up with a smile
He smiles with bloody lips
His gears begin to wind
He starts to feel the itch
Don't think you need me look what you miss
I stand like a man for this
To late to turn around after I started
Judy you're the only whore I ever wanted
He likes to let things go
He likes to let us know
If the fix is on his mind
You're in kill he'll sleep
Right now open up look what you've done
I pull the trigger of my gun
Its too late to run away after I'm there
Judy you're the only doll who'll make me care
7. 3000 Miles
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead Vocals: JT
Backing Vocals: SIM
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
It seems so hard and it seems so far to you
So far away
But I'm not afraid about anything anymore
The peace I've found
All the times and all the words we've shared
Priceless to me
And every night when I fall asleep I dream
Of you and me
I will find my way
I can't say the words and I can't try to explain
The numbness I feel
The sun always shines and my fears they go away
When I think of you
I will find my way
I dream of you and all I know
is that I can not wait to learn a little more
I think of you every chance I get
and I'm hoping that maybe you will hear my thoughts
I will find my way
8. The Secret Bubbles
Music by JT
Guitars: JT
Instrumental
9. Authority For Fools
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead Vocals: SIM
Guitar: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
And the darkness is coming in
As the light is moving out
And the wars that people like me don't start
Are quick to hit the mark
Killing innocence
And raping all our rights
But what are rights anyway?
A lie to make us march
Get up and step aside
Here comes authority
Get up and step aside
Here comes the fools
And when they speak their ignorance
Its time to get on the move
Homeless on the streets at night
And soldiers with their guns
The leaders sway whichever way
Backing it up with funds
Money is hard to come by
For the person of the norm
But it comes like flies to dung
For those who lie and scorn
Authority they hold up high
Like jewels and gold and fame
And for all of us who really know
We're forced to play the game
Authority
Authority for fools
Far to many blindly follow
Because they do not know
But for those of us who are not blind
We're forced to watch the show
And so the tide comes roaring in
As we cower underneath
The rage of lies from the tide
Leaves us not a soul to keep
Get up and step aside
Here comes authority
Get up and step aside
Here comes the fools
And when they speak their ignorance
Its time to get on the move
10. Illusion of Ends
Music by JT
Lyrics by SIM
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: JT
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass Drum: SIM
Bass: SIM
It takes one glance one time no joke my love rewind backwards falling behind down the middle of the line what in the hell did I get us into and what in the hell is this disco all about? Release your doubt find out now don't we all feel fine? Come on every body are you so numb that you can't think and your life's a re-run you hold out for some fun but then its oops this oops that and then you''re done. Dripping down the barrell of a gun and I bet you thought you were the only one. We'll guess what no luck you're fucked now man doesn't that suck?
Strangers in between
(shut up, look up you never have enough, get a little more, take a little more, whatever you want you try to even the score)
If not then what would we be
(You bug me, you hate me, you don't know why but you wont leave me be, I'm going to set me free)
As different as we seem
(Each time you change what it is I cannot say, I never know just what to do without hurting you)
We're close enough to know what we mean
(I will not play all your games, its what you cannot see)
Now lets begin with the original sin the great divide why we're outside all rise we're on trial no lies no games and no free rides. Is it sex appeal that makes us seem real are those the circumstances that make us feel shitty, what I'm talkin about in this ditty, I'm not even that witty. Don't ask don't show don't tell no show what in the hell say to me you wanna be epiphany yabadaba so back to the poin that's been on my mind the problem that grabs me all the time. Wouldn't it be nice to eat dinner with a glass of wine. I went off track again, maybe that's a sign. So I'll slow it down so you can see me breakin it down just like a movie. Look around, stop.
Strangers in between
If not then what would we be
As different as we seem
We're close enough to know what we mean
11. Surface
Music by SIM
Lyrics by SIM, Jen Stevenson, Maribeth Memmer, Rob, JT
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: SIM
Phone friend: Katie Pfeiffer
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
Think of this picture you
Try not to reflect with regret
My work magic and I will then
Pues tengo que usar mi majia
Here's a new thought to choke on
Donc tune m'a pas tu �
Underneath your normal skin
Swimming candles melt us in
Qu'est-ce que c'est deja vu
Damn I'm pretty smooth
Je veux te decullotte
Il �tait un jour
On volait ma coeur
c' �tait ta voiture
Je n'ai pas beaucoup de patience
�a m'ai pique finalment dans la fesse
I wanna taste your milky way
With your sweet tarts I wanna play
It's slippery where I skate
What do you think of me now baby?
12. Comforting the Marionette
Music by SIM+JT
Lyrcis by SIM
Lead Vocals: SIM
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
Identified in the worst way
We're reaching in just beneath the mask
Moving forward growing pains
Breaking out of the shell of plexiglass
The world forgets what you're about
Lets you in, but shuts you out
I hope you take it all in
Were you end and I begin
Heffelflopper is in my heart
When I'm away I'm thought of in a different way
What happened to the doll in the corner
The thought touches me to this day
When the tears make the day wet
I'll tell you not to cry and to forget
In the end it's all we need
Let me go let me bleed
We could turn this all around
Pull the strings and you're off the ground
As the story goes I don't regret
On becoming a marionette
There can't be much more to this
I'm alive in this I realize
13. Tried
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead Vocals: SIM
Guitar: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
I'm quite tired of your lies
It makes me want to break your face
You tried to make me you
You tried to make me hate myself
But now I know I need to get away from you
I keep on trippin' on your tongue
It ties me to a broken memory
It's ok, I'm movin' on
I can't believe that I ever tried
Slipping on you, you can't stand to see me go
I set myself free
I'm movin' on my way
No strings attached to me
I am the man I am
Stronger than before
Things are looking up for me
The new man that you'll never see
It feels good to know you're gone
It feels good to know that you were wrong
So now I play this song just to piss you off
14. Turkey Arabesque
Lyrics by SIM, Katie Pfeiffer, Kraig Beaudoin
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: SIM, Rob, JT
Guitars: JT
Drums: The little button on the electric kit
And here it is now let me know, I'm making me, are you hearing me, listening carefully? Now what comes next when I've seen a boy hit and that's the kind of shit that you all enjoy, its not a matter of all that I guess. I doubt anybody here will remember this. So what does it mean? Where did I go wrong? It reminds me of back in the day when the days seemed so long they're gone, but I think of my girl uh huh, she's got this thing and I want to get some.
Ooo lah baby you got the good thing
I'll call up my homies we'll get a wing ding goin on up in here
Oh girl when you talk to me that way
Baby
You wanna step up to me you know JT's got my back you wanna step up to JT he'll smoke your shit like crack. What do you think of that? If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. If I was Dr. Suess I'd be bustin rhymes like kerbunkle, shrilonkle, we got the funkle, spank my monkle. But enough about me I wanna hear about you and while you're at it can you show me that thing you do? You know that thing with your oh, nevermind, this is a family song. If I say too much I'll be hearing shit all summer long. You know it sorta pisses me off when people are like this. Can't take a joke, can't take a hint. Think I'm pissed now keep it coming see what happens chump I'll bust a cap in your cliche rump.
Ooo lah baby you got the good thing
I'll call up my homies we'll get a wing ding goin on up in here
Oh girl when you talk to me that way
Baby
Pineapple mellon warbler sweet on the flipside torgue speed open ten grab a honolulu ride bromide sweeping causetic sleeping elephant trampling omlet beating twisted toes of lemon lime earth to egg plants in due time. Turbo pasted peanut doodle caterpillar pizza noodle cak diddly cak a doodle. This just keeps getting better as time passes on, oh you know baby you look good in a thong. It reminds me of that song about thongs. You know that one with the guy who says thong thong thong. But I digress I've said enough for one day I think. Don't want to cause a ruckus don't want to make people think.
Ooo lah baby you got the good thing
I'll call up my homies we'll get a wing ding goin on up in here
Oh girl when you talk to me that way
Baby
15. Another Off Color View of Saturn
Music by SIM
Lyrics by SIM
Vocals: SIM
Keyboard: SIM
Guitar: SIM
All rest in space we wont fall in place
Lets not begin to wait for one more day in space
Don't you wait don't you wait
wait
Some are fake animate Eros Entropy two fifty
Reminds me of you believing
Aesthetic Angelman doing what he can to unfold
To behold the ghost as I'm told
Air breathe, itch sneeze, cough breathe
Silohette let go my poetry in my so right alone arranged in you
16. Amaranth
Music by JT
Lyrics by JT
Lead Vocals: SIM
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
It wasn't too long ago that I didn't even know that
There were people in this world who didn't even care
About me and then I grew up and I found out the truth
There's more than faerie tales and games to be played in this place
The world is a whore it can't get enough and the price is
Never quite good enough
To get it out of my face the people are sluts
The don't even care and they all throw me away
Well now it is my turn to show you up
Leave me alone
I'll leave you behind
Behind
Nevermind what's inside of me
I don't feel I need you to lean on I've been standing up
All alone why should I need you now you try to push
Me down so what do you all do now you all just lie
When you need to then you feel the need to just get high
You all make me want to fly away I don't feel you
17. Coming Together
Music by SIM
Lyrics by SIM
Lead Vocals: SIM
Backing Vocals: SIM
Guitars: JT
Drums: Rob
Bass: SIM
Piano: Katie Pfeiffer
Look it's a perfect time to stop
To sit and let it flow
All around me
Time was my fair weather friend
Will it play in here today
All around me
For you I know what
I'd beg to love
Let us clear it up
No matter what
Now I've got that off my chest
My lungs can expand
All around you
Reach into my sequence
I'm so glad I can put me
All around you
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Equipment, Thanks, Show Dates, and all that other stuff
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Equipment: Jackson PS-2 Guitar, Ibanez RX 20 Guitar, ESP LTD 100 Guitar, Yamaha Mt 100 II 4 Track Recorder, Audix OM-2 Microphone, Mach 1 Electric Bass, Yamaha DD-50 Electric Drumset, Casio MT-220 Keyboard, Lexicon Digital Effects Processor, Digitech DSP XL Multi Effects Processor, Boss Bass Overdrive ODB-3 Pedal, Danelectro Fab Tone Pedal, Dunlop GCB-95 Crybaby Pedal, General Electric Light Bulbs, Danelectro Daddy-O Pedal.
Shows:We don't have anything planned yet, but we'll post stuff as soon as we have things lined up. We have plans to do a lot of parties and bbq's and stuff like that, and if we get our act together we'll try some clubs and what not.
Thanks!
JT would like to thank his friends and family for all the help and support and all that good stuff. You all know who you are. Shouts out to Laura, Mike, Abel, Kraig, Paul R., Julie, Amy, and everyone else! And to all of you who have pissed me off, I thank you as well for being an inspiration. Also thanx to all my influences. Dad, thanks for settin me up with some sweet recording equipment. Mom, thanks for not minding the havoc we've been creating for 4 months and keeping us well fed! Calvin and Hobbes, you kick ass too. Thank you Katie for the great artwork for the cd cover! And to everyone who has purchase our cd and has helped spread the word: THANK YOU! Esp Mrs. Bonsant, Ms Caruso, and Ms Emmet for playin the disc in their classes!
Contact us at [email protected]
Purchasing Info: The cd is available for $8. You can get in touch with us at the above email addy!
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