Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Clocked Out — Demo '06

About a week after I got my first car, there was a show in Richmond that I really wanted to go to. I picked up 5 other people, and we drove on down. Somehow during the course of that show, I got hit in the eyebrow and later ended up needing to get like 4 stitches... after driving home in an overcrowded car with blood dripping onto my cheek.

Clocked Out didn't play that show. Insted, I picked up this demo at a different show in Richmond, but I don't remember that show at all so I thought I'd share a more memorable story. Anyway, it's some pretty cool tunes in a sort of modern-hardcore way; they have a couple songs with riffs that always make me think of the word 'urban' for some reason. As similar as it is to a lot of other Richmond demos, this one always stood out in my mind for some reason. I guess it's pretty good. Plus it was recorded by Mike Reaves, so you know it sounds smooth like butter. Alright, get to clicking:

Clocked Out — Demo 2006

Track Listing:
  1. Riot
  2. Fed Up
  3. Too Far
  4. Hard Times
  5. Integrity
  6. Mindset
  7. Earned It
  8. On Your Own
Clocked Out were a short-lived band from the era of early Swamp Thing. They sounded a lot like Swamp Thing actually, and even got the singer to do some guest vocals. They managed to score the position of opening band at DTN's "the Most" seedy release party, where they covered "Off My Chest" by Carry On, and it was really tight. Then they broke up, apparently to move to Omaha.

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