Jack's Remains

IT'S HARD TO REALLY FIND A DEFINITIVE "STARTING POINT" SO WE 'LL JUST BEGIN AT "J.O. JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL", AROUND '84-'85, SOMTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS GREAT INSTITUTION IS WHERE MARK KENNEDY,MIKE FISHER AND DAVE CUNNINGHAM, WOULD FAST BECOME FRIENDS.
THE FIRST TIME I MET MIKE , I WAS WEARING AN ABSURDLY LARGE UPSIDE- DOWN CROSS.
OF COARSE BEING "FISH", FROM OUT OF NOWHERE COMES UP TO ME DROPS TO HIS KNEES AND STARTS PRAISING SATAN ON THE SIDEWALK BY THE RAMP AT J.O.
WELL , I KNEW I HAD FOUND A FRIEND! LOL
OF COARSE MEETING FISH MEANT THAT I WOULD SOON HAVE PLENTY OF LIKE MINDED, DIABOLICAL FRIENDS TO HANG OUT WITH.
TWO OF WHICH ARE STILL MY CLOSEST FRIENDS, MARK KENNEDY AND MIKE LIECHTY.
AMONG OTHERS OF THE LIKES OF ...JASON WHEELER,DUSTIN QUILLAN,ALAN SPENCE,STEVE BALTIMORE,ERIC HOSMER,KENYAN (#1 SOUL BROTHER),KELLY SULTZER,ANITA BUZZ,SHANNON BALTIMORE,MICHAEL "BUNKY"BURLSON, BOBBY BRYSON,CHARLES SLAYTON,MARK DEERMAN,ROB SAMPLES,HAL - DADDY,MATT PHANE,AND MANY MANY MORE.
THIS WAS ALSO THE TIME THAT I REALLY STARTED PLAYING GUITAR.
AND ALL THESE GUYS WERE MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN I, SO, IT ONLY MADE SENSE THAT I HAD FOR ONCE IN MY ENSTRANGED LIFE FOUND A PLACE TO BE ME!
SKIP FORWARD TO 92' - 93'

THIS WAS THE TIME THAT WE HAD CREATED OUR FIRST GIGGING BAND "CHAMBER FUNK".
FUELED BY ALCOHOL AND FIRE REEFER, WE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO WRITE, RECORD AND DARE I SAY PERFORM ORIGINAL MUSIC.
THE LINE - UP WAS

CHAMBER FUNK
FISH - BASS
MARK KENNEDY - GUITAR
DAVE CUNNINGHAM - GUITAR AND VOCALS
RAY MANLY - DRUMS

THIS WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST TIMES OF MY LIFE!
NOT A CARE,DOING THE DAMN THANG, HAVING MORE FUN THAN I EVER HAD.
YOU COULD SAY THE INNOCENCE WAS STILL INTACT, THE MUSIC WAS PURE AND HONEST !!!
IT WAS'NT JUST OUR LITTLE CREW THAT WERE DOING IT, BANDS STARTED COMING OUT OF NOWHERE IN THE HUNTSVILLE,NASHVILLE,ATLANTA AREA.
THERE STARTED TO BE SHOWS AT THE ARMORY EVERY WEEK-END, METAL HEADS,PUNKS,THRASHERS, ALL STARTED HANGING OUT TOGETHER.
WHO CAN FORGET NIGHTS AT THE TIP TOP CAFE...
I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT A SCENE.
I MEAN WITH BANDS LIKE SKELETAL EARTH,CHANGLING,ALIEN,INSOMNIA,INTRUDER, BLOODY ROSE,F.U.C.T.,O.C.B.,RANDOM CONFLICT,SPRAYTRUCK, HUMANICIDE,CYNIC, SUBVERSIVE VENGEANCE,STUPID AMERICANS,ETC., ETC.,ETC...
BUT YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLY LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY UNTIL IT WAS GONE...

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR BROTHER FISH DIED,
AND THINGS WERE NEVER THE SAME.
EVERYBODY KINDA WENT THEIR OWN WAY.

NOW, IN 2010, AFTER SEVERAL NIGHTS OF PARTYING AND ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE "GOOD OLE' DAYS" ,HAVE DECIDED TO GET TOGETHER AND WRITE SOME NEW MATERIAL AND RECORD A FULL C.D.
THIS PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO

MICHAEL FISHER
(WE MISS YOU BRO., HOPE YOUR SITTIN' AT HEAVENS BAR WITH A HANDLE OF JIM BEAM,A FATTY, HAVING JOKE TIME, AND TALKIN' SHIT ABOUT US)

AND

JACK KENNEDY
(JACK IS MARKS DAD,HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY,
IT ONLY SEEMED APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE HIM AS HE INCLUDED US IN HIS LIFE WHEN WE WERE YOUNG,
HENCE THE NAME JACK'S REMAINS)