Excerpts from Bruce's musical pastThis page contains some mp3 downloads highlighting some of the music I made before the days of Wargameroom.
3/8/2009: Added "Why" by Influx to the downloads
9/8/2009: Added "Fortune Teller" by Solar Circus to the downloads
Solar Circus
Solar Circus was a band that I was in between 1988 and 1991. The
band did extensive touring, mostly on the northeast coast of the United States,
playing to a small but extremely dedicated following. A jam band in the
tradition of the Grateful Dead, Solar Circus had an extremely large repertoire
of both original and cover tunes, always mixing things up every show so that our
audiences never knew what to expect. The track below, Fortune
Teller, was off of the band's first album on Relix Records,
Juggling Suns, recorded in December, 1988. The song ends abruptly
because its last chord is the first chord of the next track on the disc.
Fortune Teller
(6:16)
Influx
Influx was a band that I was in between 1992 and 2000. The
music was heavily inspired by the progressive rock from the 1970s, and also by
the grunge rock of the 1990s. Originally playing a mix of originals and
eclectic cover tunes, the band transitioned into becoming an all-original act
somewhere around 1995. In 1997, the band played several high-profile gigs,
including opening for one of our own all-time favorite bands Marilion,
and also for Marillion's former lead singer Fish. The first
track below, The Maze Inside, was written by the keyboard player Tom O'
Brien, and to this day remains my favorite recording of all those of which I
have been a part. Why was recorded in the same recording
sessions.
The Maze Inside
(9:21)
Why
(6:31)
Juggling Suns
In 1999, I reunited with Solar Circus guitarist Mark Diomede and
joined what was essentially the remnants of Solar Circus, Juggling Suns.
Mark had lost the legal rights to the name Solar Circus and was keeping the
band's tradition alive by using the name of the band's first album as the name of the band when I
joined on. This time I joined as the bass player, and enjoyed some really
good musical experiences until I left the band in 2003. The version of the
Beatles' Come Together included below was recorded live at
The Vault, a club in Baltimore, Maryland.
Come Together
(5:09)
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