Slanted View (2000-2001)
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When I was 16 years old, my high school friends and I started playing music and forming a band. Our first gig was the closing act at the school talent show in 2000. I dressed in a tattered gym uniform and we opened with Queen's "We Will Rock You." As we launched into "MachineHead" by Bush, all our friends who performed that night came on stage and jumped around with us. This prompted the audience to rush the stage as well. Girls started throwing their bras at us, it was crazy! A teacher tried to pull the curtain, but ended up letting us finish with "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
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Soon after this show, we recruited a couple other members and formed a metal band called Slanted View. We played mostly at the Voodoo Lounge on Bell Blvd in Queens NYC. At one of the more memorable shows, our guitarist Carl brought a fog machine onstage. It malfunctioned during our set and we ended up playing through a cloud of smoke. That was pretty funny. Voodoo Lounge unfortunately shut down due to a stabbing but it was a great venue.
On December 27, 2000, Slanted View went to a studio and recorded the above demo. Sadly, the band split up the following year. Below you can find some lyrics, and our original band website can still be seen on Tripod here!
MEMBERS: Brendan Hunt - Vocals; Mike Iadarola - Lead Guitar; Carl Weyant - Rhythm Guitar; Lou Doria - Bass; Boddy Durso - Drums; Mike Kaabe - Drums on demo
On December 27, 2000, Slanted View went to a studio and recorded the above demo. Sadly, the band split up the following year. Below you can find some lyrics, and our original band website can still be seen on Tripod here!
MEMBERS: Brendan Hunt - Vocals; Mike Iadarola - Lead Guitar; Carl Weyant - Rhythm Guitar; Lou Doria - Bass; Boddy Durso - Drums; Mike Kaabe - Drums on demo
LYRICS
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PULSING (Hunt)
Leech! You have to turn to me, and you know you see it Just believe... You have to turn to me The struggle loser, I drag you closer I'll make the most of our time together Suffering... Won't get away Suffering... Sexually You will grab onto me You will grab onto me for safety It's funny how things change and sometimes rearrange You'll never be the same it's funny how things change You see the light, give up your fight Take you inside, control your life... Pulsing! VEER (Weyant, Iadarola) Blood pumps through your veins, adrenaline flows through your mind Tension in the air makes it seem like your living a nightmare Feel of the armor on my body now makes me run wild Look in his eyes says he's cold as stone I take a step to the two, imaginary line has my view Where I veer right through you... Are you scared yet? Running right through you, Shoulder to the ground Instinctual movements Never looking back cause they're all eating dirt Sweat pours off your face the goal, a mirage, can't fall short Keep the pace! Standing triumphantly before all my foes Passion fills my soul, it contains my heart like no one knows PAY THE PRICE (Weyant, Iadarola) When you were a kid you used to steal from your parents Used to take everything that wasn't given to you By the age of fourteen, you were known as a maniac But what would you do when he opens up the doors for you You pay the price, You say goodbye to your life Hell's doors are open waiting for the antichrist You pay the price, Your life is fucking clear Hell's doors are open for you let me get you through them On your first week of marriage you committed adultery Broke all ten commandments and all the laws that ever were Scum like you should be erased from the earth But what would you do when he opens up for you Well this is it, it's all over now There's no turning back, it doesn't matter anyhow You had your chance in life and you blew it So now the doors are open let me get you runnin through them |
RENDEZVOUS WITH THE DEVIL (Iadarola) Part 1 of 2
Step inside and you will see things you dread come from me Those who come here they shall pay with pain, remorse and agony Lines are running down your face, tears of sorrow, all shall play Spin the dice, roll the wheel, imagining this can't be real Hellish screams, howling out, stuck here always, without a doubt Seething, bleeding, open wounds, now I am the same as you Closing my eyes now, cannot see, what is overcoming me? Is it destiny? Is it fate? Nothing to do now, just too late Follow me little one, your torment isn't nearly done, Always hot and always bright, for every day and night. To look around and realize, that this is where I'm gonna die, To see that my life is hell, to bid my older life farewell FROM THE DARKEST OF PITS (Iadarola) Part 2 of 2 Why do I keep going on? Something inside keeps me strong Turning back now just seems right, going forward just seems wrong Life has become death to me... How should I go through with this? From the back of my poor brain, howl from the abyss... Eternal struggle going on and on Eternal madness going on and on Seclusion, only being with one Staying up until the crack of dawn Seclusion, only being with one How would you like to be that one? Well come on, come on, come on, RUN Find yourself inside of me, differences are left behind Break through all the limits set, I am not the one who's blind Thought this had all gone away, here I find it's not the end Made a mess of what I had, here it comes again... Now I stand before a grave and here I find my name displayed Only thing I would have changed is not to live with all this rage I have sunk unto the depths, torn apart by all the hate Cannot crawl back out again... My judgement awaits... HOLLOW END (Iadarola) a.k.a. "The Fight to Die" Nowhere to go and be by myself, nowhere to go and hide my face Nowhere to go and be ashamed, can't ever be the same Nowhere to go away... I Said go away... I Said leave me be... With my misery... The fight to die Nowhere to go and cover up and lie (die) No way to know how to say goodbye No more reasons to try Its time to count my days So my misery stays You cannot tame me... I will live on... |
