Trying now to reconnect with who I was- who we were- during the recording of Churn, has manifested itself to be much more of an exercise in humility than I originally anticipated. Listening to this record revives some tucked away memories, cobwebs from far reaching corners. Listening to it again has also been cause for more than a few heart-stopping grimaces (What the @!!()$%# was I thinking when I wrote those lyrics? WTF is a “david mask?”), and a few laughs (A handlebar mustache at 21 years old? Really?).
Churn is the prelude to the proverbial “15 minutes” of fame our band endured, and the now 28+ (or so) years we’ve survived. Shortly after its release in 1994, we were hustled into the studio to re-record most of it for our debut Mammoth release, American Standard. Churn is the early, earnest, awkward snapshot; the beginning of our tiny history.
