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<\/a><\/p>\nCathedral of Tears- Cathedral of Tears<\/i> 12”
\n1. Trap
\n2. A Situation Of…
\n3. Calm Storm
\n4. Black Emotion
\n5. Ballet
\n6. Whisper From The Deadland<\/p>\n
Moving right along, here we have a 12” by Cathedral of Tears, a US-based darkwave band with a danceable edge. This is the band’s only record, released in 1984 on Enigma Records, which was generally known for dark, sleazy punk (The Cramps, Dead Milkmen, TSOL etc.).<\/p>\n
Though the record does flirt around with a more new wave sound, the project was primarily an outlet for Jack Grisham, of TSOL, which explains the ‘odd man out’ style of this record.<\/p>\n
Also, I believe there were several musicians involved with the project, including Mike Patton (Adolescents\/Middle Class) on bass. I’ve stumbled upon some choice words about this 12” from Jack himself:<\/p>\n
“This is one of those mistakes you make that you can’t take back. My dad died, I was going through a lot of shit…I stole the tapes. We had a record…we wrote a bunch of new songs, went in the studio & I stole the tapes. Our record company had said, ‘There’s no song here that will get radio play,’ & I was like ‘Bullshit, there is.’ So I stole the tapes from the record company, took it to the radio station, & they were playing our song (Black Emotion) while I was driving away. (laughs) & it turned out to be the number four requested song on the station that year. With no record out. & then Enigma finally put it out. They finally put it out, but it was too late. I had already done the damage by the time it came out.”<\/i><\/p>\n
Neat, though I must disagree that this record is a mistake! Don’t take my word for it, though- here’s the info for 12”.<\/p>\n