TEXAS METAL
BRYAN SMITH- GUITARS/ BACKING
VOCALS
JASON DICKINSON -BASS/ LEAD
VOCALS
MONTEY BROWN/DRUMMER
INBREED
BRYAN SMITH AND JASON DICKINSON FORMED THE
INBREED IN THE EARLY 1995.
ORIGINALLY NAMED HADES GATES AND WITH DRUMMER
FRANK HENLEY.
STARTED TO PLAY SHOWS AND THE RESPONSES WERE
GREAT EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE SEEMED TO EXPECT A DEATH METAL SHOW
BEFORE LONG WE REALIZED WE NEEDED A DIFFERENT
NAME, SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE COMMERCIALLY EXPECTABLE........
THE INBREED
WE CONTINUED TO GIG UNTIL NOVEMBER OF
1995 UNTIL FRANK HAD TO LEAVE US FOR WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME
DUE TO UNFORTUNATELY AND UNAVOIDABLE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE DID A COUPLE OF SHOWS WITH AN OLD FRIEND
AN EX BAND MATE MONTEY BROWN.
SADLY MONEY WAS WAY TO BUSY PLAYING WITH TWO
OTHER BANDS TO BECOME A FULL TIME INBREEDER,
BESIDES, ON WEEKENDS HE HAD A HIGH PAYING
GIG IN HIS FATHERS COUNTRY BAND IN WHICH HE HAD BEEN PLAYING
PROFESSIONALLY SINCE HE WAS 8 YEARS
OLD. SO THE TALE OF WOE CONTINUES>>>>>>>>
IN DECEMBER 95, WE BROUGHT IN ANOTHER FRIEND
TO HELP US OUT NAMED CLIFF ROSENBERG,
CLIFF ALSO A VERY BUSY MAN INVOLVED IN OTHER
BANDS , GLADLY FILLED IN TO O IN THE STUDIO AND HELP US MAKE A CD.
ON A SATURDAY LATE IN JANURARY96 THE DAY BEFORE
THE DALLAS COWBOYS KICKED THE SHIT OUT OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS IN THE
SUPER BOWL.
WE LAID DOWN THE TRACKS FOR THE "BACK TO THE
UNDERGROUND" CD WITH WAY TO LITTLE A BUDGET
AND WAY, WAY TO MUCH ATTITUDE, WE DID ALL
SONGS IN ONE TAKE AND FINISHED THE WHOLE PROJECT, SOUND CHECK, RECORDING,OVER
DUBES, AND MIXING, IN A HECTIC 6 HOURS OF STUDIO TIME.
NATURALLY, THE PRODUCTION QUALITY WOULD BEEN
BETTER IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE TIME TO WORK
WITH BUT WE ARE AN UNSIGNED BAND WITH A VERY
LITTLE BUDGET, WELL.
CLIFF STAYED A FEW MONTHS AFTER BUT FINALLY
HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE HE WAS JUST WAY TOO BUSY.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER, FRANK HENSEY
MOVED BACK TO TOWN
AND WE GOT BACK INTO JAMMING ,IN AUGUST OF
1997,
WE WENT IN AND RECORDED THE TRACKS FOR THE
"CONSENTING GOAT" CD.
THIS TIME WE SPENT MORE TIME IN THE STUDIO
AND WAS A LOT HAPPIER WITH THE SOUND.
THINGS ROLLED ALONG SMOOTHLY UNTIL JANURARY
OF 98 WHEN A SCREAMING MATCH TOOK PLACE BETWEEN HENSLEY AND DICKINSON IN
THE MIDDLE OF A GIG WHILE ON STAGE,
THOUGH HENSLEY REMAINED IN THE BAND UNTIL
MAY, ATTITUDES FASTLY DITRIATED, FINALLY, MAY1998
WE RELEASED HENSLEY DUE TO, LET SAY MUSICAL
DIFFERENCES, IT DIDNT HURT WE HAD OTHER DRUMMERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN
THE GIG, TWO DAYS LATER FORMER DRUMMER AND GOOD FRIEND MONTEY BROWN APPROACHED
DICKINSON .
ABOUT TAKING OVER THE DRUMMING DUTIES, HE
KEPT CALLING AND PLANTING SEEDS UNTIL WE BROUGHT HIM IN AND GAVE HIM THE
GIG IN MAY,MONTEY BROWN, NOW 25 YEARS OLD, HAS BEEN PLAYING AT THE PRO
LEVEL SINCE HE WAS 8 AND HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING THE BEST METAL DRUMMER
IN THE AREA,
ACTUALLY , HE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST
OVERALL DRUMMER
AS WELL HE IS EXTREMELY VERSATILE AND CAN
PLAY TO ANY STYLE OF MUSIC, PRACTICE#1.
WE WHIPPED OUT THREE NEW TUNES ON HIM THESE
TUNES NAMED "SUICIDE NOTE IN BLOOD","BASTARDS FOREST" AND "WARRIORS IN
HELL" SHOW A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE INBREED.
MANY THOUGHT OF US AS A HEAVY BAND HOWEVER,
WITH THE ADDITION OF BROWN WATCH FOR THE BAND TO GO
TO AN EVEN HEAVIER GROOVE.
ALBUM... DELIVERANCE....AVAILABLE
ON CD
PRICE....US$18.00
MEMBERS
FROM INBREED HAVE FRIENDSHIPS AND MUSICAL
RELATIONSHIPS GOING BACK 10 YEARS AT LEAST.
IN THE EARLY DAYS WE WERE DEFIANTLY A HARD-CORE
PARTY BAND.
WE DRANK MORE THAN WE PLAYED.
HOWEVER THOSE EARLY DAYS WE HAD A GREAT LITTLE
FAN BASE THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO GET.
BEFORE SMITTY AND I JOINED UP WE PLAYED IN
RIVAL HIGH SCHOOL BANDS.................OOOOOHHHHHH WELL.
EVERYBODY IN TOWN COME OUT AND CHECK BOTH
BANDS OUT ON WEEKENDS
AND WOULD HANG OUT WHERE THE BIGGEST PARTY
WAS.
AT THIS POINT A LOCAL CONTROVERSY GOT
STARTED. EVERYONE ASSUMED
SMITTY AND I HATED EACH OTHER WE DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW EACH OTHER.
ANYWAY, ONE NIGHT I SAW HIM OUT DRINKING AND
PULLED HIM OVER......
WE BOTH HAD A CASE OF BEER AND RIGHT THERE
A TERRIBLE BAND NAMED "SHY BOY" BEGAN.
AFTER ALL, OUR BANDS PLAYED THE SAME COVER
TUNES THE WRONG WAY.
WELL. WE HAD OUR LITTLE GIG AT THE BATTLE
OF THE BANDS AT A BAR CALLED "THE SIXTH ROCK"
BANDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING THERE OWN P.A.
SOS SO WE SAID NO PROBLEMS.
WE BROUGHT OUR RADIO SHACK MIRCOPHONE, OUR
RADIO SHACK 70 WATT REALISTIC 4 CHANNEL MIXER, OUR LITTLE STAGE AMPS AND
WENT TO ROCK OUT
.
WELL, THE OTHER BAND HAD 10.000 WATT P.A.
AND HAD A BAD ASS LIGHT SHOW.
I STOLE MY DADS SHOP LIGHT AND PAINTED THE
BULB YELLOW FOR OUR LIGHT SHOW.
WE DIDN'T WIN THAT NIGHT BUT LETS JUST SAY
WE DID A LOT OF GROWING UP MUSICALLY.
WE SURE DIDN'T GIVE UP PARTYING EITHER.
WE RENTED A HOUSE TO PRACTICE AT WHERE THERE
WAS ALWAYS AT LEAST 50, PEOPLE HANGING OUT EVERYDAY.
WE DRUNK OUR WAY THROUGH BAND NAMES LIKE SHYBOY,ASSAULT
AND BATTERY,
WHISKEY ROSE,AND EVENTUALLY HADES GATES,
THE INBREED IS LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED THOSE
DAYS.