Before there were any playboy pallbearers...

Karma's dinosaur age

Here it is: an overview of bands that eventually have lead to Karma To Burn. William Mecum played drums (!) for a band called ADMIRAL in the late 80's / early 90's, while he and the other members were still in high school. The band broke up in 1990 or 1991. The other members were Michael Harbin, Sean Linwood and Joseph McRedmond (who went on to play with Hoover and Crownhate Ruin). ADMIRAL released one 7" on Soul Force Records in Scottsdale, Arizona that was self produced and engineered by Eli Janney in March 1990. The songs on the 7" are "Brother Can You Spare A Dime," "Horns Lay Silent," and "Seasonal." Catalog number was "Soul Force No. Six."

A couple years later, a band from State College, PA called JUNCTION recorded a seven inch called "Falling and Laughing" for the Art Monk Construction label. This seven inch contained a tribute to ADMIRAL called "Admirable."

William then joined TOOLING FOR BOVINES. But I have no information other than that about this band.

And then there was the RED OAK SOCIAL CLUB. By then William was playing guitar. They had JC Belial on vocals, Orville Weal on bass and Nathan Limbaugh (future K2B drummer...) on drums. According to one eye-witness, this band was way ahead of its time and a local sell-out every time. A month before studio JC was forced to leave the band.

With Curtis Duhn on vocals, the band was renamed RED OAK CONSPIRACY. This time they made it to the studio with the singer, and they recorded a demo. They sold a tape titled "12 Songs Amounting to Nothing" at shows and a local record store in Morgantown W.Va. Curtis lasted until RED OAK CONSPIRACY broke up in 1992.

That's all I have on the obscure past before there was Karma To Burn. Read the rest for an insight in the spark that led to the album...

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