02.88

"Unit G" EP Demo
Self-recorded on 4 track
at Unit G Studio, Brea, CA












Mike Bonaventura – Guitars
Jim Houle – Drums
Todd May – Guitars
Rob Perkins - Vocals
Gary Seaborn – Bass

Song list:

(PLAY) Let’s Play Dead
(PLAY) Submit or Die!
(PLAY) SDI (Death From Above) Remake
(PLAY) Eye for an Eye

++ Special Thanks to "Carcass" John Fossum for the scan of the original cassette artwork.

Looking back almost 20 years now, it’s hard to remember the exact details, but in 1988 we made a vocalist change. Here’s what I remember about that:

At some point we became less enthused about the style of Mike White’s vocals - we wanted a heavier sound. We had heard the demo from a friend (Brian Kelly) in the band “Cold Blood” and when we learned their vocalist Rob Perkins was looking for a band we decided to make a change. This was a tough decision because we really got along well with Mike – it was simply a vocal style issue.

We had already been recording new material at our own rehearsal studio on 4 track, so when Rob joined the band we immediately started rehearsing and recording a new demo. All of these songs were already written and had been performed in 1987 with Mike White (see De Anza video). Basically, Rob learned the songs – made some minor stylistic changes and we recorded it. We remade SDI because we didn't think we captured the true essence of the song previously.

The quality of the recording is pretty poor in my opinion (hey, it’s just a 4 track recorded by 5 metal heads!) But it’s a record of how we sounded in 1988. In the long run the decision to replace Mike with Rob really didn’t achieve what we were after, but it did move us in a different direction.

Here is the text from the cassette insert:

"ATTAXE IS:

ROBBIE PERKINS (VOCALS)
TODD MAY (GUITARS)
MIKE BONAVENTURA (GUITARS)
GARY SEBOURN (BASS)
JIM HOULE (DRUMS)

RECORDED AT THE ATTAXE STUDIO (FIRESTARTER PRODUCTIONS) IN FEBRUARY OF 1988.

PRODUCED AND ENGINEERED BY ATTAXE.

PHOTO TAKEN BY ANGELA MILLER.

LOGO BY HARRISON HOULE.

COVER ARTWORK BY MIKE BERGER.

OUR CREW: JOE SMITH, SCOTT BLAUFUS, BRIAN TOMSON, MARK MILLER.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: MR. AND MRS. MAY, MIKE BERGER, HARRISON HOULE, MICHAEL WHYTE (FOR INSPIRATION ON LET’S PLAY DEAD), MONKEY MAN AT 7-11 (FOR NOT CARDING US), IN-N-OUT BURGER, BILL’S BURGER, COORS LIGHT, BUDWEISER, MICKEY’S, CLOSING SPEED, BRYANT MARKOVICH, JOE SCHULTZ AT POSITIVE ATTRACTIONS, HUSTLER, ALLEN WRENCH, SEAN SMITH, STEVE HOULE, JACK CHEESE, TACO BELL, RICHARD C. AT WILD RAGS, ZED’S RECORDS, NIKE, LEVIS, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, CHUCK ROAST, FOSTER’S LAGER (IN OIL CANS), ANGELA MILLER, ANTHRAX, METAL CHURCH, ARMORED SAINT, DEATH ANGEL, BRIAN KELLY AND COMATOSE, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE SHOWS AND THRASH, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU FOR BUYING THIS TAPE AND GIVING US YOUR SUPPORT."

Coincidently, it was also during this time that we first became acquainted with Tim Cason while he was recording with his band "Steel Fury" at the studio next door to ours.

The photos below are from the "photo shoot" which was taken by Angela Miller in the parking lot of our rehearsal studio. It was very hard to get one shot where no one was laughing (mostly me).

Pictured left to right in the first photo: Mike Bonaventura, Rob Perkins, Todd May, Gary Sebourn, Jim Houle.