At the moment, all my uploaded tracks are just me on the bass guitar. This was mainly set up to be a memory bank for riffs I wrote. Riffs I may forget, riffs I may want to come back and use again at some point. Also mainly for the other members of the band I'm a part of to come and listen to my work so they can give me feedback etc. As thus, my tracks aren't fantastic quality, as most of them are not only off the top of my head but also recorded first take.
So, if you don't know me and you came across my page randomly, that's what I'm about! Feel free to leave me any comments if you're listening.

In 1985, the music scene in Seattle was in the early stages of what eventually became known internationally as grunge. The first recorded evidence of this emerging sound was the Deep Six compilation released in 1986 on the Seattle-based C/Z Records, a record label that Skin Yard bassist, Daniel House would begin to operate the following year. Of the 6 bands on that record only two had ever released anything previously: the legendary U-Men, and Green River (which later spawned Mudhoney and Pearl Jam). The other 4 bands had never been heard outside of the city. It was Deep Six that exposed the world to the first recordings by Soundgarden, Melvins, Malfunkshun…and Skin Yard.

Skin Yard was formed in Seattle in January 1985 by Daniel House (bass), and Jack Endino (guitar). They were joined by Matthew Cameron (drums) who had previously played with House in an instrumental power trio called FEEdbACK. Ben McMillan became the band's singer in April 1985 and Skin Yard’s first gig was opening for the U-Men on June 7, 1985.

Early in 1987, Skin Yard's first single and debut self-titled LP were released. That summer, Cameron left Skin Yard, joining Soundgarden two months later. Four shows were played with interim drummers, two with Steve Weid (later of the band TAD) and two with Greg Gilmore (later of Mother Love Bone). In the fall of 1986, drummer Jason Finn (later of Love Battery and The Presidents of the United States) joined the band, but left after only eight months for an extended stay in Europe.

In May 1987, Skin Yard found drummer Scott McCullum (aka Norman Scott) who ironically had once been all but hired for the Soundgarden drum position until Cameron had approached them to offer his services. Skin Yard's second record, Hallowed Ground, was released in early 1988. Scott left Skin Yard in May of 1989 after a particularly unpleasant U.S. tour, aptly remembered as "the tour from hell," but not before playing on the band's third album Fist Sized Chunks, which was not released until 1990.

Between McCullum leaving the band and the release of Fist Sized Chunks, Skin Yard effectively ceased to exist for over a year, and at the time didn’t expect to reform. They also never expected drummer Barrett Martin. Barrett was a powerhouse, and as it turned out, was with Skin Yard until the end. In early 1991, 1000 Smiling Knuckles – widely regarded as Skin Yard’s finest effort – was released. The band embarked on their third national tour in support of the record, with House leaving that March to devote more time to fatherhood. He was replaced by Pat Pedersen with whom the band recorded the posthumously released final album, Inside the Eye.

Prior to House’s departure, Skin Yard had already begun winding down. Ben McMillan had started Gruntruck with previous SY drummer McCullum and Accüsed guitarist Tommy Niemeyer. Pedersen and Martin had started jamming with Endino in Endino's Earthworm. After Skin Yard’s break up, Barrett joined the Screaming Trees and was with them until their final record. He remained one of the busiest musicians in Seattle, playing in Mad Season (with Layne Staley from Alice in Chains and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam), working with Peter Buck in Tuatara, as well as being a touring drummer with R.E.M.  Endino made several solo records, the most recent being Permanent Fatal Error, and he continues to record and produce records for other bands; his impressive production resume includes Nirvana, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Afghan Whigs, Therapy?, High On Fire, Zeke, Nebula, TAD, Gruntruck, Titas, and (of course) Skin Yard. House continued to run C/Z Records from 1986 through 2001 when the Skin Yard rarities collection, Start at the Top, was released. In 2003, House moved from Seattle to Los Angeles. Sadly, Ben McMillan died in 2008.

“Brits playing Soulful rock à la Crowes shouldn’t work, but rumHoney sound so good you’d swear they were real southern boys" .....Classic Rock Magazine

"Hay canciones/versiones que van quedando en el camino. A veces son mejores que las que finalmente llegan a los discos y a ser, en el mejor de los casos, conocidas. A lo largo de todo el tiempo que llevo componiendo y grabando son muchas las que no llegaron a ver la luz o que lo hicieron de una manera incompleta o no tradicional: se escucharon en películas, programas de radio o television, o simplemente quedaron en cajones perdidos por ahi o en la memoria de algún oyente atento.
Esta idea de rescatar algunas de esas canciones y con ellas hacer un disco, es una forma de compartirlas y, de paso, para que ocultarlo, una manera de sacármelas de encima. 
Estrenaremos una por semana.
Como el título anticipa, escucharan que hay de todo: temas propios, versiones de composiciones de otros, y un tema mío cantado por una artista que ya no esta. Asi, por Cambalache desfilarán de una u otra manera: Juan Carlos Mesa, Lou Reed, Mercedes Sosa, Julio Iglesias, Litto Nebbia, Sandro y Pappo. En su inmensa mayoria son grabaciones inéditas.
Presentamos este disco de rarezas, en un impás entre "Familia Canción", el disco que hiciera con Moris, y mi próximo disco de canciones nuevas que estará listo a principios del año que viene y en el cual vengo trabajando junto a Victor Volpi desde hace varios meses."

Antonio Birabent.

Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV, Audio and Digital Media in the world.  Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, High Definition and 3D programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, Jeff Beck, U2, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne.  Eagle’s TV library features over 2,000 hours of programming and there are over 800 titles currently available worldwide on DVD, Blu-Ray and digitally. 
 
Eagle is a Grammy Award winning company and has received over 30 Multi-Platinum, over 50 Platinum and over 90 Gold Discs, worldwide.

Eagle continues to operate two audio music labels and has recently released both physical and digital albums by Ronnie Wood, Lindsay Buckingham, Gary Moore, Styx and Counting Crows. 

Eagle is also now a fully-fledged music publisher through its new subsidiary, Eagle-i Music.

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NOVEMBER 2011


The "Mind Enemies" was formed in 2010 as a solo project of Giuseppe Caruso (percussionist, guitarist, singer). G. Caruso is a graduate in percussion at the Music Accademy of Rodi G.co (Italy,Fg) in 2007. In 2009, he taught Percussion at the Institute of Science Poerio.
In 2010 he graduated in two-year specialization in Teaching Tool (Bi.For.Doc). Parallel to his studies, he played as a percussionist in the following bands: Overture (Thrash Metal, San Nicandro), Moonshine (Heavy Metal, Bologna); Grooveria Percussion Ensemble (Percussion Trio).
He  he taught in schools F. De Sanctis (Fg), Altamura (Fg), Moscati (Fg), and studied Jazz at the Conservatory Rodi G. with Maestro Sandro Satta (Sax).
The summer of the 2011 he recorded his first songs at Nadir Music by Tommy Talamanca (Sadist).
On November 6, participating in the contest "Emergenza Festival" playing at the Zoo Bar (Rome) and qualifying for the semi-finals to be held Feb. 18 at the Blackout (Rome).
In the 7 August 2013  he pubblished the first EP "The Darkest Way".
July 2014 he play  ten live in Russian Tour with The " Mind Enemies".
From 2015 He is in the studio to create the new album of "Mind Enemies".
He continues to teach percussion and composing songs and arrangements for its students.

Review: 

Metal-Rules.com "I have been blown away by this EP and I really recommend that you check these guys out. Before you know it, the EP finishes and you have to press the play again button. During the writing of this review, and before I had started, I must have listened to the EP around half a dozen times."

Rock Hard Italy "Un inizio più che promettente che denota grinta e personalità".

MetalMouth.Net "There are four tracks to choose from that may make you reminisce of the old school music – which recently I found out is what people now call “’90s music”. Giuseppe Caruso, the founder of Mind Enemies sure has the potential to move on with his musical prowess and add to this EP."




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