Stoneface was an early Plunge song, written in a basement while trying to come up with material for an upcoming show. Unfortunately this song never made it to an album but this early live version captures the raw prowess the band demonstrated habitually. Recorded Live at the St. Brendan's Festival, The lyrics to Stoneface were about a rival guitar player and his lack of facial maneuverability...

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Stoneface (Live St Brendan's)

Here's another one from the archives that failed to make the cut on Plunge's debut album, "Themes For the Careless". Ironically the track was titled 'Themes For the Careless' and would be performed right after the song 'Hate'. Bob's transcending bass line would morph the 2 songs for an epic 10 minute cerebral joyride. It was decided that the song would be left off the album due to disaccord within the band and was left forever reverberating in the basement of Infante..... Until NOW!

Written in the infancy stages of Plunge, "Themes" (the song) served as an exploratory precursor to the band's progressive-style capabilities while exhibiting mind expanding content at their earliest shows. This mesmeric gem demonstrates how 4 musicians can create indelible magic in a typical suburban basement harboring freshly pressed laundry and Pepsi Cola paraphernalia.

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Themes For the Careless (B-Sides)

Themes For the Careless

Themes For the Careless(Basement Demo)

This song marked a period of growth that was unfairly stymied due to the eventual demise of Plunge.  Aside from two thirds of the song being a guitar solo, Plunge implements ingredients of Funk and R&B fuzed with their usual brand of Rock and Metal to churn out this danceable ditty. Recorded live at Peabody's in the notorious Cleveland flats.  The sound technician was obviously out to lunch during Plunge's set but our heroes prevailed yet again, scorching downtown Cleveland with their flavorful tunes and sarcastic stage antics

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Live @ Peabody's

Burn (Live from Peabody's 1999)

Once upon a time, there was a bar off YSU campus called The New Music Station that was probably the greatest bar in the history of American pubs. So great, that they were forced to close, only to re-open as "The Downtown"  before ultimately becoming Ernie McDoogell's... The hope was to bring in a new clientele, weening out the New Music Station crowd and their naughty habits. Brian wrote his lyrics based on Joel's stories of mayhem and debauchery that took place regardless of the bar's incarnation... 
  The song did make it on the Plunge's 2nd album but was written and performed many times during the "Themes for the Careless NE Ohio and Beyond" Tour in the late 90s... Friends of the band came to appreciate the song's subject matter and revelled in the legend and epic folk tales provided by those lucky enough to endure such chaos and madness...
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The Rise and Fall of Ernie McDoogell's

MOTHER!!! Joel loved this song more then pussy. He gave up his job as a astronaut to perform this as many times as possible. He also had a fake mustache. Meep meep.

Letter's To V

Young One was written about a love interest of one of the band members. It was first performed live at the St Brendan's Festival around the end of May 1999. It was released on their first studio album Themes For The Careless.  There was very heavy influence by the Tool album Undertow. Enjoy the outtakes and live the memories.
 
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Themes for the Careless

Young One - Plunge

One of Plunge's most popular hits with fans. Music written by Boak, and lyrics by Infante. Bob actually had the lead bass line in his pre-Plunge days with Joel in a band called "Level 69", an indication as to why it was their first single maybe?...

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Hate

This is a perfect example of each member bringing riffs to the lab to construct this epic finale of their debut album.  "We just kept throwing parts at each other, and now it's really long" states Joel.  Also, the most controversial of all Plunge songs, rumored to be about a rival "gang". Probably just rumors, but the lyrical substance provided by Brian makes the listener think otherwise...

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SIEVE (Sift)

Possibly the most popular song in the entire Plunge library, definitely the most humorous. Brian had the uncanny ability to not only write appealing songs, but invoke comedic imagery and innuendo thru his whimsical lyrical delivery. If all that isn't enough, you get a dueling bass solo from Bob that takes TWO (yes, 2!) tracks! How's THAT for indulgence?! Toss in some funky drumming and another slick guitar solo, this may be the song that best encapsulates Plunge in the chronicles of music antiquity.

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Nutt Train

Did somebody say "Plunge Power Ballad"?  No, nobody did, but this darling little number repeats the age-old tale of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy writes song about rejection, heartbreak, bellyaching, etc... During the recording process, the band agreed to do something different than a typical guitar solo. Unable to find an accordion in the basement, and the trombone player unavailable, the guys settled on a violin concerto courtesy of Bob Boak

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Talk to Me

Well, this one's a tricky piece to describe... The marching-paced rhythm thumped out of Bob's bass cabinet like Turkish soldiers blitzkrieging thru Arabia... Sometimes left out of the typical Plunge setlist, this quasi-cover actually features the lyrics to a U2 song, jumbled, of course, to avoid any copyright debacles. Another song that could probably be 2 different songs thanks to it's directional shift, the track is rumored to feature Joel's favorite guitar solo on the album... 

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The Waltz (Lemon)

The last song ever written on Joel's obscured "Wayne's World" strat he played in his pre Music Man days (Never speak of such days!) The guitarist swiftly dealt this delectable ditty to the band's repertoire of records in mellifluous fashion. Brian demonstrating lyrically once again that pop culture is no match for his cynical yet comedic perspective. Matt locks it down under a dexterous solo from Joel, which Bob again translates into Free Time...

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Excuses that Follow

Track 2 from Themes for the Careless and what a masher we have here... Brian practically ruptures vocal chord vessels telling the story of mystery and murder in a small midwestern town.. Plunge may have kept this one simple but it still displays satisfying slugfest-style riffage and a pummeling percussion assault 

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John

The leadoff track from "Themes for the Careless", not only a fan favorite, but another fine example of all the members contributing riffs/parts/arrangements to a single cut. Many perceive this song to be "anti-Rap" but it's subject matter actually characterizes the drawbacks and pitfalls of Pop Stardom which seemed to plague the late 90s MTV Generation.

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Rapper's Blues

Plunge was an American Hard Rock band that formed in 1996 in Youngstown, Ohio. It's members consisted of Brian Newhard on Vocals, Matt Infante on Drums, Bob Boak on Bass, and Joel De Genova on Guitar. Joe Shaffer was also a member in 2000, and his drumming expertise can be heard on the 2nd Plunge album. 
   This site is dedicated to the memory of Bob Boak and Brian Newhard. May their friendship and memory live on through the music they shared with us. We welcome all family, friends and fans to indulge in the music that defined their musical transcendence. 
 Featuring tracks from their debut album, "Themes for the Careless" and also some rare live cuts from the developmental stages of the band and beyond. We hope you enjoy these songs as much as we did making them... 
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