True to Life

True to Life is the band
Taro Morita on guitar
Gilbert Salas on bass
Chris Harmon on vocals
Me on drums

This band played up and down Hollywood.
Whisky a go-go, Roxy, Madame Wongs, Natural Fudge Company, Anti-Club
All over every dive that would have us

Taro's guitar work on this is amazing.
No keyboards on here, just his Fernandez guitar, Boss effects and his Roland Jazz chorus amp.

We recorded it at Paramount Sound in Hollywood, in the Michael Jackson room.
Recorded by Bob Michaels
Great guy.

Some good memories here....

We all went to high school together, and swore we were going to make it!
Ever heard that before?
And now, years later, the friendships have changed, we've all moved on, but the music has remained.


Self Crucifixion by True to Life

True to Life was our band name.
It was early 1990, hair bands had invaded Hollywood.
Everyone wanted to be the next Motley Crue.
I remember being on a bill with a band called Spanx.
The guitar player was a 5'-2" long hair Japanese fellow who wore spandex pants.
We didn't quite fit into any scene, but we loved to play music.
It was clear that we were "Alternative" in the true sense of the word.
Then Nirvana came out and changed music forever....

Taro Morita- Guitar
Gilbert Salas- Bass
Chris Harmon- Vocals
Me- Drums

We had written this for an independent movie.
The movie came out, but they didn't include the song.
Bastards.


True to Life- Elephant and the Mouse

A True to Life song

Chris Harmon- Vocals
Taro Morita- Guitar
Gilbert Salas- Bass
Ringsy- Drums

When I was younger, I played a lot of music.  I wish I recorded it all.  Some sounds were just blips in the ether, when they could've been golden disks on my wall, or at least uploaded to Soundcloud and commented on....

This song was written shortly after Nirvana rocked our world.
Our 80's inspired, semi-goth, alternative, multi-cultural sound would never be the same...

I think this song is about vampires.  Or vampires, wanting to truly die.  Well before it's time, before girls wanted to bang vampires by choice.

East of Eden- True to Life

I'm in it for the love.
Music is my mistress.