Rob Kamen - Bass
Craig giarC Bessemer - Guitar
Cary Bond - Vocals
Jamie DeSano = Drums
written by Cary and Craig
Recorded live to DAT 2 track in Long Island, NY 1996

Zero

Opinion (master)

1998 Music and lyrics as well as all instruments played by Rob Kamen, except live drums, played by Dave Barkow.
Produced and recorded by John Fig

The Swine

Excerpt from Jaco Pastorius' PORTRAIT OF TRACY adapted to the 8 string bass.

Madness Of Obsession BONUS

8-String Tracy

Rob Kamen on custom Hamer 8 string bass through 2 massive stacks of amplifiers! Improvised straight to tape. Part 1 is just Bass, part 2 Rob is joined by Unround drummer Mark Achabal. Completely unrehearsed and improvised. Recorded in the rehearsal space Unround rented out in the Jamaica Music Building in New York.

Immigrant

Bass Solo In D Minor 1995 parts 1 and 2

Madness Of Obsession

Recreating The Magic

Rob Kamen on Lead Guitar and overdubbed Bass Guitar. John Warrington on Drums. Pseudo-Live recording of a bluesy improvised guitar solo inspired by the rhythm of The North Highland Maniac song from Gravediggers Ball.  Really, its just a blues shuffle in E.

Rob Kamen Live Shred Guitar Solo

Lifeboat, an original song by Unround. Recorded live to 2 track cassette in mid 1990's in private studio in The Music Building, Room 603, Jamaica, Queens, NYC. This is just the Bass Channel of the 2 tracks. The guitar channel would have been panned full-right. The bass, full left. There is still some drums and vocals, as they would have been panned up the middle. The bass I used is my custom Hamer Scarab 8-string and the amplifier is a Carvin 900 Watt stack. The reason I am posting this is so you can hear the tightness and complexity of my bass lines. I'm very proud of my work! The song is absolutely NUTS, both musically and lyrically. Bass by Rob Kamen (me), Drums by Mark Achabal, Vocals and lyrics by Adam Lewis, Guitar by Dug Kessler. Music written by Rob Kamen, Mark Achabal and Dug Kessler. Enjoy! PS - The people screaming and cheering are guys from other bands in The Music Building who frequently would leave their own rehearsals and  come watch us play.

Lifeboat - Bass Channel only! (by Unround. Mid 1990's)

Recorded live 2 track at a rehearsal in early-mid 1990's. Rob Kamen - 8 String Bass, Dug Kessler - Guitar, Adam Lewis - Vocals, Mark Achabal - Drums. (Music by Kamen/Kessler, Lyrics by Lewis)

Lifeboat (master)

a short take on a familiar tune in the genre of Doom Metal. inspired by Chopin and Bach, I recorded this to demo my new fuzz pedal. That's me on Rickenbacker bass through a miked up Mesa Boogie amp, and drums. That's all there is on this one, and all I needed to make this one of my heaviest songs ever!

Pray For The Dead

Thats an old picture of me! :/ 
This song came together almost instantly, as though it were channeled by a muse. It started on the keyboards.  John Warrrington, drummer, improvised the arrangement with me in a jam we had in the winter of 2005 at my Ohio Famhouse built in 1850. I had been sitting on the lyrics for several years and was pleased beyond pleased how they fit right in to the arrangement. I added the bass guitar the next day, with some smooth overdrive and sweet harmonizing chords. Then the lead guitar, which was a one take improvisation that I just loved the feeling of, so I kept  it although I knew it was a bit sloppy. It had my vibe, so it stayed! That was an Yngwie Malmsteen signature model stratocaster that I used for the track. 
I hope you dig it! The lyrics are very personal to me and, without giving too much away, reflect both my compassion for people and a little introversion.

RobKamen

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