Lost hope after a fall. "Wake up in the morning.  Walls are closin' in.  Nobody left to sympathize.  Friends have reached their end.  I've never felt so, unbelievable low.  I've got to get up, I know, an' give it another go.  Darkness at the break of dawn.  After the love has gone.  I'm all out of what I was on.  Darkness at the break of dawn.  I know what I should do; quit focusin' on you.  I need to follow through..."

"Darkness at the Break of Dawn" - Joe Castro & Tim Pervious

Written by Leif Carney (guitar), Kurt Beers (bass guitar), Steve Levandoski (drums), & Tim Pervious (vox & lyrix), The last of 5 songs jammed & recorded in as many hours, one night (July 13, 2019) @ Jay's. Almost used a pic of the Really Rotten cartoon characters, but they aren't bad enough for this. The lies of a few cause a stampede of Ignorance, fear, stupidity, & greed, destroying the world, and it's all coming to a disastrous, violent end here, in front of us.

D.Plorables Unum

Written by Leif Carney (guitar), Kurt Beers (bass guitar), Steve Levandoski (drums), Tim Pervious (vox & lyrix), & Jay Caddle (vox & preachin'), featuring Gemma Salt on vocals. 1 of 5 songs jammed & recorded in 4 hours, one night (July 13, 2019) @ Jay's.
"A flash of bright hope on the edge of the storm, when toxic despair's becoming the norm.  Grace & reason, hear her voice on the rise, a threat to control, Controllers despise.  From humble beginnings as a fragile flower, to resistance fighter in the places of power.  Refuse to believe the Capitalist lie, the sick & the poor can either work or die.  Evil empires collapse in stages, like refugee kids bein' put in cages. Smoke & poison burn your throat raw, no equal protection under just law."

Music written by Joe Castro (guitars), Laz Zappaterini (bass guitar), Sean Rule (drums); lyrix by Tim Pervious. (guest trombone by Jason Custer) . Design art by Joe Castro. 
Swingline's songs explored the light & shadow between guitar & bass. The fluid current of melody, alternating from a gentle wash of electric raindrops, to the catastropheric warnings of charged storm clouds. Emphatic musical punctuation. Spontaneous precision, splitting notes like molecules. Drums with seismic grace, rippling under the surface or causing tectonic shifts. Inspired by defiant early Rock & Roll and the raw, pure power of Soul Music.   

 "Radiator X"
Stand up, don't let the colors dictate your behavior
Eat propaganda live a real live corporate raider
Remember Rwanda, yeah & Tiananmen Square
'cause the next new death show, could happen right here
The peaceful dreamers, overrun by the soul stealers
You think it's fair to make the poor share
Start shootin' when the paper veil begins to tare
The hard pressed take the hard line
Drop the body count, lift the embargo
This isn't something you can buy, beg, steal or borrow
The global supermarket, the evil aisle
Guns, drugs, sex, & power, we walk the murder mile
Are the lawless flawless, ask the IRS what they cost us
You can't deny what you try to hide
White devils, white collars, spillin white lies
Radiator, Radiator, Radiator X
We rouse the rebels, to march out of step
through the landmines, live a live wire
Radiator X
An all night freedom, to survive you do not lose sight
These prison bars can't block the stars
from eyes that are always searching hard
A resolution, not made made, this is the light you will never ever ever fade
Shine on, rise above

Radiator X, by Swingline

Written by Stephens, Natiello, Eyzaguirre, Coslar.  Performed by The Invasion.  Recorded on Oct 27, 2001 @ 1st World Studios by Patrick Finley & Joe Castro.  Guitars, Lance.  Bass, Ernest.  Drums, Tony.  Vocals, Tim

"Super Charge", The Invasion

Lance Stephens/ Tim Pervious, performed by the Invasion- Lance Stephens guitar, Tony d'Gigolo bass. Dave Wrighteous drums, Tim Pervious vocals.  Recorded by Patrick Finley @ 1st World Studios, in Newark, DE.  "Now in the deserts or mountains or jungle, you can hear the systems crumble, and if the rich are fatter than the poor and hungry don't matter, when you can't even eat what you scrape, death becomes an escape from the hands of the aggressors, are you sick of it, in the thick of it, bodies in a ditch, murder politic, guerrilla syndicate."

"Guerrilla Syndicate", The Invasion

Music by Algy Siouxicide, Lance Stephens; lyrics by Tim Pervious, performed by the Joy Poppers.  Recorded by Eric Teather @ Manic Music, in Newark, DE.  Algy on bass, Lance on guitars, Ersk on drums, Tim on vox.  "And the suns behind your eyes, stained glass light, white hot lies, I swore to you, I'd sacrifice and die, but I refuse to break my wings and cry, spirits shining in the night, lost in the rhythm of their flight."

"Afraid to Fly", the Joy Poppers

Music: Algy Siuoxicide, Lance Stephens, Lyrics: Tim Pervious, performed by the Joy Poppers- Algy, bass; Ersk, drums; Lance, guitars; Tim, vocs.  "To live's to drive, wheels are wings, but there's no room for pride."

"Disheveled Car", the Joy Poppers

Written by Lance Stephens and Tim Pervious, performed by the Joy Poppers- Algy, bass; Ersk, drums; Lance, guitars; Tim, vox.  Recorded by Eric Teather @ Manic Music, in Newark, DE.  "Sometimes I think of her, when they nights are very cold, I'm sure she grows more beautiful, even as we're growing old."

"Lousy Stinkin' Town"

Music by Gentleman Jim Baxter, Lance Stephens, Hurricane Ezyguerre.  Lyrics by Tim Pervious.  Performed by the Invasion, recorded by Patrick Finley @ 1st World Studios, in Newark, DE.  "Marching, right up that hill, get a cold taste of what is real, undersecretary sittin' in his office, lookin' out the window, like he's starin' down a bullet, poundin' it out until we're done, listen to the voices, rise as one, so much fear, we want trust in our leaders, don't wanna fight a wrong war again, corporate greed, ain't nothin' but cheaters, homeland security should start with them, and the lies come from both sides, it's hard to know who benefits, we remember who has fallen, and we're walkin' for who's left.  Rule of the people's totally gone.  We see what has to be done.  We understand what has brought us.  Sing it out, like we promised.  Tonight, we're gonna show 'em what it looks like."

"January March", The Invasion

Music, Algy Siuoxicide, Lance Stephens; Lyrics, Tim Pervious.  Performed by the Joy Poppers- Algy, Ersk, Lance, and Tim.  "When I was young, the truth was sacred, burnin' the lines between love & hatred, I was young and she was naked, and I didn't want to have to fake it."

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