Dead Inside - no.4

A DIY, vociferous, dark hardcore band from London. Dead Inside were originally formed in October 1999 by ex-Annalise/Capstan guitarist Paul Symes, bass guitarist Kay Ishikawa from Comet Gain, guitarist Larry Hibbitt and ex-Wordbug/Capstan drummer Nigel Coleman. After a few rehearsals a singer was found in Bloody Kev, who had been one of two vocalists in Nottingham’s hardcore legends Hard To Swallow, the band that was the inspiration for Iron Monkey and Raging Speedhorn among others. Larry left early in 2000 to join Hundred Reasons and was quickly replaced by former Broccoli bass guitarist and Appleorchard/Shonben guitarist and vocalist Scott Stewart.

The sole intention of the band at that point, February 2000, was to write and play music influenced by early-90’s hardcore bands such as Born Against and Assfactor 4 mixed with the melody of 80’s punk rock bands like Dag Nasty, Black Flag, Blast, the whole Dischord back catalogue and to have as much fun as possible doing it. .

By the end of 2001 the band played their first 30 shows, and with a couple of great reviews in Kerrang!, an interview in Fracture fanzine, and plays on the John Peel show on Radio One, the time seems right for the release of the debut album, “no.4”, on Firefly Recordings. The 14-track album was recorded at Zed One Studios by John Hannon (Understand, Hundred Reasons) during 4 days in September 2001, and with Jason Farrell (Fugazi, At The Drive-In) taking care of the artwork.

The band called in quits in 2002. Paul went on to be in Bullet Union, Scott to Sedaced/Hard Skin and Kev to a plethora of bands including Wives of Seth and most recently Raging Speedhorn.

Dead Inside - no.4

		All Beauty Dies (1:23)
		Miasma (1:43)
		You Could Be So Much More (1:29)
		Yellow Cross (2:12)
		You Decide (2:24)
		Laughing On The Inside (2:28)
		Coiled Like A Snake (3:03)
		Smashed (2:20)
		Bottleneck 2001 (1:34)
		Ricochet (2:01)
		W.G.P (1:12)
		Curse 23 (1:34)
		Calm Sailing (1:47)
		Burst Lip (3:54)

Yellow Cross, Coiled Like A Snake & Ricochet dedicated to the memory of Jack Greenham
1926 - 2000

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