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“Walk between the raindrops if you can… what the heck does that mean?” I remember the conversation well – it was sometime around 1992 in San Antonio, TX. A group of college students had gone out to change the world by repainting a church in the poorer part of town. We had [...]

ADAM AGAIN
LIVE AT CORNERSTONE
2000 M8 Music
2001 Galaxy 21 Music
Review by: Matt Crosslin
There are two versions of this live tribute show floating around out there – both pretty much out of print. The original version was released by M8 records as a three disc set. It included live sets from 1995 and 1997 as [...]

ADAM AGAIN
PERFECTA
1995 Brainstorm
Review by: Matt Crosslin
Perfecta is the rawest and (at times) loudest Adam Again disc. One reviewer even called it “the book of Job of music.” This would be a very apt description. Gene’s voice is pretty desperate at places here – whether he is asking himself what to do when [...]

ADAM AGAIN
DIG
1992 Brainstorm
Review by: Matt Crosslin
This is where it started for me with Adam Again… the first album of theirs that I ever heard. This album, along with L.S.U.’s The Grape Prophet and Pray Naked by The 77s, also helped me transition from a diehard metal-head punk to a person with well-rounded musical tastes. [...]

All images courtesy of Gene’s mother, Carole Gilliland
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Gene in Little League

Graduation photo

Gene’s first car

Senior picture

Early live shots, band and date unknown.

Gene with his brother Todd

Gene’s sister Lisa

Gene practicing, date unknown.
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All images courtesy of Gene’s mother, Carole Gilliland

Christmas 1970 (Gene, Todd, & Lisa)

Gene in “The Wake” 1971

Baby photo

Newspaper ad for “Cannon” 1972
Baby photo

Various promo shots

(continued in part 2)
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STARFLYER 59
DIAL M
2008 Tooth & Nail
Purchase: toothandnail.com
Review by: Matt Crosslin
This Starflyer disc has been a long time coming.  Twenty songs were originally recorded by Jason Martin and company and released on ten seven inch vinyl discs as the Ghosts of the Future box set.  Ten of the best songs from that box set were chosen [...]

JERRY OLIVER
DEATH OF THE AVANTE-GARDE
2008 Odd Records
Purchase: www.jerryoliver.com
Review by: Matt Crosslin
Jerry Oliver was the leader of band called Peculiar Red that made a splash in the Midwest in the mid-90’s.  Jerry has been busy releasing solo CDs since then.  Death of the Avant-Garde has been garnering so positive reviews since its release in 2008, and [...]

GLENN ROWLANDS
RED ROAD
2008 Independent
glennrowlands.bandcage.com
Review by: Matt Crosslin
The common reaction that I get when I mention this new Glenn Rowlands disc to people is: “that name sounds familiar – but I can’t remember where.”  Glenn was an underground name back in the late 80s and early 90s.  He was in the thrash/hardcore/rapcore band Wickeds End.  He [...]

KING’S X
XV
2008 InsideOut Music
Purchase: kingsxrocks.com
Review by: Matt Crosslin
You probably already know whether you are going to get this album or not.  You have either stuck with King’s X through all of the Black Maniac Bulbous weirdness and will still get this, or bailed when they got weird and have no idea what you are now [...]