MAN VS MAN
MEDIOCRE MESSIAH - 2009 CD
ESCO ZOO MUSIC - EZM-XX3
MAN VS MAN BEGAN AS A THREE-PIECE PUNK MATH ROCK BAND IN EAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WITH DALE HOLLAND ON BASS AND VOCALS (WHO WOULD LATER JOIN DEATH CRISIS, DIVERGENT, BLEAK SKIES, AND MEAGER), JUSTIN MARITONI ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, AND AARON MCQUEEN (WHO WOULD GO ON TO PLAY FOR THE LEGENDARY SAN DIEGO D-BEAT BAND DIATRIBE). THEY SEEMINGLY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND BLEW THE SAN DIEGO PUNK SCENE AWAY WITH THEIR COMPLEX UK-INFLUENCED ANARCHOPUNK JAM-BAND STYLE. THEIR SOUND WAS PRACTICALLY A FUSION BETWEEN IMPROVISATIONAL JAZZ AND RAGE-FILLED POLITICAL PUNK ROCK. THEY RELEASED A DEMO CALLED "THE OPPOSITION," WHICH IS A RARE FIND THESE DAYS. EVENTUALLY, MAN VS MAN RELEASED THIS EP "MEDIOCRE MESSIAH" IN 2009 ON ESCO ZOO MUSIC, RECORDED AND MIXED BY ROB LOGIC, AND MASTERED BY JEFF FORREST AT DOUBLE TIME STUDIOS. IT WAS A LIMITED RELEASE AND IS LONG OUT OF PRINT. AFTER A FEW YEARS, MAN VS MAN ADDED CHEYANNE ON LEAD VOCALS, AND RELEASED A SELF-TITLED CD EP IN 2013 AND A LIMITED CASSETTE EP TITLED "LIVING IN A DYING WORLD" IN 2014. THE DIGITAL VERSIONS OF THOSE RELEASES CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR BANDCAMP PAGE. "MEDIOCRE MESSIAH" CONSISTS OF SIX ORIGINAL TRACKS (ONE OF WHICH, "SOCIAL GLOVE," WAS ON THE PLASTIC FACT EATERS VOLUME ONE CD COMPILATION), PLUS A COVER OF "CONTAMINATIONAL POWER" BY CRASS (LISTED AS "CONTAMINAL POWER"). THE LATTER TWO SONGS ARE NOT LISTED ON THE TRACKLIST OR LINEAR NOTES. THIS EP IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE BANDCAMP PAGE, BUT IS A CLASSIC RELEASE WHICH CAPTURES THEM AT AN ESSENTIAL STAGE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS A BAND.
TRACKLIST:
1. FROM FASHION TO FASCISM
2. SHEEPLE
3. THE CHURCH AND THE STATE
4. MANUMISSION
5. WHAT'S NEXT?
6. SOCIAL GLOVE (UNLISTED)
7. CONTAMINAL POWER (CRASS, UNLISTED)
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