THE JUDAS COW - 4 SONG DEMO, 2004

 THE JUDAS COW 

4 SONG DEMO 2004 

THE JUDAS COW WAS A STUDIO PROJECT BASED IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY 2000'S.  THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OTHER BAND THAT HAS PLAYED UNDER THIS NAME, A ROCK GROUP FROM COLOMBUS, OHIO.  THESE PROJECTS ARE UNRELEATED.  THE JUDAS COW WAS THE PRODUCT OF IDEAS FORMULATED BY SAN DIEGO MUSICIAN JoYKiLL, WHO COMPOSED THE BASICS OF THE MUSIC AND WROTE THE LYRICS FOR THE TRACKS ON THIS DEMO, WHICH MADE ROUNDS WITHIN A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS AND MUSICIANS IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA IN 2004.  JoYKiLL RECORDED AND MIXED THE SONGS, PERFORMING LEAD VOCALS, LEAD, RHYTHM AND BASS GUITARS, DRUMS, AND VOCAL HARMONIES ON THE SONGS.  HE RECRUITED ASSISTANCE FROM RYAN TEISAN FOR ADDITIONAL GUITAR, PLUS SYNTHESIZERS, COLE ASHMORE FOR SOME OF THE BASS TRACKS, JADE HERSOM ON PERCUSSION AND HARMONICA, AND JACOB SCHRAER ON LEAD AND SLIDE GUITAR.  THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WAS OBTAINED, STORED, AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN IT WAS DUG OUT AND LISTENED TO AFTER OVER TEN YEARS OF NOT HEARING IT.  THE SONGWRITING, RECORDING QUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF STYLE WITHIN THESE FOUR TRACKS IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE, RANGING FROM ALTERNATIVE METALLIC ROCK TO DARK APOCALYPTIC FOLK, TO DRUNKEN PSYCHEDELIC NOIR AMERICANA, TO CABARET.  JoYKiLL IS STILL ACTIVE IN PLAYING MUSIC IN VARIOUS PROJECTS AROUND SAN DIEGO, AND HAS BEEN PLAYING IN BANDS SINCE AT LEAST 1995.

TRACKLIST: 

1. YESTERDAY YOU TOLD ME THAT TOMORROW WOULDN'T COME 

2. THE DEVIL 

3. WASTING AWAY 

4. 13½ 

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THE JUDAS COW - 4 SONG DEMO 2004