LIFE CRISIS BEGAN IN 2001 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. THEY WENT THROUGH SIX INCARNATIONS, WITH SEAN KEOUGH ON BASS AND VOCALS THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE BAND'S EXISTENCE. TIM HELTON WAS THE FIRST DRUMMER, FOLLOWED BY JP, THEN ADAM CRISIS, WHO PLAYED UNTIL THE END OF THE BAND. MIKE SPRALDING OF TITANARUM PLAYED GUITAR ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME, UP UNTIL THE LAST LINE UP. MIKE ESTRADA PLAYED SECOND GUITAR IN THE FIRST THREE LINE UPS, AFTER WHICH MIKE PLAYED GUITAR IN THE FOURTH LINEUP WITH NO ADDITIONAL GUITAR, THEN ROB LOGIC OF THE MICE AND THE HOMELESS SEXUALS WAS ADDED ON SECOND GUITAR. ROB PLAYED PRIMARY GUITAR AFTER MIKE LEFT IN THE FINAL LINE UP. DREW DONOGHUE FROM THE WASTRELS PLAYED BASS IN THE FIFTH AND SIXTH LINE UPS, WITH SEAN FOCUSING ONLY ON VOCALS. EVERYBODY GOT ALL THAT?
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THEY RELEASED THEIR FIRST EP "UNPEACEFUL PROTEST" ON 7 INCH VINYL ON SEAN'S LABEL GET REVENGE! RECORDS. THEY WERE ALSO FEATURED ON THE SICK OF TALK RECORDS 7 INCH COMPILATION UNSCENE EFFORT VOLUME 2½. IN 2005 THEY RELEASED THIS FOLLOW UP 7 INCH, "CHURCHSTATE," ON DEEP SIX RECORDS, RECORDED AND MIXED BY JEFF FORREST AT DOUBLETIME STUDIOS. AFTER SEVERAL U.S. TOURS, LIFE CRISIS SPLIT FOR GOOD, BUT SOON AFTER, PAST MEMBERS FORMED THE BAND DEATH CRISIS.
UNSCENE EFFORT VOLUME 2½ IS A 7 INCH VINYL COMPILATION OF HARDCORE, PUNK, CRUST AND THRASH BANDS THAT WAS RELEASED BY SICK OF TALK RECORDS (ORIGINALLY BASED IN RENO, NEVADA, THEN RELOCATED TO WALDPORT, OREGON). THE EXACT RELEASE DATE IS UNKNOWN, BUT USING THE CATALOG NUMBER AND LIST OF RELEASES ON DISCOGS.COM AS A GUIDE, IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN EITHER 2005 OR 2006. IT HAS TEN TRACKS, FIVE ON EACH SIDE, BY BANDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD: LIFE CRISIS AND CHRISTIAN CLUB FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.; INICIATIVA DEL CAMBIO FROM MENDOZA, ARGENTINA; CAPITAL DEATH FROM TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA; MALGOBIERNO FROM SANTIAGO, CHILE; EVERYBODY'S ENEMY FROM TOKYO, JAPAN; GHIDRAH FROM LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, U.S.; HIKOKIRI FROM ISRAEL; THE RUCKUS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END BOTH FROM THE U.S. IT WAS LIMITED TO 1000 HAND NUMBERED COPIES (NUMBERED ON THE CENTER LABEL), HALF WERE PRESSED ON BLACK VINYL AND HALF WERE PRESSED ON TRANSPARENT YELLOW. (TRACKS RIPPED FROM THE VINYL)
IN THE DAYS WHEN SANDIEGOPUNK.COM WAS THE PLACE YOU WENT TO FIND OUT WHAT SHOWS WERE HAPPENING, AND FREE RADIO SAN DIEGO 96.9 FM BUZZED OUT OF A SECRET LOCATION SOMEWHERE AROUND SOUTH PARK, CHRISTIAN CLUB BEGAN BLARING HORRIFIC AND OFFENSIVE BURSTS OF FAST RAW HARDCORE PUNK. THE PIRATE RADIO STATION HAD IT'S OWN ONLINE MESSAGE BOARD (THE PIRATE BOARD), SLIGHTLY REMENISCENT OF THE OLD DIAL-UP SAN DIEGO BBS MUSICIANS HOLLOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ANCIENT ENOUGH TO REMEMBER. IT HAD A SIMILAR OF VIBE, A GATHERING PLACE FOR ALL THINGS MUSIC IN SAN DIEGO, PARTICULARLY THINGS THAT WERE INDEPENDENT AND PUNK. AT SOME POINT SANDIEGOPUNK.COM SET UP THEIR OWN MESSAGE BOARD, AND THEN THE TWO MERGED ONTO ONE SITE, SO THERE WAS THE PIRATE BOARD ON ONE SIDE, AND THE PUNK BOARD ON THE OTHER. ONE DAY AN ACCOUNT BY THEN NAME OF TED TRENDY POSTED A LINK TO SOME MP3 FILES - A DEMO FOR HIS NEW BAND, CHRISTIAN CLUB. THAT WAS THE SOURCE FOR THIS DEMO. CHRISTIAN CLUB EVENTUALLY RELEASE A SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP ON GET REVENGE! RECORDS (RECORDED AND MIXED BY ROB LOGIC), AND THEN ANOTHER 7 INCH EP TITLED "FINAL CONFESSION" RELEASED ON SORRY STATE RECORDS. THEY ONLY LASTED AROUND TWO YEARS AS AN ACTIVE BAND, WHICH SEEMS TYPICAL FOR GOOD BANDS, UNFORTUNATELY. CHRISTIAN CLUB WAS TED TRENDY ON BASS AND VOCALS (WHO PREVIOUSLY PLAYED IN MOTHER RUSSIA, AND LATER WENT ON TO BE INVOLVED IN THE BANDS VIETNAM HC, PROTECT THE INNOCENT, AND TRENDS), JAY FIVE AND DAMONE ON GUITARS AND VOCALS, AND SEAN SKEPTIC (LIFE CRISIS/DEATH CRISIS, THINK TWICE, AND PROPRIETOR OF GET REVENGE! RECORDS) ON DRUMS. "SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE," CHRISTIAN CLUB WILL DIE," "TOKEN ANTI-RELIGION SONG," AND "1, 2, KILL YOU" ENDED UP ON THE SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP, WHILE AN ALTERNATE VERSION OF "JESUS FISH ASSHOLE" ENDED UP ON THE FINAL CONFESSION 7 INCH EP. "SNIPER, SNIPER" WASN'T USED ON ANY OTHER RELEASE. THIS DEMO ALSO HAS COVERS OF REAGAN YOUTH AND THE ADOLESCENTS. WHEN, WHERE AND BY WHO THIS DEMO WAS RECORDED IS UNKNOWN, BUT IT HAS BEEN STASHED AWAY FOR YEARS, UNTIL IT WAS RECENTLY UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE, AND NOW IS UP FOR GRABS HERE.
