Rites Of Spring - Six Song Demo 10" xx1956 I didn’t feel so confident

I didn’t feel so confident

when people had moved to the city en masse from the countryside and were hungry to the familiar and exciting sounds of the nyatiti

you can feel the tension ratcheting up another notch or 12

But as a teen I probably didn’t give Rather Ripped the time of day it deserves (other than Incinerate) because my crappy laptop disc drive at the time caved while I was ripping the CD to my iPod and I wound up with a weird skipping sound somewhere around the third or fourth track that used to annoy me to no end

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Rites Of Spring - Six Song Demo 10" xx1956 I didn’t feel so confidentRITES OF SPRING were among the most important and beloved bands to emerge from the DC underground music scene in the mid 80s. Formed by GUY PICCIOTTO (vocals guitar), MIKE FELLOWS (bass), BRENDAN CANTY (drums), and EDDIE JANNEY (guitar) in 1984, the quartet released a self titled LP and a 7 single before disbanding in 1986. They were central to what came to be known as 'Revolution Summer', a period of redefinition and creative burst from the DC scene