EyeHeartGodzilla. A play on words; a riffing on the band name EyeHateGod. EHG was Dustin and I's first "real" band before moving onto bigger and better things. We weren't really sure what the hell we were doing (he on drums, me on guitar - we shared vocals, depending on the song) when we started jamming together.
But the important thing was - we knew we wanted to jam. We willed this crap into existence.
About a year later, when our chops were a little more polished, we put this number together. It started with some jamming around on a "doomy" riff I had been playing around on. Dustin brought the sludge with the drums and after a few run-throughs, we knew we had something. But it was missing that pinch of cinnamon that would bring it all together.
In came our buddy Aaron with just that ingredient. Not to downplay the "pinch" he brought in, Aaron added a second guitar and some understated, but amazing lead work that, even when he and I were just playing the same riff during the verses, it made all the difference.
This recording was done live in Dustin's sultry upstairs jam room in the middle of August. After a few failed attempts, this track was caught live with one mic and I did vocals later (just in case you like the track but hate the vocals, I'm the one to blame).
This is one of the few tracks that the three of us can be heard on, which kinda sucks. Wish there were more.
Summer of 2006. We were eating riffs and shitting feedback.
(lyrics - scripture from the Dune novel)
Dirge For Jamis by melduncan
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