Neil Perry (band)
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Neil Perry was a screamo
band from New Jersey
. Jon Marinari played vocals and bass in the influential New Jersey screamo band You and I. After they split, he would join Neil Perry in the same capacity, along with ex-members from Red All Over. Neil Perry released several records in the next four years, mostly with Level Plane
records.
The band broke up in 2002. In early 2003 they recorded four new songs that would be their final recordings, and are featured on their discography release, Lineage Situation, released by Level Plane records in July 2003. The release contained the band's entire 40 song discography, and a second disc includes a 35 minute video of tour and live footage. Some of the new material had a post rock structure to it.
After Neil Perry, band members would go on to play in bands such as Hot Cross
, Joshua Fit For Battle, A Life Once Lost
, Superstitons of the Sky, The Now, Get Fucked, and Welcome the Plague Year.
Screamo
Screamo, though used loosely to generally describe music that features screamed vocals, is actually a musical subgenre of hardcore punk which predominantly evolved from emo, among other genres, in the early 1990s...
band from New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Jon Marinari played vocals and bass in the influential New Jersey screamo band You and I. After they split, he would join Neil Perry in the same capacity, along with ex-members from Red All Over. Neil Perry released several records in the next four years, mostly with Level Plane
Level Plane
Level Plane was a record label based in New York City, that tended to aim towards traditional emo and screamo artists.Level Plane was founded in early 1997 by Greg Drudy in order to put a label and an address on the back of Saetia's first 7"...
records.
The band broke up in 2002. In early 2003 they recorded four new songs that would be their final recordings, and are featured on their discography release, Lineage Situation, released by Level Plane records in July 2003. The release contained the band's entire 40 song discography, and a second disc includes a 35 minute video of tour and live footage. Some of the new material had a post rock structure to it.
After Neil Perry, band members would go on to play in bands such as Hot Cross
Hot Cross
Hot Cross was a hardcore band from Philadelphia. They were signed to Hope Division Records / Equal Vision Records. The band was composed of former members of such bands as Saetia , Off Minor , You and I , Neil...
, Joshua Fit For Battle, A Life Once Lost
A Life Once Lost
A Life Once Lost is an American metalcore band formed in 1999 in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After releases on Robotic Empire and Deathwish Inc., A Life Once Lost released their successful album, Hunter on Ferret Music in 2005...
, Superstitons of the Sky, The Now, Get Fucked, and Welcome the Plague Year.
Members
- Josh Jakubowski - Vocals, Guitar
- Chris Smith - Guitar, Vocals
- Jon Marinari - Vocals, Bass
- Justin Graves - Drums
Discography
- Neil Perry 7", 2000, Spiritfall
- Split 7" w/Usurp SynapseUsurp SynapseUsurp Synapse was an screamo band from Indiana. The group combined fast and frantic grindcore influenced drumming and guitar work, and raw screams.-Biography:...
, 2000, Level Plane Records - Brothers from Different Mothers Split LP w/Joshua Fit For Battle, 2001, Level Plane Records
- Get Our Tour On 7", 2001, Level Plane Records
- Split LP w/A Satellite Crash, 2001, Spiritfall
- Split 7" w/Kaospilot, 2002, Level Plane Records
- Picture Disc 7", 2002, Witching Hour
- Split 3" mini-CD w/A Days Refrain, 2002, Robotic Empire
- Lineage Situation, 2003, Level Plane Records (two-CD discography containing 40 tracks, including four new songs)
Compilations
- Antipodes Comp. 7", 2000, Level Plane Records (track: "Memoirs of an Illiterate Penpal")
- 80 Records and We're not Broke (Yet) 2xCD, 2005, Level Plane Records (tracks: "Nine Minutes of Non-Fiction" and "High Point Improv")