Three Years Two Months Eleven Days
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Three Years Two Months Eleven Days was an album of early material, often referred to as a retrospective
, by the New Jersey
, U.S. band, Ensign
. Recorded in various sessions between January, 1996 and July, 1998 – including a live recording – and with varying members, it was released by the band's first record label, Indecision Records
in April, 2000.
had recorded two EPs – a self-titled 7"
and the Fall from Grace
7" – and a full-length debut, Direction of Things to Come
, for Orange County, California label Indecision Records
before departing for the larger Nitro Records
in 1998. Far from seeing this as a cashing-in exercise by Indecision on the band's new, wider audience, it was seen as filling the gaps in the essential history of a band who would go on to tour with metalcore
band, Hatebreed
in 2002. Most of the material was either unreleased, out-of-print or very rare.
Style-wise, it was very obviously more akin to Direction of Things to Come
than anything they did subsequently on either Nitro Records
or Blackout Records. Straightforward, short blasts of hardcore punk
in the New York hardcore
mould that they had imported to the Californian shores in 1995.
Retrospective
Retrospective generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place. For example, the term is used in medicine, describing a look back at a patient's medical history or lifestyle.-Music:...
, by the 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...
, U.S. band, Ensign
Ensign (band)
Ensign is a hardcore punk band from New Jersey, USA. It was formed in 1995 and signed to Indecision Records in 1996. They signed to the larger label "next door", Dexter Holland's Nitro Records in 1998 and finally came to rest at Blackout Records in 2003 after a brief sortie back to Indecision in...
. Recorded in various sessions between January, 1996 and July, 1998 – including a live recording – and with varying members, it was released by the band's first record label, Indecision Records
Indecision Records
Indecision Records is an independent American hardcore punk record label which was started by Dave Mandel in 1995. It is based in Garden Grove, California. Until around 2001, it was based in nearby Huntington Beach. Both cities are within Orange County...
in April, 2000.
Overview
EnsignEnsign (band)
Ensign is a hardcore punk band from New Jersey, USA. It was formed in 1995 and signed to Indecision Records in 1996. They signed to the larger label "next door", Dexter Holland's Nitro Records in 1998 and finally came to rest at Blackout Records in 2003 after a brief sortie back to Indecision in...
had recorded two EPs – a self-titled 7"
Ensign (EP)
Ensign's self-titled 7" EP was their first release on Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records. It was released in May, 1996 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 3336 on black vinyl, 330 on grey, 449 on blue and a further 100 on black vinyl with a different cover to...
and the Fall from Grace
Fall From Grace (EP)
Ensign's second 7" EP for Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records, followed their self-titled 7" debut from May, 1996. It was released in June, 1997 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 4239 on black vinyl, 600 green, 225 white, 106 orange and a further 100 on...
7" – and a full-length debut, Direction of Things to Come
Direction Of Things To Come
Direction of Things to Come was the debut full-length album from New Jersey, U.S. hardcore punk band Ensign. It was released on Indecision Records in November, 1997 and it followed two 7" vinyl EPs...
, for Orange County, California label Indecision Records
Indecision Records
Indecision Records is an independent American hardcore punk record label which was started by Dave Mandel in 1995. It is based in Garden Grove, California. Until around 2001, it was based in nearby Huntington Beach. Both cities are within Orange County...
before departing for the larger Nitro Records
Nitro Records
Nitro Records is an independent record label created and owned by Dexter Holland and Greg Kriesel . They started the label in 1994. The label is famous for being an incubator for punk rock artists who have subsequently become successful, most notably AFI...
in 1998. Far from seeing this as a cashing-in exercise by Indecision on the band's new, wider audience, it was seen as filling the gaps in the essential history of a band who would go on to tour with metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band, Hatebreed
Hatebreed
- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...
in 2002. Most of the material was either unreleased, out-of-print or very rare.
Style-wise, it was very obviously more akin to Direction of Things to Come
Direction Of Things To Come
Direction of Things to Come was the debut full-length album from New Jersey, U.S. hardcore punk band Ensign. It was released on Indecision Records in November, 1997 and it followed two 7" vinyl EPs...
than anything they did subsequently on either Nitro Records
Nitro Records
Nitro Records is an independent record label created and owned by Dexter Holland and Greg Kriesel . They started the label in 1994. The label is famous for being an incubator for punk rock artists who have subsequently become successful, most notably AFI...
or Blackout Records. Straightforward, short blasts of hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
in the New York hardcore
New York hardcore
New York hardcore refers to hardcore punk and metalcore music created in New York City and to the subculture associated with that music. New York hardcore grew out of the hardcore scene established in Washington, D.C., by bands such as Bad Brains and Minor Threat. Hardcore '81 is an album by the...
mould that they had imported to the Californian shores in 1995.
Track listing
- All songs written by EnsignEnsign (band)Ensign is a hardcore punk band from New Jersey, USA. It was formed in 1995 and signed to Indecision Records in 1996. They signed to the larger label "next door", Dexter Holland's Nitro Records in 1998 and finally came to rest at Blackout Records in 2003 after a brief sortie back to Indecision in...
, unless stated
- "Alzheimers" – 1:24
- "Pale Horse" – 2:28
- "Trying Again" (Ensign, Ron Wood) – 1:56
- "Enemy Of My Enemy" – 2:46
- "Standing" – 2:25
- "MPSR" – 1:54
- "Blue Skies" – 3:22
- "Fall from Grace" – 1:57
- "Uncommon Bond" – 2:09
- "MPSR #2" – 1:49
- "We'll Make The Difference" (Instead) – 2:18
- "Hold" – 2:02
- "Say It" (Underdog) – 2:10
- "Tourniquet" – 1:50
- "Where Did We Go Wrong" – 1:48
- "Fade Into Years" – 1:51
- "Target" – 1:52
- "Intro" – 1:23
- "Page 32" – 2:18
- "Day By Day" – 1:36
- "Revolutions End" – 1:04
- "First, Last, Only" – 2:36
- "Foundation" – 2:01
- Tracks 1 – 4 were originally from the self-titled 7" EPEnsign (EP)Ensign's self-titled 7" EP was their first release on Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records. It was released in May, 1996 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 3336 on black vinyl, 330 on grey, 449 on blue and a further 100 on black vinyl with a different cover to...
released in May, 1996 - Tracks 5 – 7 were previously unreleased, but were recorded in the same session as the self-titled 7" EPEnsign (EP)Ensign's self-titled 7" EP was their first release on Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records. It was released in May, 1996 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 3336 on black vinyl, 330 on grey, 449 on blue and a further 100 on black vinyl with a different cover to...
- Tracks 8 – 11 were originally from the 7" Fall from GraceFall From Grace (EP)Ensign's second 7" EP for Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records, followed their self-titled 7" debut from May, 1996. It was released in June, 1997 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 4239 on black vinyl, 600 green, 225 white, 106 orange and a further 100 on...
EP released in June, 1997 - Track 11 is a cover versionCover versionIn popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of a song by Instead. It was also re-recorded for the 2003 cover album, Love the Music, Hate the KidsLove The Music, Hate The KidsLove the Music, Hate The Kids is New Jersey, U.S. hardcore punk band Ensign's fourth full-length album. It is an album of cover versions of seminal hardcore punk songs from the early-80s to mid-90s. It was recorded in seven days and released in October, 2003... - Tracks 12 and 13 were previously unreleased, but were recorded in the same session as the Fall from Grace 7" EPFall From Grace (EP)Ensign's second 7" EP for Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records, followed their self-titled 7" debut from May, 1996. It was released in June, 1997 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 4239 on black vinyl, 600 green, 225 white, 106 orange and a further 100 on...
- Track 13 is a cover versionCover versionIn popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of a song by Underdog. It was also re-recorded for the 2003 cover album, Love the Music, Hate the KidsLove The Music, Hate The KidsLove the Music, Hate The Kids is New Jersey, U.S. hardcore punk band Ensign's fourth full-length album. It is an album of cover versions of seminal hardcore punk songs from the early-80s to mid-90s. It was recorded in seven days and released in October, 2003... - Tracks 14 – 17 were all previously unreleased
- Tracks 2 and 16 were reprised and appeared on Cast the First StoneCast The First StoneCast the First Stone was the second full-length album by New Jersey, U.S. band Ensign. It was released by Nitro Records in March, 1999 and follows the band's debut, Direction of Things to Come which came out on Indecision Records in November, 1997....
in March, 1999 - Tracks 12, 14 and 15 were reprised and appeared on Direction of Things to ComeDirection Of Things To ComeDirection of Things to Come was the debut full-length album from New Jersey, U.S. hardcore punk band Ensign. It was released on Indecision Records in November, 1997 and it followed two 7" vinyl EPs...
in November, 1997 - Tracks 18 –23 are live recordings of songs which were on Direction of Things to ComeDirection Of Things To ComeDirection of Things to Come was the debut full-length album from New Jersey, U.S. hardcore punk band Ensign. It was released on Indecision Records in November, 1997 and it followed two 7" vinyl EPs...
Credits
- Tim Shaw – vocals, all tracks
- John Fraunberger – guitar, tracks 1 – 15
- Ryan "Mackenzie" Donoghue – guitar, tracks 16 – 23
- Walt Svekla – bass, tracks 1 – 7
- Nate "Edge" Gluck – bass, tracks 8 – 23
- Chris Ross – drums, tracks 1 – 7
- Ryan Murphy – drums, tracks 8 – 23
Tracks 1 – 7
- Recorded January 11–15, 1996 at Sweetwood Sound, New JerseyNew JerseyNew 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...
, U.S. - Produced by Sick Of It AllSick of It AllSick of It All is an American hardcore punk band from Queens, New York. Formed in 1986, the band consisted of brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on lead guitar, Rich Cipriano on bass, and Armand Majidi on drums. There have been only two member changes since their inception, with Max...
's Pete Koller - Engineered by Alap Momin and Keith Deblasi
Tracks 8 – 13
- Recorded 1996 in New JerseyNew JerseyNew 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...
, U.S. - Produced by Sick Of It AllSick of It AllSick of It All is an American hardcore punk band from Queens, New York. Formed in 1986, the band consisted of brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on lead guitar, Rich Cipriano on bass, and Armand Majidi on drums. There have been only two member changes since their inception, with Max...
's Pete Koller - Mixed by Noah Evans
Tracks 16 – 17
- Recorded in November, 1997 at Third Studio From The Sun, Wayne, New JerseyNew JerseyNew 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...
, U.S. - Engineered by Dave Meyer
Tracks 18 – 23
- Lance Wells (guest vocals)
- Recorded live on July 25, 1998 at the Showcase Theater, Corona, CaliforniaCorona, CaliforniaCorona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 152,374, up from 124,966 at the 2000 census...
, U.S.
See also
- Self-titled 7" EPEnsign (EP)Ensign's self-titled 7" EP was their first release on Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records. It was released in May, 1996 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 3336 on black vinyl, 330 on grey, 449 on blue and a further 100 on black vinyl with a different cover to...
- Fall from Grace 7" EPFall From Grace (EP)Ensign's second 7" EP for Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records, followed their self-titled 7" debut from May, 1996. It was released in June, 1997 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 4239 on black vinyl, 600 green, 225 white, 106 orange and a further 100 on...
- Direction of Things to ComeDirection Of Things To ComeDirection of Things to Come was the debut full-length album from New Jersey, U.S. hardcore punk band Ensign. It was released on Indecision Records in November, 1997 and it followed two 7" vinyl EPs...