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| The Legend... In the beginning there was SoundMind...In the wake of the Alternative Onslought of the mid nineties, several youngsters decided to create a band. What style they played, what influenced them the most, was changing minute by minute. The Original lineup was Ryan Krieg, Nate McClain, Ben Tipler, Shaun Peterson, and finally, Paul Johnson. Soon, so very soon, Shaun would leave to pursue a solo project, namely, Monica. They are now rumored to be married, and I am sure are living, if not happily, together. With the (tragic?) loss of Shaun, Nate Rasch, schoolmate of Shaun and Ben, took over on drums. This new lineup continued to practice in Ben's basement for several months, creating enough original material(stealing from big name christian pop stars) to play at such prestigious places as the GCM Iowa Conference. Unfortunately, this would also spell the end of an era. The previous lineup was changed. When it became obvious that Ryan couldn't sing, and that Nate M was more interested in his own reflection, Paul moved to vocals and rythem guitar while Ben took lead guitar and Ryan was relegated to bass. Nate was removed with a promise of some fresh disposible razors for his chest and a nice stick of butter. This lineup continued writing(not stealing, I swear) more material, until the band had close to 15 songs. Several were played repeatedly at their youth group. But life was different off the stage. The band realized they needed a new bassist. Ryan was uncomfortable with his current position, and willing to step down to pursue other interests, namely, girls. This was when they came to the worst decision yet, to bring in their old friend and struggling bassist Aaron Cox. Aaron had been quietly learning bass for several months at this point, and was more than happy to buy the Lotus bass that first Paul, then Ryan, had used. This was the last stage for Sound Mind. Aaron quickly caught on to the 'Mind,' as the press had taken to calling them, and immidiately took up the job of carrying around Ben's p.a. At this point the band was ready to return to their old stomping grounds, Iowa, and prove their detractors wrong. They had a totally original song that would wow their fans and mildy amuse the rest. It was called, "To Love as He." This quickly became their first radio hit single, and it was received with wild praise at the Iowa conference, due only to the shortage of any talent in any of the other talent show acts. In the glow of "TLaH," as those in the industry took to calling their new single, "Cinnabon" was released. After the copyright battle was over, this song quickly replaced "TLaH" as the new most requested SoundMind song. Due in part to extensive touring of their youth ministry, SoundMind felt ready for their next big break. This struck in the form of a block party put on by the parents of their head groupie, J. Neal Sims. Sims and Aaron had struck up a friendship several years earlier, and this tie would help to move SoundMind to the front of the blockparty options. They received the slot, and quickly moved to take their position as the "Next Minor Thing." The setup and prep-work for the show went well, even as far as eliciting sympathy from a police officer who had to tell them to "turn it down a bit" due to "other" neighbors complaints. They even went so far as to stay chipper in the face of verbal assaults from one Pat O'Hara, notorious local moron and complete wanker. The show started well, and the back yard was full of curious parents and bored teens. But then disaster struck the weakest link in the group. During the middle of a jam song, Aarons 'E' string broke. Unable to deal with the awful stress, he instead courageously stepped away from his amp, moved into the house, and cried. He cried for roughly ten minutes until his fellow bandmates, and even his mom, convinced him to go back and play anyway. He did, and with rabid tenacity, blatently ignoring any notes that fell on the now defunct E string. But this was the beginning of the end for the "Mind." Less then a year later, with more material and more talent, Nate Rasch had to join the Air Force. What was worse for the still High School tied members, Paul had school that fall in Iowa, at the prestigious Iowa State University. It was decided at the end of a tearful meeting that SoundMind would not go on... |
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