Project 86
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In 1998, Project 86 released its self-titled debut on BEC Recordings, a division of Tooth & Nail Records, and was immediately labeled "rapcore" due to strong similarities to acts such as Rage Against the Machine. Though Schwab's vocals could barely be called rapping, it was a convenient label due to the popularity of that genre of music at the time. The album and a supporting tour opening for P.O.D. and Blindside on the Warriors Tour stirred a lot of hype for the band and their sophomore album was excitedly anticipated.
Project (as the band is often referred to by its fans) released Drawing Black Lines in early 2000 to very strong aclaim and the album is widely considered to be the band's defining work. In support of Drawing Black Lines, Project 86 toured extensively with the addition of a second live guitarist (Cory Edelman, formerly of No Innocent Victim), headlining with supporting bands such as Living Sacrifice and Stavesacre and also opening for P.O.D. and Linkin Park. Perhaps more importantly, influential modern shock rocker Marilyn Manson took interest in the band and had the song "P.S.", originally released on Drawing Black Lines, added to the Blair Witch 2 soundtrack. Probably due to this interest, Project 86 became a higher priority for Atlantic. DBL was slated to be re-released with new artwork and three new songs, but in actuality it was only a bare bones repackaging of the exact same album. However, Atlantic did pour over half a million into Project's next musical foray, entitled Truthless Heroes (2002), which, though proving to be the band's most popular outing yet, was released amidst great turmoil.
Over the course of recording Truthless Heroes (which took around a year to complete) Project 86 had increasing difficulty with its management, as well as both record labels (Tooth & Nail still had rights to release their music to the Christian market). This wore the band down immensely, but by the time the album was finished, the difficulty seemed to have worked out in Project's favor - Atlantic bought all of Tooth & Nail's remaining rights to the band and released "Hollow Again", the first single from the album, on mainstream radio. Word came out that the band would be shooting a video for the song shortly, but it never materialized as Atlantic ran into troubles of its own and liquidated some of its assets - including Project 86. In 2003, finding themselves cut loose by both label and management, Project started its own independent label.
Also during this time, the members of Project 86 became outspoken concerning the Contemporary Christian Music scene, siding with other similar acts such as Stavesacre and MXPX in saying that they wanted to distance themselves from the label and the idealogical restrictions that the CCM label automatically places on bands. A Truthless Heroes website containing links to various underground news organizations, as well as edgy visual art pages that decried the dehumanizing effect of pornography, surfaced and generated much controversy among the band's fans.
Project 86's fourth album, Songs To Burn Your Bridges By, was released independently in the fall of 2003 and went on to sell quite well despite being sold only at shows and online. Come 2004, the band mended relations with and re-signed to Tooth & Nail Records and Songs To Burn Your Bridges By was re-issued with three new songs and completely new artwork.
In February 2005, Project 86 announced that they were working on a new album. The title was later announced as ...And The Rest Will Follow. The band spent several weeks in the studio with Garth Richardson over the summer recording the material, and then began releasing a new song every Monday on their purevolume site. The album was released on September 27, 2005, and sold 8,000 copies in its first week, more than any other Project 86 album. A release tour began September 23, with Spoken, Number One Gun, Mourning September, and The Fold.
On January 6th, 2006, Project 86 appeared live on G4's Attack of the Show!, performing "My Will Be A Dead Man" and "The Spy Hunter". This was the band's first appearance on mainstream cable television.
In other recent news, announced March 28th, 2007, on the band's website: "Recently, Alex Albert officially left Project 86. After many years as the drummer for the band, it was time for him to move on to pursue other interests. Alex parted the band on friendly terms, and Project 86 wishes him the best in this new chapter in his life. Thanks for all your years of comraderie, Alex, and you are in our prayers!"
From www.project86.com:
Project 86 has been riding high since the release of their 6th studio album "Rival Factions" in June, 2007. The record grabbed P86 their highest career Billboard debut at 123 and their 1 single "Evil -A Chorus of Resistance" has topped rock charts for the last several months. The new record has garnered extensive critical praise with glowing reviews in AP, Infuze, All Music Guide, Sputnik, The OC Register, etc. The guys were also featured in Outburn and CCM, and graced the July cover of HM Magazine. Add the recent tapping to have their music used on the upcoming film "The Seeker-The Dark Is Rising" video blog series on MTV.com and its clear the guys in P86 have much to celebrate.
"The Kane Mutiny-EP" was released on Nov. 27 2007, making it the first EP that Project 86 ever released.
Then, after almost a year of no new music, Project 86 released the "This Time Of Year EP", a christmas album with 5 tracks on it.
On April 24, 2009, Project 86 Announced that their seventh studio release would be entitled "Picket Fence Cartel." On May 20, 2009, they uploaded two songs from Picket Fence Cartel, "Destroyer" and "Dark Angel Dragnet" to their MySpace page, for streaming play. They also added the song from 'Picket Fence Cartel' called A John Hancock with the safety off on June 4, 2009. The album was released on July 14, 2009.
After fulfilling their last agreement with T&N, in December 2011 the band announced a Kickstarter campaign via their official website and Facebook page, stating that "the fans are now our record label." Their eighth studio release, Wait for the Siren, was released on August 21, 2012.
Featuring all star guest appearances by: Bruce Fitzhugh (Living Sacrifice), Rocky Gray (Evanescence), Brian "Head" Welch (Korn, Love and Death), Andrew Welch (Disciple), Blake Martin (A Plea for Purging) and The Wedding. The new album was produced by Steve Wilson and Andrew Schwab and engineered/mixed by Steve Blackmon.
Described as Andrew Schwab's opus the record promises to be a fresh take on the P86 sound. Schwab said, "On this record I was really able to take the reins of the creative process in a direction I was passionate about. I was able to write songs that pushed me to grow as an artist. It was also insanely fun to have so many of my friends involved in the process and at this point in the game that is what its about. I am really looking forward to people hearing this album." With concert goers noting the new energy of the songs and new band members Scott Davis on drums, Dustin Lowry on guitar and Mikee "Norman" Williams on bass it seems P86 has benefited from a back to basics reinvention.
2. Also, in the early 90's, house producers Howie How & Little Carlos released 12"s on seminal labels R&S Records and Nu Groove Records, under the name "Project 86". They are otherwise totally unrelated. See also the following link for detail on this collaboration: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Project+86
In 1998, Project 86 released its self-titled debut on BEC Recordings, a division of Tooth & Nail Records, and was immediately labeled "rapcore" due to strong similarities to acts such as Rage Against the Machine. Though Schwab's vocals could barely be called rapping, it was a convenient label due to the popularity of that genre of music at the time. The album and a supporting tour opening for P.O.D. and Blindside on the Warriors Tour stirred a lot of hype for the band and their sophomore album was excitedly anticipated.
Project (as the band is often referred to by its fans) released Drawing Black Lines in early 2000 to very strong aclaim and the album is widely considered to be the band's defining work. In support of Drawing Black Lines, Project 86 toured extensively with the addition of a second live guitarist (Cory Edelman, formerly of No Innocent Victim), headlining with supporting bands such as Living Sacrifice and Stavesacre and also opening for P.O.D. and Linkin Park. Perhaps more importantly, influential modern shock rocker Marilyn Manson took interest in the band and had the song "P.S.", originally released on Drawing Black Lines, added to the Blair Witch 2 soundtrack. Probably due to this interest, Project 86 became a higher priority for Atlantic. DBL was slated to be re-released with new artwork and three new songs, but in actuality it was only a bare bones repackaging of the exact same album. However, Atlantic did pour over half a million into Project's next musical foray, entitled Truthless Heroes (2002), which, though proving to be the band's most popular outing yet, was released amidst great turmoil.
Over the course of recording Truthless Heroes (which took around a year to complete) Project 86 had increasing difficulty with its management, as well as both record labels (Tooth & Nail still had rights to release their music to the Christian market). This wore the band down immensely, but by the time the album was finished, the difficulty seemed to have worked out in Project's favor - Atlantic bought all of Tooth & Nail's remaining rights to the band and released "Hollow Again", the first single from the album, on mainstream radio. Word came out that the band would be shooting a video for the song shortly, but it never materialized as Atlantic ran into troubles of its own and liquidated some of its assets - including Project 86. In 2003, finding themselves cut loose by both label and management, Project started its own independent label.
Also during this time, the members of Project 86 became outspoken concerning the Contemporary Christian Music scene, siding with other similar acts such as Stavesacre and MXPX in saying that they wanted to distance themselves from the label and the idealogical restrictions that the CCM label automatically places on bands. A Truthless Heroes website containing links to various underground news organizations, as well as edgy visual art pages that decried the dehumanizing effect of pornography, surfaced and generated much controversy among the band's fans.
Project 86's fourth album, Songs To Burn Your Bridges By, was released independently in the fall of 2003 and went on to sell quite well despite being sold only at shows and online. Come 2004, the band mended relations with and re-signed to Tooth & Nail Records and Songs To Burn Your Bridges By was re-issued with three new songs and completely new artwork.
In February 2005, Project 86 announced that they were working on a new album. The title was later announced as ...And The Rest Will Follow. The band spent several weeks in the studio with Garth Richardson over the summer recording the material, and then began releasing a new song every Monday on their purevolume site. The album was released on September 27, 2005, and sold 8,000 copies in its first week, more than any other Project 86 album. A release tour began September 23, with Spoken, Number One Gun, Mourning September, and The Fold.
On January 6th, 2006, Project 86 appeared live on G4's Attack of the Show!, performing "My Will Be A Dead Man" and "The Spy Hunter". This was the band's first appearance on mainstream cable television.
In other recent news, announced March 28th, 2007, on the band's website: "Recently, Alex Albert officially left Project 86. After many years as the drummer for the band, it was time for him to move on to pursue other interests. Alex parted the band on friendly terms, and Project 86 wishes him the best in this new chapter in his life. Thanks for all your years of comraderie, Alex, and you are in our prayers!"
From www.project86.com:
Project 86 has been riding high since the release of their 6th studio album "Rival Factions" in June, 2007. The record grabbed P86 their highest career Billboard debut at 123 and their 1 single "Evil -A Chorus of Resistance" has topped rock charts for the last several months. The new record has garnered extensive critical praise with glowing reviews in AP, Infuze, All Music Guide, Sputnik, The OC Register, etc. The guys were also featured in Outburn and CCM, and graced the July cover of HM Magazine. Add the recent tapping to have their music used on the upcoming film "The Seeker-The Dark Is Rising" video blog series on MTV.com and its clear the guys in P86 have much to celebrate.
"The Kane Mutiny-EP" was released on Nov. 27 2007, making it the first EP that Project 86 ever released.
Then, after almost a year of no new music, Project 86 released the "This Time Of Year EP", a christmas album with 5 tracks on it.
On April 24, 2009, Project 86 Announced that their seventh studio release would be entitled "Picket Fence Cartel." On May 20, 2009, they uploaded two songs from Picket Fence Cartel, "Destroyer" and "Dark Angel Dragnet" to their MySpace page, for streaming play. They also added the song from 'Picket Fence Cartel' called A John Hancock with the safety off on June 4, 2009. The album was released on July 14, 2009.
After fulfilling their last agreement with T&N, in December 2011 the band announced a Kickstarter campaign via their official website and Facebook page, stating that "the fans are now our record label." Their eighth studio release, Wait for the Siren, was released on August 21, 2012.
Featuring all star guest appearances by: Bruce Fitzhugh (Living Sacrifice), Rocky Gray (Evanescence), Brian "Head" Welch (Korn, Love and Death), Andrew Welch (Disciple), Blake Martin (A Plea for Purging) and The Wedding. The new album was produced by Steve Wilson and Andrew Schwab and engineered/mixed by Steve Blackmon.
Described as Andrew Schwab's opus the record promises to be a fresh take on the P86 sound. Schwab said, "On this record I was really able to take the reins of the creative process in a direction I was passionate about. I was able to write songs that pushed me to grow as an artist. It was also insanely fun to have so many of my friends involved in the process and at this point in the game that is what its about. I am really looking forward to people hearing this album." With concert goers noting the new energy of the songs and new band members Scott Davis on drums, Dustin Lowry on guitar and Mikee "Norman" Williams on bass it seems P86 has benefited from a back to basics reinvention.
2. Also, in the early 90's, house producers Howie How & Little Carlos released 12"s on seminal labels R&S Records and Nu Groove Records, under the name "Project 86". They are otherwise totally unrelated. See also the following link for detail on this collaboration: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Project+86
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Project 86 Lyrics
... A Word From Our Sponsors Out of the playground's ashes Come little men with little ga…
...and help you sleep Just listen to this simple formula It's easy as 1, 2,…
...And The Rest Will Follow AND Crucial context Pressure drops Unknown heights I am, I w…
...To Brighten Your Day "Merry christmas" I’m really sorry I’m really sorry ……
...with regard T.H. Out of the playground's ashes Come little men with little ga…
0 > 1 Zero is the value of the binary Design flaw, outdated c fail…
01 The Spy Hunter One last disguise Pawns standing in awe of the game Of the…
03 A Shadow on Me These Petals This blackened rose This soil all my own Shr…
04 Safe Heaven I'm just a stranger here Despite your everything I'm not att…
1 X 7 One times seven equals heaven Traditions the creation of me…
16-Hollow Again Somehow I lost my way And now it's clear to me All…
1x7 One times seven equals heaven Traditions the creation of me…
3 Card I remember the day when the mojo ran away You say…
A Fruitless End Ever You cannot hide now I'll find you somehow Together we can …
A John Hancock With The Safety Off Cure the radio - We'll lend you an oxygen flask Cure…
A Shadow on Me These Petals This blackened rose This soil all my own Shr…
A Text Message To The Emporer For too long cast aside, stripped of dignity, opportunity C…
A Text Message to the So-called Emperor For too long cast aside, stripped of dignity, opportunity Co…
A Toast to My Former Self With all those thoughts I've left behind I'm putting to deat…
Above the Desert Sea Eyes ablaze The knife held high above your Head is framed ag…
Acolyte March Hand over your city to me. I am the name of…
All Of Me Been swallowing my debris Without a trace of dignity I'm liv…
Ambigram Inner sanctum, don't you want to see? I still feel the…
Another Boredom Movement You were conceived on a storyboard In an uptown high-rise …
Avalantia I awoke to mystery On Alien terrain The hazy pictures of m…
a_shadow_on_me These Petals This blackened rose This soil all my own Shr…
Bleed Season Trace the chalk and seize the day so Those old…
Blood Moon Starts with a steady rhythm Under a violent sky Pounding of …
Bottom Feeder So little of what seems to be Is ever really there So…
Breakdown in 3/4 (Obsolete, obsolete, we're so obsolete...) Sleep soundly in…
Breakdown in the 3_4 (Obsolete, obsolete, we're so obsolete...) Sleep soundly …
Breakneck Speed Another day in the hurt Another grope in the search Another …
By Constantine Abandon every hope You who enter here You thirst for blood S…
Captive Bolt Pistol I am the sickle come to raze your fields I am…
Caught in the Middle One side of me you love One side of me You love…
Caveman Jam You caught me on my way to destroy stages You stopped…
Cavity King Desires in conquest to Murder her maim her Progress posses…
Cement Shoes I stalked serenity with blind obsession and found possessio…
Chapter 2 New day springs light on the burdened, the downcast My past…
Chimes I hear a voice speaking softly amidst the breathing An invi…
Circuitry If you want to find me I'll be. Lost Lost in your…
Cold And Calculated A life you built exploiting the dreams of innocents Preying…
Copper Wish We drain the water with the babes To drown the grief…
Cyclonus (Against the wiles of the devil For we do not wrestle…
Dark Angel Dragnet Bayonets to Insurgents Lurking in my veins My DNA, red tem…
Dead Man's Switch High noon comet, not a moment too soon There's gonna be…
Defector Counting down the days And now its clear to me All that’s…
Destroyer Ready yourself for the end Ready yourself 'cause you cannot…
Doomsday Stomp Let's play a little game On scribbled paper You guess the le…
Evil Everyone down on the floor No sudden moves and lock the…
Fall Take up arms, all you fallen oppressed This is insurrection …
Freebooter This oath was made to give me shelter from the…
From December It's the first day Since I handed you your final rose In…
Genosha You made your getaway so clean You don't even see the…
Ghosts of Easter Rising We wait for the siren The crimson horizon The right of our…
Great Golden Gate Disaster Oh, oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, oh, yeah I used to want…
Hollow Again Somehow I lost my way And now it's clear to me All…
Illuminate Night falls like a vulture On it's prey, wicked culture Blac…
Imaginary Me First it gives and then it takes away We drain our…
Independence How does it feel to find yourself playing for the…
Into Another The taste so sweet of bitter defeat In exchange of the…
Knives to the Future We've come too far Too far to turn back Made our peace Our…
Know What It Means Remember what its like to me you? To be you Remember what…
Last Meal I am lost inside your lair And allowed you to lure…
Litle Green men Out of the playground?s ashes Come little men with little ga…
Me Against Me I will not forget the day when the sides were…
Metempsychosis I float like apparitions Emotions so invisible In search of …
MHS Light up the beacons I'm sending out the signal because Toni…
Molotov They dance all night and sleep all day They live for…
My Will Be A Dead Man High noon comet, not a moment too soon There's gonna be…
Necktie Remedy You say: Make me into something Give me a body And…
New Transmission Tracing my steps right back to where it all began Looking…
Normandy We drove through misty canyons Our destination seemed resolv…
Numb Opportunity rears as the night casts the shadows to chafe…
Oblivion A double minded one Gazing into two reflections Who cannot r…
Oculus Now I take the final step to revelation′s end The trail…
Off The Grid My sentence is ending like this I’ve been hacking and diggin…
Omerta's Sons My eyes are opening In disbelief There’s something growing h…
One Armed Man Submerged in endless (trailing off) I watch them fade by (si…
Open Hand Intersect; cross the lines Break the barriers; link the area…
P.S Her heart bleeds It is a basis for your heartfelt hunger…
Pipe Dream Downhill downtrodden left a slave New day on the verge to…
Pipe Dreams Downhill downtrodden left a slave New day on the verge to…
PS Her heart bleeds It is a basis for your heartfelt hunger…
Pull Me Closer Violent Dancer I've got a monster to tame It looks a lot like…
Put Your Lips to the TV You want my head in a basket This town ain't big…
Rebuttal The innocence robbed at early stage Bitterness allies for t…
Resistance Everyone down on the floor No sudden moves and lock the…
Run Your weakness is numbing my brain A lack of love…
S.M.C Big business ain't easy I'm sure you'd agree Especially wh…
Sad Machines An ageless question, universal They're asking why Creation d…
Safe Haven I'm just a stranger here, despite your everything I'm not at…
Salem's Suburbs They put on disguises today To hide the scarlet letters Tha…
Sanctuary Hum Smile wave, convince the sanctuary our charade Though you're…
Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy Now here I lie in the street An invitation for you…
Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy... Now here I lie in the streets An invitation for you…
Set Me Up Right in front of me dropping another game Now I watch…
Seven One times seven equals heaven Traditions the creation of men…
Shadow on Me These Petals This blackened rose This soil all my own Shr…
Sheep Among Wolves We live for the kill And we kill to live We live…
Shelter Me Shelter me With mercury vials Escape is the machine to Sh…
Shelter Me * Mercury Shelter me with mercury vials Escape is the machine to Shelt…
Shiny Skin Verse 1 I shut my eyes in attempts to try to…
Sincerely Ichabod We once drew Some lines in black And right now it's about…
Sioux Lane Spirits Daddy, she has your eyes And when she grins you can…
Six Sirens And now I sit in thought as the plot of…
Slaves to Liberty Your worth is so much more than words I know the…
Smc Big business ain't easy I'm sure you'd agree Especially wh…
Solace We have waited for so long To occur this day There are…
Soma The only thing I recall is Those shadows coming my way Comfo…
Something We Can't Be Dictate What you think is pivotal Mandate Just for the sake …
Son of Flame I peer into the blood of mystery The secret locked inside…
SOTS Collosus staring through you Daring, mocking, staking, stalk…
Spill Me My Back is so full of scrapes With the miles…
Spirit of Shiloh I wake to silence On this frozen battlefield Strike my legs …
Spy Hunter One last disguise Pawns standing in awe of the game Of the…
Stain's Theme Rising up against this wickedness And unphased by your endle…
Stalemate I've sought so hard to sustain this gain Now watch me…
Star Outside looking down on me Outside the view is so much…
Stein Rising up against this wickedness And unphased by your endle…
Subject To Change Relent to your useless devices Retreat, your last line of de…
Take The Hill My shortwave intercepted a transmission From another dimensi…
Team Black I don't even like the taste of blood But it was…
The Black Brigade Prepare in urgency to race Casting off the weight that burd…
The Butcher This man came to me he was looking for action…
The Crossfire Gambit Descend I might Decide to indulge in perversion I ask Wi…
The forces of radio have dropped I'm Analog Two-inch tape Vintage, warm with a potent Hiss Ve…
The Forces Of Radio Have Dropped A Viper Into The Rhythm Section I'm analog two inch tape Vintage warm with a potent Hiss ven…
The Great Escape Calling the righteous We′re shaving our heads To sing with t…
The Great Golden Gate Disaster Oh, oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, oh, yeah I used to want…
The Hand The Furnace The Straight Face Quiet It's 4 AM I was Sound asleep Trying To hunt the sheep …
The Sanctuary Hum Smile wave, convince the sanctuary our charade Though you're…
The Spectacle Of Fearsome Acts Take hold your fate in your hands Your payment, in time,…
The Spy Hunter One last disguise Pawns standing in awe of the game Of the…
This Time Of The Year Little girls And little boys Dream of worlds Full of toys…
To Sand We Return Cowering man, a legion of no-ones call, bet it all Coven…
Toast To My Former Self A With all those thoughts I've left behind I'm putting to deat…
Twenty Three Set out to find a love, to live a life To…
Two Glass Eyes I heard you’re on a witchhunt here tonight Desperate to rec…
Valley of Cannons Meeting the stares The horde of faces Search my brow for fea…
When Darkness Reigns My failure is so evident And I cannot hide the…
With Regards T.H Out of the playground's ashes Come little men with little ga…
Wordsmith Legacy Knock knock knock Sound the blows to the forehead from…
Your Heroes Are Dead There's something coming And its coming for you The mob is r…
…A Word From Our Sponsors Out of the playground's ashes Come little men with little ga…