Chemlab broke up in 1997, and reformed in 2004 with Jared as the only original member. Working with the members of Acumen Nation, old touring guitarist Greg Lucas and Julian Beeston (Nitzer Ebb, etc), he recorded and released an album entitled "Oxidizer". Recently, after a massive seven year hiatus from the stage, Jared and a backing band comprised of the members of Electro-Industrial group Mindless Faith has taken Chemlab back on the road again. They have performed around the country at a number of festivals and are planning tours for 2007. The album "Rock Whore vs Dance Floor", a varied collection of remixes from "Oxidizer" by Die Warzau, 16Volt, Cubanate and many others, was released in late spring, 2006.
Jared Louche announced on stage during a performance on September 7th 2012 in Chicago, that it would be the band's final show
In the spring of 2018, it was announced that Chemlab would return for Cold Waves VII in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles to perform Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar in its entirety to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the album's release. The band also performed at Cold Waves VIII, along with a number of other standalone shows. The band later released the compilation Tape Decay in 2019. This release includes unreleased tracks from the East Side Militia, Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar and 10 Ton Pressure cassette demos as well as new songs. The band performed at the Oriental Theater in Denver with Pop Will Eat Itself and Scifidelic from September 21 to 22, 2019. '
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Exile On Mainline
Chemlab Lyrics
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Days seeping out doesn't matter that much, drowning out...no sound, pouring
Out...upon the ground, raining down...the drain, and the records skipping,
Skipping, skipping, skipping...
The lyrics of Chemlab's song Exile On Mainline seem to be describing a state of detachment and escapism from the world. The first line "Wasting the world away at the bite of your touch" suggests that the singer is consuming the world around them, perhaps even devouring it, but also being consumed by it. The "bite of your touch" implies that this consumption is not entirely voluntary or pleasurable. Instead, it may be a desperate attempt to feel something, anything, in a world that seems increasingly distant and alienating.
The following lines describe a sense of time passing relentlessly, like water seeping out - an image that further emphasizes the singer's feeling of being adrift and disconnected from reality. The chorus, with its repetition of "skipping, skipping, skipping," intensifies this sensation of disorientation and dislocation. The image of a scratched record jumping and skipping further reinforces the feeling of being stuck, trapped in a loop that cannot be escaped. Overall, the lyrics of Exile On Mainline paint a bleak picture of a world that is both overwhelming and indifferent, and a speaker who is struggling to find a foothold in the midst of it all.
Line by Line Meaning
Wasting the world away at the bite of your touch
The singer feels as though they are losing their grip on reality due to the influence of someone they are involved with
the wash of the passing Days seeping out doesn't matter that much
The singer is becoming numb to the passing of time and the effect it has on their life
drowning out...no sound, pouring Out...upon the ground
The overwhelming feeling of being lost and alone is drowning out all other thoughts and emotions
raining down...the drain, and the records skipping, Skipping, skipping, skipping...
The artist is descending into a state of despair symbolized by the sound of rain and a skipping record, a feeling that time and life are moving on without them
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