Original Montana Hardcore Featuring Jeff Ament and Bruce Fairweather of Gre… Read Full Bio ↴Original Montana Hardcore Featuring Jeff Ament and Bruce Fairweather of Green River.
Here's Jeff's account: Deranged Diction, Montana’s First Hardcore Band Missoula, Montana, 1981-83. Jon Donahue and I met Bruce Fairweather skateboarding the brick banks at the University of Montana in September of 1981. Within a month, we were rehearsing as Deranged Diction with Bill the drummer, playing songs by Black Flag, 999, the Dead Kennedys, the Ramones and the Clash. We played a half dozen shows that school year, mostly with new drummer Sergio Avenia, with a summer assignment to write some of our own songs. Fall quarter 1982, Jon moved back to California, so we needed a new singer. Tom Kipp approached us and we wrote and recorded our first batch of songs which included "Pruning" which ended up on a compilation called "We Got Power" and the Flipper-inspired "Periscope." Tim Healy took over vocals in March of 1983 and we wrote and recorded six new songs, including "Only" and "I'm an Amerikan." We put these songs on a cassette called "No Art, No Cowboys, No Rules" and sold and traded them through fanzines like Maximum Rock and Roll and Flipside. Deranged Diction, Seattle Era Seattle, Washington, 1983-84. Sergio, Bruce and I decided to move to Seattle in May of 1983 with the idea of finding a new singer for our band. We put a "singer wanted" ad in the Rocket and our first tryout with Rod Moody was a great fit, and he played guitar which gave us a bigger heavier sound. We wrote 10 new songs with Rod and played shows at the Metropolis with the Butthole Surfers, Husker Du, Ill Repute, Stalag 13 and local Seattle bands the Accused, Malfunkshun, the Rejectors and the Silly Killers. In early 1984, I quit the band to start Green River with Mark, Steve and Alex. Unfortunately, we never recorded a song. Seattle, Washington, 2008. I ran into Rod at Easy Street Records and reminisced about our days in Deranged Diction and he mentioned having a rehearsal tape of the songs we wrote together. I listened and we thought it was a shame that we never recorded them. Rod and I approached Bruce and Sergio about recording those songs. We went into Avast studios and recorded and mixed it in 4 days in the spirit of how we might have done it 24 years earlier. It was a blast playing with my old friends again and it’s sounds pretty damn good, if I say so myself. -- Jeff Ament, formerly Jeff Diction
Here's Jeff's account: Deranged Diction, Montana’s First Hardcore Band Missoula, Montana, 1981-83. Jon Donahue and I met Bruce Fairweather skateboarding the brick banks at the University of Montana in September of 1981. Within a month, we were rehearsing as Deranged Diction with Bill the drummer, playing songs by Black Flag, 999, the Dead Kennedys, the Ramones and the Clash. We played a half dozen shows that school year, mostly with new drummer Sergio Avenia, with a summer assignment to write some of our own songs. Fall quarter 1982, Jon moved back to California, so we needed a new singer. Tom Kipp approached us and we wrote and recorded our first batch of songs which included "Pruning" which ended up on a compilation called "We Got Power" and the Flipper-inspired "Periscope." Tim Healy took over vocals in March of 1983 and we wrote and recorded six new songs, including "Only" and "I'm an Amerikan." We put these songs on a cassette called "No Art, No Cowboys, No Rules" and sold and traded them through fanzines like Maximum Rock and Roll and Flipside. Deranged Diction, Seattle Era Seattle, Washington, 1983-84. Sergio, Bruce and I decided to move to Seattle in May of 1983 with the idea of finding a new singer for our band. We put a "singer wanted" ad in the Rocket and our first tryout with Rod Moody was a great fit, and he played guitar which gave us a bigger heavier sound. We wrote 10 new songs with Rod and played shows at the Metropolis with the Butthole Surfers, Husker Du, Ill Repute, Stalag 13 and local Seattle bands the Accused, Malfunkshun, the Rejectors and the Silly Killers. In early 1984, I quit the band to start Green River with Mark, Steve and Alex. Unfortunately, we never recorded a song. Seattle, Washington, 2008. I ran into Rod at Easy Street Records and reminisced about our days in Deranged Diction and he mentioned having a rehearsal tape of the songs we wrote together. I listened and we thought it was a shame that we never recorded them. Rod and I approached Bruce and Sergio about recording those songs. We went into Avast studios and recorded and mixed it in 4 days in the spirit of how we might have done it 24 years earlier. It was a blast playing with my old friends again and it’s sounds pretty damn good, if I say so myself. -- Jeff Ament, formerly Jeff Diction
Life Support
Deranged Diction Lyrics
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American Football I'm looking for the words that I've lost on you Been…
American Nightmare Yeah they got me on life support The taller I got…
CaLoge a.k.a MaCosa I got love for my city, that's why I'm tryna…
DJ C-Vaughn & J-Virtue 스쳐 지나가는 바람과 머릴 관통했던 기억 모두 느껴지지 않아 살아있는 있는 것과…
Friday Pilots Club It′s been 4 months since you left me But it's been…
Inversions Not time to go You’ll never take me A fool, I am Takes…
IQ When I think of it now that it's done How it…
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Jonathan Larson GORDON: LOOK -- I FIND SOME OF WHAT YOU TEACH SUSPECT BECAUS…
Kris Angelis How did I get here? I remember flying Now I'm broken fr…
M-Trey In all that I've done I can't find the words In…
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Original Broadway Cast (RENT) Steve, Gordon, Ali, Pam, Sue Hi, I'm Angel Tom Collins I'…
Original Broadway Cast - Rent Steve Gordon, Ali, Pam, Sue Hi, I'm Angel Tom Collins I'm Pa…
Original Cast Steve, Gordon, Ali, Pam, Sue Hi, I'm Angel Tom Collins I'…
Pretty Matty Plug me in put me on life support Because I'm too…
Rent Steve. Gordon. Ali. Pam. Sue. Hi, I'm Angel. Tom. Coll…
RENT - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Look, I find some of what you teach suspect Because I'm…
Rent [original broadway cast recording] Steve. Gordon. Ali. Pam. Sue. Hi, I'm Angel. Tom. Coll…
Rent [Original Broadway Cast] Steve Gordon Ali Pam Sue Hi, I'm Angel Tom. Collins I'm Paul…
Rent [Original Soundtrack] Steve. Gordon. Ali. Pam. Sue. Hi, I'm Angel. Tom. Coll…
Rent: Motion Picture Cast Look, I find some of what you teach suspect Because I'm…
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Wayne Wilcox Look, I find some of what you teach suspect Because I'm…
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@ronlacer4090
Such an amazing demo, I mailed away for it after it got reviewed in MRR. Came with a nice personal note from Jeff. I want to agree with the people asking for an upload of Periscope. This is one of my favorite songs ever and I'd love to share it with people.
@andrewmbloch
I just found this and I am so happy that it exists! RIP Sergio!
@danmcguire9562
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@SkumDawgDistro
Can you upload just periscope? I dig all the songs but that one in bangin
@timmyturtle8625
Can someone upload periscope by itself please 😁