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      The Thing that Wouldn't Die   26 january 2002

The bitter end   24 March 2000

photos of an indoor show of may '98 (28 March 99)

MP3s in the audio archive (23 feb 99) (updated 26 jan 02)

 

Welcome to the World Wide Web home of As of Yet... Look around at all the stuff, listen to the soundclips, and feel free to send e-mail any of us if you want to get a copy of the albums or tell us how much you think it sucks or whatever.

What does As of Yet sound like?

We get that question a lot, and always have a tough time answering. We all have very distinct influences, but in the end really sound similar to none of them. As far as songwriting is concerned, we'll play "anything that rocks," as Neal once said. Consequently, we have classic rock-style stuff, "alternative"-style tunes, jazz numbers, twelve-bar blues, quasi-industrial-metal opi, etc., but it all sounds like As of Yet playing and having a good time. Really, the best way to describe our sound is for you to have a listen and think of something... (then e-mail it to us!)

Our latest answer to this question: "As of Yet is Smart Rock!" This is Neal's idea. We aren't classic rock, we aren't alternative rock, we aren't country, we aren't new age, there are tons of things we aren't. Still, our songs are well-crafted and thought-out, and even the formless jamming has plenty of rationale and philosophy behind it; for detailed explanations of each song in 5000 words or more, ask Kristian or Scott. Therefore, we're giving a new name to our heretofore unnamed niche: "SmartRockTM."

Here's Kristian's latest attempt at an answer to this question...

    So what is As of Yet all about? What does As of Yet sound like?

    whatever, whatever, k

 

News

The Thing that Wouldn't Die

just because AoY isn't still together as a performing band doesn't mean that we (that is, the members) have stopped existing...

i know i haven't updated the web page in a REALLY long time, but the reasons are simple: i lost internet access for well over a year, and there hasn't been much to tell, anyway. but now i have DSL again, there's a little bit of news, and i've had to streamline the site to satisfy the new size quota on my web hosting account. *sigh*

in the summer of 2000, kristian came up from nashville for a weekend to record a few songs with neal and me on neal's fancy new computer recording rig. he sent me a CD of the whole session (mostly improvised jams, a new version of "Fictional Man", and a cover of INXS' "Devil Inside"), but i don't have server space for it, sorry.

a month later, neal moved to austin, and a week after that, my fiancee elysse moved to lexington from houston. in december of that year, she and i got married in houston, in a bit of a mini AoY reunion -- here are some pictures that chase took of the event....

kristian has been playing and recording with a group in nashville for the past several months. everyone involved is very talented and they sound quite good. once i get a hyperlink i'll post it.

neal lived in austin for over a year, and played with our old friend chase krumpelman and another former lexingtonian named tom baker; they were working on an album for a while. since then, neal got a new job in houston. he's talking about playing drums again, but is mostly excited about using his new computer recording equipment and software to completely remix and remaster our old recordings, Brad's Sleeping and Leave Bronx. it won't be easy, but it will be fun.

we haven't heard much from andy. we all got together for his birthday last november, and neal gave him a funny remix of "The One with No Name", mostly centering on the "metal up your ass!" addition that didn't make it onto the final studio mix. (long story.)

around new year's 2001/2002, we got an offer out of the blue to use AoY music in a movie soundtrack. we were hyped and ready to do it, but things didn't pan out because of time constraints (they needed it in one or two fewer days than we could get ready). c'est la vie.

what about me? elysse and i have been making some electronic music and playing guitar around the house, but nothing professional. currently i'm obsessed with software on a rather engaging project at work (i could tell you but then i'd have to kill you). don't worry, i'll be recording again soon enough.

that's it for now. no we're not dead, just not publicly active. stay tuned.

The bitter end

All good things come to an end, and so it is with As of Yet.

In the summer of '98, after the slump following the release party that wasn't, most of the members of AoY wound up out of school and working. Kristian moved to northern kentucky, and neal, andy and i moved across town to another house. Bereft of a practice space and having one quarter of the band living an hour away, and with Real Life getting in the way, our time dwindled. And finally in the summer of 1999, Kristian moved to Nashville for a job and Andy moved to Atlanta for a woman, leaving me and Neal with the ashes of our dreams and our steady jobs. Such is life.

However, while it's the end of an era, don't count on it being the end altogether. Yes, we still have the recorded music (and there are plenty of discs still available) and it still rocks; and i certainly do intend to have another band going in the not-to-distant future, whatever the lineup.

scott, 24 march 2000 (way after the fact)

The Latest Word on AoY Recordings

You may not be able to find Concealed by Shadows or Leave Bronx in stores anymore (but check the local section anyway), but you can still get copies directly from scott at asofyet dot org (address mangled to reduce spam).

you can still hear us on the local show on WRFL from time to time, as well. in fact, call up the DJ and request it often. ;-)

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