BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Insanity\, Passive Aggressive\, Fog Of War\, Dimensions O f Gore in San Francisco at 1600 Seventeenth Street - Eventful BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081214T203000 DTSTAMP:20081211T220602Z SUMMARY:Insanity\, Passive Aggressive\, Fog Of War\, Dimensions Of Gor e DESCRIPTION:Shaxul Records and Whore for Satan present\nSunday Dec. 14 \, 2008\n\nInsanity http://www.myspace.com/insanity\nPassive Aggressiv e http://www.myspace.com/passiveaggressivesf\nFog of War http://www. myspace.com/fogofwarbenicia\nDimension of Gore http://www.myspace.com /dimensionofgore666\n\n$8\nAll ages\nDoors at 8:30\n\nThee Parkside\n1 600 17th Street\nSan Francisco\nCalifornia\n94107\nbuy tickets at\nhtt p://www.theeparkside.com/calendar.html\n\nINSANITY\n\nI N S A N I T Y was formed in 1985 in the San Francisco Bay Area and \nunleashed some of the most intensely brutal death metal of that time.\n\nInsanity dru mmer\, Bud Mills\, was one of the first drummers to use an \nearly bla st beat that enabled the band to play faster than the thrash \nbeat mo st commonly used at the time would allow. The \nvocalist/guitarist Joe DeZuniga naturally roared out some of the most \npowerful and brutal death metal vocals to be heard since. He was also \none of the main so ngwriter's and the artist that created the logo \nwith the decapitated heads. The other guitarist/songwriter Dave \nGorsuch seemed to push t he style of guitar riffs to a more technical \nedge while mixing in st omping heavy parts with catchy tempo changes. \nWith Joe's style progr essing in that direction as well\, it proved to \nbe a great partnersh ip and the two would go on to collaborate on most \nof the early mater ial. The last element to send the music over the \nedge was a ripping bass player and Keith Ellison played like a death \nmetal version of S teve Harris.\n\nThe first show was played on Oct. 19th 1985 with Death and Sacrilege \nand the band maintained a frenzied pit the whole set\ , which was \nadmittedly short because the band only had five songs at the time. \nINSANITY then went on to play with many of the other grea t bands that \nplayed Ruthies Inn including the likes of Possessed.\n\ nMeanwhile a live rehearsal tape that was recorded with a stereo \nmic rophone was being circulated and an underground following was \ngrowin g in countries around the world. About 1986 the underground \nscene wa s really growing and a number of fanzines were coming out \nwith Insan ity always getting one of the best reviews and urging \nreaders to sen d for the ..85 Rehearsal Demo as the first recording \ncame to be know n. After that everything seemed to be on the right \ntrack.\n\nBut thi s did not last long\, after having problems with equipment and \nfindi ng a rehearsal studio\, Bud had to serve about 10 month's of jail \nti me. During this time the only productive thing the band could do \nwas to write new material. So while we were preparing to record in a \nst udio upon Bud's release so we could finally get signed\, Joe became \n ill with a heart disease. The band recorded one last rehearsal tape \n with Joe after a temporary release from the hospital but it was \nevid ent that some of his vocal power was gone due to the illness. \nSevera l months later after a long up and down battle Joe DeZuniga \ndied on May 16th 1987.\n\nAfter a long break the rest of us tried to keep the band going\, but \nwe couldn't find a singer with Joe's vocal strength and more problems \nwe're yet to come including a number of line up c hanges for a number \nof different reason's that kept the band from do ing anything \nsignificant for a while. Driven by the never-say-die at titude of the \nband and the support of the most devoted fans\, the ba nd was reformed \nin 1989. After a few years of struggling with a coup le of line-up \nchanges\, Insanity signed a one-year deal with a Germa n independent \nrecord label and released the debut Death After Death. Unfortunately \nthe band was not complete when labels such as Nuclear Blast offered \nto sign the band. Although there wasn't that much dif ference between \nNuclear Blast and M.B.R. at that time. It would have signicantly \nchanged the band's career if things happened differentl y.\n\nInsanity played live numerous times in 1993-94 with the most not able \nshow being at the Omni with the reformed Possessed (Mike Torrao has \nbeen a good friend of Insanity since 1985) & Machine Head. Afte r the \ndrummer Prakash Sharma's back problems became a problem as wel l as \nthe local scene sucking the band took a break in late '94.\n\nI n 1997\, the band reformed and Insanity began working on new material \nresulting in a 3 song CD Sacrefixion. Unfortunately differences in \ nexpectations strained relations between band members and this line up \nbroke up in late 2001.\n\nAfter setting up a professional recording system powerful enough of \nto finish the long awaited 2nd album\, In 2004 Dave was contacted by \nMatt Harvey from Exhumed about releasing a compilation of old school \nInsanity recordings done from 1985 to 1 994 on his new label Parasitic \nTwin Productions. Since distribution was being set up with Relapse \nalong with the Exhumed CD of covers\, the decision was made to delay \nthe release of the 2nd full length to work on the compilation CD for \nParasitic Twin. This was released in November of 2005 with the title \n"From The Grave". It features 3 rem astered songs off the '85 demo\, \nthe Death After Death release\, and new mixes of updated songs \noriginally tracked on the bands 8-track in 1993-94.\n\n From August 25th-28th 2005 Insanity completed a mini-t our of \nCalifornia with Exhumed\, Abscess & Skarp re-sparking interes t in the \nband in the Bay Area and Southern California. After playing more \nlocal shows and regenerating a local following\, In 2007 the b and \nwelcomed original drummer Bud Mills back as Insanity played a ri pping \nset at the Los Angeles Murderfest where the band shared the ma in \nstage with the likes of Repulsion\, Atheist and Obituary.\n\nIn t he summer of 2007 as the band was preparing to record and \npreparing for shows in Northern and Southern California\, Bud was \ndiagnosed wi th blood clots. After more tests cancer was discovered \nand it turned out to be Esophageal cancer stage 4. After receiving a \nfew rounds o f chemotherapy and fighting a very tough battle for \nmonths\, we lost Bud on November 14th 2007. The pre-production tracks \nBud recorded a re being mixed and will be released in the near future \non the "Visio ns of Apocalypse" album. The band will also be putting \nout a DVD fea turing Bud's last show (the L.A. Murderfest @ the \nKnitting Factory i n Hollywood\, CA) among some bootleg live footage \nand a few videos i ncluding Fire Death Fate '85 featuring Joe DeZuniga.\n\nOn October 4th and 5th\, 2008 a new era for Insanity has begun as it \nwas the first two full band rehearsals with the new line up. Already \nwe are worki ng on a 11 song set for our first show back on December \n14th 2008. W e are also starting to work on booking shows in the Bay \nArea and up and down the West Coast for 2009 besides writing material \nfor a 3rd album. Although we will be shopping it to labels for \ndistribution\, a limited amount of the 2nd full length album Visions \nof Apocalypse with Bud Mills will be released soon and available at \nshows and our website http://www.blacklungproductions.com/insanity as \nwell as itun es\, amazon etc. LOCATION:1600 Seventeenth Street @ California, United States SEQUENCE:1229033162 UID:E0-001-017478527-8 URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-017478527-8 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR