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After The Mourning

by Blacklist Union

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After The Mourning 03:50
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2.
Another World 03:09
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3.
Please Kill Me 03:38
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4.
Beauty In Disguise 04:17
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5.
I Tried 04:04
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6.
Everything You Need 04:17
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7.
Dying To Live 04:37
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8.
8 Out Of Touch 04:25
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9.
Back To Zero 04:02
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10.
Waitin` On You 03:51
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After The Mourning is the first record I’ve ever done. I’m very proud of this record. It is about mourning death. This record was dedicated to Bianca Halstead from Betty Blowtorch, who was my girlfriend at one time. We wrote this record by recording a song a day, for 10 days. I wrote this with a guy named Mark Fain, who used to be in a band called Chlorine out of Houston, Texas. We had Mark on guitar, and Antonio Bucciarelli on bass, who is back in Italy. Moon Hill was on drums. He fuckin’ did the drum tracks on the record with no music. Just from memory. I’ve only seen that happen one time, and it was that guy. I was blown away.

Chris Johnson produced, engineered, and mixed this record. He gave me a chance when no one else wanted to, and always fucking gets the best out of me. I’ve done four records with him. He’s a good friend, and a trusted friend.

1. The song After The Mourning is definitely about Bianca. Finally picking up the pieces. It took four years of hell. I immersed myself in drugs and alcohol when it was happening, and all of it was prolonging the agony.
2. Another World is basically about the place I live in most of the time. I feel like I’m on the wrong planet.
3. Please Kill Me is self-loathing to the max.
4. Beauty in Disguise is about beautiful people who are ugly inside.
5. I Tried is the song that Mark Fain wrote lyrically and musically. It’s the only song Blacklist Union has where I didn’t write the lyrics. I love the groove on this song.
6. Everything You Need is about having everything you need inside and looking within instead of out.
7. Dying To Live is the moment I had peace with Bianca’s death. We recorded it on the four-year anniversary of her death. I had it set up where I went to her grave and did this prayer, and then I went right into the studio. Our producer Chris, and Antonio our bass player, were both there. I sang this song one time, and then I looked at them and their jaws were hanging open. I was like, did that totally suck ass? They were like, no dude, you nailed it all the way through. That was the first time I’ve ever nailed a song through, from beginning to end, without having to rework it a little bit. I have done that since, but that was the first time. When I listened to the playback, I cried. That was the moment I had peace with her death. I swear to God. It was so heavy. At the end of the song I dedicate it to Bianca.
8. Out Of Touch is about this chick I dated for a short time, Inger Lorre, the singer for The Nymphs. She’s infamous for pissing on her A & R guy’s desk, and stabbing her boyfriend Rodney Eastman, who was in Nightmare On Elm Street and a bunch of stuff.
9. Back To Zero… I’ve been in and out of AA many many times over the years. Back to zero man, when you have all this time sober and then suddenly you’re smoking weed and you have zero days.
10. Waitin’ On You. I wrote this song on guitar. I barely play guitar, but I wrote the riff and it’s just about you know, waiting. The waiting is the hardest part, like Tom Petty said.

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released January 1, 2006

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