FORMICIDE

Formicide officially began with Kevin Stevenson and Roy Costa during the spring of 1987. After writing several songs together, they found a drummer, and then met Steve Reppucci - whom they knew about from being the bass player in a popular local band - and began rehearsing with him for the next few months. In July, Eric Stevenson replaced their drummer, and they began rehearsing several songs, four of which were recorded for Demo I in September. They began playing around the Boston area, sold hundreds of tapes, and received many positive reviews in fanzines all over the world. They entered the studio again in May 1988 and recorded Demo II. The band remained busy opening for friends Wargasm and Meliah Rage, as well as national acts such as Testament and Armored Saint. After selling hundreds of the second demo, and writing for a third, tensions began to surface. The band quickly recorded a very raw third demo in February 1989, but Kevin left the band shortly afterwards, and was replaced by Craig Silverman, who re-recorded the guitar tracks (his playing is featured here on "Prey to Pieces"). The band continued forward, playing several shows, but things weren't the same anymore, and they split-up in June 1989. Eric, Roy, and Kevin got back together that September and formed the first line-up of Only Living Witness with Jonah Jenkins........ I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4