Aftermath (Chicago)

"Shotgun" Live in Chicago, March. 5th 1987
Chicago based AFTERMATH, fronted by the Greek born Kyriakos "Charlie" Tsiolis, formed in October 1985 when Charlie and his schoolmate Steve Sacco (Guitar) got together. This early incarnation issued their first demo called "Sentenced To Death" in 1986 featuring 'Sentenced to Death', 'Revenge', 'Shotgun' and 'The Aftermath'.
Then followed their underground acclaimed second demo entitled ‘Killing The Future’ featuring the tracks ‘When Will You Die’, ‘Going No Place’, ‘Chaos’, ‘Meltdown’ and ‘War For Freedom’. The band pursued a technical minded brand of Thrash that soon set them apart from the pack.Adding "bassist" John Lovette, AFTERMATH soon switched him to second guitar recruiting Pat Delagarza on bass - John Lovette replaced Adam on Bass and then switched to guitar. Lovette was never a bass player, but he wanted to join the band and told he was a bass player. Then when the band was looking to add a second guitar player he said he really played guitar, so the band just switched him to guitar and then added Vega on bass - It's funny because Lovette wrote most of the material on Words that Echo Fear and on the record.
"War For Freedom" & "When Will You Die" were both featured on the British ‘Metal Forces’ magazine compilation LP ‘Demolition: Scream Your Brains Out’ in 1988. Among tracks from Leviathan (with Chris Barnes on Vocals), Hobbs' Angel Of Death, Anacrusis & Atrophy.

band photo from the "Scream Your Brains Out"compilation LPA further demo ‘Words That Echo Fear’ featuring bassist Chris Waldron was released prior to the band demoing for Roadracer Records. A live four track demo featuring the songs ‘Eyes of Tomorrow’, ‘Afraid Of Time’, ‘The Act Of Unspoken Wisdom’ and 'Reflecting Pictures’ was released. Negotiations broke down however and AFTERMATH signed to New York’s Big Chief Records. However, this label collapsed forcing AFTERMATH to issue the album under their own steam on the private Thermometer imprint.

promo photo for the "Words That Echo Fear" demoFirst album was finally released under the Title "Eyes Of Tomorrow" in 1994 on Thermometer Sound Surface / Zoid. Black Lotus re-issued it later in a remastered version.
1. Words That Echo Fear 06:10
2. Eyes Of Tomorrow 03:47
3. Being 04:26
4. Experience 08:22
5. Afraid Of Time 03:39
6. Reflecting Pictures 05:43
7. Change Of Mood 07:42
8. The Act Of Unspoken Wisdom 04:09
9. Whisper Of A Dream 06:14
10. Proud Reflex 05:09
11. Snuff 01:00
Total playing time 56:21
In January of 1997 the group, retaining a stable line up but augmenting their sound with the addition of DJ Delta 9 and female vocalist Roxanne, retitled themselves MOTHER GOD MOVIESTAR opting to pursue an alternative Rock direction.Quite famously as AFTERMATH the act lost a notable court case with high profile millionaire rapper DR. DRE over the ownership of the name. The Rapper reportedly made a concilitary offer of some $50,000 for rights to use the name but would go ahead and use it regardless. Fortunately for the band this period of turmoil had built bridges with Interscope Records. After the name change to MOTHER GOD MOVIESTAR they signed to Interscope for the eponymous Electro-Metal debut of March 1998
John Lovette & Charlie Tsiolis are still active together in the metal outfit Stripping the Pistol. To check them out, click on their logo in the friends list below...

Page maintained by Chris Aubert formerly of Ripping Headaches 'zine (rip).
Click on "Chris (Ripping Headaches)" in the friends list below if you want to get in touch.This page was made possible with the precious help of Charlie & Peter Tsiolis, Henri Myrkel and Christof & Eduardo from Metal-Archives.com.