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Thoughts of Ionesco

The Scar is Our Watermark 1996-1999

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Member Since: 7/12/2004
Band Website: downpeninsula.com
Band Members: Members of Thoughts of Ionesco have gone on to play in: The Holy Fire , Paradise, The Alkaline Trio , and Leaving Rouge.
Influences: Black Flag, early Swans, Albert Ayler, Henry Miller, Saccharine Trust, Dazzling Killmen, Universal Order of Armageddon, the Stooges, Craw, thrash metal.
Sounds Like: "about as close as you can get to rage in a bottle" Eptitonic Reviews, 1999
Bands TOI played with: Coalesce, Converge, Brutal Truth, Damnation AD, His Hero is Gone, Kiss it Goodbye, Assuck, Anal Cunt, Bloodlet, Nile, Fireside, Acrid, Botch, Nineironspitfire, Isis, etc.
Record Label: Seventh Rule
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dan McMath's TOI story

Sometime around the release of the CD/DVD anthology, Dan McMath offered some memories. Here they are... (Dan has a radio show on 89.3FM in Dearborn, MI.)---------------------------------------------...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:54:00 PST

Alterntaive Press/Decibel/ALL MUSIC reviews

BUY "The Scar is Our Watermark" CD/DVD HERE.READ a bio that ALL MUSIC recently published on TOI:Here (below) is a review from Decibel Magazine:...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:55:00 PST

The Scar is our Watermark: Press Alcove

We'll update this with all the online reviews as they come in. Check upcoming issues of Punk Planet and Alternative Press for features. Read Rocknworld review HERE.Read Hanging Hex Review HERERead ...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:59:00 PST

TOI radio interview posted

WHFR in Deaborn did a TOI interview a few weeks ago. Listen HERE
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:47:00 PST

For Detroit, From Addiction

Thanks so much to all who came out to the movie screening. The cd/dvd is still not available for retail, but you can order it from Seventh Rule. Many inquiries about our old records. We have made s...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:09:00 PST

CD/DVD pre-order announced

Here are the details on the upcoming release of "The Scar is Our Watermark" anthology CD/DVD set. Pre-orders will be accepted on June, 6, 2006 (6.6.6) from Seventh Rule. This wil pre-date the retai...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:42:00 PST

Video posted

Check our video section, we posted a low-budget 1999 video.  This is not a part of the upcoming DVD.  The official release date for the CD/DVD anthology is 6.6.06.   ...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:34:00 PST

TRACKLIST/ANTHOLOGY INFO

TRACKLIST: FOR AN END REACH UPWARD, INWARD, AND UNDER WISHING THE WAR LEARNING AN ENEMY AND NONE WERE HUMAN BURY ME IN MY SILHOUETTE THEORY VERSUS CATATONIA WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME THE SCAR IS...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:48:00 PST

The TOI anthology CD (update)

The anthology CD has taken a few turns and will now be a cd/dvd package.  The dvd features an hour long documentary composed of live clips, absurd behind the scenes footage, and posthumous interv...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The TOI Story (reinstated)

These are stories and anecdotes from the time of Thoughts of Ionesco. They are one persons take, and there are three or four other people who have their own versions and delusions. The pretense her...
Posted by Thoughts of Ionesco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST