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One True Thing

One True Thang !!!

About Me

Once upon a time, four people decide to make music...they decided to become friends...they decided to make better music. One True Thing has been around the block more times than they can count, but they just can't stop. Not yet. Started in 1990-something by guitarist Milan Millevoy and a 16 year old Melanie Wills on vocals, One True Thing has been through a number of line up changes. In 2001, just in time to go into the studio to record their first full-length, Ray Greene of hardcore heavyweight Fahrenheit 451 joined the band on drums. One True Thing had been through more than their share of heartache and disappointment, and now they had the chance to write it all down. Recorded in various studios during various days over the course of two months with producer Tom Soares (Erykah Badu, Sick of it All) the tender teen romantic comedy soundtrack entitled "Finally" was born.After recording "Finally," Melanie appeared on the From Autumn to Ashes records "Too Bad You're Beautiful" as a guest vocalist on "Short Stories With Tragic Endings" and as the main vocalist on "Autumn's Monologue" from "The Fiction We Live." Both appearances brought OTT a little bit of recognition, but they still couldn't seem to break through.In 2005, Mike Pilato, formerly of From Autumn to Ashes, filled in the void on bass for One True Thing and they started putting the finishing touches on a new batch of songs. This time they decided to do things the old fashioned way. They holed themselves up in a basement studio somewhere in NJ for four days and pounded out the songs. No producer, no label, no pressure...turns out to be the first recording they've ever been proud of. Go figure.Writing an undeniably catchy brand of rock, this band continues to be ridiculously honest with themselves and their fans. The lyrics read like a diary that we can all relate to"I swear I'll meet you in the next life, smiling deep and sharp as knives and I'll carve your heart into my lucky charm. I'm going down, I'm sinking low, into depths I've never known; this is what happens when I'm all alone " (Greasy Jungle); "I am the monster beneath your bed, I am the skeleton in every closet. All the things you hide, don't want no one to see...are the things that make up me" (Monster).You don't need to hear the whole storyit's far too long. You don't need to know who they've worked with, who's managed them, who influenced them, who produced every little major label-funded demo they ever did...you just need to hear the music. Thanks for listening.If you would like to buy a 3 song demo for only $3.00 in the U.S. please go to the paypal link . It includes the one song from this site -"Greasy jungle" and two new ones "Sound of my voice" and "disappointed"

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Member Since: 7/30/2004
Band Website: onetruething.net
Band Members:Milan - Guitar

Melanie - Vox

Ray - Drums
Sounds Like: The Greatest Sounds Your Ears Have Ever Graced!
Record Label: Play the Assassin
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Big change and looking for musicians.

Soooo it looks like O.T.T. might not be around anymore(unless we win the lotto so we can record and tour).Unfortunately we are at a point where we have been playing in this band for a long time and we...
Posted by One True Thing on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:52:00 PST

youtube

You can see some old video footage of us on youtube.I think it might be the same as the video footage on our cd but I can't remember.Here's the link to paste.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olWAKYAG8Y...
Posted by One True Thing on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:39:00 PST

Some news

Our website is going , going ,gone .We had some problems with it and decided we would just start a fresh new site.Unfortunatley we lost all contacts and our mailing list.We get so much more ...
Posted by One True Thing on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:17:00 PST

RADIOXPOSED show this Friday

We have a song getting some airtime this Friday and a replay on sunday night , both at 7pm to 8pm.It's a show for local bands called radioxposed hosted by J( whom we just met ...
Posted by One True Thing on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:53:00 PST

PLEASE VOTE FOR O.T.T. at Alternative Press magazine contest

We are a semi-finalist for a contest held by Alternative press magazine.Please make a vote for One true Thing at the address below .. thanks ... http://www.altpress.com/specials/almostfamous/...
Posted by One True Thing on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:54:00 PST

Arlene's Grocery

Thanks to everyone who showed up to the show. We had a great turn out and it was a surprise since it was labor day weekend(21+ show too).Hopefully we will have an all ages show in the near future...
Posted by One True Thing on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:34:00 PST

added another new song

Just put up another new song  called A Little More Salt  ... enjoy...
Posted by One True Thing on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:11:00 PST

Greasy Jungle

Thanks for checking out our new song.  Hopefully we'll have another one up here in a week or two.  Thanks for supporting us even though we don't do much--hopefully one of these days we'll ha...
Posted by One True Thing on Tue, 16 May 2006 02:22:00 PST

New Song posted

I have posted one of our new songs !!! It's called Greasy jungle but we don't know if it will be the def title ...Hopefully the band will let me put another one up soon ...I hope you like it....  ...
Posted by One True Thing on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:37:00 PST

finished recording

Well we finished recording at northshore recording studio.They have done an amazing job and we did 5 songs in four days-  whew!!! we kicked ass and it sounds great. We will post one of the s...
Posted by One True Thing on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:20:00 PST