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[Complete history of Repliforce]Reinventing the Common Lullaby (2004)
During early 2004, Locke's brother purchased a small digital 8-track recorder and asked him if he wanted to have a
recording session. At this point, Repliforce was not a serious cover band, nor ever thought of becoming serious. Locke gave the band a heads
up on the idea, and the members were excited over that thought.
The set date was around March of 2004, but something happened that didn't come around so often. Jay, a studio engineer, was figuring out how to use a certain feature on the 8-track and accidentally blew it up. In return, he offered studio time to Repliforce in April.
The band decided to take up the chance, even though most of the members came unprepared. It has been the first time in the studio for everyone except Locke. What conflicted with the recording the most was the fact that Locke and Chris were completely sick because of the night before. Their side band performed a show in a backyard with just about nothing except palettes and dirt on the ground. The audience acted wildly during the set, causing the dust to nicely settle down the band members' lungs.
All of the guitars were rough, the drumming was completely off, and the band recorded the material in 7-8 hours total under charged time. Some of the songs were posted online and people loved them, and others criticized harshly and hated them. Though the band views this EP as a total failure, Repliforce still thought positively and decided to head on with their next project.
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Intense Gameplay Action (2004)
During the summer of 2004, Repliforce's released their first debut album. This was best considered as a near-failure project lead by front man Locke.
The album, unlike the previous EP, was well prepared for. Originally, the album listing had twenty-one tracks,
but it was cut in half due to a chain of unfortunate events. Tracks were lost in the studio,
Kyle did not learn his parts, and Alan was not ready for the recording since he just joined the band.
Though Alan never had experience recording in a studio before, he accomplished his job well.
For the songs he did not perform, Locke covered for him and learned the songs over night.
As for Kyle, he was kicked out of the band due to the drumming and lack of dedication towards the project.
Because of this, Locke had to learn how to program a drum machine (sampling his own cymbals and drums). This
method took over twenty hours to learn, perfect, and master.
The album was finished, nonetheless. Though half of the songs were lost due to Jay's computer, Repliforce was disappointed with what became of the remainder of the album.
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Nothing Can Stop Us (2006)
Nothing Can Stop Us was an album that changed the entire sound of Repliforce. The album was torn apart and almost lost, but unlike the last two, Nothing Can Stop Us was restored and the recordings were finished to near perfection.
Jay Anderson, recording engineer for Repliforce, was without his studio due to personal problems. Because of this, Locke decided to help gather what was needed to record the session by locating the fastest available computer. Locke also helped pay for the digital mixer board that Jay needed for the recording sessions. Once this was all set up, it seemed that the band was ready to record.
Matt Dols, the new drummer of Repliforce, was called upon this project by recommendation of Locke. One day, Locke met up with Matt and asked if he could drum for the recording session as a favor. Matt accepted, learning the songs roughly in less than two weeks. Though he lacked the time to perfect the drumbeats and only practiced with the band twice, he was still able to render the songs magnificently.
Unfortunately, when Matt ran the session, the computer used to track the recording would not perform as well as we expected. Each song took four to five takes because of unknown reasons. Also, the computer would freeze up and not work as well as Jay anticipated. Though Matt performed excellent takes on these songs, some of those takes were not recorded due to these problems.
Locke encountered the same problem and called a few friends to search for a better computer. This was for the benefit of the other band members the next day. Having almost canceled the entire project, Chris was able to donate his computer for the rest of the session. Chris' session went smoothly than the previous two, making the day go by faster. Locke then laid down some Keyboard tracks, and the band was appointed for another visit the following weekend.
Once again, unfortunate times came upon the band. Locke was not able to get a hold of Jay, and Alan was let go from the band for personal reasons. The other members were dissatisfied with his performance, and Alan only joined the band as "a favor" for his friend Locke. Though Locke could easily cover the parts done by Alan, there was no way to schedule overdubs for the future without proper recording equipment.
Though finding a new keyboardist was easy, Repliforce lost their greatest and newest member Matt Dols. Matt decided to join the army to pursue his future career. He will be with the Army until 2011. Shortly afterwards, Locke had planned well to finish the rest of the tracks by purchasing a descent 8-track recorder and some microphones. As unfortunate events keep on piling, Locke was kicked out of his house due to extreme personal problems.
The entire album was put on hiatus and it was up to Locke to finish the rest of the album. He concentrated on the rest of his school semester (also trying stay alive, of course), and decided to hold off the album until he had time. After finishing the school semester, Locke finally re-recorded his guitar tracks, and finished the keyboard overdubbing. Nothing Can Stop Us was finally complete.
Locke, Matt, and Chris have proved that Nothing Can Stop Us reached their progressive movement. This album shows little or almost no disappointment from all members. The album is dedicated to the fans that have stuck to Repliforce, and to those who will continue to listen to them.
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Studio Demo (2007)
With Repliforce being on a long break, it seemed impossible to find newer members. Locke's classmate, Matt Busch, was in need of a group of musicians to record for his project at Mesa Community College. Locke performed Motoi Sakuraba's Confidence in the Domination by himself, and was assisted for the other two songs. Chris performed bass on a demo version of Hunter's Battle while Dean performed vocals on Repliforce's version of Nobuo Uematsu's Otherworld.
The only song available for download is Confidence in the Valkyrie, which was recorded by Matt Busch, but mixed by Locke.
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Reinventing the Common Lullaby (2007-2008)
With nearly no members left, Locke rewrites the sheet music to the album that started the band's journey. Ironically, it is the last album arranged and performed by Repliforce.
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R.I.P. Repliforce.