In the summer of 1998 two grocery store cashiers got together to talk about late night talk show host Conan O’Brien. They went on to change the world forever. Their names were Bryan and Brian. They met one day when Brian began bagging groceries for Bryan. They got to talking about music and soon decided to put a group together. They faced a major challenge in musical styles. Brian was a fan of Rockabilly, an early rock sound born in Memphis in the mid-1950s, and Bryan was a fan of the rock music that was on the radio at that time. They decided it didn’t matter and started to forge a raw sound which mixed old with new. They covered everyone from Elvis Presley to Buddy Holly, to Nirvana and Blink 182. They also began to pen their own songs, mostly consisting of love gone wrong/ teenage angst songs.
At this time they felt they needed a bass player and asked fellow cashier Mark Fiore to fill out their sound. Mark was loud, offensive, and he fit right in. They decided it was time to choose a name. Bryan looked at an antique soap box one day and briefly the band was named Octagon Soap Powder. This was until the band decided on Use By Sunday, which was taken from the day stickers used on the meats and vegetables at there supermarket. Everything was coming together. There was one last ingredient needed in the mix.
Laura Corcoran was Brian’s friend at Open High School, and she was a great drummer. She hadn’t played in a band before, and was ready for the chance. Laura Corcoran was now the drummer in Use By Sunday. The band was complete. Mark Fiore on Bass, Brian McTamaney and Bryan Schools on guitar and vocals, and Laura Corcoran on drums.
Use By Sunday decided that they were ready to start playing shows, and they wanted an album to sell. They spent the better parts of six hours setting up their instruments and amplifiers and in less than an hour recorded their only full length album on a Sony boom box. Named after Bryan’s porn star name, Scooby Robinson was a raw harsh record consisting of both covers and originals and had album art made by mutual friend Conor O’Keefe. They were now ready to start playing shows.
Their first big show came when they were offered a gig at St. Edwards playing their school dance. They then went to work on their second album. This time around it was a three song EP recorded in a professional studio owed by Brian’s father Dr. James McTamaney. The album was called Super Golden.
Things came to an end when Bryan started going out with Chelsea K. Everything was ok for a few months until he started bringing her to practice. This caused a lot of trouble between Bryan and the group mostly between Bryan and Brian. They were constantly arguing. Chelsea was viewed as Use By Sunday's "Yoko Ono". A screaming fight occurred between Brian and Bryan that nearly brought the band to its knees. Luckily they had a show lined up or they would have broken up then and there. The show ended up being their biggest one. They played a Unitarian Church lock-in. Also at this show they had acquired a new lead singer Tavi Richman. This didn't last long at all when it was revealed to Bryan that Tavi was making moves on Chelsea. They kicked him out of the band and that was it. They played one last "show" on the back of Brian's porch for a small group of people but the magic was gone. They were tired and bored, and had to let it go.
*UPDATE: Due to the success of their myspace page, made 8 years after they broke up, Use By Sunday has decided it is time for a reunion. On October 25th, 2007 they played their first show in eight years at Alley Katz... There will be some shows coming up in the near future, so everyone stay tuned!!!
Remember if you ever get tired of the mainstream and want to hear raw punk rock look no further then Use By Sunday, the most underground punk band of all time.
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