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BIOGRAPHY
Members of The Fiction Department had been playing together in some form since the beginning of the decade, when bass player Terry Morris and drummer Philip Abrams began jamming with friends in the Abrams' family basement. It was during this time that the two came up with the name jaundis for the band. In 2001, Brendan Sullivan assumed the role of lead singer, lending voice to musical thought, and two years later, Chris Chamberlain completed the group's sound on guitar.
In the Fall of 2003 the band first entered the studio after having been in their current form for just two months. They recorded four tracks at Clay Creek Studios in Newark and aptly named their first sonic venture "Birth".
Over the next two years the band became a staple at Newark's now defunct Ground Floor nightclub, and performed a multitude of shows across Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The band continued writing and rehearsing with the goal of creating their next release.
In November of 2005, the band entered Milkboy Recording Studio, located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enrolling the help of engineer Michael Nuceder (Sebastian Bach) and the mastering skills of Tommy Joyner (Octane), the band recorded and produced four tracks in a period of three days. A Small Part, Porcelain, Charge and New Moral came together to form the band's first recorded materials in two years.
It was during their latest studio session that the band began considering a name change. After three years of performing together, Jaundis made their final appearance under that title on February 17th 2006 in Wilmington, Delaware. The show featured the band's long time friends in Bombs Away and Radiowhore and marked the adoption of a new name: The Fiction Department.
The band has been playing under that title ever since and are currently in the process of booking shows to promote their new release. Recently we have made the decision to depart with the current bass player, Terry Morris, for personal reasons. As of now, the band is searching for a new bass player, and to complete the ultimate goal of being happy.
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