‘The Four-Minute Mile’
I’ve been archiving old Hanslick Rebellion soundboard recordings all morning. Rediscovering what an excellent band we could be, particularly once Kearns became the drummer.
The local blogs occasionally post flashback articles or polls concerning Albany bands of the ’90s, and I’m always amused by which acts folks up here consider the best of the era. Sorry, but the Rebellion was the best. Anyone who claims otherwise obviously never saw us play and forfeits their right to comment.
I’d like to make all existing live tapes available somehow. I do think they need to be mastered first. The sound quality is surprisingly good in general, but someone who knows what he’s doing can probably make them louder and less murky.
There is always the rebellion is here. But we were a very reactive band; every performance was unique and most are worth hearing.
I did find an extra-rare artifact while going through these old tapes… something I didn’t even realize still existed: the one and only studio recording by the original Rebellion lineup. We started tracking “The Four-Minute Mile” at Scarlet East in early 1996, but it wasn’t coming out to our satisfaction so we aborted. Being broke musicians, we eventually decided to repurpose the tape for another project, recording over “Four-Minute Mile”. I thought that was that, but this rough mix survived!
Sounds to me like vocals were still scratch and the guitar solo was not a priority for this rough mix; I consider this more a curiosity than anything else, and would still refer you to the rebellion is here version for the real stuff.