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IF ONLY I COULD’VE BORE WITNESS TO ONLY LIVING WITNESS

 Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 2:30pm by

Whilst going through a massive pile of CDs on my desk earlier this week I came across a copy of Only Living Witness’ Prone Mortal Form. I wasn’t cool enough to have known about Prone Mortal Form when it came out in ’93, and in fact I only discovered it when Shadows Fall covered “December” on their Fallout From the War b-sides record a few years back (see? those things work). But I’m so glad I didp; since rediscovering this CD earlier this week I’ve been jamming it non-stop… so good.

Here’s Only Living Witness performing the record’s title track back in the day in what looks like a sweaty basement or VFW hall. Wish I could’ve seen this band live in their heyday… the audience looks pumped.

-VN



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  • http://www.thepathlesstraveledrecords.com Sean

    Check out Innocents too. Great stuff.

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/62449cbe5ea8d22bcc2e76890fceaa37.png Lord Bling

      Totally. I still listen to Innocents on a regular basis. Brilliant band that I wish were still together. I guess the vocalist started a band afterwards called ‘Hank Crane’ (?) but I never heard it.

      • Boston Dude

        Hank Crane was started by the drummer.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rev-Dave-Ciancio/502857812 Rev. Dave Ciancio

    amazing bands, amazing song, welcome to the party

  • brian roach

    Yep, they ruled, both albums they released are amazing, they were incredible live, lucky enough to see them a few times, and in a more just world they’d have been HUGE!

  • jason

    They’re like Life of Agony…if Life of Agony was good.

  • Grant

    Decibel inducted PMF into their Hall of Fame. Excellent write-up.

  • blah

    they did a series of one time only reunion shows 2 summers ago. first show back was amazing. innocents is better than prone mortal form.

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=only+living+witness+reunion

  • pariah

    got into this band like many others the last few years….because of “grim heart/black rose”.

  • Phil

    I got to see the reunion show last summer, it is shame more people were not able to see this increadible band live.

  • Colin

    i was just jammin to this album. innocents is slightly better but their best song by far is December.

  • http://www.noisecreep.com Jay

    I saw them back in 1992 (I think) when I was in high school, in Clinton MA. They played with Cast Iron Hike. My first hardcore show. I had no idea what was going on.

  • Jared

    Saw them so many times in the 90s throughout New England and went to one of the reunion shows last year. OLW was one of the most underrated metal/hardcore bands of the 90s. Century Media totally screwed them. Prone Mortal Form is a desert island classic for me.

  • DaylightReckoning

    PMF is an excellent album, as is Innocents. I discovered OLW in ’03 thanks to a Century Media sampler I came across. December was such an awesome track that I had to hunt them down, could only order the albums online.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mickel-Daelmans/500500742 Mickel Daelmans

    I had a great talk with Jonah and Craig after their ‘Last Show Ever’;
    http://www.metalrage.com/interviews/922/only_living_witness_-_their_last_show_ever.html

  • http://www.asimplecomplex.com sadchild

    i was at their first reunion show in 2008. it was incredibly awesome.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBOBodeozfo

  • Boston Dude

    OLW is one of my all time favorite bands. So awesome…was in 1993 and the reunion shows last year were mind blowing.

  • Boston Dude

    Jonah is now in a band called Raw Radar War:

    http://www.myspace.com/septicyouthcommand

    His band before that was Milligram which you can download for free here:
    http://traktor7.com/mp3s.htm#milligram

  • Primateforever

    If Acid Bath ever did a reunion tour, I’d want these guys on the bill.