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25 Years Of Local H
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| | We're way into Slip by Quicksand, so we try sending our demo straight to their A&R guy at Polydor records. Some dude named Joe Bosso. Amazingly, this works. A plain envelope containing a cassette tape (no case) drops on Bosso's desk. He almost doesn't open it – but, of course, he does - and within a couple of weeks, he's in Chicago to see us play. We click instantly with him and Bosso decides to say fuck it and virtually signs us on the spot. He asks us to go back to Short Order Recorder and re-record some of the already demoed songs. Polydor is merging with Island, and while he assures us that this is a good thing, he still wants a better sounding demo to play for his new colleagues and garner support at the changing label. The merger with Island actually does turn out to be a good thing (the only time in our career that will ever turn out to be the case), and we're happy to take a second stab at these tunes – our last round of demos, while containing our best songs to date, seemed to be a step in the wrong sonic direction. Bosso picks his favorites: Cynic, User, Manipulator, and Feed (we also shove a new song, Believe You Me, into the session) - and this time, we get it right. The performances are better and we move away from a suffocating sound to something more explosive. We still have more to learn about the studio than we could possibly know - but, after four years, we finally feel ready to make a proper debut. |
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