JJ circa 1991

I was 15 years old in 1991. My friends and I were into straight edge hardcore music. Bands like Minor Threat, Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, etc. We decided to start a band of our own, called U.R.N. I'm not even sure the name had a meaning. Something about "urine" or maybe something like "you are in" or even just the word "urn". Honestly I'm not sure.

We did pretty well for a bunch of troublemaking underachievers. We wrote a few songs, recorded a demo, and played a handful of gigs. The place we played most often was the legendary Star Club (now gone forever) in Ybor City/Tampa. Green Day played on the same stage that summer. (Anal Cunt also played there around that time, and the Genitorturers, etc etc).

Anyway - my old pal Code Brown found a cassette of the URN demo and mailed it to me. I ripped the songs to mp3 and threw them on a MySpace page. You'll notice I'm credited on the demo as "Ulysses". That was sort of a nickname at the time. A rare few still call me that. Oh! - And you'll see "Chris W" credited as part of the URN choir. That's Chris Wollard from Hot Water Music. Yes I'm a name dropper - suck it!

The mp3's sound like balls. I need to try to get a better rip. But that's the best I could do for now.

Check it out on MySpace: URN