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Artist: Spys4Darwin
Release: Microfish Mini LP
Genre: Alternative Rock/Grunge
Country: USA (Seattle/Detroit)
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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SPYS4DARWIN - Microfish EP (2001) USA
Pied Viper Records





Vinnie Dombroski - Vocals (SPONGE, WARP DRIVE, LOUDHOUSE, THE CRYPTONS, THE ORBITSONS, DIAMONDBUCK, THE SONS OF PERDITION, SHARECROPPERS OF SOUL, MAYPOPS, PLAIN VU, CRUD, THE LUCID)
Chris DeGarmo - Guitar (QUEENSRYCHE, JOKER, THE RUE, JERRY CANTRELL)
Mike Inez - Bass (ALICE IN CHAINS, OZZY OSBOURNE, HEART, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, SKIN ON SKIN, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, NANCY WILSON)
Sean Kinney - Drums (ALICE IN CHAINS, JERRY CANTRELL, THE CROSS CATS)



SPYS4DARWIN were an American 'supergroup' formed in Seattle, Washington in 2001. The short-lived project featured members from Seattle-based groups QUEENSRYCHE and ALICE IN CHAINS as well as the frontman of the Detroit, Michigan-based band SPONGE.
Spys4Darwin began with guitarist Chris DeGarmo and drummer Sean Kinney, two friends who had both recently performed with Jerry Cantrell during his solo tour. They were soon joined by bassist Mike Inez and vocalist Vin Dombroski, and began jamming at Binge Studios, an abandoned paint factory in Seattle.
The project marked DeGarmo's first creative work since departing from his long-held position in Queensrÿche in 1998.
DeGarmo claimed that the band's name came from a curious man named Darwin that stayed in a lean-to near their studio.
He volunteered to act as security while they performed despite not being able to access the studio himself. One day, Darwin told DeGarmo and Kinney that he was to embark on a trip and asked that they look after his belongings. DeGarmo looked to Kinney and said "So I guess we're spies for Darwin."
Spys4Darwin produced only a single release, a six-track EP entitled "Microfish", which consisted of one week's worth of recorded sessions.
While all band members contributed to the songs, much of the compositions were developed by DeGarmo and Kinney communicating back and forth while the lyrics were handled by Dombroski. "Dashboard Jesus (Follow)" was the first single that was released from the EP.
In an interview, DeGarmo cited hopes to release a full-length album of about a dozen tracks in early 2002. The band was also reportedly working on the album as late as February 12 that year. However no further recordings were ultimately released.
'Microfish' consists of recordings from Binge Studios which were then refined at Chris DeGarmo and Sean Kinney's houses before being mixed by Adam Kasper at Studio X.
Spys4Darwin released the EP on their own record label, Pied Viper Records. Originally only available through the band's official website, 'Microfish' was promoted through the band itself, a modest grassroots approach.
According to DeGarmo, regarding the band's approach to 'Microfish': "It was really just us getting together, us recording, us taking it into mix with friends, and releasing it directly to those people that are interested in it, with very little fanfare.
This was about us trying to make the recording a nice package that was more about bein' proud of somethin' that we put out as opposed to whether or not it competes with CREED."
The group recruited VOID guitarist Bubba Dupree and performed their one & only gig at KNDD's Endfest 10 on August 4, 2001. The performance was documented on 8mm black & white film by former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic for possible streaming on the band's official website.
Critic Malcolm Dome of Classic Rock magazine gave the EP a positive review, calling it "pretty seamless and thoroughly entertaining".
"Don't expect a sound that's a hybrid of their alma matas; Spys4Darwin have their own ideas. A familiar blend that encompasses contemporary American Rock then takes a left-field twist to pick up traces of bands like FAITH NO MORE and PEARL JAM.
Infused with sensible melodies and clear-cut arrangements, it's classic rock for a modern audience.
The best track of the six on this mini album is undoubtedly 'Dashboard Jesus (Follow)', a masterpiece with dense atmospherics, a spiky attitude and a nice sense of the epic, although the rest of the material hardly slouches in comparison.
Which all goes to suggest that 'Spys4Darwin' isn't just a collection of stars idling away their time, but a bona fide band with a future."
In 2002, the members of Spys4Darwin had begun to move on to different projects.
April 2002, saw the death of Alice In Chains' singer Layne Staley, longtime bandmate to both Kinney and Inez. This put Alice in Chains into official hiatus, with Inez joining HEART and also rejoining BLACK LABEL SOCIETY.
DeGarmo contributed slide guitar to the Jerry Cantrell single, "Anger Rising", before temporarily rejoining Queensrÿche to write material for their album 'Tribe' in 2003.
Vin Dombroski returned to his main band & released a new SPONGE album, 'For All The Drugs In The World', in 2003.
In the years since, ALICE IN CHAINS have reformed, releasing 3 studio albums, the latest of which, 'Rainier Fog', features Chris DeGarmo on acoustic guitar on the song 'Drone'.
Since 2009, Chris has been making music with his daughter Rylie DeGarmo under the name THE RUE, releasing a six song self-titled Mini LP in 2015 & 3 singles since.
Dombroski remains active with Sponge, and is also the lead vocalist and co-founder of THE LUCID alongside ex-MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, guitarist Drew Fortier (formerly of BANG TANGO & CHUCK MOSLEY), and drummer Mike Heller (FEAR FACTORY & RAVEN).

art & txt included
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1. Submission in Love
2. Insomnia Station
3. Dashboard Jesus (Follow)
4. Chain Letter
5. Flood (Skill Of The Kill)
6. Cold Dead Hands

[prong03]

Tnx. Very cool project. I would like lossless plzzz

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