Martinez' Fingertight briefly enjoyed more mainstream success than most in the East Bay scene. They were briefly signed to Columbia records who released their debut full-length album, In the Name of Progress. Singer Scott Rose briefly joined Sleep in Fame, then went on to sing for This Is War. Drummer Kirk Shelton played with The Few and later Dead Drift.
Thanks to Shelton and guitarist Sergio Reynoso for hooking us up with many of these recordings. Shelton included a little history of some of the demos, quoted below.
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Miscellaneous demos and live stuff |
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Problems & Headaches demo "Problems and Headaches was a collection of songs recorded in Huntington Beach Ca. as a demo for what was hoped to be a second record on Columbia." |
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Serge demos "Various songs recorded in our rehearsal studio at different times by Sergio." |
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Seashine Sessions "Seashine Sessions were the demos we did in a beach house in Fort Bragg Ca. It was a month-long song writing session before going into the studio to record In The Name Of Progress." |
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Seashine Sessions bonus tracks "The Seashine BONUS tracks are just that. they were part of that same recording/writing session in Fort Brag but these songs made it onto the album. I kind of still prefer the demos haha. Things Have Changed were from the same acoustic show we did to raise money for a music scholarship in honor of a very young club owner in Auburn CA who really helped us out and the driving force behind out 2nd home away from home for a while who passed all too suddenly and soon. We wrote this song and the Dan song for that show." |
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Industry demo (2002) We at SBP like these versions more than the ones that ended up on In the Name of Progress. |
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2001 demo "2 songs we recorded at Studio 880 after Meantime Between Failures was finished. We shopped these along with Meantime to hope to get a record deal. This demo led to the Johnny K demo with Speak In Tongues, Guilt and Bellevue which eventually got us the Columbia deal." |
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Live at the Whiskey |
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Meantime Between Failures |
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Blank State "Blank Stare was our second demo. It was the first one we did with Scott. His cousin had a home studio and let us come and record some songs. The music has a lot of the same style and feel as the earlier stuff but a little more focused. Not much as it's still pretty chaotic song structures but that's what I loved about those days. No rules. No one telling us how to do it. A lot of the bands at that time were all in shared rehearsal spaces and knew each other and I'm sure had some influence on the music but we were pretty isolated from other bands and the scene for a long time which just made us be a crazy incubator for music. Influences from Korn, Tool and early Incubus and others from that time are still really present but I think we put our own spin on it." |
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Suburban Hardcore Contemporary "Suburban Hardcore Contemporary was Fingertight's first full length demo. Recorded around 1998 in El Sobrante Ca. It features a very raw, early Fingertight sound with original singer Shayne. I liked a lot of the ideas here but the rap/rock thing was on it's way out. When we experimented with music that needed melodic vocals, Shayne's style no longer fit. We later found Scott." |
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