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Alameda CA, United States

Love Songs is a punk band from Alameda, CA ex-members of Your Mother.

http://www.thelovesongs.com

1999
In a rented room somewhere down the street from Jason Newstead Craig sets up his 4–track and records what becomes the Love Songs cassette. Bradley drums on a few of the songs then promptly moves out of state to southern California.

2000
The tape floats around and at one point finds its way into the offices of grindcore record label Impatience Or Indifference who decides “dude, this must be on CD. ” When the incredulous laughter dies down New Disorder Records seconds the motion and against any instinct of good judgment the cassette is magically and digitally turned into what is now refer to as the Vol. I CD.

2001
Bradley moves back to the Bay Area and for lack of something better to do engages Craig in some “jamming.” Since “jamming” is no fun without a bass player to make fun of they call Seth, a kid from Castro Valley who had been coming to shows of their previous band since he was 12. For years they had inadvertently been grooming him for the part (which eventually led to Seth grooming his own parts, but that is another story). Seth turned out to be the perfect bass player – he did what he was told and took abuse with no obvious recourse. Seth would later prove invaluable for his other expertise in such fields as electronics (fixing amps), contracting work (building our studio), and most importantly, van repair. Even later still, when Seth had to be replaced, it was discovered that he was an exceptionally good bass player as proven by the myriad of not–good–enoughs who tried to fill his shoes. Who knew?
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