...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

   

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is a band that formed in 1994 by Jason Reece and Conrad Keely. Reece and Keely had been friends since a young age, meeting originally in Hawaii. In pursuit of a better punk-rock scene the two migrated to Olympia, Washington, still a hot indie-rock city riding the post-grunge wave. Reece fronted the band Mukilteo Fairies while living here. Dissatisfied with the northwest, the two ventured south to Austin, Texas and started playing as a duo under the moniker 'You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead' with Jason and Conrad trading off duties on vocals/guitar/drums. Soon, they picked up guitarist Kevin Allen and bassist Neil Busch and changed their name to '...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead' (adding the conjunction and then the ellipses for effect).

By 1998 they had issued their first release (a live cassette on local Golden Hour Records), a self-titled full-length on Trance Syndicate, and a fast-growing reputation for an incendiary, destructive live show.

...Trail of Dead moved on to Merge after the closing of Trance's doors, issuing Madonna in the fall of 1999.

Following the critical success of Madonna and their growing notoriety for destruction, the band was picked up by major-label Interscope Records after Jimmy Iovine, president of Interscope, read about them in a magazine. They quickly released the Relative Ways EP in 2001, building anticipation for their upcoming full-length release the following year.

In early 2002, ...Trail of Dead released Source Tags & Codes to immediate critical acclaim, and made numerous critics' year-end top 10 lists.

A follow-up EP to Source Tags was released in April of 2003, titled The Secret of Elena's Tomb. The EP took some by surprise for some of its more adventurous and experimental songs, namely the electronic track "Intelligence" which was pulled from Reece's side-project A Roman Scandal.

...Trail of Dead will release a new album Worlds Apart on January 25, 2005 on their new label Interscope Records. The release has however been postponed several times and was originally to be released in October 2004. And it was, in a certain way, as it leaked in September. One interested in downloading the new album might easily find it on P2P programs like Soulseek. Rumour has it that the band themselves are responsible or at least approving of the leak due to frustration over the postponed release.

Taping, recording and trading

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead has the following taping and trading policy: The band appreciates taping as long as they get a copy of the show. Board access is no problem as long as they are consulted before hand. Policy may be venue dependent though.

On July 19, 2004 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead gave their OK for inclusion in the Internet Archive.

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