So back in high school I was in a band called Modern Conflict. We played a bunch of originals and some covers by Rush, Tool, Black Sabbath, etc… There was also another band at our school called Vice. Our bands played together in the Bogart’s High School Band Challenge our junior and senior years, with Modern Conflict making it to the second to last round while Vice kicked our asses and came in 4th overall.

Vice has since become Swim, then July for Kings (recording a major label record for MCA records), and now they perform and record under the name “Joe Hedges”. Joe and the band are in the processing of recording a new record, titled “Curvature” which is due out sometime soon (spring I believe). Three of the songs are up on the band’s Myspace page, and they’ve got a really cool video for their song “Mitral Valve Prolapse” there too, which I’ve put on this page.

So basically, I’m just really happy for Joe and the rest of the band, and wanted to give ‘em a shout here on our site. Enjoy!