I was listening to eight page story today and I decided to do a search on them. I know this is an old post, but I thought I’d comment anyway.

As much as a band like eight page could have a groupie, I was it (me = dork). I followed them all over, seeing them play at Nick’s, Espresso Yourself, the YAC at Claremont High (with Matt Nathanson and Sages of Memphis), and, sadly, their final show at the Roxy in LA in the summer of 95 (I think).

The singer, Erin Jackson, and the guitarist/bassist, Johnny Joyner, left the band to do their own work as a duo called Bloom. As far as I know, that never went anywhere. What a shame. I hope that voice didn’t go to waste.

They have a demo/EP called Synesthesia from 1994. Here’s the track listing:

1. The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
2. Clean and Sober
3. Brightened Body
4. Made With Spoons
5. Jake

It’s only on cassette, but someday I’ll get around to hooking up my old cassette player to my computer and making a digital version of it.

In similar news, Matt Nathanson has a pretty rocking career (www.mattnathanson.com). He tours like mad, and he puts on a fantastic live show. At a show in Virginia in 2000, I got a chance to ask him if he remembers those days, specifically the shows with eight page and Sages. He laughed and said something about rockin’ the Inland Empire.

Anyway. There’s a bit of history about one of my favorite local bands growing up. Thanks for stoking the reminiscence.

Cameron