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The Hypertonics
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Brian Lord was essentially homeless for a year. Faced with the choice between a comfortable but inert existence in a New York City apartment or a difficult but creatively fruitful stay in a monthly rehearsal space Brian chose the latter. That is to say, he chose the rehearsal space. "I was tired of visiting the world of The Hypertonics, I wanted to live in it," says Brian. "It was a bit of an experiment. It was by choice. Purge all the middle class niceties and luxuries and see what was underneath. Felt like you could either have your soul or you could have your possessions but you couldn't have both. Perhaps that's glorifying it but it seemed to be necessary to try it." Sleeping bag on the floor, bathing at the Parks and Recreation gym. Dodging the other bands sharing the rehearsal space, eating Ben & Jerry's ice cream for dinner. But along with all that came songs like "Asbestos," "The Mousetrap," "The Moments We Don't Allow," Not Your Friend" and others. A strange but fruitful time. The Hypertonics - good for you, bad for the Hypertonics. "For some reason it felt like it was one or the other," Brian continued. "Partially it was due to living on the crap salary of a Temp, but ultimately it was this quixotic need to shed my layers of nonsense along with a desire to explore the art in a fulltime way. Art is a valid reason to make yourself suffer a little. As good a reason as there is out there." Mike Rogers is a chased man. Not chaste, but chased. By fire. The major event
