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Weigh Down
12+ albums
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The Weigh Down started in December of 1998 from the remains of Seagrave and Leaves of Lothlorien. The first line-up consisted of Matthew Thomas on guitar and vocals, Jason Labbe on drums, Rory Derwin on guitar, and Mark Zappone on bass guitar. With Woken by Wire they toured the East Coast in January of 1999 after being together for approximately three weeks. That April they recorded an EP for Garbage Czar Records of which 500 were pressed. Soon after Rory and the band mutually parted ways due to disparate maturity levels. The other members admired guitarist Trevor Healy whom they knew through Woken by Wire. Trevor was studying guitar building in Arizona at the time but soon came East to attend Skidmore College and play with The Weigh Down. Mark Zappone abruptly left the band several months later and Adrian Van de Graaff came to his first band practice playing the songs off the EP like he had been practicing them all his life. (Adrian was spared an official audition because it was said that he had invented the Van de Graaff Generator. The band had no idea what function this scientific device performed but found Adrian’s accomplishment impressive beyond any musical ability or lack-there-of.) The core line-up of Weigh Down was now together: Matt, Jason, Trevor, Adrian. They released Good People in the Making, their first full-length album, in early 2001 on Meeting & Passing Records. Trevor moved to Brooklyn and Jason was soon to follow while Matt and Adrian stayed in the New Hav
