Battery

Battery was a Washington D.C. hardcore band that existed from 1990 until 1998. During this time they released a 7», a split 7» with Ignite, two MCDs and three full-length albums on Deadlock, Lost & Found, Tidal, Conversion, and Revelation Records.

The guitarist and main man was Ken Olden, who has also played in Damnation A.D., Better Than A Thousand, When Tigers Fight, Worlds Collide and Farcy. He also filled in on bass for Youth Of Today on their 2003 European reunion tour.

Singer Brian McTernan, a well known hardcore record producer, presently owns and operates Salad Days recording studio in Baltimore [1] and also played guitar in the D.C. emo hardcore band Ashes, as well as Miltown and My Best Mistake.Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Discography
3 Notes
3.1 External links
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History

Battery, originally entitled «Fury»[2], was first established in 1990 and released a 4 song self-titled 7» on Deadlock Records in 1991 [3]. The record saw Brian McTernan on vocals, Ken Olden and Matt Squire on guitars, Toshi Yano on bass and Zac Eller on drums. The songs from this original 7» were re-recorded and released as an EP entitled «We Won’t Fall» in 1993 on the German record label Lost & Found[4]. The band, as it states in the liner notes of the EP, then turned into Worlds Collide with Matt Burger becoming the new vocalist.

The band achieved phenomenal success in Europe, especially in Germany, whereas in the USA they were only well known in the D.C. area. Battery was eventually reformed with Brian McTernan and Ken Olden, a new bass player (Ben Chused) and a new drummer (Al Rosenberg) and embarked on an extensive European tour. They released their first full length album in 1994, «Only the Diehard Remain», on Tidal Records in the USA and on Lost & Found Records in Europe [5]. This album featured the cover of 7 Seconds «We’re Gonna Fight» and featured Ken Olden performing all of the drum and guitar tracks. In the same year they released a four song E.P. entitled «Let the Past Go»[6] as well as a split 7» with Ignite [7], both on Lost & Found Records.

By 1996 they released «Until the End»[8], their second full length album, which featured another 7 Seconds cover, «Young Till I Die». By this stage they had a new drummer, Jason Hamacher, who was also a member of the D.C. spazzcore band Frodus. This album saw the refinement of the bands old school revival sound, in that it saw them move towards a more stripped down and melodic style. Ben Chused then left the band and began playing drums in the Boston hardcore band, Ten Yard Fight. He was replaced with Graham Land who had played guitar in Worlds Collide and founded Better Than A Thousand with Ken Olden and Ray Cappo, the singer of Youth of Today. The band then began their first major tour in the United States, headlining with Ten Yard Fight, as well as their second major tour of Europe with Damnation AD[9].

Their third and final full length release «Whatever It Takes» was released on the major hardcore label Revelation Records[10]. The drums on this album were, for the first time since «We Won’t Fall», not performed by Ken Olden, but by Jason Hamacher. This album was by far the softest and melodic of their releases and Brian McTernan explained in an interview that the next record would be «more aggressive sounding». After the release the band toured the United States and Europe with Revelation Records labelmates, Better Than A Thousand, In My Eyes and Speak 714.

Unfortunately another release would never materialise and the band broke up, reportedly due to differences between Brian McTernan and Ken Olden. In 2002, Ken Olden released a compilation CD of Battery’s best songs entitled «Final Fury: 1990-1997» on the Spanish hardcore label, Soul Force.[11].

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Discography
Self Titled 7» (1991) - Deadlock Records
Shattered Stone
Fury
I Won’t Fall
Fading
We Won’t Fall (1993) - Lost & Found Records
I Won’t Fall
Overcome
Fury
Shattered Stone
Fading
Only the Diehard Remain (1994) - Tidal Records (USA), Lost & Found Records (Europe)
Left Behind
Trap
Empty Room
Unwound
Success Story
Choke
Last Dance
To Hold
No Right
Only The Diehard Remain
We’re Gonna Fight (7 Seconds cover)
Let the Past Go (1994) - Lost & Found Records
Bitter Taste
These Are The Days
Piece Of You
Do You Believe
Split 7» with Ignite (1994) - Lost & Found Records

Battery
These Are The Days
Choke

Ignite
In My Time
Aggression
Until the End (1996) - Conversion Records (USA), Lost & Found Records (Europe)
In Our Hands
Has Been
Why Is She In Pain?
Go Back To The Gym
That’ll Never Be Me
Never Forget
Say It
In The Dirt
Move On
The Factory
Until the End
Young ‘Til I die (7 Seconds cover)
Whatever It Takes (1998) - Revelation Records
What I’d Give
Brand New Place
Throughout
Leave It Behind
Part 2
Another Reason
Half My Time
You Can’t Win
To Want
Retrace
Who Are You
Whatever It Takes
Final Fury: 1990-1997 (2002) - Soul Force Records
In Our Hands
Has-Been
Why Is She In Pain
Go Back To The Gym
That’ll Never Be Me
Never Forget
In The Dirt
The Factory
Until The End
Left Behind
Trap
Empty Room
Unwound
Success Story
Choke
Only The Diehard Remain
Do You Believe
Bitter Taste
These Are The Days
I Won’t Fall
We’re Gonna Fight (7 Seconds cover)
Young Till I Die (7 Seconds cover)

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