HISTORY
A HISTORY OF THE DISAFFECTED
ALL FOUR MET AT HIGH SCHOOL (STONNIE, BURNSY AND JORDAN AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH NONE REALLY LIKED EACH OTHER). JORDAN LEARNED BASS COS HE THOUGHT IT WAS COOL, THEN PROGRESSED TO GUITAR, AND LEGEND WAS ONE OF THE ONLY DRUMMERS AROUND, SO LEGEND AND JORDAN PLAYED TOGETHER IN A COUPLE OF BANDS PREVIOUS TO THE DISAFFECTED (BOBZONE AND THE VANGUARD), BUT WHICH HAD CEASED TO BE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. IN PASSING DISCUSSION, JORDAN TOLD STONNIE HE SHOULD LEARN THE BASS, SO HE DID (JORDAN LENT HIM THE BASS). BURNSY WAS MEANWHILE LEARNING THE GUITAR. STONNIE AND JORDAN'S MUSICAL TASTE HAD DRIFTED TOWARDS PUNK (FROM TRANCE AND INDIE RESPECTIVELY). SO, ONCE THEY'D ALL LEARNT TO PLAY, A BAND WAS FORMED. THE FIRST SONG STONNIE AND JORDAN WROTE WAS TRIED OUT, WITH MUCH SUCCESS, AND THE REST IS HISTORY. WELL, EXCPET THE DISAFFECTED STARTED OFF LIFE AS PEDRO69, AND PLAYED 2 GIGS UNDER THAT NAME (HUDDERSFIELD AND HALIFAX VENUES), AND ALMOST RECORDED A CD, BUT COCK-UPS WERE MADE. BUT NOW, WITH A NEW NAME, AND NEW SONGS, THE DISAFFECTED ARE HERE TO STAY.
PICTURE FROM THE FIRST BAND PRACTICE - SOME TIME IN MAY '03, ON LOCATION AT BURNSY'S GARAGE