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Morning Becomes Eclectic - Transister
Jan 9 1996

Eric - He is the man.

Keely - Its true.

Gary - [....] I usually, band names, its real nightmare you know.

Chris - Hmm.

Keely - They went through their last band. We've decided we wouldn't go through it [....]

Gary - I look to my archaic notebooks all the time for lyric ideas and stuff.

Chris - Yeah [....]

Gary - [....] notebook and found out Transister. [....] thats . [....] could be . No [....] remember [....] in them.

Keely - [....] cookie [....]

Eric - And because we went through such little hell on this last band we are in err [....] when he said I got a name for the band, it's 'Transister.' I just [....] 'Yeah that's fine, that's great I works [....]

[laughs]

- [....] gonna be that easy.

Chris - Oh ok.

Keely - I am sure we probably be [....] a bit more adventureous than that. [laughs]

- Yeah [....]

Chris - Come back to story. Get back to me.

Keely - Good story yeah.

Gary - My sisters is a transister.

[laughs]

Keely - Thats quiet good Gaz.

Eric - [....] I don't know that.

Chris - My sisters is a transister. [....] So you put the ideas together.

Keely - There you go [....]

Chris - Were there any name ideas you sort of [....] ok.

[....]

[....]

Keely - Yeah fine, good one.

Chris - What's the name said to you guys? [....] one to explore you [....]

[....]

Gary - It's kinda elecronic and its kinda human at the same time. But I think which music is as you know.

Chris - Yeah.

Eric - How do you put Keely at the front some how [....] with [....] the sister element and err..

Keely - Trance kind of maybe.

Chris - But you're at the front Eric.

Eric - Yeah exactly thank you Chris. Great I got to go.

[laughs]

Chris - I think [....]I [....] see the point. What would you say about Trans [....] oh just song [....]

Keely - Oh just saying that subtle thing maybe trance is in.

- I like trance; like t.r.a.n.c.e.

Eric - We are in a trance.

[laughs]

Chris - I know it's early but [....]

Gary - [....] transit.

Chris - So this is, this next song is actually a song was written before the three of you came together officially.

Keely - That's right yeah. I always loved this song. The guys written it by themselves.

Chris - So it's a pre-Transister thing.

Keely - Pre-Transister but I was loved it and I said we need to do that one song. There we go [....] adapted.

Chris - Great. That's [....] it's called 'Then I Walked Away.' Transister live in the studio.

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