The State Pathologist Dr. John Harbison dead

[Karlwalsh]

The State Pathologist Dr. John Harbison
Died last december surpised no one mentioned it as he released a great cd in 2002

https://irishmetalarchive.com/artists/the-state-pathologist-dr-john-harbison/

[Eoin McLove]

Technically speaking the demo was never released back then because we hadn't a clue about how to get it pressed up. There were a few CDrs floating about but the tape version Fort Evil Fruit put out a few years ago is the first proper release it got.

I listened to it recently for the first time in years,  actually. Good memories.

[Trev]

Technically speaking the demo was never released back then because we hadn't a clue about how to get it pressed up. There were a few CDrs floating about but the tape version Fort Evil Fruit put out a few years ago is the first proper release it got.

I listened to it recently for the first time in years,  actually. Good memories.

Was it yourself involved with that? Absolutely cracking band name. I think I used to have one of those cdr's, long since lost somewhere over the years, but was some decent stuff

[Eoin McLove]

Yep. It was me,  Niall O'Reilly who went on to drum in Haieeta. Not sure if he is doing anything musical these days as I haven't seen him in a long time. Adam Brennan was on bass and backing vocals. He still plays bass and records his own stuff I think,  but hasn't been in a band since then. Mark O'Connor came up with the name but wasn't on the recording as far as I remember. He went on to play in a band called, erm... the name escapes me... Brand New Weapon/ My New Weapon or something like that...

The songs were good for the time I think, but I'm not sure that is sounds so vital these days. At least, not to me but my own tastes have changed a lot since then. It was a step up for me in terms of the music I was playing (It was my first attempt at writing something a bit more extreme in style) and a good lesson in song writing dynamics.

Good memories from those days, though. Jamming in Niall's garage, slugging cans of Dutchie and making a racket!

Edit: My Secret Weapon!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Not New Secret Weapon, rather? Never knew there was a connection there. Good band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLoYeRthxA

Is the State Pathologist demo on the Irish Metal Archive?

[Eoin McLove]

Ah yeah,  that's it  I was getting closer....

I think the demo is up on IMA.

[jobrok1]

https://irishmetalarchive.com/artists/the-state-pathologist-dr-john-harbison/
https://irishmetalarchive.com/releases/the-state-pathologist-veins-of-the-earth/
https://irish-metal.bandcamp.com/album/the-state-pathologist-veins-of-the-earth-ep-2002

[open face surgery]

Great demo. Veins of the Earth in particular is a ripper of a tune.

[Eoin McLove]

Yeah,  Veins is decent. It tapers off a bit after that but it's a nice little document on a personal level.