专辑简介

Originally formed in 1988 from the remnants of the garage rock-influenced Tin Soldier, Debt of Nature originally consisted of Marc Tompkins (guitar, vocals), David Newhall (bass), and Steve Howard (drums), all graduates of Westside High School. In the fall of 1988, David Bradberry, of the recently deceased Orphan Train, was added to provide vocals and additional guitars to the lineup. The group re-located to Athens GA in late 1988 and in 1989 released the seminal "Six Songs We Hate" EP recorded in Athens by legendary producer John Keane. Later in 1989 Debt of Nature released the single "Head" b/w "Heavy Water", also recorded by John Keane and released by the Texas based Selfless Records. Debt of Nature spent the bulk of 1989-1991 touring the southeast until college graduation and a horrible farming accident sent the members of the band their separate ways. In 1992 Bradberry founded the Augusta GA based label Haunted Pillar Records to showcase the growing Augusta music scene and released three compilations of Augusta music between 1993 and 1996 among others. He and Newhall formed the band Smile while Tompkins and Howard formed the band Hundred Year Sun, both of which were featured on 1993's "Haunted Pillar Presents" CD compilation. Members of Hundred Year Sun, including Tompkins, re-located to Atlanta under the name Billionaire, signing a major label deal with London Records in 1999. Bradberry, Newhall, and Howard have performed in recent years as Deviltown. When Tompkins threatened to join Deviltown, the realization that Debt of Nature's beginning was approaching the 20 year mark spawned the idea of playing together as Debt of Nature once again as a celebration of their long friendship and close ties as musicians. Debt of Nature played its first new shows at Sky City in the fall of 2008 and is writing new material. They also contributed the first original Debt of Nature recording since 1990, "Santa Claus is Driving Under the Influence of Love", to the 2009 12 Bands of Christmas CD.