Spastic Ink's line up

[Markku P.]

Has Spastick Ink always had the same line-up as now( Metal-archives isn't the most reliable source).

If there have been some changes it would be cool if anybody could give the full line-ip with the exact years and members' status.

Cheers

 

[ronjarz]

The lineup for the 1st CD 'Ink Complete':

Ron Jarzombek - guitars
Bobby Jarzombek - drums
Pete Perez - bass

The lineup for the 2nd CD 'Ink Compatible':

Ron Jarzombek - guitars
with a bunch of guests

Ron

 

[Markku P.]

Cool.

What about the time between those albums. Were Pete and Bobby the members of he band?

 

[jimbobhickville]

Hmm... I didn't realize that Pete and Bobby were considered guests on Ink Compatible... I guess I'll have to update Librarius.

 

[ronjarz]

I guess that all depends on if you're talking about the "official" listing, or the reality of it. And I think the "official" status of Spastic Ink is "on hiatus". We haven't officially broken up (and I don't even know who the "we" is), but we have no plans at all to write/release any more CDs.

On the 'Ink Compatible' credits, the band is listed as Jason McMaster - vocals, Ron Jarzombek - guitars, Pete Perez - bass, and Bobby Jarzombek - drums. Although I think just about everybody knows that that CD should have been another Ron Jarzombek solo CD. Proof of that is when I had several songs written and wanted to start recording, Bobby and Pete weren't even in the picture. Sean Reinert and Richard Christy were going to play drums, and Steve DiGiorgio and Sean Malone were the bassists.

Here's an interview that I did with Thiago Sarkis back in August '99. It's explained in the first few questions/answers...

http://www.ronjarzombek.com/thiago.html

Ron

 

[Zyquix]

Hm... I thought I remember you said you were really into "To Counter...". Either way, that ending, 3:45 and on, is fuckin awesome.

"Two were improvised, two were composed, and the other one was improvised but I relearned it, then rerecorded it so I could double track it. " -on the Gordian Knot solos you did. Which ones were improv, which were written and what was the other one?

 

[Markku P.]

So this is what I came up with

Ron Jarz (1993- )
Pete Perez (1993-1997, 2004 session)
Bobby Jarz (1993-1997, 2004 session)
Jason McMaster(2004 session)

Guest musicians
Daniel Glindenglow, 2004
Marty Friedman, 2004
Jens Johansson, 2004
Jimmy Pitts, 2004
David Bagsby, 2004
Doug Keyser, 2004
Ray Riendeau, 2004
Michael Manring, 2004
Sean Malone, 2004
David Penna, 2004
Jeff Eber, 2004

Was Ink Compatibel recorded too in 2004, or was it recorded earlier and released then.

So does this here hit the nail?

 

[Zyquix]

Don't forget the wife.

 

[Markku P.]

Ron, is this lineup ok? I was thinking of trying to get Spastic Ink added to a metal website I use( I allready managed that with Watchtower). I'll need the correct lineup from a reliable source in order to do it.

 

[ronjarz]

To simplify things, just put that we added Jason in 2001.

You can pretty much put whatever you want, because there is no official listing of band members. I don't keep track of that stuff. I know what year CDs were released, that's about it. Dream Circle released 'Ink Complete' in 1997, then we rereleased it in 2000. 'Ink Compatible' was released in 2004.

Ron