Cynic Society- What's Left of Punk

Cynic Society was fun. I had some of the best times of my life hanging out at Thee Imperial (RIP) with my girl listening to some good punk music. Music that the people playing it were serious about. Eddie and Josh were the first new people that I met in the "scene" which would later come to encompass all of my friends. When I first saw them, it was Eddie on guitar and vocals, Josh on vocals, Bob on drums and Cameron on bass. That lineup recorded their EP, "Courtesy of Their System" and their full length album, "What's Left of Punk?". Then Bob left and was replaced by Jake on drums. They had their album re-released with new artwork and with updated band photos even though it wasn't Jake playing. The only recorded stuff I have with Jake drumming is the very last demo they recorded at my old house with Lyle and Debra.

Cynic Society did alot of good things and I'll give them the credit, (along with Social Disease) of jumpstarting a new punk scene. Eddie booked alot of shows and he's still putting on alot of good ones (and alot of hardcore ones, I KID!). The only reason why Cynic Society started to fall apart is that the people making the music stopped liking it. If the band doesn't like their own music, no one in the crowd will be into it either.

They changed musically over their lifespan (2003-2006), from straight street punk on the first recordings to slowly encompassing a more hardcore influence. You can see really see that on their last recorded output. Their live shows reflected this too. I think they got stuck into a strange limbo where they became too punk for hardcore kids and too hardcore for punk kids. Brain Damage had just come into the scene and the first split occurred with some kids staying into street punk and the other half moving into the hardcore and thrash side of things. Sides were drawn, bla, bla and everything seemed to lose its steam. Well I have alot of good memories. I still love Cynic Society and I listen to them all the time. Oh yeah, Clay was in Cynic Society. For one show. But he was in it.

http://www.myspace.com/cynicsociety

Line Up
Eddie Lay - Guitar, Vocals
Josh Marx - Vocals
Bob - Drums
Cameron - Bass
Jake - Drums #2

Discography
"Courtesy Of Their System" EP - Self Released - August 2004
"What's Left of Punk?" CD - Self Released - November 2004
"Loud, Fast, and Aggressive" 7" - Outta Luck Records - 2005 -(As Far as I know unreleased)
They also have one track, "Religion and Politics" on the V/A: Music is Stupid We Like Noise!! Comp


Courtesy Of Their System
01 Youth
02 Work For Nothing
03 Religion & Politix
04 Corporate Whore
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Re-released Artwork

What's Left Of Punk?
01 Left of Punk
02 Angry Youth
03 Pissed Off
04 Work for Nothing
05 Punished for Variety
06 Religion and Politics
07 Collateral Damage
08 Untitled
09 End of the Line
10 Corporate Whore
11 Until our Demise (Live)
12 Work for Nothing (Garage)
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Demo
1 End of the Line
2 Fuck Radio
3 Molotov Cocktail Party
4 Ninja Rap
5 Wealth of Nations
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