When Poison The Well released their debut album The Opposite Of December in (fittingly) December of 1999, the music scene – and especially metalcore and its offshoots – was a far different place. Y2K was a few short weeks away, too! The explosion of the genre with bands like Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall was…
Remember when major labels actually signed post-hardcore and metalcore bands? Same. It happened in the grunge and nu-metal genres, so it’s only natural that it happened to bands like Thursday and Poison The Well. For all the lack of street cred these two (and countless others) received for signing to bigger labels, it’s interesting that…
I had the opportunity to cover & photograph The Glasshouse Pomona date of the Poison The Well comeback tour July 8th. The band had not done a full US tour since their hiatus after they were tragically robbed on tour in 2009. The intensity at this show was incredible. I also had the pleasure of…
