Lost Soul

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New England metal band Lost Soul came so close to the big time they could taste it, but audience member violence and in-fighting between the band members put the kabash on their dreams before they could get off the ground.

Lost Soul 1995

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Biography

Lost Soul was formed in 1989 by Anthony Mica and Charles Burke. The 2 founding members would search New York and Southwestern Connecticut for members to permanently join the band. After a year of no luck, musician friends of the 2 would agree to help compose a song, Creedence, to lay the ground work of a demo that would be distributed in the area to audition prospects for full-time members.

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Guitarist

The auditions went on for quite some time, until 1993, when a 19 year old guitarist named Bryan Reilly got hold of a tape and called about the guitarist position. After seeing what Bryan was capable of at the audition, he was offered the job on the spot. For the next year, the 3 worked on material with a temp drummer to turn basic riffs into song structure with lyrics and melody. With 3 complete songs and ideas for a 4th, they started posting "drummer wanted" ads at all local musical stores they could find. Many would answer these ads, but only 1 would get to be the drummer of the band.

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Permanent Drummer

1994 Mykill Aresco auditioned and got the full-time drummer slot. Now complete, the band relocated to Meriden, Connecticut. About a year and a half was utilized composing songs and rehearsing them 3 nights a week. Having decided on recording a 3 song EP before any live performances, they went to a studio in Cheshire, CT.

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First Release

The 3 titles were The Holy Words, The Mirror, and Unbridled Passion. The self-titled EP would be handed out and sold everywhere that was permitted, and a fan base began. For the next few years they would rehearse 3 nights a week and gig (live performances) 3-4 times a month. As the attendance at shows grew, so did the violence. (Most noted show for violence was the Meriden VFW show 1/27/1996.) In this time, from 1994-1998, Lost Soul composed roughly 14 songs that would, collectively, be their live show set list. October 1998, Mike Aresco left. This was a needed break for the band to let things calm down in the New England / New York area.

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Another Drummer

Mid 1999, Mark Alteri, auditioned for the now vacant drummer spot. Late 1999, Lost Soul returned to Cheshire to record 9 of the remaining songs (composed with Mike from '94-'98) with Mark Alteri. Only one single was released from those sessions. Just exactly why only one was released is not fully known. It is speculated that there were glitches with the master recording.

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Lands End

More fans, more violence, more problems. Unlike in the past, the problems and violence started to spread among band members. Band members started getting involved in illicit 'activities' and in the violent crowds behavior. At this point, they were opening up for just about every major metal act that would pass through Connecticut and Massachusetts. In 2003, a record company offered Lost Soul decent a contract for studio time, a 6 month supporting spot on a major act tour, and national distribution of their CD. Before any of this could be signed on the dotted line, turmoil among the band destroyed it that same year.

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