Supposedly, it all went a little like this...

The Mojo Wire, Version 1.5:

In the middle of 1998 The Mojo Wire was in rebuild/regroup mode after the frenetic activity of the previous year. Their unfinished second disc stuck out like a sore thumb and most of those songs hadn't aged well, so Adam, Bryn, and Keir slowly collected a new set of tunes.

Pouring in some Baja road trips and Isla Vista post-decadence, they stripped away most of the wild effects of Rocket Fuel to make a reverb-soaked folk-rock disc called Seaside Hamlet Skids. Tinny, compressed, and unassuming, the album nonetheless contained some of the band's best songs- "Key West Tapwater", "I Fly Free", "How Far Away", and "Shivering Sand."

Recording began back in Orange County with original drummer Kevin Nerison, and progressed all the way through the recruitment of Joe Zulli on guitar for live shows.

Finally released in spring '99, Seaside capped off a string of seven shows (where the songs got louder and rockier) and previewed the next lineup with Bryn on drums. More...