FRIAR TUCKS | POMONA, 2006

Our one and only time playing at this dive! (Note: before it was "Bar Rescue-d" and became something else.) I know we opened with Chronic Session and we absolutely crushed it. It was a tough place to play; not only was it difficult to hear yourself while performing, but the dimensions and acoustics of the room were terrible. All the punk bands in our area had played there, and stickers of all the bands basically decorated this place. We viewed it as a right-of-passage. The highlight of the night, and probably my "career," was hearing the crowd sing the beginning of If We Met Today with me, for our final song.

CHRONIC SESSION

Flowing, not knowing just where I am going,
But I'm having fun along the way
There's this energy I store inside for when I decide to come alive,
It's currently on stage on display. Hey!

I hope I feel this way forever, instead of "now or never"
I will try, but I'm high again...
Just when it seems you're within my reach, reality sets in

Pulse racing, my brain's fading past the point of hallucinating, I love it!
Drinking, smoking, anarchy, it's fun how they consume me frequently, but now I'm over it

Trust a brotha who knows, this song might only sound good when you're stoned,
But when the "suck" starts to kick in, I guess you know that coming down's coming again
So now I can't help but think back to my childhood dreams, 
Were they my destiny or only immature schemes?
I guess I'll never know

Except now I feel this way forever,
And now I'm right back to whatever I was
When most fools are done, dropping out of the rotation, Fisk and I are stuck just getting warmed up

I swear I'll stay lit 'till I die, 'cause I'm just so high, oh so I flow once again
'Cause when I'm sure I should be coming right back down to Earth, 
Reality sets in...

Photo by Eddie Guevara

A SONG FOR STEVE

My friend Steve Madigan, playing with his band, Dose Of Adolescence in 2005. He passed away a year later at the age of 21 from a car accident. I wrote this song to help deal with the pain that I was feeling at the time and to let him know that I was thinking about him. I think he would have dug the title. I miss you bro.

Guinness Never Lets Me Down

All on my own in so many ways

They say I'm the most selfish and fake

But how can I shake off one more loss?

How can I shake off one more loss unlike it's one more life?

And I imagine what it's like to die:

I fall back into clouds, there goes my head

I allowed myself to get caught up in the moment once again

Transcending space and time must be way more fun than some may advertise

Hold my hand as I touch the sky

I see you when I close my eyes

Dreaming of love, life in the sun

My days are full of sweat, my nights full of fun

And Stephen it seems this life ain't even good for me

I wanna be the complete opposite of me

And I no longer fear death 'cause I'll be with you

PHILOSOPHICAL SONG

Minty Core Radio Presents "Philosophical Song" by Bryan Boatman

So this is life
What a silly little game
And this is me
And I was just trying to be myself

It seems to me that everyone is anxious
And afraid to be happy and courageous
And the pain I see is all wrapped up in greed
And I was just trying to be myself

I don't know what the hell the future holds
And so life goes... you wake up one day, and now you're old
As the smog layer grows, our children will be left without hope
I love you all, goodbye, farewell

And I was just trying to be myself

SEACREST CULTURE

I thought this was my life
Turns out I was all wrong
I'm sick of being sold a lie
Fuck that "I wanna be a billionaire" song
Sometimes I wonder what is real
Without a healthy Earth to live on
I don't wanna care how many "Likes"
I don't want a thousand-dollar bottle at the club
I don't want to elevate money over love
I don't want to hold beliefs of past millenia
I don't want to waste my time with corporate media
The world keeps trying to tell me who it thinks I should be
Part of the Ryan Seacrest Culture
And people try to sell me on the virtue of greed
And to cast aside all my sensibilities

STREAM THE WELSHER ALBUM ON YOUTUBE!

You can now stream Welsher's first full-length album, -1 And 1 Is None  w/ lyrics on Mintycore's YouTube!

Song List:

  1. Embellishment

  2. Taliban Girl

  3. Disarray

  4. Chronic Session

  5. 1,998 Circles

  6. If We Met Today

  7. Above The Smog Layer

  8. I Ponder While I Wander

  9. For Once In My Life

10. Andromeda

11. But We'll Never Get On MTV This Way

12. Alternative 3

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WELSHER PRACTICES FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2010

Bryan, Joel, and Dave got together to play music for the first time in five years. New songs (along with a fresh new sound) were worked on during a three-hour session in Alta Loma, CA on Saturday June 13. Listen to their debut full-length album, titled "-1 And 1 Is None" on YouTube here.

OH, KATHLEEN

Thank you for always inspiring me to be creative and be myself.

PROJECT RUGGED

Check out Project Rugged. It's a cool site started by our friend Justin; with a focus on peace, love, spirit and learning. An amazing collection of links and ideas guaranteed to stimulate the mind.

BUT WE'LL NEVER GET ON MTV THIS WAY

 Welsher playing Colin's house party, September 2002

Night! / 18 days of rainy, stormy suburban days and nights, as my mind wanders away as it changes from raining, to hailing, to snowing / 18 grey, wet days of raindrops slipping off my windowpane like shattered pieces of a dream / I know that you could've, should've, must've liked me for at least that one pouring rainy day I remember and I pray as you're leaving High School today, it could be in your heart you'll let me stay / But in case you ever need a smile, I'll be right here waiting for your phone call for a while 'cause I think I gotta make you play my way today / 18 foggy days, the massaging sounds of A.L. town on a foggy day / Still, you don't even know my name, so I live each day for my dreams / 18 grey, wet days of raindrops slipping off my windowpane like shattered pieces of a dream / Now, I sit in class all day, and I rearrange all the letters in your name / Anticipating, but every time you turn, I really wanna look down / And if I could be your man, baby, I'll treat you so wrong so I can make it so right / So I'll get started choosing names for our kids to-

ALTERNATIVE 3

I lose my life just to say:
I'm powerless to choose who must represent the human race
So I will be a slave if those in power have their way
From the inevitable war or global crisis that we face

We tried to blast holes in the stratosphere,
We thought the heat and pollution could escape into space and we'd be safe
We tried to build an underground network of tunnels and cities,
But now we must leave the Earth, establish colonies - Alternative 3

I'll fend for myself, left for dead on the surface
No longer will I let you rape me

TALIBAN GIRL

I don't want to be afraid anymore. No, I don't want to be afraid anymore

 

Dear, my little "Taliban girl", we met one hot late June night, under the Baghdad moonlight

With all the fear, hate and violence in the world,

Love-grenade in hand, and you just pulled the pin - blow up my heart again

So here, my little "Taliban girl", take these dog-tags for a start, so I don't get a purple heart

I've never been one for prayer, can you give a life of sin a whirl?

Blow me up again, blow me up again...

 

I want to dream, but I can't believe where we are when shooting guns seem to take the place of shooting stars

I want to sing with you happily-ever-after in a world of peace,

When I met you I swore I'd always make love, not war

 

It's so clear, my little "Taliban girl", they'll kill us both when they see that we're in love,

the way life should be

Never been one for prayer, can you give a life of sin a whirl?

Blow me up again, blow me up again...

 

I want to dream, but I can't believe where we are when shooting guns seem to take the place of shooting stars

I want to sing with you happily-ever-after in a world of peace,

When I met you I swore I'd always make love, not war

 

So dear, my little "al-Queda chick", my little insurgent, I'll be your infidel, you be my terrorist

But I just want your kiss, call me "El Ray" cause I never miss

Blow up my world again, blow me up again!

 

I don't want to be afraid anymore. No, I don't want to be afraid anymore

 

All we are saying is give peace a chance

 

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE

Will someone explain to me,
Why should I just tag along, when I know I can change the world with a song?
So I'll try this rhythm, melody, harmony cause now I am free.

For once in my life, I can't wait another day in vain at last
My fairytale and all my fantasy "I let down my guard and sing" feelings have all but passed
But for once in my life, I won't settle for someone fine who makes me sad
I won't give into charming ways that I could not have

I was reluctant to change but as of this morning, I could instantly breathe easily
And I just wanna groove this way now, I'm feeling lucky, I could instantly breathe easily
I got a lot to say so just listen to me, as I will be what I will be, I could instantly breathe easily
As I shout, "Will someone explain to me why?"

For once, I can't deny I'm having one hell of a time, for once in my life!

For once I'm gonna slide by you, I can't do much more than slide
(Will someone explain to me why I am the way that I am?)
For once I won't allow my superficiality to get the best of me
(I'm never gonna lose this hope I have for once in my life)
For once I won't hesitate, I'll accelerate through the strife and the yellow light in my mind
For once I see here and now I can so much more while I'm still alive

And someday if I die, I'll leave this song behind...

Do I long to find a piece of mind? Turn back the hands of time? Do I?
Why do I do laps each day through my mind?
Do I dare consider my alternatives to this world, or do I just do what I'm sure I'll do anyway?
Am I singing my life away in sweet naivety nonchalantly?
I thought all hope was gone, I cried 'till dawn the night you left me and the morning I moved on
For once in my life

So why should I just tag along when I know I can change the world with a song?

ABOVE THE SMOG LAYER

Beyond my cluttered room,
Unmade sheets, "Faker" tattoo
See past this fast drum-line, the swelling of the seas,
1983, it's so hard to conceive when everyone's so naïve
I see a time with human slaves to machines

I think I have a chance to do something in the near-future that'll one day be viewed with significance
Or am I just drunk again?

Sore throats, satellites fall from the skies
Small bones, take my hand being with large eyes

We visited civilizations that came before
They showed me galaxies human beings could only dream to explore
They said "Here we are engaged in World War Four"

So tell me stars, why should I stay?
All my friends have gone away
There's no "Hollywood Ending" for me
No house in the hills, still I can't breathe

Oh me, oh my, a tropical sunrise by the power lines
To mesmerize me, hypnotize me, solve the mystery of the missing time
Now I'm enlightened,
But to my horror I see their triangle logo so now I know they're watching me
And tracking me

1,998 CIRCLES

Alta Loma High School, 4/20/01


And have you ever looked at a girl to see maybe even if she was looking at you looking at her?
If there was a word for the feeling there was whenever she'd give you a hug, then why are you so sure you know you feel unsure?

I think I mind not what my mind thinks, not only what you think of me
And I don't think I mind I think you blow my mind
I wonder if you could ever know that I often wonder if you could ever know I wonder if I could ever talk you sometime...

I watch the time on my watch fade away like the days that I must have forgot
When I watch and know you're watching me
I dream of words I could've said to her to tell the friend of your best friend
Had I had now the courage I needed then

Or have you ever lied now, and told her that you just want to be friends,
Then you cry and live so hopelessly?
Although it seems unlikely, your never knowing, you know that's what keeps you going
And how could a girl like that like me?

I know that I will get what I deserve,
Hopefully someday so will you
(Alone) But right now time is like a collogue in my mind:
(Days) Frozen, wasted, and confused,

Well, my life without you

Photo by Joel Fisk