Still Confused... by Mark Parker

What is State of Confusion?
In this case it's a band I was in many, many moons ago. We covered the Ramones and Johnny Thunders and wrote songs about girls. If I'm a discount Paul Westerberg, then SOC was my Replacements. This EP is 4 new recordings of songs I wrote when I was in the band.

Why?
Good question. I recently upgraded my recording equipment. Still not professional, but a definite upgrade. Like any red blooded American male, I wanted to get right to recording. Damn the instruction manual! The problem was I didn't have any songs ready to go, so I reached into the well, deep into the well, and pulled out these tunes.

Why so mean?
Another good question! See, I grew up in the era of Hair Metal. It was a great time for rock music, but it was also the prime era of the power ballad. I hated those ballads. I understood why they existed. They were the reason the bands got paid and laid, but to teenage Mark Parker they were just in the way of the rock! So when I finally got a guitar, learned a few chords and started writing songs, they were as far away from ballads as I could get. That's where songs like "You never shut up", "Fast as I can" and "Farthest Place Away" came from. I still find myself writing anti-love songs to this day, but I've also added other subjects to my arsenal as well ...like robbing banks and the end of the world. I promise I'm not as negative of a person as my lyrics might suggest. LOL

I'm normally not a nostalgia guy, but I've gotta admit it was really fun revisiting these tunes. I hope you like them as much as I liked recording them!

DIY recordings from a product of New Jersey. Influenced by the Ramones, the Replacements and so much hair metal! Hope you like it!