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Biography

It was in December 1998 that Jason O'Young and Phil Wright formed Buffer Underrun. After months of writing and rehearsing, the duo took on Brad Harrison as their bassist and began playing shows in downtown Toronto. They were first exposed at such well known clubs as the el Mocambo and the 360. Harrison left after a disagreement with the other two. Performing as a duo, Buffer Underrun played at two "Battle of the Bands". In March 1999, they placed third overall at the Loud Sound Development Semi Final Competition and consequently were invited back to play at the finals. Three months later, Buffer Underrun placed second and was awarded 8 hours recording time. It was during this session that the songs "Follow the Way" and "Unclean" were recorded. In early August '99, O'Young and Wright recruited two new members, Nathan Martin and Benjamin Goldstein. Returning to the studio that month, "Empty Room", "O.A.K.", "Blurred Lines" (a song no longer played live and now considered a rarity among collectors) and "All I Insist" were recorded. Using the artwork of Matt Hamill, the band "realeased" their self-titled demo CD.

After a 4 month hiatus, Buffer Underrun returned to the local scene on October 22, 1999. In their first appearance with their new line up, the band won the LSD Battle of the Bands. After another runner up finish in December '99, their name was changed to Anti Social, to better reflect their purpose in music. It wasn't until February that Anti Social went to the studio to record the signature tracks "Criminal", "Last One Standing" and "Pawns".

After having demonstrated their extreme kickasstrophic effect on the local music scene, the band went to Harlow Sound (more commonly known as "Deadly Venom") to re-record the track "Last One Standing" as well as two new tunes now entitled "On Tape" and "In My Eyes" (which, by the way, features a guest vocal appearance by Theo of the band Grift!!).

In the summer of 2000, Anti Social hooked up with Silent, another sick-out ass-kickin' band from the Meadowvale area. Anti Social wrote a song played as of yet exclusively live with the vocal talents of Adam Bennett, of Silent (there is also another version of the song with vocals and lyrics by Dan Parker formerly of the band Flatlyne). Phil liked to call this song "The Untitled" as it was (you guessed it) an untitled track. Then Anti Social and Silent made the decision to release a split CD: three Anti Social songs, and three Silent songs. Silent went to Harlow as well to record their tracks. Anti Social used the Harlow tracks that they had recorded earlier for the split. The split was "released" in early 2001 and was entitled "Why Speak, When You Can...". The split can be bought from members of the band for $5 or from the HMV at Square One for $9 plus tax. After Phil's voice was damaged permanently, Anti Social began the search for a new vocalist. Recently, they have recruited Steve from da mean streets of North York, an experienced hard core vocalist. After a rigorous rehearsal and writing session, the new quintet re-emerged under the name "The KilldeciBel". April 21 saw the recording of 4 new tracks (one of which was the formerly "Untitled" track) that would soon be available as part of the band's promo package. Then, on May 12, The Killdecibel was playing the Masonic, when in the middle of their set, some cop told them it was over. Why? We don't know. Maybe the zero-narcotics, 100% sober show with a straight-edge band playing was too much. Good thing the cops showed up, or we may have broken out the acoustic and started singing 'koomby-a'. *phew!* God bless the police.