Former DEFIANCE Guitarist Talks About The Band's Legacy

June 6, 2004

Guitarist Jim Adams of the long-defunct San Francisco Bay Area thrash band DEFIANCE (which at one time featured current SKINLAB bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel) recently spoke to Aesthetic Extremity Webzine about the band's relatively short career and the possibility of a reunion at some point in the future. Asked if there is any truth to the rumor that DEFIANCE recorded a fourth album before breaking up, Jim said, "We did not record a fourth album. After the release of 'Beyond Recognition', I left the band to join INDICA. A few months later, [drummer] Matt [Vander Ende] left the band and joined LAAZ ROCKIT. I then returned to the band a few months after. While moving through endless drummers (no one could match Matt),Steev got fed up and quit. We hired Dave (Godfrey) White from HEATHEN fame and found a killer drummer named Hugo Barientos. Realizing that we sounded nothing like DEFIANCE and did all new material, we changed the name to INNER THRESHOLD or IT for short. We did a few gigs and recorded a demo (with Rob Beaton as producer). A little while later, I left again. They replaced me with Chris Long. Soon after I left, Dave left as well. Chris took over singing (while still playing guitar) and they changed the name again, to UNDER."

Read Jim Adams' entire interview with Aesthetic Extremity Webzine at this location.

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