Face to Face "Don't Turn Away" LP Fat Wreck-Chords (US)

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Track Listing:

A1   You've Done NothingA2   I'm Not AfraidA3   DisconnectedA4   No AuthorityA5   I WantA6   You've Got A ProblemA7   Everything Is EverythingB1   I'm TryingB2   PastelB3   Nothing NewB4   Walk AwayB5   Do You Care?B6   1,000 X

Face to Face (often typeset as face to face) is a / band from , formed in 1991 by frontman .

Originally known as "Zero Tolerance", Keith had been the only constant member of the band during their years of touring and recording albums. The group was initially signed by Dr. Strange Records and were then signed to . Face to Face rose to fame with their 1994 second album , featuring their radio hit "", which was first played by and appeared in the movies and . The band declined in popularity after the departure of founding drummer , who left in 1998.

During their initial twelve year run, Face to Face became one of the seminal and influential bands to come out of , along with , , (the latter of which current drummer would eventually join), , , , , , , , and many others.

Face to Face split up in September 2004, because of musical differences. Since then, all the members of the band had played in a number of post-Face to Face projects, including , , and . In April 2008, Face to Face performed together for the first time in five years at The Glasshouse in Pomona, California. The band has continued to perform numerous live venues since.

In 1993, just after a three-week tour in supporting , Face to Face added as an additional guitarist to fill out the sound of the band. Before the band would work on their second album, they made a decision to go with a then-new label that had major-label distribution. The label, Victory Music, signed them and then they entered the studio with producer (of fame) and began recording their second album, entitled .

The label was nervous about their distribution deal and wanted a test release to run through the system, and the band put together an EP of songs from 7"s and other rarities called . The EP was released weeks before and the label had a remixed version of the song "" on the play list at in . Because of the success of the single on radio, the label convinced the band to add "Disconnected" to as a bonus track (a third recording of the song); additionally, a cover of ' "Bikeage" is included as a bonus track. After touring with bands such as , , and during 1995, Riddle left Face to Face and went on to play in and before settling on . The band replaced him with a then-unknown bassist, .

In 1996, Face to Face began writing and recording their third album, which is and was another moderate success. This being the first record without Riddle, who had been Keith's songwriting collaborator, Keith wrote the majority of the songs with some help from Shiflett and Yaro. They recruited again to record and produce the record. Following the release of the album, they joined the in 1997.

Beginnings (pre-1992)

Face to Face can trace its beginnings to 1988 where Keith (guitars, vocals) and (bass), who had been friends since high school during this time, formed a local metal band named "Zero Tolerance". After they found , as their drummer, through mutual friends, Zero Tolerance started writing and rehearsing songs. Kurth's friend Mark Haake joined the group as an additional guitarist for a couple of months before getting orders to the Middle East with the Air Force. Although no Zero Tolerance records exist, they recorded a demo tape in 1989 with this line-up. As a three-piece, the band played a show at Spanky's in , and a couple of other local shows. When Haake left, the band continued as a three-piece and changed their name to Face to Face in 1991.

The band continued to play frequently throughout the and and quickly became a local favorite alongside bands like , , , and others. At one of the local concerts, the band met Bill Plaster of Dr. Strange Records. Face to Face entered the studio at in to record songs for their first album, (1992). Once the recording was finished (in 2 weekends) there was trouble getting it released; in the interim the band met . Goodwin offered to record the band's new songs for free, and they entered the studio to record songs such as, "Nothing New," "Pastel," and "Disconnected", which also ended up being on the album.

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