On Tue, 13 Sep 1994 umboehm@.UManitoba.CA wrote:
Just a couple quick questions about Sunny Day Real Estate since there
isn't a bio.
Is the band currently a five piece as thats what the liner notes seem to
imply however Matt Colnon is listed as "doing everything else", could you
maybe tell me just what he did do?
--He's the tour manager.
Does Jeremy do the main vocals on all the tracks and Daniel only contribute supporting vocals on songs like "In Circles"? I can't really reconginze any voice other than Jermy's on main vocals.
--yes
The band doesn't want to get lost in all the hype of the media (at least the was my impression from Nate's e-mail) yet they have a video in heavy rotation on MTV and will be appearing on some talk show (I forget the name). Are these facts true?
--It's the John Stewart show and the video is on MTV, though I wouldn't call it heavy rotation.
As I mentioned already, I have heard they have a video out, I assume it is the lead single. Could you tell me what this song is?
--Seven.
Lastly, they say, "the fairest teams would be...", are the people listed the employees of Sub Pop? From what I have seen on this list that is what it seems to be...
--I don't remember this from Nate's post. If it's names like Jonathan, Bobbi, Amy, Nils, Rich, Joyce etc., then yes, it's us.
Thanks for taking time to answer my questions. Any word on when the bios for other bands will be posted on empathy.subpop.com?
-- No. Try emailing press@subpop.com
-umboehm4@cc.umanitoba.ca
Tuesday, September 20, 1994
The first time I saw them live was 1/10/94 at the Velvet Elvis Theater in
Seattle, WA, they were impressive. I wish I could play bass like Nate
Mendel, shit, he's got something goin' on.
Yeah, anyhow, now they've played on a big tv talk show, they're
in some sort of rotation on MTV, etcetera, etcetera. I guess this is the
part where I'm supposed to start bitching about how I'll probably get to
see them at the Seattle Center Arena or some other biiiiig Rock And Roll
Stadium near you for Big Money.
whine, whine, bitch, bitch.
Saturday, September 24, 1994
Happens only to the best of them.
SHIT!
Monday, October 3, 1994
on my way home from work today i heard sdre on the radio (kroq for those
who care) the dj described them as the "alternative to alternative"...
Tuesday, October 4, 1994
of course it's me again. just listening to my sdre "diary" for the
millionth time and love it. i just broke up with my beau yesterday
and the lyrics really hit home (as do the words in sebadoh's
"soul and fire" which i wrote about earlier). this isn't about
music, but i'm going to london for a semester and i want to
know if anyone has gone to college there, been there, etc. i need
any advice or warnings that you all could provide. thanks.
-------courtney
Friday, November 25, 1994
i'm going see Shudder To think w/o SDRE now. I'm wearing my SDRE in protest.
It'll still be cool...
-aaron
Sunday, December 4, 1994
Sunny Day Real Estate is the best live band around. I just saw them
last night at the Bottleneck in Lawrence, Kansas. It was incredible.
The Bottleneck is really a neat club. It was worth the four-hour
drive. I got to meet all of the guys in the band.
-Jonathan C.
Sunday, December 4, 1994
I heard A disturbing rumor about the band SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE,
I (being from Seattle) heard that SDRE might break up because of
Jeremy, the singer. He supposebly turned hard christian and he is
displeased of their new album that is almost out. Because of this he
doesn't want it to be released. And because of this the entire band
might break up. I don't know for sure if this is true, but I would gladly
appreciate it if you'd respond if you know.
-Seth Littlefield
To Seth and other readers.
I'm sorry that you are disturbed
about the rumor of us breaking up. It is amazing how fast
these things travel. Now to begin with, I don't know where
you got the idea that I am displeased with the new album.
The album is not even finished yet, so how could I dislike it?
In January I begin my vocals. Already I love the music alone.
When I finish my vocals and the final mix is done, then a
decision can be made of whether I like it or not. If I did not
like the new album, that would be no reason for me to quit the
band. When I look back at our last album Diary, I look at it as
a diary of our emotions at the time it all went down. The same
will be with the next album. It may not make me freak out in
joy, it may not be to the best of our abilities, but it is who we
were then. Yes sir I have given my life to Christ. For along
time I dwelt on a lot of pain in my life. Pain that I had tried to
get rid of in many different ways. I watched myself slowly
shrivel up into a hopeless, bitter and lonely person. Well one
thing led to another and I could not take it anymore so I took a
shot on calling upon God. He answered me. My pain was
gone. I was full of joy. I had hope again. All the hope that
was squeezed out of me was replaced ten times. I had tried
this in many different ways. None of them succeeded in
saving me from hurt. Well , I was so full of joy that I wanted
all of my friends to feel the way I did. So I told all of them,
and of course they couldn't understand, since it was something
that I had been going through myself. And also it is such a
far thing to grasp, that it is easier to just blow it off. To give
your life to Christ means to deny yourself, to completely live
for him. Doing this will change your comfort zone that you
had been trying to get since you can remember. You then are
a new person desiring a whole different way then before.
Most people definitely don't want their comfort changed,
so they stay away from the idea of Jesus. The funny thing is,
when you sincerely call upon him, though you let yourself go,
He fills you with a joy and peace that far surpasses any joy,
peace or comfort that you could possibly feel from earthly
pleasures. Now, how this applies to the band breaking up.
Well now that this has happened to me, Naturally I want to
sing about it. I want it to be what sunny day real estate is
about, so that others out there will hear. But there are mixed
feelings about what we could do about me wanting to sing
about Christ. One of the members doesn't mind me singing
about Christ, another is very uncomfortable with the idea of
singing about Jesus, and one didn't mind but now all of the
sudden does. Well I understand where they are coming from
because I was there. Jesus isn't anything that I want to
compromise with for he is far more important then this music,
financial security or popularity could ever be. So the idea of
breaking up has been talked about. I have different intentions
now. I want to take the band on a different path then they. It
is no longer the financial freedom that once controlled me, but
it is to expose people to truth for their sake and especially
Jesus' sake. But who knows what is going to happen in the
future. Every time I make a plan it gets changed. The future is
the future. I hope that we come to a decision about the band
that everyone is happy with.
Well my friend, you asked a couple questions and I gave you the whole story. Why give you the quick dumb version when you can get the story where it is. I'm going to say that there is more than what you see. I think most people believe that. Most people believe in some sort of God. Some create their own to their own comfort. Creating a mirror image of themselves, only calling it God. I must say that the true God is the one who is in the Bible, Jesus Christ. He is the only one whoever claimed to be God and on top of it all he rose from the dead. He has showed himself to me so clearly that I couldn't possibly believe otherwise. I would be a fool to say that he hasn't worked miracles in my life. When I didn't believe, there were no miracles. When I believed, the miracles still have not stopped. Call me crazy, for I'd rather be crazy and see what I've seen, then to ever go back to where I was. Now dear Seth, there is another reason that I write this letter. In it I hope you will let others who are interested read this letter to know where sunny day real estate and I stand, to clear up any confusion that is flying around. And especially to let you know of the intense change that Christ has put me through. I'm sure that you by now can see why. Maybe not through these words, but in the sincerity that I write this letter. I also intend for others to read this who are outside of your circle, Seth. These people would be, everyone in the band, and to all the people at Sub Pop. If my word is anything, this is the most sincere I have been in my life. Jesus Christ is Lord. There is a supreme truth to this world, and may your hearts search for it. Believe what you will. There is nothing more that I could do or say to show you. Believe me I have tried with many. Thanks for hearing me out.
With love,
-Jeremy Enigk
Sunday, December 4, 1994
I love you, man.
-matt
Monday, December 6, 1994
I saw your post about SDRE and I was wonderring if you could
enlighten me about something...
Were the members in straight edge bands before this one?
I saw the singer's shirt in the video, and it got me wonderring...
anyhow
Thanks... sorry to bother you...
-scotty
I think that was a Positive Greed shirt, which is a band that the
person who does sound for the band, Greg, sang for. They
weren't a straight edge band. William was in the band Unit Pride
for a brief period during the mid 70's, but he doesn't like to talk
about that. Jeremy doesn't smoke pot.
Bye,
-Nate
Tuesday, February 14, 1995
Did I just read a post bout SDRE breaking up???? WHats the real world on
this???
-Jimmy
No, they just changed their name to Funny Guy Real Estate.
-A-
Wednesday, March 1, 1995
no mad season has nothing to do with SDRE but Nate (the Bass player of SDRE)
and William (the amazing drummer of SDRE) are in the Foo Fighters. Mad Season
is Baker, Barret , Lane, and mike.
-Brandon Kent
"the rain was there to wash away the tears
i wanted to be them but instead i destroyed myself"
-Jeremy Enigk\Daniel Hoerner
Friday, March 31, 1995
I know this is an old thread, but I never really got the story.
What's going on with Sunny Day Real Estate? Are they:
a). broken up, no album
b). broken up but made one more album for us to love
c). not broken up and made one more album for us to love
d). not broken up but didn't make an album
e). in limbo and made/didn't make an album for us to love
Here's the other thing. The singer guy found religion. Does that mean he can't rock anymore? Why do religious bands always suck so much? Bach wrote religious music and it rocked. I think it has something to do with messages. I think christian rock bands are so into their messages that they forget to rock. I am not much of a U2 fan but they seemed to be able to balance the religion/rock thing better than most bands. Do any of you think if someone wrote a great song that you wouldn't like it if you knew the songwriter was devoted to Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ! Jesus Lizard. Jesus Jones. Jesus Chrysler. Christ on a Crutch. I am sure some of you know a few other Jesus bands. Godplow. God Bullies. God's Acre. God's Favorite band. God and Texas. God is my Copilot. How come religious bands never seem to have a sense of humor? You never hear of a religious band called the God Bullies. It's too bad.
-Vader
Tuesday, June 6, 1995
everybody isd so food loveit bunny bunny no really.\
ok some times yu think one thingf and then another but is it reallyu how
come? thank you
i heard sunny day real snakese was broken, but tah... who is the bunny? is
it you JIm? This Techron thingy hurts your brain so i suggest that you get
out into the yard and play with the bunny. i love you and you tolerate the
bunny. i love it when you come over.
-Dan Hoerner
On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Bryce wrote:
the bane of good music) Somebody told me today that Jeremy was gonna do a
Christian record. If I can get the straight dope Ill post it to the
Jeremy is a Christian. Jeremy is making a record.
Joyce
Yes the band is defunct. It's probably obvious to all by now, being
that Jeremy Enigk is doing his solo project now and Nate Mendel and
William Goldsmith are Foo Fighters. Last I heard, the band broke up
because Jeremy wanted to pursue Christian rock. Stop watching MTV,
its main purpose is to confuse you so you become a mindless drone
who will give up on thinking and go out and buy a Collective Soul
album, or something to that effect. Jeremy seems like a very serious
and intense guy, at least he seemed so when I met him, he seemed
religious about everything (meaning he took things as serious as
possible, including my comment to him after they played that they
would become big. Jeremy said "All we want to do is play music",
which I find admirable, and which is what I expected from him).
And I do remember both stories. I even have a bumper sticker that
reads: "POP ROCKS KILLED MIKEY".
Nooneehoohoo,
-Gimpy
Saturday, October 7, 1995
Does anyone have any information on SDRE's new album besides that it's
released on October 24 and that there are 9 songs on it? Also, does anyone
have any info on Jeremy Enigk's solo project???
-Fatty J. Blunt
You can access the SDRE web page through the Subpop site, it has clips from
three of the songs on the new album. Also, the song 8 is supposed to be on
the new one. It is out on October 24th.
-Bryce