Ear One Productions is proud to announce their next project! This summer will see the release of Connecticut hardcore / punk band Voice Of Reason’s entire discography! Voice of Reason disbanded in 2001, but throughout their existence managed to release a slew of EPs, compilation tracks, and ultimately a full length album via Triple Crown. “Looking Back to The Way Things Were: Voice of Reason 1995 – 2001” is a remastered collection of the band’s 22-song discography. “Looking Back to The Way Things Were: Voice of Reason 1995 – 2001” will be available as a limited edition CD and free digital download.
—- Press Release —
Voice of Reason was a popular melodic hardcore band formed in the mid-90’s. Founding members, guitarist Mike Sabia and vocalist Jay Reason, launched the band from the local Connecticut hardcore scene. An array of flyers from the mid-90’s to early 00’s boasts Voice of Reason on eclectic bills – ranging from Hatebreed and Warzone to New Found Glory and Saves The Day.
In the band’s early stages, they were often compared to 7 Seconds and Gorilla Biscuits. It was only appropriate that they would team up with NYC’s legendary producer, Don Fury (Agnostic Front, Gorilla Biscuits, Sick Of It All) for their initial demo. In 1999, Fury mentioned “Voice of Reason have a quality that I look for in young bands – they believe in what they are doing, and they’re not afraid to just be themselves.”
Don Fury would go on to receive producing credits for the majority of the band’s output, and was often cited as helping them evolve their sound into a more melodic structure. It didn’t take long for Voice of Reason to set themselves apart from their contemporaries with a driving edge that made them contenders within the post-hardcore scene as much as the scene that helped birth them. Friend of Jay Reason, Ryan O’Connor (Think Fast! Records) notes: “Voice of Reason were one of the first hardcore bands I heard in the 90’s. At the time, hardcore was a very aggressive place with bands like Earth Crisis and Strife. VOR always stood out to me because they didn’t fit that mold – they had a more melodic sound, but without being cheesy. I always thought they were an underrated part of the 90’s hardcore scene”.
Voice of Reason disbanded in 2001, but throughout their existence managed to release a slew of EPs, compilation tracks, and ultimately a full length album via Triple Crown. “Looking Back to The Way Things Were: Voice of Reason 1995 – 2001” is a remastered collection of the band’s 22-song discography. The release is expected to surface this Summer on Connecticut’s Ear One Productions as a limited edition CD and free digital download.
“Voice Of Reason was one of the realest hardcore/punk bands of my youth. No matter what style of music they were playing, Jay taught, and inspired me to push my own music, and a DIY ethic that I would take with me for the past 15 years. True hustlers, true friends, and a time in my life I could never replace. True Connecticut Hardcore.”
– Wes Fortier | Death Threat / Crowns Of Kings
“I remember first seeing Voice of Reason in like 1997, can’t remember where exactly. In 2012, melodic hardcore is everywhere but it is usually just pop punk bands wearing the right shirts. In 1997, almost no one was doing melodic hardcore, certainly not as well as Voice of Reason. The split with Overthrow was in my cd book on many a tour. We have had the opportunity to play a bunch with Jay and the boys over the years in Indecision and Most Precious Blood and it’s high time that all of their material is available for everyone to enjoy.” – Tom Sheehan | Indecision / Most Precious Blood
“At a time when everyone was singing songs about your boys stabbing you
in the back, VOR was singing songs about girls stabbing you in the heart
which was what all the “stabbed in the back” songs are about anyway. Honest.” – Chris Legg | Fastbreak / The Distance
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