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The
Guns started in 1982 as a way for two kids to work off
their excess sugar buzz. Scott Eakin (age 12) and David
Araca (age 13), of the band The Dark, formed their own
side project, The Guns. They played at parties and a
few shows. In '83 hey recorded a demo and contributed
2 songs to "The New Hope", a compilation of
NE Ohio punk/hardcore bands, released by Scott's older
brother and singer for The Dark, Tom Eakin (aka Tommy
Dark). The two songs led off the album and had an incredible
reaction. In late 1983, I (Sean Saley- aka Sean Wright)
quit my drum chair in Starvation Army and joined The
Guns as bass player. The three of us were goofy teenagers
and spent all of our time hanging out with each other
anyway, so I was in. We played a ton of shows at The
Pop Shop, The Lakefront, and other holes during late
'83 and most of '84. We recorded an album produced by
Scott Lasch in '84 which, other than a song contributed
to the "They Pelted Us With Rocks And Garbage"
compilation released by Negative Print fanzine, was
shelved. Around '94 or '95, most of the tracks from
that session were found, uncredited, as the last 10
or so tracks on a CD by the Cleveland death metal band
Bowel. As of early 2001, the album was due to be released
by one of two labels fighting over it. what-EVER. Anyway,
In late '84, I moved away from Cleveland and eventually
to Washington DC to play drums for the band Government
Issue. The Guns carried on with Scott Silverman on lead
guitar and Bob Ries on bass through 1987. Scott Eakin
went on to be in many other bands. David Araca had much
success in the band False Hope. As of 2000, Scott and
his brother Tom are in the Cleveland band Stepsister.
After Government Issue, I did a whole lotta nothin'
for about 10 years, and now I play drums for a DC/NY
based band called moodroom.
In the spring of 1994, David Araca passed away at the
age of 26.
He was an extremely talented drummer, bassist, artist,
and tattoo artist. He was my best friend from that time
in my life and I miss him very much and think of him
often.
(Sean
Saley)
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