I've had the itch and scratched it, but it was never cured. Although the desire still arises I realize it's absurd. It fools us into thinking that we're really something great making us so proud of what was handed to us by fate. Well that's fame. Stop lying to me. Why can't I see? Fame, it's just lying to me. I see it making me bigger than I deserve to be. And I know I'll never live up to what they expect from me. A drug we're searching for and when we get it we just want more. It comes as it pleases, then walks right out the door. Well that's fame... When they get the high they'll wonder why we're all mad after fame. It's not you, you've just fooled a few, and when you get it you're just the same. I've had the itch and scratched it but was never satisfied. I heard them say they love me, I know that's a lie. Forget about quenching my thrist, all this is just too dry. But we've heard it before, life's a bore, so we give it one more try. Mad after profit, distinction, adoration, cash never bought me anything I wanted. It only served as false protection. Fight for fame and material gain so our name is etched in stone. Then there's a devastation of our mind's creation when our position's overthrown.

(Ray and Porcell 'Fame')

BIOGRAPHY

Not a band but a project of the two friends Ray Cappo and John Porcelly. After the split of their formidable New York straight-edge band Youth of Today, this two track ep was recorded and released as a 7inch by Revelation Records. Ray wrote and sang the lyrics and programmed the drum machine, Porcell played guitar. Probably one of the very few hardcore records without live drums, it sounded like a cross between a much more melodic (even emo) Youth of Today and something industrial like maybe Pailhead. It was very different to what many expected, but welcomed by most in the absence of one of the scenes greatest bands of theirs.

The 2 songs 'Fame' and 'Broken Glass' were probably the first to teach covertly the Hare Krishna philosophy which Ray had gradually adopted whilst still in Youth of Today. The cover photo saw Ray sporting the traditional shaved head and sikha (tuft of hair) of a Krishna devotee, next to Porcell in an apartment room. This release was a precursor for Shelter, whose sound was at first not dissimilar, with Ray's clear singing as opposed to his previous trademark screams!