THE HISTORY OF ATTICA
ATTICA WAS FORMED IN 1987 IN WHICH THE ORIGINAL LINEUP
OF
GLENN B. DAMAGE BASS
JIM CASSI GUITAR JEFF MILLER DRUMS
AND MARK ALBRECHT LEAD VOCAL AND KEYBOARDS
THE BAND HAD ITS FIRST GIG IN EARLY 1988
AT THE M&M BALLROOM IN MONTEVIDEO MN
THIS LINEUP OF THE BAND LASTED ALMOST A YEAR
AND PLAYED MOSTLY COVER SONGS ALTHOUGH BY
THE END OF THE YEAR THET DID HAVE FOUR ORIGINAL SONGS
THAT THEY WERE PERFORMING, ONE OF THESE SONGS WAS GEPPETO
WHICH THE BAND STILL PLAYS TODAY AND HAS RECIEVED
AIRPLAY AS RECENTLY AS JUNE 2004
BY THE END OF 1988 ATTICA MADE ITS FIRST LINEUP CHANGE
WHEN CHRIS HALLET REPLACED JEFF MILLER ON DRUMS
THIS ENDED UP BEING THE FIRST OF SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE BAND
AT THE END OF 1988 THE BAND THEN LOST LEAD SINGER MARK ALBRECT
TO A LOCAL BAND CALLED CHALLENGER AND GUITARIST JIM CASSI
DECIDED TO LEAVE MINNESOTA TO GO TO KENTUCKY
IN ESSENCE ATTICA WAS DEAD................................
THEN GLENN WITH NEW DRUMMER CHRIS DECIDED TO REFORM THE BAND
AFTER MANY AUDITIONS THE BAND SETTLED ON A YOUNG
GUITAR WIZARD NAMED STEVE ROOKER
AFTER ABOUT 2 MONTHS OF LOOKING FOR A FRONT MAN THE BAND
WAS STUMPED WHEN FORMER INTRUDER VOCALIST BRADLEY REXX DEAN
WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH CHRIS
CAME BY FOR FUN TO FILL IN FOR A NIGHT IMMEDIATELY GLENN FELT
A CHEMISTRY WITH BRAD AND OFFERED HIM THE GIG
WITHIN SIX WEEKS BAND STARTED GIGGING AND IN FEBRUARY OF 1989
THE NEW ATTICA WAS OUT AND ROCKIN
ALSO THE BAND STARTED TO WRITE SONGS AND LOTS OF THEM BY THE FALL OF 1989 ATTICA WAS IN LOGIC STUDIOS RECORDING THERE DEBUT WILDCRY
to be continued.......................................................