Madison

Madison

Record Labels:	none
Started By:	see article
Largest show:	500+ people
First show:	1996
Last show:	1997
Number of Members:	5

Jason, Jeremy, Matt, and Robby began playing together between 1995 and 96. They wanted to start an official band but had no singer and no name. Being HEAVILY inspired by bands like: Lifetime ,Quicksand,& Split Lip - The foursome quickly wrote a set & started looking for a singer . Without a singer , the nameless group played a basement show with soon to be friends - *Castner . Certain soon to be Louisville legends were at the show as very young men as well : Billy Trinkle,Brad Reardon,Corey Smith,Marc Fulkerson,Jamie Leslie & a few others . After this show - Castner played its first official show , at The Toys For Tots benefit  ; in the first Ground Zero basement. It was also Elliotts first show & Enkindel headlined . During Castners set they announced our new band was looking for a singer - & Rusty Varisco stepped forward . The rest is Emo history .

Turned into Trademark.

Played shows with during 96-97 : Refused, Elliott, Jimmy Eat World, Month of Sundays, Samson,Snapcase,Kiwi, Enkindel, Boy Sets Fire, Get Up Kids,Converge, Beta Minus Mechanic, Preparation H, By The Grace Of God,Blangk, Great Detroit River Boat Race, &Union

Members:

• Robby Scott -guitar
• Rusty Varisco -vocals
• Jeremy Holehan - bass
• Jason Balicki - drums
• Matt Hellmich - bass

Releases:

• none (but some songs were used by Trademark)

Compilations:

• Can You Scream! cassette (Concrete Records)

Shirts/Merch:

• yes