BEFORE THE WAR - history
Before The War is a fansite for the band Mercury Rev. It was created by Gavin
Bachner (http://defgav.com/)
on September 19, 1998, inspired by a CDnow contest to "creatively advertise"
Mercury Rev and their (then) forthcoming album, Deserter's Songs. It
worked! Gavin won the contest, scoring himself an autographed CD, a folded up
poster, and some glittery stickers. The site remained active throughout "the
Deserter's era" and into the dawn of "the All Is Dream era," with somewhat
frequent updates. Then for a long time, nothing happened. After All Is Dream was released, Gavin got lazy/busy and stopped trying to keep up with news and updates. Server switch-ups resulted in several sections disappearing. An English fansite came along and picked up the slack, so nobody really noticed. Then that went away, but a French fansite came along. Then that went away, too. Before The War isn't as happening as it once was, but it's still here! You can email Gavin at gavin7@gmail.com
BEFORE THE WAR - updates (newest first) February 2010 - Attempted to get the discography up to date. Gigography
update. Also added Snowflake Midnight lyrics. |