Sorry
Imaginary Friend by Sorry was one of those great used bin finds. In fact, I found it in the same store that I picked up a cheap copy of Bands That Could Be God. Both records were on the Radiobeat label and cost me less than $10 combined. Sometimes I miss the pre-internet/Ebay days, days when you could beat the bushes and find gems. Or maybe my issue is that I don’t have a decent store within 50 miles.
But I’m getting off track. Sorry formed in the early 80’s in Boston and played an inventive, refreshing brand of hardcore. Or, as the band has termed it “Pre-Emo, Pre-Indie, Influential OG 80’s Boston Hardcore”. To me, its sounds like a blend of hyped up Volcano Suns and early DC hardcore, but that may be because Sorry members David Kleiler and Chuck Hahn would become future Volcano Suns members. After Imaginary Friend, Sorry would release one more LP - 1986’s The Way It Is on Homestead. Vocalist Jon Easley went on to be in Burn amongst other bands before passing away in 1998.
Below are my favorite tracks from 1984’s Imaginary Friend. You can grab all 18 tracks as winrar archive right here
Sorry - My Word.mp3
Sorry - Misanthrope.mp3
Sorry - Doomed From the Start.mp3
Sorry - Where Were You.mp3
Sorry - One More Step.mp3
Sorry - Buried.mp3
Sorry - On My Own.mp3
Sorry - Dirty Old Man.mp3
Sorry - Honesty.mp3
Sorry - 24.mp3
Notes:
<> More mp3’s and a detailed band bio on the Sorry page@Myspace - including tracks from The Way It Is
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love the site, thanks for posting this. BTW it’s Jon Easley, not Eason.
oops - I goofed on the name (I work w/ a Jon Eason) Thanks for the correction
wow - came across your blog via hype machine. i have had the way it is on vinyl for the past 10 years. someone got me into sorry when i was in high school and i always thought i was one of the only ones who knew them. you made my day.
ps - the band’s on myspace!
Never fully sunk my teeth into this album on a whole as I thought it was great only by half (hate the way the bass was mixed on it for starters), albeit this version of 24 is every bit a clock-stopper as the later version they released on “The Way It Is” (edge going to the later version as well). TWIS was a solid, stone-cold classic start to finish, not forgetting that it contains what’s arguably the best cover version of Link Wray’s “Rumble” ever etched to wax. Pity it ain’t ever seen light on CD… and don’t get me started on “We’re Just Making Noise.”
Kleiler had a box of these at the “last” Volcano Suns show at TT the Bear’s and threw them all out to the crowd. Great record.
Thank you very much for this!
I bought The Way It Is twenty years ago, and I always thought it was their only album.
I’ve been looking for this for years. Thanks for posting. Jon used to work for Blackout! during the early 90’s. He was a great guy.
Nice seeing the Boston scene on here more. Thanks for all the forgotten songs and bands across America where is Seige?
Nice seeing the Boston scene on here more. Thanks for all the forgotten songs and bands across America where is Seige?
sorry was one of those bands that a few (not everybody) people in boston chose to try to act cool and put them down
i was somewhat friends with jon easley
and one show i really paid attention to them
they were really good and under rated
sucks jon is dead
oh ya chuck hahn s sister was a doll…..
she broke my heart and didnt even know it
ehh, they used to get on a lot of hc bills in Boston kind of easy listening non threatening which was/is typical for Boston..as a kid I had opportunity to interact with band members and while the bassist andguitar were friendly the vocalist was an egotistical prick. For a friggin opening band, he really thought he was more important than anyone else. I was glad to hear he died.
Glad he’s dead… that is pretty harsh statement. Did he sodomize you or was his only crime being a rude young man?
Thanks for this. Both their records are great!
I have this album and still listen to it occasionally, but it pales in comparison to the Sorry tracks on Bands That Could Be God, in my opinion.
I might add the distinct influence of Mission Of Burma, albeit, chugging along on cheap trucker speed, but MOB no less whose stalwart drummer, Pete Prescott would go on to form Volcano Suns with select members of this band.
Thanks boys348d33