Coliseum – Coliseum LP
€28.90
Coliseum – Coliseum LP
NEW AND UNPLAYED!
Equal Vision Records
COLISEUM, the legendary hardcore punk band from Louisville, KY, are excited to
announce a fully remixed and remastered 20th anniversary edition of their celebrated
self-titled debut album. Originally released on Level-Plane Records in June 2004, their
debut album was well-received and holds a special place in the band’s history (and
heart). Unfortunately, the drums ended up buried in the original mix and the album
didn’t quite portray an accurate representation of the band at that time. Now, 20 years
after its original release, frontman Ryan Patterson remixed the album in the hope of
shining a light on the entire band, particularly its original drummer, Patterson’s cousin
Matt Jaha, who passed away in April 2020.
Recorded live on 1⁄2” 8-track in a rough-and-tumble, DIY-style by SEBADOH’s Jason
Loewenstein in two sessions with very minimal overdubs and little consideration
for nuanced recording, the band set up in the garage of a large house in downtown
Louisville, KY, where Patterson and his friends lived and their bands practiced. “We
wanted a raw and immediate hardcore punk record, and that’s what we got,” Patterson
recalls. “The drums were recorded with only four microphones, the amps were isolated
in the upstairs bedrooms, the vocals were recorded in a bathroom.”
Patterson continues, “Now that COLISEUM is back in action after a nearly nine-year
hiatus, it’s even more poignant and important to give this special album a new 20th
anniversary remix, remaster, and reissue.”