Carri-On

Compilation appearances: - "Voices" on Rock City Compilation #4 (2003 CD, Rock City News) - "Die Bitch Die Bitch Die" on Revolution (Rock City Compilation #5) (2003 CD, Rock City News) Carri-On was founded in 1989 by Steve Berka, in Danville, Kentucky. In 1990, after solidifying the 3-piece lineup of Steve, Wayne Reidinger, and Josh "Mosh" Howard, the band relocated to the city where Steve was born, Cleveland, Ohio. Once in Cleveland they moved into a 3-bedroom house and began building a home-studio. They soon combined their gear with that of sound engineer (and keyboardist) Dan Mace, and in August 1991 they recorded " Now Unveiled " in the home-studio, recorded and engineered by Mace. They also began playing live shows alongside numerous other bands from the Ohio Metal scene of the era, such as Winters Bane , Mystik , Advocate , Blessed Sickness , Hemlock , Sin-Eater , and several others. A few months after, Wayne then left to join the Military and the band recruited bassist Byron Baker. This lineup continued playing live and later recorded and released the " Carri-On " demo on cassette, and before the end of 1993 they brought the masters of " Carri-On " to Modern Recording Services to have it remixed and cleaned up. The result was the " Carri-On " album released on CD, with much higher production values then any release of theirs to date. In 1994 Josh Mosh moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and Steve Berka later recorded a very rare EP and even rarer second full-length of all-new material (Steve on all instruments), the EP called "Symbol" and the album called "The Writings" (a.k.a. "The Writings of Now") which Steve reveres as Carri-On's best work. "The Writings" also marked the first time Berka experimented with a deeper, raspy vocal style mixed with his normal singing style. "Symbol" was professionally pressed onto cassettes, although in extremely small quantities (only about 30 copies were printed). "The Writings" had covers professionally printed, and printed tape labels placed on clear studio tapes, in an even smaller quantity than "Symbol". However, shortly after the 1996 completion of "The Writings" tapes Steve and Byron re-located to California and formed a new lineup. They also developed a new style that was more '70s Psych-Hard Rock influenced. This lineup released the album " Necessary Evils " in 2001. The band was located in Danville, Kentucky from 1989-'90, Cleveland, Ohio from 1990-'96, and Los Angeles, California after '96.