LUNATIC- THE HISTORY

THIS IS BASICALLY HOW IT GOT STARTED.
The year was 2001. A few years had past since my move from California back to the Valley and I was barely getting back into playing guitar.
At that time I was playing guitar for a band called "DIRT", so I was just getting a taste of what the music scene here in the Valley was about. Every Friday nite, we would practice with loads of beer and our buddy bands, "DED" and "Divinity".
We played a few shows in Harlingen with these bands, but soon enough , as luck would have it = we broke up.
This brings us to 2002. Some friends of mine in the band "DED" were already running sound for various bands under the name "MPH Productions", so we had an idea to get together and host a few shows. At that time, Lunatic Productions was just merely a webzine attempting to get attention. This brings us to the first show that was thrown under the combination of Lunatic and MPH , which equaled = SMEGMA ENTERTAINMENT. See flyer below....the story goes on..

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LOGO FOR SMEGMA. ALTHOUGH NOT FUNCTIONAL AT THIS TIME; THERE HAS BEEN TALKS OF A COME BACK SOMEDAY.

SEPT. 27, 2002 = CITY LIMITS, WESLACO, TX
THIS WAS THE FIRST SHOW EVER. THIS WAS HELD IN WESLACO, @ FRIENDS & FACES BAR (CURRENTLY THE CALIFORNIA SPORTS BAR). ALTHOUGH THE FLYER NAMED TRAGIC KOMIC = THEY WERE UNABLE TO PLAY THE SHOW. ALSO MENTION WAS NECROSIS = BAND HAILING OUT OF PSJA AREA WHO AT THAT POINT WAS GOING THROUGH SOME BAND TROUBLES (ALSO NOT ABLE TO PLAY THE SHOW) WHICH LED TO THEIR BREAK UP. FINALLY - THIS INTRODUCED THE BAND AFTERLIFE = A PROGRESSIVE METAL BAND OUT OF DONNA/WESLACO. AFTERLIFE LATER PLAYED SEVERAL OTHER LUNATIC SHOWS WHICH STILL PUTS THEM AS ONE OF THE BANDS THAT HAS PLAYED THE MOST LUNATIC SHOWS. (BAND IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A DRUMMER AND SINGER). FILLING IN THE CANCELED BANDS ON SHORT NOTICE WAS THE PUNK BAND 3RDNLONG = AFTER A SHORT PERIOD AWAY FROM THE SCENE, THE BAND IS CURRENTLY PLAYING NEW MATERIAL AT VARIOUS VENUES.

3RDNLONG = FIRST SHOW @ CITY LIMITS, WESLACO, TX.

Not the original flyer. Made for illustration purposes.

OCT. 30, 2002 = HALLOWEEN MASSACRE, SUNRISE HILL, WESLACO, TX.
THIS WAS THE SECOND ATTEMPT FOR A SHOW AND THE LINEUP WAS GETTING GOOD. FOR OF ALL, SLOWGRIND WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO PLAY BUT WERE UNABLE TO, DUE TO A PRIOR COMMITMENT. SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE OPENING BAND AZAZEL HAILING OUT OF WESLACO/DONNA. AZAZEL BROUGHT A GROVE TO DEATH METAL BUT THE BAND WAS SHORT LIVED AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE. SOME OF THE MEMBERS HOWEVER ARE STILL ACTIVE PLAYING IN OTHER LOCAL BANDS. SECOND BAND ON THE BILL WAS DIVINITY = NOW KNOWN AS "OF FORSAKEN DIVINITY" THE BAND HAS GONE THROUGH SOME CHANGES RECENTLY FILLING IN THE VACANT GAP OF A BASS PLAYER. LOOK FOR THEM TO PLAY LOCALLY SOON. DED - THIS MARKED THE FIRST OF MANY SHOWS THE BAND PLAYED. THEIR SOUND CAN BE DESCRIBED AS SUICIDAL TENDENCIES MEETS MEGADETH.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE LAST BAND ON THE BILL- SCARABAEUS = OPTING TO RUN THEIR OWN SOUND, "RED BAND PRODUCTIONS" THIS BAND PROVED TO BE THE HEAVIEST OF THE NIGHT. SCARABEAUS AS WELL AS RED BARN HAD SEVERAL OTHER COLABERATIONS WITH LUNATIC THEREAFTER. (SEE LATER IN THE STORY. )

DID YOU KNOW? - THAT THE NAME LUNATIC WAS ACTUALLY DERIVED FROM ALEX' LAST NAME.

SCARABAEUS ON THE NIGHT OF THE HALLOWEEN MASSACRE 2002 @ SUNRISE HILL PAVILLION,, WESLACO, TX.

DID YOU KNOW? THAT THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN MASSACRE WAS THROWN IN 1989 WITH A LINEUP OF OLD SCHOOL BANDS = BEIGN REBELLION, NOCTURNAL DEATH, HASTE, SHADOW, DIGUST, BLACK KNIGHT, & CONFUSED.

NOV.23, 2002 - BUCAHANNAS, MCALLEN, TX
THIS BROUGHT TOGETHER THE FIRST OF SEVERAL SHOWS AT THIS VENUE. IRONICALLY, THESE 3 BANDS THAT PLAYED THAT NIGHT LAYED THE FOUNDATION OF MANY MORE SHOWS TO COME. ( LOOK AT THE DID YOU KNOW BELOW.) THIS WAS AN EARLY CALLING FOR UNITY AS BUDDY BANDS ONCE AGAIN GATHERED TO THROW A SHOW AND ENJOY THE SPRITUAL WATER OF THE NEVER ENDING KEG. ENRAGED - DED AND AFTERLIFE PAVED THE WAY FOR MANY SHOWS TO BE HOSTED @ BUCHANNANS BEFORE THEY WERE CLOSED DOWN BY TABC.

NOT THE ORGINAL FLYER. FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY.

<---------------JOHN ANTI OF DED ENJOYING SOME SPRITUAL CLEANSING..BUCHANNAS NOV. 23RD MCALLEN, TX.

DID YOU KNOW?
THE NIGHT OF NOV. 23RD BROUGHT JAMES , DRUMMER OF AFTERLIFE AT THE TIME, INTO INTO THE PICTURE OF LUNATIC PRODUCTIONS AND BROUGHT THE DEMISE OF THE MPH AND LUNATIC COLABERATION OF SMEGMA..

JAN. 18, 2003 - FRIENDS AND FACES, WESLACO, TX.
THIS WAS THE FIRST SHOW THAT LUNATIC SPAWNED ON ITS OWN. THESE NEXT SERIES OF SHOWS WERE HOSTED @ FRIENDS & FACES BAR. FIRST OF ALL - THE NIVES, OUT OF WESLACO/MERCEDES = WERE SETTING UP TO PLAY, WHEN THE OWNER ADVISED THEM THAT THEIR WIVES HAD TO PAY TO GET IN. THINKING THAT WAS BULLSHIT, (CAUSE IT IS) THE NIVES OPT NOT TO PLAY. (THE NIVES = SIMILARITIES TO THE NIRVANA SOUND - BAND IS NO LONGER TOGETHER.) THIS BROUGHT IN THE SECOND ACT "NNY"- WHICH STOOD FOR NO NAME YET. THE NIGHT OF THE SHOW - THE BAND ADVISED THAT THEY HAD CHANGED THEIR NAME TO CHROME ILLUSSION. PLAYING MOSTLY COVERS THE BAND MOVED THROUGH A 45 MIN. SET. NEEDLESS TO SAY - THE BAND WAS MORE OF A JAM BAND AND DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE.THIS BRINGS US TO THE BAND VIUDA WHICH IS PICTURED TO THE LEFT. THE BANDS WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SUPPLY THE PA. HAILING OUT OF DONNA TX - THE BAND WAS MAINLY SPANISH ALTERNATIVE ROCK , THROWING IN A HEAVY RIFF HERE AND THERE. THE BAND HAS SINCE BROKEN UP.

VIUDA THE NIGHT OF JAN. 8TH @ FRIENDS AND FACES BAR.