MCIS was the most important record of my teen years. I was 15 when it came out, just learning how to really play guitar, pushing myself in my creative life, and going through an absolutely awful family dynamic. I related to every song on this record wether through anger, love, or hormones. I recorded the Riv show to cassette and listened constantly. Traded tapes with other fans on tape trees through AOL. Dissected and analyzed song after song to its absolute minutae which is probably why I make records for a living myself. It also helped me identify and maintain my SELF through a physically and mentally abusive family situation, for that I will be forever grateful. I bought this shirt at the October 1996 show at the Rosemont Horizon. I wore it until it couldn’t be worn anymore and its been in storage since 1999. MCIS is one of the few records I can listen to now as an adult without cringing. Many of its themes still feel the same 25 years later. And now that its not just about the art but we know more about the process of the band and the engineers and producers behind the record – that makes it even more special. I don’t have anything else to say except I appreciate this records place in my life and the artistic effort that it took to bring it to life. <sp3