February 7, 2010 - Thanks to everyone who came out last night to support my family. ALl proiceeds from the show will go toward my brother Eddie's mounting medical bills. It was good to see so many people I haven't seen in so long, who still care about Eddie. Thanks to Condemned, Snag, and The Fiendz for performing, and thanks again to Jerry from The Fiendz for putting everything together.
May 1, 2009 - The COmrades newest album Faceless Landscape is officially released. See our discography section for purchase, or free downloads.
February 3, 2008 - I just received word that our orignal drummer, Andy Goulbourn, passed away. He now joins his brother Steve and his long time girlfriend Lisa Trombino. Let's pray that they are together again. Obviously his remaining family is devastated. Andy's "unique" drumming style was one of the many things that made The Comrades one of the more "experimental" groups in our area back in the early 80s. I will be posting some of the old Comrades songs he wrote as a tribute to him. Unfortunately, as things go, I had not heard from him since Lisa passed away, but maintained contact with his mom. I should have tried harder. Andy, you were never far from my thoughts and in my dream world I always imagined the day when somehow the orignal band would play again just one last time. Looks like that will have to wait a while ... if we all make it up there. Good bye Comrade. I will always love and remember you. Give Steve and Lisa my love too. - Jimmy
January 22, 2008 - DUe to numerous difficulties (what's new?) most of the new album tracks had to be scrapped altogether. At this point most have been re-recorded; some additional work on the lead guitars still needs to be done and after that the mixing and mastering. Yes, we WILL put it out! It will be called Faceless Landscape and it is probably our best work yet.
August 23, 2006 - Yes, we are still here! The album project is going slow but all of the tracks are recordsd nd only the mixing is left to finish. We performed live on WFMU in June and we will be playing our first "real" show in over a year and a half this coming Saturday at the Underpass in Elmwood Park, NJ. As Darren and I both just turned 40, I guess we're now officially an "old" band!
January 17, 2005 - There was a problem with the account we were using to make our MP3s available. We have moved them to a new location. See the Multimedia-Free MP3s link. All of our albums are available for free download. The Invisivle Hand and A Spectrum of Light are no longer available in CD form so please feel free to download these albums.
January 13, 2005 - We are almost finished recording our new album. We are doing all the recording ourselves digitally. The album will contain twelve all new tracks and is as of yet un-named. It will hopefully be independently released in early 2005. Also, we are actually making another rare live appearance in Philadelphia on February 5. Please check out our shows page for more details. As you know we don't get out much so I hope to see some of you there!
February 29, 2004 - It is with great sadness that I must report another death in the Comrades "family." John Troy, who had originally recorded the first COmrades demo tapes in 1983, and has continued to work with the band in the years to come, passed away today. He had also recorded most of the songs on The Invisible Hand and recorded the first demo copy of Illusory Refuge. Johnny was a talented musician in his own right and had been very active in the Country music scene. A song he co-wrote, "The Man who Moaned the Blues", went to number one in Europe a few years ago. Johnny had a long history in recording, playing, and producing music, both his own and others. Johnny was also a close family friend for many, many years. I was supposed to do some work with Johnny on an acoustic project a few months ago, but soom after he informed my that he had cancer and was undergoing treatments. Johnny was a very special person to me, as well as an inspiration to continue playing and writing for the love of it. I will never forget all that he did for me and the band and will carry his memory with me forever.
January 29, 2004 - Sadly, I found out today from our orignal drummer Andy that his girlfriend of 20 years, Lisa Trombino, passed away after a long battle with cancer. I had last spoken to Lisa a few months ago and she had taken a turn for the worse since. Lisa was a wonderful person who will be missed by all who had the privlege of knowing her. As I reported some time ago, Lisa also lost her father in the WTC attack. Andy also recently lost his brother. Please keep both families in your thoughts and prayers.
December 5, 2003 - Our December 5 show at Connections (with The Accelerators, Roots Rock Rebel, and Shock Mobatta) has been cancelled. The entire show is to be rescheduled. We will let you know when that happens.
October 25, 2003 - The website has been redesigned. Please write to us and let us know what you think.