''Three Years Two Months Eleven Days'' was an album of early material, often referred to as a

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, by the American band

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. Recorded in various sessions between January 1996 and July 1998 – including a live recording – and with varying members, it was released by the band's first record label,

Indecision Records Indecision Records is an independent American hardcore punk record label, which was started by punk photographer and fanzine editor Dave Mandel in 1992 as an offshoot of his fanzine, ''Indecision''. It is based in Garden Grove, California, and ...

, in April 2000.

Overview

Ensign had recorded two EPs – a '' self-titled 7-inch'' and the ''

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'' 7-inch – and a full-length debut, ''

Direction of Things to Come ''Direction of Things to Come'' was the debut full-length album from New Jersey hardcore punk band Ensign. It was released on Indecision Records in November, 1997, and it followed two 7-inch vinyl EPs. As well as being released on CD, Indecision ...

'', for Orange County, California label

before departing for the larger

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in 1998. Far from seeing this as a cashing-in exercise by Indecision on the band's new, wider audience, it was seen as filling the gaps in the essential history of a band who would go on to tour with

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band,

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in 2002. Most of the material was either unreleased, out-of-print or very rare. Style-wise, it was more akin to ''

'' than anything they did subsequently on either

or Blackout Records. Straightforward, short blasts of

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in the

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mould that they had imported to the Californian shores in 1995.

Track listing

All songs written by Ensign, unless stated. #"Alzheimers" – 1:24 #"Pale Horse" – 2:28 #"Trying Again" (Ensign, Ron Wood) – 1:56 #"Enemy of My Enemy" – 2:46 #"Standing" – 2:25 #"MPSR" – 1:54 #"Blue Skies" – 3:22 #"Fall from Grace" – 1:57 #"Uncommon Bond" – 2:09 #"MPSR #2" – 1:49 #"We'll Make the Difference" (Insted) – 2:18 #"Hold" – 2:02 #"Say It" (Underdog) – 2:10 #"Tourniquet" – 1:50 #"Where Did We Go Wrong" – 1:48 #"Fade into Years" – 1:51 #"Target" – 1:52 #"Intro" – 1:23 #"Page 32" – 2:18 #"Day by Day" – 1:36 #"Revolutions End" – 1:04 #"First, Last, Only" – 2:36 #"Foundation" – 2:01 * Tracks 1 – 4 were originally from the '' self-titled 7-inch EP'' released in May 1996 * Tracks 5 – 7 were previously unreleased, but were recorded in the same session as the '' self-titled 7-inch EP'' * Tracks 8 – 11 were originally from the 7-inch ''

EP'' released in June 1997 * Track 11 is a

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of a song by Insted. It was also re-recorded for the 2003 cover album, ''

Love the Music, Hate the Kids ''Love the Music, Hate the Kids'' is American hardcore punk band Ensign's fourth full-length album. It is an album of cover versions of seminal hardcore punk songs from the early-1980s to mid-1990s. It was recorded in seven days and released i ...

'' * Tracks 12 and 13 were previously unreleased, but were recorded in the same session as the '' Fall from Grace 7-inch EP'' * Track 13 is a cover version of a song by Underdog. It was also re-recorded for the 2003 cover album, ''

'' * Tracks 14 – 17 were all previously unreleased * Tracks 2 and 16 were reprised and appeared on '' Cast the First Stone'' in March 1999 * Tracks 12, 14 and 15 were reprised and appeared on ''

'' in November 1997 * Tracks 18 –23 are live recordings of songs which were on ''

Credits

* Tim Shaw – vocals (all tracks) * John Fraunberger – guitar (tracks 1–15) * Ryan "Mackenzie" Donoghue – guitar (tracks 16–23) * Walt Svekla – bass (tracks 1–7) * Nate "Edge" Gluck – bass (tracks 8–23) * Chris Ross – drums (tracks 1–7) * Ryan Murphy – drums (tracks 8–23)

Tracks 1–7

* Recorded January 11–15, 1996 at Sweetwood Sound, New Jersey * Produced by

Sick of It All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sic ...

's Pete Koller * Engineered by Alap Momin and Keith Deblasi

Tracks 8–13

* Recorded 1996 in New Jersey * Produced by Sick of It All's Pete Koller * Mixed by Noah Evans

Tracks 14–15

* Recorded at John's Place, Staten Island, New York

Tracks 16–17

* Recorded in November 1997 at Third Studio from the Sun, Wayne, New Jersey * Engineered by Dave Meyer

Tracks 18–23

* Lance Wells (guest vocals) * Recorded live on July 25, 1998, at the Showcase Theater, Corona, California

External links

Blackout Records

Join The Team Player Records (Germany)

Nitro Records

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