Jared DuBach
Daily Egyptian
Tomorrow Never Comes is a heavy metal band from Carbondale that has a passion for doing whatever it can to get out of a hard day's work. For them, generating a rather disturbing sound is the ideal way.
"It kind of sounds like when someone bites the curb," guitarist Ken Clifford says as he plays with a Curious George stick puppet while wearing a baseball cap that has the words 'Work Sucks' on it. "You know that sound when someone bites the curb and then someone smashes their skull in with their foot? That's what we sound like."
Tomorrow Never Comes' five members are: Josh Plemon (vocals/guitar); Ken Clifford (guitar/vocals); Tony Lamantia (bass/vocals); and Zack Kemp and Gary Trimble on drums.
Plemon is the owner and head engineer of Room 12 Studios and is the former guitarist and vocalist for S.S. Bountyhunter. Clifford is also the guitarist for the Karloffs and is a founding member of the recently defunct Last Laugh. Lamantia was involved with the band Deprived. Kemp is also drumming for Headfix, and Trimble is the former drummer of the Boro City Rollers and the Holidays.
The band members all agree that Tomorrow Never Comes' sound is unmistakable and takes some of its influence from Black Sabbath, Slayer, and the early music of Metallica. Ken Clifford says that his style of performing is inspired by the Christian rock band, Stryper, and Gary Trimble says that he finds inspiration in the Cure.
Plemon said the main inspiration for his lyrics come from his perception of the darker side of life.
"The older I get, the more I realize that reality isn't always pretty," Plemon said.
According to Plemon, the idea of organizing a heavy metal band came to him a few years ago. After a few lineup changes, the current group stabilized. Plemon said the name Tomorrow Never Comes has several different meanings. The first meaning is to make a person consider the possibility that tomorrow may never come and that person should seize control of what time was left. The second meaning is to encourage people to reconsider what is important in their lives. One of the things that is definitely important on the band's agenda is succeeding at advancing onward with their music.
"It would be nice if we could get a decent record deal and tour with some well established bands," Plemon said. "We just plan on moving onto bigger and better things."
Reporter Jared DuBach can be reached at jdubach@dailyegyptian.com
Tomorrow Never Comes is playing at 10 tonight at Boo Jr. and Co. with Hateful Dead and Kick In Emergency. For more information on Tomorrow Never Comes, go to http://www.tomorrownevercomes.net
Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM
