Biography
Explosive and politically conscious post-hardcore outfit Inquisition just lasted a couple of years, but the eager energy and sincerity of the music motivated many who discovered them throughout their short run, including acts like WARM WATER Music, Anti-Flag, the Suicide Machines, Dashboard Confessional, Ensign, and much more. Inquisition produced in Richmond, Virginia in 1991 around four senior high school close friends: vocalist Thomas Barnett, guitarist Tag Avery, drummer Russ Jones, and bassist Leer Baker. Baker still left the music group in early 1992, but introductions thanks to Avail’s Tim Barry shortly led to Rob Huddleston putting your signature on on to fill up the void. Immediately after, the guys documented and self-released their initial studio record, Broken Music. Inquisition networked and toured relentlessly for another couple of years, as numerous 7″ singles and compilation looks turned up on the way. They ultimately hit the studio room in 1995 to record, as well as the producing incendiary full-length, Trend: I BELIEVE It’s Called Motivation, premiered in early 1996 through Pop a Wheelie Information. With its users too young to understand that rings could actually have a break without splitting up, Inquisition toured through the entire remaining 12 months until their eventual implosion that fall. The quartet’s last display was Sept 8, 1996, at Richmond’s Biograph Theatre. Barnett continued to form Hit Anywhere (called after an Inquisition track); Avery created River City Large; Huddleston and Jones teamed up in Ann Beretta. Trend received another reissue in Oct 2005 through A-F Information. Inquisition reunited briefly in-may 2007 for a set of sold-out hometown demonstrates were documented annually down the road a Compact disc/DVD release known as Uproar: Live and Loud from No Idea Information. A small number of sporadic acoustic Inquisition units have been performed by Barnett among others because the group’s 2007 reunion.