Jeffrey Harris:
After parting ways from EOR, everyone went about doing their own thing. Billy and Tom A. decided they would be Earthbound for eternity blending in with fossils and relics while "Living In A Nightmare". I decided to go into hibernation and see what the future would bring when I would wake. This way, I would "Never Fade". Tom Mody on the other hand, inspired by the lyrics to "The Other Life", decided to research the possibility of life on another planet, "Terra Incognita" style since he had grown tired and frustrated of Earthlings and their way of life. Being on the "Edge Of Insanity", he was at a "Crossroads" and decided to "Live It Up". While all other members of the past projects were in "Critical Condition" "Fighting For Life", Tom was planning "Sweet Revenge". This was a "Harbinger" of things to come.
Tom, being the "Trendsetter" that he was, discovered a way to contact other life beings. He contacted this one being who we'll just call "Jackie". She invited Tom to her planet of all females and he accepted. While there they discussed the possibility of an overthrow of the planet's leaders. Misinterpreting the human language because of their "Altered States", the group of female revolutionaries killed one of the leaders rather than just overthrow as Tom had agreed to. This would leave Tom in a predicament as it would taint him as "The Witness". Deciding to "Keep The Faith", Tom headed back to Earth vowing to never contact them again, feeling that these beings were "Only Fools". As he waved goodbye, they entered his thought through some kind of telepathy and told him, "We'll Meet Again".
Tom then pushed the "XL" button to his rocket which traveled so fast that it cast "No Shadow". Fearing he may someday hear a "Voice From The Past" and be tormented as if he were in a "21 Run" like a game of chess, he devised a plan to change his identity. He would become "Dr. Bob". He knew right then that he would become "Destiny's Darling", but would have to get along with all alien races as if they were all "Birds Of A Feather".
So the good Doctor set out again and in his travels he met beings from "All Walks Of Life". But because of his first encounter, he was always cautiously watching for "Something Wicked". Probably because "You Know Who" had left her mark in his memory, like a meteor planting itself into the Earth creating a "Grand Canyon". One day, doc decided to travel to the planet of the yellow people. All was going well until he decided to leave abruptly because he wasn't feeling well. As he was waving goodbye, he became hypnotized by all of the "Amber Waves" from the yellow people. This left him "Comatose" for weeks. When he awoke, he noticed he had developed a sort of sixth sense. Now he had become a "Detector Of Lies". The doc thought to himself, "Man, those must have been some "Heavy Dreams"". Instead of being afraid of his new found sense, he just shrugged it off and said "That's Life". He would now use his new power to overthrow the leaders of the female planet which had scarred him for life and prevent them from wreaking "Universal Holocaust".
The following describe events that took place on planets during 1995 in the Doc's "Quest": "Arrive", "Trample", "Float", "Panic", "Groove" and "Elude" .
By now, the "Pressure" was becoming too much and he had to find "A Way" to regain his real identity. He felt as though enough time had gone by where the female beings would just be "Oblivious" to his identity so he took on the alias of secret agent "Double O Nothing". Worried that he would become "Last On Earth", he exclaimed "Still I'm Rendered Numb" from my excursion on the planet of the yellow people. So he decided to regroup in an area where he would become a "Father" figure to the people of "Old Kinderhook", land of the "Purple Mountains".
While there, he became emotionally attached and told these people, "This land is the "Flower Of My Heart"". But they didn't believe him because they thought that he was just saying this like he was citing someone else's words. So he was banished to another "Place In Time". So now he was in a "Frame Of Mind" to take over another planet come Moon or High Jupiter! But he knew he couldn't do it alone. So as he began to get "Untubed" from his space suit he wondered, who could help him with this task? He kept thinking that he knew a person but couldn't quite put his finger on who he was. Who was this "Ghostman"? Who was this "Voice Of The Past"?
And then it came to him. The man some called "Dogwater". So he called Jeffrey Harris being the "Miracle Man" that he was and together they would overthrow the leaders of Mars and become the new dictators. They agreed to call themselves the "United Dictators of Mars" or simply UDM. They only left Mars once trying to go back and change their history but they didn't quite have a grasp on advanced technology and accidentally arrived in ancient Greece where they had a mishap with their space ship. Deciding that this would not be the change in history that they wanted to be known for, they returned to Mars where they currently reside and will hone their skills.
Tom Mody:
I guess my recollection differs a bit from Jeff's. After the break-up of EOR I settled into life for the first time without any thoughts of musical pursuits on my mind. About a year later a musician acquaintance, Mike Sepello, had introduced me to his Mac based recording software. I couldn't believe what I was seeing and within the next 6 months I made the investment myself and set up studio in our apartment. I told Jeff that we'd be doing some recording for the next 20 years or so and to be ready. A year later we bought a house and converted an outbuilding into a studio where we would record "Smash Hits". I felt it was important to retread some old material so that we could get a handle on this new technology. Recoring started in 2000 and we complted the project.....
I CAN'T! I CAN'T! I can not continue to spread this propoganda. Do you humans know how long we've suffered on this rock. Waiting for the opportune moment to enslave your brain waves. When I first came here in 811 AD half of you threw stones at us, half of you worshiped us and built temples and buildings. (By the way- sorry about running into them with the space ship). The technology we had used to overthrow Mars was not available to us until that fateful day when the earthman Sepello showed me that mind numbing software. Since then we have been incognito, working to use it's capabilities to possess your minds with sonic inuendos and mind altering tecniques thousands of years old. We are so close to finally dominating you with ear shattering pain that I no longer will propogate this rediculous notion that we pursued allegiance in collaboration with other humans. I no longer need them to be scapegoats, foils to our plan. We knew all along that they could not fulfill our destiny and so we now pardon them and allow them to roam freely in this mass of feable DNA which makes up you earthlings. In time we will own your every molecule, every nucleotide. Every Chromosome will vibrate at a frequency which we control. Yes, we are among you, and we are so close to the domination of Earth that any more notions that my emotions and happiness was tied to trite earthly notoriety is enough to make me regurgitate green digestable matter. Soon I will be able to untuck my antennas from behind my ears and stand fully erect among the entire race and watch the earth shift 2 degrees as you all bow in allegiance.
Yes, I know we hoped that maybe this would happe on the last sonic offering but it was just a test. Besides, I was not aware human bred infants can be so distracting to our cause. I will not fall for this trap again, I mean a third time. And even though it didn't work it was quite rude of you to make mock flying saucers of the musical discs and project them at us. I warn you now, any future actions of the sort will be met with "smite from this my hand". Yes, the Metal God himself will be spared to hand out necessary punishments. Oh, and the negative reviews- well that really hurts my feelings. I've quite frankly done alot for humanity the past 1000 years or so, helping old ladies across the street, lacing little boys shoes, fetching cats from trees, coming up with a rinse and wash solution for Ghengis Khan's bunyons, eradicating the black plague. There's no need to fight back with mean words that just show your ignorance. So anyway... BE DAMNED ALL OF YOU! SONIC DOMINATION IS CLOSE AT HAND!
Band Histories
Tom Mody | Jeffrey Harris | Torrod | Lynx | Harbinger | Archivon | End on reality | UDM