Jerome's Dream

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Jeromes Dream
Years active	1997–2001
Genres	Hardcore/Screamo/Emo Violence
Labels	Rice Controls Records Hit the Ground Running Records Clean Plate Records Alone Records Level Plane Records Garbage Czar Records
Members	Jeff Smith - Bass/Vocals Nick Antonopulous - Guitar Erik Ratensperger - Drums

Jeromes Dream was a screamo band from Connecticut that was active from 1997 to 2001. The band had a unique vocal style due to the fact that singer Jeff Smith did not use microphones while performing at live shows. Another unique charatestic was their extremely short set lengths, usually no longer than 10 minutes. According to Jeff, they thought 10 minutes was all they needed to get their point across.

The second LP, Presents, was a drastic change in vocal style. Contrary to popular belief, the reason for the change was not related to Jeff blowing his vocal chords out. Jeff says that during the recording of the Orchid split his voice cut off and he passed out in the recording booth. Afterwards, they changed their style overall.

After Jeromes Dream, Jeff Smith went on to play experimental drone music with the Wind-Up Bird.

[edit] Trivia

The sample played in "The Sea of Tranquility" is from a video on how to cope with depression from the mid-1980s. Erik found it in the psychology library at University of Mass. Amherst, MA.
The sample played in "A Second Grade Art Project" is from a circa 1960s interview with Carl Jung in Texas.

[edit] Discography

Jerome's Dream/Amalgamation, 7" [EP]
- Rice Control Records
- Released December, 1998.
- Availability: Out of Print - 300 on Blue Marble, 100 on Pink Marble, 100 on Black.
- Notable Charecteristics: The Black version is actually a special repress on rice paper. The Blue and Pink versions had a cover with a photo glued onto it or a hand painted piece of cardboard with the band names.

Jerome's Dream/July, 7" [EP]
- Hit the ground running Records.
- Released Spring, 1999.
- Availability: Out of Print - 500 on Black, available with green and brown sleeve.

Jerome's Dream/Book of Dead Names, 5" [EP]
- Witching Hour Records
- Released September, 1999.
- Availability: Out of Print - 750 on Black, 112 on Red Marble.

Seeing means more than safety, 10" [LP]
- Old Glory Records
- Released May, 2000.
- Availability: Out of Print - 1600 on Black, 400 on White.

Jerome's Dream/Orchid, 10" Skull-Shaped Record [EP]
- Witching Hour Records
- Released May, 2000.
- Availability: Out of Print - 1000 with Black Ink, 1000 with Glow-in-the-dark Ink, 197 with Red Ink.
- Notable Charecteristics: One sided 10" with both bands on one side. Jerome's Dreams' songs played from the inside-out, and vice-versa.
- Insert note for Red Pressing: "This little note is to let you know that you got a limited version...here's the info. We wanted to press 2000 of the split, but ended up with 2197 of them. So there are 1000 that are screened in just black ink, there are 1000 screened in two color, and 197 done one color in BLOOD RED ink! So this is my way to say thank you to everyone that was patient in waiting for this record. thanks Witching-Hour"

Jerome's Dream/Usurp Synapse, 7" [EP]
- Clean Plate/Level Plane Records
- Release date: August, 2000.
- Availability: Out of Print - 1300 on White, 200 on Black, 20 Test Pressings on Black.
- Notable Charecteristics: Some editions came with a Jerome's Dream tour button.

V/A - Antipodes, 7" [EP]
- Featuring: The Assistant, Neil Perry, Hassan I Sabbah, Jerome's Dream, Usurp Synapse.
- Level Plane Records
- Release date: October, 2000.
- Availability: Out of Print - 200 on Red, 45 or 75 copies (conflicting info) have an alternate hand-screened cover, 25 Test Pressings on Black.

Presents, CD [LP]
- Alone Records.
- Release date: 2000.
- Availability: Out of Print, can still be ordered from a few distros.

Jerome's Dream/The One AM Radio, 7" [EP]
- Garbage Czar Records.
- Release Date: Winter, 2000.
- Availability: Out of Print, can still be ordered from a few distros.