Only Living Witness

Only Living Witness
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Metal / hardcore
Years active	1989–1995
Labels	Look Again Records, Slipped Disc Records, Reflections Records, Chainsaw Safety Records, Century Media Records
Associated acts	Miltown Milligram Raw Radar War
Website	myspace.com/olw
Members
Jonah Jenkins Eric Stevenson Craig Silverman Roy Costa
Past members
Kevin Stevenson Chris Crowley

Only Living Witness was an American metal / hardcore band.^[1]

1 Career
2 Band members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Demos
- 3.2 Singles
4 Compilation Appearances
5 References
6 External links

Career

The band was formed in 1989 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Jonah Jenkins (vocals) and Eric Stevenson (drums, ex-Formicide). Eric's brother Kevin Stevenson (guitar) and former Formicide bandmate Roy Costa (bass) completed the line-up. In 1991, Kevin Stevenson and Costa were replaced by Craig Silverman and Chris Crowley.^[1] Kevin Stevenson and Costa went on to form The Shods.

Only Living Witness released a few demos before being signed by Century Media Records. Their debut album, Prone Mortal Form was released in 1993.^[1] The band performed concerts in fourteen countries including Sweden, England, France, Canada, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. In 1996 their follow-up CD Innocents was released, but the band had already split up.^[1]

Only Living Witness briefly reformed in 2008 for four reunion shows: 14 June and 21 June at The Middle East in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 22 August in Clinton, Massachusetts, and the final show on 30 August in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Jenkins went on to perform the vocal duties in Miltown, Milligram and Raw Radar War. Silverman now plays guitar in Slapshot and Blood for Blood (touring guitarist).

Eric Stevenson, main songwriter and drummer, died on August 9, 2011, at the age of 43.^[2]^[3]

Band members

Jonah Jenkins - vocals
Eric Stevenson - drums
Craig Silverman (1991-1995) - guitar
Chris Crowley (1991-1995) - Bass guitar

Past members

Kevin Stevenson (1989-1991) - guitar
Roy Costa (1989-1991) - Bass guitar

Discography

Year	Album
1993	Prone Mortal Form Released: 1993 Label: Century Media Records
1996	Innocents Released: 1996 Label: Century Media Records
2006	Prone Mortal Form/Innocents (re-released) Released: 2006 Label: Century Media Records (CD re-issue) Released: 2008 Label: Reflections Records (Vinyl re-issue)

Demos

1990: Self-titled demo (audio cassette)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Complex Man"	3:55
2.	"Dying System"	4:31
3.	"Corruption Of Power"	2:57
4.	"Bad Blood"	2:32
Total length:		13:57

1992: Prone Mortal Form demo (audio cassette)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prone Mortal Form"	5:12
2.	"Twitching Tongues"	3:03
3.	"Window 4:45"	4:45
4.	"Nineveh"	5:29
5.	"Slug"	4:30
Total length:		22:59

Singles

1991

Complex Man 7" limited press of 1000 copies (Look Again Records)

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Complex Man"	3:58

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dying System"	4:35
2.	"Bad Blood"	2:34
Total length:		11:07

1995

Freaklaw 7" limited press of 3000 copies (Chainsaw Safety Records)

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Freaklaw"	2:48

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Some Will Never Know"	4:04
Total length:		6:52

Compilation Appearances

1991

Planned Obsolescence compilation (RRRecords)

Have contributed with the track Bad Blood

1993

East Coast Assault compilation (Too Damn Hype Records)

Have contributed with the track Twitching Tongues

1994

Case Closed?: An International Compilation of Husker Du Cover Songs (Snoop Records)

Have contributed with the track Too Far Down

1995

Bloodlines: The Seeds of Rebellion compilation (Century Media Records)

Have contributed with the track Deed´s Pride

Boston Hardcore '89-'91 (Taang! Records)