The Children – Demo

The Children
Demo
1987 (no label)
Costa Mesa, California, USA

Michael J. Pritzl – Voice, guitar
Jerry Andrews – Lead guitar, backing voice
Kirt Gentry – Bass guitar
Thomas E. Dunne – Drums

1. You Make Me
2. Violet

Don’t know if this was meant as a S/T demo or just an untitled demo. As with 1986’s The Killing and 1987’s Darker, this tape served as a precursor to many other bands like The Violet Burning. I’m just not sure if this tape came before or after Darker. “Violet” is on both of their 1987 demos, and of course it was re-recorded by The Violet Burning. The version here is a bit shorter and faster than the one on Darker. And “You Make Me” is also a bit faster than their usual songs, so this demo does have a bit more pep to it than the others. But after this, it seems that the members went their separate ways to The Violet Burning (Pritzl and Gentry)  and Shekinah Brothers (Andrews and Dunne).