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Founded in early 2003, as a musical collaboration between musicians from both America and Europe, Wisdom In Chains have put their mark on the American & European hardcore, punk and Oi! scene. Maarten, a guitar player for the band Daredevil (Holland) contacted Mad Joe & Richie, who at the time were both in Krutch ("Whatever It Takes" released on I Scream Records in ‘02), with the idea to start an old school band, with heavy punk and Oi! influences. The three of them met while Krutch was on tour in Europe and not much later Maarten flew to the USA to record their self entitled debut, which was released on Gangstyle Records. Originally the band only played 1 show, due to the distance between its members, and eventually Maarten suggested that Richie & Mad Joe would seek new local members to keep the band going. They recruited local guitar hero, & just plain crazy motherfucker, Tony Meltdown who was in The Ninth Plague and basically shreds on the guitar. After that Shannon Sparky was brought in on drums, who also played with Richie and Mad Joe in Out To Win. The search went on to find a bass player who could jam with these cats. The very obvious and only guy for the job was local drunk and trouble maker Big Show Greg. The new line-up was finally complete and it was time to hit the road and take their killer street rock with heavy old school hardcore and Oi! to the masses. A few years and 2 very well received albums later Tony Meltdown would leave the band to be replaced by long time friend Evan Feeble. He joined the fellas right in time for their long awaited I Scream Records release, "Everything You Know". The biggest question today "Can they top their previous releases?" can be answered very shortly: Hell Yeah!!!! Wisdom In Chains have outdone themselves with this new record and "Everything You Know" is an album full of surprises. Musically divers, great lyrics, a solid production and even a guest feature by Lou from Sick Of It All. Simply said an absolute classic.

1. Intro 
2. Guilty Intro 
3. Bully 
4. Chasing The Dragon 
5. Back To The Ocean 
6. Perfect Day 
7. SXE Dad 
8. The Cost Of Living 
9. Everything You Know... 
10. The Death Of Whiskey Finger 
11. Earth Gods 
12. Tragedy 
13. I Go On 
14. Book Of Rhymes 
15. Start Living 
16. Girls Lie, Cops Lie, Dogs Love 
17. Take Me Home 
18. The Golden Rule 
19. Burn It Down 
20. Splinter

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