Only Living Witness


Only Living Witness was an American rock band from Boston, formed in 1989 by members of dissolved thrash metal band Formicide. Across two studio albums, they developed a modern hardcore punk-influenced heavy metal sound. Following the band's dissolution in 1995, vocalist Jonah Jenkins went on to form Miltown. Guitarist Craig Silverman went on to play in bands Blood For Blood, Ramallah, Slapshot, and Agnostic Front.

Career

The band was formed in 1989 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Jonah Jenkins and Eric Stevenson. Eric's brother Kevin Stevenson and former Formicide bandmate Roy Costa completed the line-up. In 1991, Kevin Stevenson and Costa were replaced by Craig Silverman and Chris Crowley. 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. 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.
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.
Eric Stevenson, main composer and drummer, died on August 9, 2011, at the age of 43.
In 2014, Shadows Fall's cover of the Only Living Witness song "December" was used in the soundtrack of the film Let's Be Cops.

Members

;US Reunion, Clinton, MA and Netherlands show 2008
;Clinton, MA and Netherlands show 2008

Demos

;1990 : Self-titled demo
;1992 : Prone Mortal Form demo

Singles

;1991
;1995
;1991
Have contributed with the track Bad Blood
;1993
Have contributed with the track Twitching Tongues
;1994
Have contributed with the track Too Far Down
;1995
Have contributed with the track Deed's Pride
Have contributed with the track Bad Blood