Hurt was a band that my brother got me interested in. I listened to his copies of their Vol. I and Vol. II albums before picking up copies for myself. Unfortunately, I never saw them live in concert before they disbanded.
The group was created by drummer Wil Quaintance and guitarist/singer J. Loren Wince. Bass guitarist Steve Fletcher before the trio settled on the name Hurt. Around 1,200 copies of their self-titled debut were developed in 2000. Their sophomore effort, The Consumation, was issued in 2003 with Quaintance, Wince, and bassist Shawn Sawyer performing on the album.
Hurt caught the attention of former Universal Records artists and repertoire employee Tom Lewis in 2005. They soon started working on a demo and later performed at a showcase to multiple record labels. Capitol Records eventually signed Hurt to a contract.
Work soon began on Vol. I and Vol. II. The band initially wanted to produce a double album, but their label quickly nixed that plan. Vol. I debuted in March 2006 and featured the singles "Danse Russe," "Falls Apart" and "Rapture." Vol. II followed the next year which included the popular track "Ten Ton Brick." In 2008, Hurt re-issued their independent Consumation album (titled the Re-Consumation) to make those songs more readily available for their growing fan base.
Unfortunately, the two records weren't as popular as Capitol Records had hoped, which led them to drop Hurt from their label. Undeterred, the band released their next album, Goodbye to the Machine on Amusement Records in 2009. Hurt later signed with Carved Records in 2010 and continued recording new music. Their final album, The Crux, debuted in May 2012. It reached a top spot of #75 on Billboard's top 200 chart, which would be the band's highest ranking ever.
Reports surfaced in 2014 from Amusement Management about re-releasing Hurt's original debut album. The record was reissued in a limited quantity of 2000 copies and included the original version of "Talking to God" and a previously unreleased song called "Cellophane." That was the last that most of us have heard about the band. I used to see J. Loren post on social media every once in a while, but I haven't seen any of his posts in years.
Hurt wasn't one of my favorite rock bands, but tunes like "Rapture," "Falls Apart," "House Carpenter" and "World Ain't Right" (featuring Shaun Morgan from Seether on vocals) are ones that still get stuck in my head from time to time. Maybe we'll see more new or previously unheard songs from the band at some point. Until then, I guess we have the albums to remind us how good this group really was.
Well, that's all for now. Next time, I'll write about Courtney Love's former band Hole. I'll probably write that article on Friday, as I'm planning on taking next weekend off for my birthday. Until then, have a great week and don't forget to be kind to one another.
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