Each One Teach One: Vinyl LP Oneida

“In 2000-2001, when this album was written, recorded, and
conceptualized, Oneida was a pretty hectic organization,
committed to confrontation and tragipsych and Wu-Tang and
electro relentlessness.

“The record was made by the original quartet lineup of the
band, founded in 1997; and the tour that followed the
completion of the album in late 2001 was the final 35-date
hurrah of this lineup.

“When the record finally saw the light of day in early 2002, the
band hadn’t broken up but was in a process of irrevocable
transformation.

“Oneida began as a project, then became a gang. ‘Come On
Everybody Let’s Rock’ (2000) and ‘Anthem Of The Moon’ (2001)
were absolutely gang work, and ‘Each One Teach One’ was a
logical final blow.

“We had been through some intimate dances on the road with
the medical and legal professions by this point, and we’d left
some blood in most US states – and not always on purpose.

“So in some respects this record is a baring of scars. Our
original label, Turnbuckle Records, had closed its doors with no
warning in 1999, giving rise to the oldest tune on the album,
‘No Label’; and both extended pieces on the record, ‘Sheets of
Easter’ and ‘Antibiotics’, conjoin pain and possibility in some
more metaphysical or metaphorical ways that absolutely reflect
our collective state of disorientation at the time.

“The music on ‘Each One Teach One’ was recorded in several
different locations, under different circumstances, and using
different compositional techniques. Some of the songs were
built piece by piece through the recording and editing process;
some were conceptualized ahead of time and approached with
some science; and some were pure instinct.

“All four members of the band worked on composing – like I
said, this was a gang doing gang work – and the final result,
this album, is an accurate document of Oneida following the
turn of the century.” – Oneida