The original lead guitar for SOWN was Christopher Scott Pettit, with Jonathon playing rhythm and acoustic guitar. However, since Pettit's tragic demise, John has taken over all guitar parts for the band.

SOWN completed the initial recording of its first single, "Silent Thoughts and Cigarettes", on August 7, 2000. The single featured three unique vocal tracks, "Manners", "Crawl", and the title track, in addition to a couple of instrumental pieces.

I saw Sown in one of their only live performances. They are a lot like a mix of unkle and xymox, only scratch the English lyrics and put in Japanese.

The concert took place in this small goth/punk hybrid sorta place, where the room was full of strange stares at all who did not meet a dark evil stereotype.

The drummer, Paul Starr, took lessons a long many years ago in classic rock style, but quit to further his studies of drumming and advance them in a way that is all his own. He is influenced by jpop and anime music. His fills are much like a DJ shadow if he could drum sort of thing. On this particular night, Paul was forced to play with a strobe light flashing against a completely metal acoustic set on which he had never laid eyes before the performance. He performed excellently though, and his solo skills made jaws drop in the crowd.

I have also heard that Sown is making a video of the concert that supposedly can be purchased from one of the elitest Sown fans for a hefty price.

CDs of Sown are very rare, but if you get one, they are worth more than any other you could own.

Sown (?),

p. p. of Sow.

 

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