TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: Professional Murder Music

TITLE: Looking Through

LABEL: Underground Inc.

RIPPER: Team RNS

0hr 39min total- 57.4mb

RELEASE DATE: 2003-10-21
RIP DATE: 2003-10-08

03 As It's Fading                 4:22

07 All Lost Things                3:33

10 Something New (Remix)          4:40

"They've got a sound unlike anything
else currently inhabiting the hard-rock
universe!"-Hit Parader.

"There couldn't be much room for
improvement."-Metal Edge

They've been called 'potent',
'seductive' and down right 'provocative'.
Exactly what one would expect from a
band that goes by the name Professional

To understand the meaning behind the
name one must understand the minds

In the late 90's Roman Marisak and Jeff
Schartoff -formerly of the LA rock act
Human Waste Project (Marisak a frequent
guitar player for HWP) came together to
form something that would inspire
emotion in a genre that was long
overdue for inspiration of any kind.
With Schartoff's gift as an artisan of
storytelling, Marisak being the
omniscient composer and equipped with
drummer Justin Bennett, and guitarist
Brian Harrah- Professional Murder Music
was formed merely as a medium to express
it all. What prevailed only proved that
PMM were compelling, craftsman of their
trade- a self-titled debut on Geffen
Records. Geffen spared no expense
perfecting their craft by pairing PMM
up with renowned rock producer Josh
Abraham (KORN, Staind) and inviting such
guests as Dave Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy)
and Troy Van Leeuwen (A Perfect Circle)
to assist with the record. With this
major release, PMM was put on the road to
support it with like-minded acts as
Marilyn Manson, Staind, Cold, Powerman
5000 and Kid Rock. PMM also played to
an onslaught of die-hard fans at the
Tattoo the Earth Festival with the likes
of Slipknot, Sevendust and Slayer. The
video for their first single "Slow" went
into rotation on MTV, MTV2 and MTVX and
inspired MTV to use the song as a music
bed for a behind the scenes bit on Eminem.
"Slow" and The Cure remake "A Night Like
This" were used on several soundtracks
including Ginger Snaps, Valentine and
the platinum selling End of Days.

So what does a band with somewhat of a
prolific career do when they feel they've
lost all creative control? They walk
away from that major deal. and try

"Transmission from deep in the void of
a musical Vietnam", a journal entry from
bassist Jeff Schartoff during this
2-year hiatus "These days are strange

Some bands would have coward behind the
shadows of such a dark period in ones
career, but not these ingenious
visionaries thus Looking Through was
born, a sort of rebirth for the band.

Looking Through, PMM's most formative
work yet, features 10 songs each with a
specific message and a carefully
mastered sound. Like their debut
record, Looking Through features a few
good friends such as Tommy Lee on drums
on "Disconnect", Jason Miller of Godhead
doing backing vocals on "Don't Stop"
and Buzz McCoy of Thrill Kill Kult
performing remix duties on "Something

" When you look into these eyes, do
you think anything could stop meI won't
be a part of that mindless shit, I'm in
this for realI'm turning to something
new," sings Marisak in the first single
"Something New"; testimony of how the
last two years have evolved for PMM.

In July 2003 PMM decided rather than
going down the road of major label
disaster again, the band would put out
its own record leaving them with more
control. PMM created Wormhole Records
and signed with Martin Atkins' (Pigface,
Ministry) Underground Inc. for
distribution after Bennett befriended
Atkins on a previous tour as a stand-in
as the Thrill Kill Kult drummer. PMM will
also feature Tom Logan as the new guitar
player replacing Brian Harrah.