O Mighty Isis exemplified everything that was good in the early 90′s indie rock scene. Catchy guitar riffs, fun lyrics, alternating tempos between slow & fast, and unusual cover songs. There shows were always a good time and it was always cool to see what new guitars Chris came up with for the shows. I really believe that if Philadelphia had a big indie label like K or Teanbeat – O Mighty Isis would be revered in the same way as bands like Beat Happening, Unrest and Mecca Normal. Included below is their cd Angel Brite and a cd comp which includes their 7 inch. Sophy and/or Chris went on to have numerous bands after O Mighty Isis with a variety of styles: Including Wastoid (British Metal), Slobber Mountain Boys, Illegitimate Sons and Daughters,The Pine Barons (Blue Grass) Also La Resistance and a new band The Creem Circus which does 2 O Mighty Isis tunes. (Thanks for the update Chris) 

Any guitar or bass players that read this should go check out Chris’ shop Dipinto Guitars

Philly industrial band akin to Test Department, Einstürzende Neubauten, Amor Fati, Missing Foundation. I’m not a big fan of labeling music but it has always bugged me that the label Industrial got taken over by all those Wax Trax bands (even though I do like some if it.) To me Industrial band means banging on metal (sometimes with power tools,) not a bunch of guys trying to look tough while playing keyboards with choreographed lighting. Sink Manhattan delivered on the banging on metal and the stage at their shows looked like a junk yard. I’ve always liked covers that sound nothing like the original and Dioxen is a good example of that.

King Carcass was a Philly band from the late 80′s early 90′s to describe them I’m going to cheat since my copy of the album Blind had a press pack. This review was from the City Paper writer Frank Blank from 1990.
King Carcass: High volume nasty noise at full industrial strength levels. In creating a hellacious atmosphere, the moaning guitars and crashing rhythm section suck the listener into King Carcass’ own rumbling world.

I’m not sure who this review was by:
King Carcass consists of Neil on bass, Steve on guitar, Steve on drums and Chris on guitar. The band achieves their sound working with a variety of guitar tunings and a bit of distortion.

I’ve gathered as far as I can tell their whole discography here: a demo tape, first album Blind, a 7″ and the second album Other Minds Other Species.

Temple of Bon Matin is still around (click here for their website) but the lineup on this demo tape and the Siltbreeze album Thunder, Feedback and Confusion was the only version of the band I paid any attention to. It was Mark Lux on bass, Trevor Dixon on guitar and Ed Wilcox on drums and vocals. I’m not very good at describing bands but I’ll try – spacey noisy rock combined with improve jamming and stream of consciousness vocals. My favorite memory of seeing them live was the time they played a party at the punk house where they seemed to play for hours and hours. I mean that it in a good way it was amazing.

Here are links to download the insert & lyric sheet