band members included: george reynolds - vocals | arthur shepherd - guitar/vocals | joshua demarco - guitar | scott martin - bass | john lafatta - drums

seven years before the mainstream media was hailing screamo as the next big thing, mind over matter were accidentally inventing the genre in front of floored hometown crowds. unfortunately, the band never drew the same sort of enthusiasm outside of long island until after they’d broken up (and vocalist arty shepherd had moved on to errortype:11 and, currently, instruction (god fires man) ); but it didn’t matter. Those kids from glassjaw and thursday who were in the crowd at mind over matter’s gigs had already seen the future.
-aaron burgess

links:
www.myspace.com/mindovermatterlihc

the early 90's were a strange and interesting period for east coast hardcore and the traditional "hardcore" sound. gorilla biscuits had broken up, leaving walter schriefels to pursue quicksand, chaka from burn was playing with orange 9mm, and citizens arrest bred hell no. nirvana was on the radio, hair metal was on its way out post-hardcore was entering it's defining period. new york was ground zero for a large part of this musical experimentation. this breeding ground created mind over matter. mom's take an off-beat unusual sound and carved out their own niche and went on to influence countless bands. mind over matter's impact on long island hardcore cant be overstated. - dtv

mind over matter "automanipulation" LP/CD/CS [wreck-age war023] date: august 18, 1995 01. virus 02. automanipulation 03. automatic crowd 04. suffermouth 05. lifeloss 06. drown the problem 07. self-fulfilling prophecy 08. love/obsession 09. who are you?

mind over matter: security label: wreck-age date: may 13, 1994 01. paranoid moment 02. parts 03. security 04. strain 05. correct me if i'm wrong 06. therapy session 07. sin eater 08. hectic thinking 09. god hates me 10. mind set overhaul 11. too much 12. forbidden fruit 13. feel the pleasure and pain

mind over matter: hectic thinking [wreck-age war011] 7" ep 01. mindset overhaul 02. too much 03. forbidden fruit 04. feel the pleasure and pain

mind over matter: mind over matter [wreck-age war007] 7" ep 01. god hates me 02. mind over matter 03. soldier unknown 04. admonition

unlike "live at c.b.g.b.s" [wreck-age waf001] video ntsc/pal

producer: silent majority: life of a spectator [exit ext007] lp/cd

producer: sons of abraham: termites in his smile [exit ext009] lp/cd date: december 9, 1997

backing vocals: misfits : famous monsters label: roadrunner date: oct 5, 1999 fiend club

bad trip "elevator" 7" ep [wreck-age war013] 01. elevator 02. i know 03. stockholm syndrom

bad trip "positively bad" 7" ep [wreck-age war001]

bad trip "buzzy" lp/cd/cs [wreck-age war022] date: may 14, 1995 01. dehumanization 02. magic pill 03. i know 04. random test 05. the myth of the happy worker 06. find that ape 07. say what you want 08. tell me 09. dirty little secret 10. buzzy 11. taking time 12. stockholm syndrome 13. elevator