Time Ran Out was released to the world on April 19th, 2019. This piece of work was self-produced in the same recording studio the band worked in for the release of their previous single (You can read the story of that single here.). Steven again took the reins on the engineering, mixing, and mastering of these tracks. We utilized a familiar space and tried to eliminate past mistakes to hone in our skills on the recording process. These 6 songs took a lot of energy to make happen. 

Starting in the fall of 2018, after the completion of our first show, we quickly decided it was time to release more music. A few demos of the songs floated around previously, but these songs were not structured …

This video for our first single “The More You Know” captures the start of some life long friendships. Some “young adults” getting to know each other and the opportunity to take advantage of our college auditorium for the afternoon. Actually, I believe we were helping two different school projects to completion on this day. Maxine who filmed was a peer in a Television Media program and was tasked with a final project. Jared and Ian were in a theater class and needed some extra credit by running sound in the big empty room. This was the first time Steven ever played bass with us, I think he kept up pretty well. This will probably be the biggest stage we will ever get to play on as a band and I …

Who? 

Common Nonsense consists of three standard Michigan dudes with a wide range of backgrounds. Andy (Me), grew up on the easternmost edge of the mitten state (The thumb knuckle) in a typical, lower-middle class home in America. With a metal head of a father and a sister who introduced me to Warped Tour when I was 14, there’s no doubt in my head why I turned out the way that I have. 

Though Rocky and I have been friends for many years at this point, he will always be a bit of a mystery to all of us. He hails from the flattest and most cornfield-like part of the state, though rumors have it he was born behind a drum kit. If he’s not being an absolute animal behind the kit …