Uphill Battle

California's Uphill Battle began early 1999 under the name CRAWLSPACE. CRAWLSPACE originated as a side project from the other bands that its current members were in at the time. As CRAWLSPACE rose, these bands declined. Adi Tejada's band SOMNAMBULIST had broken up, Danny Walker left Destroy Babylon (2) due to "political differences" and the ambition to start a serious project, and Graham Clise parted ways with Eat Shit And Die to pursue something new. Adi teamed up with lead guitarist Eric Gormley to form the framework of Crawlspace/Uphill Battle. The first Uphill Battle line-up consisted of Adi on guitar and vocals, Eric on lead guitar, Danny on drums and vocals and Graham on bass and vocals. The quartet began to write material together and in the span of a couple of months, they finished writing the songs for what would later be 'Demo #1.' The band then changed their name to Uphill Battle. 'Demo #1' was recorded in May, 1999. Uphill Battle played their first show at the Pickle Patch June 7th, 1999. Three months later, they entered the studio and recorded the "Writing in the Dark" for a split 7" with Quest For Quintana Roo onLo Pan Records. In the summer of 2000, Graham left the group to play drums full time for the youth-crew punk band Fields Of Fire. Graham was replaced by Jehf Jones, former vocalist for Eat Shit And Die. Eric left the band shortly after Jehf joined and was replaced by Jeff Capra, former guitarist for EMBASS, A Sometimes Promise, Staring Back, Nation Of Lepers, Manumission (2)and current guitarist of Holier Than Thou?. Uphill Battle entered the studio in March, 2001 with producer Nick Rucker, and recorded the songs that would eventually comprise their Relapse debut. Shortly after the recording was complete Jehf announced that he was planning to move away and that Uphill Battle should start looking for a new bassist. Joe Gonzalez promptly joined the band. Relapse Records, upon hearing the band's new material, made Uphill Battle the newest members of the Relapse family. Uphill Battle disbanded in 2006.