Into The Matrix

Bride can trace its history to the early eighties, when it formed under the Matrix moniker by brothers Dale (vocals) and Troy (guitars) Thompson and independently released four demo tapes in two years: PG-13 (1983), Monkey See, Monkey Do (1984), Silent Madness (1985) and Studio Junkie (1985). Matrix later changed its name to Bride after signing with Pure Metal Records and went on to become one of the leading players within the burgeoning Christian hard music scene of the time.
The band independently released songs from the first two demos titled "Matrix 1983-1984" in 1994.
Millenium Eight Records re-released it under the title "The Matrix Years / Lost Years I" in 2001 as a double disc that included The Lost Reels 1. Their version featured most of the songs from the first two Matrix demos and a few from their last two.
In 2014 Retroactive Records remastered and re-released the album under the title "Into The Matrix" featuring twenty songs, eight of the original ten from "PG-13" (missing are "Good Rock 'n' Roll" and "Missing Children"), all ten off of "Monkey See, Monkey Do" and two bonus tracks; "I Can Fly Now" and "Melissa". Melissa was recorded for Show No Mercy but did not make the final cut and latter is previously unreleased. "Missing Children" was later a bonus track for the 1999 M8 re-issue of Show No Mercy.

Lineup

Dale Thompson (The World Will Burn, Perpetual Paranoia, N.O.G.) - Vocals
Troy Thompson - Guitars
Steve Childres - Bass
Stephen Rolland (Matrix, Whiteray, Killed By Cain) - Drums