Four Living Creatures

Four Living Creatures was an aggressively dark Christian rock band that gained some underground buzz in the early 1990's. Influences included Scaterd Few, L.S. Underground, and Jane's Addiction. Joseph Albanese described Four Living Creatures musically as "The Sex Pistols mixed with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Black Flag."
Four Living Creatures was formed in 1991 by Joseph Albanese and Willie Dizon. Reactions to early shows were mixed. Song lyrics tended to deal with the darker and scarier moments of Christian life. "Suddenly Religion" told the story of "reality hitting after being locked in jail for a DUI and a girl getting pregnant after a night of partying with the wrong crowd." At some point, Joe met Cat Albanese at a show and Cat joined the band on percussion. They were married in 1992. By 1994, Willie Dizon was no longer listed as a member of the band.
The band recorded at least one demo album (Dreams, Daughters, and Sons) in 1994. The line-up for this album was Joseph Albanese, Cat Albanese, Jeremi Gray Rodgers, Toby Tate, and Matt Dentino.
Some time between 1994 and 1995, Toby Tate, and Matt Dentino left the band and were replaced by Troy Edwards and Chuck Loucka. In 1995, Four Living Creatures recorded a full length CD (Proletariat Poetry) that drew the interest of Brad Wells, who had an indie label called Frozen Rope Records. Brad secured a distribution deal with Gray Dot Music for Proletariat Poetry at some point.
Also at some point, the band gained the attention of R.E.X. Music. R.E.X. placed one of their songs, "Tangent", on a compilation called Are We Not Men? We Are Demo!. The liner notes to "Tangent" also made the claim: "full length album coming early 1996." This album never materialized.
At some point after the recording of the Proletariat Poetry, Joe Albanese was asked to give up his half of the singing in the band and agree to solely play guitar. This quickly caused the group to start splintering.
Before the album gained much attention, Four Living Creatures broke up. Their final show was played in Atlanta.