The band was started late in 1995 by Mike Schweigert (formerly of Daisycutter), Robert Ryan, and Jason Hoffman. Feeling the lack of originality in most hard rock outfits and disliking the new trend of integrating rehashed riffs and tunings to pass music off as "retro" or "stoner", the band started performing sets of disjointed freak-outs warming up for bands like The Melvins, MonsterMagnet and Buzzoven. The idea was to be as heavy as possible but at the same time be interesting and improvisational . Two years (and several drummers) later thier debut LP"Your Ghost Will Walk" was released on Chainsaw Safety records to high critical acclaim. As often is the case, success comes with a price and Lord Sterling descended into confussion and decay over the ... read more