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Escape From Arkham (band)
Escape From Arkham is a progressive experimental rock band from Ohio United States. The band consists of Jose Diaz (percussion), Ben Phillips (bass) and Brian Lynch (guitar). The band enjoys underground success in the Northern Ohio region and has released two E.P.s of material. Currently the band is working on their first full length album which should be released in 2010.

Early Days
The band began in 2008 after the collapse of the garage rock group Wretched. Diaz and Phillips continued to write and hold jam sessions with each other. They began to search for a guitarist when they contacted Phillips' cousin Brian Lynch. He agreed to join which finished completed the line-up in July, 2008. They began recording their first song on their second practice.

The band began to work on an extensive live performance while recording their first E.P. They released P.M.S. I Love You on December 27, 2009 at a holiday rock concert in Plymouth, Ohio. The album quickly grew to being a underground favorite. It consisted of 6 tracks varying from psychedelic rock, to funk, to thrash. The provocative title also confused listeners as the lyrical content was not related to the womanizing title. The band began to play extensively across Ohio after the release of the E.P. They were noted for invading a battle of the bands in Sandusky Ohio which featured underground metal bands. Escape From Arkham finished their set which a version of "Country Roads" by John Denver which confused audience members but garnered a huge applause. The band began recording material for their second EP Sonic Retribution in January 2009. The finished and released the album ahead of schedule in the summer of 2009. Not widely publicized by the band due to growing stressful situations, an individual copy of Sonic Retribution is hard to come by. The band now releases the first two EPs in a collectors Demolitia compilation album.

Current Endeavors - Revolution's Too Expensive
Currently the band is recording their first full length album Revolution's Too Expensive. Much of the material was written while the band was on a performance hiatus since September 12, 2009. In their last performance they played an 15 minute version of the concept portion of the album. Recording began in the spring of 2010 an is still underway.