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Jeff Nelson + most of Gray Matter = A perversion of executive branch powers and a blatant violation of the Boland Amendment. From GREED Vol. 1 Issue #3.

The four members of 3, photographed by Naomi Petersen. Jeff Nelson (glasses), Jeff Turner (kinky hair), Mark Haggerty (curly hair), Steve Niles (buzz cut).

by Kurt Sayenga

GRAY MATTER was one of the DC area’s more spirited bands, playing speedy, heartfelt rock and roll featuring raging, emotional songs with a few hooks tossed in. As is usually the case with bands affiliated with Dischord Records, after Gray Matter broke up,¹ its members immediately went back to their basement practice spaces and started again. Now all four members have resurfaced: drummer Dante Ferrando is with Ignition, and the three other original members (lead guitarist Mark Haggerty, singer/guitarist Jeff Turner, and bass player Steve Niles) have joined forces with Jeff Nelson, whose whirlwind drumming with Minor Threat left listeners around the world gasping for breath. The new band is called 3.

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