Electronic Waste is a collection of everything else we, the Five State Drive from Texas, recorded in a studio after the release of our debut full length Anytime Soon on 3/14/00. Tracks 11 and 12 were recorded two months later in the same place as that full length, in the home of the band Antifreeze, who also contributed to the songs. Tracks 2-10 were all recorded at various times in 2001 and 2002 at the Sweatbox in Austin, TX.

Tracks 9 and 10 were done with our second drummer Isiah Daniel Smith two weeks after he joined the band. Tracks 2-8 were recorded with our third and final drummer Robert Watkins. He joined the band after a completely chance encounter with George in the parking lot of his parents' apartment complex. Out of everything ever recorded, these are the songs and recordings the band is most proud of and is the best representation of who we were and wanted to be as a band.

Tracks 2-7 in their original forms were released posthumously in September of 2002 as If Life's a Joke I Don't Get It as a split with a band called Viagravated on Up To Zero Records. A few copies are still floating around. You should pick that up!

Tracks 10 and 11 had compilation appearances, but 8, 9, and 12 never got formally released. Tracks 3, 6, 9, and 10 were all edited in 2022 from their original final mixes and/or released versions .

We had been toying with the idea of putting this compilation together for about ten years now, but in 2022, just in time for the 20th anniversary of our last activity as a band, we really started the ball rolling. The only hitch was we felt like it needed something brand new to include with it.

There was a song called Gummy Bears that we never got around to recording, despite playing it at most of our shows, including our first and our last one. 2022 also happened to the be the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Gummy Bear, so it felt pre-ordained. While we were righting wrongs, since we never had the opportunity to record with our first live drummer Jordan Johns and he was the first drummer to ever play the song, we recruited him to drum on it. All four members of the original line-up then recorded in our respective homes. We even got Chris to sing some!

Once Gummy Bears was completed and edits were made to tracks 3, 6, 9, and 10, the whole package was mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering.

While our full length Anytime Soon still has songs we're proud of, this collection is truly who we were as Five State Drive and we're excited to share it with the world.

On a sad note, George's mom Marjory was always a huge supporter of the band and Gummy Bears was her favorite song and she always wanted us to record it. Sadly, she passed away in 2016. This collection is dedicated to her and releases on what would have been her 74th birthday.