So recently I bought a ton of stuff from Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed on Depop including a bunch of old CTHC tapes, some from bands I've never heard of. One of these bands is called Torn Between. The tape I have sounds kind of post-hardcore oriented with some nu metal elements. Not a fan personally, but I'm still very interested in this band. There is very little info on them and the few nuggets I was able to find were in YouTube video descriptions and comments. There are some videos that seem like they were taken later in the band's run since they have a DJ and a somewhat more refined sound. Since I fancy myself a bit of a CTHC historian, I figured I would put the info I found here for posterity.
From MorseCodePro on YouTube:
TORN BETWEEN - Birth - Hanover House video description:
there was six versions of this band this was one of the 3rd to last.. after this show we kicked the singer out and had two more singers that were more death metal / Hardcore some dude BIG RED that pierced at Turnpike tattoo on the Berlin trpk that was SxE and some other dude that goes by the name of BiG E and smokes mad blunts.. friends divided, drummer quit, the band faded away and members are shattered all over the country. This version of the band had the least drug addicts.. glad some of the many members of this band are clean now.. some might be dead
This band was around from the mid 90's to early 2000's from Meriden, CT
Comment by kimgow7671:
I have tapes, I was almost married to bass player and he is still my bff to this day!! Ego killed this band, Shane's did actually! I love you Shane,you know that I do..... as nd respect you but you let yourself go and I tried having you on my new bands track That I wrote called "Degraded Me" and you didn't make it fire,that growl in Birth is the best growl I ever heard
I loved when you moved outta your Moms to Queens bc your chick was punching you. But, we all got hit with the O.C. 80's and you in David's words looked like a rotten tomato, my manager wldnt let you do the part in the song I wrote for is to sing together but he said "you can do the same growls, so tell him no ty!!". I was so upset bc I knew that w/o your voice Torn Between was done and your ego was so blown up that you cldnt even see the ground. I also remember when you hit rock bottom. You will all eays be a part of the CTHC family an I wld love to know......... we both cld of taken our bands so f n far. Mine, were jealous bc I was getting all the attention but its bc I was a female!! I had a shaved head and I was like "I am a woman hear me growl!!! Unfortunately my pu$$y ass bandmate cldnt spell out something at a awards show, and blamed me
I was sick off being blamed!! So went on to work behind the scenes and teach my children everything!! God bless Torn Between an Under Level!!❤🇱🇷💞
Comment on TORN BETWEEN - Rivers End - Hanover House by SammyGirl888:
Do you have any of the demo music. I had 2.cassettes that I loved...
That's all I can find. If it weren't for the many videos posted by MorseCodePro, I would have absolutely zero information on this band. Another cassette I got from Jasta was from a band called Bloodwork and I loved it, but I can't find anything about them online. I'm going to have to ask some of the oldheads in person if they can shed any light on Bloodwork and maybe Torn Between as well.
