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{{Infobox musician
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| years_active        = [[1994]]–[[1995]]
| years_active        = [[1994]]–[[1995]]
| genre              =  
| genre              =  
| acts                = [[Winkler]]
| label              =  
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| website            =  
| website            =  
| associated_acts    =
| current_members    =  
| current_members    =  
| past_members        = [[Pat Finn]]<br>[[Karl Koch]]<br>[[Mike Cannamela]]
| past_members        = [[Pat Finn]]<br>[[Karl Koch]]<br>[[Mike Cannamela]]<br>[[Brendan Finn]]
| associated_acts    = [[Winkler]]<br>[[Melvin Jones Total Soul Attack Orchestra|MJTSAO]]<br>[[Southern Fried Swing]]
}}
}}
Iness was a musical entity spontaneously created in September 1994 by [[Pat Finn]], [[Karl Koch]], and [[Mike Cannamela]]. Mike was not always present, so the bulk of the material was Pat and Karl's doing, but Mike's contributions were essential. Pat's brother Brendan also contributed a few times.  
'''Iness''' was a short-lived musical collaboration between [[Pat Finn]], [[Karl Koch]], and [[Mike Cannamela]]. [[Brendan Finn]] (Pat Finn's brother) also contributed infrequently. The group emerged from a spontaneous recording session that occurred during downtime between [[Weezer]] tours in September [[1994]]. By early [[1995]], it had dissolved.


==Overview==
==Overview==
After his prior band [[Winkler]] disbanded around [[1994]], Pat Finn was searching for a way to continue in music, while moving to New York City and living with his to-be first wife. Mike Cannamela had indicated he was also interested in moving to New York, so the two envisioned forming a band there. But in the meantime, Pat was to be wed in Buffalo on [[September 4]], 1994, an event Karl Koch and their friends [[Weezer]] ensured they could attend despite being [[Blue Album Tour|on tour]] at the time (a long [[Betsy|van]] drive from Kansas City ensued).
:''See [[Iness/Karlification]] for a version of this section written primarily by Karl Koch''
In September [[1994]], [[Pat Finn]] was looking to develop new music following the dissolution of [[Winkler]]. [[Mike Cannamela]], another former Winkler member, expressed interest in forming a new band with Finn. Both musicians were in Buffalo, NY — where Finn had recently wed his first wife — when [[Karl Koch]] returned home from {{PN|Weezer}} [[Blue Album Tour#Headlining Tour|headlining fall 1994 tour]]. A "spontaneous jam session" between the three friends occurred in Finn's father's basement, marking the formation of their loose collaboration. The name "Iness" came from a string of cut-off text on a cassette tape the group recorded over.  


After the tour leg ended on [[September 25]], the band went to Los Angeles (to film the "[[Buddy Holly]]" video amongst other things), while Karl was sent home to Buffalo to prepare for the next tour leg and await being picked up by the band in their first bus, to start the tour with [[Live]] in Alfred, New York. Pat Finn was in Buffalo at this time, and he and Karl and Mike had a recorded spontaneous jam session in the basement of Pat's dad's house at 271 Depew (where Weezer had recently partaken in Pat's wedding reception dinner). The group had no name at that point, but soon were named "Iness" after a truncated pre-existing name on the re-used cassette tape the session was taped on.
In all, three sessions worth of music were recorded by the group as Iness — joined in some instances by Finn's brother [[Brendan Finn|Brendan]] — at different locations. The last Iness songs were recorded in March [[1995]], at which point the group's activity ceased. Finn and Cannamela continued recording demos together in Brooklyn, NY over the next three years, developing some material Finn would later use in [[Organic Mechanic]]. Koch again collaborated with Finn and his brother Brendan in March [[1998]] as the [[Melvin Jones Total Soul Attack Orchestra]].
 
===1994-09-?? Iness Jam Session 1===
==Recorded music==
Recorded at 271 Depew, Basement Ben<br>
===First session (September 1994)===
Patrick Finn, Karl Koch, Mike Cannamela. Brendan Finn on #7
The first Iness session occurred in late September [[1994]] in Pat Finn's father's basement in Buffalo, NY. It features contributions from Finn, Koch, and Cannamela. Brendan Finn additionally performs vocals on "The Forehead Serve".
 
{{Track listing
1. You Said I Smelled<br>
| total_length =
2. Play The Silver Ball<br>
| title1      = You Said I Smelled
3. Play The Silver Ball (different mixdown)<br>
| note1        =
4. All Touch<br>
| length1      =
5. All Touch (different mix, add’l vocal)<br>
| title2      = Play The Silver Ball
6. Too Busy (For Buns) (I’ve Got To Do My Own Thing)<br>
| note2        =
7. The Forehand Serve (vocals Brendan)<br>
| length2      =
8. Instrumentalen<br>
| title3      = Play The Silver Ball
9. Crucifix!<br>
| note3        = alternate mix
10. Le Mellowe<br>
| length3      =
11. Das Boot!<br>
| title4      = All Touch
12. Smells Like Fish In Here<br>
| note4        =
 
| length4      =
"All Touch" was made with Pat singing the lyrics verbatim from the lyric sheet of The Rough Trade song of the same name, while having no idea how that song sounded.
| title5      = All Touch
 
| note5        = alternate mix, additional vocals
===1994-12-26 Iness Attic Jam Sessions===
| length5      =
The next Iness session was also in Buffalo, this time another live jam in an attic of a house shared by Pat's brother Brendan. Vocals were over dubbed  2days later at Karl's house.  
| title6      = Too Busy (For Buns) (I’ve Got To Do My Own Thing)
 
| note6        =
Recorded at Ben and Brendan’s “Club Utica” house attic<br>
| length6      =
Patrick Finn, Karl Koch, Brendan Finn, Ben Wall? +??<br>
| title7      = The Forehand Serve
Except #22 rec. 12/27/94 (possibly in Depew Basement)<br>
| note7        = [[Brendan Finn]] on vocals
Overdubs/vocals to 1-21 done on 12/28/94<br>
| length7      =
 
| title8      = Instrumentalen
1. Set Your Phasers On Stun [mix B]<br>
| note8        =
2. Hey Lii [mix B] <br>
| length8      =
3. Iness Is Olympics [mix B]<br>
| title9      = Crucifix!
4. Cocchreangue [mix B]<br>
| note9        =
5. Copenhagen<br>
| length9      =
6. Bran Is My Friand (1971)<br>
| title10      = Le Mellowe
7. Angste<br>
| note10      =
8. Set Your Phasers On Stun [mix A]<br>
| length10    =
9. Electric Man<br>
| title11      = Das Boot!
10. Hay Li [mix A]<br>
| note11      =
11. Iness Is Olympics [mix A]<br>
| length11    =
12. Partially Parted<br>
| title12      = Smells Like Fish In Here
13. Cocchreangue [mix A]<br>
| note12      =
14. Fluid Storage<br>
| length12    =
15. Travel To Portland<br>
}}
16. unused track (no overdubs)<br>
===Second session (December 1994)===
17. Set Your Phasers On Stun [mix C, March 1995]<br>
The second Iness session occurred on [[December 26]], [[1994]] in the attic of a house shared by Brendan Finn and Ben Wall, also located in Buffalo, NY. Vocals were overdubbed on [[December 28]] at Koch's house. The session features Pat Finn and Koch, as well as contributions from Brendan Finn and Wall. Mike Cannamela was not present.
18. Electric Outtakes<br>
{{Track listing
19. Electric man (no overdubs)<br>
| total_length =
20. ? (unused?) (no overdubs)<br>
| title1      = Set Your Phasers On Stun
21. ? (unused?) (no overdubs)<br>
| note1        = mix B
22. PJF + BF jam 12/27/94 (Utica attic? Depew basement?)<br>
| length1      =
 
| title2      = Hey Lii
===1995-01 thru 1995-03 – Iness and Iness-ish Pat Finn solo stuff===
| note2        = mix B
The third and final Iness session was recorded at Pat Finn's apartment in Brooklyn NY.
| length2      =
| title3      = Iness Is Olympics
| note3        = mix B
| length3      =
| title4      = Cocchreangue
| note4        = mix B
| length4      =
| title5      = Copenhagen
| note5        =
| length5      =
| title6      = Bran Is My Friand (1971)
| note6        =
| length6      =
| title7      = Angste
| note7        =
| length7      =
| title8      = Set Your Phasers On Stun
| note8        = mix A
| length8      =
| title9      = Electric Man
| note9        =
| length9      =
| title10      = Hay Li
| note10      = mix A
| length10    =
| title11      = Iness Is Olympics
| note11      = mix A
| length11    =
| title12      = Partially Parted
| note12      =
| length12    =
| title13      = Cocchreangue
| note13      = mix A
| length13    =
| title14      = Fluid Storage
| note14      =
| length14    =
| title15      = Travel To Portland
| note15      =
| length15    =
| title16      =
| note16      = unused track, no overdubs
| length16    =
| title17      = Set Your Phasers On Stun
| note17      = mix C, completed later in March [[1995]]
| length17    =
| title18      = Electric Outtakes
| note18      =
| length18    =
| title19      = Electric Man
| note19      = no overdubs
| length19    =
| title20      =
| note20      = unused track, no overdubs
| length20    =
| title21      =
| note21      = unused track, no overdubs
| length21    =
| title22      =
| note22      = untitled track by [[Pat Finn|Pat]] and [[Brendan Finn]], recorded on [[December 27]], possibly in their father's basement
| length22    =
}}


Recorded at 291 Court St, Brooklyn<br>
===Third session (January–March 1995)===
Patrick Finn, Mike Cannamela, Karl Koch (depending)<br>
The third Iness session was recorded intermittently throughout the first three months of [[1995]] at Pat Finn's apartment in Brooklyn, NY. The recordings feature different combinations of Finn, Koch, and Cannamela. This was the final session recorded as Iness.
 
{{Track listing
1. Love And Jesus Christ (PF, MC, KK)<br>
| total_length =
2. Ode To Lisa And Philbert (PF, MC, KK)<br>
| extra_column = Performers
3. Randumunsfjordur (PF, MC, KK) [15 minute odyssey!]<br>
| title1      = Love and Jesus Christ
4. It’s So Nice When You’re Not Mean (PF)<br>
| note1        =
5. That Brassiere Over There (PF)<br>
| extra1      = Finn, Cannamela, Koch
6. I Like Tacose (PF, KK)<br>
| length1      =
7. Beanse (PF, KK)<br>
| title2      = Ode To Lisa and Philbert
8. Your Eeethra (Vegetables) (PF, KK)<br>
| note2        =
9. How It Feels To Be Not So Real (PF, KK)<br>
| extra2      = Finn, Cannamela, Koch
10. Idiots (PF, KK)<br>
| length2      =
11. That Device (PF, KK)<br>
| title3      = Randumunsfjordur
12. You Will Watch Me Pee (PF)<br>
| note3        =
| extra3      = Finn, Cannamela, Koch
===Dissolution===
| length3      =
After the final session in March 1995, there was no further Iness activity. Pat Finn and Mike Cannimella did a considerable amount of demos in Brooklyn between [[1995]] and [[1998]], leading to songs that Pat would later use in [[Organic Mechanic]]. The next collaboration between Pat Finn and Karl would be as [[the Melvin Jones Total Soul Attack Orchestra]] in March 1998.
| title4      = It’s So Nice When You’re Not Mean
| note4        =
| extra4      = Finn
| length4      =
| title5      = That Brassiere Over There
| note5        =
| extra5      = Finn
| length5      =
| title6      = I Like Tacose
| note6        =
| extra6      = Finn, Koch
| length6      =
| title7      = Beanse
| note7        =
| extra7      = Finn, Koch
| length7      =
| title8      = Your Eeethra (Vegetables)
| note8        =
| extra8      = Finn, Koch
| length8      =
| title9      = How It Feels to Be Not So Real
| note9        =
| extra9    = Finn, Koch
| length9    =
| title10      = Idiots
| note10      =
| extra10      = Finn, Koch
| length10    =
| title11      = That Device
| note11      =
| extra11      = Finn, Koch
| length11    =
| title12      = You Will Watch Me Pee
| note12      =
| extra12      = Finn
| length12    =
}}
[[Category:Weezer-related bands]]
[[Category:Weezer-related bands]]
[[Category:Pat Finn]]
[[Category:Pat Finn]]
[[Category:Karl Koch]]
[[Category:Karl Koch]]
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