Melanie's older brother enlisted in the Army in 1991 and left his drum kit in the basement. She started playing it the following week. She wrote to him about it eight months later. He wrote back: fine.
She was the best musician of the Chattanooga lineup and the only member who practiced every day. She kept a log of every practice in a spiral notebook. The archive holds it. It runs to four notebooks.
Her brother came home on leave in 1995 and attended the record release. He stood in the back with his arms folded. She has described this as a standing ovation.
Now. Sound engineer for a touring theater company. Was home one week last year.