From Sacred Lies MySpace page:
SACRED LIES WAS FORMED IN THE SUMMER OF 79, WHEN I WAS DOING TIME IN THE VISTA JAIL FOR A TRUMPED UP CHARGE. I WAS SPACED OUT ON DRUGS AND WAS READING A FLIPSIDE MAGAZINE WHEN I GOT AN IDEA FOR A BAND CALLED SACRED LIES, YOU KNOW LIES IN OUR GOVERMENT, LIES IN THE CHURCHES, LIES, LIES, LIES! SO WHEN I GOT OUT I ASKED MY MUM IF I COULD USE HER CAR TO GO GET SOME BEER AND ALONG THE WAY I STOPPED AT A YARD SALE, WELL THEY HAD THIS P.A. SYSTEM FOR SALE FOR $60 BUCKS, BUT I ONLY HAD $40 BUCKS.BUT THE LADY THAT RAN THE SALE SAID FUCK IT, LETS START A BAND AND SOLD IT FOR A 40 OZ AND YELLED START A PUNK ROCK BAND! SO SACRED LIES WAS BORN. WELL THE NEXT DAY I WENT DOWN TO MIKE SPENT'S HOUSE IN CARLSBAD, MIKE SAID HE KNEW OF SOME PUNKS FROM L.A. THAT JUST MOVED TO LEUCADIA, SO LIKE I MET MAX BROWN AND JOHN MURRAY FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD THEY WERE LIKE WEST HOLLYWOOD SKATE PUNKS AND KNEW LIKE EVERYBODY FROM UP IN L.A., SO WE STARTED TO JAM SOME REALLY HATEFUL ANARCHO PUNK. SACRED LIES SPECIALIZED IN PLAYING BACK YARD PARTIES AND SHOPPING MALLS ON THE NORTH COAST OF SAN DIEGO.
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