Morning Glory

Morning Glory

Morning Glory is an American punk band from New York, led by Ezra Kire and connected to the wider circle of punk musicians around Choking Victim, INDK and Leftöver Crack. The group draws members from the New York City punk scene and develops from Kire’s early solo work into a fuller band line-up.

Formation and early releases

In the early 2000s, around the period when INDK breaks up, Ezra Kire begins working on a solo project with help from other musicians. Using a guitar, an 8-track recorder and a drum machine, he writes and produces This is No Time ta Sleep. The album gains attention within the local New York “Crack Rock Steady” scene. Its single, “Gang Control”, later reappears with three extra tracks on the self-produced maxi-single CD Tha Suicide Singles.

By that point, Morning Glory has at least a loose live band together, and the next release, The Whole World is Watching, features a full line-up and five new songs. The band plays a small number of shows in New York, but activity slows while Leftöver Crack prepares for the Fuck World Trade tour.

Later recordings

After a quieter period, new material begins to surface again, including the track “All My Friends” on the Black Noise Records compilation The Kids are Gonna Pay. Additional demos appear online and form part of the material for This is Revolution Rock. Morning Glory later releases Poets Were My Heroes on Fat Wreck Chords.

Style and line-up

The band is associated with punk and ska punk, and is also tagged with crack rock steady, skacore and ska. The listed members are Brett Boland, Shawn Gardiner, Early Gates, Ezra Kire, Adam Schrager, Lucky Strano and Chris Theodorou.