In 2000-2001, when this album was written, recorded, andconceptualized, Oneida was a pretty hectic organization,committed to confrontation and tragipsych and Wu-Tang andelectro relentlessness.

The record was made by the original quartet lineup of theband, founded in 1997; and the tour that followed thecompletion of the album in late 2001 was the final 35-datehurrah of this lineup.

When the record finally saw the light of day in early 2002, theband hadnt broken up but was in a process of irrevocabletransformation.

Oneida began as a project, then became a gang. Come OnEverybody Lets Rock (2000) and Anthem Of The Moon (2001)were absolutely gang work, and Each One Teach One was alogical final blow.

We had been through some intimate dances on the road withthe medical and legal professions by this point, and wed leftsome blood in most US states and not always on purpose.

So in some respects this record is a baring of scars. Ouroriginal label, Turnbuckle Records, had closed its doors with nowarning in 1999, giving rise to the oldest tune on the album,No Label; and both extended pieces on the record, Sheets ofEaster and Antibiotics, conjoin pain and possibility in somemore metaphysical or metaphorical ways that absolutely reflectour collective state of disorientation at the time.

The music on Each One Teach One was recorded in severaldifferent locations, under different circumstances, and usingdifferent compositional techniques. Some of the songs werebuilt piece by piece through the recording and editing process;some were conceptualized ahead of time and approached withsome science; and some were pure instinct.

All four members of the band worked on composing – like Isaid, this was a gang doing gang work – and the final result,this album, is an accurate document of Oneida following theturn of the century. – Oneida