In the fall of 1998, while at a Food Not Bombs feeding, Sean and Paul asked Kevin if he wanted to start a political, chaotic hardcore band.  It only took Kevin a minute to say yes.  Now there was the singer, guitar player, and the bass player.  At the was left was to find a drummer and a second guitar player to round out the pulsating monstrosity.  A few days later, Sean, Paul, and Kevin got together in Paul's basement and began working on the first song.  The following week Bijoy, the Republican, was asked to join in on the mayhem.  He gladly accepted the role and completed the rhythm section of the band.  The four gnarly youths had about two or three practices without a second guitar player.  Kevin was in another band with Derek so he asked Derek if he wanted to join the band.  Derek agreed and the band began writing more songs as a whole unit.
        Once the band had six songs they felt that it was time to unleash the beast.  It took a very long time to decide on a name.  Nobody could agree on anything.  The first show that they played was a big benefit for Food Not Bombs with almost every band in Binghamton.  At the time of the show they were called Silent Spring.  Shortly after that show they finally agreed upon a Satellite Crash.  (the "a" is suppossed to be lower case).  They tried to play as many local shows as they could.  With school and work it was a bit difficult.  In the late fall of that year the band made a trek up to Albany to record their first demo, Project Mercury.  Two hundred of these were originally made and they went pretty quickly.  After the release of Project Mercury the band started to develop a local following.  The quickly became known for their insane live shows where anything could happen.  a Satellite Crash chiefly played in the Binghamton area for a while do to other commitments.  They did play in Albany and in Buffalo.
        In the summer of 1999 the band took a three month long hiatus.  Sean went to Boston to work for a leftist magazine, Paul spent the summer studying in South Africa, and Bijoy went to work in Albany for the summer.  Kevin and Derek continued with their other band.  When the summer was over and the semester started back up again the band got right back into the swing of things.  They spent a few weeks practicing and working on new material.  As a result of sending out some of the Project Mercury demos the band got some good reviews and an offer by a great guy named Jamil who runs Spiritfall Records.  He heard the demo and asked if he could put out a seven inch with the band.  The band agreed.  The idea for a seven inch eventually turned into a split twelve inch with a band from New Jersey called, Neil Perry.  The band packed up their gear and drove to New Jersey to record for the upcomming release.  They spent an entire Saturday recording three new songs and redoing three old tunes.  The next day the boys went to Philadelphia to play the first ever Lost Film Festival.
        In January of 2000, the band embarked on their first tour.  Seven days and seven nights.  The band members got to learn a lot about one another on that tour.  They met a great deal of awesome people and got to play with some amazing bands.  While awaiting the arrival of the split twelve inch, a Satellite Crash went back into the studio, this time in Binghamton, and began recording more material.  One song is going to be on a Mountain Records comp. for Farm Sanctuary that should be out this summer.  The band decided to use the songs they recorded to put towards another self released effort.  The band is currently working on material for a split compact disc with another Binghamton band called, Faraday's Discovery.  There will be a tour this August along with as many shows as they can play before then.