It all began in mid-1974.  While attending collage at the University of Rhode Island, Carey Kress was also playing drums in a local band which eventually merges with another local band and they become Face Dancer.   One of the other band members, DJ Long (who played keyboard) had a brother living in the Washington, DC area.  They decide to leave Rhode Island and move to DC. 

At this point, Face Dancer was a progressive band, very much in the vein of King Crimson, Yes, and Genesis. They found their niche with the university crowd, playing some interesting covers and some unique originals. It was while playing at American University that the band met Scott McGinn who would soon be recruited to the fill the role of bass player for the band. Scott soon became the major creative force in the band, writing original songs and leading them into a new direction. The originals began to overtake the covers and soon Face Dancer started becoming more popular.

In 1975, Billy Trainor started working for the band as a sound tech, but it wasn’t long before they decided to put Carey out front to showcase his amazing talent as front man, and Billy took over the drums. The metamorphosis from progressive to rock took a major step forward with the addition of Jeff Adams on lead. It was around this time period that Face Dancer hired a new sound tech by the name of David Utter. Since they had a history of promoting from within, it wasn’t long before David was on rhythm guitar and the This World lineup was complete.

 Within a short period of time, the band was generating some record company interest, had new management in place, and a deal with Capitol Records was on the horizon. The band ventured to LA to record their first album, “This World” and it was released in 1979.  Although the album was extremely popular with the Washington, DC/Baltimore, MD fans, Capitol Records did not promote the band outside of the local region so the record went no where.

Capitol Records wanted to make some changes before Face Dancer recorded their second lp.  Carey Kress and David Utter departed the band in 1980. This heralded the arrival of keyboardist and singer, Michael Milsap from Atlanta, GA. This time the band traveled to England to record their second release, “About Face.” The more pop sound of this album didn’t go over as well with the audiences. The band continued on despite internal pressures.

In 1982, Face Dancer was released from Capitol, and Michael and Jeff left to pursue other ventures. Carey Kress and DJ Long rejoined the band and with the addition of Timm Tanner on lead guitar, with Scott on Bass and Billy on drums and Face Dancer tried to continue on. But unfortunately, they could not recapture the Face Dancer magic as in the past and the band dissolved.

Or so they thought … interest in the band, particularly in the Baltimore, MD area, continued to live on and the idea of reunion concerts came into being. The problem was that Jeff now lived in Florida and sometimes couldn’t make it to the shows. So the band enlisted the services of David Bell to play lead guitar, Scott switched to rhythm, and BJ Weigman to played bass. Carey continued on vocals and Billy on drums. As the momentum grew, “Midnite Raid” was recorded from material that never made it on to the first two albums along with some new songs.   Song thereafter, “Alive” was released which featured some of the band’s most popular songs that had been recorded during the reunion shows.  The band continued to headline reunion concerts until their last appearance at the Recher Theater Show in December 2004.

In 2009, Rock Candy Records remastered "This World" and released it in the UK as an import CD. What happens next? Stay tuned for more info!