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Duane Okun – Guitar/Vocals Kevin Bryan - Guitar/Vocals Vinny D'Amico Piano/Vocals Tom Stratton – Drums Lou Panico - Bass They laugh about it now, but only a few years ago the members of Socratic were down to their last dollar – make that, their last 76 cents – before finally landing their Drive-Thru Records deal. Taking things to the brink like that suits the band just fine, especially when it comes to their music. Beneath Socratic's sunny pop constructs lays a knife-edged view of life that cuts deep. That's never been more true than on the band's new Drive-Thru CD, "Spread the Rumors." The album was recorded in LA, a continent away from Socratic's New Jersey home base. "The whole time we were planning this record," recalls lead singer/songwriter Duane Okun, "we would say we wanted it like [blink-182's] ‘Enema of the State,' where every song is a single." So when the band got word that blink's Mark Hoppus himself loved the demos and wanted to produce ...