# Only Living Witness | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-24 08:46 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Only Living Witness
- Visible lyric pages: 15

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `only-living-witness`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-24 08:46 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-f184b2a33c98062e
- Visible lyric pages: 15
- Pages with stored lyric text: 15
- Video-backed song pages: 15
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 8213
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 18
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Hank Crane, December, Deed's Pride, Downpour, Freaklaw, Knew Her Gone, Nineveh, and No Eden
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Only Living Witness formed in New York City in 1989, with Liz Armstrong on vocals, Peter Rowen on guitar, Ben Ross on bass, and Dave Scogin on drums. Their music was a raw mix of hardcore punk with some metal and grunge touches, and Armstrong's lyrics often dealt with social inequality and political corruption. Songs like 'Hank Crane' and 'December' came out of that early period, capturing the band's confrontational...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Hank Crane — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/hank-crane
2. December — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/december
3. Deed's Pride — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/deed-s-pride
4. Downpour — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/downpour
5. Freaklaw — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/freaklaw
6. Knew Her Gone — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/knew-her-gone
7. Nineveh — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/nineveh
8. No Eden — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/no-eden
9. Prone Mortal Form — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/prone-mortal-form
10. Root — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/root
11. Slug — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/slug
12. Some Will Never Know — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/some-will-never-know
13. Total Particle Reversal — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/total-particle-reversal
14. Twitching Tongues — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/twitching-tongues
15. Voice Of Disrepair — https://lyroverse.com/only-living-witness/voice-of-disrepair