The Interstate Ten were from California, possibly San Diego. Their first album was released on a label from San Diego, anyway, though since that label seems to have never put out anything else, I suspect it's self-released. Their sound is a mashup of mid-90s emo and post-hardcore, drawing from emo's discordant side but fitting those sounds into a midwest emo frame. This is the non-twinkly side of midwest emo, less Mineral and more Boys Life.
Their first album, released in 1997, is rough, almost a proof of concept for the far better second album. There are some good songs on there, but it's practically a demo compared to their later work. Their second album came in 1998, silverlakecreekbelowforestprimevil, and was put out on classic emo label Wrenched Records. It's fantastic; "Black Die No. 5" is a must-listen. To the best of my knowledge, their only other song is "I Call You By The Name" from the Self De-construction compilation, which appears to be an early version of "Black Die No. 5."
