The Psalms were formed after Doug Fry and Jim Swafford quit Moral Majority. Doug and Bill decided to start another band, again with Jim Swafford. Alan Long was recruited to play drums, and The Psalms were born.

The Psalms had a brief hiatus in 1983, when Bill decided to quit the band, due to musical conflicts with Doug. Months later, the two patched up their differences, and reformed the band. Jim Swafford declined rejoining, and was replaced by Richard Flower, who had been part of the original Moral Majority before being replaced by Swafford. With the new line up, the band recorded their No Great Cathedral E.P which Doug was almost immediately unhappy with, despite the it providing The Psalms with their first real media attention.

Due to internal conflicts between band members, and Doug's unhappiness to the direction the band was taking, The Psalms broke up again in late 1984, this time for good.

The songs listed here are just the tip the iceberg. In the early days of the Psalms, they had 22 songs, of which 20 were written solely by Doug. The list certainly goes way beyond what is listed here.

"Before most of the people who may know Doug now as a member of the Gin Blossoms knew him, he was involved in other projects. And this is one of them called The Psalms. This included Bill Leen on bass, Richard Flower on vocals and Jeff Swartz on drums."

-- Curtis Grippe
Source: Doug Hopkins Tribute - 98 Local Rock.