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along at a steady pace with an
undeniable groove. Despite his
reputation for combining every
incarnation of alternative music
known lo man, from hip-hop to
better by the minute lor nu-metal s
currenl cream ol the crop. Dealing
with the sensitive issue of a friend's
attempted suicide, 'Last Resort' is a
riff-heavy backdrop to Coby Dick's
of
metal, the rugged, attitude-soaked
proclamations
vocals on this single are as extreme
as it gets.
desperation that's'sure to escalate
to anthem status among fans.
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Dirtbag'
'Shining Light'
'Teenage
(c0LUMBtA)
(TNFECT|0US RECoRDS)
The first single from this quirky New
York threesome strikes up images of
a
countrified Blink
Bloodhound Gang with
violent
182
ils
or
Following a two-year absence, Ash
have returned, refreshed and raring
to go, clutching a taste of
their
sparse
imminent new album. With the
six-string janglings and comical
commentaries on the troubles ol
touching lyrics"You light up my
life", it's an upbeat, rocky affair with
a heartfelt undertone and buzzing
indie moments that'll have you
singing along in no time.
teenage love. As the song erupts into
a whiny punk{uelled chorus, it's
clear that Wheatus are
hot
contenders to become the next
snotty-nosed heroes of pubescent
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troublemakers.
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iAlways'
(TNFECTt0US RECoRDS)
With their long-awaited debut album
due out soon, the record that started
the whole MV buz gets a timely relntense Bristol rock outlit Redefine
surprisingly well
considering they look like they
release.0riginally released as a
limited-edition single of only 700
copies on 0rg records late last year,
should still be at school. With
'Always' is
are doing
a
a
classic. My Vitriol promise
demonic opening that sounds like
all hell breaking loose amid gut-
big things in 2001 and with this single
they're ofl to a mighty fine start.
wrenching screams and a shower of
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raucous guitars, their premier
single
will
draw you into metal
{erocity before slipping into spiky
paranoia and Siverchair-esque
emoti0n. A bright future could well
be on the cards.
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'Last Resort'
Fred Durst and his'Chocolate
. .'. "Bizkit's in the house"
but this track is nowhere near as
strong as 'Take A Look Around' or
Starlish.
'My Generation'.
lf
it's the
swear
(DREAMW0RKS RECORDS)
count you're more interested in,
then this will be right up your...
Fresh from dates with Limp Bizkit
and Eminem in the US and about to
blast into the UK, things are getting
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Seven by Seven
Sugarshack Records
On a scale of one to ten, I would give Redefine's recent
CD single eighl lor execution, four for cover design and
hvo for originality. I foresee big things ahead for this
young four piece, ij you're a big Placebo fan than this is
right up your street. They appear to know all the tricks
of the trade, songs quite smoothly shift betdeen intense
riffarama with highiy distorted screaming intc quiet well-
a band like
Fledefine is they. along with many others bands ol this
nature, are all hamsters running in a never ending
sung verses. The only problem with
wheel of short-term success.
lf only these lour guys
could put away the hair gel and overcome the desire to
pg.k o.n Top Ot The pops, they coutd potentiaily be one
hell of a good band. Until then they will keeg running
around and around until the next hamster comes ti
replace them.
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Seven (Sugar Shack
Records) GD single.
From the opening
seconds ol Eeven by
Seven, you know
your building up to
some monster metal
riffing, ass-kicking
and screaming tune,
and thatts just what
you get (at least in the intro). The song has a
distinctive industrial-metal feel as therers loads of
guitar effects and weird loops underneath the
distorted vocals and guitars. The verses show the
bandts Placebo influences with both characterastic
guitar parts and vocals with a more upbeat punkish
vibe leading to a mellower break before the metal
comes back.
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Deftones - Manchester Apoilo March 23d 2OO1.
Manchester Apollo is a converted theatre, formalty a
place for light hearted comedy plays and almost
definitely the likes of Shakespeare and so forth. That
night was for the monster metal that is the Deftones
riding on the back of their critically acclaimed White
Pony, the new album with a more mellow theme. The
mellow didntt show though, as the night was pure
metal from both the Defttones and their supporting
acts.
First up were Taproof, a new band who showed a lot
of promise and certainly had strong influence from
the likes ot the Defttones themselves. The lead
singer is a true showman (Ghino style) throwing out
lots of energy and singing two whole songs whilst in
the crowd, The band gained plenty of respect as the
singer made a rather impressive lS-foot swan dive
into the audience from the balcony topt No one
thought hetd do it and as a consequence Irll be
watching out for those boys next time around. Very
promising tunes and good entertainers overall.
Next up were Linkin pa*and t have to be honest I
thought they were shite. Basically they are
talentless little boys with a bunch of songs that
sound the same. ll New lfids on the Blockwilh
guitars is your thing then your laughing, but it ain't
mine so I thought they sucked. That's all I have to
say about that really, oh did I mention they suck, oh
yeah, any way |tll move on now.
My only criticism with this track lies in the over
production an paris. The band sound like they have
nothing to hide, but nevertheless they are stuck in a
fog of samples, particularly in the rather disjointed
and effects bound middle eight of the song. The
track definitely is a grower, of which is good for
them because the song will last longer and so should
they. The B-sides aren't quite as good and attempt to
be more poppyr Daisychain has a more bouncy,
bubble-grunge feel, probably a good one to get
crowds at gigs. The other lrack Light the gtassis
weaker and trying to be an effective ballad but it
doesn't suit them.
I would strongly recommend this band to fans of
Placebo and The Smashing pumpkins, as the vocals
and effects are heavily influenced by each of the two
bands. This single shows that Redefine have stacks
of energy as well as being abte to pull off some
gentle moments. A promising single and if they can
pull it off live (without too many effects) they will
definitely be worth checking out.
By Jon Smithson.
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9.4opm, lights down with the stage masked by the
White Pony flag, the Deftones made their presence.
The flag dropped and they kicked of a great wall-towall classics show. First track to get us all nicely
moshing was Rootlrom the first album Adrenaline
followed by them .entering the White pony' as Ghino
put it with Feiticeira, Digital bath all the best ones.
The sound was nice and raw aswell as managing to
give out some of the weird effects used on lhe White
Ponytracks owing to their resident DJ/sampter guy.
Lots of energy, loud guitar and Ghino getting the
crowd going is lhe Defttonestsuccessful formula in
keeping the punters happy to which they did very
nicely. They also honourably stopped playing Shove
ithalt way through to sort out various pit members
who were on the floor getting trampted on.
The set consisted of all the best tracks, it was a
dream set for lrue Defitones fans with the likes of
Shove it, Digital bath, Rickets, Be euiet and Drive,
Bored, 7 Words and a suprising encore track,
Headup. The one fault I have with the gig is that we
only got about I hour 2O out of them, of which isnrt
enough really, itts more like a festival slot. I saw
them at Leeds 2OOO and previously Glastonbury on
lhe Around the Furlour and the one thing I was
looking forward to seeing that night was a longer set
(because they were playing their own gig). $till, I
can't complain, damned fine gig. I recommend the
Deftonesto anyone who tikes their music hard and
loud.
By Jon Smithson.
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Seven up!
ristol foursome Redefine look set to cause a stir as
big as their ear-bleedingly chunky sound with the
release of their debut single 'Seven By Seven'
through local indie Sugarshack. Thanks to foaming-atthe-mouth praise from Steve lamacq, who's been heavily
rotating the hard-as-nails but melodic screamathon on
his Radio One Evening Session, the three-track CD has
attracted 'through the ceiling'pre-sales from record
stores in the UK and beyond. Add to that web sales
direct from SS's heavy traffic generating site, and we
could be looking at serious indie chart action. Not bad
going, especially as the handsomely coiffured quartet
are all still at school.
The single's release highlights a thriving punkcore
scene in Bristol that includes fresh-faced noisenix such
as 2 Day Rule (who've also just signed to Sugarshack),
Five Knuckle Shuffle, The Spartans and Grebo, all of
whom are causing unsightly (but curiously satisfying)
damp patches in the trousers of the major's A&R
braternity. Could it be that punk is the new T***H**?
'Seuen By Seuen'by Redefine is owt on Sat 3 Mar through
Sugarshack Records.
Sour?d Booth
Host of Radio 4 comedy show 'The Big
Booth' (currently being broadcast on
Thursdays at 6.3opm), Boothby Graffoe is a
comedy one-off with a brain that ticks at double-speed
Never less than acutely funny, whether improvising or
muttering about dogs in space, Boothby (named after a
Leicestershire market town, apparently) is one of the most
original performers in Britain today. When the jokes are over,
out come the songs - quirky little jewels that have an
idiosyncratic beauty worthy of Syd Barrett or Robyn Hitchcock.
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Foamat: Thaee-tra(k CD ('Most Everyone
Will Find'l'Curb Your Turbulence'/'The
PanaGa ronight').
Pop-rock with an indie twinge and
vocals that resemble Gavin Rossdale
in places. Unspectacular and
unassuming but pleasant enough,
although a remarkably bad
production makes it sound much
worse than it probably is.
We5: "You'd probably have to like
Oasis to like this, I think. l'm not into
this kind of milky stuff so this isn't
doing it for me. Medio(e, folky,
milky, mama!"
BC: "Yeah, I think we've heard
enough ofthat one!"
with grinding guitars and throatscraping scream-a-thon vocals, but
Pala
You Took My Money
and Ran
(FGR)
KKK
Format: 13-tra(k CD ('You Took My
Money And RanT'Keep tn Time'/'t Ihink
l'm The Man'/'Orange D.ess'/'Livin' t-a
vida Pala',/'uMP'l'stop The Funk
Ro(k'l'Cat-Like Creaturcs' /' Borcd Ol
Stripping'/'B.eak Of Day'l'No
Cheeses'/'Worry Lines'/'Some Kind Ot
Theme').
Ninety seconds of Slipknot-esque
drumming, guitar distortion, layered
vocals and weak-willed shouting.
The single bizarrely includes "l0
bonus tracks", Hmmm.
Wes: "Turn it up a little bit? (Long
silence.) The vocals definitely suck on
this onel The music is kinda cool,
though, kinda upbeat. The vocals are
totally punk -just screamy."
B(3 "lt's definitely the best one so
far, though."
Wes3 "Yeah but we've only heard
suddenly transforms into emotional
balladry with a Brian Molko
impersonator on vocals. This Bristol
quartet can't make up their mind
what kind of music they want to play
- they try to do everything at
once. This would work better as two
so
separate songs.
Wes: "ls that supposed to be singing
right there? lt sounds like shitty
Soulfly-"
BC: "l need to hear some melody!"
Wes: "Once he starts singing and
the song breaks down it's quite good
-the second half sounds like a
different song. The people who like
the screamy first part won't Iike the
second part and the people who like
the second part wouldn't listen to
the song long enough to find that
out because of the first part! Man,
this song needs reorganising. That
was actually starting to grow on me
for a second there - the first half
totally tripped me out though."
effort... unless you ask these guys.
BC: "l give it zero for snare sound."
wet3 "This sucks. I mean, we do the
hip-hop-rock thing but there's
nothing hip-hop about just talking in
rhythm like this guy. This is not our
genre. People call us rap-rock but
this is rap-rock and we are not this.
This stuff gives any kind of rock with
rapping on a bad name."
My Device
A Brighter Sun
(lukebox Timebomb)
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Format: Two'tra(k CO ('A Brighter
Can See What You'.e Doinq')
'There's a five inch man behind the
glass and he wants me to go too far'
and 'When I was falling down the
stairs I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today, oh how
I wish he'd go away'are just two of
the lyrical gems in this farce of a
single. Fast and twiddly but very
two! Nextl"
Sun'/'l
basic
28 Days
Rip lt Up
(Mu5hroom)
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Redefine
Seven.By Seven
(5ugar shack)
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KKK
Format: Th.ee-t.a(k CD ('seven By
SevenT'Daisychain'/'Light The Gla55').
'Seven By Seven'starts really heavy
48 kerrang!
Format: Th.ee-tra(k CD ('Rip tt
Up'l'Kool'//The Right Pla<e').
Two-track seven-inch ('Rip It up7'Kool')
The Melbourne rap-punk meisters
follow-up their debut EP'Kid
lndestructible' with this Iive
favourite. A bouncy and fun effoit
that makes up for unoriginality with
guitars and disappointingly
weak'n'whiny vocals ensure this
Brighton trio sound like that band in
sixth form that everyone in year nine
think are quite good but actually
aren,t yet.
Wesr "l cant help but wondef as a
guitar player, if that riff is really
worthy of being a song." (Both
laughing) "l don't know how this
9uy ever got to put out a CD with
those vocals. And the lyrics? Shite.
Not a good beat, not a good guitar
riff, not a good melody."
BC3 "ls this band really signed?"