November 2009, Reviews
We All Need Something To Burn
Los Angeles based rock band Something To Burn has released their debut album Transitions. From beginning to end it has something for the rocker in all of us. Say Goodbye, the first single off the album really brings all the band has to offer. Intense vocals and powerful lyrics mixed with fast pounding percussion and rockin guitars. This song by far is my favorite on the album. You can hear their mellower side on the song Below that talks about heartbreak and loss. And if that isn't enough for you, Start Again touches on the bands darker side with a much heavier sound and vocals to match. This band has taken what could have been an ordinary album and mixed it into something extraordinary. You can put this album in your player of choice, listen to it many times over and not be disappointed.
Something To Burn are Jimmy Norman on guitar, twin brothers Shawn Ballard on drums and Jeff Ballard on Bass and Greg Wayne on Vocals. They played their way through the Hollywood clubs and were finalists in Guitar Center's "Tour With Motley Crue" contest, but were disqualified when it was revealed that they had sighed a recording contract with Scott Weiland's label Softdrive Records. Through it all, the band has remained resilient and you can catch them on tour with Stone Temple Pilots starting in 2010.
Their album is available on iTunes or you can visit their website, www.somethingtoburn.com.
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