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Resurrection

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So here's the deal: Several months after parting ways with American Head Charge (fall 2003) I got a call from a friend in the industry who knew I was looking for a new gig. He told me there was a band that had a deal with Lava/Atlantic and did Ozzfest and some other descent tours but their old manager was a chump and their rhythm section deserted them. They were looking for a new bassist and drummer and wanted to get an electronics/keyboard guy. The new manager was putting the band up in Vegas and keeping them fed while they worked on new material to demo for Lava. I got the first record and heard potential so I flew out to Vegas. Everyone seemed really cool and our jam sessions went well so I decided to stay. We recorded a bunch of songs for Lava but the label was in turmoil and our A&R guy left the company. Not suprisingly, we were dropped along with many many other acts. We stayed in Vegas trying to figure out the next move.

Several months later our bassist Stitch hooked us up with some radio festival gigs in CA through his old bandmate Ivan from Motograter. The next thing I know we're in the studio trying to turn the demo recordings into a record in the space of a week. Our manager had hooked up a great deal with a major box chain to put the record into stores in any region where we were active via radio or touring. He wanted to get things kicked off in CA right away, so we struggled to at least get some guitar and vocal overdubs tracked, and give it a more focused mixing, in the short amount of time available. I had no chance to fix or add anything (all my parts had been tracked out of my Mac's headphone jack, they were demos).


and btw all the electronics were done by myself (though there are some guitar parts you might think are electronics or vice versa).Toby Wright just did alternate mixes for a couple of the tracks not "remixed" in the NIN, Prodigy sense of the word. Though he did turn my parts up and killed the guitars in the verses of "Fighting Me" >;o>

I instantly became a huge fan of Grade 8 when I heard their first album. It was one of those albums that you could just throw in your cd player and let it run through without having to skip a track.

When I saw that they had a new album coming out, I jumped for joy. But that was before I actually heard the album. Not only is it bad for Grade 8, it might be one the worst ive ever heard. It makes me sad that such a great band can put such garbage.

Here are my gripes.

1) The guitar riffs are no where near as awesome and mind-blowing as the first. They use a lot of DJ and just random sounds to fill out the songs, some of which are cool, but most of which suck and are just plain strange.

2) Ryan TRIES to sing.....oh man I thought he was dieing, cuz it sure sounds like he is. Theres almost none of his signature growling like on the last album. Terrible.

3) The lead singer tries to sing.....wait, did I already mention that?

I can honestly say that there are NO decent songs on this album. Please find somewhere on the internet (ie fye.com or some place like it) and listen to the tracks before you buy.

How did this band ever get funding for another album???
I actually picked this cd up in the $1.00 bin at a pawn shop the other day thinking it might be ok. Well... It's a musical disaster. This album is even worse than their first release. The music is boring, the guitar riffs are pathetic, and the singers voice is like finger nails on a chalk board. Sometimes it sounds like he actually has marbles in his mouth.
There are so many other good bands out right now, don't waste your money on this one.

I loved Grade 8's first album. When i heard a new one was coming out i was really happy and wanted to get it right away. But wait a minute, big mistake on my part! First off the intro is completely pointless. It doesn't even lead into Resurrection or have any significance whatsoever. When the Resurrection track came on, i thought that track was ok. From then on the album totally sucked. The only somewhat ok songs are Demons and I Don't Need. Buy Grade 8's first self-titled album and don't waste your hard earned money on this Grade A genuine piece o' crap!
I still wonder, whatever happened to the AWESOME stuff on their first album. None of it showed through on this one.

Even though Grade 8 is somewhat heavier than the average nu-metal band, it's pretty obvious that those who dislike the genre will find nothing to please them in Grade 8's albums. That having been said, those who are fans of the genre and Grade 8 in particular will more than likely enjoy this follow-up to the band's hard-hitting 2003 debut. Resurrection has far more of an electronic edge to it than their original self-titled album, but Grade 8 still manages to rock hard, especially on the title track, Oxyrotten, Ignore, Waiting, and (easily the best track on the album) Serving Serpents. This is possibly due to the input of Toby Wright (Alice In Chains), who helped remix some of the tracks for the album's widespread release. However, the band itself must take the majority of the credit. The lyrical content is better on this album than the last one, and the band as a whole shows new life and growth, perhaps as a result of the fact that half of the current members are new to the fold. The only mark I have against the album is the somewhat noticeable lack of production, which is no doubt due to the band no longer having major label backing for their recordings. Even then, props must be given to Grade 8 for continuing to put out great new material despite their lack of support.