Taking Dawn's Time to Burn Album Review
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rip off band, you have heard them all. Trust me!
When the record companies latch onto what is popular, they kill it. They beat it so hard you wish you were Ronald Goldman and OJ Simpson would come along and end it for you. That is why Taking Dawn has helped restore my faith in the music business and made me start wearing a neck blocker like an NHL hockey goalie. Because you never know when an ex-football star is going to try and slit your throat. Trust me!
Not much is known about the band Taking Dawn. Some say they were born of seed of Zeus and an earth mother who was an 80's groupie. Ok only I say that. Others say they are the illegitimate children of Sebastian Bach and K.K. Downing. Ok I say that too.
What is known, they have studied the 80's metal scene and trumped it pretty accurately. They add catchy hooks with spinning 80's metal guitar solos. One song you will think you are listening to Skid Row (Like a Revolution) next you will think you are listening to Iron Maiden (Take Me Away).
What every song needs according to my brother Lars Wettner (notable Delaware drummer) is more double bass drum. While I don't necessarily agree with him, Taking Dawn does. Every song seems to have double bass drum, which is used as tacitly as Stevie Nicks in a Catholic church.
I wasn't initially impressed with the first song on Time to Burn, entitled Time to Burn. I think it is because it is disjointed. It starts out with lead singer Chric Babbit trying to slam as many lyrics into one line like a virgin on prom night. Just going as fast as they can to get off. This, almost rapping, continues throughout the entire song. The hooks are nowhere to be found in this song. Even the chorus (typically the sing along portion) is bad. If I was going to judge the band by the first song, I would have turned this album off before the blistering George Lynch meets Dave Murray of Iron Maiden guitar solo. But this band is lucky, I listen to an entire album all the way through.
The second song Like a Revolution is what Skid Row should sound like in 2010. Chric harkens back to when Sebastian Bach could sing and wasn't a reality TV star. The hooks are present in this song with the chorus very simple and repetitive. We all know that due to many years of headbanging, metal heads have the combined IQ of Special Olympics hurdler. So we need choruses that simply repeat the same word so we can feel closer to the band by singing along. Like a Revolution is the only thing said during chorus, and by the second chorus I was banging my head and singing along. I also punched that Special Olympics hurdler because he's smarter and more athletic than me. Fuck you Cory!
Taking Dawn was raised in Las Vegas and they have songs dedicated to hookers (Take Me Away) and the glitz/glamor that come with growing up in Las Vegas. In fact, if you are a band that hails from Las Vegas and you don't have a song about hookers, you need to be in Carbonite like Han Solo. You are no rock band to me. Hell I am from Philadelphia and would make a song about hookers. They are awesome!
If you liked the 80's metal scene and long for a return to that kind of glory, give Taking Dawn a shot. If you don't find a few things to enjoy in this band, I will send ex-NFL running back and notable Taking Dawn fan OJ Simpson to your house to talk to you.
When the record companies latch onto what is popular, they kill it. They beat it so hard you wish you were Ronald Goldman and OJ Simpson would come along and end it for you. That is why Taking Dawn has helped restore my faith in the music business and made me start wearing a neck blocker like an NHL hockey goalie. Because you never know when an ex-football star is going to try and slit your throat. Trust me!
Not much is known about the band Taking Dawn. Some say they were born of seed of Zeus and an earth mother who was an 80's groupie. Ok only I say that. Others say they are the illegitimate children of Sebastian Bach and K.K. Downing. Ok I say that too.
What is known, they have studied the 80's metal scene and trumped it pretty accurately. They add catchy hooks with spinning 80's metal guitar solos. One song you will think you are listening to Skid Row (Like a Revolution) next you will think you are listening to Iron Maiden (Take Me Away).
What every song needs according to my brother Lars Wettner (notable Delaware drummer) is more double bass drum. While I don't necessarily agree with him, Taking Dawn does. Every song seems to have double bass drum, which is used as tacitly as Stevie Nicks in a Catholic church.
I wasn't initially impressed with the first song on Time to Burn, entitled Time to Burn. I think it is because it is disjointed. It starts out with lead singer Chric Babbit trying to slam as many lyrics into one line like a virgin on prom night. Just going as fast as they can to get off. This, almost rapping, continues throughout the entire song. The hooks are nowhere to be found in this song. Even the chorus (typically the sing along portion) is bad. If I was going to judge the band by the first song, I would have turned this album off before the blistering George Lynch meets Dave Murray of Iron Maiden guitar solo. But this band is lucky, I listen to an entire album all the way through.
The second song Like a Revolution is what Skid Row should sound like in 2010. Chric harkens back to when Sebastian Bach could sing and wasn't a reality TV star. The hooks are present in this song with the chorus very simple and repetitive. We all know that due to many years of headbanging, metal heads have the combined IQ of Special Olympics hurdler. So we need choruses that simply repeat the same word so we can feel closer to the band by singing along. Like a Revolution is the only thing said during chorus, and by the second chorus I was banging my head and singing along. I also punched that Special Olympics hurdler because he's smarter and more athletic than me. Fuck you Cory!
Taking Dawn was raised in Las Vegas and they have songs dedicated to hookers (Take Me Away) and the glitz/glamor that come with growing up in Las Vegas. In fact, if you are a band that hails from Las Vegas and you don't have a song about hookers, you need to be in Carbonite like Han Solo. You are no rock band to me. Hell I am from Philadelphia and would make a song about hookers. They are awesome!
If you liked the 80's metal scene and long for a return to that kind of glory, give Taking Dawn a shot. If you don't find a few things to enjoy in this band, I will send ex-NFL running back and notable Taking Dawn fan OJ Simpson to your house to talk to you.
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