Year : 2015
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front + Video
Size : 141 mb
Info:
THICK was the natural outgrowth of a pair of long running songwriting partnerships between old friends. Vocalist John Grignon and Guitarist Tom Atkins started performing together in the early 1990s. The songwriting duo produced their first CD project, “A Darker Shade of Blue” in 1997. John and Tom then set out to form a band to play their songs out live. Starting with the drummer on “Darker Shade of Blue”, Drummer Bob Napierski and brought in his old friend from High School, bassist Eric Schwanke, it was with this pairing of old friendships that THICK was born."John's voice always reminded me of Eric Martin or Paul Rodgers. There's a lot of soul there, and he is never off key." Explains Guitarist Tom Atkins. "He is also not the typical singer persona, in fact he is quite the opposite. He has a natural ear for beautiful melodies, always floating around suspended seconds or Major 7ths, but he would rather be on his dune buggy listening to the energetic jams that we are writing, rather than doing the big lead singer ego thing. He is so down to earth that its quite refreshing to deal with someone with a microphone who doesn't take himself so seriously."Originally jamming together as teenagers, Bob and Eric performed together in different bands for years. Once Bob met up with Tom in 1997, Bob brought Eric in to the studio and the chemistry between everyone was instantaneous. With a big thundering approach to the instrument, Drummer Bob Napierski makes even the smallest drum set sound huge. Bob frequently steals the THICK live show with a big drum solo medley that, after years of performing together, THICK tends to improvise together on the spot, the drum solo has captivated crowds at THICK shows. “He hits anything around him during these jams – chairs, walls, even people!” explains Vocalist John Grignon.Bassist Eric Schwanke, in addition to providing backup vocals, is also an accomplished classical pianist. He approaches the songs with an innate sense of harmony and groove. Eric is also a busy session bassist, frequently performing in Jazz and R&B bands as well.SUNY Oneonta and Musician's Institute G.I.T. Graduate, guitarist Tom Atkins fills out the rest of THICK’s pleasant bashing with a hybrid combo lead/rhythm style, playing strong hooky riffs and memorable guitar solos that not only complement the song but feature technical depth and emotion that is missing on the radio today.
Album:
From the moment they all got together, it was clear that the music produced by Tom’s guitar and the constant rhythmic interplay between Eric and Bob created a new combination of alternative music and Hard Rock. The debut CD was written and recorded in the summer of 1999, the recording of the THICK debut album was featured in EQ magazine by sound engineer and music producer Steve LaCerra. Gifted with the use of a beautiful mansion, THICK used carefully placed mirrors to record instruments on all three floors of the home. All of the tracks except for “Breaking me” and “Tell Me” were recorded that summer. After the drums and rhythm tracks were recorded at the mansion, overdubs and vocals were tracked at Tom’s Studio. Once completed, the CD was mixed at Woods End Studios in Saratoga, NY. Finally, it was mastered at Masterdisc in New York City by Rodger Liann.
The first track, “Somewhere”, features the collective yearning of the band – “You are always somewhere, and nowhere at all, it makes me, makes me want you even more, I’ll find you there…” where the object of the search is understanding what inspiration is, and why we pursue it.
The second track, “Summer Day” is a mix of early Rush inverted chords and a Foo Fighters sensibility with a great hook melody and a positive uplifting message. “From experience,” smiles Tom, “this song sounds best cranking in your car at about 74 miles an hour with the top down.”
“Hypocrite”, the third track, is one of the darker songs on the record, channeling a little bit of Rage against the Machine, with a flanged guitar sound and a driving, head banging rhythm pulse.
“About the Girl” was one of those instant songs. It wrote itself in minutes, and is probably exactly the musical and lyrical opposite of the Nirvana song of the same name.
“Miles Between” was one of the more acoustically written songs on the THICK album. Featuring John’s layered vocals, “Miles Between” demonstrates the core THICK grooves with a hard edged pop style.
“Miles Between” blends into the album’s sixth song, “Fields of Grey”, the only ballad on the Album, and continues the lyrical theme set in the first song, a longing for understanding the nature of inspiration and the price of following it at the expense of everything else.
“Stereo Rain” was the most commercially viable song on the record, and was another one of those “quick self writing songs” and was the most often featured song on Capital District Radio from Capital underground and Vermont’s WEQX.
“Angelhead” was the last original track on the record and expanded to a much longer song when performed live. “It was always a well received song when we played it live” explains Eric. “All of the odd time grooves in the song are very infectious.”
“Hey You” was a humorous ska-metal take on the Pink Floyd classic. It has quite a turbulent rumored story around it. Instead of recording a guitar solo, Tom added in sound effects from the movie “Evil Dead 2”. Right after the song was mastered, a friend of a friend from one of his previous bands, (Kai Lee from “Reason”) was working on the first Spiderman movie and got a copy of the song to the movie’s director, Sam Remi. Sam Remi was also the director of “Evil Dead 2”. Supposedly, Sam loved the THICK version of the song and submitted it to the studio for inclusion on the Spider Man soundtrack. But unfortunately, the original writer of the song, Rodger Waters, hated the THICK version, and refused the studio rights to put the derivative THICK version on the Spiderman soundtrack. Given the number of different people involved in the story, it is plausably deniable, but there is an element of truth in there somewhere.Although THICK disbanded in 2004 on amicable terms, they produced several other songs and the possibility exists those songs may appear on future releases.
Line-Up:
John Grignon - vocals
Tom Atkins - guitar
Bob Napierski - drums
Eric Schwanke - bass
Tracklist:
01. Somewhere
02. Summer Day
03. Hypocrite
04. About The Girl
05. Miles Between
06. Fields Of Grey
07. Stereo Rain
08. Angelhead
09. Hey You
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