You'll hear me talk about this band a lot. They're one of my favorites of all time.
They burst onto the scene in 1997/98 with their debut album "Your Body Above Me," which spawned the Top 5 Rock hit "Wash It Away" and the Top 40 Pop single featured today, "Time Ago." Critics called them the "American U2" and thought they were poised to take over the world. So what happened? Record label mergers and drama, and a promising band getting pushed to the side.
After the band's debut album came and went, they were thrown into limbo, as their record label, Geffen Records was getting absorbed by another. The band wasn't dropped by the label, but wasn't getting to release any new music. After a lengthy struggle, they broke free, but sort of broke up. Lead singer/guitarist Paul Durham was the only remaining member. He regrouped, recorded some tracks, and got signed to Sony Records. Again, more record label drama followed, and the band was dropped from Sony before anything materialized.
Annoyed and frustrated, Paul took the tracks he had recorded, and released them himself in the sophomore album "See The Sun" independently. Since then, Paul under various names has released a third album (titled "Passion Leaves a Trace) a techno album (as Black Lab), a covers album (As the Mirrorball Associates) a side project or two, and even a couple of music videos. Now they have also released a B-Sides album, which was only supposed to be in limited release, but oversold the expectations. Not too bad for being completely independent.
I'll probably feature some songs from the B-Sides album in future weeks. Today though, I want to dig up one of my favorite songs of all time... from their 1998 debut "Your Body Above Me." It's Black Lab, and "Time Ago." You're going to have to CLICK HERE to check out the video.
No comments:
Post a Comment