With the rise in popularity of any particular genre of music,
\nthere are bound to be scores of groups who flood the scene and try
\nto create some noise for themselves. For lack of a better
\ndescription, I’d classify groups like Limp Bizkit (whose albums I
\nhave, in an, aah, alternative format, waiting for review) as “anger
\nrock” – that is, groups who pour their fury into their music,
\ncreating an intense sound.<\/p>\n
I’d like to say that Spite and their effort
\nBastard Complex<\/i> are worthy of comparison to groups like Limp
\nBizkit – but I can’t. You see, it takes more than distorted power
\nchords and obscenity-laden screaming to make “anger rock,” and
\nSpite just don’t seem to have grasped that yet.<\/p>\n
For this four-piece group from North Carolina seems to know how
\nto make a lot of noise and shout a lot – but so what? Anyone can do
\nthat. Where
\nBastard Complex<\/i> shuts down is that it all fails to come
\ntogether; whether that’s due to songwriting or the performances,
\nI’m not quite sure yet.<\/p>\n
There is one song where everything does seem to magically come
\ntogether – “Calipornia”. The lyrical content isn’t the strongest
\nthat I’ve ever heard, but the band – vocalist Chris Boone,
\nguitarist Dan Young, bassist John Pratt and drummer Byron McDonald
\n– are able to keep things interesting throughout the song. Too bad
\nthat they didn’t reprise that magic for the bulk of
\nBastard Complex<\/i> – but at least there is one bright light
\nthat shines in the darkness.<\/p>\n
While Spite’s online bio compares them to groups like Rage
\nAgainst The Machine and Korn, there is one major difference between
\nSpite and these bands: often, they lack melody and structure in
\ntheir songs. On tracks like “Box Of Chocolates,” “Me And Slim” and
\n“Thin And Getting Thinner,” it almost seems like the songs are
\nreleases of anger for anger’s sake. The problem is, if you want to
\nget a point across in these songs, there should be some semblance
\nof structure somewhere. (Brother, say
\nthat<\/i> one five times fast.) While these songs might have had
\nthe ability to be powerful instruments for Boone to get his views
\nacross, in the end they sound fragmented and unfocused. Somehow, I
\ndon’t think that was what Spite wanted the final outcome of
\nBastard Complex<\/i> to be.<\/p>\n
However, I don’t want to write this group off, ’cause I have
\nthis nagging feeling after listening to
\nBastard Complex<\/i> that they have the potential to be something
\nspecial. If only this disc showed that potential right of the
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