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Don't be fooled - Stereomud is not your big brother's heavy band!
It's not yesterday but today and tomorrow. There are no carbon copies,
cookie cutters, or assembly lines here. Stereomud is fresh and organic,
moving heavy music forward like a wheel in which you either keep up
with the revolution or fall off and eat shit.
Perfect Self, the group's seminal thirteen-song debut, exemplifies the type
of inspired edge necessarily to elevate heavy rock from its stagnant
doldrums. Recorded in Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta and New York by
producers Don Gilmore
(Lit, Linkin Park, Eve 6), Rick Parashar

(Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Blind Melon), and Howie Beno
(Ministry,
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sister Soleil) respectively and mixed by Jay
Baumgardner
(Papa Roach, Godsmack, Orgy), the slam-banging songs
on Perfect Self range from powerful, pissed-off anthems to addictively
melodic and commercially-viable rock tunes that blend together like a
beer and Vicodin high.
Album tracks like Don't Be Afraid, Lost Your Faith, and Leave
seesaw between fits of rage and smooth vocals that constantly build
toward huge adrenaline blasts. Likewise, songs such as Steppin' Away
and Pain match the heaviness with undeniable melodic hooks that are
catchy without being trite or gimmicky. All the tracks, of course, add fuel
to the fire with relevant lyrics about fighting back against social oppression
and opposition from the judgmental mainstream. The lyrics, co-written by
vocalist Eric Rogers and bassist Corey Lowery
(whose brother Clint
Lowery of Sevendust collaborated on the song Perfect Self ), speak
powerfully to a listener's social anxieties in a way that poetically verbalizes
inner-demons while throwing a stiff uppercut toward uptight elitists.
Heaviness is not just about smacking your guitar around, yelling, and
turning up the distortion, says guitarist John Fattoruso. Sometimes
heavy can all be in the mood.
The fact that Stereomud can deliver the next stage of heavy rock evolution
comes not as an accident or without great sacrifice. The inspiration for
Stereomud came as Corey played with Stuck Mojo and Dan Richardson
and Joey Z. played with Life of Agony. Both groups claimed respectable
sales numbers, owned the European music mags, and enjoyed gigantic
road jaunts with the likes of Ozzy, Pantera, Tool, Sevendust, and Deftones.
However, both bands were stuck at plateaus given their personnel and
stylistic limitations. Judgment day was rushing toward the three musicians,
and the difference between immediate comfort and long-term potential
hung in the balance. Lesser artists would have chosen the former.
Later adding John Fattoruso on guitar, the inspired new alliance knew the
key to their success would be finding nothing less than the perfect vocalist.
Dan, who was signed to Relativity Records at age fifteen with the
Crumbsuckers and who later co-founded Pro-Pain, recalls, The original
vision was to retain the heaviness but with an extremely talented singer who
can use his vocals like an instrument. That means doing more than just yelling.
The search began, and Corey soon found the perfect pipes nearly a
thousand miles away in Atlanta.
Erik Rogers' reputation as a vocalist was renown throughout Georgia, and
he had abundant pent-up frustration as a heavy rock vocalist in a family of
respected medical professionals. Erik recalls, I was definitely the black
sheep of the family. Needless to say, Erik was the perfect fit.
Stereomud, who splits its time between New York City and Atlanta, spent
nearly a year working on music so that when they took their first bow, the
songs would be undeniable. As expected, Stereomud were immediately
embraced by the heavy music populace, and the group were soon asked to
perform on the live music television show farmclub.com. Record label interest
was near automatic, and Stereomud soon became the first ever rock signing
to the historic hip-hop label Loud Records.
More than anything, says John, we want Stereomud to make a mark on
the music community. Even when the band is all said and done, I want a kid
to walk into a record store ten years later, see a Stereomud album in the
shelves, and know that we were here and made a difference.