Line - up
Voce - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Chitarra - Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
Basso - Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)
Batteria - Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains)
Quattro esponenti delle più importanti band grunge simultaneamente in un album. Fra Mad Season e Temple Of The Dog (ma con un esito decisamente inferiore) ci sono i The Exies. Associano componenti provenienti dai rispettivi gruppi di appartenza: sporco e immediato come i Nirvana, melodico e tirato come i Pearl Jam, aggressivo e malinconico come gli Alice In Chains. Ogni membro mette a servigio la propria impronta per un lavoro sì grunge, ma che strizza l'occhio all'odierno post grunge
Nè è manifestazione l'intro di "Slow Drain", pezzo in stile Nirvana soprattutto nel cantato, ma con quel refrain orecchiabile tanto caro a band moderne come Seether o Puddle Of Mudd. "Splinter" vi ricorderà vagamente "Heart Shaped Box", per la presenza di quel hey hey.. di casa Kurt Cobain, bel brano aggressivo e melodico al punto giusto. La successiva "Ugly" smorza un pò il ritmo, arpeggi iniziali molto da ballad post grunge, ma è solamente un momento, "What You Deserve" riprende a picchiare, per lo meno all'attacco, ma non difettano riuscite pause riflessive prima dell'assolo finale. "Hey You" invece sà assai di Alice In Chains, intro di batteria simile ad "Angry Chair", chitarra triviale che accompagna il ritornello velatamente malinconico, è forse il brano migliore. Ed eccola la tipica ballad moderna, "Baptize Me", ha il sentore di Staind, intrigante e benfatta. La successiva "F.S.O.S." è un gran bel punk rock naturale ed esplicito, due minuti di adrenalina. "My Opinion" deve essere defluita da qualche sessione dei Pearl Jam, mentre "Dear Enemy" ricorda i Soundgarden più melodici. A seguire "Tired You", chitarra acustica e ritornello che si ferma nel cuore al primo ascolto, splendida. I pezzi ultimi sono "Normal", groove gradevole anche se alla lunga stanca e "Don't Push The River" in pieno Alice In Chains style.
Avete smesso di scervellarvi e di ricercare ovunque notizie su questo supergruppo ?? Dai, lo scherzo è bello quando dura poco.. ihihihihihihihihih.. era una burla!
I veri membri della band sono: Scott Stevens (voce), Chris Skane (chitarra), Freddy Herrera (basso) e Dennis Wolfe (batteria). Sono di Los Angeles, e non di Seattle. Non indossano camicione e l'album è parecchio più recente, cioè del 2004.
Depennate la messinscena e credete al resto. Ascoltando l'album constaterete le similitudini dei nostri con i mostri sacri "usati" per lo scherzo. Di Cobain rivive il modo di cantare soprattutto nelle parti urlate, il timbro è abbastanza diverso. Degli altri è vivo l'approrto riflesso, anche se i livelli sono naturalmente al di sotto.
Ciononostante un album realmente riuscito, poco più di quaranta minuti di revival grunge.
"Non apprezzi mai le cose che hai finchè non le perdi" - Kurt Cobain.
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01 Slow Drain (03:35)
Yeah, I'm nameless, nameless
Love found me lost
But then I'm thankful, thankful righting the wrongs
Forgotten blessings, blessings down on my knees
My soul is endless, endless but
I'm so relieved and I’m so relieved and I’m so relieved
But if you must be concerned
I'm on a slow drain now
As you watch me burn
I'm on my way back down
If you must be concerned
I'm on a slow drain
As you watch me burn
Slow drain
Yeah I'm wasted, wasted end of my rope
But then I'm brain dead, brain dead
You make me choke
New Colic baby, baby kicks and it screams
My soul is endless, endless and
I'm so relieved and I’m so relieved and I’m so relieved
But if you must be concerned
I'm on a slow drain now
As you watch me burn
I'm on my way back down
If you must be concerned
I'm on a slow drain
As you watch me burn
Slow drain [x8]
But if you must be concerned
I'm on a slow drain now
As you watch me burn
I'm on my way back down
If you must be concerned
I'm on a slow drain now
As you watch me burn
Slow drain [x8]
02 Splinter (03:39)
I know what it feels like
It burns from the inside
I know what that hurts like
'Cause I've been wrong a thousand times
My bones are all cracked
Splinter deep in my back
I'm still the same but we have changed
And now I have to live with my mistakes
Will I ever learn
I'm battered and bruised
Scratched on the inside
I'm losing myself
I'm so sick of the lies
Dead ring in my ears
The hole underneath
You're deep in my skin
You're the splinter in me
You'll never know how hard I
Try to keep my head right
I miss all the bright lights
Shining down like the sun burns my skin
Ten silver sets me free
Like the ones before me
I'm still the same but we have changed
And now I have to live with my mistakes
Will I ever learn?
I'm battered and bruised
Scratched on the inside
I'm losing myself
I'm so sick of the lies
Dead ring in my ears
The hole underneath
You're deep in my skin
You're the splinter in me
I'm battered and bruised
Scratched on the inside
I'm losing myself
I'm so sick of the lies
Dead ring in my ears
The hole underneath
You're deep in my skin
You're the splinter in me
The splinter in me
The splinter in me
The splinter in...
Me!
03 Ugly (03:18)
Are you ugly?
A liar like me?
A user, a lost soul?
Someone you don’t know
Money it’s no cure
A sickness so pure
Are you like me?
Are you ugly?
We are dirt, we are alone
You know we're far from sober
We are fake, we are afraid
You know it’s far from over
We are dirt we are alone
You know we're far from sober
Look closer, are you like me?
Are you ugly?
Turn a blind eye
Why do I deny?
Medicate me
So I die happy
A strain of cancer
Chokes the answers
Are you like me?
A liar like me?
We are dirt, we are alone
You know we're far from sober
We are fake, we are afraid
You know it’s far from over
We are dirt we are alone
You know we're far from sober
Look closer, are you like me?
Are you ugly?
I don’t care, you don’t care
I’m bitter, you’re angry
You don’t care, I don’t care
You love you, just like me
I blame you, you blame me
I’m bitter, you’re angry
You don’t care, I don’t care
You love you, like me
We are dirt, we are alone
You know we're far from sober
We are fake, we are afraid
You know it’s far from over
We are dirt we are alone
You know we're far from sober
Look closer, are you like me?
Are you ugly? [x3]
04 What You Deserve (03:08)
Failing
and unsure
why am I losing my nerve
Wasting my time
why do I only see this through the hurt
[chorus]
I cant get it out of my head
I cant get it out that
I do this to myself
me and no one else
So help me
tell me how to break free
I'm to blame
and that's what really hurts
That's what really hurts
You get what you deserve
Jaded and broken
Out of place
waiting my turn
Guilty
fractured
And like you I don't know the answer
[rpt. chorus]
I cant get it out of my head
I cant get it out of my head
I hear the words that you said to me
I cant get it out of my head
I cant get it out of my head
I hear the words that you said to me
And I do this to myself
me and no one else
So help me
tell me how to break free
I'm to blame
And that's what really hurts
That's what really hurts
You get what you deserve
05 Hey You (03:58)
Your life, mislaid
Spoon-fed, well raised
Hey you you're nodding out
What's this all about
Hey you you're nodding out
What's this all about
Hey you! hey you! hey you! hey you!
What's this now
Going down going down
Are you sorry now
Going down, why do you want to die
Black tar in your veins
Once new, now stained, stained, stained, stained
Hey you you're nodding out
What's this all about
Hey you you're nodding out
What's this all about
Hey you! hey you! hey you! hey you!
What's this now
Going down going down
Are you sorry now
Going down going down
What's your story now
Going down, why do you want to die
Die
Why do you want to die [x2]
Your life, mislaid
Spoon-fed, well raised
Hey you [x4]
Hey you! hey you! hey you! hey you!
What's this now
Going down, going down
Are you sorry now
Going down, going down
What's your story now
Why do you want to die
Die
Why do you want to die [x6]
07 F.S.O.S. (02:39)
Alright, alright everything is just fine
Here comes here comes a bundle of hiss
Alright, alright everything in my life is so
Fucked up fucked up I'm losing my grip
Some days I bleed, I fall like stone
I'm always afraid, I feel so alone, got a false sense of security
Giving me a real sense of insecurity
Messing with my head now, head down
What the fuck is wrong with me
A false sense of security
Is fucking with my head
Attention attention everybody look at me
Stand up stand up I need your belief
Rejection rejection always seems to follow me
Head down I need some relief
Some days I bleed, I fall like stone
I'm always afraid, I feel so alone, got a false sense of security
Giving me a real sense of insecurity
Messing with my head now, head down
What the fuck is wrong with me
A false sense of security is fucking with my head
Its easy to see, I'm flat on my back
I sigh and I scream, I'm under attack
[chorus]
08 My Opinion (03:20)
Dont take it out on me
Dont take it out on me
Dont take it out on me
The point youre missing
[rpt.]
Cause talk is cheap,so let me be
Just cut the rope,and set me free
Cause somethings wrong, somethings wrong
In my opinion
Youre so obscene
In my opinion
Nothing but greed
In my opinion
[rpt.]
Whats the difference you couldnt change things
Its your tradition,yeah
Dont take it out on me
Dont take it out on me
Dont take it out on me
Youre wasting my time
You wont remember
You wont rememberdont try to talk to me
Dont try to talk to me
Dont try to talk to me
I dont want to listen
You wont remember how youre raping my life
[chorus]
The water will rust
In my opinion
Youve broken my trust
In my opinion
Whats the difference you couldnt change things
Its your tradition
09 Dear Enemy (03:55)
You're pretending you're something you're not
You're collecting a head full of rot
You're self-righteous, the butt of the joke
And its a secret, everyone knows
You know you know you know you know it
You show you show you show you've shown it
You know you know you know you know it
You show you show you show
My dear enemy, backstabbing me
Like a friend to me, like you seem to be
You think I don't see
You backstabbing me
Like a friend to me
My dear enemy
You're condescending with every word
It makes you happy but what is it worth?
You're like a virus eating my skin
Its a problem I think its a sin
You know you know you know you know it
You show you show you show you've shown it
You know you know you know you know it
You show you show you show
My dear enemy, backstabbing me
Like a friend to me, like you seem to be
You think I don't see
You backstabbing me
Like a friend to me
My dear enemy
You're pretending you're something you're not
You're collecting a head full of rot
You're self-righteous, the butt of the joke
And its a secret, everyone knows
You know you know you know you know it
You show you show you show you've shown it
You know you know you know you know it
You show you show you show
My dear enemy, backstabbing me
Like a friend to me, like you seem to be
You think I don't see
You backstabbing me
Not the enemy
Just a memory
My dear enemy, backstabbing me
Like a friend to me, like you seem to be
You think I don't see
You backstabbing me
Like a friend to me
My dear enemy
Dear enemy (x5)
10 Tired of You (03:59)
Where did I go wrong
Cant look you in the eye
Feeling so ashamed
Feels like I could die
[chorus]
Hold me up, don't let go
I've had enough
I'm tired of breathing
Tired of feeling
Tired of looking at the past for meaning
Tired of running
Tired of searching
Tired of trying
But I'm not tired of you
Losing everything
Its something I cant face
Hope is on the run
Its something I cant fake
[chorus]
Hold me up, don't let go
I've had enough
I'm tired of breathing
Tired of feeling
Tired of looking at the past for meaning
Tired of running
Tired of searching
Tired of trying
But I'm not tired of you
I want to feel a change
I don't mind if it hurts
You take away the pain
You're the only thing that's pure
[chorus]
Hold me up, don't let go
I've had enough
I'm tired of breathing
Tired of feeling
Tired of looking at the past for meaning
Tired of running
Tired of searching
Tired of trying
But I'm not tired of you
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