Articles by Chris Gramlich

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  From Autumn To Ashes

  Too Bad You're Beautiful

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2001

  Upon initial listens to FATA's full-length debut, Too Bad You're Beautiful, it seems like FATA are desperately searching for an identity to...

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  Mastodon

  Lifesblood

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2001

  Already establishing a name in the underground with a number of tours and a burgeoning live reputation under their belts before even signin...

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  Nora

  Loser's Intuition

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2001

  Officially Nora's first full-length, despite their four-year existence - after two EPs, Kill You For A Dollar and Neverendingyouline, and a...

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  The Now

  The Now

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2001

  Although both the name, the Now, and the sparse artwork suggest either an '80s new wave dance act or one of the uncountable '60s archaic po...

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  All Else Failed

  Archetype

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  All Else Failed is the musical equivalent of all that stains the heart - despair, failure, rage. No hope of redemption, All Else Failed is...

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  Eighteen Visions

  The Best Of

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  The audacity required to entitle your second readily available full-length The Best Of is truly startling, but if the band has the intestin...

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  Fantômas

  The Director's Cut

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  The uber-creative and criminally insane genius that is Mike Patton shows no signs of letting up on his audio terrorism assaults. And thank...

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  Taken

  And They Slept

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  "Why should anyone like Taken?" blurts our singer and potential Matthew Lillard impersonator Ray Harkins. "Bad idea in the first place, the...