Undoubtedly, quite a few buyers who pick up the debut album by Wes Borland's Black Light Burns, Cruel Melody, will be expecting more of the aggro frat boy ap-metal of his previous band, Limp Bizkit. Too bad there's no way of seeing their expressions upon hearing this heavily Nine Inch Nails-influenced recording (which was produced by none other than a former NIN member, Danny Lohner). You have to give Borland credit for not taking the expected route -- which would be both a lucrative and easy way to do it. Sure, Borland's riffing brings back hints of his former employer here and there -- as exemplified on a track like "Coward." But whereas Fred Durst wouldn't think twice about diving headlong into the testosterone pool, Borland opts for a more unpredictable and quirky approach throughout, especially on the Queens of the Stone Age-ish album opener, "Mesopotamia," and such Pretty Hate Machine-esque tunes as "Animal" and "4 Walls." For many, Borland was the only Limp Bizkit member who was taken seriously. As evidenced by Cruel Melody, he is now officially allowed to follow whichever musical path he so desires.
Apparently Wes got sick and the band never showed up for their Atlanta gig on Tuesday at The Masquerade. Unfortunately we only found this out after driving 4.5 hours to get to Atlanta and checking into our hotel. Wes's post on the BLB message board says he has an upper respiratory infection and was coughing up lung butter. Then we find out they are playing in Charlotte (much closer to home) on ...
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The wife and I are gearing up for the Black Light Burns show at The Masquerade in Atlanta. I'm looking forward to seeing these guys because their debut CD is great. I think Wes Borland will do just fine a s a lead singer.
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Wes Borland's (the talented one from Limp Bizkit) new band Black Light Burn first video is now on Yahoo Music. Below is a sample from the video with a link to view the full length version.Full Video Link: http://music.yahoo.com/ar-43235080-videos--Black-Lights-Burns
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