Texas Is The Reason
Do You Know Who You Are?
Revelation (1996)
Do You Know Who You Are? is one of the best selling albums that Revelation ever released, and Texas Is The Reason flirted with major label courtship (almost signing to Capitol before splitting up instead) on the strength of their what would ultimately prove to be this their sole album; I remember two things about the band when they were active: one, everyone seemed to love Texas Is The Reason and Do You Know Who You Are?, and two, I could not for the life of me figure out just what the hype was all about in the first place. While the passage of time and some exposure to a plethora of music has given me a great deal of perspective, I now see some great qualities that are imbued in Do You Know Who You Are?; the members of Texas Is The Reason have an excellent sense of dynamic songwriting (I do love the quiet break in “Johnny On The Spot” and the transitions in and out of the part and the build up in the beginning of “There’s No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight” is aces and just the whole of “Back and … Read more
Drowningman
Rock 'N' Roll Killing Machine
Revelation (2000)
You know that there was never a genre of music that was named something along the lines of sarcastic bastard … Read more
Corrosion of Conformity
Self Titled
Candlelight (2012)
The mighty COC have returned. In the past few years the band returned to the musical landscape by reforming their … Read more
A Death Cinematic
The New World
Simple Box Construction (2012)
When you anticipate things, do you find that you build up these lofty expectations that are virtually impossible to reach; … Read more
