Thursday, October 23, 2003
THE CRYSTAL METHOD
Legion Of Boom
V2 Records
January 13, 2004
Ever since they started making their first singles out of the Bomb Shelter, their congested home studio in Los Angeles, California, the members of The Crystal Method have held strong as forerunners of the electronic music revolution in America. Now the duo's latest album, Legion of Boom, takes dance music to places it never knew existed.
Kicked into life by a series of eclectic collaborations with the likes of former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland, rapper Rahzel of The Roots, San Francisco poet Hanifah (aka Shä-key), and Lisa Kekaula, singer for garage rock band The Bell Rays, the album marks yet another creative rebirth for a group that has seen its music seep into peoples' consciousness via clubs, arenas, major motion pictures, video games and television commercials.
For the first single "Born Too Slow," Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland utilize the vocals of John Garcia, one-time frontman for California desert rockers Kyuss, to deliver a ravishing track that mashes up heavy metal bluster with a roaring bassline. Like all the band's previous work, it's the sound of the past and present being hurled violently into the future.
The Crystal Method's full-length major label debut, Vegas, in 1997 spawned the hits "Keep Hope Alive" and "Busy Child," followed by a flurry of remix projects for the likes of Rage Against the Machine and Garbage. Meanwhile, The Crystal Method steadily divided its time between a long line of live appearances and DJ dates, including the Community Service Tour with Orbital in 1998 and the Family Values Tour with a variety of bands that included Limp Bizkit, Filter and Staind in 1999.
For 2001's Tweekend, the band pulled together all its diverse influences to create an album that not only reflected its dance music roots but its lingering passion for hard rock and soul. The disc featured collaborations with Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello and Beck turntablist DJ Swamp.
Now signed to V2 Records, the band is ready to launch its next phase of success with Legion of Boom. The disc is out January 13, 2004.
