FRICTION RECORDS: GAVIN BLACK

GAVIN BLACK "Seventh Generation Rock and Roll"
Dude, I looked at the cover, and totally
thought I was about to listen to the Midwest's
newest emo sensation, and here I am
getting pummeled by a modern day CAVITY.
Fuck, this thing crushes! I wish more heavy bands
would take note and learn how to write good songs
instead of relying on a good sound to make us
ignore their boring riffing. Vocals remind me
occasionally of Phil Anselmo, but hey,
I can live with that. Fans of burly ass downtuned rock,
take note and hunt this disc down.
Shit's good, man. (WN)
-Maximum Rocknroll #224

Gavin Black Seventh Generation Rock and Roll
As Grand Rapids' premiere hardcore act, Gavin Black attempts to impress no one - and in doing so, impresses damn near everyone. Still a very young band, Black's made a name for itself by throwing out the heaviest sets of music possible while still maintaining more melody than most hardcore bands can conceive. Seventh Generation Rock And Roll sounds immaculate, and the band's cover of Faith No More's "Jizzlobber" is more than enough to put this July release on your Immediate Buy list. Area label Friction Records has got a winner in Black, provided the band can get in enough clubgoer faces to generate the word-of-mouth support needed to incite financial stability's liberating rewards.
-Recoil

This Michigan band remind me of early Coalesce,
especially vocally. Heavy mesmerizing grooves, chaotic song structures,
dizzying instrumentation, and pummeling breakdowns.
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Can someone tell me what the hell this next guy is talking about?
This is exactly as it was printed.
It looks like the Music Revue could use a new editor.
I highlighted some of my favorite lines.
Let us add to the list of why this country is great. The fact that people of the media can put under a microscope their very different talents of such acts Darren Hayes (see national music reviews), and Gavin Black in the same publication. Diversity is sent out into our world daily, and it is up to each consumer to pick and choose his or her very own forms of expression, which is always thrown our way in nice plastic packaging. The music as a form has the ability to forever be linked to how good it may feel to get home from work and unleash pillows at your bedroom wall. The lyrics are a tad unexplainable, but the spirit is relentless. The fact that someone gives to himself or herself to such a degree is something that can be highly sympathized with from anyone who has felt the need to vent. One would have to guess that music like hardcore is experience on stereo in mere antisipation of of how much the energy will be enhanced live. Once again, as you may see, this music is hard to put in a box - and I am sure the suits just fine the culture that identifies. Rock!
-Brian Hoekstra Music Revue May 2002

GAVIN BLACK " SEVENTH GENERATION OF ROCK AND ROLL " FRICTION RECORDS
Y yo me preguntaba de donde coño sale este sello..Friction Records en fin el mundo esta lleno de pequeños sellos underground, pero cierto es que de este ni el nombre me sonaba, cuando me decido abrir el paquete y me encuentro un Ep, una recopilacion y otro CD, del cual os vamos a hablar ahora mismo. Mi primera impresion fue: Oh Dios!! Otro grupo emo en onda Elliot y similares ( todo ello sin haber leido la hoja promocional ), asi que raudo veloz y para pasar el trago lo mas rapido introduzco el CD en la cadena y pulso play!!.. Los siguientes instantes podrian denominarse de susto, espanto, sobresalto multiple y no precisamente porque no me gustara lo que estaba oyendo, todo lo contrario ( menos mal que la lampara de mi dormitorio tiene buena sujecion..:p ) tras el primer riff, las primeras voces agonicas, de un salto apareci subido en la lampara antes mencioda.. Joder donde estan las melodias pop, las dulces voces emotivas que una portada, y un monicker asi evocan? jajaja, las apareciencias engañan, el habito no hace al monje o cualquiera de los dichos populares me viene que ni pintada, para llegar a la conclusion que no juzges algo solo por lo ves... Gavin Black es pura brutalidad noisecore, ritmos creados en una estado de estasis caotico sin par, voces agonicas y enfermizas, cambios contnuos de ritmo, intensidad 100% y mas...!! No se me recuerdan algo a Coalesce y bandas similares, ya sabes esas que andan jugando entre el limite del bien y del mal, oscuros, agonicos, depresivos e intensos, Gavin Black nos presenta su vision particular de la escena Hardcore ( si a esto se le puede llamar Hardcore ) en su estado mas ruidoso, distorsinante, caotico y propio. Preparate la version que se curran del " Jizzlobber " de los Faith no More ( te has cambiado hoy de ropa interior?? ) haria al mismisimo Mike Patton cagarse las patas abajo.. No te fies nunca de las apariencias, porque luego te puedes perder cosas como esta, y creo que dentro de una escena tan saturada, cosas como Gavin Black no se pueden dejar escapar...!!..
-from www.bloodcifery.com (Spain)
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GAVIN BLACK - Seventh Generation Rock and Roll

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