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    HM Magazine #72
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    Redline

    Redline

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Freedom RecordsHM Magazine #72July 1998
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    I always love it when a good band signs with a label that's not necessarily one of the big "in" and high-profile record labels. It's like an underdog, like the Broncos or the Jets winning the Super Bowl. Now that grunge could be classified as good ole American rock, these four guys could earn their way into the hearts of hard music fans all over the place. While some might be growing very tired of this particular sound, Redline just plain writes good songs . . . and it's hard to argue with that. The "RIYL scale" for these guys would range from the vocal-heavy and happy sounds of Weezer to the quirky bass-driven riffs of "Lithium" by Nirvana (see "Should I Never Be"), to the dirty guitar rock of Collective Soul (see "Confusion"). The key to this band's (predicted) success? Good vocals, good tones, good playing, and good songs. Did I mention that they write good songs? One of the band's strongest songs, the title track, plods along with some heavy and dull sounding riffs that remind one of Yonderboy or the old progressive hard rock band In-3D. Ever since I heard this song on the Freedom Fighters CD sampler, I anxiously waited for this full-length debut. Now I'm anxious to see if these songs transfer to live energy like they should.

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