Mindset (metal band)

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Mindset
General information
origin Virginia Beach , Virginia , United States
Genre (s) Alternative metal , nu metal
founding 1994
resolution 2000
Last occupation
Johnny Smallwood
John O'Neil
Kenny Windley
Roddy Lane
former members
Electric guitar
 Don Campbell

Mindset was an American alternative and nu-metal band from Virginia Beach , Virginia that was formed in 1994 and disbanded in 2000.

history

The band was formed in late 1994 after guitarist Don Campbell (born July 25, 1963) left his previous band. John O'Neil (born May 29, 1964), with whom he had been friends for years, joined as bassist. The line-up was completed by the drummer Kenny Windley (born: May 30, 1976) and the singer Roddy Lane (born: August 3, 1967). In early 1995, the band made their first appearance and acted as the opening act for Souls at Zero and befriended their frontman Brad Divens . Within four weeks, the band wrote their first EP , which was recorded under the direction of Stacy Heydon . This four-song EP enabled the band to appear at the 1995 Ticketmaster Music Showcase in Virginia Beach, which attracted several labels to Mindset. The band signed a recording deal with Noise International Records in the summer of 1996 , after which the self-titled debut album was recorded within 15 days. The recordings took place in the Oz Studios in Baltimore . The album, produced by Drew Mazurek and Brad Divens, was released in early 1997. Mindset then went on tour through Europe and on a US tour between June and November. If the Devil Wore Adidas was released as a single , which was also played on the radio. In the same year the band wrote new songs, with Campbell being replaced by Johnny Smallwood in early 1998. The reasons for Campbell's departure were personal problems and his son, with whom he wanted to spend more time. The second album A Bullet of Cinderella was released in early February 1999. The recordings for this had taken place within two weeks in August 1998 in the Oz Studios. Divens and Mazurek were again active as producers. In the song Die, Ricki Die Matt Holt from Nothingface is represented as a guest singer. For publication it went on tour through North America and Europe. After the album was released, the group separated from Noise International Records, whereupon it came to an end in 2000. For the 20th anniversary of the group, the band got together again for a performance on June 13, 2015 in Norfolk with Deist Requiem and Remnants of Honor as another performing group. Both Campbell and Smallwood were active as guitarists. In their career, the band also performed with Stuck Mojo and Machine Head, among others .

style

According to Allmusic , the band was influenced by various groups that would range from Tool to Soundgarden to Deep Purple . The result is a hard, melodic sound that mixes with passionate singing. The music of the debut EP is bass-heavy and influenced by hardcore punk , so that it can be classified in the Extreme Metal category . The debut album contains a mixture of aggressive hardcore punk and heavy metal influenced by industrial . The texts were inspired by personal experiences and would deal with topics such as relationships and social as well as ironic and sarcastic topics. The music is particularly comparable to that of Korn . Christian Graf found in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon that the band with their heavy, funky grooves has similarities to Korn, Rage Against the Machine and Tool. Especially in the beginning, the band was strongly influenced by Deep Purple. Joel McIver wrote in The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu-Metal that the band was initially compared primarily to Tool and Korn. The latter group would have in common the funky grooves and the deeper riffs with mindset. The later works would be more related to Deep Purple. Martin Popoff also drew a comparison to Korn in The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties in his review of the debut album, while employing rhythms that sound slowed down, hypnotic and taken from hardcore punk. In addition, varied vocals are used. The music can be assigned to alternative metal. Popoff was reminded of bands like Helmet , Nothingface and I'M'L . A Bullet for Cinderella no longer offers the usual mix of Korn, Funk and Rage Against the Machine, but rather evokes memories of Soundgarden. He also felt particularly reminiscent of the 1997 debut album by the band Handsome mixed with tool elements and assigned the release as a whole to alternative metal.

Matthias Weckmann from Metal Hammer wrote that Mindset's debut album “ gives the crossover a kick in the ass”, although hardly a song is longer than three minutes. He especially recommended the album to Soundgarden fans. In an interview with him, Roddy Lane stated that the group does not write political texts, but rather deals with everyday problems, such as relationships with women. If the Devil Wore Adidas deal with the "trend lust of the Americans". According to Weckmann, Soundgarden, Tool and Korn are among the main influences. Lane said she was a fan of singers like Paul Rodgers and Robert Plant . Three issues later, Weckmann described the music as a “terrific mixture of hard crossover sounds and melodiousness”. For a crossover band, the band can also have exceptionally good vocals. Wolf Kohl, who also works for Metal Hammer , said that not much has changed with A Bullet for Cinderella compared to the debut album. You can hear riffs in the style of Soundgarden, mixed with sonorous arcs of melodies like in the 1970s. In addition there is the vocals of Lanes, which are hard, aggressive, but much more melodic than on the debut album. He is rightly often compared to Jim Morrison . In an interview with him, Johnny Smallwood stated that they had Soundgarden, Incubus and King's X as musical role models for the album . Lane was particularly keen to be close to Tool and Soundgarden. John O'Neil said that the band refuses to compare with Korn. Both bands would use down-tuned stringed instruments, but this influence came from King's X and Korn was not known at all. When writing A Bullet for Cinderella , the band took special care not to let another Korn comparison come up again. In the following monthly issue, Weckmann noted that the second album was far more rock than the debut. While there are still "hiccups and genre-typical rap singing on the first album, it is now more melodic but also straighter to work". In terms of content, it is "again a lot about the effects of female presence on the male psyche". In his review of the debut album, Weckmann wrote that the band is not reinventing the crossover on this. Rather, take what you already know from Rage Against the Machine and Korn and add melody arcs in the style of the 1970s. Grunge influences are also processed in the style of Soundgarden. Like Jim Morrison, Lane is able to express his emotions not through "angry shouts", but through soulful singing. The sound is reminiscent of the Korn album Life Is Peachy , as it is very punchy and bass-heavy. Most of the songs would be about relationships or fake friends. In a later edition, Claudia Nitsche reviewed A Bullet for Cinderella . With the album “you think of grunge, then you hear fear factory , playful pop elements [and] brutal metal freaks”, so that you can no longer assign it to the crossover.

According to Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann from Rock Hard , the band is a mixture of “the intelligent head magic of the mouth-footed arrogant tool and the sweet-beastly belly music of Korn”. The group could also come up with “metallic traditionals and, in terms of melody, even free jazz ”. In an interview with the magazine Campbell stated that the band tries to encourage independent thinking and more individuality. In a later issue, the magazine wrote that with the disbanded Soundgarden, Alice in Chains , who would be releasing a release, and the ailing double of Galactic Cowboys and King's X, it was time for Mindwars to be tougher Save alternative metal scene. In the interview, Lane said that A Bullet for Cinderella 's song Giftwrap is dedicated to a former Noise International Records employee who treated the band badly, while Die, Ricki Die, is from the Ricki Lake talk show . Mother Loves You sarcastically addresses the mother of his girlfriend and WBPM is “an ironic swipe at macho ”. Musically, the album was mainly influenced by the new guitarist Johnny Smallwood. Hanno Kress, a reviewer at Rock Hard , thought that the music on the debut album was " [g] roovy grunge with interesting vocals". However, the band would repeat itself often, so that the scheme consists of "[g] equält groan, grunt, Uptempo-Uffta, roaring [m] vocals, break , slow, midtempo, etc.". In the past, the songs would have been assigned to the emocore . In a later issue, Marcus Schleutermann reviewed the second album. and said that especially Smallwood with his "monstrous riffs as well as varied licks " incorporated his style and thus any right to compare to Galactic Cowboys and King's X is now almost completely disappearing. A “dark and heavy atmosphere” would open up parallels to Alice in Chains. Also, the album was provided "Jump grooves brisk" while the song is varied and "by expressive vocals over powerful Shouten to soulfullem Croonen rich". The title song was "inspired by trash novels from the 40s and 50s".

Discography

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c Mindset. Allmusic , accessed September 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c Marcus Schleutermann: Mindset . Neanderthals visit Arabella. In: Rock Hard . No. 142 , March 1999, p. 48 f .
  4. ↑ a b c d Joel McIver: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu-Metal . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7119-9209-6 , p. 83 .
  5. ↑ a b Jeff Maisey: Mindset Reset: Hardedge rock group reunites for 20th anniversary show. veermag.com, accessed October 1, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Wolf Kohl: Mindset . No grain ed beef. In: Metal Hammer . December 1998, p. 22nd f .
  7. ↑ Martin Popoff : The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2007, ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9 , pp. 281 .
  8. ^ Matthias Weckmann: Mindset . Dream dancer. In: Metal Hammer . February 1997, p. 34 f .
  9. ^ Matthias Weckmann: Mindset . London LA 2. In: Metal Hammer . May 1997, p. 134 .
  10. ^ Matthias Weckmann: Mindset . Balla, Balla? In: Metal Hammer . March 1999, p. 57 .
  11. ^ Matthias Weckmann: Mindset . Mindset. In: Metal Hammer . January 1997, p. 44 .
  12. ↑ Claudia Nitsche: Mindset . A Bullet for Cinderella. In: Metal Hammer . February 1999, p. 81 .
  13. ↑ Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Mindset . Clowning in Adidas. In: Rock Hard . No. 119 , April 1997, p. 96 .
  14. ↑ Hanno Kress: Mindset . Mindset. In: Rock Hard . No. 116 , January 1997, p. 106 .
  15. ↑ Marcus Schleutermann: Mindset . A Bullet for Cinderella. In: Rock Hard . No. 141 , February 1999, p. 86 .