Pressure 4-5

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Pressure 4-5
General information
origin Santa Barbara , California , United States
Genre (s) Alternative metal , rap metal
founding 1998
resolution 2002 or later
Last occupation
Adam Rich
initially a DJ , electric guitar
Joe Schmidt
Electric guitar
 Mark Barry
John Miller
Andrew Bogert
former members
Electric bass
 Lyle McKeany
Drums
 Jake Fowler
Drums
 Tom Schmidt

Pressure 4-5 was an American alternative and rap metal band from Santa Barbara , California that was formed in 1998 and broke up around 2002.

history

After Adam Rich (vocals) and Mark Berry (electric guitar) had already known each other through visiting college in Santa Barbara, they decided to form a band and in January 1998 started looking for more members. College friend Lyle McKeany played bass and Joe Schmidt joined the team as DJ . Jake Fowler initially took over the post of drummer. The band name Pressure 4-5 goes back to Schmidt, who actually wanted to be the band's second guitarist. The other members found, however, that it is enough to have a guitarist in the band, which is why this post was refused. He therefore appeared only irregularly for rehearsals, which is why the members were never sure whether the cast consisted of four or five members. Schmidt eventually took over the post of second guitarist. A little later his brother Tom joined the line-up as the new drummer. In January 1999 the band held their first appearances. She played with groups like Incubus , A Perfect Circle and Papa Roach . In the same year, the self-produced EP Antechnology appeared on the band's own label Dripping Records. In late 2000, the band signed a contract with DreamWorks Records . The debut album Burning the Process was released in October 2001 , which was produced by Jay Baumgardner and recorded in NRG Studios . Around 80,000 units of the album stood out. After the release it went on tour together with Alien Ant Farm and Hoobastank . The band also performed together with Dredg . In the same year the band took part in the Ozzfest . On March 31, 2002, a US club tour with Audiovent and The Used began through 14 different cities, which began at The Troubadour in Los Angeles . After appearances with Lit , they went on a tour presented by MTV 2 with Apex Theory and Lostprophets , with the band also playing previously unreleased songs that had been written in the months before. In December 2001 the band performed together with Sum 41 , Blink-182 , 311 and Adema . On March 1, 2002, the single Melt Me Down was also released , for which a music video that had been recorded at Universal Studios was released. A little later the band broke up.

style

According to Eleanor Ditzel from Allmusic , the band expresses their optimistic, positive "mind-over-matter" philosophy through music, with rhythms that would range from depressing and melodic heavy metal to straightforward rap metal. She summarized Burning the Process as a mixture of heavy and rap metal. The group was concerned with the process of understanding life and the album title referred to the issue of solving problems . Lyrically, one deals with topics such as coping with grief or the occasional irrationality of religion. Since all members are guitarists and songwriters, you create a wealth of variety that is well thought out, non-conforming and optimistic. Bradley Torreano of Allmusic wrote in his review of the album that the band was trying to revive the alternative metal sound of the mid-1990s. She plays melodic depressive metal and brings back memories of Paw , Failure and Helmet . Occasionally there are sonic parallels to older works by Life of Agony . The vocals also sound a lot like Helmet, but also Jawbox . The group also approaches rap metal several times on the album.

Christian Graf found in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon that the group plays a crossover metal that vacillates between aggressiveness and melodiousness.

Discography

  • 1999: Antechnology (EP, Dripping Records)
  • 2001: Burning the Process (Album, DreamWorks Records )
  • 2001: Beat The World / Pieces (Single, DreamWorks Records)
  • 2001: EPK (VHS, DreamWorks Records)
  • 2002: Melt Me Down (single, DreamWorks Records)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Eleanor Ditzel: Pressure 4-5. Allmusic , accessed October 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 219 f .
  3. ↑ a b c Wookubus: Former Pressure 4-5 Bassist Breaks Down The Costs Of Touring & Recording From A Decade Ago. theprp.com, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Kristine Ashton, Libby Henry, Mitch Schneider: PRESSURE 4-5 CONFIRMED FOR MTV2 PRESENTS TOUR WHICH FOLLOWS HEADLINING TOUR AND DATES WITH LIT AS NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “MELT ME DOWN” ARE RELEASED. msopr.com, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  5. ^ Austin Ray: Alien Ant Farm to abduct The Blue Note. themaneater.com, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  6. ↑ TOUR DATES. angelfire.com, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  7. ^ Bradley Torreano: Pressure 4-5. Burning the Process. Allmusic, accessed November 1, 2019 .