Thursday, June 23, 2011

NYC Gangsters - by Manic Drive

I'm seeing them on Saturday, too!  Quite excited for that.
Manic Drive is from Toronto, On.  They (beginning with brothers Michael - guitars, bg voc.; & Shawn Cavallo - lead voc, keys & guitar) began as One Cross, & they independently released all their albums, beginning with "World Going Crazy" in 1997.  3 more releases followed in '99, '00, & '02; & at the GMA Covenant Awards in 2002, they were nominated for Best Rock Album of the Year for "Welcome to the Real World".  They were signed in 2004 to Whiplash Records, & released their label debut "Reason for Motion" on July 20th, 2005.  Their LP "Reset & Rewind" followed in 2007, & won them the Rock Album Of The Year; & the Video Of the Year for "Eleven Regrets" at the Covenant Awards.  "Blue" is their latest album, released Aug. 18th, 2009; it is 8 songs re-released from "Reset & Rewind" plus 4 new songs (resulted from a new distribution deal).  They're currently working on a new album, "Epic" (& they announced on their Facebook today [June 23rd]: "Mixing the final stages of the new album!").  This song is from "Reset & Rewind".

& for kicks, here's "Walls" (from "Blue")

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