What a great name for a rock band! And a just as speedy story behind how they met up to form a band. Feeling unfulfilled, they quit the bands they were in and pressed on- knowing they would eventually meet up with the right people they were fueled to play with. This was in early 2002.

Brothers Ty, and Justin McDonald (guitar/bass) wanted to play together, the two met up with Dana (the drummer), and put an ad in the paper. John Wokas (guitarist) in New Orleans, responds to the ad even though he wasn’t Seattle-based. They tell him to call “if” he gets there, thinking “Yeah, whatever”. About a month later he does call and sits in on a rehearsal where the rest of the guys decide he’s in. Now they need a singer. After lots of crap auditions over a month’s time, they meet mystery guy Shane and give him a tape to practice with. After a week, he nails the songs, thus forming the last member of this five-piece band.

Shane: “We’re a little glam, a little punk, hard rock, all just smashed together”.
May: “That’s a right-on statement there pal”.

“Invisible” explodes with hefty guitar rides, and clean beats upon hitting that little play button. The sound from track one, onto track twelve, climbs out and sticks with you so humming friendly music can be heard by your loved ones. That’s a smart move, to add all those catchy bridges, and also a very commercial move- near mainstream or fodder for college radio to mull around in. “Bullet” is the great rock song on the album. The dynamics are used in the freshest way to say (chorus) “I need you like a bullet to the back of my brain, I need you like a summer full of pouring rain, I need you like the desert needs more sun.” It’s a little 80’s cliché, but the way they decide to say it within a souped-up hard rock style, the lyrics sound like the first time you might have heard someone else say/sing it.

Pervasive guitar leads consume this whole disc, and who doesn’t like guitar rock or rich guitar leads? And keep in mind that not a lot of time has passed here (early 2002) and the fan base these guys have already established in that time is massive, as well as record an excellent, if not commercial album. These are viable circumstances for this band. Moreover- these guys actually get along and like each other- they are friends. That makes for vast possibilities for a rock band, and its fans. So, rock on Jet City Fix!

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