During my trip to New Orleans, the randomness was messing with me. When organized in artist order, John Abercrombie is at the top of the library list. So, should I be surprised that today's selection, Batten Down the Hatches by Cheerleadr, contains the first entry in my library when arranged by song title?
"A" is the opening track on what is essentially an EP, the second release by the band Cheerleadr from Boston. It's a hard rocking, fairly minimal track, and it is pretty clear these guys were heavily influenced by Nirvana. Now, there isn't anything wrong with that, but six years after the heyday of the new Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, it's almost retro to create music that sounds so eerily similar. There were a few other bands around this time trying to do the same thing, evidenced during my college radio stint, and they didn't achieve much lasting fame either.
The band changed drummers and released one additional album, Rock Album, and then they disappear from the record.
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