CD: OKLAHOMEGROWN
BAND: Big Okie Doom
LABEL: Lackpro Records
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RELEASE DATE: March 2nd. 2012
MEMBERS:
Michael Albatross - Guitar/Vocals
Paige Vernon - Drums
Price Vernon - Bass
Hailing
from the world's largest small town, Big Okie Doom is an Oklahoma City
band with years of street cred, while maintaining virtual anonymity.
Having been involved in bands such as the legendary New Orleans based
"The Slugs" (now known as Crowbar), Pavement recording artist "Ugly
Stick", the L.A. pop-punk band "Kottak", and an endless list of other
bands, the members of Big Okie Doom have rooted themselves deep in the
heavier side of Americana music.
Now, in anticipation of the
release of their first CD with Lackpro Records it is not likely the
members of Big Okie Doom will be able to continue lurking in the
shadows. People are going to listen. This album has got groove.
In
the time of Pro Tools and over the top production, the CD
"OKLAHOMEGROWN" utilizes lo-fi recording methods. Reminiscent of bands
such as Guided By Voices, Big Okie Doom has done more with less,
allowing songwriting and style to stand out.
The style of Big Okie
Doom is an incomparable amalgam of fused influences that include stoner
rock with heavy metal vocals that explode from a country and western
core.This band provides crunchy guitar riffs that lean toward flashy,
then come back to tasty. The drums are not complex, but create a
rhythmic melody into which you want to fall and flow. The bass follows
where it should, and leads when it needs. In any particular song you
might hear hints of TOOL, Ted Nugent, Queens Of The Stone Age or
Alabama, but B.O.D. doesn't attempt to emulate their peers. WIth the EP
OKLAHOMEGROWN, Big Okie Doom has created a whole that is more than the
sum of it’s parts. This CD is raw, and powerful.
