Tyler Read - Only Rock And Roll Can Save Us ( Audio CD ) 2007

The rock and roll that takes on Tyler Read's name comes in gigantic, guitar drenched doses and has been simmering in the backyard of five Louisiana natives for the last three years. On their debut album Only Rock and Roll Can Save Us, in stores April 17, the band's sound boils over into eleven tracks of fast paced rock spiked with soaring back up vocals, frantic guitar solos and contagious melodies. Songs like rambunctious opener "The Killer" and the explosive "Intentions" with its two-ton guitar chords beg the question: what did it take to make Tyler Read?

As it turns out, before the band officially formed in the summer of 2003, its members were mostly split between two different Louisiana acts. Jordan Johnson was playing in a group called Agent Yellow while Brent Skinner and Chris McPeters belonged to an outfit known as Rivers Indiana. Tyler Read was created when these two bands collided, but the music started out at only half strength. Jordan's brother Josh signed on and the duo hit it off with Skinner, but they missed out on the opportunity to play with McPeters. As the boys developed their sound and solidified their artistic ambitions, members traded instruments, Josh assumed the role of lead vocalist, and Chris Rimmer was brought in on the bass. Finally, old friends became new band mates as McPeters resurfaced and contributed his guitar playing to the line-up.

CONDITION: NEW

TRACK LISTING

1 The Killer 3:09
2 Intentions 4:07
3 Michael Jackson 3:19
4 Only Rock and Roll Can Save Us Now 3:35
5 All You Need Is Love, But 3:42
6 A Litmus Test 3:29
7 Baby's Got a Gun 3:37
8 Fire Away 4:33
9 Private School Girls 3:33
10 Get Ready 3:36
11 Heaven 3:39