{"id":923,"date":"2007-08-01T03:13:22","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T03:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=923"},"modified":"2015-08-09T08:48:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T08:48:44","slug":"tampered-men-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=923","title":{"rendered":"Tampered Men Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n4th July 2007: Tempered Mental<\/a>‘s album launch at Laundry Bar. The album, titled The View From Here<\/b>, features 10 solid songs of the progressive metal\/rock variety. As a fan of them since the very first gig I had been to in the original No Black Tie, where I first saw them, this was a long-awaited album.<\/p>\n

However, none of the songs overlap with the previous Honestly single<\/b> (which had, well… 7 songs) so we got mostly fresh works with the great Greg Henderson on production. Then, there’s Trust<\/b> which I downloaded from their official site a looong looong time ago.<\/p>\n

Why no local independent band has an album out with more than 10 proper songs, I don’t know. However, Tempered Mental could have added those 7 songs from the single in to beat<\/s> complete the record. However, it might sound disconnected because the album has funky effects applied to the vocals (which I took a while to get used to) while the single doesn’t.<\/p>\n


\nFrom left<\/b>: Jack on guitar, Melina William on bass and vocals, Jimmy on drums, Greg the producer.<\/p>\n

The album I got at the launch had a misprinted cover and a missing third page. However, I’d like to think of these as rare editions. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Oh, and my name is there in the thank yous! Go look.<\/p>\n


\nGuess who I bumped into? Grace<\/a> and my little Transformers Movie Barricade.<\/p>\n


\nMelina, always looking effortless when singing and playing complex basslines. Jimmy drums in the back.<\/p>\n


\nJack the ripper<\/s> shredder.<\/p>\n


\nFunky graphics played on the screens behind.<\/p>\n


\nFor once, Laundry Bar looked extremely well-lit.<\/p>\n


\nJimmy the master of groove. He is one of the few rock drummers who know how not to hit too hard, so the rest of the band does not have to pump up the volume and make it difficult for everyone.<\/p>\n


\nSlyde looks lost.<\/p>\n


\nVig<\/a> shows us how it’s done with just a Nikon D200 and Nikkor AF-D 35mm F2.0.<\/p>\n

They performed Superstar, Undone, Nothingness, Open, Cross and Design. Unfortunately, they did not have a second set. Price and where to get the album will be available once their uh… manager gets back to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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