Die Trying
Die Trying
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Here’s an SAT-style analogy to bring back traumatizing memories from high
school while simultaneously helping you visualize the sound this band has created:
Die Trying is to Papa Roach as Evanescence is to Linkin Park. Basically, Die Trying
uses the same fundamental instrumentation as their arthropod predecessors, but
the vocals as well as some of the beats reveal more of a cocky punk influence.
Despite the similarities, Die Trying is not a clone of Infest. Though it may have
missed its mainstream mark, the album stands firmly on its own with the strength
of tracks like “One Day At A Time” and “Oxygen’s Gone”
and it is one of the very few CDs I’ve gotten that I will still be listening
to long after this review comes out.
– Dana Hocking
 Record Label Island Released August 2003 |
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Bio[+]Bursting out of the same Sacramento, CA, scene that spawned such hard rock heavyweights as Deftones and Papa Roach, Die Trying got their big break at a show with the latter. Opening up for Papa Roach in nearby Modesto, the members of Die Trying — Jassen (vocals), Jack (guitar), Steve (bass) and Matt (drums) — put their usual 110 percent into performing their alt-rock influenced, emotional metal. However, the band was unaware that Island Records A&R man Paul Pontius, after having been passed a tape by Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix, was in the audience to check out the band. Pontius signed Die Trying on the spot, and their debut self-titled album was released on Island in spring of 2003.
– Daniel Taylor (June 2003)
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