Skrape Bliss 66 "Isolated" "Sooner or Later" RCA Epic tskrape.com) (bliss66.com) •After the Top 20 Active success of •The intensely hooky and moody "Waste," Slcrape's second single from "Sooner or Later" is the first track off Bliss 66's album, Tr1ip To The 13th. Tool New Killer America should improve on the previous single's success. •Bliss 66 is aDe't-area six piece "Schism" •The Ulrich Wild (Static-X)-pro- band whose melodic yet edgy first Volcano duced song contains adriving bass single about love obsession is certain (toolband.cein) line, chunky guitar riffs and electron- to make waves at Active. •After afour and-a-half year ic squeals, but the vocals are more •WRIF is spinning"Sooner or wait, Tool return with the first melodic than the first single. Later." The band is rr tly touring piece of new music from their •The band will spend this summer the Midwest and plying some dates forthcoming album, Lateralus. on tour with Pantera and Slayer. with Days Of The New. •The single, which clocks in at •21 stations (WAAF, WHO, 100CR, dose to seven minutes, has all WMFS) have already isolated them- Matthew Good Band of the subtle, polyrhythmic, selves ahead of the competition. "Strange Days" melodic and aggressive Atlantic nuances of Active and Modern Professional Murder Music (matthewoodband.com) Tool standards such as "Forty "Slow" Six and 2" and "H." •"Strange Days" i the follow up to Geffen/Interscope •"It's classic, powerful Tool. It the Top 30 Hot Trax and Heritage sin- builds slow and gets you into Interscoae.com1 gle "Hello Time Bomb" which went an emotional place like no •Aggressive, upbeat and melodic, platinum in the band's native other band can," says KRXQ/ the first track from California's PMM Canada. Sacramento PD Pat Martin. (or Professional Murder Music) •Both songs are from the album, "They are atruly unique Rock should easily ascend the Active and Beautiful Midnight, t ut are completely band." Modern charts. different. Where "Time Bomb" was •After playing shows in New •"Slow" was first featured on the brash and edgy, "Strange Days" is York, Atlanta, Chicago and End Of Days soundtrack, but unlike more of aslow burning ballad with the Toby Wright (Alice In Chains, strong songwriting complementing UI Detroit in conjunction with the May 15 release of Lateralus, Tool Sevendust) produced version, this the swirling melody. will be playing seven dates in take and the rest of the self-titled •The band is currently working on August with King Crimson. debut was produced by Josh their next album, The Audio Of Being, Abraham (Orgy). in Vancouver. Blink 182 •PMM is on tour with Monster Magnet, Cold and The Cult. Molly Hatchet "Rock Shown •KIBZ has already moved fast on "Why Won't You Take Me Home" MCA "Slow." CMC International

(sanctuaryrecordsgroup.com) •"Rock Show" is the first sin- Mayfield Four •Southern fried Rock pioneers Molly gle from the new album, Take "Eden (Turn The Page)" Off Your Pants And Jacket, which Hatchet return with "Why Won't You Epic follows the gold The Mark, Tom, Take Me Home" from their new album, Kingdom of XII, due early next and Travis Show and the 5x (themaylieldlour.com) •Silent for afew years, Mayfield month. The SM1av Platinum Enema of the State. •This track is classic Hatchet. With •A tasty slab of Pop Punk Four makes its return with the goodness, "Rock Show" is clas- melodic "Eden (Turn The Page)" off the success of the Coin' South compi- sic Blink 182, with its fast paced their forthcoming album, Second Skin. lation album, the time is ripe for guitars and pop melody-style •"Eden" is adown-tempo song with Molly Hatchet. vocals. achorus that crescendos into apow- •The band started 1he U. S. leg of •This track is actually astray erful wall of sound with guitars and their world tour last month and is song about going to the multi-layered vocals. stopping at every bar with sawdust Warped Tour, meeting ahot •KBUS, WBOP and WTBK are on the floor from here to Las Vegas. woman, and having lots of fun. already playing "Eden" and the band •Country legend Charlie Daniels •The band embarked on their is playing the East with Days of the ("The Devil Went Down To Georgia") leott Summer U.S. tour Friday (5/4) New, and will be touring the U.S. makes aspecial guest appearance on at New York's Roseland with Everclear this summer. the album. Ballroom.