So we stumbled across the band called Neon Horse (http://www.myspace.com/neonhorse) today.  Apparently it is a Tooth and Nail super group.  Rarely does a band make me stop and go what the heck...I gotta own this.  But this band did.

Check it out...it's weird and strange - yet cool.

It is kinda tech, industrial, grunge rock...but not.

not to mention there's a steve taylor & 80's metal influence on the vocals.

oh yeah... diggin' this band. Seriously. Very nice.

Myself, Chris, and Gary (Jagged Doctrine) all got the cd today...and we heard the songs this afternoon.

I gave it a listen the other day. Wasn't entirely impressed. There are things about them I like. I'm just not 100% sold on them yet.

"Crazy Daisy" and "Speed Killz" were great! "I Know I Just Don't" isn't bad. An odd mix of Devo, Bauhaus, and metal(?). I think they're top eight friends sum up their sound pretty well.... Listening to "Cuckoo" now. Likin' it. They're energetic and offbeat. I just might be buying a CD soon!

Cindy, I have a quesiton...(not a critisism) but... are these guys suppose to be Christian or Secular...cuz I thought that Tooth n Nail was a Christian label. I really dont follow rock anymore so I could be wrong bout that... but I listened to thier songs and read their bio and there was no mention of God or Christ anywhere. Just curious...

They are on Tooth and Nail...that is about all I know.

It is some sort of Tooth and Nail supergroup.  Who the members are no one really knows although there is of course rumors.

As to what their personal beliefs are I have no idea since I don't know who they are.

It is just really interesting music.

thats cool, i understand. i actually kinda like thier style...as for the tooth and nail question i think i just found out what i wanted to know...
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Tooth & Nail Records
A Record Company

Bio:
Tooth & Nail Records, an independent label headquartered in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1993 as a means to give independent artists a forum to creatively express positivity through music. Over the course of the label's ten year history, Tooth & Nail has been home to bands such as MxPx, Blindside, The Juliana Theory, the OC Supertones, and many others. Today, a new regime of bands are infiltrating the mainstream, including Underoath, Mae, Dead Poetic, Further Seems Forever, Anberlin, mewithoutYou, Emery, and many others."

maybe they were Christian at one time then decided to go mainstream...cuz i see no mention of God anywhere in thier company bio, news, or faq page. I'm pretty sure they were once cuz my younger brother had a band that actually worked with these guys in the past and his band was 100% Christian.

Do they have to mention God in order to be Christian?

Most of the artists on Tooth and Nail's label are Christians.  But they don't bash a person over the head with it they show it by living their life.

to be a Christian record label? YES. They have to mention God lol...thats silly.  :laugh: As for the bands, if Christian you would think that they would at least in some song mention the Lord...I mean...YES.

I know a lot of NON Christians that live much more morally and honestly then a lot of Christians...so living your life good...simply doesnt cut it.

as Christians we have a Biblical responsibility not just to live our lives as Chrisitans but to actually praise God in ALL that we do...including or music, business, and personal lives.

Ok... factually, they are a Christian OWNED record label that markets bands who share the same Christian beliefs as the label owners to both the Christian and Secular market, but in particular... the secular market. BEC (http://www.becrecordings.com/), their sublabel focuses more on marketing music to the Christian scene.

gotcha.  8)

yeah Rodimus, they've always been that way. 


pretty cool stuff. they also mentioned Oingo Boingo as an influence & I can definitely here it. 

i think they sound really tight, but honestly, it just sounds like what is/has been popular for the last several years mainstream already ala the killers, the darkness    nothing mindblowing, just pop music.

I listened to the stuff on their myspace page and I really do not like it... when it hits regular rotation I'll probably just turn off the radio for a couple months... though there's been worse... nobody's been as awful as 7lock yet... :hurt: :smiley34: :police:

Bought it. I'd like to add that there's sort of a Killers and White Stripes feel to it as well. Love it so far 'cept for that askin' for it track for some obvious reasons when you hear the lyrics.

On a side note, I thought I was gonna like The Killers based on the two songs I heard from them. I downloaded all their stuff in my Napster account and wow...I really really don't like them at all. The same goes for The Bravery. Just mindless nonsense.

Ok... I just gained even more respect for this band. Rumors abound.

Seems T&N won't say who is actually in the band. The rumor is that it's actually like Cush was with some secret membership roster. Names that are floating around as members include: Allan Aguirre (prob lead vocals), several of the Prayer Chain guys, and possible the Martin brothers (Ronnie given the minimal synth work and Jason for additional vocals.)

Interestingly... T&N gives following description on their site:


The T&N store lists it as:


Anyway... if rumors are true... this is a rare moment in Xian music and the type that I REALLY wish we'd see more of. It's soooo like the early 90's when the Christian Alt Rock scene was REALLY starting to take off and everybody was on everybody's albums.

There is also a rumor that the lead singer of Stavesacre, Mark Salomon, is the lead singer of Neon Horse.  But who knows really.

Really??? Well... the guitars and synths defin have a brothers martin influence to them.

Mark Salomon might be a better guess. I never really listened to stavesacre, but I have listened to Scattered Few.

I totally agree that that Martin Bros have to be apart of it.

Music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTd_M_0mbVQ

(http://www.nitrorecords.com/images/artist/18.jpg)
Mark Salomon

Clips of the Scattered Few from 2002 in studio (http://accidentalsirens.com/scaterdfew/scaterd_few.wmv) Allan shows up really well at 2:29.

Honestly, I think they BOTH are in it. From the video, the singer is mark salomon. The guy in the jester's hat is Allan. You can't miss the jawline on Allan.

So... the Brother's Martin, Mark Salomon, Allan Aquirre and that's probably the band right there. Nice lineup.

OK... the teaser vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0QAUql3ax8&mode=related&search=) leads to another theory. What if there really were 20 ppl behind this band. Most/all of the guys we've mention so far are out of LA right? There are more than 20 dis-banded Christian bands out in that area right? ;) It might be a larger project. I would expect more diversity though.

another lead from a youtube comment:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTd_M_0mbVQ

Anyway, if that's true... It's the martins & maybe some of mad at the world.

Maybe... maybe not:

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Roger Rose from back then. I need a more recent head shot.

Mark Salomon? Wasn't he the guy rapping as Native Son back in 1992?

linkage: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3nfoxqegldfe~T2

I see he was one of the DBD guys on XL & DBD's cd.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hpfoxqlgldae~T4

By the way, XL has released a rap CD finally. It came out in 2005.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifpxqwdldte

Sorry for the off topic discussion.

By the way, I am listening to samples of them again right now. Seriously not impressed still. Also I don't hear ANY Martin Bros style in there. Just a bunch of loud guitars with a singer who sounds like he's trying to be the lead singer from the Killers. I just don't get why this band is causing such a buzz. they really don't stand out as anything special.

yeah I definitely hear some brothers martin and mark salomon... I'm sure Aaron Sprinkle has his hands in it also... 

http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=NEON%20HORSE&search_in=a&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1


Well that tells us something... that we're right on two members....  8)

Haha yup! That's about what I figured, but there are some VERY different things going on within some tracks. I have NO clue who is doing the blues guitar rifts on some of the album.

On the Christian / non-Christian label and band dispute- I honestly don't feel like you have to put that you are a Christian in your liner notes. Honestly, all that does is make Christians feel more comfortable listening to the music. I haven't heard much about the success of website bio-witnessing....but I can assume that personal relationships work better. I love the idea of a band not having to label themselves, and then blowing people away by the way they live their lives.

-StumbleBum