Endo
Evolve
Columbia Records

LoudFastAndHard. I actually kind of like this. I'm an unexperienced newbie in the area of the thrash/hiphop/techno mix, but if I had to pick out who this reminds me of, I would say Rob Zombie, 311 and Rage Agains the Machine.

Their bio cites James Brown, Run DMC, Marvin Gaye, P.J. Harvey adn Tori Amos as influences. I don't hear any of their influence on this album.

The title, "Evolve" is the same as Reed Merschat's second extreme bike video, and oddly enough, Endo's graphic design team has chosen a very similar font to Mr. Merschat. I guess Reed's influence reaches farther than I'd ever previously imagined.

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