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Switchback
By: CellDweller
If you can forgive the goth porn/epilepsy inducing music video, the song is really quite catchy (if a bit on the angsty side). There are a few reasons why I really like CellDweller. Today, for fun, I’m going to present my reasons in the format of a bullet list.
- There’s nothing more fun than blaring CellDweller obnoxiously from your car stereo as you drive through town.
- It’s a pretty eclectic mix of pop vocals, driving rock riffs, trance beats, industrial sensibilities and metal themes.
- Apart from the road band, it’s technically a one-man singing, instrument-playing, mixing operation, kind of like Trent Reznor.
Klayton…I am your father.
That’s not true…that’s impossible!
- I was first introduced to CellDweller by Dave when he lived with my parents. He introduced me to pretty much most of the industrial I listen to, actually. Thanks to him my lawn-mowing was a lot more fun (this was before iPods. I had a Sony MP3 player that would play ordinary CDs or CDs with MP3s burned onto them. Yes, you read that right.)
- If you thought the guitar riff in Switchback sounded familiar, it’s because you’ve probably heard it before. Klayton of CellDweller sold his music to be available for commercials and movie previews, etc. I can remember it being used in the preview for the second Spider-man movie, the Doom movie and some weird young adult movie about go-karts. It was also used in America’s Next Top Model. The licensing section of the Wikipedia page for CellDweller’s eponymous first album has some interesting facts about how frequently his stuff gets used in the media.
- I know I’m repeating myself when it comes to concept albums, but ‘CellDweller’ is a great concept album.
- Also this:
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