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Blue-Sky Research garnered mixed reviews from music critics who admired the genre shift and lush production but found it wasted with angst-filled lyrics. Corey Hoffy of AbsolutePunk praised the album for Wright's stellar production, the band's controlled instrumentation and Richards's lyrics approaching close to political territory, concluding that "this remains their most complex and best ...
"Poem" is a song by American alternative metal band Taproot and the lead single from their second major label album, Welcome. It was released in 2002 and met with the highest success of any Taproot single, reaching #5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Taproot is an American alternative metal band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, formed in 1997. Its lineup consists of vocalist/guitarist Stephen Richards, bassist Phil Lipscomb, drummer Jarrod Montague, and guitarist Taylor Roberts.
The publication also cited Taproot as one of the "Bands to Watch in 2002." [ 1 ] CMJ New Music Report described the album as musically being a combination of Korn and Alice in Chains, [ 10 ] and they also stated that Stephen Richards "wears vocal inspirations of Mike Patton and Brandon Boyd proudly on his sleeve, reaching high pitches that ...
Plead the Fifth is the seventh studio album by American alternative metal band Taproot.Originally planned for an April 13, 2010 release, it was delayed to May 11. The album marks Taproot's first release through Victory Records, having signed in November 2009.
Described as a nu metal album, [2] [3] [4] the album's lyrical themes are primarily about topics such as depression and disliking life. [5] [2] Taproot's vocalist Stephen Richards' vocals on the album Gift have been compared to vocalists such as Chino Moreno, Trent Reznor, Jonathan Davis and Mike Patton.
The quintet performed throughout 2002, and their debut album, Mary Star of the Sea, was released in early 2003 to generally positive reviews. [36] In the midst of their supporting tour for the album, mounting conflict between Corgan and Chamberlin and the other band members led to the cancellation of the rest of the tour as the band entered an ...
Our Long Road Home is the sixth studio album by American alternative metal band Taproot.It was released on September 16, 2008 and is Taproot's first independent release since 1999's Upon Us. [1]