Chris Volz - Redemption review

Release Date: 09/11/2007

Label: Rock Ridge Music

It’s happened so many times before…a member from a hugely successful band decides to try their luck at a solo career. In some case it works well, i.e. Eric Clapton & Phil Collins…but in other cases it’s a horrible failure i.e. Billy Corgan & any one of the Spice Girls! My guess is that Chris Volz will fall somewhere below the ‘horrible failure’ category into the ‘Why the fuck?’ category.

The main ingredient to launching a successful solo career is to have some prior success to back it up. Chris Volz came from two hugely unsuccessful bands, one which was dropped by their record label causing them to break-up (Flaw), and the other that released only one album and then decided to call it a day (Five Bolt Main). It just makes you wonder why Chris Volz thought he would have enough of a fan base to support a solo venture.

Let’s not dwell on why this album shouldn’t have been made and talk more about why this album should never be listened to. First things first….the songs on here are weak. I’ve shit better tunes than anything that appears on ‘Redemption’. There is nothing on here that you will remember….nothing new….nothing worth listening to. In fact, if you were to play this album for a person who had been deaf all of their life but was one day visited by a leprechaun who allowed them the gift of hearing for only forty minutes…they would wish those forty minutes to be over very promptly. The melodies suck, the music sucks and the vocals aren’t even as good as in his previous bands. It’s like that feeling you get when someone is talking to you about boring stuff. You stare at them blankly…you hear what they say but you just don’t take it in…nor do you give a shit. ‘Redemption’ will leave you wondering where the last forty minutes of your life went…and why you thought this album would be a good listen.

I can’t see this Chris Volz becoming the next big thing anytime in the near future. Perhaps its time for him to form another unsuccessful band. At least that way some of the shittyness can be blamed on the drummer!

Rating: 0/5
Choice Lyric: “I don’t think you really want me to go there!”
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