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Releasedate: 01-09-2008; Label: Rocker Team Records\/Intergroove\/Astral Music
\nBy: Sabine van Gameren<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

It\u2019s often said that rock n roll is a trashy genre. In order to look cool, people turn themselves in rockers. Rock bands are everywhere, but how many actually have something to say?
\niO is a band from Germany. You might recognize the members of the band by their former productions. As a vocalist, soul singer Charles Simmons rises. The rest of the band contains out of the ashes of Guano Apes.
\n
\nWhy the hell would a soul singer unite with those rockers? Well In the first sentence you hear on their debut album \u201cFor The Masses\u201d it is already explained. \u201cR&B has lost its soul, that is why I Rock n Roll.\u201d
\nHow straightforward can a message be? iO doesn\u2019t lead you around riddles and question marks. No polished sentences to get you brains to work when iO is talking to you.
\nThen again, a soul singer is not necessarily a great rocker. Does Charles have enough trash in him, does he got the ability to make people believe in his anger?
\nI say he does! In the first song \u201cSay Something\u201d he draws a heavy \u201cScream\u201d. Further more, he often touches the harder, virulent side of his range. Actually when thinking about what I heard, my mind stumbled over the thought that a Jonathan Davis (Korn) approach would suit this music as well.
\nWhile Charles is spitting his fire on what bothers him in nowadays life, he gets very well supported by his band mates. Guitars on this album might not sound like the most original, but the heavy, thick sound is perfect in addition of the vocals. Same counts for bass. Drums stand out for me. They claim a pretty prominent place in the music which is definitely a pro here!<\/p>\n

\u201cFor The Masses\u201d is a steady rock album, somehow surprising while with musicians like them the expectations were high already. My only point of this album might be the lyrics. There is no mystic in it. Straightforward, sure, but in some songs it turns a bit in a direction of an easy rhyme. Maybe, in some way this music is made \u201cFor The Masses\u201d after all, which is not always a bad thing at all.<\/p>\n

Line Up: <\/strong>
\nCharles Simmons – Vocals
\nDennis Poschwatta – Drums
\nHenning R\u00fcmenapp – Guitar
\nStefan Ude – Bass<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/td>\n1. Say Something
\n2. Don\u2019t Mean Nothing
\n3. In You
\n4. Attention
\n5. Stupid People
\n6. Mind Game
\n7. Fight Back
\n8. Stand My Ground
\n9. Rage
\n10. The Last To Know
\n11. Legacy
\n12. When I Fall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Links:<\/strong>
\niO MySpace
\niO Official<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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