OFF: Zero Hour

[Alex S. Garcia]

OK folks, I just bought 3 CD's from 3 different local Albuquerque rock
bands. Oddly, the most proggish of the 3 is the less interesting (and the
production is awful). OTOH, I was _very_ impressed with one of them, Zero
Hour. I'd actually heard about them before, as they have kind of a
reputation around here, since they do a lot of gigs at parties and clubs and
stuff. This album I bought is their first. It's called "Kismet" and it's
really amazing. Very professional. You'd think it'd been released on a major
label.

Now why do I mention it here ? Well, for one thing because I really like it
and thought I'd do a bit of "promotion" for them, since you can listen to
some of their tracks online and buy the album from Amazon.com or Joe's
Grille (www.joesgrille.com). They have their own website up at :

http://www.zerohourband.com/

The other reasons why I bring it up here is because :
        1) Although they are not a prog band per se, they have a lot of
proggish tracks ("Hard times," "Back in love," "Shades of gray...")
        2) I think a lot of list members would actually like them - heck,
one of their songs ("Shades of gray") is very reminiscent of BOC's "Power
underneath despair." My personal favorite, though, has got to be "Back in
love." Awesome song.

What else ? Oh yes, "Kismet" was their first album and dates from 1998. They
apparently have a new CD out called "Grasshopper." So new, actually, that it
doesn't seem to be available for purchase yet at Joe's Grille. Haven't
checked Amazon yet.

Anyway. Listen to the samples on the band's site (they even have "Back in
love" on there) and let me know what you think :-) Hopefully you won't
regret it :-)



Alex.

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