Rehab @ Toledo Civic Theatre

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Doors At: 7:00

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The Atlanta-based quintet breaks new ground and addresses new challenges on its latest album, Graffiti the World. The collection is truly the work of combined contributions from each individual member of the band. “It’s five people getting together and trying to do the music that they want to hear,” says front man Danny Alexander. “Everybody contributed. You always have a vision of what you want to do and it never really comes out the way you plan it, but the end result is really good. You’re just constantly trying to put out what you feel.” The final result of their combined efforts evokes a more positive and inspired feeling to the record. Formed in the late ‘90s, pioneering mash-ups of scorching rock and searing rap, Rehab released its debut album, Southern Discomfort in 2000, filled with an array of guest stars including Cee–Lo, Goodie Mob and Cody Chestnutt. The album spun off the top 15 modern rock hit “It Don't Matter” and sold over 140 thousand units. This success enabled the band to kick off a 2 year national tour supporting the Vans Warped Tour and bands like Kotton Mouth Kings and Linkin Park. Then, three years ago, in the wake of diverging creative, personal and financial points of view, the group splintered. While facing down his own personal demons,Danny brought together a new version of the band, which has delivered, Graffiti the World. “I did a lot of observing and lyrically sat down for a while and thought about what was going on around me, what I wanted to do and where I wanted to do it,” Danny says. “This album is a documentary of the station you are in life and trying to get to the next area or stop.”

The musical muscle of Rehab comes from four long–time professional musicians. Lead guitarist, Mike Hartnett, is a veteran of Atlanta studio sessions with vast credits that include Pink, Outkast, Nelly, Killer Mike, and many more. He’s known Danny since 1998. “Once he left the old group, we reworked songs, then wrote new ones,” Mike recalls. “And everyone had more to say about what they wanted in the production.” Danny says of his longtime friend, “We kind of call him the alien — you can’t ever tell what’s going on in his mind. He talks in word association. He’ll speak back at you in some crazy trip. He’s one of the best guitar players in Georgia; you never get the same solo twice. Anchoring down the bottom are bassist Hano Leathers and drummer Chris Hood. “Hano, to me, is the backbone of the whole operation,” Danny says of the bass player, a founding member of rock bands Prozak and Belloch. “He's logical, which is fitting because he’s a bass player. He plays the whole groove and pulls everything together. He’s also a very good businessman, and awesome human being and he plays hell of a bass.” Danny is especially fond of Chris, a veteran of several Athens, GA bands over the past decade, including: The Sounds of Motown, Aftermath, and Atomic Cafe. “He’s a six foot five man–child, a real nice personality. He’s almost innocent, and has no idea of malice. He can say things so honest sometimes, he blows people off their feet. And he’s really talented as a drummer.” Last, but hardly least, there’s rhythm guitarist Foz, who’s worked in the past with World Soul, Soybase, Ying-Yang Twins, Lil’ Jon, and Bonecrusher. He rates as the group’s bonafide rock star, and every band should have one. “He’s got that whole attitude down,” Danny says. “He’s definitely a conqueror.”

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