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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 04/18/2006

Curses, as anybody who likes Rye Coalition enough to read about its trials and triumphs on the web knows, is the product of spectacularly bad luck. After the veteran band was signed to Interscope and landed Dave Grohl as a producer, a whole lotta nothing happened, and after a long-enough time, members Ralph Cuseglio, Jon Gonnelli, David Leto, Justin Morey, and Herb Wiley collectively decided to pull the plug, eventually handing over the fruits of their labor to longtime New Jersey label Gern Blandsten. The major label's loss was the pop-metal-punk underworld's gain: right out of the gate, Rye rips it up on this disc, recalling equal parts vintage AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, with a little KISS thrown in to keep things playful. Top tracks on a CD that ought to bring this smart, tight, and turbulent-in-all-the-right-ways band the recognition it so rightly deserves -- Interscope or no Interscope -- include "Pussyfootin'," "Young Yellers," and "Burn the Masters."

~Tammy La Gorce, All Music Guide

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Dave Grohl - Guitar
Dave Grohl - Percussion
Dave Grohl - Vocals (Background)
Dave Grohl - Producer
Dave Grohl - Guitar (Baritone)
Rami Jaffee - Piano
Rami Jaffee - Organ (Hammond)
Doug McKean - Assistant Engineer
Paul Samuelson - Model
Derek Scott - Web Design
Mike Terry - Engineer
Nick Raskulinecz - Engineer
Nick Raskulinecz - Mixing
Kevin Szymanski - Engineer
Alap Momin - Mixing
Rye Coalition - Art Direction
Rye Coalition - Photography
Rye Coalition - Layout Design
Rye Coalition - Video Producer
Rye Coalition - Video Director
Alan Mason - Assistant Engineer
Ralph Cuseglio - Vocals
Jon Gonnelli - Guitar
Jon Gonnelli - Vocals
Tom Baker - Mastering
Miles Wilson - Assistant Engineer
Leslie Lyons - Photography
Sarah Farmer - Art Direction
Sarah Farmer - Layout Design
Justin Angelo Morey - Bass
Justin Angelo Morey - Vocals
Mike Olear - Photography
Mike Olear - Video Editor

Smash
    Offspring / CD / 1994
Straight to Video
    Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments / CD / 1997
Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 5
    Various Artists / CD / 2000
Blow in the Wind
    Me First and the Gimme Gimmes / CD / 2001
Rewind + Record
    The Stereo / CD / 2002
Casting Crowns
    Casting Crowns / CD / 2003
Sea of Faces
    Kutless / CD / 2004

Release Date: 04/18/2006
Genre: rock