Madside - Enemy

The alt-metal and post grunge train was chugging along with full force back at the turn of the millenium and almost inescapable, and bands were popping up all over the place taking the sound and running with it, and the labels of the time were all too happy to capitalise on it.  Unfortunately that meant that for every Staind, Finger Eleven, Shinedown, Godsmack, Seether, etc that had their moment in the spotlight (some, I'd even say, outstayed their welcome), there were countless more where the pieces didn't quite fall into place..  But because the labels were so keen to jump on the bandwagon, for a brief few years you could walk into any music store and pick up any random CD with a moody cover and be guaranteed at least a couple of decent tunes to stomp around to.

So that brings us to our band for this week, Madside, one of the many many bands who deserved to get more attention than they did.  Formed in 2001, in Redding, California, the band put out their major(ish) label self titled debut in 2004 ... and, in terms of songwriting and sound, it quite happily stands head and shoulders above certain releases from other more high profile bands in the same era.  In short, it deserved a lot more attention.  I couldn't find much information about the band beyond that, other than the name of a follow up album released a few years later which I've so far been unable to find a good copy of and some long forgotten profiles on mid-2000s music sites.

Still, at least you can sink your teeth into our pick for this week.  Here's the lead single from that aforementioned album, Enemy.  Enjoy!