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Track List: 01. Naïve 02. Burn Together 03. Only Time Will Tell 04. Ease It In 05. Watcha Sayin’ 06. Back of The School Band Member: Kurt Deimer – lead vocals Additional Musicians: Phil X – guitars, bass, background vocals Brian Tichy – drums Geoff Tate – lead vocals (2) Chris Lord-Alge – keyboards, background vocals Review: Not content with producing several Hollywood TV movies and being soundly dispatched by Michael Myers in the 2018 reboot of Halloween, Cincinatti native Kurt Deimer turns his hand to the rock ‘n’ roll genre with his first collection of songs, aided and abetted by current Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X and high profile producer Chris Lord-Alge. “Naïve” kicks off proceedings and has a real Kid Rock southern rap feel to it with Deimer’s narrative style perfectly suited to a real grower of a track. This style slightly changes with “Burn Together” that features a cameo from Queensrÿche’s Geoff Tate on a song that really did nothing for me personally but would seem right at home on a soundtrack to one of the horror franchise films that Deimer is proposing to release in the near future. “Only Time Will Tell” goes back to the Southern storytelling rap drawl over an insistent chorus that, to be completely honest, appears to be trying way too hard to be memorable and falls a little short to these ears. The same cannot be said about “Ease It In” which is indeed noteworthy and wouldn’t be out of place in a set list of guitarist Phil X’s former band Daughtry as well a
