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Point One
12+ albums
Nu Metal
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Vocals: Lenny Hotrum Guitar: Keith Wright Bass: Darren Howard Drums: Chase Culp Great rock 'n' roll is the perfect combination of combustibility and compatibility. Consider the study in contradiction that is Seattle's pile driving Point One. They play unapologetically assaultive hard rock… with a brain and a conscience. They distill equal parts Metallica and Radiohead into their crushing compositions… hailing from an environment that prefers sedate indie-rock introspection. It's fitting that vocalist Lenny Hotrum and bassist Darren Howard, the volatile quartet's principal songwriters, approach their craft from diametrically opposing standpoints, yet make it work. "Len kind of brings the heavier element… you know, the detuning, the screaming and stuff," Howard reveals. "I try to bring more melody and more interesting chords, different styles, make things a little more cinematic sounding." Celestial is more like it. Point One's third full-length, Unlucky Stars (following 2002's Stress Related Injuries and 2005's The Absence) careens recklessly from seething yet melodic anthems like "Cruel" to sleazy biker bar throwbacks like "Monochrome Mistress," yet boasts almost seamless continuity. Longtime friends Hotrum, Howard, and drummer Chase Culp had plenty of time to perfect the band's alternately snotty and sincere disorder before guitarist Keith Wright joined the fold three years ago. Hotrum's unmistakable, hoarse war cry perfectly complemented Howard's artier sensibilities.
