“nloco has the lyrics of Nine Inch Nails, the vocals of Orgy and the rhythms of Corn,” said Blaine Willis, drummer of local band Thee Invisibles.
Since nloco’s debut album, many of the listeners are unimpressed with the Texan hard metal band.
In my opinion, the band’s lyrics were very repetitive. The instrumentals overpower the vocals, and in this case it’s better that they do with lyrics such as “I don’t want to be clean” and “It’s all about me and not about you.”
The lyrics are all about depression and hatred. The music is singular in sound, with a consistent pessimistic edge.
The music is too generic.
On the other hand, it is great for mosh-pits.
Their story all began this past summer when nloco’s guitarist, Brian Arthur, attended a Goldfinger, a ska punk band, concert in Austin, Texas. He presented a demo of nloco to vocalist John Feldman.
After a brief meeting, Arthur hardly expected Feldman to respond. Weeks later, the band received a phone call that changed their life. It turned out that Feldman was an A&R scout with Maverick records.
The band was signed immediately. Up until that point, Arthur, vocalist Joey Duenas, bassist Victor Escareno and drummer Peter Navarrete had spent the past two years frantically working to keep the band going. They ended up accomplishing what every garage band dreams of; they were signed to a major record company.
nloco’s first album entitled Healing was an intense, meaty, rock-out jammer.
The instrumentals were thrashing and hard-core. But, many believe, as I do, the music is too generic and unmoving.
“It’s nothing original, they just want to jump to the main stream,” said Wayne Blanken-ship, a fan of most rock music. “It doesn’t impress me. If I heard nloco on the radio, I would turn it off.”
Another student at ETSU proclaimed the lead singer as “one of those bands where the lead singer screams at the top of his lungs.”
For lack of a better word, this area generally dismissed the album as “lame.”
“I’ve heard 10 or 12 bands that sound exactly like nloco. They’re nothing special,” said student Jason Bailey.
After many of the same opinions, I realized that maybe this music would be more popular in different social groups. If you think you would enjoy very hard, raw, monotonous rock, pick up a copy of nloco’s album Healing.

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