10 Years Biography
JESSE HASEK-Vocals
BRIAN VODINH-Drums
RYAN "TATER" JOHNSON-Guitars
MATT WANTLAND-Guitars
LEWIS COSBY-Bass
Based in Knoxville, TN, 10 Years is an alternative hard rock band with an
incomparable sound that is destined to create an island of its own. Formed three
years ago, 10 Years created a strong underground following with their
independent release Killing All That Holds You. In 2005, 10 Years signed with
Republic/Universal Records, entered the studio with producer Josh Abraham (Staind,
Velvet Revolver) and recorded their debut album The Autumn Effect.
The Autumn Effect has arrived just in time to counteract the cynicism and to
take rock music to its next logical destination. "Humanity is slowly shutting
down," says the band's frontman Jesse Hasek, who points to the current rock
scene as a prime example of this lack of community. "Music is supposed to be
about intensity and feeling, but there's no thinking behind the music that's out
there today. We want people to think, to feel emotions again. We're always
plugged in, or connected to something, part of the machine, but the more we plug
in, the less human we become."
10 Years has evolved from a wake of high school metal bands, to the more
melodic, heavy fusion of The Autumn Effect. "Less is more," the band says of
their sound, and nowhere is that more apparent than the summer radio hit,
"Wasteland." The title track swirls as an intrepid soundscape with an influx of
modern aggression, from a whisper to a scream that could fill a stadium, from
strum to angst and back again. Sledgehammer riffs propel the cosmic "Empires,"
while the sun-drenched "Prey" builds into a heavy metal gape, the perfect
combination of breezy pacing and humid undertones. Melody marches through
"Waking Up" and "The Recipe" is an exhilarating blitz of frenetic energy, while
"Half-Life" kicks the ears in, each track exhibiting a new, distant depth of 10
Years' that seamlessly stretch them, morphing into a progressive realm far
beyond the scope of modern flash-in-the-pan comparisons.
The Autumn Effect resonates as much lyrically, as it does musically. "Prey," for
instance, was inspired by the band's move to Los Angeles to record their debut
album, and Hasek's observation that people in L.A. drive cars worth more than
some of the houses in their Tennessee hometown. “Empires” is about this
generation of people who are addicted to material possessions and rely upon
these possessions to satisfy all the needs of life. “The Recipe” is about how
casual consumption of lust with random strangers devalues and destroys the
ability to love. "We are living in an individualistic ego driven society that
celebrates fame, lacks ambiguity that is incapable of deep sustained attention
with no discontinuity between life and art. “Seasons to Cycles” is about people
who build walls to separate themselves from others. In building walls we lose
contact with people and we don’t realize these same walls confine the growth of
relationships. Whether we're talking about love, substance abuse, temptation, or
whatever, all the songs are about life, and the emotions that we all go
through," says Hasek. "Life is an organic process of growth and decay, and it is
unavoidable in nature.””
Over the course of the past year, 10 Years has opened for the likes of Velvet
Revolver and Static X, more than holding their own, while making new fans all
along the way. 10 Years offer more than just music and words they deliver a
mission statement... Just call The Autumn Effect the soundtrack to our new and
improved lives, a signpost to a future where we're more than just cogs in the
machine, but vibrant beings
that can touch the God within.
The Autumn Effect
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