BONE GUNN

Artist Review From

Joe Conte
A&R Select

These are a short set of experimental tracks with a singer song writer edge and style. The tracks are very diverse atmospheric and full. With instrumentation ranging from not just guitars and drums, but thick bass lines, electro synths, percussion, keys, and horns. This e.p. is short but packed with ambient feels, rock and jazz style guitars, and experimental song writing. The songs are ahead of their time. The percussion and drums come through warm and thick as does the bass. The vocals come through strong and help give these tracks a very stand alone feel. These songs again, have a format and style that is seemingly untapped. This disc is well written, formated, produced, performed, and inventively done. Excellent tracks for this brave new genre of Experimental Folk.



- A&R Select

BONE GUNN
"FROM THE CHAIN TO THE SKY"

Songwriter Bryan Kane seems to be looking for a forum for bringing more eclectic ideas into a musical genre and BONE GUNN seems to be the right vehicle for what he calls "Experimental Folk"

There are certainly a great deal of experimental elements reminiscent of early eno, modern jazz and flourishes of experimental bands such as Add N to X and Einsturzende Neubauten.

This collection of studio tracks brings together an otherwise unlikely blend of jazz, rock, world beat, industrial punk, poetic imagery, and enough sonic weirdness to make it all work.

BONE GUNN is certainly no ordinary head-trip. People who want something a little different, a little more intelligent and a little out of the rut of the mainstream should own this.

(Joel Simches) "The Noise" - "THE NOISE" (Boston)

The Magic Room, Brighton, MA 3/20/09

It’s an unseasonably cold Friday night, I venture out to find the well disguised, or at least visually ambiguous (from the outside) Magic Room. It is located in Brighton, at the North Beacon Street Sound Museum. The Magic Room, itself however is a showcase venue for bands. I’m asked for my mug shot to be in Bone Gunn’s upcoming music video for their song “Flies.”
Metaphor For Everything is up first. Lead singer Brett Greene captivates the audience with his dark lyrics. Equally as engaging as his words is his offbeat comedy in between songs. Cracking on everyone from the locals to the hosting band, his frontman potential shines.
Before Bone Gunn comes up next, the room fills and the crowd is buzzing with anticipation. A man in a Vietnam issue army jacket, a ski mask, and military goggles creeps around my shoulder and nearly gives me a heart attack. Next thing I know, the music starts and this masked man is up on stage singing. The first song builds slowly but surely, with ethereal interludes breaking up a salsa-esque bass groove. The song explodes with a drum part reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails’ “Piggy.” The second song is straight-ahead rock until the end bombards me with tribal drums, a tasteful guitar solo, and a gut-wrenching scream from lead singer Bryan Kane. Throughout the set Bone Gunn’s harmonically strange songs maintain integrity through their pop structure. The final song, “Flies,” delivers tenfold. At the end of the song, guitar player Brian Penny smashes his guitar into innumerable pieces as he swings it around by its strings. It is clear that the band has given every last ounce of energy they have. I can’t wait to see what surprises Bone Gunn will have in the future. (Anthony Viado)
- 'The Noise'

BONE GUNN is a strong and dynamic "Experimental Folk" four piece that made a great example for any band by proving themselves on the battlefield. With a majority of hardcore and metal bands in this market, they impressed a crowd with their insightful lyrics and unique sound. Despite the masses having a bias to the metal genre, BONE GUNN succeeded in earning respect from the entire room before the end of the first song."

Christian Henderson
Bodog Music
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