Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
"Terry McClain and his combo pack a tacklebox's worth of hooks into their smart, power-pop debut."
-Greg Haymes - Times Union
Discography
Help Me Out - 2006
Airplay on WEQX 102.7 Manchester, VT
104.9 The Edge, Albany NY
91.5 WRPI, Troy, NY
810 WGY AM Albany
MUNT FM, Wellington, New Zealand
Live365
Songs from Help Me Out receiving airplay:
"No Answer," "Have To Say," "Heave Ho," & "The Longest Year"
Albany Amped Compilation 2006
Songs Featured: "Have To Say" & "The Longest Year"
Rock 2 Rebuild Compilation 2007
Song Featured: "Have To Say" (Acoustic Version)
Photos
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Bio
Guiltless Cult is the brainchild of Tennessee-via-New York songwriter Terry McClain.
The music is a fusion of 90s alternative, 70s hard rock and 80s melodic punkupbeat, sometimes very heavy, and catchy as hell. Think Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Frank Black, Bad Brains, Nirvana. Think good stuff.
Help Me Out, the debut release from Guiltless Cult, was made in the Spring of 2006. Drums were recorded by area engineer (and guitar whiz) Frank Moscowitz (Levon Helm, KISS) in one seven-hour session on a Sunday in March; the remainder of the tracks were laid down at McClains apartment over the following month or so, whenever the third-shifter next door wasnt trying to get some sleep.
McClain sang practically everything, and played most of the guitars and keyboards, and most bass guitar. Musician-about-town John Brodeur (of the Suggestions, among other projects) played drums, percussion, a few guitars, the Suzuki Omnichord II (listen for it on the albums title track), and sang a few bars. Moscowitz pitched in with some bass and guitars (including the entrancing acoustic intro to Supernatural Sun and a few key slide-guitar lines). Charmboy front-man Eric Halder was called in for a few of the more daring electric-lead passages. Area guitarist/bassist Chris Neuhaus plays bass in the live band, and was responsible for helping create the shape of several of Guiltless Cult's newest songs through spontaneous improv sessions at the Lark Taverns weekly open-mic night.
The record was mixed by McClain with help from Moscowitz, and mastered at Sony Studios in New York City by engineer Pablo Arraya (Destiny's Child, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, John Legend). The result is a powerful statement by an excellent new rock act.
Greg Haymes of the Times Union calls Help Me Out a bakers dozen sharp, hook-filled original tunes that range from the slinky The Straw That Raped the Camel to the boisterously heavy stomp of Heave Ho.
-Voted one of the best local CD's of 2006 by the Times Union.
Contact:
Terry McClain (518) 378-8303
terrymcclain@delvinshadepublishing.com
Photos, lyrics, cover art and more info at www.guiltlesscult.com
Venues played: 2006-2007
The Lark Tavern - Albany, NY
Franklin's Tower - Albany, NY
Valentine's - Albany, NY
Red Square - Albany, NY
The Skyline - Albany, NY
The Underscore - Manhattan, NYC
Kenny's Castaways - Manhattan, NYC
The Pussycat Lounge - Manhattan, NYC
California Brew Haus - Rochester, NY
Durffest - Catskill, NY
Bernie's - Columbus, OH
The 5 Spot - Nashville, TN
Young Avenue Deli - Memphis, TN
CURRENTLY WORKING UP SONGS FOR THE NEXT GUILTLESS CULT ALBUM DUE FALL OF 2007.
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