Album Notes

Quick!

How many piano-bass-drums acts can you think of that play pop-rock stuff?

Come on....

How many?

What? Ben Folds? Billy Joel? Elton John? There's not too many, are there?

That's EXACTLY why Pianocidal exists. The arena of piano rock music is woefully underexplored.

When I did "Far Cry From Divine" in '99 I had an idea for a piano-dominant act. The resulting cd was the seed of my interpretation of piano rock. But the seed needed water...

"Pianocidal Maniac" in 01 was, essentially, me watering myself; a collection of demo-tacular tunes designed to push the 88s into even more rocking territory.

"Everybody's Ugly But Me" in 03 was recorded at Kid Rock's old favorite studio, the Tempermill. The rock idea was coming to fruition on tracks like "Antidote" and "8 Mile Dancer."

"O.S.O.S" was the next record, released in 2006. It upped my ante considerably with the addition of Larry Ricard's Swedish death metal influenced drumming. From the intro to O.S.O.S, "Only Play Ballads If It Helps You Get Chicks" to the start-stop thump of "Topless Dancer," O.S.O.S was a testament to what the piano could really do in the rock setting.

And now, for 2008, comes my most irreverent work, "I Spell Your Name With An F-U." Another 11 tracks recorded with the furious footwork of Larry Ricard, "F-U" is our maturing disc, syncing closer together as musicians united for the cause of advancing piano rock. Between "Most People Are A Waste of Air" and "I Can Tell You're Faking," this new collection of piano rock is primed and ready to push the piano rock bar higher than it's ever gone before.

I really hate boasting, but do YOU know of any piano players who are this aggressive?

I didn't think so.