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FOSTERCHILD RAWKS

Suzanne R. Kondracki | Bucks County PA | 06/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"FOSTERCHILD's newest (originally heard on their myspace page)

is even better than their first.



The drummer, originally from the band 'Fuel', seems to have found some new boys to play with that rock just as much.



I would like to say that I saw them, but I actually only heard them last year (2006) at the Sterling Hotel in Allentown PA. The place was too packed to actually get into the 'seeing' part of the venue, so I just listened.



Personally, I think their new stuff is reminiscent of the 2nd Audioslave release, in the effect that I felt that I was back listening to Bad Company and Led Zep influences with Audioslave. (Even Paul Simon which was kinda freaky). When I heard the newest FOSTERCHILD, I closed my eyes and thought I sensed it eeked a bit of Beatles and a bit of some of the better 80ies hair bands (as they are now termed). Anyway...I think it's obvious FOSTERCHILD has been influenced by several genres of musical styles. Who knows if that influence is anything like what I heard.



That's what I like. It seems most people end up listening, in their older years, to the music that they grew up with. Makes me wonder what the kids today will listen to in their 40ies and 50ies. (kinda scarey to think about)



Unfortunately, (for the mass market) they (FOSTERCHILD) seems to be quite content laying low in the surrounding Lehigh Valley Area and as my now deceased brother-in-law would say, being a 'bar band'. hehehe. I know better. You gotta start somewhere and it's lucky that so much good music in the past century has come from this part of PA, including +LIVE+ and Fuel. I guess it's good that when one great group of musicians break apart for whatever reason, they end up forming two really great yet separate entitys to listen to. It all started with Days of the New...loving them....then kapow....we had Tantric. Same great quality, yet so much more to listen to.



My pic is from the night at the Sterling, and I do believe I also saw them somewhere else, just can't think right now. I'm a little disappointed that they are not still selling the Tank T shirt I bought that night cause I know one of these days I'm gonna be doing a clorox load (of laundry) and splash it. It's my favorite T, although very Harley-ish, it's extremely comfortable and long. (I guess the corporate world will get ya somehow...in terms of record labels, designs, writing songs, merchandising, yatta yatta) So, pick this up while their still in their new and raw stage.



On another note, their look is rather 'rough' on promotional stuff I have seen lately, but when I talked to them after their show that night, they really were very nice, down to earth (? did I just say that).....uhm....ok.....good folks to talk to is what I meant. LOL.



So....give a listen if you like any of the other music I mentioned. Or go to their space on that space site.



And another note.....friends of mine are doing an Independent Film and when talking to my friend that's involved in that he mentioned FOSTERCHILD might be doing one of their songs in it. I hope that gels. I love that. I remember when that sort of commercialism was frowned upon in the rock arena. Yet, it tickles me when I'm sitting around watching a stupid Chick Flik (Love & Sex) and +Live+ starts playing, or I see a commercial for Special K cereal and Collective Soul is playing that they too are feeling better now. (Especially because Dean Roland is wearing the jewelry I designed in their HOME video....done in Altanta, Ga with the Atlanta YOUTH Symphony Orchestra.)



I digress, my ATD (attention to detail) took over....sorry to ramble but I wanted to be the first to review. peach out.......suzannesuzannadanna"