IF IN FLAMES WERE MORE RADIO FRIENDLY, WOULD THIS BE IT?
Speaking of In Flames, my FM rock station here in Syracuse is gearing up for their first big concert of the year (you know, to celebrate the fact that we haven’t seen snow for a whole three days) and in anticipation, they’ve been playing a lot from said bands on air. One of which is a band called Janus- who I’d never hear of otherwise if I didn’t listen to the radio- and their single “Eyesore”. The first time I heard it, it immediately reminded me of something, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what. And then I realized that the singer sounds a hell of a lot like Anders Friden of my beloved In Flames. The more I heard it, the more it made me think of what it would be like if In Flames was ever considered main-stream rock (it would suck). And just now watching Janus’ video and seeing what they look like (nothing like In Flames) I think I’ll stick to the real thing.
Not too shabby for terrestrial radio. I’ll definitely take that over Nickelback and Nickelback 2.0 Theory of a Deadman any day.
-Julia
