kevin.

Bree made me do it.

Kevin's personal top 10 bands, at least as best I can tell at the moment.

10. Strung Out
9. Killswitch Engage
8. The Talking Heads
7. Soilwork
6. Gang Of Four
5. Good Clean Fun
4. Lagwagon
3. Duran Duran
2. Stone Temple Pilots
1. New Order

No explanations necessary, though if you'd like one, simply ask.

I'm also not tagging anyone else to do this, because I don't know anyone on Buzznet.

The album's shredding penultimate track "Mission Statement" says it all:

We are the change that we've been screaming for.

Any long-term Strung Out fan won't argue that the band had, in every sense of the term, "lost it" on their last two records, American Paradox and Exile In Oblivion (read my old review). Strung Out's first few albums, particularly Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues and Twisted By Design, got me through my formative years despite rampant bouts of depression, and it's a shame that the only thing in the ensuing years that brought about a similar state was the release of really disappointing Strung Out records.

It's beyond my pleasure to say that Strung Out has officially "returned." I won't blame it all on the Alternative Press feature of  Suburban in a recent issue, but it's really incredible to see the band return to their roots (going old school to return…