The band Cinder from Florida was another group that I saw perform at my first Sevendust show back in November 2002. I was already familiar with their song "Soul Creation." The single was featured on Fuse TV in regular rotation and I still have a version of the song on a compilation CD somewhere. It was also included in the NHL 2004 and MX Unleashed Playstation 2 games. What I didn't know at the time was that the single was on an album that would never be released.
Cinder began in 1999 with guitarist Kenny Craig and vocalist Roger Young. The group started performing and working on songs for an album that was originally called Soapy Tune when drummer Brian Colbert and bassist Pat McGuire joined. The group then recorded an album that was only distributed at their concerts and went by the moniker Jesus Gun at the time.
In 2001, the group was signed to Geffen Records. Work on their debut disc "Break Your Silence" started, with assistance from producers John Kurzweg and Jay Baumgartner. Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver lead singer Scott Weiland also took the producer reins, producing 9 of the album's 11 tracks. They also changed their band name to Cinder and started touring with established acts like Creed and Sevendust.
Unfortunately, Geffen Records would be bought out by another company and "Break Your Silence" was not released. However, a promotional copy of "Break Your Silence" could be found on the Internet for a while in 2002. Cinder was able to get out of their contract in 2004 and signed with Rock Ridge Records in 2006.
Pat McGuire was replaced by Steve Reich before their second album was recorded. "House Full of No Trust" debuted on August 8th, 2006, but the group was soon cut by their record label after a planned tour fell through because of a lack of funding. Cinder released their third album entitled "You" in 2010. This album featured 2 new versions of songs from their Geffen Records album and 4 original tracks. Some radio markets received the Gangsta Stereo single from that album, but it didn't make much of a mark nationally.
2 other artists have also used the band name Cinder. One is a deejay in France, and the other was a metal band from Spain that released one album and a few other songs during their existence from 2001 to 2010. Not much more information is available online about the Cinder band that originated in Florida.
Article #2 is in the books! I'll try to write one or two of these a weekend as time permits. Hope you enjoy them. Until next time, have a great weekend and don't forget to be kind to one another.
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