It was Mid-2000. I'd never played an instrument, but listening to Tim Commerford (Rage Against The Machine; Audio Slave) made me want to pick up the bass guitar. I began to practice, as accurately as a beginner could, some of my favorite licks that Tim has laid down. Shortly after I heard my first note ring, Shay Johns asked me if i wanted to start a small band . . "just for fun". So I found myself in my first band . . learning to play and sing some of our favorite songs. I'll never forget coming to practice, thinking I was going to be playing "Name" by the Goo-Goo Dolls . . and I ended up hearing the first song that Shay and I wrote together. It was a song called "Nowhere". We decided that night that music was going to be serious . . no more covers. We were going to do something with our talents, come the day soon . . or far from now. Two years later, we dis-banded. We'll call it a serious difference in artistic view. Slipknot and Static-X had hits that were rising on the billboard charts, and on Shay's charts. I wanted to slow things down . . keep it geared towards a Puddle of Mudd grunge-ballad. Shay took his guitar, and started recording thrash metal that anybody could mosh to. I was stuck in the corner, with my bass, my voice and a head full of ideas. It felt like I still had dozens of songs swimming in my head. I couldn't do anything with my voice and my bass, so it didn't take me long to decide I needed to learn to play the guitar. I took my first guitar (a Joe Satriani Signature Series Ibanez) and started writing songs that could be "slow and pretty", but still have a meaning that holds a punch. I wanted to create a style that could be lyrically aggressive, but soothing to the ears, and soul. I wanted to show the world that BALLADS CAN KICK YOUR @..$!!! Over the last few years, Shay and I have reconciled. Our passion for music has grown, and our differences have been put aside. Our new sound was growing in our minds, and couldn't stay trapped much longer. All of our new songs created a lot of buzz in our circle . . now we offer our music to you. Robert J Kaiser
ok well i tried for the longest to listen to some of your music but its just taking too long. you should fix that. i didnt know 105.3 was hookin you up. why didnt you tell me. i would called in like 10 times.
Hey Rob, I am doing well, just got back from a work up. I haven't been having much fun just work and working out, you PRT coming up. What about you what have you been up to?
Yo, I'm doing an article on the local SD music scene for my school's rag. Interested? I'm thinking about maybe a review if you have any gigs coming up. Let me know.
Hey There,
I love ON MY WAY TO YOU and HOLD ON! Those songs sound absolutaly Amazing and Beautiful! The lyrics tugged at my heartstrings. It's good to hear you're still singing your heart out and playing your acoustic gtar. I will do my best to check out your Myspace more frequently. I have been traveling alot since I returned from the Land Of Sand. I look forward to staying put in San Dog after the end of January for awhile. Take care and be well. ~ :-) Lesley
