Crowbarred's Mellow Mix Volume 1: MM Vol 1 - 013

MM Vol 1 #013

Fuel

"Hemorrage" (In My Hands)

(2001)
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Genre:Alt Rock

Mellow Mix Vol One must be having quite a "feel" to it by now. I have listened to this volume for 7-8 years now and not once did i ever think it was bordering on depressing or even a cry for help. But reading it, the blog & the music, to strangers, will come across as just that. It's weird looking back at it now in 2008 and to think, was i really feeling that down? Honestly, I don't think it was the above, I know I was waiting for something to ignite me back then and maybe I was just feeling anxious or, hey, maybe the popular music back then was more angst ridden then me, yeah , I'll stick with that excuse for now. But 2001 was my penultimate year after all, song, blogged and done.

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Like several other successful rock bands of the post-grunge era, Fuel teeters between hard rock and heavy metal, as often as not within the same song. The group is perfectly capable of adopting the lockstep thrash of Metallica-style metal, but it tends to vary it with comparatively melodic elements in a way that makes the group acceptable to both headbangers and fans of less extreme rock. It certainly doesn't hurt that, every few songs, Fuel throws in a ballad that begins with either an acoustic guitar or a lightly strummed electric (or both) and builds to a mid-tempo rocker.

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The primary example on the second album is first single "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)," which gives lead singer Brett Scallions the opportunity to intone "Don't fall away" in a tone of voice that recalls R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe singing "Fall on Me," and to emote about "love bleeding in my hands." Songwriter Carl Bell's lyrics, full of typical adolescent disillusionment over the vagaries of romance and the world in general, are sketchy, but his bitterness, even if shallow, seems freshly felt, notably on another of those power ballads, the sad "Innocent," and likely will connect with his listeners after they've been pummeled by the rockers. Two albums in, Fuel still doesn't have much to say, but it manipulates familiar ingredients in such a way that it may seem to be creating a new flavor, especially to young rock fans. (Something Like Human has multimedia content accessible by computer that includes a short film containing interview, studio, and performance footage, as well as Fuel screen savers.) [The 2003 reissue features three bonus tracks.] ~ [William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide]

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Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" is a song by the rock band Fuel, released as the first single from their album Something Like Human. The single spent twelve weeks at number one on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart and is the band's most successful song to date. An acoustic version is a bonus track on the special edition. To date, "Hemorrhage" is Fuel's highest charting single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at #30. The string section featured on the electric version was arranged by David Campbell. Chris Daughtry performed this song on American Idol as a contestant in early 2006, which was during the period after longtime singer/guitarist Brett Scallions had left the group, prompting Fuel bassist Jeff Abercrombie and guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell to publicly ask Daughtry to be their new lead singer on the television show Extra. On the show Abercrombie stated "Chris, if you are watching, we've talked about this before, and if you want to entertain it again we'll take it and go..."Daughtry eventually declined the offer to pursue a solo career. ~ [Source:Wikipedia]
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This song has a crowbarred rating of 95.8! out of 108 pts

Fuel - Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
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