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Posted Dec 24, 2007

Life the great, Crop circle

MUSICALLY DIVERSE…A LABEL OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE A BAND BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SLOW SONG. ATLANTA’S OWN, CROP CIRCLE HITS YOU SQUARE BETWEEN THE EYES WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF DIVERSITY, AND THAT’S NO LABEL. ON THE CROP CIRCLE THRILL RIDE, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE GENUINE SAMPLES OF ROCK N ROLL, HIP HOP, FUNK, ALTERNATIVE, AND SOUL - BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFE, YOU MAY NOT EVEN NOTICE THAT THEY WERE A DIFFERENT GENRE. THEY FLAUNT THE INTENSITY OF RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, BALLS OF PUBLIC ENEMY, THE POWER OF AUDIOSLAVE, THE RAW SEXUALITY OF PRINCE, AND THE STREET EDGE OF T.I. EQUALLY AS DIVERSE, THE BAND MEMBERS THEMSELVES ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE AND MUSICAL BACKGROUNDS. YET, THEY ALL BRING A PARTICULAR “ELEMENT” TO THE SHAPING OF THE SOUND.
GUITARIST AL THE KRUNK, “THE FIRE“, ADDS A BURNING SURGE OF POWER AND PASSION TO THE SONIC EXPLOSION. HE HAS BEEN PLAYING SINCE THE AGE OF 10. BEING AN ATLANTA NATIVE HEAVILY ROOTED IN SKATEBOARD CULTURE, AL NATURALLY GRAVITATED TO THE PUNK AND SKA MUSIC THAT REMAINS POPULAR IN THE SKATING SCENE. AS HIS TEENAGE YEARS APPROACHED, THE LOVE OF GUITAR AND MELODY MATCHED HIM WITH A FULL OUT METAL BAND IN WHICH HE LENDED GUITAR AND LEAD VOCALS. PUSHING MARSHALL’S TO THE LIMIT, AL THE KRUNK’S SIGNITURE TONE, SENSE OF RHYTHM, AND WAILING SOLOS HAVE CATAPULTED HIM AS ONE OF ATLANTA’S PREMIER GUITAR PLAYERS. CAPPED WITH HIGH-OCTANE STAGE PRESENCE, AL IS SURE TO BREAK THROUGH ANY PERCEPTION OF WHAT MANY SAY A GUITARIST IS CAPABLE OF.
CROP CIRCLE VOCALIST SOUL AKOBEN, “THE WIND”, IS THE VOICE AND DRIVING PROPULSION OF THE BAND. HE HAS BEEN AN ARTIST SINCE THE AGE OF 2. ALWAYS THE ELECTRIFYING PERFORMER, SOUL HEADLINED TALENT SHOWCASES IN SCHOOLS, FAIRS, CHURCHES, ETC. AROUND HIS HOME STATE OF KENTUCKY. AS A TEEN, HE BECAME MORE FOCUSED ON THE ART FORM OF RAPPING. DIGGING IN THE DEEP CRATES OF HIS FATHER, SOUL WOULD OFTEN RHYME OVER VINTAGE SOUL, R & B, AND EVEN ROCK RECORDS TO HONE HIS SKILLS AS AN EMCEE. AS A WILD CARD, THE YOUNG VOCALIST CAN EASILY SWITCH TO ALL OUT ROCK STAR WITH RANGE FROM A VULNERABLE WHISPER, TO A COMMANDING HOWL, TO A SOULFUL FALSETTO. HIS UNIQUELY INTELLIGENT APPROACH TO SONGWRITING CHARGES A MELODIC SPARK COUPLED WITH AN HONEST AND MEANINGFUL EDGE THAT ALL CAN RELATE TO. COMPLETE WITH AMAZING MIC STAND AND MICROPHONE TRICKS THAT COULD RIVAL IN CIRCUS ACT, SOUL AKOBEN WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT IN ENTERTAINING THE TOUGHEST OF CROWDS.
BASSIST WILLIE DYNAMITE, “THE WATER”, GIVES CROP CIRCLE’S SOUND A REFRESHING, STEADY FLOW OF SMOOTHNESS. WILLIE IS A SELF-TAUGHT BASSIST THAT HAILS FROM WATTS, CALIFORNIA. HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY OLD BLUES AND ROCK AND ROLL, WILLIE ADDS SOUL, DEPTH, AND FUNK TO THE MUSICAL MIXTURE. NICK-NAMED “THE UGLY STICK”, WILLIE DYNAMITE’S BASS THUMPS OUT LICKS REMINISCENT OF BOOTSY COLLINS, FLEA, AND MARCUS MILLER TO NAME AN ELITE FEW. HIS COOL DEMEANER ADDS BALANCE TO THE FLAMBOYANCY OF AL THE KRUNK AND SOUL AKOBEN AT LIVE PERFORMANCES, WHICH ALLOWS AUDIENCES TO ACTUALLY GROOVE WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE MUSIC.
CROP CIRCLE DRUMMER ALLEN GANT, “THE EARTH” IS THE PULSING HEARTBEAT AND FOUNDATION OF THE CROP CIRCLE SOUND. HAILING FROM MISSISSIPPI, GANT STARTED PLAYING DRUMS AT THE RIPE AGE OF 8. HIS EARLY EXPERIENCE PLAYING IN THE CHURCH GAVE HIM A FIRM HOLD ON TIMING, PRECISION, AND THE ABILITY TO PROVOKE EMOTION THROUGH PRECUSSION. LATER, AFTER PLAYING WITH GRAMMY NOMINATED, SOUTHERN GOSPEL GROUP THE MARTINS, ALLEN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS ON A MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP AND THEN RELOCATED TO ATLANTA TO COMPLETED DRUM PROGRAMS AT THE ATLANTA INSTITUTE OF MUSIC. THERE, ALLEN BEGAN TEACHING DRUMS PRIVATELY AND PLAYING SESSIONS WITH GROUPS AROUND TOWN IN GENRES INCLUDING R & B, HIP HOP, GOSPEL, COUNTRY, ROCK AND JAZZ. LENDING CHOPS TO CROP CIRCLE, ALLEN GANT’S MUSICAL PROWRESS HAS LAID A FOUNDATION FOR THE BAND TO BUILD A SOLID STRUCTURE OF SONGWRITING AND PERFORMANCE THAT WILL NOT EASILY BE CRACKED.
IT IS BELIEVED TO BE DEVINE CHANCE THAT THESE FOUR CAME TOGETHER IN 2002 TO FORM THE MUSICAL POWERHOUSE WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS CROP CIRCLE. THE NAME CROP CIRCLE STEMS FROM THE ALIEN CROP CIRCLES FOUND MYSTERIOUSLY IN FARMS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THEIR MUSIC IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, AND THEY PLAN TO LEAVE THEIR MARK ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THE WORLD AT LARGE. LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE FORTHCOMING OF CROP CIRCLE!!!.... target="_blank"Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!