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Bomb City grew out of a chance meeting at a recording session in Utah. The duo – known as Maximillion and George – were brought in to work on a hip-hop compilation CD a couple of years ago, and became instant friends and fans of one another’s impressive talent and unwavering work ethic. But the chance meeting could just as well have happened in a jail cell had it not been for the indisputable power of music. These were two young boys headed in some very dangerous directions if their futures hadn’t been turned around by the music.
The music these two talented young men play and write and their stories may seem out of the ordinary for a couple of middle class white kids from Utah. But they will be the first to tell you that the lifestyle they led and the music that brought them out of it don’t discriminate against anyone because of race or advantages they might have been born into. “What happened in my life and in George’s could happen to the kid down the street as well as to someone from the wrong side of the tracks. I spent almost 8 years of my life incarcerated for things I did to keep my heroin habit going,†Max admits, “and George was a gang member. We should both be dead by now, but then we found the music and it changed everything for both of us.†The two talented youngsters share a love of music – all genres – and it was the only thing that seemed to offer them a way out and any hope for a life other than the ones they were already living. By the time that the duo had met, they had both started to turn their lives around. George had turned his back on the gang life and started working with local groups that help kids stay out of gangs. “Kids like that, they listen much more to someone who’s been there, done that,†George explains, “so I know that when I talk to these kids and tell them how that life almost destroyed me, they believe it.†Max has now been off heroin for several years and also works with kids trying to help them stay off or get off drugs.
And in the same way that the music helped these two find their way into a better life, they hope that the songs they write and going public with the truth about their pasts will allow them to bring a much more positive message into the lives of troubled kids or kids on the verge of going in the wrong direction. “A lot of people assume that all rap music is negative,†says Max, “but that isn’t so. Guys like Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J and Outkast among others not only write songs with a positive message, but they have become positive role models. This is what helped guys like me and George, and now it’s our turn to pass that on to others.â€
On their debut album, Grind, Bomb City mesh the positive message of their lyrics with the rhythms of rock and rap into a cohesive, but broad based album that will appeal not only to fans of rap and hip hop but to true rock fans as well. “Music’s beauty is that it isn’t limited, it can go in so many different directions and still be good music,†explains George. On Grind, songs like “Earthquake†– a melodic dance tune that blends hip hop and rap, one finds their feet tapping and their bodies moving in time with the infectious rhythms. “What Do You See,†is more melodic and more mainstream rock though the dance beat is still there. Although the guys are still rapping, they are singing more than talking, and it could fit a number of radio formats appropriately. Then a love song like “Save Your Love†comes in and although it could work as either a ballad or a hip hop number, it fits the rap vocals too. This innovative duo has found the way to mesh popular music styles that will allow them to stretch across genres and formats in a way that few artists can. And still there is a cohesiveness to the songs that make sense all on one album.
Since that fateful meeting a couple of years ago, Bomb City have become one of the most popular live attractions in their home base of Utah and surrounding states. “This is not a part of the country one expects this music to be so popular,†explains George, “but we think that the upbeat rhythms and lyrical messages can appeal to kids who might not necessarily be into this kind of music. Now, with their new album Grind finished, Bomb City are ready to conquer new horizons and take themselves onto the next phase of their careers.
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