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BLACK LABEL

About Me

Before there was the "SOCIETY" (4 years before, as a matter of fact) ... there was only one band with enough sack to bear the name: BLACK LABEL.

"High Octane Rock" is the self-coined phrase that best sums up what this Huntsville[AL]-based quartet is all about. Basically put; a group of fun-loving, high-energy, full-on, balls-out, straightforward, no bullshit rockers from the South, but with a unique style, wisdom and savoir-faire that transcends most other bands of equal years. Our music is as diverse as the backgrounds we come from, thus everything that has gone into making up who we are as musicians also goes into the music we write and perform. We are a band that writes from the heart despite whatever "Flavor Of The Month" sound may be hip at the time. No matter what others may try and label us ... our creative boundaries know no limits within their labeling.

The band originally formed in August of 1994 and now consists of: David McCullough [lead vocals], Craig Smoot [guitar + vocals], Tim Humilcek [drums + vocals] and Brad Long [bass + vocals]. We somehow managed to pick up a couple endorsements along the way from killer gear makers such as Rivera Amplification and EMG Pickups , and we've performed numerous shows in and around the NoAL (North Alabama) area, as well as opened for such National acts as: The Pat Travers Band, Brother Cane, Jackyl, Red Halo, The Eric Gales Band, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Joe Stark Band .

Early 2001 saw the release of our second album, ..the Eclectic Redneck Revolution has begun..., which showcases the band's growth as both a creative unit and as musicians, and captures our many musical sides and moods. We stretched and pushed past the envelope defined by our debut, confusing those quick to pigeonhole us, yet all the while we kept a firm grasp on our vision to write from the heart and let the music do the talking for us. Since then we have been working on the next batch of incomparable Label tunes, and are already beginning pre-production work for the third album slated for release whenever the hell we can get to it.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/10/2004
Band Website: http://www.Black-Label.com
Band Members: Craig Smoot ..[guitar + vocals]..
David McCullough ..[lead vocals]..
Tim Humlicek ..[drums + vocals]..
Brad Long ..[bass + vocals]..
Influences: H'okay... just to name a few: Alice In Chains, Audioslave, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Brother Cane, Jeff Buckley, Cheap Trick, Eric Clapton, The Cult, Dark New Day, Dave Matthews Band, Dishwalla, Dokken, The Doors, The Eagles, Extreme, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Jet, Jimi Hendrix, Judas Priest, Incubus, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Elton John, Journey, Jump Little Children, King's X, Living Colour, Bob Marley, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Mudvayne, Muse, Ozzy, Pantera, Prince, Queen, Radiohead, Rolling Stones, Rush, Scorpions, Sevendust, Skid Row, Slipknot, Sublime, Tesla, The Police, 311, Tool, Van Halen, Stevie Wonder (and so many more)...
Sounds Like: ..No band you've ever heard before. (Well... okay, maybe a little like some that you've heard, but we still have our own sound, which is more than we can say for a lot of the bands on the radio today.)

Record Label: Self-Produced
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Limestone Co. Relay For Life (sorry)

Hey everyone...just to let you know, BLACK LABEL will unfortunately *not* be able to perform at the upcoming Relay For Life event in Athens, AL scheduled for May 8-9 from 7:00p until 7:00a due to a co...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:25:00 GMT

BLACK LABEL - Crue Medley live

Ernomo-Mondo Kudos to HEATHER DALBERG for shooting and posting these vids!Click HERE to see the rest on YouTube, and don't forget to rate 'em!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXyUvMWzRUA Record...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:15:00 GMT

WTF? Okay, so maybe God just doesn’t want us to play Decatur...?

Okay, so...we arrive to load in for this past weekend's monthly Brick outing, and no sooner than when I finished setting up my gear and flipped my amp 'ON'...and *BOOM*--out went the lights....
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:33:00 GMT

The last band to rock The Brick / Thoughts on the '06 BSJ...

As most of you have heard by now, our beloved D-Town stomping ground, The Brick, almost burned to the ground following our SAT:SEP:16 performance.  The LABEL camp was long gone by the time it hap...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:57:00 GMT

God hates us

Imagine if you will (and guys, I'm sure most of you can relate) the musical performance equivalent of the painful testicular condition known as "Blue Balls", and then you might begin to understand how...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:14:00 GMT

The Liverpool Sessions have begun...

WOO-frickin'-HOO and HELL RIGHT, as our D-Town friends would say! The recording process of the third LABEL album has finally begun, so SLOWLY but surely we're getting there. We laid down tracks for ou...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:38:00 GMT

Sluggish... like a wet sponge

H'okay... well, so, I guess it's taking us a little longer to get this recording project off the ground than we had hoped, however, there's a good reason for that.  We lied.  Nah, jk, but we...
Posted by on Tue, 17 May 2005 09:57:00 GMT

Our PRE Pre-Prod[uction] journal entry...

For those of you close to the NoAL scene, you know that we've been talking about getting ready to start working on the next LABEL album for a few months now, and the time has come to put up or shut up...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:01:00 GMT