Cog

Frequently compared stylistically to bands such as for example Tool, System of a Down, and Helmet, Cog certainly are a progressive rock-band from Sydney, Australia, with rock leanings. The music group was shaped in 1998 by previous schoolmates Flynn Gower (vocals, electric guitar) and Lucius Borich (drums), who got previously played jointly in the Dangling Tree, a past due-’90s stoner rock-band. Shortly after developing and composing some initial materials, the two included Luke Gower, the sibling of Flynn, to try out bass. Today a trio, Cog proceeded to determine themselves as a favorite concert appeal in Sydney and the encompassing condition of New South Wales, and following release of the 2000 demo saving, Pseudo, these were shortly signed with the indie label Small Samurai, producing a few EP produces: Just Going to, Pt. 1 (2002), Simply Going to, Pt. 2 (2002), and START (2003). The music group was then agreed upon by former General Music Australia handling movie director Paul Krige’s indie label, Difrnt Music, and subsequently visited California to utilize Sylvia Massy, who got created Tool’s Undertow (1993) and who also got a close affiliation with manufacturer Rick Rubin, functioning as an engineer with him on albums such as for example Program of a Down’s 1998 self-titled debut. Cog’s ensuing full-length record debut, THE BRAND NEW Regular (2005), became an Australian rock and roll feeling, debuting in the very best 20 from the albums graph and hitting number 1 in the Australian Separate Recordings (Surroundings) graph; moreover, the record spawned the favorite radio one “Operate,” which reached the very best Five from the Surroundings singles graph. The music group toured lengthy and hard in advertising from the record, playing schedules in Australia and New Zealand on / off for pretty much a year’s period. Cog documented their follow-up record, Writing Space (2008), with Massy once more, and the record proved a lot more effective than its forerunner, reaching number 2 in the Australian albums graph and spawning the very best 50 strike “IMAGINE IF.”