Remy Zero

Birmingham, AL-based Remy No dared to become moody and poetic when most American option rock and roll had become overly aggressive and juvenile. Comprising childhood close friends Cinjun Tate (vocals, acoustic guitar), Cedric Lemoyne (bass), Jeffrey Cain (acoustic guitar), Shelby Tate (acoustic guitar, keyboards), and Gregory Slay (drums), Remy No was only a band of schoolboys documenting homemade tapes. In the middle-’90s, the music group sent a demonstration to community radio train station KCRW in Santa Monica, CA. It drawn the interest of Geffen Information, as well as the label ultimately authorized the group. In 1996, Remy No released its self-titled debut. The recording was virtually undetected, however the band’s 1998 follow-up, Villa Elaine, showed up with another Big Thing label as the group was considered, primarily by its publicists, as a U2 or Radiohead. The soaring “Prophecy” was a useless ringer for Radiohead, specifically with its psychologically unrestrained vocals; nevertheless, many critics sensed how the bandmembers weren’t in a position to reach the innovative peaks of their idols on Villa Elaine. “Prophecy” arrived on modern-rock radio simply when the format was banishing melodic, ’80s-inspired substitute pop from its airwaves and only rap-metal and mall-ready punk. Remy No simply didn’t easily fit into. The group vanished through the picture until 2001, when it documented The Golden Hum. Initial single “Conserve Me” — recalling the toe-tapping anthems from the Alarm using a Radiohead makeover — became the theme tune of it drama Smallville afterwards that year.