Speak No Evil

The LA metal quintet Speak No Evil (Curtis Skelton on vocals, Danny Gill and Lisardo “Lee” Rios on guitar, Greg Weiss on bass, and Charlie Waymire on drums) first came together in the mid-’90s, soon after both guitarists relocated from Miami towards the West Coast. The quartet released a self-titled debut for Common in 1999, and adopted it up with Welcome towards the Downside 2 yrs later on. Their music is related to such metallic heavyweights as Soundgarden and Pantera, but their lyrics reveal such politically minded clothes as Trend Against the device (especially apparent on such tracks as “Lunatic” and “Drawback,” off their sophomore launch).