As you may know, Culture Rock Media had featured this amazing band, formally known as Black Coffee. Well they have added another asset and changed their name to better suit the overall feel of the band … And I agree whole-hardheartedly!!
South of Eden (formerly Black Coffee) are: Ehab Omran [lead vocals, acoustic guitar], Justin Young [lead guitar, vocals], Tom McCullough [drums], and Nick Frantianne [bass]. The Columbus, OH quartet have already performed alongside everyone from the Foo Fighters to System of a Down, and invite you to join them on their journey of looking at rock ânâ roll through a modern lens. âWe want to open up the doors for rock in the modern era,â exclaims Ehab. âWe want to sound the way we hear rock in our headsâvintage with a sprinkle of today. We try to give listeners the feeling of discovering the genre for the first time. We think now is the moment to be a rock band.â
“Show Me How to Live“
The hotly buzzing Columbus, OH rock band SOUTH OF EDEN has released a raw, unfiltered video for their cover of the 2003 AUDIOSLAVE hit single “Show Me How to Live.” Filmed live at Sonic Lounge Studios in Grove City, Ohio and premiered with the legendary SPIN, “Show Me How to Live” was directed, filmed and edited by John Payne of Payne Productions. âWe fell in love with âShow Me How To Liveâ instantly. Itâs a very heavy riff, but it grooves at the same time, and thatâs why I think Tom Morello is a god for doing all the things he does on the electric guitar. And obviously Chris Cornell is nothing to pass over at all, may he rest in peace.â – SOUTH OF EDEN
Their New CD Release “The Talk”
| âWeâre a band that writes, records, and plays like the pioneers of rock before us. We arenât looking to bring anything back, but instead to remind people what rock n roll means. No rules. This music represents what we believe is real, raw music. No click tracks and triggers or copy and paste bullshit. Just a bunch of hippies in a room.â South of Eden (formerly Black Coffee) are: Ehab Omran [lead vocals, acoustic guitar], Justin Young [lead guitar, vocals], Tom McCullough [drums], and Nick Frantianne [bass]. The Columbus, OH quartet have already performed alongside everyone from the Foo Fighters to System Of A Down, and invite you to join them on their journey of looking at rock ânâ roll through a modern lens. âWe want to open up the doors for rock in the modern era,â exclaims Ehab. âWe want to sound the way we hear rock in our headsâvintage with a sprinkle of today. We try to give listeners the feeling of discovering the genre for the first time. We think now is the moment to be a rock band.â The band has already paid their dues to reach this point. Growing up in Columbus, OH the band formed by combining their passions and uniting over their love of music. Originally from the country of Jordan, Ehab primarily listened to the Arabic music his parents would play, in addition to superstars like Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, and James Brown. After coming to America, he was introduced to a wider range of music that inspired him: eighties and nineties rock including Guns Nâ Roses and notably Queen. Just like Freddie Mercuryâs parents, Ehabâs parents didnât agree that a life in rock ânâ roll was the best thing for their son. However, as he met the rest of the band, his dream became a life affirming reality. Ehab and Nick performed together in various bands (channeling Iron Maiden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Alice In Chains) and eventually joined Justin and Tom who had been working on their own band (influenced by Van Halen and Black Sabbath). Justin, who was at the time attending Berklee College of Music, describes first writing with Ehab and noted âThe first jam was crazy. He came over with Tom and just listened for a while. We had the riffs to songs, and he just immediately started singing. Here I had gone to music college to find people I could mesh with stylistically, only to come back home and find that my best friend and a singer that I had already known about were all I needed!â This newfound discovery lead to a fast-paced evolution. As Tom noted, âWe didnât have a bass player, bass amp or a bass! Ehab wrote most of the bass lines on guitar and we grooved so well. We were a band for like a week before we had booked our first show two weeks out. We ended up borrowing equipment and we became a band.â As they continued to tour, they crossed paths and shared bills with Puddle of Mudd, Red Sun Rising and recently graced the main stage of Sonic Temple and Epicenter in 2019. That very same year Jason Flom caught wind of the band and signed them to Lava Records. When it came to recording, they honor the methods of those who come before them and âtape in a vintage way, with no click track, pitch correction, copy-paste, or any of that nonsense.â The musicians headed to Los Angeles to record with legendary GRAMMYÂź Award-winning producer Greg Wells [Adele Twenty One Pilots, Deftones]. âWhen I first heard the band, it had its own original identity,â explains Greg. âThat was something I had waited years to find. I emailed them back saying, âI want to be your Mutt Langâ.â Ehab notes âItâs a mixture of a lot of things. Weâre âclassically rockâ influenced, but listen to so many different genres and eras that there are a lot of different feelings in our music.â On the lead single Ehab describes âWe knew we wanted our first release to showcase our personalities, both in the music and the visual. ââDancing With Fireâ is just that; personality. Itâs a song about conflict, and to us that conflict is being a bunch of twenty-two-year-olds attempting to make it as a rock band in unprecedented times. Weâre excited to see how people interpret the song into their own lives.â âWhen you hear us, I want you to walk away thinking, âThat was honest and differentâ,â Ehab leaves off. âWeâre just doing what we do. Weâre proof you can do anything you want and shouldnât compromise your dreams.â |
