The Prize Fighter InfernoThe Prize Fighter Inferno
Claudio Sanchez (lead singer/songwriter of punk-prog outfit Coheed & Cambria) has a new solo side project called "The Prize Fighter Inferno" which, in his own words, "is kind of the original idea for Coheed & Cambria." I saw Coheed & Cambria last year in St Petersburg and was just blown away. Claudio is an incredibly talented guitarist and his 10+ minute instrumental jams on stage were nothing short of brilliant. It's interesting to see his other talents as a musician.
The three Coheed albums that have been released all tell a story; the last told the tale of (Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness) the character Inferno (often referred to as Jesse, his real-life brother) dying. In a increasingly popular move (think Star Wars, the new Bond flick) Sanchez prequels the three chapters with this album about two sons who have been given a calling by God to be the new 'dealers of death'. Admittedly, he says some of the songs are 7-8 years old so maybe it's more of a finally-done project than jumping on the bandwagon.
Regarding his new solo band, Sanchez says "side projects should be very left field. I knew some of the material I was working on for Inferno wasn't fit for Coheed, but I wanted to release it." It's definitely a change of pace and quite surprising to hear a bit of The Postal Service (the epitome of acoustic/electronic imo) from this rocker, but he puts his own spin on things with his unique voice and notoriously apocalyptic lyrics.
"The Going Price For Home" is the first track off the album, and sucked me right in. It's a lovey textured beep ballad about coming home after a journey. Other highlights off the album include "The Margretville Dance" (one of the more upbeat, even dancable tracks and myspaced) and the downbeat, beautifully depressing "Wayne Andrews, The Old Bee Keeper."
"Your Love" is a cover of the '80s band Outfield's classic hit. It's off his demo tapes and isn't as indietronic as his album release but his stripped down rendition is comely in it's own right (and reminds me of being at a middle school dance).
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They are doing a cd either this year or next its going to be called Good Apollo II...........sorry forgot the rest! hey if you guys are really interested in the story behind the cd or in all reality the story that makes up the cd check out wikipedia and it tells all about the story dealing with Coheed and Cambria.
claudio is absoolutely adorable and his music kicks ass
feel bad tht josh and mic bailed on the band...
guess its not all there fault w.e works for them
i love claudio hes a perfect gods creation, i love him..
his hair is gorgeous and his voice is amazing and heart stopping.
hes very talented.
i heard tht mic nd josh left hte band because,.. um i think josh had a heroin problem and mic left to support him in rehab.
new members are.. "different" there ok but i miss mic and josh so much
mic was awesome with the screams in some of the songs.
also heard tht claudio C&C his voice is gonna be deeper. with the new members i hope it dosent change much and mic and josh ventually come back,,, hope these new guys rnt permanent.
Coheed and Cambria are one of my favs and, yeah, they put on a great show, one of the best. I've been digging Prize Fighter as well, and yeah, it is kind of like Postal Service mixed with C&C...Good stuff.