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haun Morgan - vocals, guitar, songs
Dale Stewart - bass, vocals
John Humphrey - drums
Pat Callahan - guitar

"My words will be here when I'm gone..." - "Sympathetic"

No one wishes to die without making a statement and having an impact - especially if they are an artist. For most, this desire is filled with pretense, but occasionally someone comes along whose intensions are more humble - to leave the world better than they found it.

Such is the standpoint of Shaun Morgan, singer-guitarist-songwriter of the South African band Seether. His immediate, cerebral writing saturates the band's U.S. debut, Disclaimer, producing a compelling illustration of the communal powers of rock and roll; loud in a very literal and very abstract sense. "I don't care if no one knows what I look like," he says. "That's not the point. The point is to know I've touched people."

After forming in 1999, Seether (originally Saron Gas, a name they plucked from the back of a sound effects CD not knowing its sinister connotation) quickly gained notoriety in their home country's anemic rock market. The band's South African release, Fragile, became one of the best selling titles of the year, and Seether emerged as a top live draw. This was no small feat in a land where rock bands play second banana to indigenous music and pop. Still, Seether's monumental mongrel rock couldn't help but stand out, and Morgan's words built a bottomless bond between the band and its fans.

Everyone from disenfranchised teens to incarcerated individuals has felt his influence, but the foremost example is the impact first single "Fine Again" had on a family whose daughter overdosed. The song a stark, mid-tempo deliberation on life after a bleak period inspired the recuperating girl to right her life. The family bonded with the band and reacted emotionally upon learning Seether was headed stateside. "They were actually crying. That was the most surreal experience. They're all standing around and saying, 'We don't know if we should be happy for you or angry at you' and that's pretty cool. It's good to know we've had such a positive influence on someone."

Morgan's motivation and inspiration stems from a lack of acceptance. His parents divorced early on. His Afrikaans mother's devout Christian family held him in disregard because he was part English on his father's side. His paternal family shunned him for being into rock music and dressing the part. The hostile environs culminated in a defining moment, as Morgan sat with a gun in one hand and a guitar in the other, facing a choice. "It was suicide or the guitar. I picked the guitar and got rid of the urge to take myself out." He continued sneaking out to rehearse with any band that would have him. "This was all I ever wanted to do," he says simply.

Disclaimer, produced by Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Drowning Pool) offers a brutally transparent glimpse into Morgan's childhood. As he scrubs at the pain of his past, the singer's scratchy, eerily familiar voice and his guitar work are cutting accomplices to the catharsis. The sum effect is as thrilling as it is consuming.

"Pig" picks at familial scabs, asking, "have you ever wished for fire/to burn away your mind restraints?" "Needles" rails further, demanding retribution, "Let me stick my needles in/let me hurt you again/fuck you for killing me!" over a torrid, towering wall of noise. "69 Tea" mocks salvation in a slow, rolling boil. "Gasoline" chugs and churns and spits at a woman who could be a lover or a mother it's impossible to tell. Therein lies a key to Seether's appeal: Morgan balks at expanding on his lyrics, opting to preserve both his own, and the listener's, interpretation. In his mind, offering one static explanation would dictate the effect on the listener which is simply unacceptable.

"I'm not trying to be a spokesman, because I wouldn't want to have a spokesman myself. This is a way for me to say how I feel now and get it out. Other people will paint something or draw something or dance it out or whatever. This, I suppose, is the only way I can purge, but it is therapeutic."

His convalescence manifests supremely in song and is chiefly evident in the cautious optimism of "Fine Again" and the plaintive, yet soaring, "Sympathetic," in which he sings "My words will be here when I'm gone." Even at this embryonic state, Morgan has made his statement and it bodes well, as the band waits on the cusp of success. Through it all, he remains the humble craftsman, ego and expectations in check - words preserved for posterity despite no immediate plans to depart the planet. Of course, he's happy to know he's made a difference.

"Even if it's just one or two people that say, 'Man, it's really sad that he's gone,' that's all I wanted to hear."

Quelle: www.seether.com

und nun bitte Anspiel-Tips, Kommentare und nach RiP dann auch die Berichte zum Auftritt
 

kathaaa

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hab mir n bissl was von denen angehört und fands richtig gut... werd evtl schon aufs konzi schaun...

anspieltipps:

gasoline
fine again
driven under
 

Pascal

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fine again und fuck it sind meine anspieltipps ;)

Bin richtig drauf gespannt was die Jungs live so anstellen
 

ChopSuey

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sehr geile band!

als weiteren anspieltipp zu den obigen hätt ich noch "broken"...sehr, sehr guter ruhiger song (vom style her bisschen wie "bother")!

auf www.seether.com gibts übrigens das ganze (bis jetzt einzige) album zu hören!
ende juli kommt das nächste!
 

puni

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und die sängerin von eva-dingsbums wird wahrscheinlich auch noch mal schnell bei denen vorbeischaun und zu broken mitträllern ;)

edit @chop: is net abfällig gemeint ich find beide bands klasse :smt023 ;)
 
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oidi

seether hab ich vorher noch nicht gekannt, aber spätestens jetzt bin ich ein seether fan!
klasse auftritt, geiles nirvana cover (you know youre right), der sänger hat a super stimme, geile stimmung, was will man mehr!
 

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wenn der auftritt net mal geil war dann weis ichs net! hammer stimme geile riffs und fettes nirvana cover! da hats kaum gestört das der typ so wenig gsagt hat!
 

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Geiler Auftritt. Wollt i bloss gesagt haben... Nur schade, dass se "Driven under" ned gespielt haben, wär mein Lieblingslied gewesen... :(
 

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man oh man, den liedern nach zu urteilen die ich vorher auf meinem pc hatte, dachte ich immer, das sie relativ ruhige musik machen, und des hat mir schon unheimlich gut gefallen, aber live gieng des ja so derb ab, des war der wahnsinn! die band is auch sofort sympathisch und bringt ne gute autmosphäre ins publikum, also echt 1 a!
die band wirds noch weit bringen, wenns nach mir geht nicht nur noch viel berühmter sondern richtig kult!!
 

cyco

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Ja die haben mir auch gut gefallen, hab davor noch nix von denen gekannt, aber echt klasse Auftritt! Vorallem als die Amy Lee auf die Bühne kam und sie "Broken" gesungen haben hats mich echt vom Hocker gehaun!
 

Vuxi

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Haben mich sehr überrascht kannte ich vorher eigentlich nicht waren aber super! Vorallem dass sie als letztes Lied Nirvana gecovert haben fand ich geil!