SILENCE TO THE NAYSAYERS
EIGHT DAYS GONE started out as a heavy metal act, of all things. Frontman Neill Steinke and drummer John Zadeh were in a metal band called INHIBITOR in the Early 1990s. Actually, that's not that hard to imagine. A lot of really heavy acts mellow out after trying their hand at the metal thing (GOO GOO DOLLS being a prime example).
From the first few seconds of "Time Of Year", the first track (after and airplane-esque intro), EIGHT DAYS GONE come off like a band that's tailor-made for radio and video play (a formula that paid off; "Shooting Star" is in rotation in a number of radio stations across the country). The most direct comparison I can make when listening to Neill Steinke's vocals is to those of COLLECTIVE SOUL's Ed Roland (the earlier stuff, that is).
"Shooting Star" is the first single, and could very easily find its way to VH1. In fact, many of the songs on
Silence To The Naysayers could be performed just as easily in an acoustic setting, meaning that a radio tour/performance is going to be a piece of cake for Eight Days Gone (you know, just from a practical point of view; it's a lot easier to promote your new record if you're only lugging around a few acoustic guitars rather than a full electric set up).
I'd like to hear "Dance Me Tonight" get some radio play, because I think it could be an excellent follow-up single. Thick guitars, and a hummable chorus should make this a no-brainer for radio programmers (you never know though; I've seen some royal blunders with radio programming).
Now that
CREED is no more, there should be a nice vacancy in the popular music world for Eight Days Gone to slide into. Let's hope they do; it's been a long journey for Neill and his boys.
