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Singled Out: Black Water Rising's Brother Go On

07/07/2010
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Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Black Water Rising tells us about "Brother Go On" from their self-titled album. [Which incidentally scored 5 star reviews from 11 of the 12 fan reviewers at Amazon... that 12th review was 4 stars.]

"Brother Go On," was written out of frustration. I was in a bad place personally with my family and music and the country was in a bad place as well. I was getting real tired of watching our government pull the wool over our eyes, watching the f***ed up world spin out of control, and sick of feeling powerless to make a difference. I was having some personal issues and I wanted to write a song about self-empowerment. I didn't want to write a typical dark depressing rock tune, I wanted to write a song of defiance with a big middle finger sticking out of it. The song gave me an outlet to speak my mind even though I really didn't expect anyone to hear it because I didn't even have a band at the time. It was therapy you might say. I started with the chorus riff which came about after envisioning things like Godzilla crushing s*** and monster trucks spitting dirt. Bad ass, skull crushing, groove oozing, single note riffage that says f*** you! The song really wrote itself and pretty much laid way for the sound that became Black Water Rising. I wanted a big chorus, an anthem that commanded attention and I think I achieved my goal. After completing the chorus I moved onto the verse which wrote itself and stayed true to the groove. I screwed around with a couple of different bridge parts for the middle and decided to keep it simple and just throw a lead in. The song is honest, short, to the point, and no frills. Pure Rock. Almost every song I had written since was inspired by the direction I took to that tune and helped to create BWR.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

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