A GOOD ROGERING
If you're not too familiar with the rock sounds of A Good Rogering, then let us be among the first two introduce you and catch you up as the band's recent album release covers a lot of ground and their recent videos show plenty of the band's personality.
Their systematic paralysis LP takes you want to gigantic rock ride and during it it spans the course of metal, alternative rock, grunge, and a slew of other heavy rock sub genres.
"Like most bands I know who have been around for a while, roster and stylistic changes are inevitable. I'm the only original member and we've had quite a few great players come and go. We've featured many guests on both albums and live, and each has brought something unique to the mix. After my brother (who'd become known as "Chef" due to his initial band attire being an apron and a hammed-up Chef hat) departed in 2015, bassist Samuel Alvarado joined and has been the one constant along with myself since then. Tim Drriscol segwayed in as an additional guitarist and backing vocalist in 2018, and Jeff Gonzalez joined as our touring drummer in 2023. MInus Jeff, this is the group who played on our latest album, Systematic Paralysis. Our longtime drummer, Rom Gov, played on the record which was tracked and mixed at Evil Snail Studios in Austin, TX. Rom along with his brother Kfir own the studio, and it ended up being a perfect situation for us. Kfir did a great job bringing the best out of the demos that my brother and I had recorded back in 2013/2014 on the heels of our Lifeblood release. We knew we wanted to evolve and put more emphasis on vocal melodies and the nature of our lyrical content. Our 2017 EP This Is Death Metal included a few tracks written around the same time, but as a whole there is a conceptual theme and pacing that worked with the songs chosen for System. We never did any prior music videos outside of our "Mr. Peanut" video in 2011, a funk song that paid homage to a hip Persian cat. Since the TIDM EP we've released six music videos and three lyric videos, six of those from the latest album. The first three track videos act as a trilogy, and ironically, even though they were written years prior, the dystopian nature of these tunes really resonated in a post Covid landscape. We saw in real time the dark underbelly of things we'd written about," explains vocalist and guitarist Skunk Manhattan.
This album is heavy-handed in all the best ways possible with songs that show a realness and some edgy songwriting with heart pumping through its veins.
