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Usually, this behavior leads to ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐the rehashing of long since cliche sounds and tried and true artists. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐But it is on occasion that they must try to be the first to the gate ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐with the "next big thing." ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐The state of the industry in 1995 was such that everybody knew that ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐grunge was dead. Sure some of the bands from the era were still making ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐music, but most had broken up, gone back underground, or become major ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐musical jokes. So what was the next big thing? Certainly it had nothing▌█ ▐█▐ █▐to do with the post-grunge movement. Maybe the next big thing was a ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐return to heavier, less dark and sludgy rock. Maybe the next big thing ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐was Dink. A blend of heavy metal, industrial, techno and even a splash ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐of RHCP-style funk for extra panache the band's music was good but ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐certainly not enough so to guarantee them much for hits or a following.▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Dink formed in Kent, Ohio during 1993 and released a few EPs and just ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐one album in 1995. Signed by Capitol records, the band had a great deal▌█ ▐█▐ █▐of potential that to this day has been left unfulfilled. Sean Carlin ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐(guitar, vocals), Rob Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Jeff Finn (bass), Jan▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Eddy Van der Kuil (drums), and Jer Herring (guitar, singer) might was ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐certainly a flash in the pan of musical culture in 1995, but their ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐self-titled debut did manage to gain the attention of late-night MTV ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐for long enough for watchers to catch a glimpse of the band on 120 ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Minutes or Beavis and Butthead with their video for their only hit ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐single Green Mind. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Green Mind represents the best of what the band had to offer. The loud ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐industrial rock n' roll was upbeat, entertaining, and easy to dance to.▌█ ▐█▐ █▐The album, and more specifically this song and the overall sound, had ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐all the makings of the "next big thing." Apparently the buying public ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐had different ideas. Dink makes purely entertaining music, though it ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐does little to stimulate the emotions outside of the programmed beats ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐and industrial rhythms. But sometimes this disregard for the profundity▌█ ▐█▐ █▐of the world is refreshing. There are much worse albums from the post- ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐grunge era in 1995 that should at all costs be avoided. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐In some ways this album seems to have two personalities. It begins with▌█ ▐█▐ █▐a grungy, heavy metal persona. 3 Big Bags and Running Red are decent ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐enough tracks, but both are pretty forgettable. Lightbody monotonously ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐raps ala Anthony Kiedis just above vaguely industrial alt-metal. But no▌█ ▐█▐ █▐positive or negative elements stand out on 3 Big Bags and Running Red. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Certainly the band has something more to offer - certainly they are ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐more than just an amalgamation of all rock genres in the mid part of ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐the last decade. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Of course, there is more to Dink as evidenced by the change in ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐direction the disc makes after the first two songs. This switch in ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐momentum is for the better of the album, because suddenly this average ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐album turns into something more than averagely compelling. Green Mind ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐was definitely a smart choice for a first (and in the end only) single.▌█ ▐█▐ █▐The first noticeable change is that Dink has changed to a thick, almost▌█ ▐█▐ █▐White Zombie-esque sound. But there is a difference; the Ohio band is ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐significantly more electronic. Nothing about Green Mind is bland. The ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐track whirrs, wails, yowls, grinds energetically and in the end is ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐entirely unforgettable. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Surprisingly, there was more to Dink than just that one song. As the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐debut progresses the band occasionally adds even heavier levels of ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐techno and electronica to the equation. Water and Urban Suicide are ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐incredible tracks and probably led many people to the discovery of an ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐entirely different genre of music. Urban Suicide is the only other even▌█ ▐█▐ █▐slightly recognizable track outside of the album's covers. The low, ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐distorted, gravelly synth-metal track made appearances in the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐occasional film (Bad Boys) and ad for good reason - it rocks. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Dink changes gears slightly with Angels. Seemingly a modern day New ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Wave, the song works well though seems a bit strange in the context of ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐this overall heavier album. The Heroin Song is on the other hand damn ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐near brilliant. Lightbody fiendishly growls over kinetic programmed ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐beats and melodies. But the real appeal is in the creative way the band▌█ ▐█▐ █▐blends rock base with techno and hip-hop elements. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐A few of the remaining songs are fine, a few are pretty bad. Get on It ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐samples James Brown throughout (you can hear him throughout with a ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐single word - hey), but with that said Dink should have come up with a ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐better song in general. It feels in some ways like a 80's rap track not▌█ ▐█▐ █▐at all dissimilar from It Takes To by Rob Base and DJ Ez Rock. Of ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐course there are thick rock guitars, but something about it just ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐doesn't work. Once again relying for a time on a sample (monotonously ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐read lyrics from none other than Jimi Hendrix), In Her Head soon wanes ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐out of the line of interest. Nothing about the song is worthwhile. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Rocks and Dirt do little to redeem the band. In all, Dink is worth ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐hearing, especially considering the album can be gotten for a mere 75 ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐cents at Half.com. It's better than average, but only slightly and as ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐such the not-quite-famous act has earned the benefit of the doubt. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Since the modest success of their debut, Dink has done very little. The▌█ ▐█▐ █▐band briefly resurfaced in 1996 with EP Blame it on Tito. Otherwise, ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐they've been completely silent. If you enjoy surprisingly light-hearted▌█ ▐█▐ █▐and entertaining industrial-techno-rock-rap then Dink might just hit ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐the spot. 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Look for more great releases from ICE ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐in 2004! ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ICE is currently seeking: ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -New music rippers and suppliers ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -Siteops seeking MP3 affils 10/100 mbit+ all locations ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -Dump and HQ providers 10 mbit+ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -Anybody that feels that they can add something to our team ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐If you can help us with any of the above please contact us: ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ [email protected] ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ Last Updated:02.04 ▌█ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▀▀ ▀