Avenue F- Tales From The Garage Review

Artist: Avenue F
Title: Tales From The Garage
Website: http://www.avenuef.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/avenuef
Style: Hard Rock
Rating: 8 out of 10
By C.W. Ross

 

Formed in 2002, and hailing from Bayonne, New Jersey is the hard rocking band, Avenue F.  The band's line up is, Jack Kemple (lead vocals), Vinnie Valdes (bass), Mike Betkowski (drums), and Mike Marino (guitars, keys, vocals).

 

On the band's MySpace page they list, Van Halen, U2, The Beatles, and Alice In Chains as their musical influences.

 

Tales From The Garage is the follow up to the band's self-titled CD that was well received by their fans. This release defines what the band is all about, straight ahead hard rocking music. The songs found on it are filled with wailing guitars and heavy pounding drum beats.

 

The lyrics from track-5, "Radio" probably say it best with lyrics like, "We're a garage band. We're never selling out. We'd rather go broke."

 

A track you might recognize is track-4; "I Got You," it's the band's cover of the 80's hit song from the group Split Enz.

 

Besides staying true to your music other subjects dealt with include stories of family and friends, along with addiction, and bad romances.

 

Tales From The Garage is the type of release that you need to play with your stereo cranked up to full volume as you rock out to it.