Blacktop Mojo
Biography
Seamlessly blending melody with adrenaline fueled, heavy rock and roll, Blacktop Mojo draws in everyone from old metal heads to people whose radio dials have never left top 40 stations. With soaring, gritty vocals and impeccably blended heavy guitar grooves set around a raucous southern stomp, Blacktop Mojo’s live shows are sure to leave fans’ screaming at the top of their lungs with metal horns in the air.
Formed in the final weeks of 2012, Blacktop Mojo began cutting their teeth in the numerous country venues that Texas has to offer, but the guys never quite felt like they belonged. With each song they wrote, the vocals got less twangy and the sound from the amps became more gravelly and distorted until the guys had found their own unique blend of heavy southern rock. Through touring, the band has played with many national acts such as Aaron Lewis, Candlebox, Drowning Pool, Puddle Of Mudd, Smile Empty Soul, Audiotopsy, and Whiskey Myers.
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After running the highways for two years in support of their debut album, “I Am” (2014), in July of this year the band loaded their gear in the van and made a trip to Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, as well as FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL to make their sophomore effort entitled, “Burn The Ships.” In addition to the producer of the band’s first record, Philip Mosley, the band brought in co-producer, Jimmy Johnson of the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound studios as well as his long time engineer, Steve Melton (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rolling Stones, Bob Seger) to bring a seasoned sonic quality to their brand of raw, grungy rock. “Burn The Ships” is slated for release in early 2017.
Edit to members listed above: Matt James (vocals), Ryan Kiefer (guitar), Chuck Wepfer (guitar), Matt Curtis (bass), and Nathan Gillis (drums).
Burn the Ships (released March 2017) tracklist:
1Where The Wind Blows
2End Of Days
3Burn The Ships
4Prodigal
5Shadows On The Wall
6Sweat
7Pyromaniac
88000 Lines
9Dog On Leash
10Make A Difference
11Chains
12Dream On
13Underneath and includes
Under the Sun (released September 2019) tracklist:
1 Lay It On Me
2Set It Free
3Come Get Your Coat
4Keep
5It Wont Last
6All Mine Now
7Cant Sleep
8The Lashing (Ghost)
9The Void
10Under The Sun
Blacktop Mojos 4th release, Static, is scheduled for May 2020. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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