Words cannot express the brilliance heard on Grammatrain's first full-length album on Forefront Records, Lonely House. Some may be quick to shrug off the band after gaining attention for being the token "Christian grunge band" of the era, but if you take a serious look at the band and the albums, you'll find you can't write them off so quick. Perhaps it is also because they disbanded after only five years and two studio albums, but it seems Grammatrain went out on top and has the power to stay there. If you listen to the tracks all these years after it "came and went," you'll find they still impact your emotions (and afterall isn't that what the best music does?). The Roraback brothers bass n' drum rhythm combo is unbeatable and the two can fill out a song so much that at times you don't even notice Pete Stewart isn't playing the guitar until he comes back in with it. And what genius it is - the guitar. Pete Stewart (who later went on to play for Michael Tait after DC Talk "broke up") shows more honesty, maturity, intelligence, insight, emotion, and guts than most other frontmen I've heard and seen. Highlights to the album include the singles "Execution" and "Believe." Other great tracks include the sincere "Need" and the powerful title track, "Lonely House." This is an album I often revisit and try to push on friends who may be less familiar. Fans of this album are sure to love the follow-up album Flying and the live album that followed. I should note to readers that I am myself a musician so I am partially biased toward bands that can actually play music (Yes, this is a rip on Linkin Park and Metallica ... I've seen 14 year old punk rockers cover their songs to a "T")
JFH Reader Review: Reviewed 9/8/05, written by Scott VanGilder for Jesusfreakhideout.com
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