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Chris Volz - Redemption

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Chris Volz is an American alternative metal/hard rock singer. He is the lead vocalist of Flaw and played for the now defunct Five Bolt Main. In 2006, Chris Volz announced plans for a solo project. He has recently revealed that his debut solo album will be released through the independent record label Rock Ridge Music, and it will be titled Redemption. The solo album was released on September 11, 2007. A clip of the title track off the album has been posted on his official music myspace. Volz is out of rehab now and is working on a new album with Flaw.

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Born August 6, 1973, Chris grew up in the Baltimore, Maryland area and is currently based in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of 2, Volz was adopted by a former opera singer. When he was 12, his adoptive mother committed suicide. Volz cites jazz, classical and metal music as some of his influences. His vocal style consist of mainly singing as well as screaming. The songs, "Whole" from Through The Eyes and "The Gift" from Venting are about his adoptive mother.

During 2008, Volz checked himself into a 30 day alcohol rehabilitation program to recover from alcohol problems that are all too familiar to his fans. Unfortunately this had little to no effect as he managed to cause the reunited TTE lineup to disband a second time.

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Redemption is the debut solo album by Chris Volz (Flaw, Five.Bolt.Main), released on September 11, 2007. The album's first single is the title track "Redemption". The album sold approximately 700 copies in its first week of release.

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“Nothing great happens without taking risks,” says Chris Volz. And while this comment can apply to almost anything in life, he means it in relation to his forthcoming album, “Redemption,” his first as a solo artist. As someone who has always performed in a band scenario (formerly with FLAW and the recently-disbanded Five.Bolt.Main), the solo thing has been a leap for him, yet one he was ready to make. And his lyrics, while always deep and introspective in the past, seem to plumb new depths here, opening Volz wide to listeners and fans. “The lyrics on this record are very personal,” he says. “I don’t sing about anything I haven’t felt or don’t mean.”

Volz embraced the opportunity to make music in a different way than he ever has before. “Personally, this record was my turn to grab the reins. This album is, with no offense meant to any of my former bandmates, the chance to do everything I’ve always wanted to do.” While past studio time with his bands may have taken considerably longer and was likely rife with a number of strong, artistic personalities coming together, sometimes clashing, sometimes making musical magic, the recording process on “Redemption” took two weeks, the fastest recording experience of Volz’s career. “I have never recorded that expediently. The musicians we worked with were extremely professional and productive. It all flowed very well and everything fell right into place.”

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Volz’s label, Rock Ridge Music, gathered a who’s who of rock to work on the album: Matt Chiaravalle (Kittie, Crossbreed, Warren Zevon) and Jason Spiewak (Five.Bolt.Main) worked in both a production capacity and as players on the record. Also performing on the record were: Danny Schuler (Biohazard), Chris Vitali (Orange 9mm), Johnny Pisano (Ryan Adams, Marky Ramone, Jesse Malin), and Rich Smalley (The NightRats, Looker).

Says Schuler of the recording process: "I've done a lot of session work, and really enjoyed playing on this record. Chris and the guys were great, made me feel comfortable. The songs came together so quickly, the music basically wrote itself. All I had to do was listen. Being involved was a pleasure." Adds Spiewak: "Our goal from a production standpoint was to deliver on Chris's vision."

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Volz, who is based in Louisville, Kentucky, began his rock career in the band FLAW, which was signed to Republic/Universal Records. As part of FLAW, he released two albums that sold almost half a million copies, before being unceremoniously dropped in late 2004. Picking up the pieces with former FLAW drummer Ivan Arnold, Volz continued to rock with Five.Bolt.Main, which came together in 2005 and released a studio album (“Venting”, which sold over 22,000 copies) and a live record on Rock Ridge Music before calling it quits in early 2007. In a sort of band flashback, between the time spent recording “Redemption” and its release, Volz’s first band FLAW has gotten back together, and he’s been on the road with them throughout the Midwest this spring and summer.

“The greatest gift I have in this world is the ability to express myself through music,” he says. “I wish for nothing else but the ability to continue with that. It is my life.”

Volz is very excited about the new material. “We had a great team working on the record, and it’s giving me a chance to fully express myself in a solo capacity,” he says. “I’ve put a lot of time and effort into the material for this album, and it’s based on stuff I’ve worked on for years. The songs are somewhat of a growth process for me as an artist, but I’m looking forward to getting it out there for people to hear it.”

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I've been an avid listener of Flaw & F.B.M. and have to agree with every one else...If your thinking this is going to be anything like either band then you'll be sadly disappointed.

Reguardless of the band Chris Volz has one of the most unique voices in rock music (right up there with David Draimen & Maynard James Keenan). One of the main differences with this album from Flaw & F.B.M. is they lyrics aren't so dark.

Musically the CD isn't bad if you start listening to it with an open mind. If you listen to it thinking he's from Flaw then you'll be pretty let down. Redemption is far from the Nu-Metal your used to with the other bands. Don't get me rock there are a few good rockin' songs on the album.
The single "Redemption" can rock at times. "You Own Medicine" is also another great harder song. I think this album is more about the emotions than any of his other albums.

Like I stated before reguardless Chris is amazing....5 Stars from me!

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I bought the first Flaw album in 2002, didn't listen to anything but that for about 2 months. Got Endangered species in 2004 and played nothing but that for at least a month. Then just happend to come accross Five.Bolt.Main in 2006 when searching to find out what was up with Flaw, of course wound up listening to nothing but that album for a long time. So when I did a yahoo search and found this solo album, I was once again surprised. Anyways, I think its a very good album. I can't stop listening to it so far, and would definitely recommend it to any fan of Volz's previous work. Some of the other reviews said it was too soft, but I disagree. Its a good mix of several hard songs and several mellow songs. Chris definitely has talent and I will continue to buy his music whether its with Flaw, Five.Bolt.Main, solo, or whatever.

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