Guest Blogger: Lane S1

If you have never listened to Seether before, you may notice dark lyrics and heavy feel in the music. Seether which is one of my favorite bands is an alternative rock band. They’re from South Africa and came out to the U.S in 2002. Their original name was Saron gas back before they moved to U.S. Lead singer Shaun Morgan, guitarist Dale Stewart, and drummer John Humphrey have created a sound similar to three day grace and Nirvana. They play Grunge type style music with a heavy message. They have come out with some popular albums such as Disclaimer and Karma and Effect. “Remedy” one of their most popular songs has a fast pace with a metal sound. Most of their songs are heavy style rock or slow quiet rock songs with a certain meaning behind it. Album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces came out shortly after Shaun’s brother’s suicide. Leaving this album to be darker than the other ones released. It had subjects everywhere from suicide, relationships, and depression. Their newest album released in late 2010, Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray is more of the style from three day grace, going to the normal style of rock heard by most bands. On the album songs such as “Country Song” was a major hit, leaving them with awards and nominations. Some of the awards were Billboards charts active rock song of 2011, Canadian Hot 100 active rock song of 2011, and Mediabase No. 1 song of the year. They were nominated for Revolver Golden Gods Awards best live band. This proved that Seether could still produce popular music. With the falling of rock popularity, Seether will forever have a mark on alternative rock. This is why the dark sound of Seether will always have a spot on my playlist.