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Band members Chris Owen, Ronnie Tinsley and Danny Acker.
WARNING. This article contains a dose of Texas Industrial Alt-Metal...or The Hectic for short...
The crowd was skeptical...at first.
In fact, everyone was asking the same question "What is going on here?".
When band member DJ Hard Core came onstage at The Scout Bar last Saturday night with a green laser shooting out from the side of his head that pointed above the audience and scanned the room, there wasn't a sound. A hush of wonderment and slight smiles of expectation were on each face. Yeah, they knew they were about to get a show.
Then came the eruption from behind the drums that told our hearts when to beat. Drummer Ken Pride was pounding his custom double kicks as Ronnie Tinsley, The Hectic's confident frontman, unleashed his powerful vocals. The crowd was instantly up on their feet. Fists were raised into the air as guitarists Chris Owen and Kevin Reed, and bassist Danny Acker provided a rock solid back up to Tinsley's vocals.
In that "Automatic Freedom", a roomful of The Hectic fans were born.
The Hectic are self described as "Texas Industrial Alt-Metal". Let's just say a cross between Nine Inch Nails and Pantera with a little Slipknot for good measure. While The Hectic is considered comparable to those national bands, they are truly in a league of their own in the Houston music scene.
This band puts on an incredible show and you are left when it is done wishing it wasn't over. So don't miss the next one on March 11, 2010 at Numbers (300 Westheimer). The Hectic will be sharing the stage with the Razorblade Dolls, Synthetic Fiend, Zero G and headliners Erase the Virus. Tickets are only $10.
Visit their website at www.thehectic.com or www.myspace.com/thehectic to get the "Beat In Your Head".
Comments
Upon opening Hectic's self-titled release, I was greeted by the label: "Warning: This product contains a brutal dose of Texas Industrial Alt. Metal". Now is that the genre where one should expect brutality? Brutal as in Creed or P.O.D.? Now, if it were say Watain (black metal) or Vital Remains (death metal) or the latest release from Napalm Death - I can see that, but with this band I sincerely hope it was considered as a joke. Inside the disc there is a "Certificate of Authenticity". Now, if this were a major label band that is concerned with music piracy in say a 3rd world country, I'd understand the reasoning, but again this seems corny as is the personally autographed and numbered section (woohoo, I got 567/1000, hope it is worth something!). Again, great move if you're Black Label Society, not so great if you're a local band. I've been wrong before, but the whole thing smacks of a bit of self-indulgence.
Looking at the band lineup I am also thinking that it is possible that these
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