Queensryche: Anybody Listening?
Somewhat related, earlier today listened to Hear in the Now Frontier for the first time since the nineties. My recollection was of a mediocre album with a couple decent songs. This was in error. It is a bad album with a couple mediocre songs. I don't know if this was just a band out of ideas or a deliberate attempt at grappling with the barren, blasted, post-grunge musical landscape, but the result is uniformly uninspiring. Some of this crap could've come off a Creed record. No wonder Chris DeGarmo left the band after that tour. And it's not even their worst album! So sad when formerly good bands don't know when to quit.
(Ciatos should totally listen to Promised Land if they haven't yet, it's their last good album.)