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In 1994, east coast rockers Godspeed were taken from their South Jersey basement and thrust into Electric Lady Studios to record their Atlantic Records debut, Ride.  Featuring future SOLACE members Tommy Southard and Rob Hultz, Godspeed's major-label run included a cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath for Nativity In Black: A Tribute To Black Sabbath with Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, tours of the U.S. and Europe with Black Sabbath, Dio, Sugartooth and Cathedral, as well as a video for their single Houston Street featured on MTV.

Godspeed dissolved after one album, but following stints as lead guitarist for Sugartooth and Slap Rocket, Tommy reignited the band in 1996 with Rob and former Glueneck singer Jason, naming the revamped outfit SOLACE.  With the intense riffage of Godspeed, Glueneck's raw power, and a dash of ferocious drumming thrown in for good measure, SOLACE's music found equal footing in Rock, Metal, and Hardcore.

In 2003, SOLACE finally cemented their line-up when they added former Lethal Aggression drummer Kenny Lund and second guitarist Justin Daniels.  With the dual guitar assault of Southard and Daniels, the wall of thunder onslaught of Hultz and Lund and Jason's otherworldly vocals, SOLACE became an uncompromisingly heavy force that must be heard to be believed.

CMJ called SOLACE "wicked and devastatingly heavy"; Metal Maniacs described them as "a solid, pure heavy rock band free of fashionable pretense, with an appeal to anyone who can still appreciate such a concept in today's cluttered, sometimes confused musical climate".  Their debut album Further was described by Kerrang! as "irresistibly catchy and thoroughly terrifying" while follow-up 13 was labeled "as stomach-turning and power hungry as vintage Sabbath" by the All Music Guide.

In addition to their amazing albums, those who have seen SOLACE live can attest to the fact that they give everything on stage.  There's a reason why the band has acquired as strong a reputation for their performances as they have for their recklessly hard living: you'll enter a heathen, and leave a convert.  Why?  Because they're that good, and it shows.

Solace is ...

Tommy Southard - guitar & balls
Rob Hultz - bass & other stuff
Jason - vocals & beer-throwing
Kenny Lund - drums & graphical stuff
Justin Daniels - guitar playing & selling

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