Cosmo - Alien

Published Dec. 13 2006

*=Staff's pick	Communication* Don't Tell Me Your Lies No Surprise Gravity Redemption Helicopter Alien When I Close My Eyes Woman Can't Run Away Creep Don't Tell Me Your Lies (Acoustic)

Genre	Melodic Rock	Fran Cosmo	Vocals
Tracks	12	Antonio Cosmo	Guitar
Runningtime	45 Min.	Mick Brooks	Guitar
Label	Frontiers Records	Bill Carmen	Bass
Release	08 Dec. 2006	Pat Orlowski	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Similar artists	Blue Öyster Cult, Audioslave, Richie Kotzen

Cosmo is a band that has existed in 15 years but this is actually their first album. The main reason for this is probably because the members been busy elsewhere most of the time. If the name Cosmo sounds familiar to you it might just be due to the fact that vocalist Fran Cosmo has been a member of Boston since 1983. During that time Boston has recorded three albums and also done some touring. With Cosmo he has joined forces with his son Antonio who plays the guitar and both father and son has contributed with the song writing for Alien.

The musical aspect of Cosmo has not much to do with Boston though. Their melodic and modern rock has got some similarities with the softer side of Audioslave. If you modernise the sound of Blue Öyster Cult you also might have a clue of what we find on this recording. Personally I find this kind of music utterly boring but even if I look beyond my personal taste I can't find a single reason why someone should invest in this record. Sure, it's very well executed but that doesn't really matter when the melodies fall flat in almost every composition. There are a lot of better albums in the same genre out there today so I advise you to skip this one.

Production	Vocals	Compositions
6	6	3

Summary
3,5 chalices of 10 - Hawk