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 CINJED, metro Atlanta 's fast rising metal band, has perhaps seen the last of their famous 'curse'. On November 16, the results of the BALLS, VOLUME, and STRENGTH Contest, sponsored by MyYearbook.com and Eventful.com were announced, making CINJED the winning band. The prize - open for the HELL YEAH concert November 28th at The Roxy in Atlanta .
CINJED originated four years ago. After changing lead singers early in 2007, the pace began to pick up for them exponentially. While they'd always hoped to have an opportunity of this magnitude, they were acutely aware of how difficult it would be to pull something like this off. After learning they had won the contest, drummer Henderson exclaimed, "I can't believe we get to open up for these guys", and he added, "Vinnie Paul has been my favorite drummer for years and Chad Gray is D.J.'s favorite singer."
CINJED is made up of lead singer, D.J. McKay; guitarist, Ray Haynes;
drummer, Ben Henderson; and bass player, Marcus Jalores. Each of the
artists has his own rendition of the famous curse, which is known by
all their fans and more than respected by each of CINJED's members.
Henderson remembers: "the curse consisted of the loss of our original
singer and the long battle of replacing him. DJ seemed to fit the
bill changing the face and the style of the music. We added him to the
band on Valentines Day '07"
Satisfied that McKay was the right
singer who could take the band in a more powerful direction, CINJED
loaded up their show schedule and got ready to take Georgia by storm.
Unfortunately, right after booking a slew of shows, Haynes was in a
devastating motorcycle accident, breaking his collarbone and putting
the band on hold for 6 weeks.
Once again, after the return of
Haynes, the group filled their schedule to the brim and began to get
ready for action. But, within less than 2 months time, Jalores, while
at work, fell off a truck, knocking out 6 teeth and fracturing both his
wrist and ankle. Fill-in bassists stood in while Jalores healed.
But, during a freak accident at practice, Henderson was cut deeply,
requiring stitches. Then, McKay sprained his knee at The Masquerade,
in Atlanta, while opening for Adema. But, the winning of the
Demand/MyYearbook contest seems to have shifted the bands destiny and
opened new doors of possibility. "We certainly hope this band version
of Final Destination is over," commented McKay.
It appears it
has – and, in a major way. Winning this contest, a huge coup for the
group, hopefully marks the beginning of brighter days and better things
to come, according to McKay. Their Myspace, (www.myspace.com/cinjed),
has been inundated with over 2000 song plays and 4000 profile views in
the few weeks since the contest– all important statistics to start-up
bands in today's numbers-driven music industry.
The bands'
members attribute the win to their huge fan base, which covers a number
of southern states, and who came out in force, casting their votes on
the DEMAND website. Each email address was allowed only one vote, so
CINJED worked overtime to urge each and every fan to vote, and the hard
work paid off.
The band often plays in the Athens and Atlanta
markets but has also toured outside the state. In late October they
returned from a tour of Florida, where they received an overwhelming
response from the audience in every venue they played – usually packing
the places to capacity
What does the band plan next? "We've had
a lot of opportunities open up for us since winning the contest and we
expect a lot more after the show," stated McKay. The band will be
featured on an upcoming segment of a new half-hour Atlanta-based news
show sometime after the start of the new year. They have received some
interest from on-line music sites wishing to interview them or stream
their songs as well. Henderson said their show schedule is filling up
faster than they know what to do, but added that was a good problem to
be having. They plan to do another multi-state tour soon.
Hellyeah
is a heavy metal 'supergroup' featuring members of Pantera, Damageplan,
Mudvayne and Nothingface. The band consists of Mudvayne vocalist Chad
Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett, Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell,
Damageplan bassist Bob Zilla, and former Pantera and Damageplan drummer
Vinnie Paul. The idea to form a supergroup originated in 2001 on the
Tattoo the Earth tour but took several years to come to fruition due to
scheduling conflicts. During the summer of 2006 all memebers were
able to take the project seriously and record their first album which
was released in April of 2007 and entered the billboard charts at
number 9.
The show, headlining HELL YEAH and featuring OTEP and
BLOODSIMPLE, is on Wednesday, November 28 attThe Coca-Cola Roxy
Theatre, (located at 3110 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30305.) Doors
open at 6p.m. The show begins at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are still
available at: www.TicketMaster.com
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