Other songs included “Suicide Girl,' 'The Machine” (the first single to be released off the new album), hard-rock love song “Human After All,' and especially “Rocket Boy” - a song inspired by Cinder’s mentor and “Break Your Silence” producer, the late Scott Weiland. “And as soon as we started writing these songs, we were looking at each other and going, ‘Man, if nobody likes these songs, I don’t even care.’ These songs, to me, feel and sound great, and I love what we’re doing. The first song they finished was “Sounded like Goodbye,” which Bush says they wrote in a mere 20 minutes. “We just started writing and writing and writing.”

Not after the Geffen/Interscope disaster and the shelving of their album 'Break Your Silence' (whose recordings have never seen the light of day).īut then they started jamming together after Bush joined the band about three or four years ago. And whether we go out and tour in support of an album that’s successful, or we stay home, we’re still playing music.”Ĭinder officially releases “The Machine” this Saturday with a show at Fort Myers' Buddha Rock Club, where its members have often played as both Cinder and Soapy Tuna.Ĭinder hadn’t planned to record a new album, admits guitarist Scott “Scooby” Bush, 53, of Nashville. “But secretly: F- yeah, we are! Definitely. Because we’ve had our hopes up before, you know what I mean? “I get that question a lot: ‘Are you excited? Are you nervous?’” Young says. It’s just the vibe, the feel, the power behind it.”įor the first time in years, Young says, he’s feeling optimistic about Cinder’s future. They just need a little luck and some national exposure. The songs are definitely there, Young says. More: Five Finger Death Punch to play Hertz Arena with Three Days Grace

More: Live music in SWFL: Punta Gorda Woodstock, Cinder, Artimus Pyle and more Seventeen years after their brush with potential stardom, Cinder’s ready for another go with a new album called “The Machine.” And they’re hoping to re-ignite that rock ‘n’ roll fire. Cinder tried to recover and recorded a 2006 follow-up album and then a 2010 EP.

Cinder & Ella by Kelly Oram