Thomas Giles Rogers, Jr., frontman for the revolutionary metalcore outfit BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, decided to channel some of his creative energy into another project while preparing to hit the studio with BTBAM. This ... more »project is called GILES, and it is an amalgamation of Tommy?s love for electronic music and desire to do something creatively chaotic like BTBAM but in another musical space. GILES can be described as a combination of electroclash and industrial music written with a metal mentality. The writing process for GILES was a bit different for Tommy than writing BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME songs, as it was his first attempt at programming his ideas into a keyboard. GILES sounds like a mix between FISCHERSPOONER meets ADULT meets MIKE PATTON and was written and produced solely by Thomas Giles Rogers, Jr. and recorded and mixed by Jamie King (also known for his work with BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME). Always into electronic music, Tommy's desire to write his own is coming full circle with GILES.« less
Thomas Giles Rogers, Jr., frontman for the revolutionary metalcore outfit BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, decided to channel some of his creative energy into another project while preparing to hit the studio with BTBAM. This project is called GILES, and it is an amalgamation of Tommy?s love for electronic music and desire to do something creatively chaotic like BTBAM but in another musical space. GILES can be described as a combination of electroclash and industrial music written with a metal mentality. The writing process for GILES was a bit different for Tommy than writing BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME songs, as it was his first attempt at programming his ideas into a keyboard. GILES sounds like a mix between FISCHERSPOONER meets ADULT meets MIKE PATTON and was written and produced solely by Thomas Giles Rogers, Jr. and recorded and mixed by Jamie King (also known for his work with BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME). Always into electronic music, Tommy's desire to write his own is coming full circle with GILES.
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Timothy W. (superbuck) from ARCATA, CA Reviewed on 7/30/2007...
Between The Buried And Me’s front-man Tommy Rogers has an electronic side project...and this is it!
CD Reviews
My god
Joey Tuminello, III | Louisiana | 06/15/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I picked up this recording last night at Best Buy. I did so because it was advertised as being similar to Radiohead, The Postal Service, and Fischerspooner. These comparisons are ridiculous at best. The only similarity is that this is electronic music, and I use the term "music" loosely here.
This cd can best be describd as "minimalistic club music" or "comedy album of the year." The "songs" go absolutely nowhere and are very boring. I do hope that this was a joke. I won't bother telling you about how bad the lyrics are as a previous reviewer quoted the best ones on the cd.
Yet another example of how Victory records misleads the public to peddle their garbage. And to think, I picked this over a Blood Brothers album of the same price."
Don't listen to the negative
Ryan Riot | 11/02/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"because the negative reviewers all seem to think, "this isn't BTBAM!" when quite frankly, THAT'S THE FREAKIN' POINT!! Giles is Thomas' side project to release some of his creative energy in a different way than metal. If you seriously buy this thinking that you are going to here metal, than you, sir, are an idiot. This is a very good electronic/techno release and to be perfectly honest (this statement is gonna p*** off a lot of people), I like this better than BTBAM! It is more original and I find myself listening to this far more than I ever listen to BTBAM. Buy this album expecting a fun electronic listen, not another metal band, and you will love it."
Garbage
The Iron Summit E-Zine | Arizona | 10/15/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"theres not much to say here. the only reason this ever saw the light of day was because tommy is in between the buried and me. i guarantee you not a single label, independent or major, would have touched this project without a name behind it to sell it--its that bad. the lyrics are horrrible, the music is simplistic, and victory is probably laughing all the way to bank. i love between the buried and me but seriously avoid this record. by the way, if you haven't figured it out by now you probably never will, but don't EVER take comparisons of musicians based on the word of the record label. this is called marketing, its how they dupe easily impressionable people into buying records based on your taste. on top of that, victory records is the most aggressive label ever when it comes to laying claims such as those. not to mention, they claimed to have released the hardcore record of the year (comeback kid), the album to put metallica and pantera to rest (a perfect murder), the most anticipated sophomore album ever (silverstein), and the album of the decade (darkest hour). those records may actually be good (sans silverstein), but how silly are those claims? wisen up a little bit otherwise you'll be like the rest of the people who bought a giles album."
Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
Timothy W. (superbuck) from ARCATA, CA