Rehab

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Rehab
Background information
Origin	Warner Robins, Georgia,USA
Genres	Alternative rock Alternative Hip Hop Southern rock
Years active	1998–2002 2005–present
Labels	Epic Rehab/Atticasound Universal Republic
Associated acts	Hank Williams, Jr.
Website	http://www.rehabmusic.com/
Members
Danny "Boone" Alexander Mike Hartnett Hano Leathers Chris Hood FOZ
Former members
Jason "Brooks" Buford

Rehab is an American rock/rap group, formed during the late 1990s in Warner Robins, Georgia. Rehab has released two major albums; four other discs are in existence. In addition, they have charted two singles on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts, one of which — "Sittin' At A Bar" — has also become a minor Hot 100 and country hit. This song is also their higher entry on the Rock charts.

Music

Rehab's music is a mixture of southern rock, dirty south rap, reggae, alternative and the popular 90s rock/rap style (made famous by bands such as Limp Bizkit). Three pressed albums have been released: "To Whom It May Consume" (1999), "Southern Discomfort" (2000) and "Graffiti the World" (2005). Previously obtainable only online, "Cuz We Can" (2002) became available on CD in the early months of 2007. Following the release, Rehab had this to say, "Although this may not have been officially what the label intended to put out, it’s the best work we could find and put together as a comprehensive volume to give to the fans."

Rehab was originally formed as a trio: Steaknife, Danny Alexander, and Brooks Buford. Early on, they released their first album "To Whom It May Consume" produced by Steaknife and Brooks Buford. Soon after, Epic Records/Sony offered a record deal.

Rehab's major label debut, Southern Discomfort, hit stores in October 2000. With band members Danny Alexander and Brooks, hailing from the city of Warner Robins, south of Macon, Georgia (they dedicated a song to their hometown called "This Town" on the later album "Graffiti the World"). Their debut album starts with a skit of them breaking out of a rehabilitation facility. The album went on to sell over 140,000 units, and produced such hits as "Sittin' At A Bar", "It Don't Matter" (Modern Rock Top 20), "Rattle My Cage", and featured such guests as Cee-Lo, Goodie Mob, Steaknife, Cody Chestnutt, and Mandy Lauderdale.

After 2 years on the road supporting the Vans Warped Tour and playing with bands such as Linkin Park, Jason called it quits over a difference in creative view points.

Rebirth

On July 12, 2008, Rehab re-emerged with a new album titled "Graffiti the World". The new Rehab was brought together by original band member Danny "Boone" Alexander. Joining him were longtime musicians Mike Hartnett on lead guitar, Hano Leathers on bass, Chris Hood on drums, Foz on rhythm guitar, and DJ Chris Crisis. An additional and unofficial member of the group, though, by the name of Demun Jones often steps in to perform the raps that Brooks once sang. The seven put together new tracks and re-worked old classics with help from local Atlanta producer Billy Hume. There may be some confusion on this album, because it was originally released in 2005 with epic/sony. Which they later droped Rehab and was picked up by Universal. This 2005 release has a few tracks not found on the 2008 version. Such tracks are "What do you want from me", "This I Know", and "Running Out of Time".

In late 2005, Brooks went on to host the MTV series Trailer Fabulous and in 2006 the MTV International series "Bustamove".

Steaknife (Denny Campbell) was scheduled to release a CD under Priority Records but was later dropped from the label. Denny has stated that he wasn't very fond of these tracks. He has released an album with friend Lindsay Few titled "Trouble The Water" which is highly religion based. Denny later was a co-founder of "White Noize", then rejoined Rehab and is currently touring with them and writing music. Denny also just announced he will be working on another solo album on the side with many special guest artists.

The "WhiteNoize" album produced by Steaknife (Denny Campbell and Soulful-I (Jared Adair)) has been released on their myspace page under the user name of "snowblindwhitenoize". Steaknife then began working with Danny "Boone" Alexander and Brooks Buford, the original members of Rehab on a new album scheduled to have come out sometime in April 2008. They created a few new tracks as well as a few recycled from "White Noize" because it was never offically released. This project ended up falling through due to more creative differences and problems arose with labels. Soulfuli also released his solo debut album "Head High", which can be purchased from him directly via myspace.

Universal Republic Records signed the Warner Robins mash-up group in May 2008 and re-released the band's 2005 independent release, Graffiti The World, on July 15th, 2008. This version included 3 additional never-before-heard tracks.

Members

Current members

• Danny Alexander (Vocals)
• Mike Hartnett (Guitar)
• Hano Leathers (Bass)
• Chris Hood (Drums)
• Foz (Guitar)
• Demun Jones (Vocals)
• Dj Chris Crisis (DJ)
• Lamar Williams Jr.(Vocals)

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

• A^  Country remix featuring Hank Williams, Jr.

References

External links

• rehabmusic.com — official website
• brooksbuford.com — official website