http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6662990&rws=%2Ffair-to-midland%2Fmusic-videos.rssSigned to Serj Tankian's Serjical Strike label, Fair To Midland specializes in modern thinking dudes' metal, not unlike Tankian's own band, System of a Down. The difference is Fair To Midland plays a more "traditional" form of radio metal, eschewing the Eastern European folk influences and bizarre vocal stylings of SOAD for straight-up melody hooks and less-unhinged vocals. Those vocals come courtesy of one Darroh Sudderth, and bring to mind the high-flying range of Triumph's Rik Emmett. Fair To Midland formed in Sulphur Springs, Tx., in 1998. After releasing a pair of albums on their own -- <I>The Carbon Copy Silver Lining</I> in 2001 and <I>Inter.Funda.Stifle</I> in 2004 -- they were picked up by Serjical Strike in 2006. <I>Fables Of A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True</I> hit the shelves in June 2007. - Mike McGuirkHard Rocken720Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:39:27 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6662990&rws=%2Ffair-to-midland%2Fmusic-videos.rss Signed to Serj Tankian's Serjical Strike label, Fair To Midland specializes in modern thinking dudes' metal, not unlike Tankian's own band, System of a Down. The difference is Fair To Midland plays a more "traditional" form of radio metal, eschewing the Eastern European folk influences and bizarre vocal stylings of SOAD for straight-up melody hooks and less-unhinged vocals. Those vocals come courtesy of one Darroh Sudderth, and bring to mind the high-flying range of Triumph's Rik Emmett. Fair To Midland formed in Sulphur Springs, Tx., in 1998. After releasing a pair of albums on their own -- <I>The Carbon Copy Silver Lining</I> in 2001 and <I>Inter.Funda.Stifle</I> in 2004 -- they were picked up by Serjical Strike in 2006. <I>Fables Of A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True</I> hit the shelves in June 2007. - Mike McGuirk