http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5946&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rssVerbena's approach to guitars doesn't waste time with formalities. As with their lyrics, there's no mincing words, not an iota of foreplay -- just a full tilt dash to home base. In the same line of descent as willowy rock rakes Mick Jagger and Iggy Pop, vocalist Scott Bondy sounds like a spoiled child who's used to getting what he wants; he spikes Verbena's saucy Power Pop with more than a dash of Glam impertinence. The Birmingham, Ala., trio also features the dangerously seductive Ann Marie Griffin, who provides the backing vocals of a debauched Southern debutante from a Tennessee Williams play. Verbena's second album <I>Souls for Sale</I> is rangy stuff, adding flourishes of country twang and broken-down blues a la <I>Exile on Main Street</I>. Their major-label debut <I>Into the Pink</I> (1999) bears David Grohl's heavy imprint, whose production made Verbena sound like the Southern word for "Nirvana." The band's work is a daring foray into the seamy underside of rock stardom -- the drugs, sexual power, egotism, and unreality. Verbena wrestle with the demons of fame and transform their struggle into graphic snapshots in song. - Chad DriscollContemporary Hard Rocken720Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:18:36 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5946&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss Verbena's approach to guitars doesn't waste time with formalities. As with their lyrics, there's no mincing words, not an iota of foreplay -- just a full tilt dash to home base. In the same line of descent as willowy rock rakes Mick Jagger and Iggy Pop, vocalist Scott Bondy sounds like a spoiled child who's used to getting what he wants; he spikes Verbena's saucy Power Pop with more than a dash of Glam impertinence. The Birmingham, Ala., trio also features the dangerously seductive Ann Marie Griffin, who provides the backing vocals of a debauched Southern debutante from a Tennessee Williams play. Verbena's second album <I>Souls for Sale</I> is rangy stuff, adding flourishes of country twang and broken-down blues a la <I>Exile on Main Street</I>. Their major-label debut <I>Into the Pink</I> (1999) bears David Grohl's heavy imprint, whose production made Verbena sound like the Southern word for "Nirvana." The band's work is a daring foray into the seamy underside of rock stardom -- the drugs, sexual power, egotism, and unreality. Verbena wrestle with the demons of fame and transform their struggle into graphic snapshots in song. - Chad Driscoll http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15622435&variant=play&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss Contemporary Hard Rock Mon, 7 Apr 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Verbena on Rhapsody Online 15622435 tra.15622435 Verbena art.5946 0.99 Souls For Sale alb.15607652 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/5/2/1062562_170x170.jpg 1997-04-07 00:00:00.0 1997-04-07 00:00:00.0 true Junk For Fashion tra.15622435 302000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15622435&variant=play&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15622435&variant=data&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15622457&variant=play&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss Contemporary Hard Rock Mon, 7 Apr 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Verbena on Rhapsody Online 15622457 tra.15622457 Verbena art.5946 0.99 Souls For Sale alb.15607652 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15622473&variant=play&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15622473&variant=data&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3253295&variant=play&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss Contemporary Hard Rock Tue, 6 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Verbena on Rhapsody Online 3253295 tra.3253295 Verbena art.5946 0.0 La Musica Negra alb.254897 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/9/1/561927_170x170.jpg 2003-05-19 00:00:00.0 2003-05-06 00:00:00.0 true Devil In Miss Jones tra.3253295 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3253295&variant=play&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3253295&variant=data&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.22158645&rws=%2Fverbena%2Ftop-tracks.rss Contemporary Hard Rock Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:27:29 -0700 Top Tracks by Verbena on Rhapsody Online 22158645 tra.22158645 Verbena art.5946 0.0 Souls For 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