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Not to be confused with the metalcore band of the same name, Single Bullet Theory plays some poppy New Wave synth-rock, the kind of music that would be playing at a high school dance in a Corey Haim movie. The lead-off track "Keep It Tight" was actually a (very) minor hit, rising to the 78 spot on the Hot 100.
The story of SBT is an archetypal struggle between artistic ambition and record company incompetence that has plagued so many other coulda-beens and also-rans. They started out as X-Breed and played synth-based art rock. Then they started garnering some buzz and it was all simultaneously uphill and downhill from there (until it was all just downhill).
For my money, "Neutralizer" is the best song if only for the poignant line "She's neutralizing herself."
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