Back 2 Base X
Back 2 Base X is the fifth studio album by American rock band Hed PE. Released on June 6, 2006, it is the band's first release on Suburban Noize.
Music
Back 2 Base X was influenced by classic punk bands such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash, and was intended as a return to the basics of rock music, and did not rely as heavily on studio enhancement as previous releases.Reception
Back 2 Base X peaked at #12 on the Top Independent Albums chart, #154 on the Top Internet Albums Chart and at #154 on the Billboard 200.Allmusic's Rob Theakston wrote that "Back 2 Base X suffers from the same problems as Amerika: it tries to be conceptual in thought à la Tool and vicious in its political commentary à la Fugazi or System of a Down, but somehow falls short by sounding like an angry stoner on a soapbox. It won't win any new fans, but existing fans of pe's work won't be turning their backs away from the band in anger anytime soon, either."
Personnel
; Planet Earth- Jahred Gomes – vocals
- Jaxon Benge – guitar
- Doug «DJ Product © 1969» Boyce – turntables
- Mark «Mawk» Young – bass
- Mark «Moke» Bistany – drums
- Produced by Jahred Gomes, Kevin Zinger & Brad Xavier
- Recorded @ Jared's Huntington Beach Apartment
- Mixed & mastered by Patrick «P-Nice» Shevelin
- Additional vocals by The Rabbi Michael Zimmerman
- Additional guitar by Ray Bones & Heath
- Additional bass by Heath
- Additional composer: Michael Todd
- Management by Kevin Zinger
- Art concept by Jahred Gomes
- Artwork & layout design by Larry Love