Another Signing in the Hudson Valley area, NY music scene

Yes, I've heard about this local band being signed over a month ago. Congrats to Woodstock, NY's 3 for geting signed to the legendary Metal Blade records. However, it's kind of strange that a NON EXTREME METAL  band (3) would be signed to the legendary Metal Blade records. Then again, Metal Blade signed the NON METAL  Goo Goo Dolls, who were then "post punk" untill a major label signed the Goo Goo Dolls and the band went pop..A good extreme metal band that was signed to Metal Blade that unfortunatlely just broke up was Arizona's Vehemence. Go figure, but good luck to Woodstock, NY's 3.
Woodstock, NY's "3" boast a few veterans of the Hudson Valley area music scene ( a former member of Hudson Valley area alternative band Peacebomb is in 3, remember them?  A member of the emo (ick) band Coheed and Cambiria was once a member of 3... I dunno, post/punk emo on Metal Blade? Then again, Earache (extreme metal label) signed ADEMA (nu metal crapola) after ADEMA got dropped by thier major label and just this week ADEMA's vocalist has left the band... Of course that same year, I think EARACHE dropped or didn't renew  Morbid Angel's contract. Now ya must know that Morbid Angel are a huge death metal influence.
I'm sure 3 know my buddy Morgan Evans (formley of Fuse, BFD, and now DIVEST) whom also boasted a few former members of emo band. (lol) Coheed and Cambria. There is just 2 degrees of seperation between people in this small market area scene of the Hudson Valley area.
Good luck to 3 as they must  have some friends in high places. It doesn't really matter if one "likes" or "doesn't like" emo/post punk or 3..The band "3". were signed to a smaller indie FIRST and used "connections" with freinds, former bandmates to get tours, and major INDIE label interest therefore graduating to a major indie.. That is TEXTBOOK for upwardly mobile bands although there is NO guarentee of success (or making recoupment for a label) in this inconsistent music industry specifically when bands are signed to labels that don't cater to thier genre or are pandering to trends and commercial music and $.
Good luck to 3.
Trivia quiz, who was one of the FIRST bands signed to Metal Blade?
Answer-Metalllica
FROM METAL BLADE RECORDS:  3 Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS - Oct.27, 2005 Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the Woodstock, NY-based band 3.

According to a press release,"3 is a band apart: Dark yet uplifting, spiritual without any connection to religion — theirs is a sound that transcends the genre conformity of modern pop culture. Rapid-fire acoustic guitar infused with dynamic percussion, animated drumming and thunderous bass culminate in a listening experience that is at once accessible and unique. Poly-rhythms pulse within a symphony of driving metal guitars and melodic vocal acrobatics. 3 offers musicality without pretension. We double dare any music writer to describe the sound.

"3 came together in the mid-1990s and very quickly developed a strong local following. In the year 2000, 3 landed a recording contract with Planet Noise Records, and released their debut CD, 'Paint by Number', an exquisite collection of 14 tracks.

"In 2003, 3 released their follow-up CD, 'Summer Camp Nightmare', an album that marked an evolutionary leap in the bands already highly developed sound. When fellow NY-based rockers COHEED AND CAMBRIA got their hands on this record they insisted that 3 hit the road with them, and the rest, as they say, is history.

"Enter 2005, the band signed to Metal Blade Records and prepared the re-release of 'Wake Pig', which was previously released by Planet Noise Records in 2004, with new art and lyrics which were not in the earlier version, two new songs, a couple of remixes, and Max's vocals added to the song 'Where’s Max'."


Thanks-Tee-Stay Metal, Stay Brootal-\m/ -l-