Corrosion of Conformity is one of my favorite bands. Their 2005 album, “In The Arms of God” I view as a masterpiece.

But that also demonstrates one problem. That was 4 years ago. What’s been going on?

Oh yeah… Down.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Down too. But Down isn’t COC, and COC isn’t Down. I don’t blame Pepper Keenan for working with Down, because they’re far more successful than COC ever was; man needs to make money and pay the bills. Pepper being one of the main songwriters for Down still means a lot of that Pepper J. Keenan lyrical and musical talent is still present. But still, I keep hoping that time will be taken off from Down and COC will be focused on.

I guess I shouldn’t hold my breath:

“It’s a real band now and not a side project,” guitarist Kirk Windstein told Rock Music Menu. “It’s everyone’s main focus and we’ve toured extensively, we’ve been to 27 countries in the last two years, started touring before the record came out, and played everywhere.”

“We’re kind of, for lack of a better term, taking it more serious because it is everybody’s main focus, and while we still do other things, it’s our real band now which it never really was in the past.”

I guess that means we won’t see another Crowbar album for a while either (it’s been 4 years there as well, tho Kirk was also doing Kingdom of Sorrow). *sigh*

Still, I don’t give up hope for another COC album. But if ITAOG ends up being their last, then at least they went out on a high note.

Meantime… I do wonder what Woody is up to.