Corner Stone

From the streets of Sin City, hails one of the nation's most cutting edge acts, Corner Stone. This five man Las Vegas group brings a mix of Alternative Rock, and Rap to a whole new level since 2000. Led by the talents of one of the original members - Randall Logan, Corner Stone has risen from the streets, to a reality. Lots of hard work over the years, has made the group a player in the Vegas music scene. After releasing their first single Pull, the track received immediate attention from Active Rock radio outlet Extreme Radio KXTE-FM/Las Vegas. Radio airplay helped the group make a name for itself, in a very competitive rock market. Cross-town rival KOMP-FM also added the cut, leading Randall and the boys to make a move on a full blown album. This hard working posse consists of Randall on lead vocals & saxophone, Rocky Meisner on bass, guitarists Scott Herhold, Ryan Puskarich, and Jasom McNelis on drums.

In 2002, Corner Stone released their self produced debut album Corrective Action, which really made some news. The CD offered several high profile cuts such as Curious, which made the airwaves outside of Las Vegas, breaking the group into national radio airplay. Corrective Action, also crossed over from the rock side, to more of the Hip Hop/rap world as Top-40 radio outlet KLUC-FM in Las Vegas spun the single Isn't It Amazin. The group received national press, as reviews on the release gained positive momentum across the country, and the Internet.

Corner Stone has also crossed another level of success, and that is its high profile live shows. These guys create a high energy concert, that attracts a very wide spectrum of music lovers, crossing all barriers. Corner Stone has opened for the like of DJ Peretz (Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction) and Suburban Noize Records artists The Phunk Junkeez and won the local finals of the 2004 A Shot At Cabo Wabo battle of the bands at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Cafe. In addition, the band caught the attention of Budweiser, and was added to their True Music Live music network. Corner Stone has taken hip-hop, rock, and funk, put it in a blender, and made it a style all their own!

Rhyme & Rhythm

What does Rhyme N Rhythm sound like? We take a little from everything. Rhyme N Rhythm is easy like Sunday morning. We sound like the music you want to hear at a barbecue, chilling with your family and friends, that turns into a poppin' house party everybody in the neighborhood wants to come to. It's groove music. All-time greatest hip-hop septet? Stetsasonic or The Roots? Definitely The Roots. They are The Ultimate, rock-rocking it! What's the best and worst thing someone has ever said about your band? The best was at the Bunkhouse. Some guy told us that he had given up on the Vegas music scene. After he heard us, "His soul smiled." The worst was at a battle of the bands at the Cheyenne Saloon. A judge, who was a death metal expert, said that our song "Hello Groove" sounded like Soulja Boy's "Superman." Ridiculous!

What's your guiltiest musical pleasure? We're not ashamed of anything that we listen to. If it sounds good, we dig it. Well, maybe the theme song to "Jeopardy!" Name five must-have hip-hop albums. This question almost broke up the band. You could name the greatest albums of all time like (2Pac's) "All Eyez on Me" and (Nas') "Illmatic," but we decided to pick albums that related to our music: 1) Every Roots album; 2) OutKast, "ATLiens"; 3) Dr. Dre, "The Chronic"; 4) "Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections," "Cee-Lo Green is the Soul Machine"; 5) "Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar." See Rhyme N Rhythm today at 9:30 p.m. at the Canyon Club at the Four Queens, 202 Fremont St. Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@review journal.com or 702-383-0476.

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