GYM CLASS HEROES - As Cruel As School Children Review

“Too rock for hip-hop, too hip-hop for rock,” has been the tagline for the upstate New York quartet, Gym Class Heroes. After name-dropping a who’s who of important scene bands in the catchy “Taxi Driver,” GCH developed a nice following, and after signing to Pete Wentz’s label, Decaydance, and releasing their heart-on-sleeve debut The Papercut Chronicles, people started paying attention, expectations began to build, and the Heroes began to worry: can we top Papercut?...full text Gym Class Heroes combine rock and rap with a schoolhouse sense of youthful play on their new record As Cruel As School Children. The upstate New York band was discovered by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and made its name touring on the pop-punk circuit, which may explain the occasional grating nu-emo chorus ("Shoot Down the Stars")....full text New York’s Gym Class Heroes have an admirable approach in striving to produce a form of hip-hop that appeals to music fans of all genres, from rock to indie to pop and R&B....full text