With every innovative musical movement, there comes a revival movement. Punk originated in the late 70's, and many bands attempted to revive it in the mid 90's. Disco was revived and transformed into electronica and techno music. R&B has seen so many reincarnations it's hard to pinpoint what it originated as. So, naturally, it was only a matter of time before there was a grunge revival. Even though that musical movement died out less than ten years ago, there are a handful of bands trying desperately to bring it back. Orbiting Riley is one of those bands. Unfortunately, they are not doing it all that well. Make no mistake: Orbiting Riley is not a bad band. They're just not really a good band either. They're a grunge band. Not a bad one; not a good one. And, their record, "Trampled In Grace," despite its spectacularly corny title, is not a bad record. It's just not a good one either.

Most of the songs sound like products from other bands. "Greed" sounds like something Pearl Jam would have recorded at about five in the morning, after staying up for a week straight. "On The Road" sounds a bit like what I would imagine the lovechild of Alice In Chain's singer Layne Stanley and Avril Lavigne would sound like. It's Stanley's understanding of music, paired with Avril's soul-sucking presence. And, "Parachute" is the worst of all: Not only does it sound like every mediocre grunge song you ever heard, it actually rips off the main guitar riff from Collective Soul's hit "Shine." Seriously, there is a one-note difference. It is enough to drive any grunge fan insane.

And, that's basically what this album will do. It drips of Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Collective Soul, Alice In Chains and Live. It's like the half-baked efforts of all those bands, played by less talented musicians. It's not bad. It's not good. It's just there. And I suggest you save seventeen dollars, and leave it there.