Engage Artist: PAX217 Genre: Hip Hop/Rap&Rock Year of Release: Reader Rating: Rate This | Buy this album

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PAX217 just released their new CD [I]Engage.[/I] “Most of the time when you think of the word ‘engage,’ you think of going to battle or going to war,” says lead singer and songwriter Dave Tosti. “But there’s a bunch of different definitions for it, and one of them is ‘to attract and hold the attention of, to win over and involve, to interlock or mesh with someone.’ Check out PAX217 and producer Philip Steir’s (No Doubt and Live) tight a fusion of metal and hip-hop with a unique message on [I]Engage.[/I]

Some bands turn to rock music as an escape, a refuge from the pressures and torments of the real world. PAX217's music is as tight a fusion of metal and hip-hop rhythms as anything on the radio today, but their message is what hits home the hardest. And it hits not like a hail of grievances, but rather as a positive instrument for change, for hope. It’s a message aptly summed up in a single word, which is appropriately the name of the band’s second album [I]Engage[/I].