Rehab

Rehab is an American band of mixture of southern rock, dirty south rap, reggae, alternative and the popular 90s rock/rap style (made famous by bands such as Rage Against the Machine). Three pressed albums have been released: "To Whom It May Consume" (1998), "Southern Discomfort" (2000) and "Graffiti the World" (2005). Previously obtainable only online, "Cuz We Can" (2002) became available on CD in the early months of 2007. Following the release of Cuz We Can, Rehab had this to say with regards to releasing it, "Although this may not have been officially what the label intended to put out, it’s the best work we could find and put together as a comprehensive volume to give to the fans." Cuz We Can was Produced by Steaknife, and was sang by Danny and Brooks. It was recorded just after southern Discomfort.

Rehab was originally formed as a trio: Denny Campbell (Steaknife), Danny (Boone) Alexander, and Jason Brooks (Brooks Buford). Early on, they released their first album independently: "To Whom It May Consume" produced by Steaknife and Brooks Buford. Soon after, Epic Records/Sony offered a record deal. Rehab's major label debut, Southern Discomfort, hit stores in October 2000. With band members Danny Alexander and Brooks Buford. Steaknife was no longer an official part of the group at this point for reasons unknown.Their debut album starts with a skit of them breaking out of a rehabilitation facility. The album went on to sell over 140,000 units, and produced such hits as "Sittin' At A Bar", "It Don't Matter" (Modern Rock Top 20), "Rattle My Cage", and featured such guests as Cee-Lo, Goodie Mob, Steaknife, Cody Chestnutt, and Mandy Lauderdale. After 2 years on the road supporting the Vans Warped Tour and playing with bands such as Linkin Park, Jason called it quits over a difference in creative view points.

On July 12, 2008, Rehab re-emerged with a new album titled "Graffiti the World". The new Rehab was brought together by original band member Danny "Boone" Alexander. Joining him were longtime musicians Mike Hartnett on lead guitar, Hano Leathers on bass, Chris Hood on drums, Foz on rhythm guitar, and DJ Chris Crisis. An additional and unofficial member of the group, though, by the name of Demun Jones often steps in to perform the raps that Brooks once sang. The seven put together new tracks and re-worked old classics with help from local Atlanta producer Billy Hume. There may be some confusion on this album, because it was originally released in 2005 with Epic/Sony, which later dropped Rehab before they were picked up by Universal. This 2005 release has a few tracks not found on the 2008 version. Such tracks are "What do you want from me", "This I Know", and "Running Out of Time". Universal Republic Records signed the Warner Robins mash-up group in May 2008 and re-released the band's 2005 independent release, Graffiti The World, on July 15th, 2008. This version included 3 additional never-before-heard tracks. They have been touring since then, and have recently been in studio recording their next album.

In late 2005, Brooks Buford went on to host the MTV series Trailer Fabulous and in 2006 the MTV International series "Bustamove". He also Released an album titled "Straight Outta Rehab". It was his first solo album. He also recorded another album called "Suspicious Package" that was never pressed. He later formed a group called "Audio Club" and recorded an album with Ashley Alan-Lee and producer, singer/songwriter Tommy Henriksen. No new information about the Audio Club or what Brooks is doing has surfaced.

Steaknife (Denny Campbell) was scheduled to release a CD under Priority Records back in the early 2000's but was later dropped from the label. He has released an album with friend Lindsay Few titled "Trouble The Water" which is highly religion based. Denny later was a co-founder of "White Noize", then rejoined Rehab back in 2008 and began to tour/write music with them. He again departed from Rehab in late 2009 due to creative differences. Denny is in the works of remastering his Priority Records album that was never released and releasing it independently. Denny later announced he will be working on another solo album on the side with many special guest artists.

The "WhiteNoize" album titled "Snow Blind" produced by Steaknife (Denny Campbell) and Soulfuli [Soul-Full-i] (Jared Adair) was released on their MySpace page under the user name of "snowblindwhitenoize" back in 2007. The album was never pressed and the rights to a few of their songs, including the Rehab hit "1980". They do plan to remaster this album and press it. They also plan to record a second album in the future.

Danny "Boone" Alexander began working with Steaknife and Brooks Buford, the original members of Rehab, tentatively calling themselves "Southern Discomfort", on an album scheduled to have come out sometime in April 2008 as a side project. They created a few new tracks as well as a few recycled from "White Noize" because it was never officially released. This project ended up falling through due to more creative differences and problems that arose with labels. 6 Tracks in total were created but never released, but can be found on the internet.

Rehab will release "Welcome Home" on September 7th, 2010. ~wapedia.mobi