Alston is the kind of band that makes you glad you love great rock & roll. From the moment their debut album, Voodoo for Fun and Profit, begins to play, you’re swept up in the ever-changing vortex of sound created by vocalist/guitarist Kobie Jackson, guitarist/vocalist Ron Paige, bassist Alex Cando, and drummer Woody Wurzburg. The power, passion, infectious, and surprisingly melodic sensibilities that this New York City-based band brings forth on songs such as Anna, Why We Fight, and Ordinary make you believe that there is, indeed, a bright future ahead for the hard rock art form… |