ELSMERE, Del. — A Breaking Benjamin song heard on the radio by two friends initially thought to be a Chevelle song actually ended up being a Three Days Grace song, confused sources report.
“The radio station was playing some solid tunes back to back with Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, and then this song came on that I kind of recognized,” listener Gretchen Ming said. “It sounded kind of heavy in a nu-metal way, but also in kind of a late nineties way, like an old Bush song but not as good. It had the feel of every song that’s ever been played on an alternative rock station mashed into one. I’m not completely certain, maybe like 60-65%, but I concluded that it had to have been by Chevelle. With that being said, though, I wouldn’t go betting my life on it.”
Ming’s fellow passenger and friend Reggie Arch disagreed with her verdict.
“No, that was definitely Breaking Benjamin,” Arch offered while furrowing his brow at the car’s radio. “It had this gloomy, pseudo-alternative sound with a really boring and uninspired riff played throughout. Granted, those are also the hallmarks of a Chevelle song, but the angsty vocals were a dead giveaway. Also, I don’t think Chevelle tunes down as much as Breaking Benjamin does, and they don’t have those little 10-second guitar solos, so I’m pretty confident this was Breaking Benjamin. Well, let’s say I’m moderately confident. Maybe about 70-75%.”
Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier provided his insight.
“Oh, they’re both wrong. That’s definitely one of ours,” Gontier concluded while changing the strings on his PRS McCarty electric guitar. “You can tell because we actually use an acoustic guitar for the arpeggiated riffs in the beginnings of our songs, which makes it sound even heavier when we play the root notes with power chords on our down-tuned electrics in the choruses. That’s what really sets us apart from other alternative bands from the last twenty-five years or so. Actually, I’m pretty sure that’s one of ours. Probably 80-85% certain. Like, I’d bet money on it.”
At press time, it was revealed that the song in question was actually by Staind.