Singled Out: Black Water Rising's Brother Go On

"Brother Go On," was written out of frustration. I was in a bad place personally with my family and music and the country was in a bad place as well. I was getting real tired of watching our government pull the wool over our eyes, watching the f***ed up world spin out of control, and sick of feeling powerless to make a difference. I was having some personal issues and I wanted to write a song about self-empowerment. I didn't want to write a typical dark depressing rock tune, I wanted to write a song of defiance with a big middle finger sticking out of it. The song gave me an outlet to speak my mind even though I really didn't expect anyone to hear it because I didn't even have a band at the time. It was therapy you might say. I started with the chorus riff which came about after envisioning things like Godzilla crushing s*** and monster trucks spitting dirt. Bad ass, skull crushing, groove oozing, single note riffage that says f*** you! The song really wrote itself and pretty much laid way for the sound that became Black Water Rising. I wanted a big chorus, an anthem that commanded attention and I think I achieved my goal. After completing the chorus I moved onto the verse which wrote itself and stayed true to the groove. I screwed around with a couple of different bridge parts for the middle and decided to keep it simple and just throw a lead in. The song is honest, short, to the point, and no frills. Pure Rock. Almost every song I had written since was inspired by the direction I took to that tune and helped to create BWR.