Belfast, Ireland's Therapy? (one of many bands that benefited from the rise of Nirvana/grunge in the early '90s) proved their worth by outlasting that trend and any number of sub-strains that followed throughout the remainder of that decade and the one that followed. By constantly expanding upon a frame of influential references that included the usual suspects (Black Sabbath) and the not-so-usual for a metal band (Killing Joke, Hüsker Dü, Buzzcocks), Therapy? released a number of records that constantly challenged themselves and their fans. Therapy? carried a melodic sensibility that also separated them from their alternative metal peers. As the bridge between Metallica and Nirvana, they never played it straight or safe. ~ Andy Kellman