Video: Messing With Me by Salt Horse

The Lantern: Salt Horse on mission to save rock

Thank goodness The Lantern keeps all their old articles online and available. If a band put out a record over the last few decades, there is a good chance they've covered it, like the 2001 release of Salt Horse's The Best Of Times? Here is a snippet of that:

The best of times are definitely ahead for local Columbus band Salt Horse. The band combines hard-driving rock with an intense amount of energy in their sophomore CD, “The Best of Times?,” which they will release tomorrow evening at Little Brother’s, 1100 N. High St. 

Also appearing will be Grafton, Pretty Mighty Mighty and The Marcy Mays Experience who will join them in their mission of breaking new ground to help save rock. 

“We are the forging sounds of the future – more flavorful than just rock that’s unique in itself,” said Costa Hondroulis, singer and bass guitarist in Salt Horse. 

With a fed-up punk mentality and a raucously hard sound, “The Best of Times?” combines experience, enthusiasm and true rock ‘n’ roll flavor. In “Campus Riot Fight Song,” the band wanted to create a harsh sound like Hondroulis’ former band, Our Flesh Party. 

“We wanted to create a shocking sound like Our Flesh Party because they rocked harder than anybody,” said Milan Karcic, lead vocals and guitar.

New Additions: The Best Of Times? by Salt Horse

This one is kind of a lie. You see, I actually bought The Best Of Times? by Salt Horse back when it came out in 2001 on Derailleur. I was a big fan of the label, and picked up almost everything the put out. However, like so many in the mid-2000s when MP3s came along, I dumped a lot of my CD collection at record stores and tried to go fully digital. It didn't last, and I've rebuilt some of my collection. It also coincided with me being occasionally not well off financially at times, and needing to pay bills. I was able to grab this at one of the Columbus record stores recently, so now I've bought it twice, which is okay with me, because it rocks. Excuse me, RAWKS. The production is still exceptional, and I'm just a sucker for wise-crackin' hard rock that has an Rated-R/Songs For The Deaf era Queens Of The Stone Age vibe.

Know Yer Band: Salt Horse

Band: Salt Horse

Members
Vocals, Guitar – Milan Aleksandar Karcic
Guitar, Vocals – Dan Focht
Bass, Vocals – Constantinos Hondroulis
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Christopher Dodds Cox

Releases
2001 - The Best Of Times? album (Derailleur Records)
2003 - Year Of The Horse album (Backstage Records)