article from flick music:

At the corner of Rage Against the Machine and Papa Roach sits FACTORY 81, a Detroit-based band looking for any sign of mankind. From the hard-hitting Mojo debut Mankind to their recent tour with Kittie, Factory 81’s Nate, Bill, Kevin and Andrew have finally found what they were looking for. “Mojo Records has been amazing to us. They helped us find an audience to hear us by giving us tour support, so it’s much easier to get our music out.” Says guitarist Bill Schultz.

Mankind shows Factory 81 evolving into a force to be reckoned with on the metal front. Their music not only hits people hard, but their lyrics affect fans in ways that only they and Papa Roach have been able to do in their genre. “Once in a while, we get an amazing feedback from our music. It affects everyone in different ways and Liz was certainly a major exception.” States Kevin Lewis, bass player. He is referring to Liz Krantz, a teenager whose life they helped save through their lyrics. “Liz wrote us and told us she was thinking about suicide because a lot of shit that was going on in her life. In the letter, she said that she listened to our music and it made her realize what she would be missing if she died. That is an amazing thing that we can affect someone’s life so greatly.”

With the gap recently left by the departure of Rage Against the Machine, their fans will be looking for someone to fill the hole and Factory 81 just may step up. They even have their own riot song titled “Peace Officer.” [the officer said “Don’t you fuckin’ look at me, you piece of shit. If I hear one more word I’ll rip your hair out of you fuckin’ head, Bob Marley.] “We are not trying to stir up any controversy in the way that Cop Killer or Fuck tha Police did, we are just expressing ourselves like they were trying to do,” lead singer and songwriter Nate Wallace continues, “everyone has experienced (unjust) in their life, be it at the hand of an official or parents, and this is our way to communicate with people.”

In the center of the whole rapcore and metal industry lies a band yet to be seen. A second CD should serve as their gateway into the ears of the world and, maybe then, more lives can be touched and America will rock once again.

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