Ahhhhhhhhh! Hip-hop lyrics, gut-wrenching bass, twangy guitar riffs and a lot of cussing- the kids are gonna love Primer 55. Straight out of Kentucky, Primer 55 uses the Henry Rollins-esque vocals of J-Sin to put the band on the ever-growing list of hip-hop metal bands. Perhaps the main difference between Primer 55 and just about every other band now heard on MTV is the diversity that each instrument brings to the sound that is Primer 55. Bassist Mike Christopher goes beyond the simple beat to bring a sound once heard in the music of Helmet. While bands such as Korn use the drum as another source of a deep beat, Josh McLane drives the music with the variance of beat, tone and timing.Primer 55’s debut CD, “Introduction to Mayhem”, is a prime example of what the next decade of music will be. As hip-hop has a heavier influence on hard rock, more and more bands like Primer 55 will become the hopes of stardom for record companies. Not falling into the corporate mold will become tougher, and “Introduction to Mayhem” is a good example of the band having free reign.The first song the band ever wrote together, “Loose,” sets the mood for the rest of the CD. An intestine-turning “Supa Freak Love” follows the heavy-driven “Loose.” It is on this song that Bobby Burns’ guitar and McLane’s drums enter a marriage that carry on throughout the CD. Primer 55 uses their music as a source of aggression, depression and straight energy. Having not been produced for radio airplay, “Introduction to Mayhem” may mark the beginning of a new tradition of record executives in which the musicians are allowed to decide on their music. With the sound they have achieved, Primer 55 could have made the CD less about them and more commercial to fall into the realm of Korn and Limp Bizkit. But to their credit, Primer 55 made a CD to gain fans of Primer 55, not the upcoming genre. At times, “Introduction to Mayhem” is crude in sound and juvenile in lyrics, but like the late Frank Sinatra, they did it their way.The eclectic sounds of Primer 55 come from the variance of influences on each member. Burns brought the more commercial rock sound of Kiss and Peter Frampton while vocalist J-Sin brought his hip-hop style. By not asking any member to deviate from his influences, “Introduction to Mayhem” on Island Def Jam is, if anything, a truthful CD. Primer 55, after finishing their 40-date tour with Machine Head on March 6, will then begin a tour with Static X.