Local Music Feature: Bringing it all back home

When Injected returns home to Atlanta to celebrate the release of its major-label debut Burn It Black, it will be the first time the busy quartet has seen home since Christmas. “We were home for two weeks over the holidays,” says singer/guitarist Danny Grady. “Other than that, we’ve been on the road five months.”

Of late, Injected has opened for Local H, Hoobastank and Fu Manchu. “On the Fu shows, we were playing sold-out 2,000-seaters,” says Grady. “In every crowd, there was about five or six people who knew who we were. We’re still waiting for a show to happen where a whole bunch of kids come out who’ve never seen us, but have just heard us on the radio. It hasn’t happened yet.”

Injected was formed seven years ago in the Atlanta suburbs with a refreshing lack of pretense. And while the band’s new label, Island, has its expectations, Grady is the first to admit they originally came together “just to have fun.”

“I’m not going into this [major label deal] with any kind of high hopes,” he says. “It’s just great to do it.”

Grady’s not sure how Injected’s Butch Walker-produced collection of Sabbath grunge mixed with poppy melodies and harmonies will stand up in the national market. “Hey, we never even fit in in Atlanta, so I have no idea where we will fit in nationally,” he admits. “Let’s hope there’s at least more people in the audience for the CD release show than on stage.”

Injected plays a CD release show at the Roxy Tues., Feb. 26.??