Trust Company Good For Number 11

08/02/2002 3:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Mark Armstrong

(8/2/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Trust Company has emerged as rock's surprise success story of the moment with its Geffen Records debut, The Lonely Position Of Neutral, which entered the Billboard 200 album sales chart at Number 11.

More than 78,000 copies of the album were sold in its first week, according to sources, making the album the week's best debut among rock acts and the third-best-selling rock act during the period, behind only recent releases by heavyweights the Dave Matthews Band and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Trust Company drummer and co-founder Jason Singleton tells LAUNCH that part of the band's strength and perhaps appeal lies in its simplicity. "I think a lot of bands maybe try to do too much and we're really simple, we're really straightforward, to the point. I mean, we do have our moments when we throw in really cool, intricate parts, and I love those bands that do that stuff as well, that do a lot. I mean, there's something to be said for that," he says. "But, I mean, that's just not who we are. We've always been just bare bones, like guitar, bass, drums, and vocals."

The Montgomery, Alabama band cites the cutting-edge, former New York band Helmet as a prominent influence.

The Lonely Position Of Neutral features the single, "Downfall," currently ascending both the Billboard Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts.

-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles

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