For the record, it's not just from htgth anymore

http://www.gunsnroses.com/

I thought the name Brett Hestla sounded familiar, so I looked it up and came up with this from a Dark New Day fansite

BRETT HESTLA

Brett Hestla achieved formidable critical acclaim as singer/guitarist for the alternative rock quintet Virgos Merlot, but it was as the touring bassist for Creed that he received the most notoriety, spending three years performing in front of sold-out arenas. When the band parted ways in late 2003, Hestla turned his attention to family, refocusing his efforts to behind-the-scenes work as a producer.

"After Creed's last tour, I'd resigned myself that I was done, but I think my wife knew I really wasn't ready to be done. She looked at me one day and said, 'Are you ever going to stand onstage and sing again?' It's funny," laughs Hestla ominously, "I said to her, 'Man, it would take the Still Rain guys, with Will [Hunt] on drums, for me to even consider that..."

Two weeks later, to the day, he received a phone call from Will. "He brought me a CD of the songs they'd been working on, and I didn't even need to listen to it.  This is the band I've always wanted," Hestla recalls. "The bonus was, I put the disc in and, instantly, I had melodies and was thinking of words. I was inspired, and immediately knew that this was where I belonged."

"This band has taken my game up as a writer, because I know that I've got people in the band, skill-wise, that are at my level and superior to me. I want to impress them, and impress each other they have. In a year that saw five hurricanes strike the southeast-including three that intersected over their Florida recording studio-a war wage in the Middle East, and rock music seemingly get angrier and angrier, Dark New Day are a light at the end of the tunnel. With a sound that the band aren't afraid to admit is a sum of their cumulative parts, they deliver the heavy-handed finesse of Clint Lowery's contributions to Sevendust, Troy McLawhorn's inspired guitar play and melodic infrastructure that marked Doubledrive, and Hestla's soaring, effervescent vocals. Hunt is a rock behind the drum kit, and along with Corey Lowery, just might be the "baddest rhythm section in the world."  They write songs with irresistible hooks and penetrating grooves, and revel in the ability to change the pace from the bitter, metallic muscle of "Lean," to the pensive, warm embrace of "Follow The Sun Down."

Man, I almost had to go clean myself up after the thought of Mike Ness fronting Velvet Revolver.

I don't think he's showy enough for those guys, they'd want the more traditional front man...  but the music would be aaaaawwwwweeeeeesssssoooooommmmmeeeee.

I'm pretty sure No More Tears actually came out the same day as the Illusion albums did.  Which helps make me second 1991 with you.  I could be wrong though.

A friend of mine's Dad has it.  I don't know very much, but I do know that he said one of the foods that surprised me that really screws him up is popcorn. 

That isn't much help, it's just something that I thought it was odd.