Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Primer 55, a reunited nu metal band, has released a new music video for their song “All In The Family“, as per theprp. The group’s 2001 sophomore album, “(The) New Release,” featured the song for the first time. The most recent video for it includes footage taken during the group’s reunion tour, which began last year.
Next month, Primer 55 and Smile Empty Soul will embark on another leg of their “Silhouettes & Mayhem Tour,” with new music in the works. Makes My Blood Dancing will open this leg.
Primer, which means “something that’s unfinished,” and 55, which alludes to Interstate 55, “the road that drugs run on to get to Chicago through Memphis,” were combined to create the original name. “Introduction to Mayhem” (2000) and “(The) New Release” (2001) are Primer 55‘s two studio albums to date. The band announced another reunion in June 2025 after initially splitting up in 2003 and then getting back together from 2007 to 2015.
Guitarist Bobby Burns and singer J-Sin founded the band in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1997. The two first connected when Burns’ former band opened for J-Sin’s former band. The band’s rap rock sound was a blend of J-Sin’s hip hop and Burns’ heavy metal inspirations. The lineup was later completed with the addition of drummer Josh McLane and bassist Mike “Jr.” Christopher.
