From the beginning bass line to the last synthesizer sustain, these eight new songs from Start have a hypnotic energy that will keep any fan of progressive rock listening over, and over again. Taking up where they left off in 1985, the high-tech power trio of Ran Ballard Keyboards/Vocals, Dean McLeod Chapman Stick/Bass, and Mike Tapogna Drums/Percussion interweave complex rhythms and Bass with aggressive keyboards. Everything is complete with Ran Ballard’s vocals.
START, progressive, melodic, and addictive.

20/20  Album Oriented Progressive Rock

20/20

It Comes ToYou

It Comes To You

Get Out
Cho1
You bring in nothing
But think your something
I’ll tell you one thing
Get Out

Your always two steps back
And all your rhetoric
Make my eardrums bleed
And all your wisdom
No one seems to need
Your always trying to spread
Your mediocrity

You bring in nothing
But think your something
I’ll tell you one thing
Get Out

You walk this planet
With no credibility
A self-inflated ego
That anyone can see
And your conversations
It’s me me me me me
Primordial, Lowlife
Is all you’ll ever be

You bring in nothing
But think your something
I’ll tell you one thing
Get Out

You never blame yourself
For anything you see
It’s always some one else
No responsibility
But when you see yourself
And all that you can’t be
Bottom-feeding deviant
A waste of energy

You bring in nothing
But think your something
I’ll tell you one thing
Get Out




Parasitic pontificating
Useless human being
Narcissistic masturbator
Who lies right through your teeth
Sociopathic instigator
A succubus you see
If I never see you ever
Will be too soon for me

You bring in nothing
But think your something
I’ll tell you one thing
Get Out

Get Out

Kingdom of Dismay

Vr1
It’s really rare to find people who care
When you do you don’t know what to say
You play their games so long it’s really a shame
That you’ve closed your mind to what they have to say

Cho1
Break away from all the things they’ve told you
Pave the way to what you really feel
Break away from all the things they’ve told you

Inst1

Vrs2
Say the things you really wanted to say
Without hesitation make it real
Stand up to the things that made you runaway
Don’t back down, Don’t back off, Don’t delay

Cho1
Break away from all the things they’ve told you
Pave the way to what you really feel
Break away from all the things they’ve told you

Bri
Yes we fought it so long
Yet we still stand strong
Try to prove us wrong it still remains
But we’ll get there yet
And we’ll take that bet
That we’ll take the throne from the Kingdom of Dismay

Cho3
Break away from all the things they’ve told you
Pave the way to what you really feel
Say the things you really wanted to say
Without hesitation, Without hesitation, Without hesitation
Make it real

Kingdom of Dismay

Kingdom Of Dismay

Lemmings

Vrs1 
I get so angry
When I hear the news
Their thoughts and opinions
They don’t have a clue

All I want is an update 
Of what’s really happening
All I get are commercials
Their agendas sound insane

Social Media lemmings
Following off the cliff
Influencers and tiky toks
Need jobs instead of hits

If I need some reality
I’ll go outside my door
Keep my fingers on the pulse
Until it bleeds then bleeds some more

Cho 1
What’s this world coming to
Cant you just think for you
Think for yourself 
You’re not someone else
There’s no excuse you know what to do

Vrs2
Last time I checked
I was in the human race
Where everyone’s different
But the same
Ten fingers and toes
Eyes ears and a nose
But our mouths can sometimes be a disgrace

Cho2
What’s this world coming to
Cant you just think for you
Think for yourself 
You’re not someone else
There’s no excuse you know what to do


Vrs3
5,000 years of rights and wrongs
Still fighting the same old 
Still can’t get along
Keep passing the blame
Take responsibility 
You can stop with the speeches
Cause freedoms not for free


Cho out
What’s this world coming to
Why cant you just think for you
Think for yourself 
You’re not someone else
There’s no excuse you know what to do

Lemmings

On Your Own
Vrs1
When you find yourself surrounded 
With you’re back against the wall 
There’s no time for re-adjustment 
Slight mistake could end it all
Vrs2
A steady game of calculating 
Seems you’ve met your final foe 
As you turn see your reflection 
And you see you’re all alone
Cho1
(On Your Own)
Look straight ahead
Everyone has their own way
(On Your Own) 
It’s hard as they’ve said 
So do not wait don’t delay
Vrs3
And the standard of debating 
Passed away with fickle blow 
Faced to fondle all your instincts 
Make decisions on your own
Cho2
(On Your Own)
Look straight ahead
Everyone has their own way
(On Your Own) 
It’s hard as they’ve said 
So do not wait don’t delay
Vrs4 
Past the road of no returning 
When you find a crowded room 
Walk the razors edge un-fearing 
Everyone’s the same you know
Cho2
(On Your Own)
Look straight ahead
Everyone has their own way
(On Your Own) 
It’s hard as they’ve said 
So do not wait don’t delay

On Your Own

Rush

Vrs1 
Used to have to stay at home
To talk to people on the phone
Then I’d go out I would roam
So I could be all alone
Now wherever that I go
It rings it beeps it tweets, and tones
Info I don’t need to know 
But I can’t turn away

Cho1
Had enough
Of all this stuff
Had enough of
Rush, rush, rush

Vrs2
It used to be that my TV
Was where I’d zone
it set me free
From the stress
I had daily
Now I barely sleep
My tension levels 
Way to steep
CNN, IDTV, 
Orchestrated, reality
It’s time to say enough

Cho2
Had enough
Of all this stuff
Had enough of
Rush, rush, rush

Vrs3
Every day they try you see
With ads and calls and text and tweets
They spy on me to sell me things 
I never thought I’d need
Everything has gone amuck
So corporations make a buck
If you don’t spend 
You’re out of luck
They’ll put you on the streets

Cho3
Had enough
Of all this stuff
Had enough 
Rush, rush, rush

Rush

Stand And Fall

Vrs1
I know what it’s like to fall from grace
It sits on your chest and laughs in your face
It twists the knife hard as you drown in disgrace
My failures alive as I leave no trace
Cho1
Save me from myself 
But look into my face
I’m not giving up I won’t go away
I will stand and fall 
But stay in the race 
Yes I fell so fast but this can’t be my fate
Vrs2
I know that I live with so many regrets
When will it stop being a test
And life goes on for all the rest
Days go by so fast
As I’m closer to my last
Cho2
Save me from myself 
But look into my face
I’m not giving up I won’t go away
I will stand and fall 
But stay in the race 
Yes I fell so fast but this can’t be my fate 

Bri
So many times I took the wrong road
But keep moving forward as I bear the load
Can’t stop for a day or so I’ve been told
Like the old tale you reap what you sow
Inst
Cho3
I know what it’s like from what I see
It won’t be long before I am free
I know this road is never ending
Truth be told it’s a beautiful dream
Cho3 
Save me from myself 
But look into my face
I’m not giving up I won’t go away
I will stand and fall 
But stay in the race 
Yes I fell so fast but this can’t be my fate

Stand and  Fall

Stand And Fall

If By Chance
CHO1 
If by chance you find it 
Make your way around 
If by chance you find it 
Shout out what you found
VRS1 
Runabout if you can find your way around 
Look at all the people running too 
If you find a place that is free of all the hate 
Let us know before it’s all to late
CHO2
If by chance you find it 
Make your way around 
If by chance you find it 
Shout out what you found
VRS 2 
Searching ever hoping looking at the clues 
Waiting for that ending we call fate 
Misconstrued interpretations has us all confused 
The shaping of our future is brand new
BRI 
We search the world over 
In materialistic view 
And found it’s not the way 
To inner truth 
CHO 3
If by chance you find it 
Make your way around 
If by chance you find it 
Shout out what you found 
 
 VRS 3
Acceptance can engulf us with new realities 
To make these changes for humanity 
There’s so much more that we can be 
It’s all for one and one for all you see
CHO OUT
If by chance you find it 
Make your way around 
If by chance you find it 
Shout out what you found