The Michigan Daily discovered in November 2004 that several articles written by arts editor Alex Wolsky did not meet the newspaper’s standard of ethical journalism. Parts of these stories had been plagiarized from other news sources. Although the article below has not been found to contain plagiarism, the Daily no longer stands by its content. For details, see the Daily’s editorial.
- Paul Wong
- Rating: two and a half stars.
Picking up a copy of Saliva’s sophomore release, Back into Your System, you shouldn’t expect anything spectacular. It seemed unfair to expect poetry from nu-metal, but this is devoid of all musical value. Although the musicianship was mediocre overall, it looked phenomenal next to the lyrical and vocal performance by lead singer Josey Scott.
In fact, the album would’ve been much better if he were absent from the recording completely. His attempt to become introspective on System provided the album with nothing but clich