Fourth Estate

There was a time when guitar wasn't king. But that time is gone forever, thanks to Rock 'N' Roll and bands like Fourth Estate. Fourth Estate has created a progressive, guitar-based music that fuses red hot riffs, deep, rumbling rhythms and exploratory compositions that challenge the ear and boil the blood. The music goes beyond the usual flash guitar work of most of their contemporaries and takes rock into another world - literally.
Of course, Fourth Estate, based in Colorado, has been making their genre-expanding rock for years. Formed in 1987, the band released their debut album, Finesse and Fury, in 1992 and quickly established themselves as leaders in progressive music. From the clarity and beauty of tracks like "Joy" and "Routier" (the first-ever recording featuring the Automatic Tuning Guitar) to the energizing, raw drive of "Mason Street Shuffle" and the two-fisted punch of "Juggernaut," Finesse and Fury was a worthy predecessor to See What I See. A trip to perform in Bulgaria in 1994 for the International Festival of the Arts provided new musical inspiration and when the group returned to the studio, these influences helped them create an exotic and powerful world of sound. Originally released in 1995, See What I See remains a benchmark recording in contemporary instrumental music and Fourth Estate continues to stretch the boundaries of Rock 'N' Roll - where the guitar is most certainly king!