By 2000, they had taken on a new bassist, Sam Powers, and released their third full-length album, In the Valley of Dying Stars , as produced by long-time friend Nick Raskulinecz with help from Don Coffey Jr, who was beginning to show a keen interest in life on the other side of the glass. In the Valley of Dying Stars is by far the most emotional and raw of all of their albums; and, musically, in stark contrast to Head Trip’ s diverse instrumentation, Dying Stars kept to the standard rock format: guitar, drums, bass. The emotional core of Dying Stars emanates from the death of Davis’s grandfather (his namesake), to whom John had been very close and had admired dearly. Davis’ feelings on the record industry also emerged in songs such as “Keep it Close to Me”:
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