Los Angeles-based alternative rock band, TERI DANZ BAND (http://www.teridanz.com) released its debut album on January 26,2002 , "GARDENS IN THE CONCRETE", on Bleach Records during a release party at The Cat Club on the Sunset Strip. The record features 12 original songs, recorded at the Art of Noise Recording Studio and LA Songwriter Studio, and mastered at Moonlight Mastering.

"We were fortunate to work with so many talented people," notes singer/songwriter Danz, "from Nancy Matter (Moonlight Mastering, formerly of Disney) to Eric Arm (engineer, Art of Noise Recording Studio) and more. This record has been a long time in coming and reflects the evolution of the songwriting, the band in LA, and the path the music itself has taken."

The CD begins with the No Doubt inspired "Better" ("I liked you better when you were a stranger and my heart could fill in the gaps") about initial hope in love and an eventual disillusionment. Weighing the wreckage in "Damage", the song reflects the toll relationships take on the mind, body and soul. In "Starcrossed", the band lilts to Danz's memories of a time long gone with flowing riffs and spare acoustic arrangement. As the CD builds, Danz's energy turns to the outside world; in Rain, a homeless person waits in a doorway, and in "Johnny Killed A Mockingbird", Danz creates a metaphor for the events around the Colombine High School incident with grungy electric guitars and Nirvana like imagery. Finally, in a tribute to her late grandmother ("The Road"), she faces that relationship, her new road, and creates a new beginning for herself and her life.