A few years ago Kevin Palmer was living a nice comfortable life as a Land Surveyor in Montgomery, Alabama. He, his wife and their loyal dog lived in a nice modest house and everything was as it should be for a local boy from Montgomery. But, after 8 years, things stumbled and the marriage fell apart. Palmer would divorce his high-school sweetheart and virtually loose everything. "I don't know how my life would have wound up if I hadn't gone through that divorce," says the 28-year old Palmer who surprisingly has very little southern drawl. "I think everything happens for a reason, ya know."

Although heartbroken and devastated, Palmer managed to find a positive within the negativity that surrounded him. His newfound freedom enabled him space to pursue his music, take more risks and chase his ultimate dream of getting his rock band, Trust Company, out of Alabama and into the world. "After my divorce I knew I had nothing to loose," Palmer said. "I had a wife, a dog, a house and then all of a sudden I don't have anything. I had nothing, all I had is my band and I just went for it." He and his band Trust Company (Jason Singleton; Josh Moates & James Fukai) sold their homes, quit their day jobs and headed to Washington D.C. "That was a real scary time for us, that was the real make it or break it point for our band," says Palmer. "We weren't really sure if everyone was into going or not. See, when you're in a band you have 4 people and if 2 of us wanted to go and 2 don't then that doesn't work. Everybody had to want to go and we had a lot of heart to hearts and we all had to come to terms with the fact that we would be giving up a lot of stuff. We knew that if it didn't work out we could always come back and know that at least we tried."

It was in Washington D.C. where they would get their first record deal with Indy label DCide Records. The label offered them 1,000 a week for tour support. Palmer and the boys were on top of the world. "It seemed like a great deal at the time (laughs)"

In 2001 the boys were in LA where they played the most important show of their careers. It was that show where Jordan Schur, the president of Geffen records and founder of Flip Records would discover them. Schur discovered such notable acts as Limp Bizkit, Puddle of Mudd and Staind and he liked what he saw in Trust Company and almost immediately signed the band to Geffen, taking over their DCide contract.

With Schur guiding their path, Trust Company was taken from the small club circuit and placed in a much larger playing field. "The first real big show we played was at a festival in Portugal," explains Palmer, "It was us, Counting Crows, Incubus and Korn and Incubus had to cut out early so we had to play after Incubus and before Korn. There was like 20 thousand screaming people there and that was by far the biggest crowd I'd ever seen. I remember standing there, by the side of the stage, about a minute before we went on and I was looking out at the crowd and I was thinking how in the world did we get so lucky to wind up here?"

Trust Company's Geffen Records debut, "The Lonely Position Of Neutral" meshes well-conceived sharpened riffs with whispery emotional charged vocals. Palmer speaks of personal experiences and pours his soul into every word he sings. His voice, while vibrant and melodic, express' the angst of a disgruntled young man facing the trials and tribulations of the cruel reality of adulthood. "The lyrics definitely reflect what I was going through emotionally with the divorce and everything," Palmer construes, "writing for me is a healing process, I'm inspired to write when things aren't good. Like, when I'm going through something rough I like to write to get me through. I'm not as sad a person as you may think by reading the lyrics (laughs) I only write to get those things off my chest."

"The Lonely Position Of Neutral" is an album that Palmer has wanted to do his entire life, "I think it's a good representation of myself and all four of us in the band and all of our moods," he says. "It's a real mixture of who we are from heavy to soft. " The first single "Downfall" was a breakthrough hit and has been on the Billboard Modern Rock Top Ten for 19 weeks straight. "The success of that song has completely blown us all away and taken us all by surprise," Palmer gushes proudly. "We're happy, man.. For a band as young as we are to have our first single get air play and a great response has just been incredible for us."

Their second single, "Running From Me" is quickly moving up the rock charts as well and looks to be another hit for Trust Company. "That song is about a battle within myself," says Palmer. "Its like a 'facing my fears' type of song, ya know. Before I could move on I gotta face myself, I got to get over my demons. I could never move on unless I face everything, all of my problems and deal with it."

Since the enormous success of "The Lonely Position Of Neutral," Palmer hasn't looked back. He hasn't spoken or heard from his ex-wife since he left and is reveling in his bands newfound success. "To me all this success is kinda like bitter/sweet revenge," he says, "I hope I'm just haunting her, like every time she clicks on the radio she hears me (laughs) I know its mean but.. (laughs)."

Yes, life has certainly been unusual for the good ol' boy from Montgomery, Alabama. Palmer found that his lif is no longer in neutral but moving high speed in the fast lane. "The stuff that we've done already is more than I realistically ever thought I could do," admits Palmer. "When you're a kid you always dream big and you want everything in the world, but I think that realistically I never thought I would get this level."

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