This is about a week of catch up or so, so this is one fucking long list!

2009 – The Future Is Soon
Aggrolites, The – IV
Andrew W.K. – Close Calls With Brick Walls
Anti-Flag – The People or The Gun
As Tall As Lions – You Can’t Take It With You
Ataris, The – …Anywhere But Here
Ataris, The – Welcome The Night
Avail – Front Porch Stories
Avail – One Wrench
Bad Brains – Bad Brains
Barry, Tim – Manchester
Big D and the Kids Table, Brian Failure – Beijing to Boston
Black Keys, The – The Big Come Up
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Briggs, The – Back To Higher Ground
Cloak Dagger – Lost Art
Common Enemy – Living The Dream
Converge – Axe To Fall
Death By Stereo – Into The Valley Of Death
Dost, Andrew – Columbus
Drive Like Jehu – Drive Like Jehu
Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
Flaming Lips, The – Silent Night
Full of Fancy – Sweet Baby Jesus
Gabel, Tom – Anna is a Stool Pigeon
Ghostlimb, Fischer – Split
Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy
Hatebreed – For The Lions
Hot Chip – The Warning
Jizz Kids, Guts – A Safe Return To The Forest
Judas Priest – Hero, Hero
Lawrence Arms, The – The Greatest Story Ever Told
Longfellow – And So On
Lucero – 1372 Overton Park
Mad Caddies – Just One More
Mars Volta, The – Is Anybody There
Mars Volta, The – Live At The Electric Ballroom
Max Levine Ensemble, The – Ok Smarty Pants
Monikers – Wake Up
Morrissey – Years of Refusal
Motley Crue – Girls Girls Girls
MxPx – Secret Weapon
Naked Raygun – Jettison
Naked Raygun – Understand
Nerf Herder – American Cheese
Nine Pound Hammer – Sex, Drugs and Bill Monroe
No Use For A Name – Hard Rock Bottom
No Use For A Name – Keep Them Confused
No Use For a Name – More Bitterness
Only Crime – To The Nines
P.O.D. – Payable On Death
Protest the Hero – Kezia
Prozacs, The – Playing The Chords We Love
Real McKenzies, The – 10,000 Shots
Real McKenzies, The – Oot and Aboot
Rehasher – High Speed Access to My Brain
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
Revolutionary Youth – Bleed Decay
Scorch, Al – This Lonesome World…
Sick Of It All – Call To Arms
Sick Of It All – Life on the Ropes
Sick Of It All – Yours Truly
Skatalites – Stretching Out Vol. 1
Skeletonwitch – Breathing The Fire
Smashing Pumpkins – Gish
Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns
Star Fucking Hipsters – Never Rest In Peace
Strung Out – An American Paradox
Swellers, The – My Everest
Tool – 10,000 Days
Used Kids – Yeah No
Vandals, The – Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes
Vandals, The – Sweatin’ To The Oldies
Various Artists – Glory Daze
Various Artists – Mallrats
Various Artists – New Tales To Tell
Wrister, North Trolls – Split

This post is coming a little later in the day than I would have liked, but hey, shit happens.

AFI – Crash Love
Andrew Jackson Jihad, Mischief Brew – Split
Buck O Nine – Barfly
Buck O Nine – Songs in the Key of Bree
Buck O Nine – True or False
Chixdiggit – Born on the First of July
Chixdiggit – From Scene to Shining Scene
Chixdiggit – Pink Razors
Citizen Fish – Life Size
Diesel Boy – Rode Hard and Put Away Wet
Diesel Boy – Sofa King Cool
Diesel Boy – Venus Envy
Division of Laura Lee – Black City
Dutchess and The Duke, The – Sunset Sunrise
Eels, The – Hombre Lobo
Faith No More – Angel Dust
Lagwagon – A Feedbag of Truckstop Poetry
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The – Where’d You Go
No Use For A Name – Leche con Carne
No Use For A Name – Live in a Dive
No Use For A Name – Making Friends
Noise By Numbers – Yeah, Whatever…
Specials, The – The Specials
Strung Out – Another Day in Paradise
Ween – Gabrielle
Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary

And to go with the announcement last month of their new record, a coming soon page for:

Eels, The – End Times

Fat Wreck Chords estará editando un boxset de 3 cds, esto por motivo de celebrar sus 20 años de creación. La label empezo en 1990 pero edito su primer material dos años despues. El pimer disco incluria exitos del pasado, el segundo canciones raras o “lados B”, el tercero será el 7″ Club del 2001 en un solo cd.

El release incluira 88 canciones de Against Me!, American Steel, Anti-Flag, Avail, Bracket, Chixdiggit!, Consumed, Dead To Me, Descendents, The Dickies, Dillinger Four, Enemy You, Epoxies, Face to Face, The Flatliners, Frenzal Rhomb, Goober Patrol, Good Riddance, Hi-Standard, Lagwagon, The Lawrence Arms, Less Than Jake, The Loved Ones, MxPx, Mad Caddies, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, Nerf Herder, No Use For A Name, None More Black, One Man Army, Only Crime, Propagandhi, Randy, The Real McKenzies, Rise Against, The Sainte Catherines, Screeching Weasel, Sick Of It All, Smoke Or Fire, Snuff, The Soviettes, Star Fucking Hipsters, Strike Anywhere, Strung Out, Swingin’ Utters, Tilt, The Vandals, Western Addiction, Wizo y Zero Down.

Pada hari Sabtu (17 /10 / 09), beberapa jam sebelum naik pentas di hall kompleks Hotel Bumi Wiyata, Depok, No Use For A Name berhasil di-interview oleh Wasted Rockers. Interview dilakukan oleh Dede (Wasted Rockers) dan Rio (wartawan Loud magazine & drummer Aksi Terror), dengan Matt Riddle (bass & backing-vocal) & Rory Koff (drummer), yang berlangsung di kamar hotel tempat mereka menginap.

Interview dengan salah satu eksponen penting dalam pop-punk movement di era 90-an ini berlangsung menarik. Kita ngobrol ngalor-ngidul seputar rekaman album terakhir mereka The Feel Good Record of the Year (2008), album NUFAN favorit kami: More Betterness (1999), mengenai pop-punk scene, emo, & (late) Green Day!…

File rekaman wawancara dengan band asal San Jose, California, USA ini kami upload agar bisa dinikmati oleh seluruh pembaca setia Wasted Rockers. So, enjoy it!…

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* Big thanks to Hit ‘n Run Entertainment for make this happen! Also thanks to Ari Patria for the equipment!
* Photo by Agung

URL sumbangan kekawan kita :: Por (klik sini) - TQ Muaturun, klik jerr tajuk lagu.. No Use For The Name – Yours To Destroy “Yours To Destroy” lyrics by http://percuma-mp3-download.blogspot.com Suddenly I see myself returning To the scene where I was ridden of this crime Looking at the outline of the chalk drawn on the street I left so much behind here that the silhouette was me I never thought that we were miserable But how can two be only in it for themselves? There is nothing left to say, I’ve swallowed my tongue anyway Driving out into another state, I can see the road behind me Falling back into the same mistake, so hard to avoid Never will the smallest voice again be silent, yours to destroy Panic followed blindly by depression When the roads become the buildings in your mind Moving up the elevator to floor sixty-three A metaphor? Yes that is right I still cannot be free On the roof I start to realize I may not have a hope at least I have this view Apologies for what’s been said, half of which was in my head And if I have to follow you, you will not rip this heart of mine in two You cannot break this chain But you can build a wall to shut me out if you so choose I know that I have come and gone But I can’t keep pulling myself away A noose around my neck I walk around the city as the night becomes the day And if you come around I may just not be found Buat Duit Percuma

*** New songs added! (October 20th) ***

Hey guys! As promised, here are some great Halloween tracks to get you excited for Trick-or-Treating! WordPress won’t allow me to embed the media player in this post (so that it shows up like the original playlist in the menu at the bottom of the page), but if you click on the link below, you will be able to listen/download the songs from Box.net. When I get some more time a little later, I’ll post the lyrics and potentially add some more songs. Enjoy!

HALLOWEEN MIX 2009! CLICK TO PLAY.

The tracks are as follows:

1. KC & The Sunshine Band – I’m Your Boogie Man (From the Watchmen soundtrack. This one is sort of a joke.)
2. Misfits – Hybrid Moments (I already had the cover by No Use For A Name on here, but I love this song so much that I thought I’d let you have both versions)
3. The Cure – Burn (from The Crow soundtrack)
4. Misfits – Teenagers From Mars
5. Misfits – Living Hell
6. No Use For A Name – Hybrid Moments (Misfits cover)
7. Misfits – Scream!
8. Misfits – The Haunting
9. Misfits – Speak Of The Devil
10. 88 Fingers Louie – Night Of The Living Dead (Misfits cover)
11. Alkaline Trio – Time To Waste
12. Lillingtons – Vaporize My Brain
13. Alkaline Trio – Burn
14. Monster Mash (unsure of the band that does this version – I got it from a CD that a friend of mine made for me. Sorry!)
15. Gardens – Heavens
16. Lillingtons – All I Hear Is Static
17. Lillingtons – Zombies
18. Misfits – Skulls
19. Misfits – Halloween
20. Misfits – Don’t Open ‘Til Doomsday (with secret song “Hell Night” at the end)
21. Misfits – Monster Mash
22. Misfits – Astro Zombies
23. Misfits – Last Caress
24. Lemonheads – Skulls (Acoustic cover of the Misfits track — loveee it!)

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That’s it for now! Until next time, keep doing the Mash, the Monster Mash…

- Daisy W. Buchanan -

(Ooo just noticed that this is the 13th post on this blog! How wonderfully appropriate for a Halloween post!!!)

Oooh this is a hot one! First up in this weeks auditory mind assault is a full album download of down and dirty, psytrance from Xamanist…

Xamanist is 31 year old Sérgio Ribeiro from Portugal and he’s been messin’ about on guitar and bass and tweakin’ synths since diaper days. Then came what the man himself describes as a “life changing moment” - Boom Festival 2000 – and the next thing ya’ know Sergio is creating his own psytrance compositions. Together with Syul, the twosome formed Swan X-1, who performed live across Portugal until disbanding in 2007. Sérgio wasn’t quite done yet though, and hence, his solo project, Xamanist, was born. But, and I love this part, Xamanist still performs live on guitar and synths, at every show. This is not your average bot-a-track electronica. Rather, Xamanist is  like all good scotch, wine, coffee and smoothies an exercise in the perfection of the blend. Xaminist is old and new, darkness and light, melody and rhythm. This fusion philosophy is breathtakingly executed on Sérgio’s debut album, Initiation, mastered by Akhentek @ Ilum Studios. Sure, it’s laced with that good ‘ol Goa, but its also an amalgamation forged in the fires of a full-on, progressive style that provides an epic backdrop for creative storytelling. Personal favorite has gotta be the banging “White Magick”, but hey, I loved this whole album and it gets better with every listen. Oh and I almost forgot yo, that psychedelic cover art is from the delightfully curious mind of Adam Scott Miller – another interesting cat to say the least.

Download and enjoy all 9 tracks from Initiation by Xamanist here. FREE!

And now, in the immortal words of Monty Python, for something completely different.

modern day classic

You know Fat Wreck Chords and yes, by that I do mean precisely the independent punk label started by NOFX lead singer and bassist Fat Mike. The very same label we have to thank for the Punkvoter movement, which helped the U.S. rid itself of Bush Jr. by encouraging the youth to vote. The label that released material for Against Me, American Steel, Anti-Flag, Avail, Bad Astronaut, Banner Pilot, Chixdiggit!, Citizen Fish, Consumed, Dead To Me, Descendants, The Dickies, Dillinger Four, The Epoxies, The Flatliners, Frenzal Rhomb, Goober Patrol, Good Riddance, Hi-Standard, Lagwagon, The Lawrence Arms, Leftover Crack, Less Than Jake, The Loved Ones, Love Equals Death, The Mad Caddies, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, None More Black, No Use For A Name, Only Crime, Pour Habit, Propaghandi, Randy, The Real McKenzies, Rise Against, The Sainte Catherines, Screeching Weasel, Sick of it All, Smoke Or Fire, Snuff, The Soviettes, Star Fucking Hipsters, Strike Anywhere, Strung Out, Subhumans, Swingin’ Utters, Teenage Bottlerocket, Tilt, Western Addiction and Wizo.  Oh you did! Splendid! But yeah did ya know you can download a whole pile of tracks from all those acts for FREE right now? No you didn’t. HA! Now, now.. Hush. Its o.k. Thats why I’m here.

Click to get Fat Wreck-ed!

Have a wicked weekend y’all. Peace!

A hazánkban már több alkalommal is megfordult No Use for a Name megszerezte magának a nemrég szintén itt járt Lagwagon gitárosát, Chris Rest-et, aki a távozó Dave Nassie helyére lépett. Nassie a Bleeding Through miatt hagyta faképnél csapatát az idei európai turné közepén.

170.000 Menschen feiern in den Rheinauen Bonn nicht nur die Bands, sondern auch ein rauschendes Fest und in gewisser Weise sich selbst. Neben vielen musikalischen Highlights bot auch das Rahmenprogramm der diesjährigen RhEINKULTUR einen gelungen Ausgleich zwischen Festival und Amüsement. [mehr]

170.000 Menschen feiern in den Rheinauen Bonn nicht nur die Bands, sondern auch ein rauschendes Fest und in gewisser Weise sich selbst. Neben vielen musikalischen Highlights bot auch das Rahmenprogramm der diesjährigen RhEINKULTUR einen gelungen Ausgleich zwischen Festival und Amüsement.

Die andere Seite der Rheinauen - Laut, überfüllt und einfach anders

Einmal im Jahr wird die Idylle der Bonner Rheinauen sozusagen in den Urlaub geschickt. Denn passend zum ersten Juli – Wochenende dreht sich alles um Musik, Party und Spaß. Kurz gesagt: Es ist wieder Zeit für die RhEINKULTUR. Auch in diesem Jahr ist die Veranstaltung, die nun schon seit über 25 Jahren stattfindet, ein fester Bestandteil im Kalender eines jeden Festivalliebhabers.

So hat sich zwar seit der ersten RhEINKULTUR ’83, bei der sich gerade einmal 4000 Menschen einfanden, viel verändert, aber das Grundprinzip ist bis heute das Gleiche geblieben. Denn immer noch geht es darum, Menschen zusammen zu bringen, einen schönen Tag, mit musikalischen Highlights und ansprechendem Rahmenprogramm zu gestalten und einfach nur ein rauschendes Fest zu feiern. Und das alles völlig umsonst für die Besucher.

Auch ein Blick auf das Line-Up in diesem Jahr zeigt, dass sich die RhEINKULTUR zu einem Großevent entwickelt hat. So stehen Acts wie Culcha Candela, Selig, No Use for a Name, oder auch Oli Banjo & Jonesmann auf den vier Bühnen und auch der erst im letzten Jahr ins Leben gerufene Tanzberg kann mit Namen wie Dr. Motte oder Elektrodrei aufwarten.

Doch was erwartete die Besucher wirklich? Kann das Festival mit den mittlerweile hohen Erwartungen mithalten, oder ist die Größe den Veranstaltern mittlerweile über den Kopf gewachsen?

Die Antwort fällt eindeutig aus. Sowohl Festivalbesucher, als auch Organisatoren sprechen positiv über das Erlebte. Die Stimmung vor den fünf Bühnen ist den ganzen Tag über ausgesprochen ausgelassen und das Publikum feiert seine Stars. So schafft es die Band Montreal bereits am Nachmittag eine beachtliche Wall of Death zu „organisieren“ und keiner der Acts, die bereits am Nachmittag spielen, können sich über mangelnden Zuspruch beklagen. An jeder Bühne wird gefeiert und sowohl die Bands als auch die Zuschauer erleben ein Event der besonderen Art.

Vier Bühnen, ein Berg und die Sorge um das leibliche Wohl

Bereits im zweiten Jahr avancierte der Tanzberg zum geheimen Highlight der RhEINKULTUR

Doch wie hat sich der gemeine Besucher das Gelände vorzustellen? Eigentlich ist es ganz einfach: Nahezu die gesamten Rheinauen sind während dieses Tages zum Festival-Gelände erklärt. Das heißt – genauer gesagt – vier Bühnen und der Tanzberg, der sich direkt am Haupteingang der Rheinauen in Bad Godesberg befindet. Die 4 Bühnen, unterteilt nach Blauer, Roter und Grüner Bühne und der Mixery Raw Deluxe Stage verteilen sich auf dem ganzen Gelände. Sie sind strategisch so gut verteilt, dass sich die Musik der einzelnen Bühnen nicht überschneidet, aber dennoch in Sichtweite sind, so dass man sich auf dem Weg von der einen zur anderen Bühne auch nicht verlaufen kann.

Der Weg zwischen den einzelnen Bühnen ist geziert von Imbissbuden und Getränkeständen. So kann jeder Besucher nach Lust und Laune für das leibliche Wohl sorgen. Von der einfachen Pommesbude über Crepes-Stände und Pizza-Wagen bis hin zu asiatischen Spezialitäten sind den Gaumen-Freuden kaum Grenzen gesetzt. An der Getränke-Front sieht die Lage nicht anders aus. Es kann zwischen Bier, Cola, Wasser und Limo gewählt werden, aber auch verschiedene Cocktail-Stände oder Redbull-Zelte lassen keine Wünsche offen. [...]

Trotz der kulinarischen Raffinessen, die das Vorbeigehen zweifelsohne zu einer echten Herausforderung werden lassen, ist und bleibt der Hauptbestandteil der RhEINKULTUR die Musik. Der gute Ruf der Veranstaltung und die gute Stimmung sind weit über die Grenzen von Bonn hinaus bekannt und dies ist auch der Grund warum viele Künstler auch gerne wiederkommen. So ist Olli Banjo nun schon im zweiten Jahr in Folge auf der Mixery Raw Deluxe Bühne als Headliner zu finden und auch Xatar ist nicht das erste Mal dabei.

Viele zeigten am Rande der RhEINKULTUR ihre Fähigkeiten in der Halfpipe

Doch auch an der nicht musikalischen Front können die Veranstalter mit einem interessanten Rahmenprogramm begeistern. Für die waghalsigen Festival-Besucher ist der Sprung vom Bungee-Turm schon fast obligatorisch. Aber wer sich für den kurzen Adrenalin-Kick begeistern kann, muss viel Geduld mitbringen, denn Wartezeiten bis zu zwei Stunden sind nicht ungewöhnlich. Wer sich nicht ganz so weit nach oben traut kann sich aber auch anderweitig sportlich betätigen. Für die Skater und BMX-Fahrer unter den Besuchern ist der Skate-Park der Rheinauen geöffnet. Viele nutzen die Chance um ihr Können zu zeigen. Waghalsige Sprünge und Tricks sind in der großen Halfpipe im Laufe  des Tages zu beobachten und auch viele Zuschauer finden sich auf dem Rasen vor dem Skatepark ein, um den Sportlern die verdiente Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken. In lockerer Atmosphäre sitzt man beisammen, redet über das Festival, die Tricks in der Halfpipe oder entspannt sich einfach bis der nächste musikalische Act auf der Bühne ist.

Einfach für jeden was dabei

Die Mischung aus Musik, Freunde treffen, Bekanntschaften machen, Rahmenprogramm und selbstverständlich auch die Location machen die RhEINKULTUR jedes Jahr zu einem Festival der besonderen Art und bei so vielen Menschen, ob jung, junggeblieben oder alt, beliebt. Nicht nur die stetig wachsenden Besucherzahlen seit dem Gründungsjahr sprechen eine deutliche Sprache, auch der Tenor in Nachberichten oder Interviews mit Festivalbesuchern zeigen deutlich, dass die RhEINKULTUR einfach zu einem gelungen Festivalsommer dazugehört und das jeder der die Möglichkeit hat dieses Event zu besuchen, auch gerne davon Gebrauch macht. Viele der Besucher sind nicht das erste Mal dabei und dieses Jahr wird auch bei vielen nicht das Letzte gewesen sein.

Blir nog ett långt inlägg istället för femtielva kortare… umm… metaltown får eget ändå.

Kom ner till Gbg mitt på dan i onsdags alltså, varmt som i helvetet. Insåg snabbt att det skulle bli rätt varmt på 40kvadrat med 5pers, eheh. Och en närmare titt på packningen visade att den inte heller var så intelligent.. 20-hålskängor och 2par jeans. Go me! Levde i min korta svarta kjol hela veckan, tur att den kom med!

Jag och Michan tog oss till West Coast Riot på torsdagen, grabbarna skulle bara på metaltown. Såg No Use For A Name som var först ut, riktigt bra! Gaslight Anthem såg vi lite på håll, bra, men inte lika kul att se live. Sedan drog jag Michan till tältet för att kolla in the Knockouts, började okej och blev bara bättre ju mer de spelade… Queen of the Underground var riktigt najs! Sedan, öltältet. Satte oss med våra kalla cider med ryggen åt scenen och storbildsskärmen. Hörde bra musik men orkade inte kolla in det. Tji fick jag när jag vände mig och såg en kontrabas på hela storbildsskärmen… (Jaså det var DÄRFÖR basen hördes så bra.. grattis Josefine) Sprang till scenen för att kolla sista kvarten med Michan och jääävlar vad bra. De kommer tillbaka i november! The Living End, alltså. Sedan följde Gogol Bordello, hur jävla coola som helst, Raised Fist, galna och bra live as usual. Pennywise, halvseg punkrock, inte min grej. Headlinande Social Distortion som jag VILL säga är min grej, men… nej. Not my cup of tea.

Sen skulle vi dra ut och parta, men både jag och Michan var sjuka och trötta så det blev en cider på Storan och sen hem.

Il y a longtemps que je n’avais pas faite de nouveaux articles sur mon blog, mais me revoilà. Je me suis procuré le dernier album de No Use For a Name (groupe punk rock américain) celui-ci intitulé The Feel Good Record Of The Year. Il faut croire qu’ils aiment bien les titres longs ! Voici un extrait vidéo de cet album.

Pour ma part je trouve que l’album manque de punch mais ils ont resté dans le même pattern que les autres albums. J’aime bien la tune Biggest Lie je trouve que c’est la meilleur de l’album et c’est la première piste du CD. Voici le clip

En résumé j’accorde un 6.5/10 …. comparé a celui de Nofx que je considère comme un 10 ! Mais  ça reste mon opinion ! Faite moi part de vos commentaires.

I dedicate the following song to irony:

For the hearing impaired, here are the lyrics:

“I wake up every evening, with a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
And your still probably working at a 9 to 5 pace
I wonder how bad that tastes”

“When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell”

Now wheres you picket fence love
And wheres that shiny car,
And did it ever get you far
You’ve never seem so tense love
I’ve never seen you fall so hard,
Do you know where you are”

“And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I’m lying”

“When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that’s worth a damn and treats you well
Then he’s a fool, your just as well, hope it gives you hell”

“Tomorrow you’ll be thinking to yourself
Where’d it all go wrong, the list goes on and on”

“And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I’m lying”

“Now you’ll never see, what you’ve done to me
You can take back your memories they’re no good to me
And here’s all your lies,
You can look me in my eyes
With that sad sad look that you wear so well”

“When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song and sing along oh you’ll never tell
Then you’re the fool, I’m just as well
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song I hope that it will give you hell
You can sing along I hope that it will treat you well”

Now, I can finally smile. Thanks All-American Rejects for a great song.

Speaking of emo I recently exchanged messages with JT Woodruff, lead singer of Hawthorne Heights. He finally got hip and set up a Facebook. That’s right, the “Ohio Is for Lovers” rocker was originally just a guy from my hometown of St. Marys, W.Va. We used to run in the same circles and I once sold his band a sound mixing board.

Those were some good days. That’s when we’d listen to No Use for a Name (NUFAN), NOFX, MXPX, Goldfinger, Blink 182, 311, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, etc. Matt Powell and JT once wrote a song called “West Virginia Bass Festival,” a tribute to the annual St. Marys bass tournament, which runs this year from June 11-14.

Once we put together a punk show at the Pleasants County Park called the Punk ‘n’ Funk Festival. I remember designing the flyers for the show on my old Packard Bell computer. It was a small crowd, but we had plenty of Surge soda to go around.

I miss those days, but I miss Surge more.

Either way, it’s nice to see JT taking his roots and turning them into great songs.

So back to music. But rather than talk about why good music is good, I thought I’d have a crack at talking about why bad music is bad. The genre that immediately sprung to mind was punk rock.

Needless to say, I’m not a fan. I quite like some pop punk, like blink 182 and early sum41, a bit of Greenday, Jimmy eat world etc. basically the really commercial, well known stuff. But I think these bands are well known for a reason, because they’re the best in their genre, and even they aren’t anything spectacular.

But moving on from pop punk, to real punk rock. Basically, the old school bands like the sex pistols, and the newer bands, NOFX, No Use for a Name (worst band name ever by the way) etc. seem to have basically the same song writing techniques. String together a generic four chord sequence, whack some distortion on it, play really fast, and sing over it (more often than not out of tune) about how much the government sucks and the big bad corporations are taking over the world.

I just can’t help but think, jesus christ this music has been inflicted upon society for what, 30 years? Have they not run out of crap to moan about yet? And if they must voice their irrelevant opinions on current affairs through the medium of music, AT LEAST MAKE THE MUSIC GOOD! I mean really, I’m sure around 75% of punk rock songs are based around four chords, not necessarily the same chords, but all similar progressions, and have the same generic fast punk drum beat, with some pissed off, tone deaf idiot shouting/singing (I use the term singing very loosely) about how the world should change to how he wants it to be.

I mean, I get that this music is all about the attitude and the arrogance. I get that. But what i don’t understand is why anyone would want to go and see three/four/five musical simpletons slop their way through a set which requires the technical ability of a five year old and a couple of weeks of guitar lessons to play, essentially, up on their soapbox telling people how things should be.

AND, if they actually have a message worth hearing, a genuine political statement, then why put it across in such a way that will just make people switch off to it and say “what the hell is this crap?”. What’s wrong with the way Bob Dylan did it? He was one of the biggest political voices in music in his day because people could listen to him. Or if they want it to be a bit more energetic than acoustic folk music, why not just take a bit more care over the songs, maybe give them a touch more of a melodic feel, take care over the notes that the vocalist hits and actually make them sound like something people will want to listen to. Because to me, it sounds like these bands just throw a song together in 5 minutes and then say “yeah that’ll do, let’s just release that”.

In conclusion, I think punk rock sucks balls. With exceptions of course, no generalisation comes without exceptions, for example, the singer from bad religion is pretty damn good, and there are a few cool guitary bits in some NOFX songs, but mainly, it’s just relentless crap that refuses to stop sharing it’s unwanted opinions.

Though having said all that, I have kind of just generalised the whole genre based on the bands I’ve heard. If anyone can recommend any really good punk rock bands who they think can sway my opinion, I would like to go and check them out.

All the best people x

That’s right, I recently had a live music review published on the LimeWire Music Blog. If you’re asking how that’s different than me posting a review on here, well, I don’t know how to answer that. But they are a business, they have a blog, and I wrote for it.

The band I reviewed, No Use For A Name, is the band that officially got me into punk music back in the early to mid ’90s. I even did a presentation in grade 7 music class on their song “Until It’s Gone.” And as is the case with most bands I’ve seen recently (or am still waiting to see), I’ve been waiting most of my life to see them. And thanks to my lovely girlfriend – who is also responsible for the amazing photos taken at the show – I finally got to see them last week.

To say the least, it was pretty rad.

Click here for the review. One person even commented on it!

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No Use For A Name @ the Underground May 20/09. This show originally was to be held at the Warehouse but was moved to the Underground which is a club below the Warehouse. Pour Habit was an awsome opener. The guys are very energenic and put on an excellent show. I recommend getting to the show early to catch these guys. Only Crime were OK but I wasn’t really feeling them. Even the lead singer made a comment of having a bad day so I assume it was affecting their show. Neither opener had custom picks from what I saw.

NUFAN were great. The Underground is pretty small so this was an intemitt type show. The guys played about a 20 song set with 3 songs in their encore. I’m impressed with the sh*t they put up with. There was no barrier between the crowd and band so Tony’s mic stand kept getting not around. Their guitar tech had to hold the stand for the entire show. By the end they seemed to have enjoyed the crowd and made a comment that the show was really punk like (If you were there you would agree).

Custom Picks,

Pour Habit: none

Only Crime: None

NUFAN: Custom Ernie Ball

Note: The Tech is pretty friendly and will hand out a few picks at the end of the show.

Rock Hard, Rock Loud & Rock On!

JR

Motto: Punk Rock

Style: punk

Band:

• Voix – vocals
• Mircea – guitar
• Matei – guitar
• Dimi – bass
• Robert – drums

About:

• COBE este o trupa relativ noua, care canta punk! Una din putinele trupe romanesti care au adoptat acest stil, pe un taram minat, precum cel al frumoasei noastre tarisoare, Romania. Baietii, in numar 5, au cantat in deschiderea trupei No Use For A Name, din Fabrica (13.02.2009), unde s-au distrat si au fost primiti cu bratele deschise de media de 16 ani care statea in fata lor. Noi, astia mai batrani, deja eliberasem frontu’ central, preferand o apa plata.

MySpace: COBE

URL official: COBE

Eu tava na dúvida, juro. Dois shows, mais ou menos o mesmo horarário: Sérgio Ugeda (Debate) na Rebel e No Use For A Name no Odisséia. Tá, o maluco do Debate é brasileiro e tudo, mas porra, os shows dele são raros… NUFAN eu os vi e os entrevistei [post:The silence is made with sound] recentemente da primeira vez que vieram ao Brasil, há coisa de menos de dois anos. Então a dúvida realmente ficou. Mas, preguiça + celular silencioso = a sair de casa tarde e sozinha. Acabei indo para o Teatro Odisséia mesmo.

Como são engraçadas as coisas… Eu nunca tinha comprado o ingresso antecipado, claro. Cheguei lá, pedi uma informação a um vigilante da casa, que prontamente me atendeu com toda grosseria que houver nessa vida. “Tem mais ingresso não” eu: “ahn, como assim?” Mas, sei lá, acho que eu assusto as pessoas com meu modo incisivo de ser e disse em tom até meio altivo: “Cara, não era essa informação que tinha no site, desculpe”  num ato meio que institivo, peguei o telefone – pra ligar não sei pra quem, pra quem eu devia me reportar caso acontecesse isso,  tava dentro da casa, era só pedir pra chamar! Ha ha. Sério, o cara ficou meio que sem saber o que fazer e me mandou pro lugar que ele deveria ter me mandado desde o início. Organizadores de show, principalemnete de médio porte e sobretudo de Punk Rock, deviam tomar o cuidado de orientar esses profissionais que são na sua maioria muito toscos, grossos e rudes. SEMPRE rola problemas na hora do stage dive, no pogo etc…

Entrei na parada umas 10 horas e achei engraçado as bandas estarem no terceiro pavimento. Achei engraçado porque foi diferente, mas achei bacana a idéia. Um calor do caralho e todas as bandas do mundo pra abrir. Vi um pedaço do Madame Machado, já que todos falam bem deles. Com razão. Super animado com um skazão tudo a ver. Tocaram a versão ska de Take On Me que o Reel Big Fish fez, bem tocadão. O batera deu umas “capadas” mas nada fora do normal.

Quando não aguentei mais as bandas e o calor infernal, desci. Peguei mais um chopp e espertamente paguei minha comanda, a casa tava “colocando gente pelo ladrão” então, na hora da saída ia ser o caos. Arrumei um lugar bom no mezanino e tôma-lhe de esperar. Conversa com um ali, papo furado  com outro acolá e tudo pronto pra começar.

O No Use já começou começando, com “Invencible”. Vi toda a roda de cima e fiquei feliz por estar ali naquele lugar. Tocaram todas as classics e fizeram um monte de versãozinha manera. Em The Answer Is Still No, por exemplo, após o clássico “What’s Your Name? ” e a resposta automática da platéia “Fuck You That’s My Name”, entra um dub/reggae muito aleatório. Pô, achei mto bacana. De restante das músicas, todos os hits e a incidental do Making Friends – aquela da gaitinha de fole -  numa versão hardcore “Jane and Paul, I hate you most of all” e para nossa surpresa The Trooper do Iron Maiden, cara! Tudo bem que eu queria que eles tocassem aquele cover do Kiss - Beth - que tem também na incidental do MF, mas beleza.

Aí um videozinho que um cara que tava do meu lado fez. Eu não conheço e nem nunca vi mais gordo, só procurei no iutubiu hoje porque eu vi ele filmando. Se prestarem atenção vão ouvir minha voz cantando “Soulmate” haha

Acabado o show, peguei meu bonito taxi de volta para o subúrbia, chegando por aqui por quase 3 da matina.

Pior não é isso. Pior é ligar pra um amigo que foi ao tal show do Maluco do Debate + o tal de Ketman (que inclusive é gringo) e ele me dizer: “Cara, não teve show. As bandas simplesmente não apareceram” Fala sério, isso sim é muito escroto. Ainda bem que eu não fui.

De qualquer forma, domingo vou dar uma passada na Rebel pra prestigiar o show do nosso amigo Fábio Andrade ou Driving Music, ou Sr. Invisible ou que seja. Para quem quer saber mais, eis a planta completa.

No Winamp – Rescue – Like Deja Vu, Like Deja Vu

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Nesse final de semana recebemos a banda californiana da década de 80 chamada No use for a name.
Fazendo tour aqui no Brasil, começando sexta em Curitiba, sábado aqui em jundíai no interior de São Paulo, Domingo na Capital paulistana e segunda no Rio De Janeiro.
A Banda pioneira do Hardcore começou em 1988, com músicas empolgantes impressionando a todos da época, com criticas sociais e muita animação ao mesmo tempo.
O No use for a name, nos sacudio com sua empolgação nos palcos de todas as regiões onde passaram, tirando o seu produtor mesquinho com os fãns o resto ocorreu todo bem.
Concerteza o tão esperado show no interior foi um dos melhores!
Muita batalha para traze-los para uma cidade pequena como Jundiaí.
E contamos com bandas independentes brasileiras como Fistt (Jundiaí), PhoneTrio (Rio de Janeiro), Gasoline Special (Jundiaí) e Atrack (Curitiba) para abrir o show.

Mais um show internacional desembarca em Porto Alegre, desta vez o som fica por conta do Punk Rock do No Use For A Name.

Realease do show:

Abertura: Hardneja Sertacore + No News Found + End of Pipe

Local: Centro de Eventos Casa do Gaúcho (Rua Otávio F. Caruso da Rocha, 301 – Parque Maurício Sirotski Sobrinho) – Porto Alegre
Data: 09 de abril de 2009 às 21h
Ingressos: 1º lote: 40,00  ||  2º lote: 50,00  ||  na hora: 60,00

Um dos maiores nomes do punk rock californiano na década de 1990, o No Use For a Name, segue na ativa e vem a Porto Alegre pela segunda vez! Por onde passou em seus 20 anos de estrada, o vocalista Tony Sly e companhia deixaram sua marca com guitarras rápidas aliadas a melodias fortes e características. A banda passa pelo Brasil para divulgar seu novo disco, Feel Good Record of the Year, de 2008, que surpreende por unir o hardcore mais melódico dos últimos álbuns ao punk rock cortante dos anos de ouro do gênero.

Confira como foi a apresentação deles em Curitiiba em sua última visita ao Brasil em 2007:

Kiss – 8th April

Starts at: 9:30pm
Location: Apoteose
Prices: from R$170
Address: Address: Avenida Marquês de Sapucaí – Centro

No Use for a Name – 14th April

Starts at: 8pm
Location: Teatro Odisséia
Prices: from R$25 (if you buy until one day before at Drinkeria Maldita)
Address Drinkeria Maldita: Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 10 – Botafogo
Address concert: Avenida Mem de Sá. 66 – Lapa

The B52’s – 17th April

Starts at: 10pm
Location: Citibank Hall
Prices: from R$140
Address: Avenida Ayrton Senna, 3000 – Barra da Tijuca

Less than Jake – 18th April

Starts at: 10pm
Opening band: Madame Machado
Location: Circo Voador
Prices: from R$50 (if you take 1kg of food or a book for donation)
Address: Rua dos Arcos – Lapa

Air Suply – 22nd April

Starts at: 10pm
Location: Canecão
Prices: from R$80
Address: Avenida Venceslau Brás, 215 – Botafogo