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Green Day Tickets – A Success at Lollapalooza

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

 

Green Day was one of three artist punk sway acts that stole the show at Lollapalooza recently. Along with AFI and Social Distortion, the veteran punk appurtenances helped alter backwards memories of Lollapalooza’s early existence in the beginning of the 1990s as a small punk sway festival. These days the event is hardly recognizable, as it has grown into a huge multi-day, multi-stage music extravaganza that takes up residence at Chicago’s Grant Park. Green Day was clearly one of the highlights as they provided fans with an unforgettable concert filled with artist hits from their entire catalog of music.

According to Entertainment Weekly, there was “no discernable loss of energy, passion, or commitment.” The adornment members proved that even though they have seen decades in the industry they can still have the same fire and enthusiasm as when they first started their career. See their next live gig by purchasing <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);” href=”http://www.stubhub.com/green-day-tickets/”>Green Day tickets</a> today from StubHub.

Billie Joe Armstrong did not once let his fans down, donning a feather boa, mooning the crowd and firing T-shirt cannons off the stage. An article on MTV.com quotes Armstrong as saying during the performance, “They say they’re gonna pull the plug on us at 10…I told them to kiss my f**king a**, we’ll play for as daylong as we want. You paid your hard-earned money to buy a ticket tonight. It is my honor and my privilege to give you the prizewinning show you’ve ever seen in your life.”

Green Day played a variety of their most popular tunes including “Longview,” “21st Century Breakdown,” “She” and “Hitching a Ride.” They also gave fans a thrill with impressive covers of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” and the Beatles’ “Hey Jude.” another bands at Lollapalooza also put on stellar performances, but Green Day proved hard to beat.

Green Day began their occupation in the 1990s, with their field adjudge debut medium Dookie descending in 1994. The achievement gained steam thanks to the success of singles same “Longview,” goal Case” and “When I Come Around.” The adornment was a hit at the Woodstock festivity that year and Dookie ended up success the Grammy Award for prizewinning Alternative Music Performance. The punk rockers lost no instance in delivering their sophomore medium Insomniac the mass year. It saw kindred success on the charts and group followed suit with both Nimrod and Warning several years later.

It was a daylong wait for fans before Green Day released their follow-up to Warning, but the wait was well worth it. dweller Idiot landed in 2004 and was a chart-topper around the world as well as a Grammy Award winner. The impressive sway opera set the tone for Green Day’s future albums and even spurred speech of a Broadway musical.

Their stylish medium is very kindred in style to dweller Idiot and has billed as another sway opera. 21st Century perturbation conventional praise reviews from both fans and critics and spawned the hot broadcasting single, “21 Guns.” Don’t woman seeing the adornment action live on a initiate nearby you!

 

 

 

 

Beginner Guitar: Fender Telecaster or Epiphone Les Paul or Epiphone/Gibson SG?

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

So, im looking for a pleasant beginner automobile guitar that will terminal a looong while.. around 250 – 500. Im really small so i dont want anything weighing too heavy.

i like deciding (paramore, saosin) and Indie (like a overmodest pussyfoot variety of sound) and id like to explore assorted types like blues, rock, stripling rock.

i heard a fender telecaster is very adaptable to the type of music you’re playing, and thats a big plus for me. But the Les Paul/ SG seems like it would suit my deciding sway needs.

i also saw this Gretsch electromatic pro jet that looked pretty pleasant w/ beatific reviews but i dont think those are beatific for beginners. But if you think those are beatific for me, tell me :)

can anyone make me an outfit on polyvore that goes with my uniform? (MAX POINTS FOR BEST ANSWER) thnxx bunches?

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

okay my style is glam schoolwork hip hop punk
and here are the base pieces of my uniform:
a black blazer : http://www.twenga.co.uk/offer/4887/162994187889475003.html
a black or material pleated skirt:

http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/black-pleated-mini-skirt

and any type of knee socks or stockings
any shirts (any kind of tee, tank, or button down)
and any position ( flats, heels, or sneakers)
there are NO colouration restictions
but my fave colors are sound teal and yellow
and my fave stores are ambercrombie hollister areo hottopic and forever 21 delilahs and pacsun

Good electric guitar for a beginner?

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Alright…I want to see how to endeavor the guitar, and I found a few that welfare me:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/product/reviews?base_pid=518877&page=4&rpp=10

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-Les-Paul-Special-II-and-Amp-Pack?sku=513150

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Squier-Stop-Dreaming-Start-Playing-Affinity-Strat-HSS-Pack-With-Fender-Frontman-15G-Amp?sku=513288

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ibanez-RG7321-7String-Electric-Guitar?sku=518876

In terms of looks, I prefer the 1st Ibanez and the Les Paul.
I don’t tending most the secondary price difference. What are your thoughts?

Oh…and also, I’m interested in activity classic rock/punk rock/metal
Thanks for the input, but ease looking for some more answers! gratify pore on the guitars I linked, or place a link to added guitar =).

Hope this doesn’t make me good spoiled…but my dad agreed to buy it, since my grades are good, so I’d like to get the best calibre guitar/amp/etc. for under $300.

Zen Arcade

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Background

Hsker D had gained notice in the dweller indie music scene of the early 1980s as a fast and aggressive hardcore punk band. They were the first non-West Coast signing to the California independent achievement label SST Records, which at the instance specialized in releases by hardcore bands, most notably Black Flag. However, the trio’s music was becoming more melodic and nuanced with each release; songs much as “Diane” (from the EP Metal Circus), a true story about the rape and murder of a young woman, covered subjects not addressed in hardcore at the time, and the adornment indicated an interest in 1960s sway by covering The Byrds’ “Eight Miles High.”

In an interview with Steve Albini for his Matter column in 1983, singer and guitarist Bob Mould told Albini: “We’re going to try to do something bigger than anything like sway & listing and the whole puny touring adornment idea. I don’t know what it’s going to be, we have to work that out, but it’s going to go beyond the whole idea of ‘punk rock’ or whatever.”

The adornment began rehearsing in preparation for the album during the summer of 1983, in a church-turned-punk squat in St. Paul, Minnesota. The adornment brainstormed lyrics and musical ideas during jam sessions that lasted several hours. Mould and drummer Grant playwright were the band’s songwriters, and prior to embarking to California to achievement Zen Arcade, Mould was moved (by artwork that playwright had done for another adornment that did not list songwriting credit) to demand that Zen Arcade list individual songwriter credits. This practice would continue on all of the band’s ensuant albums, and would contribute to ever-growing tensions between Mould and Hart.

Recording and production

As their EP Metal disturbance was being released, Hsker D entered the Total Access flat in Redondo Beach, California to achievement their next album with SST producer Spot. The adornment recorded 25 tracks, with all but two songs being first takes (“Something I Learned Today” and “Newest Industry”), in 40 hours. The entire album was then mixed in one 40-hour session; the entire album took 85 hours to achievement and produce and cost $3,200. The adornment collaborated with subsurface contemporaries during recording; “What’s Going On” contains guest vocals from ex-Black Flag vocalist Dez Cadena.

Music

Zen Arcade, in line with previous Hsker D albums, had a mainly hardcore punk focus, with songs much as “Indecision Time” and “Pride.” However, the album also marked the point where the adornment introduced a more melodic and guitar-driven musical style, with elements of curative folk (“Never conversation To You Again”), psychedelia (“Hare Krsna” and “The Tooth Fairy And The Princess”) and piano interludes (“One Step At A Time,” “Monday Will Never Be The Same”), concepts rarely touched upon in early ’80s hardcore punk.

Narrative

Zen Arcade tells the story of a young boy who runs away to escape an unfulfilling home chronicle (“Broken Home, Broken Heart”, “Indecision Time”, “Somewhere”). The character tries drugs (“Pink turns to Blue”) and religion (“Hare Krsna”), but yet concludes that he will be unable to change his circumstances (“Newest Industry”, “Recurring Dreams”, the disorienting 14-minute instrumental that closes out the record). Indicative of the band’s desire for the album to be taken as a whole, no singles were released from it.

Release

While the adornment insisted sales would be strong for Zen Arcade, SST initially only pressed between 3,500 to 5,000 copies of the album. The album was out of stock for months afterward and the delay in further copies stifled sales.

grave reception

Upon its promulgation Zen Arcade received positive reviews in many mainstream publications, including NME, The New York Times and actuation Stone. In his review for actuation Stone, David Fricke described Zen Arcade as “the closest hardcore will ever get to an opera … a kind of thrash Quadrophenia.”

Zen Arcade placed eighth in the Village Voice annual Pazz & Jop poll. Village Voice crtic Robert Christgau declared in his annual review of the poll’s results that, patch he preferred rivals The Replacements’ Let It Be, the song “Turn On the News” garnered his nomination for song of the year. The grave praise given to the album garnered attention from major labels, including Warner Bros. Records, with whom Hsker D would yet sign in 1985.

Legacy

By spring of 1985 Zen Arcade had sold 20,000 copies, and in ensuant years it has maintained a broad grave status regardless of commercial success. Allmusic says in its review of the album that “Hsker D try everything” and patch “that reckless, ridiculously single-minded approach does result in some weak moments,” it is “also the key to the success of Zen Arcade.” In 1989, it was ranked #33 on actuation Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. The sway and listing Hall of Fame has placed “Turn On the News” on its list of “500 songs that shaped sway and roll.” It was ranked #4 on aerobatics magazine’s list of top 100 Alternative music albums, ahead of Nirvana’s Nevermind (#5), and Patti Smith’s Horses (#6).

Zen Arcade expanded perceptions of what dweller subsurface sway could sound like. Zen Arcade has been mentioned as an influence on the development of emo, for it “showed punks everywhere that caustic guitars and literate, angst-ridden lyrics equaled catharsis.”

LP track listing

Side one

“Something I Learned Today” (Mould) – 1:58

“Broken Home, Broken Heart” (Mould) – 2:01

“Never conversation to You Again” (Hart) – 1:39

“Chartered Trips” (Mould) – 3:33

“Dreams Reoccurring” (Hsker D) – 1:40

“Indecision Time” (Mould) – 2:07

“Hare Krsna” (Hsker D) – 3:33

Side two

“Beyond the Threshold” (Mould) – 1:35

“Pride” (Mould) – 1:45

“I’ll Never Forget You” (Mould) – 2:06

“The Biggest Lie” (Mould) – 1:58

“What’s Going On” (Hart) – 4:23

“Masochism World” (Hart/Mould) – 2:43

“Standing by the Sea” (Hart) – 3:12

Side three

“Somewhere” (Hart/Mould) – 2:30

“One Step at a Time” (Hart/Mould) – 0:45

“Pink Turns to Blue” (Hart) – 2:39

“Newest Industry” (Mould) – 3:02

“Monday Will Never Be the Same” (Mould) – 1:10

“Whatever” (Mould) – 3:50

“The Tooth Fairy and the Princess” (Mould) – 2:43

Side four

“Turn on the News” (Hart) – 4:21

“Reoccurring Dreams” (Hsker D) – 13:47

The CD and video releases of the album combines all the songs onto a single disc/cassette.

Personnel

Grant playwright – percussion, piano, drums, vocals, scenery vocals

Bob Mould – curative guitar, bass, percussion, piano, electric guitar, vocals, scenery vocals

Greg Norton – bass, scenery vocals

References

^ Weisbard & Marks, 1995. p.187

^ Azerrad, Michael. Our adornment Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the dweller Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-78753-1, pg. 180

^ Azerrad, pg. 179.

^ Azerrad, pg. 181

^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 181

^ Donohue, Mark T.R.. “Husker Du: Zen Arcade”. Nude as the News. http://www.nudeasthenews.com/reviews/1182. Retrieved 2007-03-06. 

^ Azerrad, pg. 182

^ “NME Zen Arcade Review”. http://www.thirdav.com/zinestuff/nme_zen.html. Retrieved 2006-01-16. 

^ “New York Times Article, 23 Sep 1984″. http://www.thirdav.com/zinestuff/nyt0984.html. Retrieved 2006-01-16. 

^ “Rolling Stone: Hsker D: Zen Arcade”. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/huskerdu/albums/album/110848/review/5944241/zen_arcade. Retrieved 2007-01-16. 

^ Christgau, Robert (1985). “The Rise of the Corporate Single”. RobertChristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj84.php. Retrieved Jan 19, 2007. 

^ Azerrad, pg. 190

^ Azerrad, pg. 186

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Zen Arcade (review)”. Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A2votk6hx9kr3. Retrieved Apr 6, 2007. 

^ “500 songs that shaped sway and roll”. RockHall.com. http://www.rockhall.com/exhibitions/permanent.asp?id=665. Retrieved Jan 19, 2007. 

^ Weisband, E & Marks,,C (editors) 1995. aerobatics Alternative achievement Guide 1st ed. Vintage books, ISBN 0-679-75574-8

^ Popkin, Helen A.S. (2006). “What exactly is mo, anyway?”. MSNBC.MSN.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11720603/. Retrieved Apr 10, 2007. 

Notes

Weisbard, Eric; Craig businessman (1995). aerobatics Alternative achievement Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0679755748. 

External links

Analysis at Nude As The News

Review from the Univ. of Chicago Maroon

Zen Arcade at Allmusic

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Hsker D

Grant Hart  Bob Mould  Greg Norton

Studio albums

Everything Falls Apart  Zen Arcade  New Day Rising  Flip Your Wig  Candy Apple Grey  Warehouse: Songs and Stories

EPs and singles

Statues  In a Free Land  Metal Circus  Eight Miles High  Celebrated Summer  Makes No Sense at All  Sorry Somehow  Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely  Could You Be the One?  She’s a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)  Ice Cold Ice

Live albums

Land Speed Record  The Living End

Related articles

Hsker D discography  Grey Area  Nova Mob  Sugar

Categories: 1984 albums | Concept albums | sway operas | Double albums | Hsker D albums | SST Records albums | Albums produced by Bob Mould | Albums produced by blot

Names for people in a girl gang?

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Hi, I’m writing a story, and have got all the gang names so far.
The Bullies:
Nexess
Phier
Bertha (I DON’T poverty A COMMENT ON THIS NAME, I’M USING IT FOR REASONS)

The Barbies:
Stella Parker
Melanie Gregory
Martina Wadley
Lindsay Vanderbilt
Courtney Carnegie
Elizabeth Reid
Dawn Astor
Cindy Block
Alexandra McHenry

The woman Fits:
Amber Pasteur
Katherine Thorndike
Tara Rosenwald
Jillian LaPore
Erica Odieux
Genevieve Van Heyden
Jenna Gastigar
Alyssa Rothchild

Reviews on them please

AND NOW,
I requirement a name for an all girl gang. They are rattling nice people, they fit in and are rattling close. They aren’t bad, and they aren’t impressible and preppy. I also requirement the name of the gang. The girls names, and the name of the gang. Please modify this out:
Leader:
Sporty:
Nerd:
Best someone of Leader:
Romantic:
Punk:
Funny:
Optimistic:

Thanks! :)
Edit: Lessened the people in the gangs:
The Barbies
Stella Parker
Lindsay Vanderbilt
Courtney Carnegie
Elizabeth Reid
Alexandra McHenry

and

THE woman FITS
Amber Pasteur
Katherine Thorndike
Tara Rosenwald
Genevieve Van Heyden
Alyssa Rothchild

=]

Should I buy the Digitech Hardwire Metal distortion pedal or Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff with Top Boost pedal?

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Hey guys.

I’ve been trying to end between the Digitech Hardwire TL-2 Metal Distortion Pedal or the Electro Harmonix Metal Muff with Top Boost. I’ve been looking around for ages on reviews of both of them, but I can’t seem to decide. They’re both around the same price, so price is not a problem. Can you guys support me at all?

I endeavor a panoramic range of music from metalcore, to punk, to onerous metal, to artist rock.

Like:
Bring Me The Horizon
Dead Kennedys
Ramones
Metallica
ect. . .
Help me out?

Need some help coming up with a dystopian future style costume?

Friday, August 27th, 2010

So I’m working on a flooded get up for an dominance person (Police, government, soldier, some – null specific). So far I want to hit a gas mask as part of the look – currently I hit this style gas mask:

https://gijimsmilitarysurplus.com/images/russian_gas_mask.jpg

But my inspiration of sorts is the Combine from Half Life 2 (Among others):

http://ui21.gamespot.com/84/halflife_2.jpg

I same the style gas mask they have, I’m not sure if there is such a thing as a gas mask that is meet styled to hit a look and not actually function as a gas mask – that is what I’m preferring but a working gas mask would impact too. meet something that gives that dystopian future “creepy” factor.

For the shirt/jacket I’m not sure. At first I was thinking of a black trenchcoat (Made of rubber or something similar? Leather doesn’t seem same it would be correct in dystopian future society but I suppose it might – could be expensive though) but I’m not sure what I’d wear under the trenchcoat. As far as the trenchcoat as well – I hit no idea where to encounter one that looks “dystopian”, all the ones I keep finding look too dressy and wouldn’t fit the look. This one is better but I want it to not be patches or anything – I want a smooth leather trenchcoat:

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/unbranded/f/unbranded-full-length-leather-trench-coat.jpg

Another idea I’ve seen is something same this:

http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-discussion/81979-custom-ht-resident-evil-4-hunk-leon-rpd.html

That is meet an action figure but something same a expeditionary get up with pockets and clog all over could impact – but I’m not sure it would go with the look I want. I same the idea of a baton being my weapon and it seems same a shirker wouldn’t hit a baton but rather a gun that I lack.

For the underpants – I’m not sure either. Some category of solid black underpants I’d imagine but what kind? Cargo underpants seem same they’d look too casual but I’m not sure if you can get solid black expeditionary style underpants and how well they’d match the rest.

For the position I figured some big battleful looking lace up boots would be meet right. Apparently these riot boots look suitable:

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/ialcr_fullxfull.68002.jpg

Although they’re prefabricated by Demonia – which looks same a goth/punk consort that makes these things specifically for that category of look which seems confused – what category of boots do real riot officers wear? Maybe some impressible riot armor would add to the look as well? I’m thinking of this outfit in the significance that this person would be in an Atlantic of dirtying wearing the mask and controlling riots from the lower collection who regularly fortuity into unruly riot and such (If that helps physique a represent for the look of the outfit I’m disagreeable to think up). Think cold, ruthless, uncaring – a classify of dystopian police/military and their knowledge towards civilians as lesser sub-humanoids or some such abusing their power.

Any ideas for things to help with this look? I currently only hit the gas mask but even that could be up for change. I undergo someone out there knows where to encounter this clog and would revalue the help!

Anyone remember Casey Chaos of Amen/SCUM?

Friday, August 27th, 2010

I fresh found out most the black/thrash/punk supergroup SCUM featuring Chaos and members of Mortiis, monarch and Turbonegro. i’ve been checking out tracks from their ‘Gospels for the Sick’ and it’s pretty modify ripping stuff!

‘Night of 1000 Deaths’- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt03HDAcoa4&feature=related

‘Protest Life’- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUlsSniQMmw&feature=related

… so it got me thinking most Chasey Chaos and Amen… i remember in the early 2000′s these were the flavour of the British metal press… you couldn’t garner up a metal rag without sight Casey’s unfriendly mug and rave reviews of their albums. i remember checking them out and not being all that impressed, it somehow didn’t 100% hit the spot for me… they weren’t bad though, and they were definitely an engrossing clump of people… i liked the ‘punkier’ attitude they had surrounded by all the Nu-Metal at the time…

‘The toll of Reality’- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uXznRitwro

‘California’s Bleeding’- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0hS9Jru7Y&feature=related

mq: so were/are you a fan of Chasey Chaos/Amen or SCUM? what are your favourite albums/tunes? place Links!

bq: any thoughts on the tunes i posted? like/dislike/indifferent?

Aniga 17 reviews “Desert Punk”

Thursday, August 26th, 2010


We openly discuss the antics of The Demon of the Desert aka Desert Punk. Oh, and Phil massacres a bunch of people.