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Happy Halloween Ghouls and Boys

October 30th 2008 03:30

MIsfits: Halloween

Frankenstein Drag Queens: Vampira

The White Stripes - Walking With A Ghost

Primus: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

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Cult Bands: Go Ahead and Drink the Kool-Aid

October 23rd 2008 03:52

Cult bands by definition have uniquely strong and loyal fan bases and are not necessarily well known. They seem to be just below the mainstream radar that people either love or hate with a passion. Many of these band's catalogues have songs that are serious, silly, or experimental with a fan network of people trading live tapes of shows; and a palpably deep love for their band's music and performances. Many of these bands enjoy a steady turn out for record sales that may have never broke out into the mainstream.

Here are a few for your enjoyment

Pere Ubu: An expressionist post punk band formed as a studio project in the late 1970s. The band utilized a disorienting mix of midwestern groove rock, "found" sound, analog synthesizers, falling-apart song structures and careening vocals. This band reported that they were influenced by theatre and the disgust of where rock was headed and were credited as one of the Pixies' greatest influences. My son and I agree that Pere Ubu is has the most awkward front man ever..

Breathe

Echo and the Bunnymen: Liverpool band considered the harbingers of the"new pyschedelia" even though in the late seventies, they did not ingest anything stronger than ale. The lead singer Ian McCulloch was often compared to Jim Morrison was notorious for making bitchy remarks about U2 claiming the band played music for "plumbers and bricklayers."

The Killing Moon

Caberet Voltaire: Pioneers of industrial and electronic music in the mid 70s. This prolific band is one of the most energetic, progressive and dissonant forces in modern music. Working primarily in the electronic form, specializing in found sounds and tape manipulations, Cabaret Voltaire has relentlessly pushed at the outer edges of style, shedding an early primitivism for a subsequent accessibility that plays on the (almost) familiar. CV was influential in setting the course for the musical direction of NIN.

Sensoria

Ween:
Ween is a quirky experimental rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. The pair became known respectively as Gene and Dean Ween. The name Ween was a cross between the words "wuss" and "peen". This deliriously odd duo's work traveled far beyond the constraints of parody and novelty . Despite a mastery for seemingly every mutation of the musical spectrum, these tricksters refuse to play it straight. Ween are bratty deconstructionists, kicking dirt on the pop world around them with demented glee.

Ween: Roses are Free

Dinosaur Jr.: was largely responsible for returning lead guitar to indie-rock by crafting simple songs that were delivered at a crushing volume and spiked with shared of feedback. Their distinctive sound, characterized by high gain, extensive use of feedback and distortion, and was influential in the grunge music revolution of the 1990s.

Freak Scene

Guided by Voices: Exemplifies the '90s indie pop renaissance sport a sound derived in equal measures from melodic pop and experimental rock. Their apparently bottomless pit of foggy, scratchy, and genuinely crappy-sounding pop songs had hooks so golden one would swear they'd heard them before, as if ripped off from more famous pop geniuses of the '60s and '70s. GBV's riders include among other items...seven cases of Bud and a bottle of Jack usually consumed before and during their perfomance.

I am a Scientist

Misfits: Formed in 1977 in Lodi, NJ, the Misfits became one of the world's best-known hardcore bands unexpectedly in the 1990s. It's difficult to really keep track of the Misfits' recorded legacy, as at the time of their break-up the band's discography was almost entirely out of print--languishing in obscurity for years before being poorly anthologized on a number of incomplete collections--all until the mid-90s release of a career spanning, coffin-shaped box set. Still, the cult of the Misfits grew--with the band selling considerably more T-Shirts than they ever sold records, or so the story goes.

Hybrid Moments

Primus: Formed in the mid 80s by a disciple of Frank Zappa, Primus is a Californian band who mix funk, rock, pop, thrash metal, acid rock with a little bit of humor to make a perfect eccentric concotion. Les Claypool (vocals and bass guitar) has been the only constant member of the group while having two different guitar players and many different drummers.

Winona's Big Brown Beaver

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Rock and Roll Jesus

October 8th 2008 03:36

Friends I fully recognize that controversy arises in music when its content touches on issues of religion. Heavy metal has historically been targeted as anti-religious, while the Satanic, image of arists such as Marilyn Manson, and bands whose political viewpoint are diametrically opposed to the religious right, or artists who sing lyrics that are considered indecent. Objecting parties attempt to curtail the spread of these allegedly dangerous ideas or images to vulnerable listeners by posting websites like these Devil Music. Really? Seriously? Can't we all just get along?

I just don't have it in me to write a long ass rebuttal so here is my video response

Jesus Walking on The Water Violent Femmes

Jesus Built My Hotrod: Ministry

(Jesus Hits Like An) Atom Bomb Blind Boys of Alabama

Jesus Was Way Cool - King Missile

Jesus and Tequila - Minutemen

Kaiser Chiefs: Oh My God

Jack Johnson: Plastic Jesus

"Rock has always been THE DEVIL'S MUSIC . . . I believe rock and roll is dangerous . . . I feel we're only heralding SOMETHING EVEN DARKER THAN OURSELVES." (Rolling Stone, Feb. 12, 1976) David Bowie

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