Langsung ke konten utama

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of Choice and Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n Roll (Punk song)


I do enjoy the dark drone of a band like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from time to time. They were quite good when I saw them at the TLA in 2003 (I refuse to call it the Fillmore Philadelphia because there is no such place!) I love all the "genres" Wikipedia puts this band into:


 Garage rock revival
Folk-rock
Blues-rock
Neo-psychedelia
Post-punk revival
Noise rock

BRMC are unusual in that they have two frontmen, the guitarist and the bass player, who trade off lead singing duties pretty much 50-50. Their drummer has had serious drug problems and basically left the band during the making of their third record, 2005's Howl, which without him ended up sounding like a folk album, a complete departure from their well-established sound.

MP3 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of choice (from 2007's Baby 81)
MP3 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Whatever happened to my rock 'n roll (Punk song) (from their 2001 self-titled debut)

Komentar

Posting Komentar

Postingan populer dari blog ini

REM on the Colbert Report - Supernatural Superserious

On Wednesday night, for the first time ever, Stephen Colbert had a band on the show, and he started right at the top with my beloved REM. Above, watch them tear through the lead single off Accelerate, Supernatural Superserious, the one that "sounds like REM" complete with jangly guitars, Mike Mills' sweet backing vocals, and muscular drumming for the first time since Bill left, courtesy of Bill Rieflin from industrial metal band Ministry (superseriously). Sure, Pitchfork will smirk "REM can write a song (like this) in their collective sleep" (instantly catchy, viscerally empathic--"now there's nothing dark and there's nothing weird/don't be afraid i will hold you near"--, unmistakably REM) but that doesn't make it any less great. Also check out Stephen's interview , it's hilarious (Colbert asking Peter "How much mandolin is on this record?"). I'm so happy for REM everybody's liking Accelerate . As Colbert as...
Posting Komentar
Baca selengkapnya

The Baseball Project - Past Time

Now here's something completely different--apparently Scott McCaughey (of Young Fresh Fellows, The Minus 5, Tuatara, REM, The Venus 3 and God knows how many other bands), and Scott Wynn (frontman of the excellent 80s band The Dream Syndicate, who I saw open for REM in 1984) got ripped together at REM's Hall of Fame induction last year and talked baseball all night. Here's how Wynn remembers it, from the band's myspace page: Everyone was happy. The wine was flowing, the food was incredible and spring training had just started. Scott and I talked baseball until most of the party guests had cleared out. And we actually remembered it the next day. That drunken convo turned into The Baseball Project , which also features REM's Peter Buck (who's in at least six bands I can think of) and Wynn's drummer of ten years (and recent wife) Linda Pitmon. This is a delightful song for anyone with a love of baseball. They name check a ton of players from the 60s and 70s. Who...
Posting Komentar
Baca selengkapnya