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- A joyless depiction of the post-punk era
- … Lemmy – New Zealand’s source for entertainment news…
- Derivative sprawling prog-punk
- Sound advice: tuned-in activision executive rocks the video game…
A joyless depiction of the post-punk era
Spiked – Oct 8, 2007
In such a context ramalama punk pop sounded increasingly flimsy and threadbare. All of a sudden former punk bands evolved into something far more intense and foreboding bleak and brittle twisted and metallic: a soundtrack for the oncoming economic and social depression. Post-punk music wasn’t all about blanked-out resignation however. This dark era in modern British history also evoked a wide-eyed combativeness amongst young people getting into the music business. Joy Division Echo & the Bunnymen Josef K and the Gang of Four – to name a few – all dovetailed with the prevailing social climate: they were uptight tense eyes-on-stalks borderline volatile. With the glorious benefit of hindsight punk’s teenage tantrum in 1976 was a lashing out at the postwar consensus a desire to break the mould of the cosy conformity that seemed to last from the end of the Second World War to the 1970s. Although it was limited by a kind of DIY individualism (which ironically mirrored Thatcher’s own project) the punkish desire to smash the postwar consensus created a thirst for experimentation for radical change; there was a palpable sense that everything was up for grabs.
… Lemmy – New Zealand’s source for entertainment news…
stuff.co.nz – Oct 8, 2007
In a couple of weeks legendary metal trio Motorhead will bypass our main centres to play two gigs in provincial New Plymouth right in the heart of Taranaki cow country. How milk- curdlingly marvellous! The music will be loud as a battlefield and fast as a Formula One race. The air will be hot as hell and thick with the smell of male sweat offset with a sickly undercurrent of Lynx. And the bogan multitudes will be out in force many of them clad in the fetching black “Motorhead Taranaki” T-shirts that come free with every ticket. It will be a gathering of the metal-head clans an opportunity for the hairy hoardes of Aotearoa to forget the genteel traditions of the wider world and instead get drunk on decibels ripped on riffs amped on adrenaline and then bellow stomp throw the goat go mental. “People sometimes suggest rock’n'roll is dead but it will never die because it’s always exciting to hear a decent rock’n'roll song” croaks frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister down the line from Los Angeles… Ridiculously fast and unreasonably loud with Kilmister’s pummelling bass and gutteral vocals way up high in the mix Motorhead were an immediate sensation. Not only was the sound embraced by bikers and heavy metal kids; it was also clasped to the sweaty bosom of the nascent punk scene. Kilmister’s contribution to punk is often overlooked but he wrote songs for The Ramones played gigs as part of The Damned and even attempted to teach Sex Pistols knucklehead Sid Vicious the bass. “I gave it a go but he was useless really. I gave up in the end and three weeks later the Sex Pistols’ career suddenly took off. Sid still couldn’t play bass but he looked the part you know.
Derivative sprawling prog-punk
InTheNews.co.uk – Oct 8, 2007
In a nutshell?Derivative sprawling prog-punk What’s it all about?Debut album from boy group who have been compared to Dischord pioneers Fugazi. If you think that sounds intriguing think again ? it’s standard fare with big riffs pliant drums driving bass and emotive boy vocals. Think bedroom teens deciding they’re ready for mature music and digging out the bedroom teen version of Q magazine to find out what that is. Think false falsetto screaming over sprawling structures. It’s like a relatively lo-fi Muse with dancey the Rapture leanings. After a series of UK shows with the Young Knives Ungdomskulen are aspiring to their tourmates’ quirky crossover status. Who’s it by? Three blokes from Norway called Frode Flatland Kristian Stockhaus and Øyvind Solheim… Ungdomskulen – Norwegian for middle school fact fans ? were formed in 2002 when the former school friends decided to translate their love for life into a love for music. Initial names included Standing Ovation and Goddamnit. A quick Google search and they seem pretty loved out there ? the critics dig their post-punk leanings their rock sensibilities their weird name and their Nordic origins. As an example? “I’m not an Ordinary Son. I’m not an Ordinary Son.
Sound advice: tuned-in activision executive rocks the video game…
Free with registration – Los Angeles Business Journal – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 8, 2007
Sound advice: tuned-in activision executive rocks the video game world. (08-OCT-07) Los Angeles Business Journal. never thought he would be the one to reunite the Sex Pistols an iconic English punk rock ba… (08-OCT-07) Los Angeles Business Journal. never thought he would be the one to reunite the Sex Pistols an iconic English punk rock ba.