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- 5 albums few people heard.
- God save the brand? Punk musicians power UK ads
- Redefining ‘classic Iggy Pop’
5 albums few people heard.
Examiner.com
Quite the opposite. Every song on Lost Sounds is crafted by experienced and terribly talented musicians. The difference is the Lost Sounds play their songs loud and fast in true punk style. Even the chorus is not slowed down to people can sing along. This is nothing but pure energy squeezed from the mind and flesh of four extremely talented individuals. JapantherSkuffed Up my Huffy (2007)Songs that need to be heard: Fuk Tha Prince A Pull Iz Dum ne Hundred Dollars See EvilJapanther is the brain child of Pratt undergrads Mike Reilly (bass a Casio SK-1 vocals) and Ian Vanek (drums cassettes vocals). The sound of Skuffed Up my Huffy is the culmination of the previous six years of the band forced into 29 minutes.
God save the brand? Punk musicians power UK ads
Reuters
“John’s independent views are a huge part of his consumer appeal” he says. “And this has obviously struck a chord with our consumers. Punk music-licensing deals are also on the rise and in the fall an ad for the upmarket British supermarket Waitrose used the Stranglers hit “Golden Brown. ” Although it’s one of the band’s gentler tracks it’s a hymn to drug use — a fact that Stranglers bassist and “Golden Brown” co-writer JJ Burnel feels may have escaped Waitrose. “When our manager told us I thought it was very funny” he says with a laugh. “My first reaction was: ‘Are they advertising Christmas heroin or something?’ I’d have thought everyone had guessed by now (what the song’s about) but maybe not. ” Waitrose did not return calls for comment.
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Redefining ‘classic Iggy Pop’
Los Angeles Times
"Rock is worse than 'Kumbaya' " Pop said from the art-filled Miami riverfront bungalow he uses as a studio and clubhouse. "I think it's a terrible form. "So when he began to record his 20th studio album the schoolteacher's son turned to other musical loves. Fans of the Stooges the legendary proto-punk Michigan band that launched Pop's career and reunited in 2003 might be in for a shock when they hear "Préliminaires" released Tuesday on which Pop finds his inner crooner.