hi there - since we are picking up steam and we don't want to keep linking people to our myspace, we figured we would actually go live on our site.
so, below is all of our old myspace posts. feel free to take a look and tell a friend.
thanks for reading.
MC and Black.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
proach/nfg/inland
just finished the new papa roach record and i don't know about you, but i get nervous when an album opens with the first single. why would you want to blow your load first track in?
"...to be loved" is a great rock song, but that's about all this album has. the second track pretty much sets you up for the rest of the record. it's called "alive" and its a cover of the POD smash. (just kidding.) its a real standard proach song. some singing, some rapping, some metal riffs towards the end, the usual. real deep lyrics on this record too, "i keep on burning my bridges, i keep on fucking up everything" from the song "crash" and "these memories take me away to a better place that i am today" from "i devise my own demise." track 7 is called "time is running out" and its a cover of the muse song. (just kidding again.) has a lot of "whoa whoa a whoa o's" in it. sounds like it might be a single. possible crossover song.
i don't want to harp on this band too much since black LOVES them and they are really solid live. they are playing the inland invasion for kroq out here in a few months. perfect venue for papa roach. (more on that show in a minute.)
i mentioned a few posts ago that i got the new NFG record. i would LOVE to make fun of it, but i kinda can't. it totally grew on me. its the record they should have done a few years ago. i think jordan actually made an effort to sing like an adult on this one. the kid can actually sing when he doesnt sound like frenchie from simple plan. the first single "it's not your fault" is pretty solid. watch the video. it stars some kids from one of the MTV reality shows, but i dont know who they are. ask black.
also...the new deftones is fucking great. i love it. i will do a full wrap up soon.
and PBTAW is amazing.
so, the giant rock station out here (kroq) just announced the inland invasion. i don't know of a more perfect line up for all the dudes that live in the meth capital of the world. guns n' roses, alice in chains, muse, papa roach, avenged sevenfold, rise against, atreyu, buckcherry and 30 seconds to leto. how bad do you feel for muse right now? they are bummed. i will be there for sure though. me and axl and a lot of blow. actually, me and m shadows and a lot of blow. oh wait, i forgot. he is sXe and doesnt drink or do drugs. that totally goes along with their image. whatever.
oh - and fuck ryan key. how bad did homeboy want to get noticed in that clip? so bad that he stood on stage for about 4 minutes until someone told the metal skool guitar player that it was the "singer from yellowcard." get off the stage asshat. and if you think all those cameras just "happened" to be there and that shit wasnt planned by the firm for KC's image, you are TRIPPING.
MC
Kelly Clarkson and Ryan Key
Have you seen the video of Kelly Clarkson and Ryan Key on the stage with Metal Skool? Who's Ryan Key you ask? He's the singer in Yellowcard, and I'm not talking about the high school band geek playing the violin. He's the other dude who looks 17.
P.S. Their new album kicks ass, just ask the 540 people who own it. (Guess we shouldn't have kicked Ben Harper out. I see a POD/Yellowcard corollary.)
Anyway, watch the video. Kelly might be drunk, I'm not sure. Wait, yes I am, she's PLASTERED and I LOVE IT. (For the record, Chainsaw and I tend to get our 'Kelly' on from time to time, so if you want to send us presents, feel free to send us Jack. Lots of it. If you do we'll post on your page and make your friends jealous. As an added bonus we'll mention your huge dong, however Chainsaw have to verify that in person first.)
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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| Random shit Juliette and the Licks are releasing their new album on 10/3. If you've heard the single, you know that Juliette Lewis sounds like a masculine version of Jack White and that the whole album sucks. At this point, there MIGHT be one person out there saying, "Wow Black, you're really an asshole. I happen to like Juliette and the Licks and their new album is going to kick ass!" Well to tell you the truth, I haven't even heard this record but I'd bet my blue Bentley that it's a steamer! It's pretty much a guarantee that the only good part of this whole album are the drums, which were recorded by Dave Grohl. I'm still holding out hope this becomes a percussion record and they remove all the guitar and vocals. AbsolutePunk currently has a free EP by The Transit War up for download on their site. If you haven't done so already, go over there and download it. This band has really surprised me and is getting a lot of attention lately. They beat out Circa Survive, Greeeeeeeley Estates, Daphne Loves Derby and Tapes N Tapes in a contest on MTVu, which isn't a huge deal, but is pretty good for a band that receives way less promo. than the others they were up against. (Major labels, feel free to call The Transit War's manager, his name is Aaron Rubin. You may know him from such bands as mutli-thousand selling Denver Harbor. They've almost sold 10,000 records. SOLID!!! Guess that gig didn't work out so well.) Stutterfly just got a new singer. Who's Stutterfly you ask? Exactly. Check out this new Metallica song. Good news and bad news. The bad news is that the lyrics are terrible and the vocals are shitty. The good news is that it actually doesn't have words yet. Overall it doesn't sound too bad live, however Lars is actually playing drums as opposed to the trash cans and buckets he recorded for St. Anger so you never know. Also, can someone tell that bag of douche that not only does EVERYONE hate him, but he's a drummer and not the lead singer. Sit your midget-ass behind your drums, lock it up and play that boom-chic, boom-chic beat you put behind every song. Nobody wants to see you standing up every other second and we DEFINITELY don't want to see you on the mic. Thanks... |
Random shit
Juliette and the Licks are releasing their new album on 10/3. If you've heard the single, you know that Juliette Lewis sounds like a masculine version of Jack White and that the whole album sucks. At this point, there MIGHT be one person out there saying, "Wow Black, you're really an asshole. I happen to like Juliette and the Licks and their new album is going to kick ass!" Well to tell you the truth, I haven't even heard this record but I'd bet my blue Bentley that it's a steamer! It's pretty much a guarantee that the only good part of this whole album are the drums, which were recorded by Dave Grohl. I'm still holding out hope this becomes a percussion record and they remove all the guitar and vocals.
AbsolutePunk currently has a free EP by The Transit War up for download on their site. If you haven't done so already, go over there and download it. This band has really surprised me and is getting a lot of attention lately. They beat out Circa Survive, Greeeeeeeley Estates, Daphne Loves Derby and Tapes N Tapes in a contest on MTVu, which isn't a huge deal, but is pretty good for a band that receives way less promo. than the others they were up against. (Major labels, feel free to call The Transit War's manager, his name is Aaron Rubin. You may know him from such bands as mutli-thousand selling Denver Harbor. They've almost sold 10,000 records. SOLID!!! Guess that gig didn't work out so well.)
Stutterfly just got a new singer. Who's Stutterfly you ask? Exactly.
Check out this new Metallica song. Good news and bad news. The bad news is that the lyrics are terrible and the vocals are shitty. The good news is that it actually doesn't have words yet. Overall it doesn't sound too bad live, however Lars is actually playing drums as opposed to the trash cans and buckets he recorded for St. Anger so you never know. Also, can someone tell that bag of douche that not only does EVERYONE hate him, but he's a drummer and not the lead singer. Sit your midget-ass behind your drums, lock it up and play that boom-chic, boom-chic beat you put behind every song. Nobody wants to see you standing up every other second and we DEFINITELY don't want to see you on the mic. Thanks...
Also, remember that band Silverchair? You know, with the song about 'Fat boy, fat boyeeeee'. Yeah, they're still around and will be releasing a new album soon.
- Black
Thursday, August 10, 2006
| pod dropped from Atlantic....i mean, "they left" i love the spin here. timmy cook manages POD and here is his statement.... "They've been proud to be ATLANTIC recording artists, but its not the same place anymore. For most of our stay, we were blessed by a staff that was gracious towards their vision, faith and love of music, resulting in more than seven million records sold. Its time to dream again with a new staff and we leave with grateful hearts." yeah, you are leaving atlantic because some record promo people and your precious A&R guy got canned? do you think it has anything to do with the fact that you havent sold shit since you chose god over marcos? let's check the soundscan kids (ignoring their indie releases like "snuff the punk" and other crap like that): fundamental elements of southdown (1999) - 870K sold satellite (2001) - 2.9 mil (kick out marcos) payable on death (2003) 500K testfiy (2006) 180K nice try boys. mc |
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
| told you so.....(MCR) as first reported on this very blog, MCR was not in a car crash. here is the official statement from the band......thanks....and come back soon for more gossip. told you we know our shit. late.
A NOTE FROM MCR ABOUT STREET SCENE SHOW Dear Everyone, Now that the dust has settled and we are healing and moving forward, we felt it best to explain to everyone to some degree what has happened to MCR in the past week. There are tons of rumors and allegations floating around and we want to clear it all up for you. We also want to express our gratitude for the concern, care, and understanding all of our fans and friends have shown us in the past week. Here are the facts for you all and please know that none of the injuries sustained were permanent nor intentional and it really proves that sometimes these things happen and every person should truly value what they have. Last week, while shooting a new video for our new record, 2 of us sustained some damage more than we normally would have. Gerard tore multiple ligaments in his ankle and Bob received a bad burn to the back of his leg. These injuries were sustained on Thursday evening. On Friday morning we drove to San Diego to prepare for our performance at Street Scene that we were very excited about. After seeing doctors, we decided to give it our all and rehearse on Friday night. This proved impossible. The pain was overwhelming and we could not pull through without further injuring ourselves. We hate canceling shows, especially now that we are done recording and just want to play. So there you have it, there were no car wrecks, monster attacks or alien abductions, but there were serious injuries that required this to be the way. We apologize for it coming down so last minute and never wished it to end up that way. We promise to be back in San Diego this year. We miss you all and will see you soon, MCR |
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
| "Mom!!! Tony won't come out of the closet....." Not a fan of Hawthorne Heights and their back-up marble gargler, but they definitely earned some of my respect with their little lawsuit. It's the worst of two evils though. Everyone called them racist because of the Ne-yo press release, now they'll call them homophobic. Oh well........  <> - Black - |
Monday, August 07, 2006
| mcr not in a car crash. lupe fiasco was. tool hurts people. ok, listen up. MCR was not in a car crash. the dorks burned themselves while they were shoting their new video. how very michael jackson of them. here is the statement from WB:
My Chemical Romance Cancel Street Scene Appearance
BURBANK, CA -- August 05, 2006 -- Due to injuries two members of My Chemical Romance sustained on Thursday, the band has unfortunately had to cancel today's performance at Street Scene in San Diego, CA. The guys did all they could, including traveling to San Diego and attempting to rehearse against doctor's orders. However, when the injuries proved to painful to play, they decided not to push it any further. The band will return to San Diego in the near future, and they send their sincerest apologies to the fans that came out to see them.
yes, WB are morons for not saying it was at the video shoot, but nowhere does it say car crash. source very close to the band said it was the pyro from the video shoot.
you know who was in a car crash? rapper lupe fiasco. he had to cancel street scene because of it. maybe someone got their stories crossed.
also....like 20 people were hurt during tool's set at street scene.
at least no one urinated in their pants this year. yay.
maybe we should keep our festivals in the safe surroundings of polo fields out in the desert and stay away from 500,000 people in a parking lot. thanks.
mc |
Saturday, August 05, 2006
| Scott and Aimee and Street Scene - In sticking to the UL theme of the week, has anyone heard the new project from Scott Russo? He's teamed with his girlfriend Aimme Allen to form Scott and Aimee. If you're in LA you've probably seen that they've played Viper Room about 30 times over the last month. As much as I wanted to hate this, it's good. The songs are poppy with a dash of reggae from time to time and the dual vocals actually sound great, especially with Russo sober now.
But I don't see labels jumping all over this. Name me one station that would play any of these songs? And that's just based on the style, not the content. Writing a few less songs about sucking dick/swallowing and fucking the whole time couldn't hurt. Nice........ - Street Scene down in San Diego continues tonight. Playing tonight is Tool, My Chemical Romance, Snoop Dizzle, The Subways, Bloc Party and New York Dolls. I know what you're thinking, "Hey asshole, it's 'THE New York Dolls' ". Well, fuck you. They got rid of the 'The'. Hmm, I wonder why........ - Black - |
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
| Consider me confused This is why I'm currently interviewing for a replacement for my poon-tang challenged counterpart.
STOP DROPPING THE NAMES OF YOUR FRIENDS BANDS TO GET THEM PICKED UP BY ANOTHER LABEL!!!! City Sleeps - Their release date has been changed 25 times. FYI, these guys used to be called Smugface. With baggage like that I wouldn't put out their record either. Plus, they sound sooo Feldman. Wait....... Family Force Five - Sorry, I got nothin'. Crunk rock? Really? Evaline - These guys are actually decent. Too bad they are wasting their time with Maverick. Have fun over at Warcon. (Tell me this isn't a perfect Warcon band.) Mest - C'mon Chainsaw. These dudes broke up a few months ago. I guess you were bumping Cadillac too loud to notice. So the singer in that band who looks like he's should be on Miami Ink is in a new band called 'A Permanent Holiday'. Guess what? They suck. Oh yeah, and they stole the name too. Go talk shit to Tony about it on his myspace page. He thinks its funny. - Black - |
new releases, maverick records, ul and dane cook
remember about 2 months ago when you saw all those signs that just said "6-6-06" on them? and remember all those douchebags that said it was for the slayer record? yeah, that record comes out next week....on 8-8-06. way to go corky. also coming out are records from breaking benjamin, hellogoodbye and under the influence of giants. have fun with that. actually, the rick ross record comes out too and that shit is bomb. black wont like it because, well, rick ross is black. see the irony? me too.
hey - if you are a band on maverick, get ready to start working the drive-thru again, fast food boys. looks like they are just about to fold that whole thing and move everyone down the hall to WB. madonna is already there. expect deftones, jack's mannequin, oakenfold, SOTY and a few decent record reps to follow. if you arent one of them, its been real! (looking at you City Sleeps, Family Force Five, Evaline, Mest, and whoever the fuck Broke is.) good game.
just real quick - did anyone else notice that the company that is going to put out the UL record is called "A2M?" go ahead and google that and let me know what you find. (stern and clerks 2 fans, no need to search, i know you get it.)
OH! and hate to break it to you, but turns out dane cook is a fucking hack. good try asshat. click here.
i guess thats it. tell your friends. comment. etc.
MC
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
| Unwritten Law Here's the scenario: You're in a band that has had decent success, including a few Top 10 singles, but you've never quite been able to break. Your singer has a bigger head than Rocky from 'Mask' and keeps chasing band members out and you're most recent major label release has only sold 143,000 copies. What do you do?
Release a greatest hits record!!!!!
Unwritten Law is going into the studio to re-record 14 songs and 2 new ones, which will all be included on 'Hit List'.
I know your next question, 'UL has been on 2,847 different labels, who's going to release it?' The answer is nobody! UL signed a deal with Artist to Market Distribution (A2M), which will allow UL to release the album and cut out the label from the process.
It's awesome that UL with no label will get better promo. than they got when they released 'Here's To The Mourning' on Lava. Nice work Flom, who is now running Virgin. If you remember, he's the one who HAD to have The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. (who by the way, has blazed their way to 40k records sold so far.) WOW! And the stat of the day:
Dane Cook sold about 6 times more copies of his Retaliation album last week (~10k) than NoFX sold of their new album 'Wolves in Wolves Clothing' (~1600).
Take that to the bank. - Black - |
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
| be in a papa roach video sounds great, right? if you live in LA and are around at 6:30pm this thursday, get your black eyeliner ready! they are shooting at park plaza and they are doing a free show after. email videoshoot@paparoachteem.com if you want to get your roach on. also, mel gibson hates cuban people or something. matisyahu is sad. mc 2:57 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment |
| Blah blah blah First off, I suck and I'm well aware of it. It's taken WAY too long to provide you all with your weekly (which should be daily) dose. So my apologies and kiss my ass. Criss Angel has a video on Yahoo Music. Not even going to link you to it because you shouldn't waste your time. When I first saw it I got excited about writing something about it. However, now that I'm doing it I'm realizing how boring and un-newsworthy it actually is. It's basically a magician singing (which I think really may be lip-syncing) to a terrible Godsmack song. (Let me take this opportunity to officially make Godsmack a synonym for 'shitty'. It makes perfect sense.) All you need to know is that Stubby actually plays guitar on this song, and I'd be willing to bet my new $200,000 grill that he wrote this shitstorm too. The fact that I heard 'AWAAAAY' at least once confirms it for me. On to Warped Tour. I think this was my last Warped Tour, which turns out to be a good thing. These days Warped is nothing more than an outdoor mall except in this mall every store is a Hot Topic and everyone at the mall is either too fat or too skinny. The funny thing is that the fat kids are wearing the skinny kids clothes and the skinny kids are wearing their sister's clothes. Speaking of fat kids, Aiden was there leading the barrage of shitty music. Their singer should have stuck to snorting coke all day, from what I've heard he was really good at that. NOFX avoided being the oldest band there by demanding that Joan Jett, The Germs and The Casualties also be included in the lineup. As always, Fat Mike made his obligatory jokes about El Jefe being mexican and how he hates (but really loves) gay people. I guess I have to give him credit for getting kids to laugh at the same jokes he's been telling for 15 years. He then reminded all the 14 year olds to vote democrat. Maverick Records has decided to stop putting out good records and instead start releasing anything produced by a member of The Used. Branden (drummer) produced the new record by Broke and Quinn (guitarist) produced the recently released EP by Evaline. I'd imagine we'll see Bert producing the next Family Force 5 record. Panic! At The Disco sucks. - Black - |
Sunday, July 23, 2006
| i'm back i don't know if there is anything more frustrating right now then when you hit the "home" button on myspace and you get the ever popular "sorry! an unexpected error has occurred. this error has been forwarded to myspace's technical group." c'mon tom and rupert...FIX THAT SHIT YO. anyway...i took a week off. i suck. i needed to eat more hot wings and play xbox 360. sue me blackie. good to see you posted too. oh wait, you didn't. (the entry from 2 days ago doesn't count. stop talking about shitty bands.) i just heard the new new found glory record. one of the douche bags at geffen had the audacity to compare this record to "clarity." look fuck stick, just because jordan doesn't sound like a 9 year old boy anymore doesn't mean that this shit is good. the video is lame. fat dude leaves his shirt on the whole time and jordan still looks like he is the son of quentin tarantino raping morrisey. boo. also got the new sugarcult record. i love these guys, but its done for them. you peaked too early boys. another example of a band that should have waited and signed to a major instead of Ultimatum (i mean Fearless.....i mean Artemis....i mean V2...or whatever fucking label you bitches are on now.) can you imagine this band on WB or Geffen? forget it...they would have sold 2 mil by now. flogging molly has a new record coming out this week. a bunch of micks that love guinness are stoked. (yes, i know they can all kick my ass. fuck you.) thom yorke's solo record sold 85K first week coming in at #3 on the chart right behind Pimp 'mothafuckin' C and Now That's What I Call 'mothafuckin' Music. that shit sold 400K first week. and you wonder who voted for bush. ZING. muse debuted at #7 with 50K. not bad, but not strong enough for whalley to add a 37th bedroom to his house in Bhills. and just to make you really sick, panic at the fucko sold another 40K this week. who is buying this shit?!? a few days ago one of these assholes actually complained that a lot of people only like them because they are hot. saying that it "taints our music when fans drool over us" or some shit. i am actually without speech right now. lastly, i went to the TBS/AVA show last week. it sounds like every show on that tour was exactly the same. subways and head automatica do well even though they play to about half the crowd. AVA is good, but tom is still crazy. he goes from talking about 9/11 during one song to talking about answering the door naked to meet his girlfriend in another. and then TBS comes out and proves why they were the headliner. they are about 74 times better than they were a few years ago. adam is quite the frontman these days. and yes, i sucked him off backstage. also backstage i saw gerard and ray from mcr. gertardo has short blonde hair now. actually looks a lot like ellen degeneres. i guess that's it. my wings are here and i have more xbox 360 to play. suck it bitches. mc |
Friday, July 21, 2006
| Zach Braff likes shittier music than you So Zach Braff quit banging Mandy Moore and decided to turn his attention elsewhere. He just finished putting together the soundtrack for his new movie 'The Last Kiss'. In a strange turn of events he decided to name the soundtrack, 'A Bunch of Shit I Could Have But Didn't Put On the Garden State Soundtrack'. I would list the artists but it's just a bunch of people with weird last names. Sorry we've been slacking over here. Chainsaw had his gender reassignment surgery last week so it's been crazy around the lyingintraffic camp. Or, I just figured since he wasn't going to post shit, I would take some time off too. Anyway, he's doing better now so more boring, shitty news about bands you hate coming soon....... - Black - p.s. The new Eighteen Visions album came out on Tuesday. Go get it and try to forget the fact that the singer used to be a hairdresser. |
Friday, June 30, 2006
| shitty music/beefs i really don't know where to start. you talk shit about bands like disturbed and nonpoint (who i hate, so i agree) but then you talk about how great bands like in flames and underoath are. jesus. before we started this music blog, we should have gone over bands you can't talk about. i didnt realize you were such a fan of the ozzfest and lifted trucks. i hate you. now, on to good music. if you buy the new dashboard record this weekend, you can send in the proof to vagrant and they will send you any record from their shelves. just kidding about dashboard being good. im funny. congrats to TBS for their new record being certified gold. granted, it has only sound scanned about 360K to date, it is selling about 16K a week now, so its only a matter of time before it really breaks 500K. however, fuck you to wind up who certified scott stapp's new record gold. its at about 380K, selling about 600 a week. at that rate, it will be gold in about 4 years. jumped the gun a bit there, huh mr lerner? morons. oh, and how about this shit. first off, i love the beefs that bands have with each other. fall out boy vs. killers, fall out boy vs. mcr, fall out boy vs. every other band. its great. i do hate, however when bands that NO ONE FUCKING CARES ABOUT starts shit with each other. especially when they are on tour. living things vs. alter bridge. great. alter bridge is so bad, they got dropped from wind up! good lord! i do love that the fight was over some US pride bullshit. ah...red states. where we would be without them? love it. alright....im done. have a good 4th. go buy the new rise against on tuesday. peace. mc |
Thursday, June 29, 2006
| Land of Confusion Usually I leave mid-west rock and ska posts to the resident expert, Mr. Chainsaw, however in this case I couldn't resist the chance to mention the new Disturbed single, a cover of 'Land of Confusion' by Genesis. You'll soon be seeing a video, which was directed by that dude who draws cartoons and buys baseballs for millions of dollars, Todd McFarlane. Unfortunately, the Disturbed version of this song isn't bad (although not as good as the In Flames version) except for those damn monkey noises this asshole feels obligated to include in every song they ever record. Anyway, word of this reminded me of the original video Genesis did for this song. Times like these make we wonder what we did before YouTube. Check it out and try to figure out how McFarlane will create a puppet recreation of Finch kicking Disturbed's ass at Rolling Rock a couple of years ago. |
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
| How do I get kicked in the nuts for free??? - Lostprophets 'Liberation Transmission' is out on Columbia. I dig it, which obviously means it's way better than the shit you are listening to right now. It was produced by the third guy in line to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica, Bob Rock. Lucky for us he learned that people don't like listening to bands whose guitars sound like shitty demos and whose drums sound like empty mop buckets and trash cans. I guess the 'Stomp' cover album he did with Metallica didn't work out. I didn't even know Columbia was still putting out good records. Besides Coheed and Acceptance (who are probably going to get dropped), these guys just put out shit like the Dixie Chicks and System of a Down. Has there every been a band that needed to go instrumental more than SOAD? As if SURGE wasn't bad enough on his own, now they let that little midget guitar player screech along with him. - Show your student ID at your local Best Buy and get $3 off the new Dashboard album. Then show me that you actually bought the new Dashboard album and I'll kick you in the nuts for FREE. But wait there's more!!!! As an added bonus, show me you bought it on the actual release date and I'll shove it up your ass for no additional charge. You know Carrabba's been trying to get up in there anyway. - Finally, the Warped Tour is underway. I've read a few reviews of the East Coast shows and it sounds like the same old shit. The singers from Senses Fail and Armor For Sleep still couldn't hit a note if it ran across the freeway in front of them, Fat Mike is still bitching and talking shit all the while forgetting that his band is boring and no longer relevant and From First to Last has taken a few days off because Sonny's throat hurts. See what puberty will do to you? For the remainder of the tour they're going to be playing at 3PM on the Hurley stage. What a great time-slot. Sonny should be able to wail his way through 5 songs and then go try and borrow someone's ID to buy cigarettes until the sun goes down and his mom makes him wash behind his ears and go to bed. Out. - Black - UPDATE: From First to Last has dropped off Warped Tour completely. Now Wes can go back to writing the new NIN Jr. album with Danny Lohner and Josh Freese the drumming whore. |
Thursday, June 22, 2006
| Underoath - Eighteen Visions - Paris Hilton As I told you earlier, the new Underoath record came out on Tuesday. Preliminary sales estimates say they're going to crack 100,000 in the first week. Not bad coming from Tooth & Nail. Don't waste your money on the 'limited edition' DVD though. It's about 10 minutes long and is pretty much just straight boring. Save your $3 and go buy 'You're the Best' by Joe Esposito on iTunes. Now that's the jam. Mr. Chainsaw mentioned Eighteen Visions in his last post. I saw a cut of their new video for 'Victim' today and it's rockin'. It was directed by Scott Duncan, who is only slightly lesser known than his half-brother Tim who plays center for the San Antonio Spurs. They filmed it in the same basement they filmed the fight scenes for Fight Club. James, the singer, sort of looks like he just finished cleaning a chimney and I swear I saw a cameo from one of the guys in Slipknot, but other than that it's great. Rock. Finally, as much as I'd love to leave on that note, I can't. As I'm sure you know, Paris Hilton is releasing an album on 8/8 through Warner Brothers Records. Oh how I dont envy the poor soul who has to try and hype that record. I can't decide what would be worse, trying to convince someone it's great without laughing or listening to someone else try and convince you it's great without laughing. She recently did an interview with MTV where she attempted to take credit for the music/beats/lyrics/whining on the new record bearing her name. "Just because my last name's Hilton and I come from this family, it doesn't mean I can't be talented or know music or know what I'm doing. People will see. They just have to listen to the record." So apparently the only way we will really know that this bitch can't sing is by listening to her record. I guess she thinks people will actually be able to pick her voice out of the 2458 vocal tracks on each song. Rumor is one of her backup singers is suing because on at least one of the songs they actually turned her vocal up higher than Paris'. Awesome. I also watched her video today at work and I really have to admit that it looks promising. Since I was at work I had the sound off, so I'm not sure how the music fits in. Overall, I think the night-vision was a nice touch but I don't know how she's going to sing the track with her mouth full. She's a dime-store hooker and she always will be. - Black - |
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
| yngwie/geiger/aniston i was going to write up a great intro about this clip, but fuck it. just watch. basically, don't fuck with yngwie. |
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
| Commence Face Melting New Music Tuesday, gotta love it. Definitely some good shit coming out in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow you should buy both the Underoath and the Dragonforce records. Underoath needs no explanation. Adam D. from Killswitch Engage was the producer and believe you me, shit is good. FYI, Best Buy is including a limited edition Underoath Crown of Thorns with each purchase (while supplies last) so don't miss out on that. Amen. If you haven't heard of Dragonforce you owe me 2 shots of Jager. These guys will kick your ass, plus one of their guitarists is Asian so he probably knows kung-fu and could REALLY kick your ass. Avenged Sevenfold fans will dig these guys and the best part is that you don't have to deal with all the Axl Rose poses. Watch this and feel free to rub one out...... |
Monday, June 19, 2006
| albums out this week in stores this week: Nelly Furtado - Loose that's not a joke. bitch actually called her record "loose." you whore. Guster - Ganging Up On The Sun i have never heard a single song by this band, but i will tell everyone i know that i like them. Underoath - Define The Great Line blackie is shitting his pants right now waiting for this record. you in line at tower yet for the big in-store? also in stores....fatboy slim's greatest hits, frank black's new record, keane, counting crows live and the dragonforce record. so, basically nothing worth buying. next week...records from eighteen visions, lostprophets and dashboard confessional all come out. avoid the hot topic next tuesday kids. its gonna go off. mc |
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
| radiohead/fergie you know what's funny? i thought this was a music blog. looks like black got a little tied up in world cup and it brought out his inner jock. try not to drink too much "natty ice" on the way to "glamis" this weekend. (sorry, you might not get that if you dont live in so cal. if you live in omaha....well...move out of the fucking sticks.) anyway...back to the music. word on the street is that radiohead is close to signing a deal with warner bros. whalley is sucking off thom as we speak. (and if this shit is true, you tell people you heard it here first. if its not, you heard it from those posers at buddyhead.) just heard a few songs off the new fergie solo record. record will be huge. sounds like BEP without the dudes that dress weird. i know blackie will love this record, as he is superfan number 1 for the peas. should come out in september. and just for the record, i will not post a pic of fergie pissing her pants right here since every other music blog will. (looking at you again, 'head). we all know how to use google image search too, asshats. i guess that is it for now. tell yer friends. mc. |
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
| Bloody Big Ben and Bloody Soccer Ben Roethlisberger just crashed his motorcycle. Now get this, he doesn't wear a helmet when he rides because the law doesn't require it and because he's a self-proclaimed risk-taker. As if this guy wasn't dumb enough before, I'm sure this nice little knock to his dome will lead to even better decisions in the future. I'm sure we'll see him run out with the kick return team or some shit like that at some point this year. However, I partly understand where he's coming from as I too am a risk-taker. I shoot smack with dirty needles, use my toaster in the bathtub and almost ALWAYS eat food even if it's been on the ground longer than 10 seconds. We're in the midst of the World Cup, which is expected to have 1 billion viewers worldwide. (That's a lot of commie bastards.) Like most people, I'll watch some of the games during the World Cup but then soccer will go right back in the pile with the WNBA and softball for the next 47 months.....until the next World Cup. How can you expect people to like watching your sport when you come off like huge pussies? Every nudge or bump causes someone to collapse and writhe in pain, usually grabbing their ankle. If he gets the call, he jumps up. The best part is that if he doesn't, 6 midgets carrying a stretcher run out on the field, load him up, and carry him off. (Ok, there aren't really midgets carrying the stretcher, but you can't tell me that wouldn't be better.) Do you know any other sport where they have guys ready to run out on the field with a stretcher every 4 minutes? Apparently acting like a huge bitch is obviously a part of the sport. At any hint of contact, stop, drop and roll. Imagine if every time Tim Duncan got bumped he flopped on the floor and cried about being fouled.....ok, bad example. Finally, did anyone see the Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship last night on A&E? Anything I say won't really do this show justice. It shot right off of the unintentional comedy scale, especially each time they called it a sport. Apparently replicating the motion of jerking off qualifies you as an athlete. If that's the case, Chainsaw's an All-American. Finally for a bit of music news. Jonathan Davis has a blood disorder, which has forced Korn to cancel the remainder of their European tour. Smelly euro kids in jean shorts and gray wool socks are really sad. Davis was quoted as saying, 'If I continued to headbang onstage, I could have had a brain hemorrhage and dropped dead on the spot.' - Black - |
Friday, June 09, 2006
| one more thing. ok, first things first. black, this is you 'hardcore dancing' bitch...not me. good to see you are still rocking the gap jeans you got in the teen girls section. second, the thing that really gets me about rosssssstardo is that his "studio" is his 2 bedroom apartment. now, i know you are thinking, "hey, affording a 2 bedroom apartment in LA by yourself is impressive." wait for it, bitches. he has a roommate. his moms best friend. she is 63. so basically, if you want to be on an internet show and hang out with grandma, hit up black's boy ross. mc |
Thursday, June 08, 2006
| Here's what we do, here's what he doesn't This whole thing is still pretty green so you may not have a good idea of our goal with this. The truth is, we really don't have one. Both of us have a lot to say and opinions on a lot of things. We also know some shit that you don't, and we're more than happy to share that with you. So we'll throw it all out there and you either enjoy what we write or you don't. Nobody gets a pass. That means that even if we like a band and their music, we'll still give them shit. Chainsaw will rip Davey, but he still dig's AFI. You should see the video of him 'hardcore dancing' (do you guys know how stupid you look?) to AFI in his bedroom. It's classic. My point is that just because we might rip a band, don't necessarily assume that we don't like or respect them. We like a lot of stuff, however we also like talking shit. That being said, what you're about to read doesn't fall into that category.
If you follow music on the internet, you may have heard of DJ Rossstar. If you haven't, you're better off than I. He's a guy who has a live podcast that you can listen to online but I'm pretty sure no one told him that. He thinks it's a radio show, hence the DJ. Listen up Rosssssssssssssssssss. A) You don't have a radio show. B) You're not a DJ. C) The streaming video shit you do isn't a TV show either. If you have a radio and a TV show, then I'm writing a daily column in the New York Times. However, there is one thing I love about this guy. He wears his hat sideways.....ALWAYS. I would love to hear the reasoning behind this, which I'm sure has nothing to do with the bill getting in the way when he's looking in Billie Joe's living room window.
I could go on forever, but thinking about this guy might make my head explode. I know Chainsaw is a huge fan, so I'm sure he'll follow this up with tales of Cristal and quickies in West Hollywood.
- Black - |
The Sounds
I have to admit that I love the new Sounds record. (NOTE: I removed the 'The', mainly because the vast majority of 'The' bands sound like ass and I don't want to lump this band in with them, but also because I hate saying 'the new The Sounds record' or 'Do you have any new The Gays songs?) Anyway, the new record by that band called The Sounds is one of my favorites. I was going to write a little review of it, but then I realized that I've never actually listened to it. I just look it up in Napster and stare at the album cover for 35 or 40 minutes and I'm satisfied. In my book that qualifies as a fine piece of work. If you don't know what record I'm talking about you should first punch yourself in the left eye. Then check this out:
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
| afi/ava/alkaline mr. chainsaw here checking in. afi record came out yesterday. i guess davey stopped picking up 15 year old goth chicks at club moscow in hollywood long enough to finish the record. way to go champ. go ahead and cut that retarted guy from hawthorne heights style screaming out of the record when you do the re- release. rock. anyone else see the angels and airwaves "live" performance shit on fuse? hey tom, next time you are going to do a "live performance" for TV, feel free to use that 20K pitch adjuster you got on the first blink tour instead of just playing the record and pretending its live. pretty sure your super fans can see through that shit. that being said, the record isnt "dark side" or anything, but its pretty dope. christina milian got dropped from IDJ cuz no one bought her record after nick cannon donkey punched her. sucks. saw alkaline trio the other night. new game: which one of these is NOT an alkaline trio lyric... "like vampire bats deprived of blood, into the new york city night we crawl." "calling all cars, all coroners, weve got a dead one here." "i said, maybe you're a vampire. you said, its quite possible, i feel truly dead inside." "i already feel dead cuz i am dead as dead can be. death. deaddy dead dead." yeah, its the last one, but damn it guys, lighten the fuck up. i have some more stuff, but i guess thats enough for now. mc |
Congratulations Victory Records
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
| Who Are We? He's Mr. Chainsaw. He's Black. (That's his name you racist bastard) Both of them have extremely glamorous and very high paying jobs working in the music industry. I know your first thought. It's Jordan Schur and Clive Davis. You're very close, but no. Although neither of them are Clive Davis, it does mean that they are both fully aware of the suck that is Flyleaf. Apparently Clive's old balls were digging that trash. However, his balls also like Say Anything so all is good in Cliveland. Expect a lot of shit talking and insider information coming soon. |
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