nfg/steven/headbangers/legionofdoom/benfolds

hi kids -

how excited do you think mr. schur and mr. devoe are right now about that huge debut from new found glory this week? 40k! thats only about 106k LESS than what their last album catalyst did first week. whoops. at least jordan learned how to sing and not sound like a 12 year old boy this time around. between the angels & airwaves record (400k), the pink spiders record (43k) and now the new found glory record, one should expect the lights to go off at the suretone offices any day now. im sure daddy jimmy is not so pleased.

is there a worse vj/tv personality right now than steven from fuse? i just cant take it anymore. hey dude....just because you drop a fugazi or black flag reference every now and then doesnt mean these bands like you. he is the modern day equivalent of adam curry hosting headbangers ball. where is our version of riki rachtman to come in and rip shit? oh, and speaking of headbangers ball, have you watched that show lately? i hate roughly 100% of the bands they play, but their host (jamey jasta) really knows his shit. he sings for hatebreed. no comment on that one.

i hate mashups. any asshole with protools or audition or soundforge or saw or cool edit can take biggie and the killers and make some mashup magic. you guys arent djs or producers. please dont forget that. that being said and proving that i am a total hypocrite, i do kinda like these guys. the legion of doom from venice. fun little emo mashups and a decent gnarls/raconteurs remix. plus, they are from venice, so that means they are pretty much members of the dogtown and zboys posse, so i back that shit for days.

and what would be a lyingintraffic post without a youtube link? here is ben folds covering "such great heights."

chainsaw.

Random shittiness

What's up bitches. Just had some random news floating around so I thought I'd spew it all out here at the same time. When I looked back over it, I realized that every band included blows...bad. Oh well, it's better than working or listening to your professor explain covalent bonds.

- Lucky Boys Confusion has announced they're going on 'indefinite hiatus'. I don't know if anyone cares. The only good song they ever had was 'Fred Astaire' and that was 5 years ago. Also, just an FYI, but blink is on 'indefinite hiatus'. So is Sleater-Kinney. You do the math...

- Goldfinger has signed a new record deal with SideOneDummy. Apparently this label will only sign washed-up punk bands that everyone loved 10 years ago. Have fun with MxPx and Slick Shoes.

- Norma Jean sold 21,334 copies in their first week, which is about 20,000 more than anyone expected. Pretty good for an album that features Cookie Monster singing about God.



And your final treat for today is a Comeback Kid video for 'Wake the Dead'. Bad music with zombies hardcore dancing. No commentary necessary, just realize that if you actually do this at a show, EVERYONE IS MAKING FUN OF YOU.


Out.

- Black -

more fun with youtube and victory!

hi kids.

found a few youtube gems you might like.

want to kill 30 min at work? this will do the trick. some of this stuff youve seen before, some is pretty new. it's set to a terrible soundtrack of Black's favorites like hoobastank and pod (with a few foo songs to save it.)



videos like the next two make it really hard to like my chemical romance. i am 100% sure that gertard and the boys hate this shit and laugh just like you and i do.





and lastly, brummell is pissed! someone sold a hawthorne heights gold record on ebay for $250! whoever sold it even fessed up that they worked at victory. ouch. 20 bucks says tony bought the record himself just to find out who was selling it. check it -




i think thats all for now. go get timberlakes new record. sold 700K first week because it fucking rules the school. kid listened to a lot of prince before knocking this one out. talk shit if you want, but he killed it. peace.

chainsaw.

More MCR (you love it)

My Chemical Romance revealed the album art and track listing for their new record. You're never going to believe this but the cover has a skeleton on it. Shocking.



They also released the track listing which includes song titles that make me think that MCR might be tackling some new subject matter this time around.

- 'The End.'
- 'Dead!'
- 'This Is How I Disappear'
- 'The Sharpest Lives'
- 'Welcome to the Black Parade'
- 'I Don't Love You Like I Did'
- 'House of Wolves'
- 'Cancer'
- 'Mama'
- 'Sleep'
- 'Teenagers'
- 'Disenchanted'
- 'Famous Last Words'

Ok, maybe not. Anyway, here's a live video of them performing 'Dead' at Reading/Leeds.
(CAUTION: This video contains footage of Gerard leading the crowd in chanting 'Dead!' over and over. They even start speeding up the chant to the point where I thought I would hear a trumpet followed by 'CHARGE!!!')



- Black -

Wait, who's Hinder?

Chainsaw and I will be the first ones to back bands who talk shit about others, however we do have our boundaries. What are they you ask? Well if you're band is a rip-off of shitty music that disappeared 5 years ago....sorry, you're on your own. Examples? Here you go:

Cool with us:
Tobin and Dave from P-Roach talking shit about Pete Wentz.



- What do you think of bands such as Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance?
Dave: I love My Chem. Fall Out Boy, there's a little bit of an issue between me and Pete Wentz.

- Really?
Dave: Oh yeah. That motherfucker better hope he can afford security his whole life, cuz I will be there the day he's not there. I will be there, around the corner, ready to mop the floor with his fucking little ass.

- Really?!
Dave: Yeah, I love My Chem, and I love the rest of Fall Out Boy, but Pete Wentz....little fucker.

This shit is great. I'm not a huge fan of Petey, mostly because his band puts on THE WORST live performance I've ever seen, but in all honestly dude knows how to get himself out there. He is is own brand, a la Paris. Anyway, I back P-Roach, and I definitely back them when they say shit like this. Awesome.

NOT COOL WITH US:
Hinder drummer Cody 'Does me being named Cody make it obvious I play shitty middle-America rock' Hanson, talking about Thursday.

(Cody is the fire-dome 2nd from the right)

First off, I don't like Thursday and I never have. I get the whole 'they are such a huge influence on all the screamo/emo bands out there today' thing but that doesn't carry much weight with me. Don't like them, never have. That being said.......

- Are there any bands out there that you look at and are like 'why are they famous', besides them (Ok GO)?
Cody: I'll tell you, the worst band of all time in my book is Thursday. That dude has got to be the worst singer I have ever heard in my entire fucking life, man. He is terrible.

Wow, that coming from a dude in Hinder. I should do a poll around LA asking how many people have heard of Hinder. Then I should do a poll on the number of times I would have to compare them to Creed and Nickleback when people asked what they sound like. Hey Cody (YEEEE-HAAWWWWWWWW!!!!!), you missed the window on your shitty band. Creed/Nickleback/3 Doors Down/etc. have disappeared. Thursday was relevant 5 years ago and are MORE relevant now. Nice try buddy. The funny thing is that I can't even ask people if they've heard what Hinder said about Thursday, because nobody knows who the fuck Hinder is. Classic.

- Black -

wmg, buckcherry sued by slut

wow, i don't post for a few days and jock boy takes over the blog. i do however agree with black on this one. it just reaffirms that the nfl is racist, but that's another story at another time.

so, check this shit. a 16 year old chick goes to a buckcherry video shoot, uses a fake ID to get in and then sues when there is footage of her making out with other whores in the video. real fucking smart honey. of all the bands to pick, you went to a fucking buckcherry video shoot! what did you think was going to happen? some impromptu bible study? this is josh fucking todd we are talking about here, not benji and joel. i do love the fact that she heard about the video shoot from a post on myspace though. i love it.

i just thought of another game. my last game was "guess which line is from an alkaline trio song?" that game ruled. ill bring that back soon. this game is...what singer does this dog look like?

well, its the singer from Rise Against of course!


wanna know how you know i'm an asshole? i just made fun of tim's eye. that's fucked. his band rules. they actually have a cause. they give a shit about their fans and their message. they signed to geffen and did'nt change a bit. they spent their budget for their first video getting footage of animal abuse instead of pyro and stupid shit. (and by the way, i love hamburgers, but fuck yes for making a major spend money on your message.)

all that being said....dude's eye is fucked.

DISCLAIMER: SHORT SPORTS POST BELOW

Alright, I know this is supposed to be a music blog, but I had to write about this. If you don't like it, you can suck my balls. What's up with this new 15 yard penalty in the NFL for 'group celebrations'? Let me get this straight, if 2 guys meet up in the endzone after a touchdown and do a pre-planned handshake/dance, they get a 15 yard penalty on the kickoff? What kind of bullshit is that? This isn't fucking 12 year old pop warner football. These dudes are getting paid millions of dollars and you're telling me that they can't meet up with their fellow millionaires and do a little ashlee simpson jig? That blows. I don't remember Mark McGwire getting tossed from a game 5 years ago for his gay little ball grab after home runs. I hate everyone.
Sorry for the rant, but this shit was pissing me off after the MNF game tonight. I promise to return to shitty music posts that aren't funny.

Karma does exist!

Warner Brother 'recording artist' and professional partier Paris Hilton was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early Thursday after driving erratically and failing a field sobriety test. Paris' publicist claims she was not intoxicated and had only consumed one drink after being up late working on a music video and not eating all day.


I can't figure out what's funnier:
a) that she got a DUI
b) that she blew a .08 after one margarita
c) that she didn't eat all day (such a surprise!)
d) that she was exhausted after a long day of 'work' making another video (with her clothes on)
e) that she claimed she was driving erratically because she was so hungry for In-N-Out.
f) that I found a picture of her in one of Puff Daddy/Diddy/P-Diddy/Puffy's 'Vote of Die!' shirts

- Black -

dave grohl still rules

in case any of you forgot, dave grohl still kicks some serious ass.

he must be the most successful drummer to ever start his own band. he sings with gum in his mouth. he played the devil in that awesome tenacious d video and even says stuff like, "i can do whatever i want! i was in nirvana!"

now? oh....just taking some dudes out for a night of drinking. some dudes that were stuck in a fucking mine for 15 days. to pass the time, they requested an ipod with foo fighters music on it. grohl said, "i'm not just having one beer with those dudes: were going for it! this is gonna be a big night."

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