Blink 182

You either hate em or love him..

I see so many blink fans, and I also hear so much negativity about them but there’s a lot of music I hate too, so it’s all fair game. 

Travis Barker, Mark Hoppis and Tom Delonge - The famous three to hold the name Blink 182

before they were big mark and delonge slowly formed by jamming in the garage, but they needed a drummer. The first drummer Scott Raynor quit the band after their first big album "dude ranch" in order to finish schooling.

Unfortunately for him that’s when they became huge!

The bands success went on until 2005 when the band members decided to cancel the tour for all their different reasons. But they kept fighting and eventually Tom Delonge quit, shortly after he started “angels & airwaves”

But in 2009 they reunited and delayed their album until 2011

I don’t care what anyone says

I love blink 182

My favorite song which they dedicated one of their fans who committed suicide

I love hearing this song after a long and depressing day, it gives a unique feeling that everything will turn out all right

Atmosphere

Ever since i started playing drums ive been obssesed with hip-hopand this past week or so ive been listening to Atmosphere non stopThe Main rapper goes by slug and the dj goes by ant. the two met in 1989 but didnt release anything official until 1997 with "Overcast!"i also really like how "slug" has meaningful lyrics. not about his "ghetto, violence or the cruelty towards women"like in the song yesterday, he talks about someone who misses and clearly needs to see again. the whole song you will pick someone to relate to, and you can relate it to anyone. but in the end slug reveals he is talking about his deceased fathercheck outWhen life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold ...AMAZING album

The Black Keys

At first I just thought these guys just sounded like an ordinary garage band turned blues. But then I was hooked in with their song “tighten up” off their 2010 album “brothers”.I thought it was really good and I better check them out, and I did which is obviously why am writing about this talented group.Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). From akrin ohio used to be two former college drop outs. But as seen today they are widely known and very famous.I don’t know much about the group, but their very talented and defiantly a group that deserves all the success they’ve achieved Check out Rubber Factory and Brothers (my two favotire albums)And heres my favorite song by them

Foo Fighters

When Kurt Cobain of Nirvana Committed suicide in 1994, he left the world in shock, especially Dave Ghrol the drummer for nirvana

In late 94 Ghrol grew tired of weeping over Cobain, he decided it was time to rock once more. So he took the originals the he wrote over the past year, and made his own demo, the drums, the guitar, the vocals he did it all. 

Then with his tape buzzing around the music industry he decided to put the band together, get real members and record the album. Its really an amazing story of how ghrol put this band together and if you want to know more then you need to check out “Back and Forth” the Foo Fighters Documentary

But overall the Foo Fighters are an amazing Grunge Rock band

Check out their first self-titled album, its quite amazing.

And here's one of my favorite songs to get you started

The White Panda

I normally hate this kind of music, but lately i (and i hate to admit this) am really starting to like this catchy dance crap. call it whatever you want, but you cant deny the fact that it makes you want to dance.

My latest guilty pleasure "the White Panda"
two guys that take popular songs and clash them together to form the ultimate remix

i discovered these guys when my brother, who was visiting from college ran into my room and starting blasting the song below. at first it was hilarious to see him dance and sing the lyrics, but overtime he sucked me into listening to them

Tenacious D

Although Inappropriate, Vulgar and sometimes disgusting “The D” is a great band. From skits, conversations and real music they have talent. By they I mean Jack Black and Kyle Gass, two hilarious dudes.

They actually used to despise each other, but they got over it when Kyle taught jack how to play guitar in exchange for some acting lessons.

With the help of Jack Blacks acting success he began to sneak “the D” in with him. As you can tell in some of Blacks appearances on the big screen you also see Gass doing cameos from time to time. The rest is history

But on may 11^th they put out their new album “Rize of the Fenix” the first album they have released six YEARS.
 Please check out Tenacious DThey are hysterical, and even though they involve a lot of comedy in their songs they actually hold musical talent.

http://www.youtube.com/user/tenaciousDVEVO

Beastie Boys

since 1979, when they formed as a hardcore punk band the beastie boys have been nothing but a success

they first wanted to become a punk band but with all their succuss of their hit "Cooky Puss" they became a hip hop band from their on out.

as of today they have eight studio albums and are known around the world. But unfortunatly on may 4 Adam Yauch aka MCA died of cancer.

Beastie boys are amazing!! Defiantly worth a check out if you don’t know who are they are

Check out

The mix up

Ill communication

Licensed to Ill

and this 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evA-R9OS-Vo 

Vampire Weekend

the first time i ever heard Vampire Weekend was a summer day on itunes. they had a free download which i thought was pretty good. But then a few months down the road i decided to listen to their other songs, and i loved them.

with insane drum beats, wierd techno additions and an amazing vocalist i knew they were my favorite band. within the next few months they blew up, had a bunch of songs on Tv and in movies.

then one day my brother walked into my room with one of their albums and told me to listen to it. I told him i already knew who they were. he said "did you know their coming to red rocks?" and that was probablly the best show ive ever been to

but if your one to like pop-rock kind of music you need to check them out.

their most popular song is A-punk

and my favorite song is " the kids dont stand a chance" - its one of their slower songs, but it has a smooth and flowly guitar riff you just have to hear

MGMT

a pyschodelic/indie rock band
Ever since they signed with Columbia Records in 2006 they have been nothing but rising fame.


unfortunatly i didnt hear them till 2010, when my brother blasted one of records in our house.I ran into the living whom, yelling "WHO IS THIS?". That day i fell in love with keyboards and weird pyschodelic sounds within music. i kept on questioning my brother who they were, where there from, how long they've been together and everything like that. After a five minute interrorgation at my brother, he asked me "want to go see them with me"? and within two weeks i found myself at Red Rocks.


this concert made that summer one of the best i will ever have. it was pouring rain, my group and i were freezing and soaking wet, but the only thing that kept us there was their AMAZING music and light show.
it so hard to describe the night but it was one of the most incredible of my life. maybe this video can shed some light.

The Strokes

The Strokes, or if your really obsessed with them

Julian Casablancas
Nick Valensi
Albert Hammond, Jr.
Nikolai Fraiture
Fabrizio Moretti

The Strokes First formed when Casablancas and Hammond shared an apartment in New York together. The First show was at the Luna Lounge, then went on to play the Mercury Lounge whose booker left to become the bands manager. +

The first song I heard by them was their most popular: Reptilia, and at first I didn’t like too much. I think I didn’t like it because I wasn’t so obsessed with music at the time, but now that I am I consider myself a major fan. I was 11 or so and as I walked into my brothers room; I remember hearing a distorted guitar and a fast paced tempo, which probably gave me a headache at the time, but now I cant get enough of.

Check Out Their Albums

Angles

Room On Fire

First Impressions Of Earth

Pomplamoose

Here is a REAL BAND that has TALENT, unlike an auto-tuned rapper

Pomplamoose consist of Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn

But when on tour they bring Carlos Cabrera And Ryan Lerman

I first heard this band in December of 2010, they made a car commercial. I noticed their catchy Christmas jingles, then I started watching the commercials, then I went to their you tube...and WOW

ever since then I have been listening non stop. 

they also do something called "videosongs". videosongs are not your typical musical video. what you see them play is what your hear and if you see it in the video you will hear it at some point. 

I love them because of their sound, you have to hear them live. They just have that IT factor. Listen to them and you’ll know what I mean.

They are one of my favorite bands of all time, and if I couldn’t pick all of their songs as favorite I narrowed it down to this three.

I highly recommend to watch them live (video above)

Pomplamoose live is one of the greatest things i have ever heard

Songs To Check Out

1.       Monster Mask

2.       Centrifuge

3.       Twice As Nice


4.       Live Video Above

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Why This Blog Is Here...

This Blog was created not only for my school work, but so anyone who visits this page will discover good music, hear the stories behind them, and my discovery on them.


i hope after visiting this blog you all look this bands, fall in love with them and become inspired like i did

another reason i created this is becuase i believe all music these days is CRAP. and i want to convert everyone back to rock n roll, or atleast a major form of rock!

please give all these bands a fair chance to impress you

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