Indie Bands

Three Days Grace

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:55:50 +0000

When it came time to choose an album title for the follow-up to Three Days Grace’s 2006’s platinum-certified One-X, the four band members thought the phrase “life starts now” summed things up pretty well. “The new album is basically a commentary on the last couple years of our lives,” says drummer Neil Sanderson. “Things have been fairly traumatic for more than one of us. We’ve all had to confront death on a few different levels, and we’ve had family go through some health-related things, so, for us, Life Starts Now reflects that feeling of redefining what life is and what it means to be alive after you hit rock bottom.”

“The events of the past few years have made us more aware of what life really can be,” says lead vocalist/guitarist Adam Gontier. “So the album is about taking the situation that you’re in, no matter how bad it feels, and making the best of it. Lyrically, most of the songs are based around that idea.”

Several tracks address powerful feelings of loss whether through betrayal, on “Bitter Taste” and “Last To Know,” or death, on “World So Cold” and “Without You” — songs that bassist Brad Walst says “really hit close to home.” “Bully” tackles the impact of bullying, something Sanderson describes as “a massive problem that can actually change someone’s life and affect who they are as a person.” The band switches things up on the more upbeat “The Good Life,” which asks: “If you were to live a different life, what would you want to get out of it?” Gontier explains. Then there’s the fiery first single “Break,” which Gontier says explores not being controlled by your surroundings or environment. “It’s about breaking away from being told what to do and living the life that you want to live.”

A sense of adventure permeates Life Starts Now, which the Toronto-based band began writing after coming off the road for One-X in April 2008. Though the album doesn’t skimp on Gontier’s trademark anguished vocals, Barry Stock’s urgent riffs, or Sanderson and Walst’s thunderous rhythm section, the band knew that they had evolved as musicians, thanks to hundreds of live shows, and wanted to capture it in their sound. “While touring behind One-X, we’d try new things at soundchecks and experiment a bit,” recalls Walst, “but we had a bigger vision for this record. We wanted to do something a little different.”

“We had talked about how so many contemporary rock records have that formulaic, heavily layered, mechanical, shiny sound to them,” Sanderson says. “They start sounding generic and fake. So we wanted to go the opposite route and freshen things up by making a record that was really open and raw and live. That’s how we approached it—we went for that big, boomy sound.” To get it, Three Days Grace recorded Life Starts Now at The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, where everyone from AC/DC to Bon Jovi to Nine Inch Nails have recorded, and which Sanderson describes as having one “the best open drum rooms in the world.”

They also prepped themselves in advance. “Before we went into the studio, we’d listen to classic rock records by Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, just to remember the sounds that we loved while we were growing up,” Gontier says. “We wanted to make our album sound very real, raw, and larger-than-life, like those old records do.” Adds lead guitarist Barry Stock, “Everybody seemed to feel a little freer to expand and do something beyond the regular cookie-cutter thing, so we all just stepped it up. There are some great solos, some great drum parts, and great vocal moments. We’re inspired by classic rock bands more than anything because they have this really great organic feel, but they sound huge, and we wanted to achieve that.”

To help them reach their goals, Three Days Grace reunited with producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Motorhead, Papa Roach, P.O.D), who produced One-X. “He really saw our vision and let us experiment to get the sounds and parts we needed to make the best record we could,” Walst says. “One of the great things about Howard is that he recognizes what kind of band we are,” Sanderson adds. “He really complements what we do and is definitely a great guy to bounce ideas off of.”

The result is an album that brims with confidence, musicality, and accessibility, while retaining what has made Three Days Grace so beloved by their fans: their authenticity. “I think people relate to our music on such a deep level because we’re real,” says Gontier. “We write about real things and I think people know that. Our fans know that we’re not trying to be something that we’re not.” Adds Sanderson: “People can connect what we write about to their own lives because it’s real. We’ve been dealt hands that have been difficult, but I think these days, people want something real more than ever, and they’re especially sensitive to what is contrived and what isn’t.”

It’s that genuineness, along with emotional themes underscored by their explosive sound and that has led Three Days Grace to rock stardom. Their 2003 self-titled debut spawned three hit singles, “I Hate Everything About You,” which reached #2 on the Mediabase Modern Rock chart and went Top 5 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock chart. “Just Like You” climbed to #1 on both the Mediabase Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts, while “Home” peaked at #2 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock chart. One-X debuted on the Billboard album chart at #5 and produced three #1 Mediabase Mainstream Rock singles: “Animal I’ve Become,” “Pain” and “Never Too Late.” In 2007, Mediabase ranked the band as the #1 artist in airplay across all rock formats (Modern Rock, Active Rock, Mainstream Rock). Also that year, R&R/Billboard ranked Three Days Grace as the #1 Active Rock Artist of the Year, #1 Rock Artist of the Year, and #2 Modern Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year. Both Three Days Grace and One-X have been certified platinum by the RIAA and the band has sold more than six million albums worldwide. In 2008, they wrapped up more than two years of touring in the U.S., where they shared stages with fellow rockers Nickelback, Staind, Seether, and Breaking Benjamin.

Now Three Days Grace are looking forward to following up those successes with Life Starts Now, which was released by Jive Records on September 22, 2009. “I’m curious to see how people respond to it and what songs they relate to,” Gontier says. “Music is emotion for us,” adds Walst. “We’re just trying to trust our own gut. If the four of us feel something while we’re playing it, then we hope our fans relate and feel the same.”

“Even though we wanted this album to be different, there’s a lot that hasn’t changed,” says Sanderson. “We still use music as a way to release emotion. The other thing that hasn’t changed is the best part of it all: getting up on stage and killing it in front of 20,000 people!”

Boney Nem

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:10:57 +0000

Sometimes I like pop music. Moreover if it played as a cover by this fantastic thrash-metal band Boney Nem. They play professionally and the number and variety of their songs is fantastic! So I won’t mention the names, but I will post several youtubes under the full version of this post.

Here is how a metal zine describes them:

BONEY NEM are something like a legend in the Russian Metal scene. Why? Well, their specialty is cover versions metalized, with mostly very gruff vocals and the special thing about this quintet is the fact that most of the cover versions are non-Metal or even non-Rock, but many of them are taken from the Eighties and early Nineties Pop, some even from the traditional French chansons, which makes them even more fun to listen to, because most of the songs you know from radio anyway.

Du Hast cover

It’s My Life (It’s a Beautiful Life) – Double Cover Video Clip

“In the World of Animals” (popular tv-program song)

Unbreak My Heart (Toni Braxton Cover)

Boney NEM Live!

(3 Songs (2nd one is Modern Talking Cover)

Ken McLellan & Stigger – Get Yourself Tattooed

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:33:14 +0000

Lyrics

Get it into my skin and into my soul. I was born to rock’n'roll. Fine lines that look so sharp. Break my skin and break my heart.

Hear the buzz of that electric gun. Me against the pain and this time i won. I wonder each time i came through your door. Is today the day i land on your floor

Demons and dragons all over the place. Demons and dragons fighting for space. Filled my chest my arms and most of my back. Where next for your gun to attack

So get it into my skin and into my soul. I was born to Rock’n'Roll. Fine lines that look so sharp. Break my skin and break my heart

Hey Andy what you gonna do? Your paint my skin red, white and blue. Come on boy get yourself tattooed. Hey Andy what you gonna do? Your paint my skin red, white and blue. Come on boy get yourself tattooed. Hey Andy what you gonna do? Your paint my skin red, white and blue. Come on boy get yourself tattooed

Thirty Seconds to Mars

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:05:47 +0000

Thirty Seconds to Mars have sold more than 3.5 million albums worldwide.
• The band was formed by Jared and Shannon Leto and signed in 1998 to Virgin Records.
• Their videos have been viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube.
• The video for A Beautiful Lie’s title track and fourth single took the band 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
• “From Yesterday” was the first American music video ever shot in the People’s Republic of China.
• Thirty Seconds to Mars have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, MTV Latin, Asia and Australia Awards, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards.
• Thirty Seconds to Mars now boasts nearly 42 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook.
• A Beautiful Lie produced two Top 5 Modern Rock singles in “From Yesterday” and “The Kill”
• “The Kill” set a record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its No. 3 peak in 2006.
• www.abeautifullie.org was created as a bulletin board for educating the public on environmental issues and instructing on how and where to take action.
• The band have played nearly 500 shows around the globe since the 2005 release of A Beautiful Lie, including festival performances at Lollapalooza in the U.S., Pinkpop in the Netherlands, Download and Give It a Name Festivals in the U.K., Germany’s Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park and Japan’s Summer Sonic.

Fredrik Klingwall

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:23:46 +0000

The music of Swedish composer Fredrik Klingwall comes with the dynamics of forceful apocalyptic rhythms and an uneasy kind of bizarre beauty. For over a decade Fredrik has been creating music that combines neoclassical and industrial voids with the emotion and drama bringing your mind to the soundtrack of horror.

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Manumission

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:01:05 +0000

Label: vivichrist@orcon.net.nz

Management: vivichrist@orcon.net.nz

Members: Kane Davey – lead singer/guitarist/songwriter, Vivian Stewart – bass/guitar/production/programming

Serenna formed in 2005 and gained reputation for powerful and highly emotive live performances. Once a project of dark rock, Serenna has now metamorphisised into ‘Manumission’. We are currently focussed on the creation and delivery of a distinctive type of Neofolk, combining martial and traditional folk elements with a New Zealand perspective.

Please note that the tracks available on this page reflect the work of both Serenna and Manumission.

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Sourdeline

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:11:57 +0000

Après trente ans de silence le groupe Sourdeline vient de se reformer.
Sourdeline a été dans les années 70 un des représentants du courant folk prog en France.
Il a enregistré 2 LP pour le label Discovale La Reine Blanche et Jeanne d’Aymé .ces deux albums devenus introuvables seront bientôt reédités par Guerssen music.

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Bethany Taylor

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:54:23 +0000

That’s how she describes herself:

16. Piano, guitar and bass. I’m actually a classically-trained singer and a musical theatre-obsessive, but don’t hold that against me…

Some people draw, some people run, some people eat…I songwrite

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Lynzee

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:20:22 +0000

After 24 years of keeping the faith & the exit of yet another drummer, on October 15th 2008 remaining members of the band Lynzee created a basic Myspace as a tribute to their history and a place for fans past & present to meet. They had no idea what would come of this little endeavor…By December 2008 the band found new life when they were discovered by Kimmy from RETROSPECT RECORDS one the worlds largest independent rock/metal reissue labels. They were immediately offered a multi-release record deal. They agreed to re-release 3 of their classic albums complete with new unreleased material as well as a 4th new release in 2010. The ultimate bonus was the return of one of the original drummers Bill Haertel… as of 2010 Lynzee is BACK IN BLACK.

Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, LYNZEE was formed by Canadian Artist Richard Lindsey in 1985. Transplanted to the streets of Hollywood in 1977, Richard began his obsession with Heavy Metal when he picked up his first KISS, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath albums & a Les Paul. After years of playing in local bands & backyard parties Richard formed LYNZEE. The band hit the Hollywood scene in the 1980′s performing at many of the legendary nightclubs & abroad.

In Your Face ARENA Rock n Roll, with Metal groove to spare. Guitars, Solos, Pounding Bass, Killer Drummer, Memorable hooks, put it all together and you have a Fantastic collection of Ultra Cool Heavy Melodic ARENA Metal, MONSTER musicians & Kick Ass Rock n Roll born in the 1980s!

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The Telnyuk Sisters

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:36:33 +0000

In contemporary Ukrainian music Halyna and Lesya Telnyuk have unique status. Critics have qualified the artists’ work as “a breath of fresh air”, “a tonic against dispair”, and “a mystery play of word and music”, appropriately terming them “the last bastion of true poetry and music in the domain of the contemporary Ukrainian song”. The Telnyuk Sisters’ concerts represent unique literary-musical compositions, a synthesis of poetry and song.
They feature accomplished standing and explore wide-ranging concerns, such as the place of the poet in totalitarian society, internal freedom as a prerequisite for creativity, the question of a search for oneself, for a sence of being: The concert-goer is emmerced into an extraordinary atmosphere, as thought she/he were present at some esoteric happening for those who are privy to a secret, yet at the same time is left with the feeling of being part of a circle of good friends. This is the result of the delicate and sincere dialogue that the duet conducts with their audience.
The sisters are called “dissidents of show-business” and “banished princesses”. They insist on poetry for their lyrics and (unlike the predominant practice) prefere “live” performances, maintaing high aesthetic and professional standards and principles. The audience has responded warmly to the musical stance declared by the Telnyuk Sisters. Their concerts in Ukraine always draw capacity crowds.