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First round of Warped confirmations announced
Warped Tour has begun announcing bands that are being
confirmed for the tour's 10-year anniversary. Already on the list of bands
playing are New Found Glory, Taking Back Sunday, and Coheed and Cambria,
with many more to come. The tour plans are to have a star-studded
10-year reunion show at the end of the summer in New York, with bands from
throughout Warped Tour history. None of these bands have been announced
yet, but rumors have been flying around and the second anything is confirmed,
we'll let you know.
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Punk Rock Reaches the Masses
I've been noticing lately the term 'punk' is being used
by a lot more people than before. What exactly seperates a punk from a
poser, anyway?.
Now more than ever there are tons and tons of Hot Topic
shoppin' mallrat "punks" around. Now, I'm not saying all HT shoppers are
posers, but alot of them seem to be. There's a fine line of punks and posers
and it's getting hard to read.
It seems like after the Offspring and Green Day broke
out, punk didn't really get any more popular, it just stayed underground.
And then, all of the sudden, the Offspring come back with Americana, and
Blink 182 release Enema of the State and everyone wants punk rock. Then
Sum 41, New Found Glory, American Hi-fi, Simple Plan, and tons of other
pop-punk bands hit the charts and all the sudden its popular to be punk.
Thus we have posers. People who think since they wear baggy pants, skateboard,
and listen to New Found Glory, they're regular anarchists. I don't think
so. Don't get me wrong, I love NFG and Simple Plan and Blink 182 and Green
Day as much as anyone, but that's not what punk is.
Exposure can also be good, there are a lot more real
punk fans out there because of it. I know if it wasn't for the Offspring
I wouldn't be listening to punk today. Believe me, I'm not a purist
in any sense of the word, but, somewhere you have to draw the line. But,
as Sublime said from the very beginning, "Punk rock changed our lives."
http://www.punk-music.net/article.php?19.0
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BLINK DVD CUT TO SIZE!
BLINK 182 are to release a feature documentary DVD 'RIDING
IN VANS WITH BOYS' following the exploits of an unknown band thrown onto
to their 46-date POP DISASTER TOUR.Blink's Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge
developed the concept with Melee Entertainments' Jon Humphrey. The film
will detail the ups and downs of San Diego's Cut U Up as they travel on
the major US tour with Blink 182, Green Day and Jimmy Eat World.
The DVD will include backstage footage and live performances. Blink 182
release their latest self-titled album on Monday November 17. Hoppus said
"I think that the next record will surprise a lot of people, including
me. We want to do something really dynamic... we want to try different
effects in the studio, try different instruments, try different sounds,
different arrangements on songs. "He also said: "Before, we got one guitar
sound that we changed a little bit through the record. This time we want
to try a whole different set-up for each song."
http://www.nme.com/news/106731.htm
Getting Things Straight...The Defenition of a Sellout
Most of the time these people are not knowledgable of
punk music. However, in most cases, any band that is a true sellout will
be seen on major networks quite frequently. I think that the defenition
of a sellout can besummarized as any band that drops its home record label
to join some fresh new major label, to change not only their attitudes
and viewpoints, but their style of music and their appearances, and giving
up all responsibilities as to the lyrics of their songs. Allowing a network
to air your music is simply common sense, and a decision that sometimes...for
some reason...loses fans. To me it is simple common sense... If you were
in a band.. and you switched record labels, started to let other high prioroty
people and record executives write your lyrics, started to dress and act
diferently, then, yes this would make you a sellout.. as did popular bands
Green Day, Blink 182, and recently and sadly, former punk-rockers AFI.
Next time you think of calling a band a "sellout" for simply seeing their
music video on a major network... think beore you say it.
http://www.punk-music.net/article.php?3.0
Brand New Eschew Rocking For Voodoo
Brand New reserve their rocking for the concert stage,
not the soundstage. In the video for "Sic Transit Gloria ... Glory Fades,"
the second single from their second album, Deja Entendu, Brand New pick
up where they left off with their previous clip, "The Quiet Things That
No One Ever Knows," and display a similar cinematic slant. Filmed in Los
Angeles by director Marc Webb in mid-October, the clip focuses on Lacey
as its main character, and, like the video for "The Quiet Things," a bit
of the supernatural plays a part. This time Lacey acts like a human
voodoo doll. He discovers that when he moves a particular body part, so
does the target of his powers. So much so, it's a bit surprising to know
that the idea for the clip came from its director, who had had the idea
for some time. Brand New just happened to be the band to take him up on
his offer. The clip is expected to appear in a few weeks, while the single
has just begun to be played on the radio.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480306/20031112/story.jhtml
Billy Talent Go From Bad Jobs To Radio Gold
Not long ago, Billy Talent singer Benjamin Kowalewicz
was working for an airport in Toronto, Canada, and his primary responsibility
was emptying the tanks of airplanes. He worked the bad job to support his
music habit, and didn't even dream of making lots of money by playing rock
and roll. "If you're out there just trying to get the big deal, then you're
doing music for the wrong reasons," he explained. "The hidden aspiration
was always to be able to maybe pay our rent and play music, but even that
was never the main goal. "Now, with the single "Try Honesty" building at
radio, Billy Talent are not only doing well financially, they're poised
to break through to the mainstream alternative market. For a Canadian band
that's been playing clubs in a van for a decade, that's a crazy thought.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479665/20031014/story.jhtml