bands
Rock n' roll, boy bands, jazz trios, and more; the greats, newbies, and forgotten icons who create our favorite groups.
The Story of The Stools
The story of The Stools is a long and disturbing fish hatchery of lies and cruel treacheries, almost as protracted and slimy as the story of Rock Music itself, and just a full of bottom-feeders, chondrichthians and aborted roe as your standard creche nursery. The logical place to start this fish tale is in 1956 with the release of the band’s first long playing album, Draconian Messures (sic), if for no other reason than Dutchco Music is releasing remastered versions of the entire Stools catalog with the hopes of introducing The Stools to a new generation of fans and milking a dead horse one last time.
By Lance Norris5 years ago in Beat
On the Radio
I remember Memory Almost Full. With the release, subsequent purchase and the hardly-wait-until-I-can-get-it-out-of-the-stupid-cellophane preview of Paul McCartney’s new album came a torrent of thoughts, emotions, ideas and yes – memories. Memory Almost Full was exactly what I needed from Sir Paul at that juncture of my life. It felt like the Beatles, of course, because to me Paul was the Beatles. I mean, I loved the other Beatles too but Paul was always the Beatle (if there can be such a thing as a singular Beatle). The Christmas before that, I had purchased a Remix of Beatles songs in an album entitled, simply, Love. I wore it out, of course. I cherished everything by the Beatles. But Memory Almost Full was different. It is like the old days. There wasn’t that mixing hand that showed through with Love. Love was everything about the Beatles, but Memory Almost Full took me back. It was au natural.
By John Oliver Smith5 years ago in Beat
Breaking Benjamin: A Band With A Story to Tell
I won't lie, my taste of music is all over the map. From heavy metal and hard rock, to fiddle music and jazz, there's not much I won't listen to. I typically take an interest in the lyrics, and the stories being told in the songs I listen to (for example, I recently expanded my horizons into rap when my boyfriend introduced me to Machine Gun Kelly). But, that's not what my purpose is today. Today, I want to showcase songs from one of my all time favorite bands, Breaking Benjamin.
By Lindsay Dewolfe5 years ago in Beat
Hockey
One thing I have noticed about bands and specifically rock bands is that all bands seem to unconsciously form in numbered groups, What I mean is that a trio is always a trio, and a quartet is always a quartet. Very rarely do bands add or subtract the magic number that works for them. They very often change personnel, but not the requisite number. There are exceptions of course, Genesis went from a five piece to a three piece (sort of), replacing Peter Gabriel with Phil Collins and hiring session player, Chester Thompson when touring. So in reality they were actually a four piece, using Phil in the studio for the dual function of singer and drummer. Which leads to my next point, that all rock bands are really a six-piece. And that is because the essential elements of rock and roll are as follows:
By Richard Revelstoke5 years ago in Beat
The band that made me fall in love with music again
From a young age, music has always been my drug of choice. Whenever I was having a bad day, there was nothing quite like music to make me feel better. With very different tastes ranging from heavy metal, rap, hip-hop, pop and hell, even a little bit of classical thrown in there, I have always had an album or playlist depending on my mood. And of course, going to concerts is an amazing rush in itself, being close to that artist you love and wishing they could see you in the crowd.
By Kitty Lawson5 years ago in Beat
Band Psychology
Who are these guys we hang out with? Are musicians just a bunch of hapless misfits who don’t want a real job? How do we, as songwriters fit into this band world? The best way to understand the people we work with and make music with is to look at each member of the band and develop a model of their behaviour. This may, of course seem stereotypical, but the following commentaries are at best, generalizations and are not meant to be conclusive, only indicative. There are many exceptions to these cases. (Now I’m really started to sound like Sigmund, yah?)
By Richard Revelstoke5 years ago in Beat
1 in 3000
Reminiscing on the days when I was young and couldn't even understand the coded mastery presented in the music from such a celestial pair, I welcome nostalgia. Being from the west side I had a specific idea of how music sounded. Accustomed to what I was used to I had to learn the different styles and various forms of creativity expressed in art across the country. Black creativity was not new to me. Coming from the west side the household names were N.W.A., Tupac, Too $hort, Nate Dogg, and im sure you can picture the rest. So, that introduction to the alternative soul represented in the rhymes of Outkast and Andre 3000 himself has changed my life forever.
By Sani Believes5 years ago in Beat
