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Jon Kennedy
d-_-b
Carl Pickles
The truly angry women aren’t in punk (although that genre hasn’t really been “punk” since the big record companies annexed it), they’re in some of the various sub-genres of Metal. You need to be looking at the likes of Arch Enemy, Chasing Dragons, Skarlett Riot, Sister Sin, Butcher Babies, The Amorettes, Benedictum, Izegrim, Holy Moses, In This Moment… and so on.
I totally agree with you that we need to dispense with this whole “female-fronted” as a genre rubbish. Of those bands I listed, you have Traditional Metal, Hard Rock, Death Metal and Metalcore. The only thing they have in common is female members. In terms of the music, there is no way you can compare The Amorettes to Izegrim. They exist in completely different styles of music.
Carl Pickles
Thing is, the clubbers aren’t there for something new. All they’re after is a shag and maybe score something chemical. They’re not listening to the music and only want to hear what they know. The people in the particular age group you’re talking about in this article are incredibly conservative when it comes to music. If it wasn’t in the pop charts when they were at high school, they’re not interested at all.
Thing is, they’ve got the money to spend, so that’s why the nightclubs chase them.
Johnny Pressure
I am afraid your last sentence sums it all up.
vinny
Great Article
Alfredo Violante
The track sounds amazing, it’s hard to believe is just one live take.
Alfredo Violante
This is a tough one, artists stare at an empty space and fill it with imagination. But all that staring can become a nightmare.
harrydry
Nice writing geeez
Alfredo Violante
This is exactly what I feel about music. It needs to get back to basics to encourage creativity.
Emma Millward
I’m not a particular fan of grime, but I like the idea of it taking over where punk left off. I’m not sure about it being immune from the same commercial pressures that took over punk though – when anything gets too popular, I think it’s at risk of becoming sterile and manufactured. We’ll have to see!
Emma Millward
I think it depends on the art. Sometimes, the emotional response can be even greater if you know the story behind the song or the artist. It helps to create something we can relate to, a sense of personal authenticity.
It works both ways though. How many beloved Lostprophets albums are gathering dust because we can’t separate the music from the musician? It became almost a betrayal of the fans when his story came out.
Besides, without an artist, there is no art. The choice to be anonymous becomes as much a persona as the public face of Lady Gaga. Either way, it colours the way the audience responds to the art. Being an anonymous artist does not mean that your work can be judged any more objectively.
(I’ve thought about this way longer than I expected to. Good article 🙂
James Kilpin
You’re right of course, listening to the music of someone like Billie Holiday or Amy Winehouse is all the more moving and emotional for knowing the pain she had in her life. I think I probably had in mind instrumental/electronic producers more than anything when I wrote this – where the art is much less personal and much more about enjoying what you hear
Amba Kemp
Nice one Em’.
☺
Alfredo Violante
The video is really WTF
Alfredo Violante
Love the sound, trying to think of other bands with that kind of folk punk mixture.
Emma Millward
There’s quite a tradition of mixing punk with Irish folk but the Balkan connection is definitely a twist!
Alfredo Violante
Physical products and digital marketing, that works for me.
Alfredo Violante
We start to see parallels between art and the horrors of our society, fascinating but also scary.
Alfredo Violante
It might be spoken word but it makes for a great rap track, wonder if it gets remixes. I would 🙂
Alfredo Violante
I couldn’t find these news anywhere else. Incredible.
Johnny Pressure
CNN was at the event and will cover it at one point, but so far this is all there is online
james woronow
A black man signs a dissolution of the KKK,,,whaaaat? Guess I could sign one also.
Alfredo Violante
Read the article again. He spent time in prison with the owner of KKK and got the rights from him, then once out of prison he dismantled what he legally owned.
Free_Thinker451
He had power of attorney over statements Killen made while in prison, that didn’t give him ownership of the KKK (something not even Killen had). There’s a reason this hasn’t made a bigger splash on the public scene. Its nothing more than a publicity stunt.
It would be awesome if true.
Alfredo Violante
I get it, yes your comment makes more sense. The point is first of all, is Killen still in charge? In Italy for example some boss stil have full power even in prison. What’s the story in this case?
Alfredo Violante
Really sad it got to this point 🙁
Alfredo Violante
I will take their advice. I am on over-baker 🙁
funisforassholes
Never got around to the second album. Maybe now’s a good time.
Alfredo Violante
First time I hear about this label, amazing.
Alfredo Violante
I want one
whippersnapper
“….accompanied by insistent and persuasive percussion”, ha ha that’s quite an understatement, I am glad I am not his drum kit. Nice article, NAH expresses more emotion in his one man shows than the majority of bands I have seen in the last few years could collectively.
Alfredo Violante
Most of his releases are on cassette tapes, so cool.
Johnny Pressure
Boom
Alfredo Violante
JESUS 🙂
Alfredo Violante
DIY, disruptive, socialist punk.
Wayne Tedrow, Jr.
this is NOT JUSTICE!
Steven Holt
DRUGS RULE, ALCOHOL SUCKS BUTT, EVERYBODY KNOWS ALL THE BEST MUSIC WAS MADE ON DRUGS
Alfredo Violante
And you can map music by which type of drug.
Michael Boucher
But for every album made by using drugs you could also argue how maybe twice as many albums never got made because of all the geniuses that have died abusing drugs. Regardless, the article is neither for nor against drug use.
Bobby Adamson
They’re back
Johnny Pressure
Thanks Bobby, great news.
Danila Armai
I’m confused. I read an interview with Stine where she said she met Max in Berlin, 2005. Which one is true now?
Roberto Girardi
I saw that in the comments to the article on their official FB page they tagged a girl…could it be the girl of the camp mentioned in the article (the one they both alledgedly made out with)? 😀
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9b02f226d80a6be3962e2492d81342049c9afe36e9865d360a91feb46446de8f.jpg
c bemis
Pretty dumb
Phillip Raymond Goodman
Curiously I often wear masks and costumes on stage, and have numerous different personas and names, but it has nothing to do with anonymity, or having the music judged on its own merits, it’s just another aspect of the performance and the overall art of it….
vinny
Very cool video
Craig Browes
Intresting read XD
Riskee and the Ridicule
Check out Riskee & the Ridicule for the perfect grime punk out there. Intelligent and totally DIY.
John Shortt
highly recommended Band to see live.
Emma Millward
I love this idea! And the Renegades V1 tape is such a great place to start.
jimbrowski
I feel similarly about Eevee’s music! The track that snagged me was Viola off her album Unexpected. The wavering melody of that track combined with the cover art always reminded me of lazy mornings drifting in and out of sleep lying in embrace with my ex-lover. It wasn’t that it produced a feeling of longing for that specific individual, but more of a melancholy recollection of the experience itself; an appreciation of what was underappreciated at the time in hindsight. Great evocative stuff!