NationStates Jolt Archive

****ATTENTION ALL BANDS!****

This could be your big chance to hit the big time!

Have you ever watched the stars on television, making millions of dollars putting out crappy songs, churning out the same prefabricated pop bullcrap that society has been eating up forever, and thought...

WHY NOT ME?

Here's your chance to earn worldwide fame and recognition through...

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
1. Flunk Republic - I Pledge Allegiance To The Flunk Republic
LAST WEEK: #6
2. Youthanasia - Eternal Animosity
LAST WEEK: n#1
3. The Mudskippers - The Mudskippers
LAST WEEK: #4
4. Dodge - uprooted
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Monaa - No Reason To Cry, No Reason To Smile
LAST WEEK: #3
6. The Trapeze Accidents - Ballpark Figure
LAST WEEK: #5
7. Sangre De Derramamiento - Burrito Fuels Mi Corazon
LAST WEEK: #7
8. Slaya Hater - Placebo Casino
LAST WEEK: #2
9. The Theory of Eating the World Tomorrow - The Red Album
LAST WEEK: n/a
10. CDH - Never Tired Of Crying
LAST WEEK: #9
11. Various Artists - You Heard It Here First Volume XV
LAST WEEK: #8
12. Crimson Sedition - Granite Reflection
LAST WEEK: #10
13. Green Machine - Soylent Green
LAST WEEK: #12
14. The Explodinators - The Yellow Album
LAST WEEK: #14
15. Suite Meets - Modern Mythology... Music!
LAST WEEK: #8
16. Dead Lamas - Sell Out and S*** Me, B*****s
LAST WEEK: #16
17. Kings in a Gutter - What!?
LAST WEEK: #15
18. The Trapeze Accidents - Lords of the Ring--Live!
LAST WEEK: #13
19. Hollow Point - Jacketted
LAST WEEK: #17
20. Three Word Name - Stop the Pop!
LAST WEEK: #20

COMMENTS: Who would've thought that the frequent touring would finally pay off? Flunk Republic finally manages to catapult their album up five spots to take the top of the charts! Look for Dodge or The Mudskippers to make a bid for the top spot next week!

1. The Mudskippers - "He's So Smart"
LAST WEEK: #1
2. Slaya Hater - "Midnight Breakfast"
LAST WEEK: #2
3. The Bankshot Blues - "She Cries"
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. The Theory of Eating the World Tomorrow - "Understanding in a Plane Crash"
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Youthanasia - "Past Mistakes"
LAST WEEK: #3
6. Hollow Point - "Lift"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Flunk Republic - " Love Spatula"
LAST WEEK: #7
8. Sangre De Derramamient - "I Wish I Had A Burrito"
LAST WEEK:
9. Dodge - "Ragged"
LAST WEEK: #6
10. Monaa - "See The Light"
LAST WEEK: #5
11. CDH - "Never Tired Of Crying"
LAST WEEK: #9
12. The Trapeze Accidents - "Orion"
LAST WEEK: #6
13. Suite Meets - "Let Me Hear You (Rocket)"
LAST WEEK: #11
14. Sangre De Derramamient - "Grande Pedro Perro G"
LAST WEEK: #10
15. The Mudskippers - "As The Crowe Flies"
LAST WEEK: #8
16. Hollow Point - "Breaking the Illusion"
LAST WEEK: #13
17. Crimson Sedition - "Blind Guardian of No More"
LAST WEEK: #12
18. Kings in a Gutter - "I'm Swell"
LAST WEEK: #14
19. CDH - "Love's Burning a Hole in My Pockete"
LAST WEEK: #16
20. Youthanasia - "Tracy the Class Whore"
LAST WEEK: #17

COMMENTS: In a week that saw the debut of more new singles than any in recent memory, The Mudskippers and Slaya Hater have somehow managed to cling to the top two positions, with The Bankshot Blues and TToEtWT nipping at their heels. Either of these two bands is poised to take the top spot next week, so stay tuned!


For the past 30 years, Billco Company has been tracking and promoting the top bands in The SLAGLands, providing sales readouts and promotions for these bands for a nominal (0.1%) fee! Multi-platinum SLAGLandic bands, including indy-rock heroes The Trapeze Accidents, owe their multiverse-wide success to The Jukebox Charts!

Now, for the first time ever, Billco Co. is proud to bring The Jukebox Charts to the rest of the world! Simply supply the name of your band's most recent album and/or single to Billco Co. and watch as the fans start rolling in!

Jukebox Charts members enjoy the following benefits:

* Airplay on WPWN 97.7 SLAGTown and all Billco Co.-affiliated radio stations!
* Music videos played on The Burn, the official music television station of The SLAGLands and beyond!
* Sales tracking of your band's album, along with a weekly readout of the Top 20 Albums and Singles in the world... The Jukebox Charts!
* Album distribution in top SLAGLandic retailers!
* And much more!


So how do I become a member?

Simply submit the offer to your record label... in essence, have your people call our people! From there, sit back, relax, and watch the money and babes roll in!

Hope to see you all soon on... The Jukebox Charts!


(OOC: Wow... that was cheesy. Now to the formalities... in essence, how this is going to work in-game.

To place your band on The Jukebox Charts, reply to this thread with the following information:

BAND NAME:
MEMBERS (and instruments):
BAND AGE:
RECORD LABEL:
GENRE:
PAST ALBUMS:
PAST SINGLES:
BAND HISTORY:

ALBUM NAME:
TRACK LIST:
CRITICAL COMMENTS: [Just a fun little way for you to tell me about your album. Try to think from the critic's standpoint. Is this an experimental album? Is the band resting on its laurels? Are guest musicians frequently employed? Is it a concept album of some kind? Let your creative juices flow!]

SINGLE NAME:
LYRICS: [As much or as little as you want. Feel free to submit new singles more often than new albums; this is, after all, the way it works in the music industry. If the song is instrumental, say so.]


Placement within The Jukebox Charts will be determined by dice/random number generator. If you make a blatant attempt to promote your band, post a link to said attempt here, and you may earn yourself a nice hefty bonus. The most successful bands, after all, are those that manage to get their name out there. Concert promotions, special album releases, movie deals, merchandising... once again, be creative, and you'll be rewarded here.

Gonna give this a little while and see how it flies... feel free to post comments and questions here!)

(OOC: Another one I almost forgot...

NO REAL BANDS! No Blink-182, no Linkin Park... NONE OF THAT! You may COVER real songs; however, do NOT submit a real band!)

OOC: :lol:

IC: President Morghan J. Harrington laughed. "Well, I don't know about any 'band' stuff for me, but I think there's a side to me no one else has seen before"

http://home.iprimus.com.au/quincyw/morghan.jpeg
(Picture of President Harrington in private with her cherished guitar)

"Who knows", she was heard to mutter. "Maybe after I leave politics I'll have a singing career!"

There is only one submission: A somewhat poorly (she did it herself) unplugged cover of "Annie's Song" by John Denver.

http://home.iprimus.com.au/quincyw/adejaani/president_harrington.jpg
President Morghan J. Harrington
Republic of Adejaani
Loyal member of the APTO
Tech level: Late Modern/Early Space
Military alert status at time of writing: "DELTA TWO"
Bold, Resolute, Without Remorse

"The Republic was not established by cowards!"

BAND NAME: Mjolnir
MEMBERS: Azreal Demogorgon(guitar, vocals), Lord Bile(bass, vocals), Countess Von Proserpine(female backing vocals, keyboards), Zyklon-B(guitars), Asmodeus Fenriz(drums)
BAND FORMATION YEAR: 1998
RECORD LABEL: Bloody Stump Music
GENRE: Black Metal
PAST ALBUMS: In Praise of Satan, Viking Death Horde
PAST SINGLES: I Lit Your Baby On Fire(Anal **** cover)
BAND HISTORY: Formed in 1998 in Trotskygrad, New Haaregradia(now known as South Haaregradia) Mjolnir are Haaregradia's foremost black metal band. They are known for brutal sets and epic songs that conjure up visions of death and war in the frozen northlands.

ALBUM NAME: Scream Fucking Blasphemy EP
TRACK LIST:
Summoning the Ancient Ones
Scream Fucking Blasphemy
Hammer of the Gods
Stabbed to Death
Homicidal(Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza cover)
Panzer Division Marduk(Marduk cover)
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh(Cradle of Filth cover)
CRITICAL COMMENTS: This is a two EP set. It includes a disk of covers and a disk of new material. The covers are interesting and well performed, if not slightly mechanical. Homicidal stands out, if only because it is significantly changed from the original, black metal bands playing hardcore? It's a good thing.

The disk of new, original material is the best part of this disk. The songs are fast, brutal and truely epic. I felt the room grow cold as I played this disk, amazing considering we are experiancing a heatwave and my air conditioner is broken.

****/*****

SINGLE NAME: Scream Fucking Blasphemy
LYRICS: [Warning, Explicit Content]

Scream fucking blasphemy
these words of unholyness

Scream fucking blasphemy
a spell to summon the damned

Scream fucking blasphemy
Awaken! Ancient Ones!

Necromantic ceremony, open tombs
place skulls on unholy altars
Daemons summoned, do my bidding
Go out and curse the living

I am the damned, I bring thee hell
These words I speak, heresy, condemn your fate
Scream fucking blasphemy, I slay your god

Satan, Lucifer come to me
Raise these corpses from the dead
to be my slaves, eternal curse
the world becomes my necropolis

I am the damned, I bring thee hell
These words I speak, heresy, condemn your fate
Scream fucking blasphemy, I slay your god

Azrael, Satan's son, leader of Hell's Minions
bring your forces to the gates
prepare for unholy war
slay the angels, unleash the ravens

I am the damned, I bring thee hell
These words I speak, heresy, condemn your fate
Scream fucking blasphemy, I slay your god

Wizards will force the change
unleash hell on earth
crush the church, you are compelled
to scream fucking blasphemy!

OOC: I win the "most censored song" catagory ;)

OOC: Amy Jo Johnson (the one in the picture), really has formed a band in real life. *L* The poor singing was meant to be a test of who'll be political enough to say she's good when she's just a fraction out of tune. :lol:

IC:

BAND NAME: (President) Morghan J. Harrington (solo career)
MEMBERS (and instruments): (President) Morghan J. Harrington, vocals and guitar
BAND AGE: New
RECORD LABEL: Empire Records
GENRE: Easy Listening
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: None
BAND HISTORY: New
SINGLE NAME: "Annie's Song" (cover of the John Denver song)

Critic's review by Nadia Michaels, Republic of Adejaani Minister for the Arts (at a press interview): "Well, our President has done a fantastic job with this track. She has a lot of talent, obviously sings very well. Yes, she does! Excuse me." She holds a hand to the mic as an aide comes over to whisper in her ear. "Well, uh, as I was saying, it's all good! And if you'll excuse me, President Harrington wishes to give me an award for outstanding contribution to the Republic of Adejaani. Thank you."

OOC: :lol::lol::lol:

ARTIST NAME: Nezuko 'Nez' Umi
Band Age: just under 1 year
RECORD LABEL: split/infinite
GENRE: Experimental House/Techno
PAST ALBUMS: 'Noiz'
PAST SINGLES: 'Godzilla Needs To Stay The *** Out of Tokyo'
BAND HISTORY: 'Nez' Umi, a dimunitive 20-year-old with the uncanny ability to intelligibly pronounce any given set of alphanumeric characters (and make it sound good!) rocketed onto the Kitsylvanian Stage and hogged the number one spot on all the charts for weeks with her hit single "Godzilla Needs To Stay The *** Out of Tokyo," a combination of the scambled titles of every Godzilla movie ever made, run at high speed and remoxed on Nezuko's home PC. She was quickly picked up by the record label split/infinite, who quickly produced her first album, 'Noiz.' She is currently riding the crest of a massive wave of popularity in Kitsylvania, and plans to release a new album sometime next year.

ALBUM NAME: 'Noiz'
TRACK LIST: 'Godzilla Needs To Stay The *** Out of Tokyo,' 'War Sucks: Make Love Instead', 'Pocky,' 'Caffiene High,' 'Onegai,' 'Coming Down Off A Sugar Rush Really Sucks,' and 'Okairinasai.'
CRITICAL COMMENTS: Nezuko's first album is groundbreaking in many aspects, not least of which in the fact that every sound on this album is her voice, either pure or remixed in some way. She has never sung a duet or used backup musicians before, but she doesn't rule it out in the future, which leaves her many fans speculating. A batch of copycat artists are expected to make their musical debut swapping their songs on websites this summer, but Kitsylvania and the world at large will remember Nezuko for pioneering this innovative form of techno.

SINGLE NAME: 'Godzilla Needs To Stay The **** Out Of Tokyo'
LYRICS: Instrumental (if you can call someone's remixed voice an instrumental); very quick, loud, and upbeat, with a strong bass component.

Hmmm...

To think the fictional band I made awhile ago would actually get some use.

Okay, here goes.

BAND NAME: The Greansleaves
MEMBERS:

Matt Betterman - rythym guitar, vocals
Jim Elliot - lead guitar
Ben McNeil - bass
Jerry Parsons - drums

BAND AGE: 3 years
RECORD LABEL: Multinational Records
GENRE: Grunge
PAST ALBUMS: Phnom Pehn '86, Coast to Coast
PAST SINGLES:

"Damn" Single
"Everyone" Single
"Washed Ashore" Single (unreleased on any studio CDs)
"Gone Fishin'" Single
"LV Lottery" Single

BAND HISTORY: Matt Betterman enrolled at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Oglethorpia, moving in with one-Greg Weaver. Betterman learned of Weaver's bass playing, whom then told Weaver he was currently taking singing lessons. The two jammed for a bit and had a brief stint with guitarist Andy Parker and under the name "Moonshine" but nothing became of them as Andy Parker dropped out of college. Weaver and Betterman remained roomates throughout college, though he soon graduated from Miskatonic University with a bachelor's degree in finance.

Betterman moved into a small home owned by Edith Elliot to pursue a career in accounting. Soon he would meet Edith's son, Jim Elliot, a guitarist looking for a band: Bettterman and Elliot had one jam session and Elliot was pleased with Betterman's singing skills. Betterman arranged to have Greg Weaver come down and pick up the bass. These sessions saw Betterman on drums as well as singing with Weaver on bass and Elliot playing guitar. The group soon encountered troubles with this setup and later Betterman, Elliot and Weaver put an ad out for a drummer to play with.

3 weeks later, Jerry Parsons from north-Arkham answered and came down to play in Jim Elliot's garage. This freed up Matt Betterman to take up rythym guitar and vocal duties with Parsons drumming for the band. Under the name "the Greansleaves" they recorded a 5 song demo titled "This Was Recorded In a Shed" which was sent to several major record companies. A month later Multinational Records had picked up the band and Betterman and company sat down to begin writing their first full-length album.

Entitled "Phnom Pehn '86," the Greansleave's first full length album was released to the public 6 months after the band sat down to begin recording, and roughly a year after Betterman and Elliot first jammed. From it came the "Damn" and "Everyone" singles. 7 months after Phnom Pehn '86's release, Greg Weaver soon lost focus in the band while his bandmates remained focused on producing albums. Greg Weaver left the Greansleaves shortly before they would go on tour to promote Phnom Pehn '86 and their search for a new bassist was on.

Out of 14 hopefuls the Greansleaves selected former Mookie Blaylock-bassist Ben McNeil to go on the Oglethorpia-wide tour with the band. The Greansleaves toured for a year before returning to Arkham to hit the studio once again and begin recording a new CD. During this time the Greansleaves released "Washed Ashore," a Christmas single that was available for $2.50 in December. A year later the Greansleaves emerged from the studio with producer Eddie Blayne and released "Coast to Coast."

The band will now be touring Oglethorpia and other nations in support of Coast to Coast.

ALBUM NAME: "Coast to Coast"
TRACK LIST:
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1. Outcast 4:09
2. Evenflow (Pearl Jam cover) 4:53
3. Ok 2:31
4. Gone Fishin' 5:41
5. Parliamentary BS 4:23
6. Origami 2:39
7. I Don't Know 5:03
8. Lasereye Surgery 3:26
9. Destination 4:57
10. Away With You 6:34
11. Plane 3:53
12. Outshined (Soundgarden cover) 5:10
13. Las Vegas Lottery 4:37

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CRITICAL COMMENTS: Coast to Coast is very much Seattle-influenced, guitarist Jim Elliot and vocalist/guitarist Matt Betterman owning up to the grunge influence of their two-studio albums. Despite this the Greansleaves manage to sound fresh and play with great energy with creative riffs and politically-enclined lyrics from Matt Betterman such as "Parliamentary BS." All in all, a promising record from a band with a lot to offer.

SINGLE NAME: ""Gone Fishin'" Single
LYRICS:
Well, i've gone
Yes i've gone fishin'
Gone away
Dammit, i'm gone
Stop knockin' on the f*ckin' door

Gone fishin'!
Not f*ckin' here
Gone fishin'!
Go the f*ck home

(OOC: Yes, I will be fair in rating my own band; however, they do need to be here to keep The Jukes realistic...)

BAND NAME: The Trapeze Accidents
MEMBERS: Yorick (bass), Todd the Modd (drums), Jane B. Jane (cello), Santos L. Halper (keyboards), Warner (lead guitar) Rede Cornucopia (vocals, rhythm guitar)
BAND AGE: 7 years
RECORD LABEL: I Can't Believe They're Not Records!
GENRE: Indy Pop/Rock
PAST ALBUMS: The Trapeze Accidents, 2-D And Dead, How to Smoke a Post-Industrial Fag, Baby, Why Don't We...
PAST SINGLES: "Tongue," "Fallin' Down (And Where's the Net?)," "Death of a Stickman," "Older," "Postal Blowfish Jam," "Another Sad Song About November," "Billboard Dreams," "Birdwatcher," "The Wagon," "Swearing in My Sleep," "Black Eye," "Anyway (Existential Pog)," "Lemur," "Jonathon Fisk," "Shoulder," "Orion," "Headliner," "Porch"
BAND HISTORY: Seven years ago, Rede Cornucopia, Jane Madrid, and Santos L. Halper met on the campus of Kelder State University, all three music majors, all three members of former bands. The three became fast friends and began jamming together in the auditorium of KSU. As the small group played, they began to pick up in popularity among music students. Eventually, Yorick McCree and Fred Tsymba (guitar) joined the group and began to gain the attention of the school faculty. The band was none too popular among the staff; one particularly irate teacher said the group sounded like "a bloody trapeze accident." Rede immediately picked it up as the band's name, and they began playing small venues and clubs.

The Trapeze Accidents developed a small cult following, recruiting drummer Todd Veesel to join Yorick on the rhythm section. Eventually, Really Freakin' Small Records approached the group for a deal. Their first album, The Trapeze Accidents, was recorded in a single night. While singles "Tongue" and "Fallin' Down (And Where's the Net?)" gained the Accidents some popularity, neither hit a chord with mainstream radio. Frustrated with the band's lack of success, Fred Tsymba left the group, to be replaced by Rede's brother, Warner Cornucopia.

It was about this time when Santos's wife, Julianne, divorced her husband, immediately getting remarried. Santos penned a poem about the subject, which he called "Death of a Stickman." As he was reading it to the band, they began providing a beat to it, a light-hearted reggae tune that contrasted the longing lyrics. The band entered the studio and, four months later, emerged with 2-D and Dead, with "Death of a Stickman" as the lead-off single.

Fueled by "Stickman," the instrumental "Postal Blowfish Jam," and a cover of They Might Be Giants' "Older," 2-D rose to #1 on The Jukebox Charts and quickly went multi-platinum. The band had finally reached the success they had desired; however, success made lead singer Rede Cornucopia more than a bit aloof. She began to drift away from the rest of the band, writing poems in her spare time, staying as far away from the public eye as possible.

Rather than dealing with her inner demons through drugs (as many musicians are wont to do), Rede took her book of poems to the studio with her. How to Smoke a Post-Industrial Fag, the band's major-label debut, was a reflection on fame and progress, on the state of the music industry and society as a whole. The album indeed reached #1, and singles "Another Sad Song About November," "Billboard Dreams," and "Birdwatcher" introduced the public to a new side of the Accidents. While the orchestral accompaniment on the album turned off some fans, the growth of the band was apparent.

After the downer How to Smoke..., the band took a few years apart from one another. Their return marked a renewed focus and a determination to reenter the music industry back on top. Baby, Why Don't We... was recorded in only a week and was the band's most ambitious work: a massive two-disc compilation that featured jam sessions, spoken-word pieces, and some of the band's best music to date. Their cover of Dinosaur Jr.'s "The Wagon" was joined by the bluesy "Black Eye" and the concert standard "Swearing in My Sleep" to form the Accidents' most critically-acclaimed album to date.


ALBUM NAME: The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
TRACK LIST:
1. Prologue (Correct Me If I'm Wrong)
2. Anyway (Existential Pog)
3. Lips Pointing
4. Light on Your Doorstep
5. Triplets
*6. Gently
7. Interlude (Zipped Down)
*8. Jonathon Fisk
*9. (Grace Can't Save) A Bitch Like Me
10. Hal
11. Depants'd
12. When I Was a Developing Fetus
*13. Lemur
14. Shoulder
15. Epilogue (I Guess I'm Wrong)

CRITICAL COMMENTS: After the glorified jam session that was Baby, Why Don't We..., The Trapeze Accidents have finally settled down to produce a straight-up studio album with The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd. The title of the album is more than appropriate, as Depants'd is the most stripped-down album, instrument-wise, since the Accidents' debut. Gone are the layered string arrangements and horn accompaniments of Baby... and How to Smoke a Post-Industrial Fag; what we get instead is a straight-ahead rock album without the improvisational filler of other Accidents albums.

The lead-off single, "Anyway (Existentialist Pog)" is a swaying, bouncy number that is instantly catchy. One can't help but recall the classic cardboard-circle game when Rede Cornucopia sings, "Slammin’ Pog in the firefly light / Throwin’ visions out left and right / And I wonder if you’re slammin’ me like cardboard." From there, the album maintains its upbeat tone, from the dead-on cover of Spoon's "Jonathon Fisk" to the joyous, straight-ahead rocker "Lemur" to the brilliant "(Grace Can't Save) A Bitch Like Me," an acopela number that features Rede and celloist Jane B. Jane trading off sins before reconciling on the chorus: "Grace can't save a bitch like me / The 'bergs of Hell is where I'll be / When God takes all my teeth from me / And I can't chew and I can't eat."

Of course, no Accidents album would be complete without some trademark experimentation, and Depants'd has its share. "Gently" is a bare-bones song recorded on four-track that features Jane on cello and Santos L. Halper providing vocals in his most emotionally revealing number to date. "When I Was a Developing Fetus" is a bizarre exercise in modern dance/techno music that, while a bit longwinded at the 9:53 mark (the longest Accidents song to date), provides a catchy beat that will definitely get your toe tapping. Perhaps most unusual is "Lips Pointing," which features classic Accidents dream-pop in the vein of "Another Sad Song About November," with lead guitarist Warner providing rap vocals. Strange, but surprisingly effective.

While lacking the beautiful, soothing arrangements of How to Smoke... or the raw energy of Baby..., Depants'd is another classic that is sure to find a place in the hearts of every Trapeze Accidents fan.

SINGLE NAME: "Anyway (Existential Pog)"
LYRICS:
Sleeping in my knickers drawer
Seven score
And off to war
Leaving through the bathroom door
Drink a Coor’s
Out on the porch

Slammin’ Pog in the firefly light
Throwin’ visions out left and right
And I wonder if you’re slammin’ me like cardboard

Waking in the veggie crisp
Sing in lisp
And take a hit
Taking notes and taking lists
Nine to six
Then off to his

Slammin’ Pog in the firefly light
Dreamin’ visions in the October night
And I wonder why I’m slammin’ you like cardboard

And I think about the evening as it dances over hills
And I contemplate the morning as I slam my Pogs for thrills
And I wonder if just leaving is the answer to my say
And I wonder why the f*ck I’m thinking too much anyway

Anyway.

Passed out on the kitchen floor
Tired and sore
And clothed no more
Slipping back into my drawer
Off the porch
And out of store

Slammin’ Pog in the firefly light
Dreamin’ visions in the October night
And I wonder why I’m slammin’ you like cardboard

Slammin’ Pog in the firefly light
Throwin’ visions out left and right
And I wonder if you’re slammin’ me like cardboard

And I think about the evening as it dances over hills
And I contemplate the morning as I slam my Pogs for thrills
And I wonder if just leaving is the answer to my say
And I wonder why the f*ck I’m thinking too much anyway

Anyway...

Here are my thoughts on everyone's bands so far.

Mjolnir: Black metal isn't really my thing: Metallica was as "metal" as I ever got. Anyways, a very "interesting" band, especially it's members. 'Zyklon B' is the most creative, if not just a bit morbid.

Morghan J. Harrington: Electric guitars are more my thing as far as listening goes.

Nezuko 'Nez' Umi: I love the single name. Kits, you have a very strange sense of humor.

The Trapeze Accidents: Very interesting members. The album names are pretty creative, and you've got a nice band bio there too.

The Trapeze Accidents: Very interesting members. The album names are pretty creative, and you've got a nice band bio there too.

(OOC: And now... the origins of those album names!

The Trapeze Accidents - Obvious.

2-D and Dead - A line from "Death of a Stickman," which is actually a song I wrote a while back about my ex-girlfriend:

I'm a stickman at your gallows
Guessing letters in your head
You keep scrambling your words up
I am left 2-D and dead

How to Smoke a Post-Industrial Fag - No big story... just a lame attempt to fool people via the more modern (post-industrial) interpretation fo the word "fag."

Depants'd - Back in the day, it was my dream to be a parody musician in the vein of Weird Al. I had written several songs, included my still-favorite, "Enter Fatman" (a parody of Metallica's "Enter Sandman"). I was going to try to do a recording of these parodies on tape and call it Depants'd after my parody of "Everybody Dance Now" (appropriately titled "Everyone's Depantsed Now"). It didn't work out.

Doing well, TDP. Miss ya, genius. ^_^ )

Just for that, I'll make you a band:

The Beatles:
Band members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney... naw, forget that.
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Politically Incorrekt (P.I.):
Band Members: Jello Biafra II (vocals), Zack del Rocha (vocals, guitar), Kent Reznor-Sanchez (guitar), Cliff Gantrell (bass), Jimmy 'The Beatbox' Stojkovic (drums).

Sample: Conservative Progress

...
Let's kill the gays, outlaw the jews, imprison the Middle East,
Imperialism shall prevail over all until the world is deceased,
Wave your confederate flags high, drive your tractors round,
The liberals have no voice to speak, a new order has been found,
We'll enslave the blacks, laugh at the French, and be Catholic 'till we die,
With civil rights down the metaphorical drain, who dares defy?
Deny the people freedom of speech, they have nothing to say!
We'll conquer the world with hypocrisy and fight until doomsday!

Conservative, conservative,
Just give our views a try,
Our views are so worth living for,
They're worth enough to die.

Conservative, conservative,
Just give our views a try,
Our views are so worth living for,
They're worth enough to die.
...

That song (filled to the brim with sarcasm) clearly states the band's liberal attitude towards politics. With great lyrics and a brilliant sound like this, who needs Dead Kennedys or Rage Against The Machine? Just kidding, they're all great bands. But this one is in it's own category of genius. Be sure to check them out at http://politicallyincorrekt.com
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I made those rhymes up on the spot in these past five minutes, so don't critique me, you bastards. Anyway, Slag, I never knew you wrote poetry. Telegram me back on this, I'm a poet too. Peace.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://welcomehome.0catch.com/TDP.htm

Not really a band but we have a few Recordings for your Juke Box.

Band Name:- Craftworld Tor Yvresse
Member's:- Telgorthrind, and Others
Style:- The songs of Lement
Bands Age:- 2000 Years+
History:- These Songs are the history of our people. They where first sang in Knoostos and what we give to your Juke-Box is a recording of that event. We are proud of the performance we gave that day and hope they will continue to be heard.

Songs on Album... Mothers Song. Khaine's Glourious Coming. Loss Fear and Blame, Victory against the night. Coming of the Enslaver's, Freedom.

Example of one of the Songs, The Mothers Lament

Stars light fading as they came to us,
The dark devouring the light of night,
The heavens life, devoured.

Mother, Ishar came to us, and asked us,
To fight by their sides against the dark,
We went and fought, we went and died,
Mother was there as we died, and where lost.

She Held us, as we lay on the field,
We where never alone,
As we where lost,

Then came the Prophecy, and Khaine’s fury,
Afraid that we would turn on him,
He warred against us, again we lost,
And again Mother was there, to hold us

She Held us as we lay on the field,
We where never alone,
As we where lost.

Her Tears for us, her Children,
Before the wise Asuryan saved us.
His decree, separated us from Mother,
But still she would hold us.

The Enslaver’s came, the Mon-Keigh people
They chained us, penned us, slaughtered us
But mother was always there, to hold us.

She Held us as we lay on the field,
We where never alone
As we where lost

The Enslavers are gone, and we remained.
We grew, we prospered, and we ruled,
Mother was not needed in those days,
Still we remembered,

How she Held us, and mourned us, and loved us.

Then the coming of the dark, a dark we helped.
A Dark we formed, a Dark that was we,
The Dark that killed, a different darkness,
To the Light Taker’s, but the same.

Vaul, the first to fall, but not the last,
Nor was she the last, but the worst.

We repaid her love, with Death,
We repaid her kindness with Death,
We repaid her loss, With Death,

No one was there to hold her,
As she lay in the field alone,

No one was there to Hold us as she was Lost,
Alone, and we her Children Lost her.

Now no one is there to hold us,
So we lie in the Field alone,
No one is there as we are lost,
So we are lost alone,

It is fitting now that we are alone and lost,
Until the coming of Ynned, and vengeance,
For Mother, so she will not be Alone,
So we can hold her as she lies in the Field.

BAND NAME: My Favorite Band
MEMBERS: Darron Stilifer (Vocals), Wayne Stilifer (Lead guitar), Kyler Curry (bass guitar), Fredrick Nevine (drums), Possum (rhythm guitar)
BAND AGE: 1 year
RECORD LABEL: SOGA
GENRE: Punk
PREVIOUS ALBUMS: Why Rebuild?, Standing Upside Down on my Feet
PREVIOUS SINGLES: Good times, Beat the Beaver, How Many Heads on a Hydra?

BAND HISTORY: At the dawn of 2002, Darron Stilifer and Kyler Curry were just two boys attending South County High School. Both had played guitar, and both had an extensive background in music, but there friendship had never included those things. When the high school held a “Making the Band” fundraiser, both Darron and Kyler went to try their luck. While neither made it in, they did expose their talents to each other. Within a week the two were making their own music, Kyler on bass and Darron on lead. Darron’s older brother Wayne heard them playing down in the basement, and soon after that they had their third member. Wayne was year older than Darron, and had taught Darron all he knew about the guitar. Having Wayne on board freed up Darron to do vocals exclusively… but they still needed more members. They began recruiting at their high school, and found the remaining two members. Fredrick Nevine had played the drums in the high school Jazz Band, but had never tried his skills with the more mainstream rhythms. He was more of a nerd than the others… but his skills were impressive. Possum was the final member, and his addition still remains a mystery to some of the other members. During an interview with EBET, Darron said, “He just showed up one day during practice… and started playing. He was good enough… so… we let him in. Actually, Possum came up with the name of our band. One day were… doing some… writing when Possum started mumbling to himself. Finally he sputtered out ‘you know whats funny… if we called ourselves My Favorite Band… people who didn’t like us would sound stupid. They’d be like ‘I cant stand My Favorite Band!’ and their friends would be like ‘how can you not like your favorite band?’ and then they’d be like ‘no... not your favorite band, My Favorite Band.’ Shortly after that he passed out… but at least the name stuck.”

The band was finally all together in the summer of 2002, and that’s when they set to work recording their first single. “Good Times” was written just as Darron had broken up with his longtime girlfriend, and the lyrics were greatly influenced by that event. It was recorded in their basement, and sent to all the major record labels. SOGA Inc. heard the single and picked them up immediately. After a professional makeover, “Good Times” rocketed to the top of the Dartboard music charts. “Girls just seemed to connect with it, “Kyler Curry said during an early interview, “And that’s why… its doing so well.” After the success of “Good Times” the band spent the remainder of 2000 writing and recording their first album, “Why Rebuild?” It was an ambitious undertaking, but one that My Favorite Band was ready to make. Containing over 20 songs… it was a musical decathalon. On the album was the hastily put together song “Beat the Beaver.” It was one Darron hated after he wrote it… but… the fans ate the song up. It helped “Why Rebuild?” gain popularity around the world.

Their second, and most recent album was one of less epic proportions. Featuring just 9 tracks, it was a more subdued “My Favorite Band.” As usual, one song gave the album success, and this time it was the strangely named, “How Many Heads on a Hydra?” None of the lyrics made sense… but again… the “My Favorite Band” fan base loved it.

My Favorite Band is working on another album, but they will not comment as to what its title is.

OOC: here’s my lame attempt to be cool and smart… I would give the lyrics to "Good Times" but I cant remember where I put them.

((Sorry for the short bios, It's late, and I'm watching a movie :P))


BAND NAME: The Reflex ((A percussion based band, like Blue Man Group, but much bigger, and cooler))
MEMBERS: ((primary Instruments, All are drummers and keyboardists))
Vocals + Guitar:
- Nathan Hill
- Karen Hill
Bass:
- Bryant Johnson
4-mallet Marimbas:
- Kyle Sa'Fyre
- Kristi Sa'Fyre
4-Mallet Vibraphones:
- Nick Ryahson
- John Bates
2-Mallet Xylophones:
- Andy Sokolowski
- Jane Lovelace
Sythesizers:
- Jack Elder
Drums:
- Aaron Scoville (Afro Cuban)
- Robert Campbell (Afro Cuban)
- Jeff King (Latin)
- Chrystal Ewing (Latin)
- Scott Hatch (Aux)
- Jeff Horrocks (Aux)
- Andrew Addams (Drum Set)
- Glen Jensen (Cymbals)
- Nephi Johnson (Cymbals)
- Amulek Nikala (Drums)
- Kathryn Lane (Drums)
BAND AGE: 8 years
RECORD LABEL: Covenant Communication
GENRE: Percussion Rock Group
PAST ALBUMS: "Self-Titled Debut," "For Crying out Loud," "Mallet Tech," "Tribute to the 20th Century," "Aerospace," and their latest hit album "Switchblade."
PAST SINGLES: "Aerodynamic Love," "Tribute to Minoru Miki," "The pulse of the Earth," "Title of Liberty," "Space," "Well now what are we gonna do?," "Boom chicka tak ti flam flam flam!," and the national anthem is most popularly played by them, "Called to Serve."
BAND HISTORY: Starting out as a University of Vancouver Percussion Ensemble, a lot of the guys got their girlfriends/wives/friends involved, and suddenly they had an awesome percussion sound, with a heavy metal feel, and mixed in some lyrics, and eventuallty a guitar sound to add flavor, and the result is what Raysia enjoys often. Several bands have tried to immitate them, all over the world, but none have been able to top them.
ALBUM NAME: [i]Switchblade
TRACK LIST:
1. Unmanned (Instrumental)
2. Out of Control
3. The Sword of the Spirit
4. Can you find the pulse?
5. Called to Serve
6. Where are we going?
7. Bring me to Life (Cover of Evanescense)
8. Anything you can make, I can make better. (Solo Battle Jam)

CRITICAL COMMENTS: After their second album, everyone just fell in love with the new musical form. They have been raking in money, but it hasn't spoiled them, only made them better. They buy better equipment, and audition more drummers every new album.

Hit Single: National Anthem - Called to Serve
Lyrics:

Called to serve him,
heav'nly King of glory,
Chosen e'er to witness for his name,
Far and wide we tell the Father's story,
Far and wide his love proclaim.

Onward,
ever onward,
as we glory in his name;
Onward,
ever onward,
as we glory in his name;

Forward,
pressing forward,
as a triumph song we sing.
God our strength will be;
press forward ever,
Called to serve our King.

Called to know the
richness of his blessing--
Sons and daughters,
children of a King--
Glad of heart,
his holy name confessing,
Praises unto him we bring.

Onward,
ever onward,
as we glory in his name;
Onward,
ever onward,
as we glory in his name;

Forward,
pressing forward,
as a triumph song we sing.
God our strength will be;
press forward ever,
Called to serve our King!


Band Pics ((Temp, don't have them on this comp)):

http://www.blasttheshow.com/tour/images/photo06.jpg
http://www.blasttheshow.com/tour/images/photo07.jpg
http://www.blasttheshow.com/tour/images/photo09.jpg


((Eh, tell me what you think.))

This is a pretty cool idea. So, here's mine -
BAND NAME: The Suicide Seduction
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Adam Lazara - Vocals
Scott Christie - Guitar
Christopher Cochran - Guitar
Harrie - Bass
Fiona Bennett - Drums
BAND AGE: 1 year
RECORD LABEL: Victory Records
GENRE: Emo
PAST ALBUMS: Your Favourite Nightmare - 5-track EP
PAST SINGLES: Your Favourite Nightmare - 3-tracks
BAND HISTORY: From Scotland, band members knew each other through friends and all shared the same passion for music, and so, The Suicide Seduction was formed.

ALBUM NAME: All You Were, All You Are, And All You Ever Will Be
TRACK LIST:
Too Much Of a Good Thing
Friends Forever
The Art Of American Football (FFAF cover)
Blue Sky Goodbye
All You Were, All You Are, And All You Ever Will Be
Your Favourite Nightmare (re-recorded)
Goodnight Phone Call Back Home
Every Minute Of Every Day
Oh, The Irony
Crazy (Britney Spears cover)
CRITICAL COMMENTS: This album was recorded in two days, in CA, while the played 6 support shows with the Starting Line around California. It is heavily influenced by bands such as Thursday, Thrice, Funeral For a Friend and Taking Back Sunday.
SINGLE NAME: Too Much Of a Good Thing
LYRICS:
Your words are like bullets; aimed at my heart.
...you are like a knife; stuck in my head
...your touch is like acid; burning my skin
Too much of a good thing. Too much of a good thing.

BAND NAME: Muspellheims national orchestra
MEMBERS (and instruments): too many to name, electric guitar, bass and percussion sections, various other instruments, and choir of 1000 with growling, screaming, shouting and howling members.
BAND AGE: 10 billion years
RECORD LABEL: Muspellheims ministry of propaganda
GENRE:Genocide March
PAST ALBUMS: Greatness of God-Emperor Surtr, Enslavement of Icelandic States, How we conquered Vinhalla, Serve the God-Emperor or die, Battle Carnage,...
PAST SINGLES: Remember to pay your taxes or die, Who wants to be a millionare,...
BAND HISTORY: Muspellheims ministry of propaganda decided that to brainwash citizens of Empire of Muspellheim a national marching orchestra should be formed, this happened 10195398464 years ago. First the orchestra had 100 best slave galleon drummers and a 50 manned choir that yelled battlecries For the next 2000 years due to improvemets in technology the band changed the styles and instruments used, always aiming to terror it's listeners. Until the orchestra and it's style was finalised to the same form as it's today. After that improvement has mostly been in amplification technology.

ALBUM NAME: All hail the God-Emperor vol. 2355545
TRACK LIST:
Onward battlehordes
The God-Emperor is invulnerable
Assasination attempts will result in 100 days of torture
I'm only 2, and I wish I could hold my gun straight
Nuclear Winter
The song to dismantle buildings
Aaaargh! Aaargh! Oooh No, please stop! Aaaaargh!
Dawn of destruction
I have lot of ISSP Credits, therefore I rule
Surrender already inferior maggots
The Sound of warfare

CRITICAL COMMENTS: The propganda ministery airs this everywhere in cities of Muspellheim. Just like they project hologram of the face of the God-Emperor Surtr over the skies of Muspellheim. Also it's played to enemies in recent warzones. Sometimes the huge amplifiers on tanks are driven in enemy cities to act as sonic weapons. A typical record for this orchestra and most songs involve hyperfast guitar playing with random soloing, rumbling bass, and fast drumming topped with louder march drumming, with choirs of screaming, roaring and growling. And as there are hundreds of these instruments, it ends up sounding like earthquake or volcanic eruption, thunder, warfare all at the same time. Compared to All hail the God-Emperor vol. 2355544 that was released 52 years ago, only the new single is new, but there have been lot of member changes in the orchestra since that.

SINGLE NAME: Surrender already inferior maggots
LYRICS:
Attention! Enemy soldier of Muspellheim
Surrender!
ROOAAAAAAR!
Aaaaargh! not my arms! Nooo!
RAHAHAHAHAHAA!
Aaaaargh! Don't step on me!
GRRRRRRRR!
Aaaaargh! My head is crushing!
RAAAAAAAH!
Attention! Enemy soldier of Muspellheim
You have no future!
MUAHAHAHAHAAA!
Aaaargh! Please no! AAAAARGhhhhh!
ROAAAAAAAR!
Alright, alright I surrender!
I don't want same torment as that guy
THAT'S RIGHT, NOW DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR ENEMIES
Oh yesyesyes, please spare me, o horrific being...
THE REST OF YOU MAGGOTS SURRENDER!
Attention! Enemy soldier of Muspellheim
Slavery in Muspellheim awaits you!

This rocks :D I was thinking of opting for a lunatic dance band but seeing as I write songs in RL I'll utilise that:

BAND NAME: Monaa
MEMBERS: Davae Hawl, singer and lyricist; Kata Macaga, singer, drummer, writes the music; Esa Ira, acoustic guitarist.
BAND AGE: A few months
RECORD LABEL: KP Music
GENRE: Mostly soft rock with electronic influences. And a lot of teenage angst gently dripping away on a lot of songs.
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: Everything [from the debut album, see below]
BAND HISTORY: Set up this year by angst-ridden poet Davae and friend Kata, who encouraged Davae to express his feelings musically. With Esa in tow too, the effect has been a calming of Davae's emotions leading to the occasional happy song, much to Kata's delight.

ALBUM NAME: It Could Have Been Worse
TRACK LIST:
Rotting Away
Everything
Uncertainty
Ignore
Appearances Are Deceptive
Sometimes
Everything's OK
Nobody Notices Me
Let's Make It For Ourselves
Makes Me Happy

NEXT SINGLE: Appearances Are Deceptive
LYRICS:
Just because I'd rather stay at home
Doesn't mean I'm actually alone
Just because I'm quiet for so long
Doesn't mean I'm nearly always wrong
Just because I'm not talking to you
Doesn't mean I'm rude 'cause that's not true
Just because I appear so confused
Doesn't mean I don't know what to do

Appearances can be deceptive
I hope that I can be accepted
But right now it seems I'm rejected by everyone
Unless it's me who's seeing things wrong
I can't tell
Appearances are deceptive

Just because my life's in such a lull
Doesn't mean I'm really all that dull
Just because I'm living quietly
Doesn't mean there's something wrong with me
Just because I might constantly moan
Doesn't mean I'll run away from home
Just because I'm misjudged every day
Doesn't mean I'm sad in every way

Appearances can be deceptive
I hope that I can be accepted
But right now it seems I'm rejected by everyone
Unless it's me who's seeing things wrong
I can't tell
Appearances are deceptive

(OOC: As I write more lyrics in RL, they'll be added as possible songs for Monaa.)

Edit:

CRITICAL COMMENTS (from Kaze Progressa newspapers and magazines):
'Monaa have certainly got talent... Davae and Kata are wonderfully contrasting vocalists and their stripped-down sound is dripping with teenage angst' - TAK Magazine
'Prepare to feel as depressed as they do, but also be prepared for a perfectly good debut album' - The Progress Gazette
'Davae's one-man mission to redress the emotional balance currently tipped firmly on the side of happy is not entirely unsuccessful, but don't expect to be happy about it... the cheerful songs aren't so successful' - Kaza Morning Star

Should such advertisement things be posted in this topic, or as a new topic elsewhere? I have a few ideas for a tour that "the Greansleaves" will embark upon.

(OOC: Either way. If your band's playing a big gig in another thread, provide a linky here so I can see it. For example, were I to make an effort to promote The Trapeze Accidents, I may post a link to SlagAid: The Carnival to Save Granny Slag, where the Accidents performed before a high-profile audience that included many of the top dogs within the Triumvirate of Yut. However, feel free to post promotions here as well.

One potential danger I should also point out is overexposure. Remember Los Del Rio, Right Said Fred, or Chumbawumba (of "Macarena," "I'm Too Sexy," and "Tubthumping" fame, respectively)? These are three bands that were killed because their one big song was overexposed. People got sick of hearing them, they failed to evolve, and in the end, all they have become are interesting speed bumps on the long road of musical history. Keep putting out consistent singles, and allow your band to prove itself through their music, and you will thrive. Shove yourself in the public's face too often... and you'll be just another one-hit wonder.

Complicated, eh? :P Such is the music industry.)

BAND NAME: Punted Eddies
MEMBERS: John Law, Jim Kurth, Mike Heim, Johnny Rundall
BAND AGE: A few months
RECORD LABEL: Streetwise Records
GENRE: Street Punk. Fast paced, energetic punk music, with a few classic songs redone with flavor, and a definite Irish accent.
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: BAND HISTORY: Band leaders Mike Heim got together of few of his buddies from the TYCS joined to form their own band

ALBUM NAME: Spacedy ANTS
1. Amazing Grace Redux (Fast paced instrumental version of Amazing grace. Simply beautiful)
2. The Heimdal
3. For Trium.
4. Saratoga, Saratoga
5. The New Titan Way
6. Barroom Hero
7. Brawler
8. Get or Go
9. 5th Man In
10. Angel's Division
11. 5 Years of Service
12. The Spoil Of War

SONG: For Trium: Fast paced song filled with drums, guitars and bagpipes?
For Trium for Trium, we sing our proud refrain
For Trium for Trium 'tis wisdom's earthly fame
For here are all one and our hearts are true and the towers on the heights reach the heavens own blue.
For Trium for Trium 'til the echoes ring agin!

For Trium for Trium thy glory is our own
For Trium for Trium 'tis here that truth is known
And ever with a right shall our heirs be found 'til time shall be no more and thy work is crowned
For Trium for Trium thy glory is our own!

BAND NAME: Lazarus Calling
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Derryl Mang-Guitar
Sam Haines-Guitar
Ferrel Reilly-Guitar
Henry Dodge-Bass
Anna Sin- Bass
Bagg Dorn-Drums
Sam Keilly-Timpani
Ryan Scott-Violin
Bryan Finnigan-Violin
Sara Doherty-Cello
Hannah Soloun- Electric Harp
Meagan Danni- Keyboard
Geoffrey Danes- Projectionist
Christopher Reet- Production

BAND AGE: 7 years
RECORD LABEL: Mallbertan Consolidated Entertainment
GENRE: Post-rock/avante garde
SIMILAR TO:[b] 'Mogwai', 'Godspeed You! Black Emperor'
[b]PAST ALBUMS:
Slow Dance in Technicolor [ep]
Garage Songs for Amputees [ep]
Bog Kuo [lp]
Sans Chois [lp]
Guitars for Arms [lp]

PAST SINGLES: n/a

BAND HISTORY: The only band to come out of Mallberta in the past hundred years, Lazarus Calling are in fact banned in their home nation. While the members listed above are full time musicians, LC generally has at least 8 guest musicians in the ensemble at all times. Reclusive and avoiding media spotlight, they are allowed to tour (and do so full time) only due to their enormous underground popularity, and the slight cultural tint this gives to Mallbertan foreign policy.

ALBUM NAME: Guitars for Arms
TRACK LIST:
Strand[18:07]
Nickle[14:43]
01911[25:27]
CRITICAL COMMENTS:
Guitars for Arms

Indie darlings Lazarus Calling return with a third full length offering, and are, apparently, no less desperate than before. The content fairly shakes with despair and futility, featuring slow, almost hypnotic buildups to massive, earthshaking crescendos, violins wailing over heavily detuned guitars. The addition a horn section to the group lends yet another layer on their already dense sound. This is not the only change (and improvement) found within this brooding piece; Soloun's harp adds a truly tortured dimmension to '01911'.

However, Guitar Arms is not as dark an album as its predecessor, Sans Chois. Beneath this veneer of horror, there is a definite sense of hope, a glimmer of possibly triumph hidden amongst the weeping string section.

The Greansleaves World Tour! (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60393)

We need bands to go on tour with the Greansleaves, a tour name, and most important, venues!

"My Favorite Band" would open for you guys. They've got some free time anyways.

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS
Week of August 3-9

1. The Trapeze Accidents - The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
2. The Greansleaves - Coast to Coast
3. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
4. The Reflex - Switchblade
5. Mjolnir - Screaming Fucking Blasphemy EP
6. The Sistas - Hugs N' Kisses
7. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
8. Muspellheim National Orchestra - All Hail the God-Emperor Vol. 2355545
9. Punted Eddies - Spacedy ANTS
10. Soundtrack - The Deathening
11. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - Noiz
12. Unblemished - Umblemished: Forever
13. What's-His-Face - Tha Future: SLAGLand 2XXX, Y'all!
14. Various Artists - To Hell With Pop, Volume XIV
15. Lazarus Calling - Guitar For Arms
16. Sonic Anesthesia - Smells Like Midnight
17. My Favorite Band - Standing Upside Down on my Feet
18. The Suicide Seduction - All You Were, All You Are, And All You Ever Will Be
19. Various Artists - Craftworld Tor Yvresse
20. Sierra Shweet - Sierra

ALBUM TO WATCH: The Greansleaves' forthcoming world tour with Day Mascus may allow the band to dethrone the incomparable Trapeze Accidents from the spot they've held for the past month. Keep an eye out for Lazarus Calling as well--their infectious brand of avante-garde rock is catching on in the SLAGTown club scene.


1. Sierra Shweet - "Watch Me Bounce"
2. Punted Eddies - "For Trium"
3. My Favorite Band - "How Many Heads on a Hydra"
4. The Trapeze Accidents - "Anyway (Existential Pog)"
5. The Sistas - "Leave Yo Man"
6. Cheri Mac - "Candy Lips"
7. Mjolnir - "Scream Fucking Blasphemy"
8. Monaa - "Appearances Are Deceptive"
9. What's-His-Face - "Hop On Mah Ride"
10. Unblemished - "Girl I Love You Girl"
11. Politically Incorrekt - "Conservative Progress"
12. Muspellheim National Orchestra - "Surrender Already Inferior Maggots"
13. The Suicide Seduction - "Too Much of a Good Thing"
14. The Reflex - "Called to Serve"
15. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - "Godzilla Needs to Stay the **** Out of Tokyo"
16. Day Mascus - "Try and Stop Me"
17. Sonic Anesthesia - "November Birds"
18. The Greansleaves - "Gone Fishin'"
19. Morghan J. Harrington - "Annie's Song"
20. Craftworld Tor Yvresse - "The Mother's Lament"

SONG TO WATCH: While teenagers can't get enough of Sierra Shweet crooning "Watch Me Bounce," Punted Eddies' infectious "For Trium" and My Favorite Band's "How Many Heads on a Hydra" are nipping at the busty blonde's heels. Look for one of these bands to take the top spot next week!

(OOC: And for those wondering about Day Mascus, Sonic Anesthesia, What's-His-Face, Unblemished, Sierra Shweet, The Sistas, and Cheri Mac... just filling the voids. They won't be promoted, so as more bands/singers join in, these will be pushed out of the polls.)

Monaa lead singer Davae Hawl is said to be 'delighted' to be in the top 3 of the album charts and the top 10 of the singles charts.

'Hell, we might start doing cheerful songs soon. If we can't do cheerful now when can we?' said Davae on national radio station Progressa Musik.

Monaa have now announced a series of outdoor acoustic gigs in some of Kaze Progressa's beauty spots, featuring new, original songs currently in progress as well as familiar songs from It Could Have Been Worse, planned for next month. Kata Macaga is said to be considering the use of maracas instead of her normal drum kit for easy transportation.

BAND NAME: Java Beans
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Franklin (Little Frank) DiColo, vocals.
Danny (Keys) Chatwick, piano.
Ronald Meyers, trumpet.
Jamie Bartlemay, saxaphone.
Denise (Sticks) Nimark, drums.
Alfred Godfrey, bass.
BAND AGE: 2 years
RECORD LABEL: Treznor Imperial Records
GENRE: Jazz
PAST ALBUMS: Jazzed on Java, Smooth Flavour
PAST SINGLES: Jazzed, Succubus, Taste the Freedom
BAND HISTORY:
Danny (Keys) Chatwick founded the Java Beans in college, originally incorporating the instrumental support of Ronald Meyers, Denise (Sticks) Nimark and Alfred Godfrey. They played mostly for pleasure, working at the occasional nightclub or school dance. Ironically, the hobby they shared turned into a passion that gained them national recognition.

A talent scout was passing through Devonton when the Java Beans were performing live at the Coffee Club, one of their regular haunts. He immediately attempted to sign up the group for a record deal, but Keys initially refused. He was still working toward his MBA and felt that he couldn't afford to be side-tracked by pipe dreams. However, the other members of the group talked him into it, and they cut their first album six months later. To date, only Alfred Godfrey has finished his degree.

The first album, Jazzed on Java was entirely instrumental. As Sticks put it, "we just kinda winged it. I mean, that's what we thought jazz was about, right? We thought we'd do the album, enjoy the ride and go back to our lives. The next thing we know we get a command performance from the Emperor himself and we haven't stopped making music since." The music in the album ranges from soft mood music to a rather hard, almost rock 'n' roll beat that reminded many reviewers of the early Elvis years.

The second album, Smooth Flavour debuted the vocal talents of Franklin (Little Frank) DiColo. After touring for Jazzed, Keys suggested expanding the band's repertoire, and the others agreed. Imperial Records assisted them in holding auditions, where Little Frank and Jamie Bartlemay joined. Flavour was markedly different from the original album, but no less popular. The style of music didn't vary as much, but followed a theme as the band told a story that began with the woman in Succubus and finished in heartbreak and new hope in Taste the Freedom.

ALBUM NAME: All-Nighter
TRACK LIST: Red-Headed Devil, Scotch on the Rocks, Candlelight, Setting the Stage, Hitting the Groove and Midnight Oil.
CRITICAL COMMENTS:
The current album, All-Nighter reminisces about the band's days playing for fun at university. Their current hit single, Candlelight is an instrumental piece that allows the listener to picture the scene in a candle-lit club filled with smoke and smooth tunes, eventually progressing to an energetic dance before retiring for the night.

In this critic's opinion, Java Beans started out well and have continued to get better. In their latest release, they seem to hit more of a conservative note suggesting they think they've forgotten their roots. There's an almost timid note to some of the tracks, but their technical expertise and innovative style do much to make amends. For lovers of jazz music, there's nothing smoother than Java.

SINGLE NAME: Candlelight
LYRICS: Instrumental (sorry, it's late at night and I just don't have the inspiration. Maybe later).

OOC: The next single maybe?

IC: Monaa would be interested in working in collaboration with Morghan J. Harrington, who could provide harmony vocals and acoustic guitar (Esa Ira would then be free to play the piano, something she is equally capable of doing.)

BAND NAME: Kamikaze

MEMBERS (and instruments):

Brian West - Vocals
Adam Morfi - Lead Guitar
Darui (pronounced Dar-wee) Shalkanah - Drums
Todd Johnson - Bass

BAND AGE: 7 Years

RECORD LABEL: Multinational Records
GENRE: think Metallica meets Run DMC and Aerosmith.. or, if you guys listen to Christian, Thousand Foot Krutch
PAST ALBUMS:

(1) Journey of the Rising Sun (DeKoi New Label)
(2) Panda-Monium (Kingsford National)
(3) Raise the New Colors (Multinational)
(4) The Underground (Multinational)

PAST SINGLES:

(1) Lift it (Panda-Monium)
(2) Divebomb (Raise the New Colors)
(3) Slash Helix (Raise the New Colors)
(4) The Underground (The Underground)
(5) Broken Shadows of Faith (The Underground)

BAND HISTORY:

Kamikaze first joined together in a beach house in Haley's Hope. They were discovered by Swansong Guitar president Adan Aguilar and given a deal to be the cover band for Swansong. By this time, they had already made one independent album, but were looking to expand. They later got signed by Kingsford National in Byrana, and produced Panda-Monium, which shattered all records for sales in the first month on the shelves. The single "Lift It" topped the charts on every TV Show and Radio Station in Kingsford. That was the first time they went on tour, with the bands Monasterio and Coin Loyalty. Later that year, their contract with Swansong ended, and they left Kingsford National in Byrana, and got signed up with Multinational Records in Oglethorpia. They then produced two more records, Raise the New Colors and The Underground. Then, they spent the last 4 months on tour with Coin Loyalty, The Greensleeves, and Malisburgian band Project Reversion, and then the last two weeks at Swansong Guitar's Rock and Goal! Music and Football festival. They've just finished recording their new record, Holding the Flaming Sword

ALBUM NAME: Holding the Flaming Sword
TRACK LIST:

(1) Introduction
(2) Small Town *
(3) The Dynasty
(4) Breaking Babylon *
(5) The Dangers of Living (featuring DJ Paul from Monasterio)
(6) Outside these Walls *
(7) Amplified
(8 ) Intermission
(9) Presence *
(10) I'm the Only Variable
(11) Audience of One *
(12) Abraham
(13) The Fall of Sodom *
(14) Modern Day Prayer
(15) Outro

*Is or will be a single

CRITICAL COMMENTS: Holding the Flaming Sword is an album with deep spiritual influences, much like the rest of Kamikaze's albums.

SINGLE NAME: Small Town
LYRICS:

I heard a place not too far from here,
is handing out answers about why we are here
and it's a small town, in a small world,
and the congregation's small too,
but somehow I think they're telling the truth;
and in the same small town there is a girl,
she's a good looker but she's mad at the world,
and she's wonderin' about tomorrow and why she's here,
and she's sick and tired of using her sleeve to wipe her tears,

And you can tell by the look that's in her eyes she's not that well,
she wishes someone would close their eyes,
and picture this for just a moment to themselves;

At least that's what they say,
at least that's what they, that's what they say,
that's what they say,
at least that's what they say;

She sits alone, she's a re-run queen,
the sun shines through her window enough to make out her figurine;
Her neighbours look at her strange,
'cause she's lived there her whole life, and they still don't know her name;
She likes to keep to herself,
'cause she can't find nobody else;

Yeah, yeah, What they say, what they say, what they say, what they say,
and I don't care, what they say, what they say, what they say, what they say,
and I don't care;

She wanders through the town,
to find this place she's heard about,
thinking maybe they can figure out what's wrong,
they greet her with a smile,
say they've been waiting for quite some while,
just to let her know she's worth more than she's ever dreamed of,
And her heart opens wide,
and for the first time in her life,
she feels the touch of JESUS deep inside,
she wonders what went wrong,
in a town where nothing's going on,
and thinks of all the others that she knows;
And she said, and she said, and she said, and she said.....

*bump*

Davae Hawl has announced on Progressa Musik that the gigs will take place between August 28 and September 7. Gig locations to be announced.

The Java Beans are playing in a theatre near you! Tickets are on sale now! Get 'em while the Java is hot!

* This message was paid for by the Treznor Imperial Records Corporation *

And now, I Can't Believe They're Not Records! presents...

Hot Damn, Are They Ever Ugly!
(pictures of The Trapeze Accidents, yo!)

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Bassist Yorick holds up the rhythm section on the video for the band's cover of They Might Be Giants' "Older."

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Drummer Todd the Modd lays down a delicate beat as the band performs "Another Sad Song About November" at SlagAid: The Carnival to Save Granny Slag.

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Celloist and background vocalist Jane B. Jane is interviewed on SLAGLandic music video network The Burn.

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Keyboardist and vocalist Santos L. Halper croons away on "Gently" at SlagAid.

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Guitarist Warner cracks a sweat rocking out on "Postal Blowfish Jam" at SlagAid.

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Singer Rede Cornucopia, shown here in the video for the band's hit "Another Sad Song About November," reflects on the cruelties of fame.

(OOC: Brownie points to anyone who can tell me the identities of these people without looking at the sources of the pictures.)

BAND NAME: Kaosu no Tenshi
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Hizeme Ryuujin (lead vocal)
Deirdra Skypeace (electric guitar, backup vocal)
Faolan Skypeace (sax, backup vocal)
Blaze Dragonis (drums)
Hawk Skypeace (keyboard/piano)
Toboe Ookami (violen, backup vocal)
Kaze Drakos (flute)

BAND AGE: 10 years
RECORD LABEL: Arpia Intl. Records
GENRE: Widely varies- from pop, hard rock, soft rock, religious, etc
PAST ALBUMS:
After the Night
Eternal Damnation
The Angels of Chaos
Heaven's Sailor
Maverick
Dreamscape
Kaosu no Tenshi Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Kaosu no Tenshi- Chaos Live Vol. 1
Shattered Reflection
Gone Rampant
Outsane
Wild Dragon
Kaosu no Tenshi Greatest Hits Vol. 2

PAST SINGLES:
The Angel of Chaos (Firefury Amahira Tribute ver.)
Key to the Dawn
OMG WTF BBQ
Upon the Skies (I Sail Away)
Frag You!
Chaos Chant
Nightmare
Wild Dragon
Wild Dragon (Feral mix)
Broken Mirror
After the Night (Dividing War tribute)

BAND HISTORY: A group of reploids who survived the worst of the Dividing War. During the war, they had all performed as a hobby to entertain themselves and their fellow soldiers. After the war, they decided they wanted to try and go professional. They did, and with smashing success, having a distinct and wildly varied range of styles. They tour fairly often, and make a very striking appearance, as Hizeme is a Ryuujin model reploid dragon, and stands some 30 feet tall, while Deirdra, Faolan, and Hawk are all humanoid flight-model reploids, and Blaze is from the Dragonis production line, and stands about 6 feet tall. Kaze Drakos is a tiny reploid dragon, standing barely two feet tall, and usually does his performance while perched on Hizeme's head or on one of the other band members' shoulder. Toboe Ookami is something of the odd one out appearance-wise, being a humanoid reploid with wolf-like features.

ALBUM NAME: Broken Glass
TRACK LIST:
1. To Fly Once More
2. Eyes Reopened
3. To Nowhere (Reploid Productions National Anthem- Angelic Mix)
4. Moonlight Wake (instrumental)
5. Broken Glass (Shattered Mix)
6. A Million Hours (instrumental)
7. Skies Edge (Trance Mix)
8. The End of Life
9. Beyond the Next Dawn
10. Liminality (Cover)
11. Epitaph of Chaos (instrumental)
12. Haunted Eyes (instrumental)
13. Lucky 13

CRITICAL COMMENTS: About time Kaosu no Tenshi released some new stuff, having taken a long break after the release of their second 'Greatest Hits' album. In any case, the all-reploid group proves it's still got the creative juice. Some of the vocals are a little grating at times if you're not into the particular style (notably on the haunting operatic rendition of 'Liminality'). Lead singer Hizeme again does a spectacular job singing in a wide range of styles, from trance and techno to soft rock and nearly-classical sounding tracks.

SINGLE NAME: "To Fly Once More"
LYRICS:
In the darkness
I awaken
To broken, vanquished dreams
In the silence
I am taken
By despair that sorrow brings

Gone away, left for dead
Hopeful dreams from childhood sped
Waiting for a new day
To rise anew
Waiting for the day
To fly once more

Shining dreams tarnished
By the blood
Of those lives passed
In the midst
Of endless battle
Not knowing when it's past

Gone away, left for dead
Hopeful dreams from childhood sped
Waiting for a new day
To rise anew
Waiting for the day
To fly once more

Even in the darkest hour
I'll cling to fragile hope
And beat the burning sky
With false wings war-torn
Against all odds
To soar in peace again

Gone away, left for dead
Hopeful dreams from childhood sped
Waiting for a new day
To rise anew
Waiting for the day
To fly once more

Beat the burning sky
With false wings war-torn
Surpass all odds
And soar in peace again

SINGLE NAME: "Eyes Reopened"
LYRICS:
Striving for greatness
Craving glory and fame
Jump into what you misunderstand
Learn the sorrow and the shame
Quest for what is right
But instead do the wrong

Learn to see with eyes reopened
To the reality that you're in
See your world with eyes reopened
Bearing witness to human sin
Take action with your eyes reopened
And fight! Chart your own course through life!

Overcoming the shadows
Taking charge to do what's right
Stand tall, see how the battle's fought
Learn fast, don't falter, and fight!
Chase that goal until the end
And keep it always in your sight!

Learn to see with eyes reopened
To the world that you live in
See your world with eyes reopened
Bearing witness to human sin
Take action with your eyes reopened
And fight! Follow your own course through life!

Learn to see with eyes reopened
(Don't forget your dreams)
See your world with eyes reopened
(Discover the truth)
Take action with your eyes reopened
(Don't let it slip away)
And fight for your dream!

SINGLE NAME:"To Nowhere (Reploid Productions National Anthem- Angelic Mix)"
LYRICS:
Can you hear the calling of the raving wind water?
We just keep dreaming of the land 'cross the river
We are always on the way, to find the place we belong
Wandering to nowhere, we're paddling
Down the raging sea

Who can cross over such raving wind and water?
On the rolling boat we sit, shivering with coldness
Come by an island, come by a hillock,
It's just another place, we paddle on
Down the raging sea

But in one morning we'll see the sun
Bright shining morning dew singing
They who will search will find the land
Of evergreen.... Evergreen
Search for the light.....

Can you hear the calling of the raving wind and water?
We just keep paddling, down the sea, up the river
No destination, but we are together
In the silent sadness, we're paddling
Down the raging sea
Down to nowhere

SINGLE NAME: "Broken Glass (Shattered Mix)"
It's been awhile
Since we've seen the sun
Fires burning
A thousand shards of gold
Broken glass catching sunlight's fire
A fight forgotten, a lover remembered
Gone forever, perfect image shattered

The face reflected back at me
No longer perfect, broken pieces
Don't know which is broken worse
The glass or my heart

It's been awhile
Since you said goodbye
Framed picture battered
Our love long shattered
Beyond hope, beyond repair
Soul lost to the darkness there
Red darkness, broken glass
The time of joy now will pass

The face reflected back at me
No longer perfect, broken pieces
Don't know which is broken worse
The glass or my heart

SINGLE NAME: "Skies Edge (Trance Mix)"
LYRICS:
Flying for life
The sky's my home
To live on the wing
And die by the claw
Igniting the flames
Surpassing the dawn
Soul's fires burning bright
Chasing down the distant night
To the sky's edge
Freedom limitless
Wind's song roaring

SINGLE NAME: "The End of Life"
LYRICS:
In the crimson-stained twilight
The last soldiers lose the fight
Long and hard their battle raged
Souls lost in blood were caged
With a flash of steel they go
Falling to the ground in time turned slow
Kindred and lovers left in the past
Their memory held dear to the last
A red-stained darkness seeping in
Testament to combat's sin
Giving all for what was right
Fading into the distance of heaven's light
Heroes of histories long since faded
Cold stone graves in places shaded
Remembered now in lore and song
To teach the children right from wrong
Memories in old photographs
Treasured thoughts and forgotten paths
Of those with lives full of strife
Until the very end of life.

SINGLE NAME: "Beyond the Next Dawn"
LYRICS:
Wind howls one frigid night
Frozen stars the only light
Lost soul wanders in the dark
Cross the boundaries of Life
And Death

Stony mountains rise
Like black teeth
A gaping maw to swallow
The world
Then fall away with the ages
Forgotten testament to
What came before

Dark sea beats the shore
Endless, timeless
Souls lost through the ages
Cry out for release
Roaring up to grasp the sand
Sliding back in silence
To forgotten graves

Wind whispers of sweet release
Lost soul wanders the land
Yearning freedom, craving flight
Wondering what lay
Beyond the next dawn
Embracing the darkness
Then letting it go
Morning sun appears, igniting the clouds

Wind rises in shrill song
Singing finality
Lost soul finds closure
Beyond the next dawn
Golden wings take first flight
Into timeless forever
Released from icy bonds of Earth and body
Now one with the wind
Careless and caressing
Flying ceaselessly free
Beyond the next dawn.

SINGLE NAME: "Liminality (cover version)"
LYRICS:
I'll be there
By your side
In the land of Twilight
In your dream
I will go
Till we find
The sunrise

You are lost in nightmare
Deep in blue illusion
One more kiss to wake you up
Come be mine, you are mine

I will be there seeking for liminality
No destinations to see, I wander
In quiet places
So dark as eternity
I'm crying, calling your name
I'm searching for you

I'll be there
By your side
In the land of Twilight
In your dream
I will go
Till we find
The sunrise

Deep in blue eternity
Search for liminality
Deep in blue eternity
Search for liminality
Deep in blue eternity
Search for liminality
Deep in blue eternity
Search for liminality

I will be there seeking for liminality
No destinations to see, I wander
In quiet places
So dark as eternity
I'm crying, calling your name
I'm searching for you

Dreaming in the land of the Twilight
We are in the land of the Twilight
Dreaming in the land of the Twilight
We are in the land of the Twilight
Dreaming in the land of the Twilight
We are in the land of the Twilight....

((OOC: Sorry for the uber-long post! :wink: ))

Kaosu no Tenshi has announced World Tour I (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60717) and is currently seeking international performance venues.

((OOC: And a *bump!* for the records!))

Kaosu no Tenshi has announced World Tour I (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60717) and is currently seeking international performance venues.

"You should play at Miskatonic University in Oglethorpia...man, that place was nuts. I can't wait to play there again myself with the Greansleaves. Maybe i'll check it out for you guys."

Matt Betterman
Frontman Extrodinare

BAND NAME: Glory Days
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Minh Caironne - Vocals, tambourine
Kirk K'nid - Vocals, lead guitar
Alina K'nid - Bass, occassionally keyboard
Drinn Orion - Drums
BAND AGE: Three months
RECORD LABEL: Signon Records
GENRE: Easy Listening
PAST ALBUMS:
PAST SINGLES:
BAND HISTORY: Glory Days was brought together suddenly by the Signonese government, after they auditioned for a position advertised in the country's newspaper. Their songs were given to them, and it took relatively little time to produce. Demand for their album was great; it was good for the people of Signon to finally have a home band to cheer. Their albums encourage people to always act morally, and think of others.

ALBUM NAME: Nice is Neat
TRACK LIST:
1: Kind to Your Neighbor
2: A Single Piece
3: Green Grass
4: Nice is Neat
5: Long Hard Winter
6: Lost and Found
7: Track 7
8: The Old Way
Hidden Track: Brothers of Signon
CRITICAL COMMENTS: While techinically unflawed, the songs are stagnant, show little variety and make no attempt to make people _think_. The structure relies on tradition far too much, and does not make an attempt to be innovative.

SINGLE NAME: Kind to Your Neighbor
LYRICS:
Minh: Do you remember those older days
Behind the Banyor's, sitting 'neath sunrays?
Do you remember the cookies, there
That they made for us to share?

Kirk: How could I forget those days gone by
Where we say beneath a cloudless sky?
Just you and me and the neighbor's kids
When they'd seek when we had hid . . .

Both: 'Cause they were
Kind to their neighbors, and they welcomed us home
There was no danger, we were free to roam
Be kind to your neighbor, don't you ever forget
They are no strangers, don't treat them like that . . .

Minh: When I grew older, got a home of my own
I knew well my neighbors, from dinners I'd thrown
I always loved them, and they had loved me
'Cause when we trust, we are more happy and free . . .

Kirk: And when my neighbor invited me over to lunch
I would smile, and I would trust them a bunch
I depended on them, they depended on me,
That's the way that things should be . . .

Both: 'Cause we were
Kind to our neighbors, and we welcomed them home
There was no danger, we were free to roam
Be kind to your neighbor, don't you ever forget
They are no strangers, don't treat them like that . . .

Kirk: Don't treat them, like that, no,

Minh: Don't treat them like that!

Both: Be kind to your neighbors,
And they'll be kind to you . . .

BAND NAME: Stormhead
MEMBERS (and instruments): Michael "Wololo" Junket, vocals. Grue Clanahan, guitar. Meg "Stripey" White, drums.
BAND AGE: Four years
RECORD LABEL: Pitchy
GENRE: Hard, burning, rock. And wololoing.
PAST ALBUMS: "Junior Said Daddy's Dead" debut album 1999, "Junk!" 2001
PAST SINGLES: "Junior Said Daddy's Dead" "Jack the Neurotic Lamplighter" "Where Flew the Flying Monkeys? (And Why Wasn't I told?)" "Little Banded" "Cryptic Entries"
BAND HISTORY: "Um... Basically I wanted to start a band. I like to sing... and Grue likes to play. So we held auditions... Stripey fit the bill, so we started Stormhead. Also... Wololololo!"

ALBUM NAME: Kinda Late For Greetings
TRACK LIST: 1. Kinda Late for Greetings 2. Daniel's Horn Blew Me Down 3. Random Wololoing 4. How Pointless. 5. Living Color 6. I Cannot Be This Beast
CRITICAL COMMENTS: I can't figure these guys out. One moment they're gettin' all angsty, the next minute that lead guy's yodeling. All in all, a fun album.

SINGLE NAME: Living Color
LYRICS:

Ah New York, New York, I can't go back, Indelible reminder of the steel I lack

In living color I was penned
Wololololo! Wololololo!
I came here for your life to end!
Wololololo! Wololololo!

Drop me down to eager fire!
Wololololo! Wololololo!
Tell the bard to crush his lyre!
Wololololo! Wololololo!

All new bands can expect to be on the Charts next week. Let the shameless promotion begin!

Heya, everybody! This is Nick Cross, your buddy at the top of The Billco Company, just writing in to say hey!

I also want to let you all know that I'm considering giving the Jukes an update on a more regular basis... perhaps every 3-4 days! I just want to get the opinion of YOU, the artists; after all, you all are why I'm here to begin with!

Thanks once again for signing up for The Jukes!

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Nicholas Manny Cross
CEO
The Billco Company

"Sounds cool to me."

"I wanna see where 'Coast to Coast' ends up on the charts next week."

Jim Elliot
Greansleaves Lead Guitarist

Heya, everybody! This is Nick Cross, your buddy at the top of The Billco Company, just writing in to say hey!

I also want to let you all know that I'm considering giving the Jukes an update on a more regular basis... perhaps every 3-4 days! I just want to get the opinion of YOU, the artists; after all, you all are why I'm here to begin with!

Thanks once again for signing up for The Jukes!

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Nicholas Manny Cross
CEO
The Billco Company

As a representative of Lazarus Calling, let me be the first to damn you to the seventh pit of hell, you filthy capitalist swine! It's executives like you that stifle the creative spirit of the people as a whole. I can only hope that when the revolution comes, you'll be the first against the wall.

Christopher Reet

PS- Free the SLAGLand Seven!

BAND NAME: Korba Asha-Corrino

MEMBERS: Korba Asha-Corrino (solo artist, sometimes plays guitar and the sitar)

BAND AGE: 2 years old

RECORD LABEL: Broken Buddha Records

GENRE: Techno/Pop/Industrial Rock

PAST ALBUMS: n/a

PAST SINGLES: n/a

BAND HISTORY: Korba Asha-Corrino (14 yrs old), Prince of Mishakal and poteintal heir to the thrones of both Teritora and Mishakal. His talent for music was discovered by Domonic Ford, Prince Korba's bodyguard and also a former music manager. With a year after his singing to Broken Buddha Records his massive smash into the Mishakal Top Ten came as a suprise because not only did Korba have talent as a musician he also soled over 3 million copies of his debut album in one week. His first interview which is an exclusive to Hot Tech Culture is where he talks about his album, admits that he is a bisexual and is currently dating Daniel Yorn(14 yrs old), a relative to Grand Maester Yunalesca.

ALBUM NAME: A dying day
TRACK LIST:

1. To My One Love
2. Harder
3. Cut (Bleeding in the Wound)
4. Closer (cover of Nine Inch Nails song)
5. Burning
6. Sexual Content (Not for Adults)
7. Tribute (To The Father I Never Knew)
8. Can I Kiss You?
9. Lover Lets Love
10. Obscura

CRITICAL COMMENTS: A very twisted, experimental creation by our beloved Prince Korba Asha-Corrino. Strange techno beats blend in perfectly with heavy industrial rifts on the various guitaurs that Korba plays. The two exceptions is the pop love ballad "To My One Love" which is a love song dedicated and about Korba's current boyfriend Daniel Yorn, and the song "Tribute (To The Father I Never Knew)" in which Korba plays the sitar and sings about King Ashagar (his father). He also does a Nine Inch Nail's cover of "Closer" which is a little freakish but showcases Korba's talented voice (which will remind you of the lead singer of Incubus). A little rough around the edges but all in all must have.

SINGLE NAME: Closer

LYRICS: you let me violate you, you let me desecrate you
you let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you
help me i broke apart my insides, help me i've got no soul to sell
help me the only thing that works for me, help me get away from myself
i want to fuck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
you can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
you can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything
help me tear down my reason, help me its' your sex i can smell
help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else
i want to fuck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
through every forest, above the trees
within my stomach, scraped off my knees
i drink the honey inside your hive
you are the reason i stay alive

OOC: Interesting tale ;)
IC: Monaa are considering adding an electric guitarist. Drummer Kata Macaga, who can also play the electric guitar and writes the music, is trying to sign up a drummer instead, and become the electric guitarist herself. Davae and Esa are considering the Kata suggestion.

"Wonder where we'll end up... Think we'll rerelease Johnny Said Daddy's Dead." -- Stripey White, over a strangely black drink.

The Java Beans, having grooved their way through the SLAGlands, will now embark on an international tour sponsored by their label, Treznor Imperial Records. There will be one last show in the SLAGland capital tomorrow night. Get your tickets now!

Korba Asha-Corrino is schedualed to preform at the HMTV Music Holo Video Awards next week, several other Mishakalian bands wil preform as well. Korba is also scedualed to present the Best Female Holo Video Award as well. Tickets for the Awards show are available now and they are selling like hot cakes so get yours now!

"Okay! Rereleasing hah!"

SONG: Junior Said Daddy's Dead
Lyrics:
Junior said daddy's dead.
He fell, to hell.
Little boy, wants a toy,
You lie, now die.

Crushed! Burned! Dropped into the sun! I am the man, am the only one! 3x

In the back, near the sack,
I can, See man.
Reading books, shooting looks,
See me, new sea.

What does everyone think of my boy Korba?

Excerpt from Spin magazine's interview with Christopher Reet.

Spin- So what are your opinions on boy Emperor-to-be turned rock star bisexual Korbo Asha-Corrino?

CR- Well, I for one think he's an imperialistic piece of s---, quite litterally I might add. Oppressing his people under the yoke of capitalism just so he can jaunt off with his little boyfriend is simply unacceptable. I can only hope that his people manage to overthrow him before he can outfit the proletariat in drag for his own amusment.

Heya, everybody! This is Nick Cross, your buddy at the top of The Billco Company, just writing in to say hey!

I also want to let you all know that I'm considering giving the Jukes an update on a more regular basis... perhaps every 3-4 days! I just want to get the opinion of YOU, the artists; after all, you all are why I'm here to begin with!

Thanks once again for signing up for The Jukes!

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---
Hizeme Ryuujin
Leader singer, Kaosu no Tenshi

The Greansleaves World Tour! (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60393)

We need bands to go on tour with the Greansleaves, a tour name, and most important, venues!

The Greansleaves Fan Club!

That's right folks, we've decided that we're going to offer up some benefits for the Greansleaves fanatics out there with the Greansleaves Fan Club! For just $25.00 a year you'll get a free live recording* from the upcoming Greansleaves world tour with My Favorite Band, Kamikaze and Day Mascus, a bimonthly newsletter and first shot at Greansleaves concert tickets and other benefits!

*Note: Offer for free concert recording valid to anyone who signs up from day of issue to a year from that date.

The Greansleaves Fan Club!

That's right folks, we've decided that we're going to offer up some benefits for the Greansleaves fanatics out there with the Greansleaves Fan Club! For just $25.00 a year you'll get a free live recording* from the upcoming Greansleaves world tour with My Favorite Band, Kamikaze and Day Mascus, a bimonthly newsletter and first shot at Greansleaves concert tickets and other benefits!

*Note: Offer for free concert recording valid to anyone who signs up from day of issue to a year from that date.

Official Statement for C. Reet

As a representative of Lazarus Calling I call 'sell out' on that! Surely even a capitalist swine like yourself can see the tragedy of selling your talent like so much pink herring? I call upon the people of Ooglethorpia to rise up and cast away the chains of tyranny! And to stop listening to the exploitive drivel that is Greensleaves!

Christopher Reet

PS- Free the SLAGland Seven!

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61077

OOC: *prays for a nice dice bonus*

What does everyone think of my boy Korba?

Excerpt from Spin magazine's interview with Christopher Reet.

Spin- So what are your opinions on boy Emperor-to-be turned rock star bisexual Korbo Asha-Corrino?

CR- Well, I for one think he's an imperialistic piece of s---, quite litterally I might add. Oppressing his people under the yoke of capitalism just so he can jaunt off with his little boyfriend is simply unacceptable. I can only hope that his people manage to overthrow him before he can outfit the proletariat in drag for his own amusment.

Expert from Trance Living magazine's interview with Korba Asha-Corrino.

Trance Living- So what are your thoughts on the Chris Reet interview in Spin magazine?

Korba Asha-Corrino- He doesn't know me, he doesn't know Mishakal, he most certainly doesn't know our proud and long history of Corrino rule and he most likely hasn't heard my music so I'll just leave it at that.

Rumours have it Monaa are considering a cover version. Davae Hawl is said to have suggested a cover of 'Medication' by Garbage or 'You Owe Me Nothing In Return' by Alanis Morrisette. It is believed that some of the band is opposed, because the songs are not particularly well-known - neither were ever released as singles - and that Davae has argued this is an advantage.

Korba Asha-Corrino and Princess Avita are going to host a book signing of their new book "On Our Father" which is a bibliography about their dead father, Ashagar, King of Teritora in the nation of Gottgegeben.

One of the newest stars of the Ravenspire music scene has decided to submit their breakthrough album.

BAND NAME: Annabel Lee
BAND MEMBERS: Sumire Natsuda (vocals), Alan "Poe" Pope (vocals, organ), John Pope (violin), Ali Mondain (electric guitar), Molly "Mojo" Josephine (clarinet, alto saxophone), Sun Shao Lan (drums).
BAND AGE: About two years
RECORD LABEL: Cathedral
GENRE: Blues-influenced post-goth emo-trance
PAST ALBUMS: Sandcastles
PAST SINGLES: "Love Song for a Funeral," "Thaw"
BAND HISTORY: Annabel Lee began as Infinipocrypha, a goth-rock band composed of the Pope brothers and Molly Josephine. Over a four-year period, Infinipocrypha went through a number of roster changes, including the additions of Sun Shao Lan and Ali Mondain, younger sister of the famous shock-rocker Akiko Mondain. However, large-scale succeess eluded them until the discovery of Sumire Natsuda, whose ethereal voice brought new life to lyrics written by Mondain and the Pope brothers. Reforming as Annabel Lee, a tribute to the famous Edgar Allan Poe poem, the group quickly built a following in Ravenspire, and the labels were quick to take notice. Their first album Sandcastles is still running strong on the charts in Ravenspire after 19 weeks, and has spawned two singles to date, with a third planned.

ALBUM NAME: Sandcastles
TRACK LIST:

Sandcastles (3:24)
Thaw (2:14)
From the Inside (4:15)
Acrophobia (3:47)
Nightmares and Anti-Utopias (6:52)
Could Have Been a Spaceship If We'd Seen in Different Light (4:01)
Midnight, Inside (3:25)
Empty Chairs, Open Windows (3:33)
Love Song for a Funeral (3:52)
Half the Man (3:01)
Sandcastles (High Tide remix) (3:57)
Hidden Bonus Track: Outward (by Infinipocrypha) (3:37)

CRITICAL COMMENTS: A compelling mix of voice and instrumentals breathes new life into a perhaps-overplayed genre. The soft blues influence that shines through on most of the songs is refreshing, and particularly welcome is a guest appearance by noted blues saxophonist Jamie Tobart on "Empty Chairs, Open Windows." As is not uncommon in the genre, the lyrics read as overwrought, but Natsuda's voice works wonders with them. It's not revolutionary, but it is a solid first album by a band that promises even better in the future.

SINGLE NAME: "Thaw"
LYRICS:
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Draw me into your light
For the night is dark and cold (draw me
I have miles left to go into your light)
And it seems
I haven't slept for an eternity
Shattered hearts and broken dreams (wake me
Silent tears on silver screens take me
Keep me still, awake, and frozen keep me)

Draw me into your light
From the quiet tell me why (thaw me
I cannot leave me let me breathe
Please deceive me lie to me
I will believe if you believe cry to me
In me your voice your dreams I will pretend that you love me
Your passions within my screams wake me, take me
Or am I still awake and frozen? thaw me, allow me to die)
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One of Mishakal's biggest bands, Begging Buddha which has been a sucess both in the mainstream and with the critics for over a decade has chosen to go international for the first time.

BAND NAME: Begging Buddha

MEMBERS: Cory Cox (singer, bass), Jamie Cox (guitaur), Jamus Cox (sitar), Tori Cox (percussion).

BAND AGE: 13 years old

RECORD LABEL: Broken Buddha Records

GENRE: Alternative Rock/Heavy Metal/Techno

PAST ALBUMS: Tied Up and Ready For Your Pleasure

PAST SINGLES: Spiked

BAND HISTORY: Formed over a decade ago by the youngest member of the Cox family (Cory Cox) in an attempt to better express the families rage and utter loathing of everything around them. The Cox family band Begging Buddha was named that after Tori Cox watched a pilgram to one of Mishakal's few Buddhist temples knel before a Buddha statue and begged it to save his daughter from an uncurable disease. Within three years the group broke mainstream with their MC (Music Crystal) Lying Under Oath and signed on to Broken Buddha Records (Mishakal's biggest record label). A decade has passed and the band has sacrificed live chickens on stage, worn dog masks and nothing else to last years HMTV Holo Music Video Awards, play with dead animals on camera, and set an entire auditorium with 100,000 screaming fans on fire (no fatalites), and bitch-slapped their former manager Jeriod Coop on live Holovision as they fired him in front of over a million people.

ALBUM NAME: Gothic Cherry (taken)

TRACK LIST:

1. Into The Knightmare [intro, instrumental]
2. Untitled
3. Fuck Off!
4. Why We Don't Believe In Yevon
5. Ugly Kiss
6. Beat The System
7. Purple Power
8. Ion Fire
9. Dirty
10. Fetish Freaks [instrumental]
11. A Lie For You
12. Poisoned By The Blood
13. Catholic Bullshit
14. D's [instrumental]
15. Why? Why? Why?
16. Opium
17. Out Of The Knightmare [outro, instrumental]


CRITICAL COMMENTS: As usual the ever hateful group Begging Buddha haven't failed us in delivering an in your face album that is both anit-social and morbid at the same time. This group which is famous for both it's on-stage antics and it's ever impressive music slaps you a hard one with the first song Untitled, then for tracks 3-5 their usual formula of the occasional techno beat blended in with an alternative feel and the main focus, heavy metal depression and excess. But tracks 6-10 show a certain growth on a more personal and spiritual level-that is if by spiritual you mean singing about killing random people on the street and taking enough drugs to kill a full grown elephant. But the song that most sticks out on this album has to be "Purple Power" which is both the first single and an intriging look into the darker side of Mishakalian society.

SINGLE NAME: Purple Power

LYRICS:
So here we are/my fellows in darkness/putting out the bong water/for all the little kiddies to drink/smoking all the toxious plants the universe has to offer/but I still lay broken at my feet

chrous: So you say you want me dead?/So you say you want me for your church?/So you say you want me for yourself?/Well I have no interest in your Summonings/Your gaudy jewel clothing/Or your lovely ass/But maybe I can feed your hole some purple power.

And on this day that you killed the self/I like to burn upon the pile/that was once a god/but prehaps we should just be friends/but I'll never love you until the end

I watch you spread your legs/offering the playthings between your legs/this life is a joke/and I make you feel my hollowness so that you can feel the god/but you've left me empty bitch/so I cut up your pretty face and put the flesh in your mouth

chrous1/2/3 then fades.

Korba Asha-Corrino and Princess Avita are going to host a book signing of their new book "On Our Father" which is a bibliography about their dead father, Ashagar, King of Teritora in the nation of Gottgegeben.

From the desk of C. Reet

The capitalist pigs cash in again, selling not their people, nor themselves, but their very father! Repent! Repent!

Yours truly,

C. Reet

PS- Free the SLAGland Seven!

Korba Asha-Corrino and Princess Avita are going to host a book signing of their new book "On Our Father" which is a bibliography about their dead father, Ashagar, King of Teritora in the nation of Gottgegeben.

From the desk of C. Reet

The capitalist pigs cash in again, selling not their people, nor themselves, but their very father! Repent! Repent!

Yours truly,

C. Reet

PS- Free the SLAGland Seven!

A letter from the Royal Family Relations Office,

We who are truly loyal to the most noble and anchient House Corrino would like to ask you not to speak ill of two fine children whom you have never met. The book "On Our Father" was their attempt to learn more about their father who died before they were born. Please, unless you are an experienced book and/or music critic we would ask that you keep your opinions to yourself and O.D. and spare the rest of us your bullshit.

Signed,
Kiir Dozar, Royal Family Relations Office (R.F.R.O.)

Link to Korba Asha-Corrino's first interview http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60601&start=0

Link to the announcement of the book release date, http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60911&highlight=

"This Korba fellow's just weird. What the 'ell is up with him?" - Pitchy Black, founder of Pitchy Records

Tentative Tour Dates

Oglethorpia
8 - 17: Miskatonic University - Arkham
8 - 18: Miskatonic University - Arkham
8 - 20: Tripoli Harbor Stadium - Tripoli
8 - 22: Tripoli Harbor Stadium - Tripoli
Kingsford
8 - 25: Toryo, Kingsford
8 - 27: Toryo, Kingsford
8 - 28: Alotion, Kingsford
8 - 30: Alotion, Kingsford
The SLAGLands
9 - 2: Kelder Colosseum - Kelder
9 - 4: Kelder Colosseum - Kelder
9 - 5: Murphy Hall - SLAGTown
9 - 6: Murphy Hall - SLAGTown
9 - 8: La Grange Hall - Orgla
9 - 9: La Grange Hall - Orgla
9 - 11: Schroeder's Auditorium - Bauxine
9 - 12: Schroeder's Auditorium - Bauxine
Other Venues
9 - 15: Palace City, Danya
9 - 17: Palace City, Danya
9 - 18: Eurydice, Eastern Bloc
9 - 19: Eurydice, Eastern Bloc
9 - 22: New Stalingrad, Eastern Bloc
9 - 23: New Stalingrad, Eastern Bloc


Tentative dates, more Oglethorpian and Kingsforder venues may be arranged, and OOC-ly i'm waiting for Kingsford to get home from a trip from New Mexico.

I hope it's alright if everyone lets the Greansleaves have each venue for 2 days.

OOC: Can you shedual them for a Mishakal date? They would get a good responce in Bevelle (The Killo Dome), Mishakal's captial which is on Io.

"I'm sure the guys would love to play there. How's two consecutive shows sound, right in between the last show in the SLAGLands and the date in Danya?"

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

Begging Buddha has announced their first international tour-which is called Smack It Up Tour and some dates in the Mishakal, hopefully they will announce more fixed dates (and the other venue soon).

Tour Dates (subject to change)

Mishakal

10 - 1: The Killo Dome - Bevelle
10 - 2: Zen Gardens - Aiai
10 - 4: The Broken Cathedral - Zanarkand
10 - 6: The Rain Club - Istar
10 - 10: Lucan BlitzDome - Luca

OOC: Can you shedual them for a Mishakal date? They would get a good responce in Bevelle (The Killo Dome), Mishakal's captial which is on Io.

"I'm sure the guys would love to play there. How's two consecutive shows sound, right in between the last show in the SLAGLands and the date in Danya?"

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

"Acceptable."

OOC: Would you be willing to let Begging Buddha play in your nations venues?

OOC: Can you shedual them for a Mishakal date? They would get a good responce in Bevelle (The Killo Dome), Mishakal's captial which is on Io.

"I'm sure the guys would love to play there. How's two consecutive shows sound, right in between the last show in the SLAGLands and the date in Danya?"

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

"Acceptable."

OOC: Would you be willing to let Begging Buddha play in your nations venues?

"We'll see if we need to change up the dates you suggested with our own or just leave 'em as the last venues of the tour. Right now, we have them as the last 5 shows on the tour, all one-night-only-deals."

"Also, we'll be glad to add 'Begging Buddha' to the bill."

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

OOC: Can you shedual them for a Mishakal date? They would get a good responce in Bevelle (The Killo Dome), Mishakal's captial which is on Io.

"I'm sure the guys would love to play there. How's two consecutive shows sound, right in between the last show in the SLAGLands and the date in Danya?"

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

"Acceptable."

OOC: Would you be willing to let Begging Buddha play in your nations venues?

"We'll see if we need to change up the dates you suggested with our own or just leave 'em as the last venues of the tour. Right now, we have them as the last 5 shows on the tour, all one-night-only-deals."

"Also, we'll be glad to add 'Begging Buddha' to the bill."

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

OOC: starts up in October and ends at the end of november.

OOC: Can you shedual them for a Mishakal date? They would get a good responce in Bevelle (The Killo Dome), Mishakal's captial which is on Io.

"I'm sure the guys would love to play there. How's two consecutive shows sound, right in between the last show in the SLAGLands and the date in Danya?"

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

"Acceptable."

OOC: Would you be willing to let Begging Buddha play in your nations venues?

"We'll see if we need to change up the dates you suggested with our own or just leave 'em as the last venues of the tour. Right now, we have them as the last 5 shows on the tour, all one-night-only-deals."

"Also, we'll be glad to add 'Begging Buddha' to the bill."

Sam Parker
Greansleaves Management

OOC: starts up in October and ends at the end of november.

OOC: I could either move the dates for the Mishikal venues up, or call the time between the last my dates to the dates in Mishikal a small break.

The Begging Buddha tour starts in October... sorry I forgot to clarify that.

The Begging Buddha tour starts in October... sorry I forgot to clarify that.

OOC: Ohh, oh.

Well, then i'm not sure if the other 3 bands on the bill of the tour with the Greansleaves are up for a few dates in Mishikal with Begging Buddha, but i'll have the Greansleaves play the five venues you listed.

The Begging Buddha tour starts in October... sorry I forgot to clarify that.

OOC: Ohh, oh.

Well, then i'm not sure if the other 3 bands on the bill of the tour with the Greansleaves are up for a few dates in Mishikal with Begging Buddha, but i'll have the Greansleaves play the five venues you listed.

OOC: I was wanting for Begging Buddha to play in YOUR nation as well.

The Begging Buddha tour starts in October... sorry I forgot to clarify that.

OOC: Ohh, oh.

Well, then i'm not sure if the other 3 bands on the bill of the tour with the Greansleaves are up for a few dates in Mishikal with Begging Buddha, but i'll have the Greansleaves play the five venues you listed.

OOC: I was wanting for Begging Buddha to play in YOUR nation as well.

Well, your band could go along with the entire tour from Oglethorpia to the Eastern Bloc (not sure if the other bands on the bill want to play part of the Begging Buddha tour like the Greansleaves will) or I could organize a few dates in Oglethorpia for the Begging Buddha tour, seperate from the Greansleaves tour.

Hope that makes sense.

The Begging Buddha tour starts in October... sorry I forgot to clarify that.

OOC: Ohh, oh.

Well, then i'm not sure if the other 3 bands on the bill of the tour with the Greansleaves are up for a few dates in Mishikal with Begging Buddha, but i'll have the Greansleaves play the five venues you listed.

OOC: I was wanting for Begging Buddha to play in YOUR nation as well.

Well, your band could go along with the entire tour from Oglethorpia to the Eastern Bloc (not sure if the other bands on the bill want to play part of the Begging Buddha tour like the Greansleaves will) or I could organize a few dates in Oglethorpia for the Begging Buddha tour, seperate from the Greansleaves tour.

Hope that makes sense.

I want the seperate dates and when they request flamethrowers for their show don't give them any as they once set an entire auditorium pacted to 100,000 people on fire, 500 injuries, no deaths.

"What with all the rest of you people setting up tours and such, Stormhead will be heading off on the Junior Said Tour. We'll be starting off in New Fjords in our own home province of Highlund, and travel off in a general direction. Any way we can join in on other folk's tours?"
-- Stripey White

"What with all the rest of you people setting up tours and such, Stormhead will be heading off on the Junior Said Tour. We'll be starting off in New Fjords in our own home province of Highlund, and travel off in a general direction. Any way we can join in on other folk's tours?"
-- Stripey White

"You can join ours, as along as your willing to put up with our freakish stage antics." Cory Cox, lead singer of Begging Buddha. (their most infamous incident was the time they set an entire consert area packed with over 100,000 of their fans on fire, 500 injuries, no deaths).

"All right then. Are you prepared for a guitarist on a unicycle?"

-- Grue Clanahan

"All right then. Are you prepared for a guitarist on a unicycle?"

-- Grue Clanahan

"Sure, and our Sitar (Jamus Cox) player likes to preform in the nude."

~Cory Cox

"Nudity's cool with me, as long as 'e's not flabby. I can't deal with flabby guys."

-- Stripey White

"Nudity's cool with me, as long as 'e's not flabby. I can't deal with flabby guys."

-- Stripey White

"I've got washboard abs, that won't be a problem."

~Jamus Cox

"Oi good. Hmm, what should we play, though."

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 2 Sales:

1. The Greansleaves - Coast to Coast
LAST WEEK: #2
2. Lazarus Calling - Guitar For Arms
LAST WEEK: #15
3. The Trapeze Accidents - The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
LAST WEEK: #1
4. Korba Asha-Corrino - A Dying Day
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #3
6. Java Beans - All-Nighter
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Kamikaze - Holding the Flaming Sword
LAST WEEK: n/a
8. Kaosu no Tenshi - Broken Glass
LAST WEEK: n/a
9. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: #7
10. Begging Buddha - Gothic Cherry
LAST WEEK: n/a
11. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - Noiz
LAST WEEK: #11
12. The Reflex - Switchblade
LAST WEEK: #4
13. Various Artists - Craftworld Tor Yvresse
LAST WEEK: #19
14. Stormhead - Kinda Late For Greetings
LAST WEEK: n/a
15. Mjolnir - Screaming Fucking Blasphemy EP
LAST WEEK: #5
16. My Favorite Band - Standing Upside Down on my Feet
LAST WEEK: #17
17. Punted Eddies - Spacedy ANTS
LAST WEEK: #9
18. Glory Days - Nice Is Neat
LAST WEEK: n/a
19. The Suicide Seduction - All You Were, All You Are, And All You Ever Will Be
LAST WEEK: #19
20. Muspellheim National Orchestra - All Hail the God-Emperor Vol. 2355545
LAST WEEK: #8

BIGGEST GAINER: Korba Asha-Corrino - A Dying Day
BIGGEST LOSER: Muspellheim National Orchestra - All Hail the God-Emperor Vol. 2355545
ALBUM TO WATCH: Mishakali sensation Korba Asha-Corrino absolutely lit up the charts this week and is looking to take the #1 spot from the new holders, The Greansleaves. Kaosu no Tenshi's world tour with Sonic Anesthesia may be enough to make them a contender for the top spot as well!

1. Kaosu no Tenshi - "To Fly Once More"
LAST WEEK: #2
2. Korba Asha-Corrino - "Closer"
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Java Beans - "Candlelight"
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. Monaa - "Appearances Are Deceptive"
LAST WEEK: #8
5. Begging Buddha - "Purple Power"
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. The Greansleaves - "Gone Fishin'"
LAST WEEK: #18
7. Muspellheim National Orchestra - "Surrender Already Inferior Maggots"
LAST WEEK: #12
8. The Trapeze Accidents - "Anyway (Existential Pog)"
LAST WEEK: #4
9. Kamikaze - "Small Town"
LAST WEEK: n/a
10. Punted Eddies - "For Trium"
LAST WEEK: #2
11. My Favorite Band - "How Many Heads on a Hydra"
LAST WEEK: #3
12. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - "Godzilla Needs to Stay the **** Out of Tokyo"
LAST WEEK: #15
13. The Suicide Seduction - "Too Much of a Good Thing"
LAST WEEK: #13
14. Mjolnir - "Scream Fucking Blasphemy"
LAST WEEK: #7
15. Morghan J. Harrington - "Annie's Song"
LAST WEEK: #19
16. Stormhead - "Living Color"
LAST WEEK: n/a
17. Glory Days - "Kind To Your Neighbor"
LAST WEEK: n/a
18. Politically Incorrekt - "Conservative Progress"
LAST WEEK: #11
19. Annabel Lee - "Thaw"
LAST WEEK: n/a
20. The Reflex - "Called to Serve"
LAST WEEK: #14

BIGGEST GAINER: Kaosu no Tenshi - "To Fly Once More"
BIGGEST LOSER: (tie) My Favorite Band - "How Many Heads on a Hydra," Punted Eddies - "For Trium"
SONG TO WATCH: While we're quite relieved to see Sierra Shweet has bounced her way out of the top 20, we're taken back by the amazing performance of Kaosu no Tenshi! Their beautiful lyricism and musicality has placed them at the top spot! Watch out for Korba Asha-Corrino, though; her album is tearing up the charts, and she may have the momentum to capture the throne!

"Oh, punt. Mid-teens on both charts. Excuse me while I stab a doll."

-- Mike

Alright! Sake and sushi's on me for our stage crew!

---
Hizeme Ryuujin
Lead singer, Kaosu no Tenshi

Same here, with a link for the latest announcement from Monaa: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1276392#1276392

Korba Asha-Corrino has announced the formulation of his new international world tour (being tentaivly called the "One Love Tour") he has already asked for a local Mishakal group Another Promise... Another Day (Gothic Rock/Industrial/Alternative/Indie) and any other bands interested.

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1283124#1283124

BAND NAME: Method to Madness
MEMBERS: Orlando Sali (vocals), Mia Fuscelli (guitar, vocals), Paul Scelto (bass), David Casciotto (drums).

BAND AGE: Under a year
RECORD LABEL: Dark Hearts
GENRE: Alternative Metal
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: None
BAND HISTORY: Coming out of nowhere, this group of young musicians has some measure of success in their home country of the Dominion. They began as a group of friends practicing in a basement and trying their hand at the club scene. Somewhere along the line, they caught the attention of someone with money, though rumors abound as to just who their benefactor might be. With the sudden influx of cash, they were able to promote their group, and travel to more locations, getting their sound out to the people. Having established a fan base at home, playing covers and dabbling in their own songwriting skills, they have released their first album, hoping to make it big on the international scene.

ALBUM NAME: The Damned
TRACK LIST:

01 – Force of Habit
02 – Malcontent
03 – Wallow
04 – Credence
05 – Hypocrisy
06 – Dysfunctional
07 – Mea Culpa (instrumental)
08 – Deeper
09 – From the Outside
10 – Golgotha Tenement Blues (Machines of Loving Grace cover)
11 – Compulsion
12 – Fallen from Grace



CRITICAL COMMENTS: A first attempt at songwriting and musicality, The Damned is a compilation of dark lyrics, haunting vocals and biting riffs. The melodic voice of lead Orlando Sali contrasts with the driving force of the music, and often biting social commentary behind the songs. As a counterpoint, lead guitarist Mia Fuscelli lends a hard-edged freshness to Compulsion and Malcontent, blending smoothly somehow where she backgrounds in some of the others. The drums are incredible, David Casciotto seeming to pour his soul into the complex beats. The basslines played by Paul Scelto lend to the songs are moody and powerful theme. There's a lot of guitar and the songs are longer overall than the norm, though its far from tedious listening. We look forward to this band continuing to awe and inspire with their truly unique brand of heavy music


SINGLE NAME: Force of Habit
LYRICS:

Stretched out in the midnight air
The pulse of this city beats hard in my veins
Racing down back streets and alleyways
Don’t remember the last time I dreamed

Finding myself once more your door
Push my way inside
Slip down into your darkness
Shut away from the street lamp’s glare

Can’t cut it loose, such an integral part of me
Searching your eyes for a glimmer of sympathy
Miring myself in elaborate fantasies
Caught up and trapped in your delicious apathy
Hope soon expiring in wanton futility
Give me the rain …
Want it crashing in, covering me

The coldness of your lips
The heat of your gaze
All those tortured moments of bliss
Each sweet agonizing ache

A thousand nights between your thighs
Wrapped ‘round in a web of blindness
The heat in your eyes, the steel in your kiss
These ragged pleas on my lying lips

Part of me I can’t cut loose
A wish for oblivion’s embrace
Praying for the end to come, yet
Still begging for sweet release

Just give me the rain
Want it falling down over me
Straight from the heavens
Will I never be clean again

This too solid flesh
I’ve buried my pride

Absolve me of my sins
Until I come back for more


http://home.mchsi.com/~ketri/wsb/links/cover.bmp

Band BrahmaPadraig
Members & Instruments Baldar Kohli- vocals, synth
Marcy Spori- bodhran, tabla
Jeremy O'Hair- sitar
Julie Luykens- harp, vocals
Sarah MacNaillton- bass, pipes
Robert Dorfman, strings
ages mid-20's
label C Breeze
Genre India-Irish-singer/songwriter trance music
past albums "Isle of the Blessed"; "Tigers of Shannon"
past singles "Again, Never"; "Monsoon Memory"
history BK heard the others during a talent night at Madras University, where they were all spending a year of study abroad on scholarship. He thought JO and MS played as well as any local musicians, and persuaded the group to form a band "just for the rest of their year in India". They toured the subcontinent, charted their first CD, and contributed to the soundtracks of two Indian cinematic releases, one a comedy and the other a romance. The romance soundtrack hit #1, and the group became well known all across southern Asia. When the year of study abroad was over, BK joined the group as they returned to Europe. They released their second CD after touring their home nations (MS Swiss, JL Dutch, JO Irish, RD Israeli, SM Scottish). The mixed genre made air play problematic but the group made the Euro dance charts and was #11 on the World Music charts.
album HimaLeyLines
tracks "Here It Is" (Leonard Cohen); "Night Rain" (BK); "Kelly Karma"(instr.; all); "November Song" (Mark Henley); "A Personal Thing" (Neil Gaiman); "Boogie Street" (Leonard Cohen); "Enough Rope (BK); "HimaLeyLines" (instr.; all); and "Threnody" (Dorothy Parker). The lyrics for Parker, Henley and Gaiman are courtesy of The Flash Girls.
critical comments World Beat: "Something really fresh and different, like nothing else. I even wired to Madras to get their first CD. Rhythmic, hypnotic, mesmerizing, with a seamless meshing of instrument and voice. Remarkable."
New Voices"Although some lyrics can get angsty, the mood is serenity with a pulse. Until imitators climb on their bandwagon, this is one fresh new sound like that of no one else. Recommended."
singles; lyrics Night Train-
"I took a night train
Out in the night rain
Through dark forgotten plains
'Way from your town.

"I watched dark clouds fly
Across the bleared sky
I kept my eyes dry
As I went down.

"'Forget it, forget it,'
The tracks clacked repetitively;
'Forget her, forgive her,
Let her go, let her live'.

"This train goes somewhere.
Some day I'll get there,
And feel the fresh air
Of my new life.

"I held you close to me;
You had to journey free,
Having no destiny
As one man's wife.

"'Forget it, forget it',
The tracks clacked repetitively;
'Forget her, forgive her,
Let her go, let her live'."

--------------------------------------------

(I'll post "Enough Rope" later; this is long enough already)

Stormhead releases a new song from its upcoming CD.

SONG: "Dull Tan Tanks"
LYRICS:

I never knew to ask directions,
I never knew to ask the way,
I never knew that this was coming,
I never knew to rue this day.

Dull tan tanks in a war formation,
Horribly pushing in,
Dull tan tanks of information,
And I lose, I lose my skin.

Jump out of the way, love,
Out of the way,
Jump out of the way, love,
Out of the way.

Due to recent changes in power in Muspellheims rulership. God-Emperor Surtr has been replaced by King Skoll. Also selling records and performing songs that promote the God-Emperor have been banned. Wich can be seen in drop on album sales.

Therefore another group is presented:

BAND NAME: The Little Homies
MEMBERS (and instruments): Mike (the "intelligent" one, making him wear glasses makes him intelligent ofc), Rick (the cute one), Billy (the "wild" one), Ingrid (the bimbo blonde), Jessica (the sensible brunette), and Ochra (the minority representative quota one). None of them can actually play any instruments or sing.
BAND AGE: one week
RECORD LABEL: Grand Magma Universe media mega-corporation
GENRE: What ever will be most popular next week
PAST ALBUMS: none
PAST SINGLES: none
BAND HISTORY: The Grand Magma Universe Corp. has long history dating since.... Oh the band history? Some top excutives at Grand Magma Universe Corp. ordered a brand new ultracomputer from Ultracorporation in Empire of Ultrarealm. This ultracomputer is used to calculate what will be most popular in music industry next week, and generate the product that matches the calculation best. So few most useless serfs that were property of The Grand Magma Universe Corp. were selected. Each week with plastic surgery they are altered to look like whatever represents the average beauty standards in the universe. The music is entirely computer generated by the ultracomputer, although the sound synthesis is better than life-quality. The music resulted will be whatever is considered to be most popular next week. With this concept and army of hired assasins to kill music pirates, the executives are most certain that this product is the most profitable music product in the history of commerical music.... Oh the band history? Rick was a car mechanic, Mike a janitor, Billy was used as front part of moveable couch for a certain warlords dog Blacky, Ingrid was daughter of a recently released slave, Jessica worked in burgerplace and Ochra was cleaner. Their past histories has been wiped from their memories and their appeareances are changed every monday.

ALBUM NAME: Dreams
TRACK LIST:
1. Dreams 4:01
2. Uuuh yeah baby 3:59
3. She is there 3:51
4. Inside your mind 5:02
5. Sing to me honey 4:19
6. Baby please 5:39
7. Dancing, dancing around and around 3:48
9. Full of life 4:52
10. Listen to robins song 4:31

CRITICAL COMMENTS: "*bleep* How come anyone with *bleep* brains *bleep* listen to this *bleep* *bleep* *bleep* junk, this is utter *bleep* *bleep*. I'm gonna wipe *bleep* with this record. And go listen some Black Gore Vomituration for the next 10 hours to wipe this out of *bleep* memory", critic from Carnage zine.
"From now on this bands records have been banned in Muspellheim, due to decadent and demoralising effects it might cause on our citizens. We need no wuzzes here", the internal affairs minister.
"This record will sell trillions when exported", minister of finance.

SINGLE NAME: Uuuh yeah baby
LYRICS:
Uuuh yeah baby
Auh
You are so fine
I wish you were mine
Girl, there's something I gotta tell you, oh yeah uh-huh alright!

When I look into your eyes, I see
Your tender lips that call my name
Girl that's all I want for me
My world will never be the same

Uuuh yeah baby
Auh
You are so fine
I wish you were mine
It's been years and now the time is right
The pain I feel deep down just won't go
Let's take our passion into the night
Will I ever recover? Babe, I just don't know

Oh baby, baby, it's all about us
You step to the rhythm but you ain't got the groove
It's deep, deep, deep and it's dangerous
Just shake that thang 'round and let your ass move

Uuuh yeah baby
Auh
You are so fine
I wish you were mine
Oh baby, baby, I know that this is right
Oh yeah, girl, please let's not fight

And after that moment passed
I knew our love would last
Please someone tell me it's alright
'Cause my soul cries every night, oh yeah

Oh baby, baby, it's all about us
You step to the rhythm but you ain't got the groove
It's deep, deep, deep and it's dangerous
Just shake that thang 'round and let your ass move

Oh baby, baby, it's all about us
You step to the rhythm but you ain't got the groove
It's deep, deep, deep and it's dangerous
Just shake that thang 'round and let your ass move

Oh baby, baby, it's all about us
You step to the rhythm but you ain't got the groove...

Kaosu no Tenshi has released yet another single from their hit album Broken Glass!

SINGLE NAME: "Lucky 13"
LYRICS:
Been a long day, glad to jive
Workin' my ass off just t'stay alive
Gimme thirteen drinks, yeah, lucky thirteen
Too much crap, too little time
Everybody's whinin' 'bout imagined crimes
So gimme thirteen drinks, Joe, lucky thirteen

Life really sucks, y'know that?
Run and run just t'fall flat
Gimme thirteen drinks, yeah, lucky thirteen
Doin' too much and gettin' too little
Makin' enemies just by stayin' in th'middle
So gimme thirteen drinks, Joe, lucky thirteen

All this bull and nothin' for it
Hell with it all, screw this sh--!
Gimme my gun and 13 shots, yeah, lucky thirteen
Use me and lose me, they think it's swell
I'll teach 'em t'gimme some hell!
Gimme my gun, Mac, and thirteen shots
Yeah, lucky thirteen

Monaa releases a new single. A double A-side this time: a cover of 'Medication' by Garbage (lyrics here: http://www.geocities.com/garbageworld_2000/b1v20.html#medication ) and a redone (with the new members) version of album track 'Let's Make It For Ourselves':

How can we all accept the way life is?
It's not all perfect, that's so obvious
Nobody knows where we are heading for
It's no funfair ride, it's all uncontrolled

Why did we ever delude ourselves
About how wonderful things are?
It might have been alright so far
But we can't tell where we are

And it's only getting worse
It's only left us more in the dark than ever
The light has faded away forever
Searching for the glimmer of hope
No sign of it from here
Let's make it for ourselves

There isn't any easy way from here
All of the mountains stand up in our way
Let's build a tunnel through our obstacles
It's not easy but there's no other choice

Why did we ever sit back and watch
When we were surrounded by pain?
We'll have to change the whole approach
Life will never be the same

It's no longer getting worse
It's only left us more determined than ever
We know that it could be now or never
Time to make the glimmer of hope
Who says it stops right here?
Searching for the glimmer of hope
With it we have no fear
Let's make it for ourselves

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 3 Sales:


1. Korba Asha-Corrino - A Dying Day
LAST WEEK: #4
2. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. The Greansleaves - Coast to Coast
LAST WEEK: #1
5. BrahmaPadraig - HimaLeyLines
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. The Trapeze Accidents - The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
LAST WEEK: #3
7. Kamikaze - Holding the Flaming Sword
LAST WEEK: #7
8. Lazarus Calling - Guitar For Arms
LAST WEEK: #2
9. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #5
10. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: #9
11. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - Noiz
LAST WEEK: #11
12. Kaosu no Tenshi - Broken Glass
LAST WEEK: #8
13. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: #9
14. Various Artists - Craftworld Tor Yvreese
LAST WEEK: n/a
15. Begging Buddha - Gothic Cherry
LAST WEEK: #10
16. Stormhead - Kinda Late For Greetings
LAST WEEK: #14
17. Annabel Lee - Sandcastles
LAST WEEK: n/a
18. My Favorite Band - Standing Upside Down on my Feet
LAST WEEK: #16
19. The Suicide Seduction - All You Were, All You Are, And All You Ever Will Be
LAST WEEK: #19
20. Java Beans - All-Nighter
LAST WEEK: #4

ALBUM TO WATCH: The Little Homies' infectious brand of pop is catching on among youngsters in The SLAGLands and may make the bump up to #1 next week! Also watch out for alt-metal act Method to Madness, whose lyrical angst is appealing to the mortal enemies of Little Homies fans.

1. Kaosu no Tenshi - "To Fly Once More"
LAST WEEK: #1
2. Method to Madness - "Force of Habit"
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. The Little Homies - "Uuuh Yeah Baby"
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. Monaa - "Let's Make It For Ourselves"
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Java Beans - "Candlelight"
LAST WEEK: #3
6. BrahmaPadraig - "Night Train'"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Korba Asha-Corrino - "Closer"
LAST WEEK: #2
8. Stormhead - "Dull Tan Tanks"
LAST WEEK: n/a
9. Begging Buddha - "Purple Power"
LAST WEEK: #5
10. Kaosu no Tenshi - "Lucky 13"
LAST WEEK: n/a
11. Kamikaze - "Small Town"
LAST WEEK: #9
12. The Greansleaves - "Gone Fishin'"
LAST WEEK: #6
13. The Trapeze Accidents - "Anyway (Existential Pog)"
LAST WEEK: #8
14. My Favorite Band - "How Many Heads on a Hydra"
LAST WEEK: #11
15. Monaa - "Appearances Are Deceptive"
LAST WEEK: #8
16. Punted Eddies - "For Trium"
LAST WEEK: #10
17. Mjolnir - "Scream Fucking Blasphemy"
LAST WEEK: #14
18. Annabel Lee - "Thaw"
LAST WEEK: #19
19. Morghan J. Harrington - "Annie's Song"
LAST WEEK: #15
20. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - "Godzilla Needs to Stay the **** Out of Tokyo"
LAST WEEK: #12

SONG TO WATCH: Kaosu no Tenshi simply refuses to relinquish the top spot, even as top runners Method to Madness and Little Homies are gaining quick. Annabel Lee is moving slowly up the charts as well; is a surge in popularity forthcoming?

BAND NAME: Under 21
MEMBERS (and instruments): Duane Heslop (Vocals), Nicky Edmonstone (Vocals), Penny Darlow (Guitarist), Sean Dreyer (Drummer)
BAND AGE: 1 Year
RECORD LABEL: StampyPorter
GENRE: Pop
PAST ALBUMS: Under The Influence
PAST SINGLES: Over And Out
BAND HISTORY: Band started when Duane and Nicky (then dating) realised they both had good singing voices. They quickly set up auditions for the guitarist and a drummer. After 3 weeks, Under 21 was formed. Since then, Under 21 have been performing in nightclubs and other functions.

ALBUM NAME: Under Age
TRACK LIST:

1. Satisfaction
2. Unchained Melody
3. Coming Soon
4. Not Coming Back
5. Under Age
6. Under and Over
7. Under The Bridge
8. UnderNEATH
9. Dance Music
10. Smile
11. Why Not?

CRITICAL COMMENTS: The album "Under Age" by band "Under 21" has a theme to it. A lot of the songs feature the word "under" in them, and it very clever of the band to think of that. The CD comes with an enchanced section, where you can see the video clip for the single "Unchained Melody", as well as play a special game and see "Behind The Scenes" footage not seen anywhere else.

SINGLE NAME: Unchained Melody

LYRICS:

Oh, my love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time,
Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much.
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh, "Wait for me, wait for me"
"I'll be coming home, wait for me!"

Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me

Memo to Slaglands: Just to let you know we have been pimping our group BrahmaPadraig, on the General forum. ("What are you lsitening to?" etc.)

BAND NAME: CDH (Cold Dead Hands)
MEMBERS: Mark (vocals), Juna (lead guitar), Deftin (bass guitar), Branden (drums).

BAND AGE: Under a year
RECORD LABEL: Sprigs of Glory
GENRE: Hard Rock/Pop
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: None
BAND HISTORY: Started by coworkers at a pizza joint, Mark and Branden, quickly found aspiring guitarists Juna and Deftin, a brother and sister act. Utilizing Juna and Deftin's agent, signed with Sprigs of Glory and have just release their first album named after the group. Their popularity has soared as the band's songs fall into a variety of music genres. Mark is quoted as saying, "I write 'em and then the music writes itself to the tone of the lyrics. Whether I'm screaming in the mic or crooning a ballad, I'm holdin' true to the call of the lyrics."
ALBUM NAME: CDH
TRACK LIST:

01 – Cold Dead Hands
02 – Summers on Hold
03 – Shattered Faces
04 – Alone
05 – Opposites
06 – Over the Pond
07 – Droppin' Like Flies
08 – Give Me a Beer on Sunday


CRITICAL COMMENTS: Mark's vocal range and variety in tone makes the band's album a treat for all. Juna plays a mean lead guitar. Deftin and Branden work together to keep a steady flow to the music and a jumping beat when it needs it. The album has a variety of music from sweet ballads to pop to some hard rock. A very versatile group overall and an album that will cross fan bases everywhere. This band will go far if they can make it down to the surface.

SINGLE NAME: Cold Dead Hands
STYLE: Hard Rock
LYRICS:

I snapped in the cord,
she plugged in the juice,
he revved up tin and we roared.
The doors were a shakin'
my parents were achin'
and we started breakin' chords.
My dad came to ask
if we could move the band
and I screamed in the mic:

You'll have to pry these from our Cold Dead Hands!
We're making the music
our souls are cravin'
causing a rucous
and elders are cravin'
a break from the noise
a change of our toys
but we hold onto our instruments
we continue our experiments
If you want us to stop, then call the cops,
and they'll have to pry these from our Cold Dead Hands!

A neighbor of mine
a few houses down
just got back,
she'd been out of town.
We cranked up the jive.
We started to rock.
She got on the horn
to tell us to stop.
The phone was a ringin'
and I was a singin'
and Branden was layin a beat,
when sirens were wailing
and cop cars were sailing
all up and down our street.
We opened the door
so they could hear the roar.
They called out, "Drop it!" and
I screamed in my mic:

You'll have to pry these from our Cold Dead Hands!
We're making the music
our souls are cravin'
causing a rucous
and the cops are cravin'
a break from the noise
a change of our toys
but we hold onto our instruments
we continue our experiments
They want us to stop, they called the cops,
and they'll have to pry these from our Cold Dead Hands!

The shots rang
I sang
the amps blew
sparks flew
They wanted a stop, they called the cops,
and they'll still never pry these from our Cold Dead Hands.

Name;-
Gandulf & The Head Trip

Members;-
Gary Jarcia - Gtr / Vox
Craig Brick - Gtr / Vox
Chris Berneir - Sax / Flute
Lummi - Bass / Vox
John Micheal Farr - Keyboards
Red Groscer - Drums

Band Age - 'Time has no meaning man'
Label - Nadaskor state recording (NSR)
Genre - Hippy rock
Past albums - None
Past Singles - None
History - 'Man what is it with time trip man?'

Album Name - 'Flying Children of The Sun'
Track List - 'Flying Children of The Sun' / 'Camel Tripping' / 'Love, The World and Everything' / 'Hassan I Shabah' (Cover of Hawkwind Song) / 'Mushroom Magic' / 'Forever Drifting' (They are long tracks)
Comments - "The most fabulous sound ever man" (Stoned Magazine)

Single Name - 'Hassan I Shabah' (See above)

Lyrics (by Robert Calvert)
'Hashish hashish hashish hashish
Hashish hashish hashish hashish
Hashish hashish hashish hashish
Hashish...

Black september Black september
Black september Black september
Black september Black september
Black september

Gather round a pool of burning oil
Worshiping the spirit of the smoke
lead us to a thousand and one nights
and a perfect garden of delight

Petrodollar petrodollar
Petrodollar petrodollar
Petrodollar petrodollar
Petrodollar

Gather round a pool of burning oil
Worshiping the spirit of the smoke
lead us to a thousand and one nights
and a perfect garden of delight

It is writain life is a desert
It is writain death is an oasis
It is writain in spirals of smoke
It is writain It is writain.

'Hashish hashish hashish hashish
Hashish hashish hashish hashish
Hashish hashish hashish hashish
Hashish...

Petrodollar petrodollar
Petrodollar petrodollar
Petrodollar petrodollar
Petrodollar

Gather round a pool of burning oil
Worshiping the spirit of the smoke
lead us to a thousand and one nights
and a perfect garden of delight.

(Mispellings intentional to convay vocal delivery)

Prince Korba Asha-Corrino has hit the news with another controversy! Video banned in Teritora, more here http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63604&highlight=

SPIN MAGAZINE
INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER REET- LAZARUS CALLING

Lazarus Calling is a name synonymous with transcenion- transcending genres, politics, even borders. Simulaneously deified and exiled by the always divided Mallbertan government, extensive, ephemeral band has delighted in shifting frames of mind, themes and, ultimately, objectives. Originally formed as a protest of the massively totalitarian nature of Mallbertan society, world tours and exposure to the decadance any rock group, no matter how underground, is immersed in, Lazarus Calling soon saw capitalism as a far greater threat.

While they generally disdain media attention and interaction, Christopher Reet, the default spokesperson of this musical conglomerate, has deigned to give us a brief interview, a short glance into a convoluted psyche.

SPIN-Thanks for agreeing to this rare interview! Actually, we were wondering why you, and Lazarus as a whole, disdain media attention to such a huge degree.

CHRIS- That's an easy one. The media as a whole is, essentially, a scavenger, a vulture, a hyena that feeds on the corpse of legitimate art; tearing it apart, turning into sound bites, images, jingles, turning into yet another commodity. In fact, sitting next to you makes me nearly nauseous. Next question.

SPIN- ...thanks... could you describe what the words 'Guitars for Arms' [Title of the last album] means?

CHRIS- It is, essentially, a metaphor for Lazarus' inablity to express any of our rage or discontent other than through our art. We're not naive; we realize our music has little or no affect on the world, but all we can do is keep playing, keeping digging at you f---ing capitalists. Filthy swine. Next question.

SPIN- What exactly is your problem with us 'f---ing capitalists'?

CHRIS- What's my problem? What's YOUR F---ING PROBLEM? JESUS BLOODY CHRIST! It's thanks to bloody people like you that f---ing cultural amoeba like that media attention whores Prince Korba can sell a billion
s---ty records to his own oppressed, enslaved masses while the average Joe on the street thinks Lenin is something his wife keeps in the closet! JESUS BLOODY CHRIST!

sounds of smashing, muffled screams, loud cursing

CHRIS- THIS INTERVIEW IS F---ING OVER! YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF GODDAMN CATHOLIC IMPERIALISTS! F---!

SPIN MAGAZINE
INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER REET- LAZARUS CALLING

Lazarus Calling is a name synonymous with transcenion- transcending genres, politics, even borders. Simulaneously deified and exiled by the always divided Mallbertan government, extensive, ephemeral band has delighted in shifting frames of mind, themes and, ultimately, objectives. Originally formed as a protest of the massively totalitarian nature of Mallbertan society, world tours and exposure to the decadance any rock group, no matter how underground, is immersed in, Lazarus Calling soon saw capitalism as a far greater threat.

While they generally disdain media attention and interaction, Christopher Reet, the default spokesperson of this musical conglomerate, has deigned to give us a brief interview, a short glance into a convoluted psyche.

SPIN-Thanks for agreeing to this rare interview! Actually, we were wondering why you, and Lazarus as a whole, disdain media attention to such a huge degree.

CHRIS- That's an easy one. The media as a whole is, essentially, a scavenger, a vulture, a hyena that feeds on the corpse of legitimate art; tearing it apart, turning into sound bites, images, jingles, turning into yet another commodity. In fact, sitting next to you makes me nearly nauseous. Next question.

SPIN- ...thanks... could you describe what the words 'Guitars for Arms' [Title of the last album] means?

CHRIS- It is, essentially, a metaphor for Lazarus' inablity to express any of our rage or discontent other than through our art. We're not naive; we realize our music has little or no affect on the world, but all we can do is keep playing, keeping digging at you f---ing capitalists. Filthy swine. Next question.

SPIN- What exactly is your problem with us 'f---ing capitalists'?

CHRIS- What's my problem? What's YOUR F---ING PROBLEM? JESUS BLOODY CHRIST! It's thanks to bloody people like you that f---ing cultural amoeba like that media attention whores Prince Korba can sell a billion
s---ty records to his own oppressed, enslaved masses while the average Joe on the street thinks Lenin is something his wife keeps in the closet! JESUS BLOODY CHRIST!

sounds of smashing, muffled screams, loud cursing

CHRIS- THIS INTERVIEW IS F---ING OVER! YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF GODDAMN CATHOLIC IMPERIALISTS! F---!

After reading the interview in Spin Magazine Korba was quoted to say that, "This guy needs therapy... A LOT of therapy."

I Can't Believe They're Not Records is pleased to announce the release of a new single by The Trapeze Accidents, The Lemur EP.

1. Lemur
2. Redneck Philosophizin' (live in Orgla, 5-6-2XX5)
3. Liquid Diamond Lipstick Jam (live in Orgla, 5-6-2XX5)
4. Lemur (acoustic version)


He hung out
In the Red Tree Jungle
He hung out
At the smokey bars
He hung out
From the side of a barstool
He hung out
When he's drivin' too far

Lemur, lemur
Hangin' from the barstool
Lemur, lemur
Hangin' in the tree
Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you watchin' me?

Lemur said
His girl, she left him
Lemur said
For a chimpanzee
Lemur said
That monkey hates him
Lemur said
He's been watchin' me

Lemur, lemur
Hangin' from the barstool
Lemur, lemur
Hangin' in the tree
Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you watchin' me?

Lemur says that all those bastards are only out to get 'em
Lemur says that they'd think otherwise if they'd only met him
Lemur says I smell like grapes and he likes the way I sing
Lemur says someday he'll buy me a big ol' diamond ring

Lemur, lemur
Hangin' from the barstool
Lemur, lemur
Hangin' in the tree
Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you watchin' me?

Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you watchin' me?


(OOC: I'm out of town right now... J00x updates will come early next week, so keep pluggin'!)

BAND NAME: The Peace Brigade
MEMBERS (and instruments): Lidric Von'lorthi (vocals), Christof Marliv (Guitar), Sean Horkal (Bass, support vocals), Andrew Gabrithel (drums)
BAND AGE: 2 months
RECORD LABEL: Enlightened Music
GENRE: Alternative
PAST ALBUMS: none
PAST SINGLES: None
BAND HISTORY: uncovered 2 months ago by a roaming music scout The Peace Brigade hails from the controversial lands of Um Lizaa. Sporting a pro-Iraqstani doctrine the peace brigade was embraced and considered Iraqstani within 2 months of their discovery.

ALBUM NAME: Not released
TRACK LIST: None
CRITICAL COMMENTS: Under Development.

SINGLE NAME: Innocence Lost
LYRICS:

Lost inside the fleeting,
sounds of life.
I saw the plague of us,
the vermin of love.
The filth crawled out from the sewers,
infected our lives stole our minds.

I,
I saw that we are superior
I,
I saw that we are pure
I,
I saw the filth come into me
Raped my mind
Innocence lost

This world is mine,
For the taking.
We give all our purity,
And recieve enlightenment.
My country, my life
My religion.

Chorous x4

I,
I saw that we are superior
I,
I saw that we are pure
I,
I saw the filth come into me
Raped my mind
Innocence lost

And now, ladies and germs, debuting today on The Jukebox Video Countdown, a new one from The Trapeze Accidents! This video was shot on location in the Shazamazon Jungle over a two-day period that lead guitarist Warner described as "the hottest anything... ever." This is "Lemur!"


(The video opens in the lush Shazamazon Jungle in late evening. Tiki torches are lit around a stage made of palm tree trunks tied together, and a crowd of what appears to be lemurs, chimpanzees, and orangutans are jumping around the stage. On stage, all six of The Trapeze Accidents appear to be playing instruments made of a combination of wood, coconuts, and large palm leaves. Warner strikes up the opening riff, and the rest of the band joins in. The song is a straightforward rocker in G major and features a drum part that can best described as "totally blistering and stuff." Todd the Modd pounds the coconuts furiously as Rede Cornucopia's scratchy vocals join the music.)

He hung out
In the Red Tree Jungle
He hung out
At the smokey bars
He hung out
From the side of a barstool
He hung out
When he's drivin' too far

(As the chorus begins, the camera switches to a small ring-tailed lemur leaning against a tree. A stein of beer is in his hand, and he appears to be picking bugs from his tail with the other.)

Lemur, lemur
Hangin' from the barstool
Lemur, lemur
Hangin' in the tree
Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you watchin' me?
OI!

(The camera switches rapid-fire between action shots of each band member as the monkey crowd continues to go nuts. Verse two sees the lemur with the beer being joined by a chimpanzee. The chimp puts its arm around the lemur, then joins in picking the bugs from his tail.)

Lemur said
His girl, she left him
Lemur said
For a chimpanzee
Lemur said
That monkey hates him
Lemur said
He's been watchin' me

(Shots of an orangutan mosh pit dominate the second chorus.)

Lemur, lemur
Hangin' from the barstool
Lemur, lemur
Hangin' in the tree
Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you watchin' me?
OI!

(All at once, the whole of the band falls silent except for the keyboards, high hat, and cello. The sweet melody loses no tempo as Rede Cornucopia begins to sing again.)

Lemur says that all those bastards are only out to get 'em
Lemur says that they'd think otherwise if they'd only met him

(A group of monkeys runs over to the drinking lemur and picks him up over their head.)

Lemur says I smell like grapes and he likes the way I sing
Lemur says someday he'll buy me a big ol' diamond ring
OI! OI! OI!

(The rest of the band returns in full force as Warner wails out a guitar solo. Exactly on cue, the monkeys dump the lemur onto the stage. The little critter looks around nervously, then climbs onto Rede's shoulder for the final chorus.)

Lemur, lemur
Hangin' from the barstool
Lemur, lemur
Hangin' in the tree
Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you watchin' me?
OI!

(The entire band drops out save Rede's vocals and the blistering drum part. The lemur climbs up on her head, waving its tail in her face as she sings the final line.)

Lemur, lemur
Watchin' you for hours
Lemur, lemur
Are you waaaaaaaaaaaaatchin' me?

(The crowd goes ape shit... pun entirely intended.)

Official press release by Nadia Michaels, Republic of Adejaani Minister for the Arts.

Subsequent to President Harrington's solo career, most of the senior members of the Adejaani Republic government have formed a band!

BAND NAME: The Adejaani DJs
MEMBERS (and instruments):
• (President) Morghan J. Harrington; lead vocals, guitar
• (Vice President) Hanna Goodwin; vocals
• (Chief of Staff) Angelina Kyle; vocals
• (National Security Advisor) Erin Aierserkeiel; flute
• (Secretary of Defense) Mark Bunker; keyboard
• (Secretary of State) Charles Burke; trumpet
• (Secretary of Treasury) Alan Raffles; drums
BAND AGE: New
RECORD LABEL: Empire Records
GENRE: Easy Listening
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: "Annie's Song" (cover of John Denver song, as recorded by (President) Morghan J. Harrington)
BAND HISTORY: Newly formed

ALBUM NAME: The Adejaani DJs (the compilation)
TRACK LIST:
1 "Age of reason" (cover of the song by John Farnham, also Adejaani National Anthem)
2 "Bridge over troubled waters" (cover of the song by Simon & Garfunkel)
3 "Alone" (cover of the song by the Bee Gees)
4 "Highway to the dangerzone" (cover of the song by Kenny Loggins)
5 "In my pocket" (cover of the song by Mandy Moore)
6 "Don't mess with my love" (cover of the song by M2M)
7 "High" (cover of the song by the Lighthouse Family)
8 "The one" (cover of the song by Shakira)
9 "All the things she said" (cover of the song by TATU)
10 "Not gonna get us" (cover of the song by TATU)
11 "Fame" (cover of the song by Irene Cara)
12 "Wild wild west" (cover of the song by Escape Club)
13 "Complicated" (cover of the song by Avril Lavigne)
14 "The Sign" (cover of the song by Ace of Base)
15 "Yesterday's Hero" (cover of the song by John Paul Young)
BONUS TRACK#1 "Stairway to heaven" (cover of the song by Led Zeppelin)
BONUS TRACK#2 "Annie's Song" (cover of the song by John Denver, as an previously released single)

Comments: "FANTASTIC! Who would've thought it?! The upper part of the Republic of Adejaani government gathering together to form a band! Everyone watch out, they'll knock your socks off!"

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 4 Sales:

1. Lazarus Calling - Guitar For Arms
LAST WEEK: #8
2. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #2
3. Gandulf and the Head Trip - Flying Children of the Sun
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. CDH - CDH
LAST WEEK: #1
5. BrahmaPadraig - HimaLeyLines
LAST WEEK: #5
6. The Adejaani DJs - The Adejaani DJs
LAST WEEK: #3
7. Korba Asha-Corrino - A Dying Day
LAST WEEK: #1
8. The Trapeze Accidents - The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
LAST WEEK: #6
9. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #2
10. Kamikaze - Holding the Flaming Sword
LAST WEEK: #7
11. The Greansleaves - Coast to Coast
LAST WEEK: #4
12. Kaosu no Tenshi - Broken Glass
LAST WEEK: #12
13. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #3
14. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #9
15. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: #13
16. The Reflex - Switchblade
LAST WEEK: n/a
17. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - Noiz
LAST WEEK: #11
18. Annabel Lee - Sandcastles
LAST WEEK: #17
19. Begging Buddha - Gothic Cherry
LAST WEEK: #15
20. The Suicide Seduction - All You Were, All You Are, And All You Ever Will Be
LAST WEEK: #19

ALBUM TO WATCH: Where did this Lazarus Calling resurgence come from? Apparently, moody pseudopolitical teenagers can't get enough of their social angst. On the opposite side of the spectrum is the fun-loving, dope-loving Gandulf and the Head Trip, who may do well enough to take the top spot next week!

1. The Trapeze Accidents - "Lemur"
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. Korba Asha-Corrino - "Closer"
LAST WEEK: #7
3. Gandulf and the Head Trip - "Hassan I Shabah"
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. The Peace Brigade - "Innocence Lost"
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. CDH - "Cold Dead Hands"
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. The Adejaani DJs - "Age of Reason'"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Kaosu no Tenshi - "To Fly Once More"
LAST WEEK: #1
8. Method to Madness - "Force of Habit"
LAST WEEK: #2
9. Java Beans - "Candlelight"
LAST WEEK: #5
10. BrahmaPadraig - "Night Train'"
LAST WEEK: #6
11. Monaa - "Let's Make It For Ourselves"
LAST WEEK: #4
12. Kaosu no Tenshi - "Lucky 13"
LAST WEEK: #10
13. Begging Buddha - "Purple Power"
LAST WEEK: #9
14. Stormhead - "Dull Tan Tanks"
LAST WEEK: #8
15. The Greansleaves - "Gone Fishin'"
LAST WEEK: #6
16. My Favorite Band - "How Many Heads on a Hydra"
LAST WEEK: #14
17. Monaa - "Appearances Are Deceptive"
LAST WEEK: #15
18. Kamikaze - "Small Town"
LAST WEEK: #11
19. Punted Eddies - "For Trium"
LAST WEEK: #16
20. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - "Godzilla Needs to Stay the **** Out of Tokyo"
LAST WEEK: #20

SONG TO WATCH: Video artists top the charts this week, as the incomparable Trapeze Accidents recapture the throne once again and the controversial Prince Korba takes home the silver. Can Gandulf and the Head Trip's infectious psychadelia be enough to take the crown next week?

BAND NAME: The Grand Peak Tactical Orchestra
MEMBERS (and instruments): full western orchestra (too many to list on both counts)
BAND AGE: 650 years (45 in current incarnation)

RECORD LABEL: KGM
GENRE: Orchestral/Orchestral Rock

PAST ALBUMS: "Songs of the Homeland", "Histories"
PAST SINGLES: "Histories: In the Beginning"
BAND HISTORY: The Oldest musical group in Kelvinisgrad, and the only one explicitly sanctioned by the Trifecta, the Grand Peak Tactical Orchestra (Formerly the Kelvinisgrad National Orchestra), has a history almost as long as kelvinisgrad itself. it also boasts the world's only 8th generation first-chair violinist

ALBUM NAME: "Music to Wage War By"
TRACK LIST:
The Kelvinigrad Overture (all CDs released by Kelvini artists are required to have this as the first track, or at the very least, to have the national anthem first)
Waiting Game
Siege (Ballistic Boulder remix)
Cannon Fodder (who, me? mix)
Last Best Hope
Ace in the Hole
Aftermath (nuclear winter mix)
"And the rivers became as blood"
Armistice
Return Fire (whites of their eyes remix, feat. DJK and the Imperials)
Lord Kelvin's Defeat
Decoy

CRITICAL COMMENTS: The name synonymous with orchestral rock throughout Kelvinisgrad has struck again. their newest release on KGM records, "Music to Wage War By", is a combination of original works, and new mixes of some of their old favorites. of particular note is the new mix of "Return Fire", the record-breaking hit off their famous "Histories" album. this new mix, with vocals, synth, and artillery by the infamous DJK and the Imperials, shows what the GPTO can do when they're in top form. while the Ballistic Boulder mix of "Siege" is something of a letdown, barely distinguishable from the original, the album overall is a rousing success, and another welcome release from the Grand Peak Tactical Orchestra.

Excerpt form 'Entertainmet Tonite!' Interview with Lazarus Calling front man Christopher Reet

ET- A number one album! This must be so gratifying for a man whose spoken so strongly against popular music.

CR- Christ, you people are like locusts... to be frank, this was bound to happen. At some point the people realize they're being manipulated by coorporate goons. This just goes to show that catchy hooks and bisexual princelings DO NOT make good music! We create art, art with vision, art with scope, and finally this has paid off!

It's time to go shopping for fur coats!

Band Name: Preventer Five

Band Members:

Nova Starfighter, 19
Preventer Wind, 22
Duo Maxwell, 16
Naomi Fluegel, 17
Hirokiri Batosai, 25

(members interchange instruments and vocals)

Genres:
Punk Rock
Heavy Metal
Techno
Alternative Rock
Classical

Past Singles: None
Past Albums: None

Songs on their new album, “Preventer Five” {and who really made them}

1.) Away From the Sun {Three Doors Down}
2.) In the End {Linkin Park}
3.) White Reflection [from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]
4.) Time of Your Life {Green Day}
5.) Basket Case {Green Day}
6.) Won’t Be There {Simple Plan}
7.) Kryptonite {Three Doors Down}
8.) Movies {Alien Ant Farm}
9.) Heart of Swords [from Ruroni Kenshin]
10.) One More Time {Daft Punk}
11.) Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger {Daft Punk}
12.) Feel the Beat {Darude}
13.) Sandstorm {Darude}
14.) What If {Creed}
15.) Feuer Frei {Rammstein}
16.) Tactics [from Ruroni Kenshin]

Recording Company: Tiburon’s Own

Comments: Amazing! Not only have the songs been made to perfection, but they have been blended in a way that destroys all competition!

Interview in Spin Magazine, Twenty Questions for Cory Cox, Lead Vocalist for Begging Buddha

Reporter: So, with the obvious slipping of both your single, Purple Power and your Album, Gothic Cherry on the charts, how does that make you feel?

Cory: I don't really feel anything, if the jaded populations of the universe don't want to buy our music in favor of that little punk Korba then that is their choise.

Reporter: Ok, What happened between you and Korba?

Cory: What do you mean?

Reporter: What I mean is why do you hold distain for someone you have never even met?[/b]

Cory: Because that little punk already is fucking famous just because he is the heir to Mishakal's throne and also that weird country Teritora, he doesn't NEED to whore himself to the world for money and fame, he already has that.

Reporter: Ok, tell me about your tour, how is that going?

Cory: Well as you know we kick of our Intergalactic Tour, Sept 1 and all the venues in Mishakal are sold out but we are lining up tour dates in The SLAGlands and ToY (Trimutive of Yut) (OOC: Hope I spelled that right). Hopefully it will all work out.

Reporter: Ok, now on too the rumors about your relationship with your sister Tori, are any of the rumors of a sexual relationship true?

Cory: As you know, I love my family a lot, and we make good money being the band Begging Buddha. But I would never, NEVER have any sort of an incetuous relationship with my sister Tori.

Reporter: What about the Holotape?

Cory: What holotape?

Reporter: Well, there is an underground holotape floating around that shows you and Tori having sex in a cheap motel room.

Cory: *begins to look nervous* Well... It's obviously a fake as I would never do that... ever. *begins to sweat*

Reporter: You seem a little pale, are you ok?

Cory: Yeah... yeah I'm fine, but I'm going to have to cut this interview short.

Reporter: *Looks at Cory funny* Alright then.

Yeah, incest would be a bad thing.

Yeah, incest would be a bad thing.

Begging Buddha has been a band that has had "DRAMA" branded on their foreheads since the beginning (their biggest controversy was when they set a consert arena on fire with over 100,000 screaming fans inside, no deaths but over 1,000 severe injuries. They got off on a technicality)

Comments: Amazing! Not only have the songs been made to perfection, but they have been blended in a way that destroys all competition!

You know what I find amazing? The fact that music reviewers in 95% of other nations apparently find absolutely no fault, however small, in any music released in that nation. It's truly uncanny.

Sakura Kitsuki
Minister of Remarkable Coincidences

*ahem* Yes, well... in other news, Annabel Lee has announced the pending release of a third single, which is rumored to be a track from their forthcoming second studio album.

Shyri T'kla
Minister of Trade

Monaa wish to declare their interest in joining the festival circuit, should one ever exist.

They are also in the middle of their tour, and are currently at Haurela Avenue Park ready for today's gig. They have received a generally positive response for their tour, with a reporter for Progressa Musik saying 'the acoustic gigs at national beauty spots have a distinctive aura about them that makes attendance at one of the remaining gigs essential... you have to actually be here to appreciate the haunting irony of this stripped-bare teenage angst in a location where all should be happy'.

Comments: Amazing! Not only have the songs been made to perfection, but they have been blended in a way that destroys all competition!

You know what I find amazing? The fact that music reviewers in 95% of other nations apparently find absolutely no fault, however small, in any music released in that nation. It's truly uncanny.

Sakura Kitsuki
Minister of Remarkable Coincidences

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Indeed. Tiburonese music is the most perfect music on the face of the planet. :wink:

One of PR persons supporting Little Homies has been fired, for so obviously forging album sales charts. As her defence the PR person told:"So I wasn't supposed to forge the sales charts while they are still on the charts, so now you tell me..."

The Trapeze Accidents are pleased to announce that they will be kicking off the Crash Across the Multiverse Tour featuring Slaya Hater and Day Mascus very soon. The tour will be the first in SLAGLandic history to span the breadth of the cosmos, as fifteen dates are being planned on both SLAGLand Titan and SLAGLand Ceres. While on Ceres, the Accidents will be filming the video for their upcoming single release, "Jonathon Fisk." The video may reportedly feature a cameo appearance by the man who shares the name with the Spoon classic, SLAGLand Ceres viceroy Jonathon Fisk himself.

In other news, Reggie the Disgruntled Drunken Lemur will be accompanying The Accidents on all legs of this tour and has been hailed throughout the multiverse as the first SLAGLandic lemur in space.

Kamikaze has released a new single, a cover of Cats in the Cradle. It will be on their upcoming album, Slaying the Dragon of Sin. It is expected to hit shelves within the week.

OOC: I'm out of ideas.. can anyone give me some input on how well I have managed the resent controversy on Cory Cox (lead singer of Begging Buddha) and his supposed incetuous relationship with his sister Teri (the sitar player).

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 5 Sales:
1. Lazarus Calling - Guitar For Arms
LAST WEEK: #1
2. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #2
3. Begging Buddha - Gothic Cherry
LAST WEEK: #19
4. The Grand Peak Tactical Orchestra - Music to Wage War By
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. BrahmaPadraig - HimaLeyLines
LAST WEEK: #5
6. CDH - CDH
LAST WEEK: #4
7. Korba Asha-Corrino - A Dying Day
LAST WEEK: #7
8. Gandulf and the Head Trip - Flying Children of the Sun
LAST WEEK: #3
9. The Trapeze Accidents - The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
LAST WEEK: #8
10. Preventer Five - Preventer Five
LAST WEEK: n/a
11. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #11
12. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #14
13. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #3
14. The Greansleaves - Coast to Coast
LAST WEEK: #11
15. Kaosu no Tenshi - Broken Glass
LAST WEEK: #9
16. Annabel Lee - Sandcastles
LAST WEEK: #17
17. The Adejaani DJs - The Adejaani DJs
LAST WEEK: #6
18. Java Beans - All-Nighter
LAST WEEK: n/a
19. Mjolnir - Scream Fucking Blasphemy EP
LAST WEEK: #n/a
20. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: #15

ALBUM TO WATCH: The recent incest controversy has caused Begging Buddha to skyrocket up the charts, but it just wasn't enough to take down the kid-friendly Little Homies and the angst-ridden Lazarus Calling. Keep an eye out for Monaa--their frequent touring may put them back in the top ten on next week's charts!

1. The Trapeze Accidents - "Lemur"
LAST WEEK: #1
2. Kamikaze - "Cats In The Cradle"
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Monaa - "Let's Make It For Ourselves"
LAST WEEK: #11
4. The Peace Brigade - "Innocence Lost"
LAST WEEK: #4
5. CDH - "Cold Dead Hands"
LAST WEEK: #5
6. Korba Asha-Corrino - "Closer"
LAST WEEK: #2
7. Gandulf and the Head Trip - "Hassan I Shabah"
LAST WEEK: #3
8. Kaosu no Tenshi - "To Fly Once More"
LAST WEEK: #7
9. Kaosu no Tenshi - "Lucky 13"
LAST WEEK: #12
10. Java Beans - "Candlelight"
LAST WEEK: #9
11. Method to Madness - "Force of Habit"
LAST WEEK: #8
12. Begging Buddha - "Purple Power"
LAST WEEK: #12
13. Stormhead - "Dull Tan Tanks"
LAST WEEK: #14
14. The Adejaani DJs - "Age of Reason'"
LAST WEEK: #6
15. My Favorite Band - "How Many Heads on a Hydra"
LAST WEEK: #16
16. BrahmaPadraig - "Night Train'"
LAST WEEK: #10
17. The Greansleaves - "Gone Fishin'"
LAST WEEK: #15
18. Nezuko 'Nez' Umi - "Godzilla Needs to Stay the **** Out of Tokyo"
LAST WEEK: #20
19. Punted Eddies - "For Trium"
LAST WEEK: #19
20. Day Mascus - "Try and Stop Me"
LAST WEEK: n/a

SONG TO WATCH: Not since their breakout single, "Death of a Stickman," have the Trapeze Accidents enjoyed such consistent airplay and popularity. Can they hold the top spot next week? Kamikaze's forthcoming album shows promise, and Monaa considers to gather a large following...

In a fit of creativity Korba allowed his hair to go back to blond and had himself geneticly altered so that his eyes are now brown instead of blue. A picture of the Prince here...

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There are also rumors of a secret marrage between him and his boyfriend Daniel Yorn, who is currently in training to become a Summoner.

Prince Korba Asha-Corrino has released a new SINGLE!!! The technoish love-ballad To My One Love (which is about his love for Daniel). The Prince allows his talanted voice to shine in this song, which reminds the listener of a songbird just waiting for it's time in the light.

To My One Love
Once agian, sitting in the rain, on another day beyond the moment.
The heavens cry because you are not with me.
The stars do not shine without you at my side.

Chorus.
To my one love I sing to the heavens,
to my one love I would sell my heart and soul,
for you and you alone I would give my body's flower.

I write on scented paper, with golden ink on the silver pen,
but no petty word I write can tell the world my love for you.
I wish I could hold you now, for I feel cold, and I need to feel warm.

Chorus.

I wonder if you feel the same way I do?
I wonder if anyone loves me the way I love you.
Let us hope that it is true, or else my soul would die with your denial.

I lay here, on my four poster bed, the wealth of the world at my fingertips and a crown beyond my reach, but I would burn it all up if you asked me too.
For you I would die a thousand times.
For you I would commit murder.
For you I would even lie.

Chours
Chours 2x then fades.

An elusive group to track down, we caught up with them on their recent Tour for the Damned, and managed to get a short interview with the lead singer of the band that has been taking the Dominion of DLN by storm. Method to Madness formed only a year ago, but in that time has been quickly gaining popularity both in their home country, and abroad.

DOM_ROCK:
Your work has a truly unique feel to it, the musicality twining with the lyrics in an often unexpected twist.

SALI:
Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Method to Madness. Music is about listening. The more you play, the more the magic spreads. For me, life is writing and I try to do it everywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. After all, if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.

DOM_ROCK:
Your shows come across as a complete experience. You manage to create a compelling atmosphere for the audience. What is it like for you?

SALI:
Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect. Sometimes you're playing in the sunshine. Something that just doesn't seem to go with our sound. It isn't worse; it's just different, absolutely different. Then there are some days when we really don't want to go on stage at all, when we feel terrible and think we really shouldn't play. And pretty often those shows turn out to be absolute highlights.

DOM_ROCK:
What makes a good show?

SALI:
So much plays into it. There are so many factors and so many things that all play a part in shows, that you really never know what makes a good show. Sometimes we wonder if we - the musicians - do really play a big part in it or if we can hardly influence it.

DOM_ROCK:
How about the Grammy? There are those who've hinted that if you received one, as some think you could, you wouldn't attend the ceremony....

SALI:
A little early to be talking like that, regardless. Still, I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what they created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all about in the end.

DOM_ROCK:
Would you then refuse the Grammy?

SALI:
Why should we refuse it? First of all, that would just gain a lot of attention and we are definitely not attention seekers. And if our record company and the music business want to have a party, why should we spoil it for them? Just because we're not interested? Just because we don't like it, why ruin it for the rest of them?

DOM_ROCK:
So you simply don't care for the whole thing?

SALI:
I don't care at all. We're just four people and we are enjoying what we're doing with Method. We're eager to learn - to learn about ourselves and to learn about music, about life, about everything. And, of course, we always hope that we can change something for the better through our music, give someone else some inspiration. I believe that music is a force unto itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just operating as that medium.

DOM_ROCK:
How do you keep in touch with your fans? You seem a bit elusive and tend to avoid mingling with them.

SALI:
We really don't like it, though it's not arrogance at all. We just consider it slightly unnatural. It's not that we're looking down on our fans and that's exactly why we don't want any contact. It's just if we would mix with our fans, they'd most likely feel that they have to tell us how much they like our music and that can easily get to your head. Look at a couple of bands out there like that boy prince and all. With a lot of them, I always get the feeling their success has gone to their heads. If you start taking yourself too seriously it's not good for the creative process. I always believed that music should speak for itself, that people shouldn't see us as heroes, that our fans shouldn't concentrate on us, that they shouldn't try to feed our egos. That's not what they're there for. Once your ego gets in the way, it is much more difficult to feel the music.

DOM_ROCK:
In retrospect, would you say The Damned was an album that was easy to make for you? That it went smoothly?

SALI:
Nothing ever happens smoothly or perfectly fine, but it all makes sense. I believe everything happens for a reason, no matter if it's good or bad. There is no point in trying to change the past because if something would have happened differently, we wouldn't be here now; we wouldn't be talking. You never know what would be or what would change, if you could go back in time and just change one single thing.

DOM_ROCK:
You're known for disliking interviews. Why?

SALI:
Sometimes interviewees are almost insulting, especially when it comes down to video or TV interviews. Pretty often they've got such an ego that we sometimes wonder how we fit on the same screen. They're clowns, goofballs and they think they're so funny - full of energy and personality. Do you know what I mean? They're just full of themselves and they don't have a clue and they're not interested in anything else but themselves. They don't even listen. They got a bunch of questions and you don't even get the chance to have something that remotely resembles a conversation. I really can't respect them and if they'd take a minute and realize what they're doing and how ridiculous they are, they wouldn't be able to respect themselves.

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The Music Video, To My One Love

<Opening scene: The techno club The Miraxias, dancing Trancers (what Mishakalians call Techno fans) all through the club, Korba takes the stage, grabs microphone, starts to sing>

"Once agian, sitting in the rain, on another day beyond the moment.
The heavens cry because you are not with me.
The stars do not shine without you at my side."

<The Prince then picks up a guitar, shot of drummer from the air, shot of bass player from the right, shot of bartender serving up the drinks from the air, shot of girl swallowing an extasy pill in air>

(Chorus)
"To my one love I sing to the heavens,
to my one love I would sell my heart and soul,
for you and you alone I would give my body's flower."

<Shot of drummer from the left, shot of sitar player from the air, shot of the Trancers, shot of Daniel (Korba's boyfriend) walking onto the stage, both begin to dance, sprinkler system activates on the stage, laser light show begins, Daniel rips of Korba's shirt, Korba resumes singing>

"I write on scented paper, with golden ink on the silver pen,
but no petty word I write can tell the world my love for you.
I wish I could hold you now, for I feel cold, and I need to feel warm."

<Korba rips of Daniel's shirt, Korba slips out of his pants, sky blue boxers revealed, Korba begins to gyrate to the background music with the water falling>

(Chorus)
"To my one love I sing to the heavens,
to my one love I would sell my heart and soul,
for you and you alone I would give my body's flower."

<Shot of everyone on stage getting drinched with water, Korba watches Daniel slip out of his pants, he is wearing red boxers, dragon tatto on Daniel's right calf is revealed>

"I wonder if you feel the same way I do?
I wonder if anyone loves me the way I love you.
Let us hope that it is true, or else my soul would die with your denial.

"I lay here, on my four poster bed, the wealth of the world at my fingertips and a crown beyond my reach, but I would burn it all up if you asked me too.
For you I would die a thousand times.
For you I would commit murder.
For you I would even lie."

<Shot of everyone on stage, Daniel and Korba kiss, shot of whole club partying.>

Chours
Chours 2x then fades.

<Close up on Korba and Daniel, everything goes black, credits are shown>


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Prince Korba Asha-Corrino
The Sacred Imperium of Mishakal

Kamikaze's new album has been released, entitled "Nautilus". Songs are as follows:

1) Cats in the Cradle
2) Bounce
3) Titan
4) Indivisible
5) Heart Still Beats
6) Enamel
7) Fireproof
8) Set it Off

Interview with Prince Korba in The Techno People's Manual, By Hiy Guado:

Hiy Guado: So your Majesty, what are your thoughts on the responce, (or lack thereof) about your new video for the single "To My One Love"?

Korba: I don't really care what other people think of my music so as long as there is someone out there who get's what I am all about.

Hiy Guado: What are you all about anyway?

Korba: If you can't figure that our yourself then you don't deserve to know now do you?

Hiy Guado: Well anyways... How is your relationship with Daniel going?

Korba: Well we are at this stage in our relationship, *he then hold's up a pair of handcuffs* you can put two and two together now... *he smiles slyly*

Hiy Guado: Ok... *blushes* Well tell me about your Grammy nomination are you excited?

Korba: I kinda am excited about it as this is my first nomination at the Grammys and I do feel that an artist should get some sort of recognition for their work, whether it be the cheering of the fans or an award on the shelf or the kind words of an individual, without some kind of acceptance for what you do as an artist you have to ask yourself, "Why did I even get in this buissness then?"

Hiy Guado: Well what about the rumors that House Asha wants you dead now that the Teritorian King (Latira) who supported you in the first place is now dead?

Korba: If they have a problem with me they will have to answer to Imperial Sardaukar, that is all that needs to be said.

Hiy Guado: What about your tour? How is that going?

Korba: I have done a couple of tours in Mishakal but I am still trying to organize my first Intergalactic Tour that will take me acrossed the Galaxy, but that is still in the backburner.

Hiy Guado: Well I guess that wraps up my interview with you, your Majesty, I wish you luck with your music carrer and your lovelife. If anyone is interested Prince Korba's new single "To My One Love" is available on the Album "A Dying Day" and is out in stores now!


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Crown Prince Korba Lee-Shar Asha-Corrino
Beloved Heir to the Throne and International Music Star
The Sacred Imperium of Mishakal

The Ever-Controversial group Begging Buddha (most noted for insest scandals and setting consert halls on fire) have released a new single from the Album Gothic Cherry, [i]Why We Don't Believe In Yevon[i]. This controversal death-metal song makes a mockary of the Holy Church of Yevon and is the opinion of the songs writer, (Cory Cox)

Why We Don't Believe In Yevon

Draw me not to your gaudy temples, do not force me to worship your cherub child, your magickal monsters, your bitchy Maesters, I hold it all within distain filled eyes.

I cannot believe in Yevon, for Yevon is not real, your pretty myths do not fool me, your rich statues and clothes do not sucker me in, this is why I cannot hold faith in your honey coated lies.

Your foolish sheep do not mesmerise me, nor do they bring me any joy, I cannot hear the fucking heartbeat of a false god. I cannot stand it anymore, I think I am going to rape that whore Yunalesca to make her scream!

I cannot believe in Yevon, for Yevon is not real, your pretty myths do not fool me, your rich statues and clothes do not sucker me in, this is why I cannot hold faith in your honey coated lies.

Fuck it all! Fuck your God! Fuck your Teachings, Fuck your Summoners, Fuck it ALL!

News blurb taken from the popular DominixRock mag

Working the region of The Vast, the band 'Method to Madness' has been enjoying sellout crowds and increased record sales as their music reaches the masses. Their unique blend of dark lyrics, musicality, and often rage set to the voice of lead singer Orlando Sali has combined for an intoxicating mix that the fans can't seem to get enough of.

Though the album is out, fans are clamoring for the release of their next single, and rumors abound as to just which one that will be. In response, Sali and the others had only this to say: "All in good time."

Monaa have completed their tour of Kaze Progressa, and have announced their new single (to be released in Week 13, to allow suitable publicity).

Surprisingly, it was not taken from the successful album 'It Could Have Been Worse', fuelling suspicions the group are working on a new album. Rumours have it that it will be called 'It Could Have Been Better'.

The song, 'Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)', is considered by the band to be their best single yet. Unusually, lyricist Davae Hawl sings the whole song, owing to the intensely personal lyrics he wrote...

Trapped and lonely
I beg to be free
It can't be easy
Because they hate me
Locked in misery
The dump's all I see
And that's where I'll be
Because they hate me

I see the edge coming
Unconsciously running
To the fate they'd planned
I won't ever be free
The fate that befalls me
Is the fate they'd planned

Why me?
Why does it have to be me?
Why me?
Why can't I ever be free?

Engulfed in glee
They watch cheerfully
Loving my misery
Because they hate me
Why can't they see
If they swapped with me
Deserved misery?
Because they hate me

They think it's just funny
When I'm left to worry
About the fate they'd planned
They think that it's all fine
As they wait for the time
For the fate they'd planned

Why me?
Why does it have to be me?
Why me?
Why can't I ever be free?

Some people don't know the concept of being fair
They leave the trail of misery that's always there
The omnipresence of such parasites near me
Leaves me with nothing worthwhile left that I can see

Why me?
Why does it have to be me?
Why me?
Why can't I ever be free?

Locked in misery
The dump's all I see
And that's where I'll be
Because they hate me

(OOC: Sorry for the lack of charts lately, guys; school has been kicking my ass. I'll get some digits for ya tonite--cross my heart.)

Hello, Jukebox artists! This is Nick Cross once again, coming to you live from beautiful Orgla, the pleasure capital of The SLAGLands! It seems that our old friends in Grand master Mark have taken it upon themselves to create a rival version of our Jukebox Charts (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71522). You know what I say to them? There's nothing like a little competition!

Friends, I know that the Jukes are home to the greatest bands in all of the multiverse, and I refuse to believe for a second that some piddling little upstart is going to be able to top us! So everyone, just keep doing your thing; we'll weather this storm yet!

Keep on rockin'!

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Nicholas Manny Cross
CEO
The Billco Company

Fear not, for I am loyal to the end (or the last bottle of Spice Liquor).

~Cory Cox.

I'm going to stay put, I like it here.


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Crown Prince Korba Lee-Shar Asha-Corrino
Beloved Heir to the Throne and International Music Star
The Sacred Imperium of Mishakal

Monaa plan to keep their entries on the SLAGLands chart, feeling that as the most established chart, it is THE chart to trust.

They also plan to tour again just after the release of 'Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)'. Details to be confirmed.

"It was a smashing success and I was sad to see it end. CDH played to another packed house. There was a mosh pit, hay bales and a crowd of screaming teenage girls. Never thought I'd see all of that at a concert.

They played their name song to start off the night and moved through their album mixed with a few covers of some of the latest hits from several genres. They also introduced a new song tonight. Not available until their next album, it was called, 'Love Burning a Hole in My Pocket'. It's played with the sound of a Country song but sung with Mark's singular style of Heavy Metal. The crowd went crazy for it. I went crazy for it. I've already preordered the single."

-Dash Sodium of the Musical Extravaganza Magazine

Kaze Progressa's famous band Monaa have toured successfully. It was agreed among both fans and commentators that it was impressive.

Fans protested outside the stadium in the city of Corinthe in the Dominion last night when the Method to Madness concert was called off. Lead singer for the group, Orlando Sali, has apparently taken ill and was unable to perform. Spokesperson for the band, Daniella Giraldi had this to say:

"No one regrets more than Orlando that he was too ill to perform last night's concert. He came down two days ago with flu-like symptoms and had been agressively treating them in hopes to make the stage, but to no avail. Even were he up to it, his voice would have never made it through the night."

"All ticket holders will be given the choice of refund, or to have their tickets validated for a rescheduled concert, waiting only for Orlando's recovery. Arrangements can be made through the ticket office at the Celzo stadium."

"A message from the band: We understand your frustration, and share it in no small part ourselves, but remember - violence is not the answer. We thank you for your pateince while we try to get him well again. And we want you to know we won't leave you out in the cold on account of unforseen circumstances. Keep the faith."

So far, only mild property damage has been reported, although several people had to be treated for injuries sustained in the brief clash with Dominion soldati when the crowd refused to disperse. Several arrests were made, though sources tell us the charges will most likely be minor.

The band is rumored to be set to release the next single from the album The Damned some time in the next month. Fans have been waiting anxiously to hear which one it is, though popular sentiment leans towards "Malcontent", "Deeper", and "Fallen from Grace".

Green Machine

MEMBERS:
John Mansfield
Rythym guitar, lead vocals
Matt Wilham
Lead guitar
Tim Redding
Rythym guitar, backing vocals
Dave Perry
Bass
Butch O'Keefe
Drums
BAND AGE: 9 years
RECORD LABEL: Bureaucratized Records
GENRE: Grunge
PAST ALBUMS:
Industrial Revolution
Borough of Bureaucracy
Soylent Green
PAST SINGLES: Packinghouse, the Bureaucrat, Soylent Green
BAND HISTORY: Future Green Machine frontman John Mansfield and drummer Barry O'Keefe were roomates through college at Weiland University; Mansfield, budding vocalist and guitarist began jamming with O'Keefe. One being a guitarist and the other a drummer, it was almost an unwritten rule the two had to start a band.

Soon the duo had a bassist, O'Keefe's contact Dave Perry bassist for the punk-act "Leap of Rites;" soon to be former bassist as he opted to play with Mansfield and O'Keefe full time. Tim Redding was an old friend of Mansfield's and brought on to serve rythym guitar and backing vocal duties.

Matt Green jammed with the band in Mansfield's garage after following up on a newspaper ad -- Green stuck around. Ideas for the band's name flew around -- Mansfield had rented a copy of 'Soylent Green' to watch over the weekend, the band still pouring over it's name. After watching the movie the decision on "Green Machine" was nearly unanimous.

"And no, it had nothing to do with Matt's last name," said frontman John Mansfield.

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ALBUM NAME: Soylent Green
TRACK LIST:[code:1:769311981d]
1. Arms
2. Expressway Pt 1
3. Suspend
4. Soylent Green
5. Expressway Pt 2
6. Demolition
7. The Heist

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CRITICAL COMMENTS: "Songs like "Suspend" and "Demolition" lose focus as they roll into their fourth and fifth minutes; some of these songs are just too long for their own good. Still, the title track is a good ol' Green Machine rocker, and Mansfield's vocals are better than ever on it."

-- Darryl Walworth, the Porlamar Times

SINGLE NAME: Soylent Green
LYRICS:

[From the end of the song]

Soylent green's made of
Soylent green's made of

Soylent green is people!

People!
People!!!

The Bureaucratic Tribune

'Green Machine' to play at UFO benefit concert
'Green Machine' on bill of Union of Firearms Owners benefit concert

The Oglethorpian bands 'Green Machine' and 'Leviathan' (rock and punk respectively) are both reported to be on the bill for an upcoming Union of Firearms Owners benefit concert to be held in just a week, on October 30th.* "We're big Leviathan fans, and we're all big UFO members," Green Machine frontman John Mansfield said.

The benefit concert is expected to be held in Milagros Fergus Bowl, setup to hold roughly 6,000 concert-goers.

Look out for a gig report after the UFO benefit concert concludes.

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Note: *Gives me a real date to type up a gig report.

Attention All Bands:

Submit your best song (all needed is song title and band name) to this post to be part of the NS Music Awards.


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Monaa confirm their release, previously announced, of 'Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)'.

The lyrics can be seen on page nine, and the release is now confirmed for the week after next (i.e. it won't be for the next chart, but the one after).

The Bureaucratic Tribune

UFO benefit delayed, but still awesome
Union of Firearm Owners benefit delayed, but still a good show

By Dwight Hamilton

OGLETHORPIA (BT) -- Green Machine appeared at the UFO benefit concert; and what an attraction it was. John Mansfield and his troupe of bandmates played a 9-song set, and those on hand herald it as one of the band's best shows of late.

The UFO benefit concert was delayed several weeks, in large part due to a recent incident involving the scheduled venue 'The Milagros Fergus Bowl.' Namely, the burning down, toppling over, sinking and eventual reconstruction of the venue. Now, it has been referred to by it's top engineers as "the strongest venue in these lands."

Luckily, the venue was rebuilt with record speed and the concert proceeded as planned; albeit with a delay of three weeks.

"Man," said Leviathan guitarist/lead vocalist Joe Benson, "that show was crazy. Especially when they played 'Mushroom Cloud On The Water.'"

Following the set's final song; "Mushroom Cloud On The Water," Green Machine guitarist Tim Redding ended the fine solo with a resounding smash of his 12-string guitar. The remains of the instrument went to the crowd, who seized on the smashed pieces of the guitar.

Said Mansfield, with the conclusion of 'Mushroom Cloud On The Water,' "thanks for supportin' us and the UFO man. A bunch of great guys right here. Give it up!"

Green Machine has been booked to appear at next year's Union of Firearm Owners benefit concert. "That was a great show, man," said bassist Dave Perry. "Lotta good energy and karma tonight."

(OOC: I don't think it's fair to you guys that you all should have to write up new singles, given the amount of time that has passed, so I'm just going to force myself to do it [the one AFTER "Jonathon Fisk," mind you]. All promotion will be taken into account for the next update!

Just because I really like this song, though, here's The Trapeze Accidents covering Spoon's "Jonathon Fisk:"

Ooooh...

Muh-muh-maybe you remember
Maybe you're locked away
Maybe we'll meet again some better day
Some better life

Ooooh, Jonathon Fisk
Speaks with his fists
Can't let me walk
home
on
my
own
And just like a knife
Down on my life
So many ways
to
set
me
right

It's such a long way home
It's how the story goes
And it's like
Atom bombs and blunt razors
Atom bombs and blunt razors

Jonathon then
Says it's a sin
But he don't think
twice
'cuz
to
him
Religion don't mean a thing, yeah
Oooooh, it's just another way to be right-wing

Just like a knife
Down on my life
So many ways
to
set
it
right
Mmmm, that's how it goes
It's how the story goes

It's such a long way home
Ooooh, you're too old to understand
'Cuz I just wanna get home now
I just wanna get home now

Jonathon's right
Down on my life
So many ways
to
set
me
right
Oooooh, on the long walk home
It's how the story goes

And Jonathon Fisk
Always a risk
Tells me he counts
my
teeth
every night
I wanna get 'em all back now
I wanna get 'em all back

I wanna turn him around, yeah...
Oooooooooh, turn him around
Oooooh, ooooooh, turn him around...

*cue totally bitchin' drum/guitar outro*

Download. That. Song. (provided you already own the album and are thus not in violation of copyright law)

This concludes our long-ass OOC session.)


Following the incredible success of the single "Lemur" and the moderate success of "Jonathon Fisk," The Accidents have concluded their tour of SLAGLands Titan and Ceres and are returning to SLAGLand proper to record the video for their next single, "Shoulder." No further details have been given.

Liverpool England Band Considers Entering BillCo JukeBox Charts



BAND NAME: Testiclisation
MEMBERS (and instruments): Nick Caswell [electric guitar/guitar], Joseph Greskal [vocals/keyboard], Jason Newell [drum set/piano]
BAND AGE: 4 years
RECORD LABEL: Liverpool England Music Entertainment
GENRE: Rock (except in the covers, some pop and some pop/rock, and some R&B)
PAST ALBUMS: Singles
PAST SINGLES: Away From Here, Shower of Dust, Heat, Breathe Just Do It
BAND HISTORY: Won LEMA [LE Music Awards] 2001 Best New Single [Heat]

ALBUM NAME: Testiclisation

"Testiclisation" Release Second Album, Self-Named.
Songs on Album:
1. Testiclisation [Studio-recorded Version] (6:02)
2. Uptown Girl [Cover/Remix] (4:11)
3. One-Hit Wonder (2:55)
4. Rock Your Body [Cover/Studio Edit] (4:20)
5. Testiclisation [LIVE version] (5:57)
6. Bas Likes Spam (3:11)
7. Old Hag (3: 46)
8. Man, I Feel Like Dying (4: 18 )
Total track in seconds: 2080 seconds, or 34mins 40 sec

Rock Your Body Cover Lyrics:
Rock Your Body

Don't be so quick to walk away
Dance with me
I wanna rock your body
Please stay
Dance with me
You don't have to admit you wanna play
Dance with me
Just let me rock you
Till the break of day
Dance with me

Got time, but I don't mind
Just wanna rock you girl
I'll have whatever you have
Come on, just give it a whirl
See I've been watching you
I like the way you move
So go ahead, girl, just do
That ass shaking thing you do

So you grab your girls
And you grab a couple more
And you all come meet me
In the middle of the floor
Said the air is thick, it's smelling right
So you pass to the left and you sail to the right

Don't be so quick to walk away
Dance with me
I wanna rock your body
Please stay
Dance with me
You don't have to admit you wanna play
Dance with me
Just let me rock you
Till the break of day
Dance with me

I don't mean no harm
Just wanna rock you girl
Make a move, but be calm
Let's go, let's give it a whirl
See it appears to me
You like the way I move
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
Pull you close and share my groove

So you grab your girls
And you grab a couple more
And you all come meet me
In the middle of the floor
Said the air is thick, it's smelling right
So you pass to the left and you sail to the right

Don't be so quick to walk away
Dance with me
I wanna rock your body
Please stay
Dance with me
You don't have to admit you wanna play
Dance with me
Just let me rock you
Till the break of day
Dance with me

Talk to me boy
No disrespect, I don't mean no harm
Talk to me boy
I can't wait to have you in my arms
Talk to me boy
Hurry up cause you're taking too long
Talk to me boy
Better have you naked by the end of this song

So what did you come for
I came to dance with you
And you know that you don't want to hit the floor
I came to romance with you
You're searching for love forever more
It's time to take a chance
If love is here on the floor, girl

Hey
Dance with me
Yea
Come on baby

Don't be so quick to walk away
(Don't walk away)
(Come on and)
Dance with me
I wanna rock your body
(Let me rock your body)
Please stay
(Come on and)
Dance with me
You don't have to admit you wanna play
(You don't have to admit you wanna play, just)
Dance with me
Just let me rock you
(Do do do do)
Till the break of day
(Come on and)
Dance with me

Talk to me boy
No disrespect, I don't mean no harm
Talk to me boy
But I can't wait to have you in my arms
Talk to me boy
Hurry up cause you're taking too long
Talk to me boy
Better have you naked by the end of this song

Don't be so quick to walk away
(Just think of me and you)
Don't be so quick to walk away
(We could do something)
Don't be so quick to walk away
(I like the way you look right now)
Don't be so quick to walk away
(Come over here baby)

Are you feeling me
Let's do something
Let's make a bet
Cause I, gotta have you naked by the end of this song

Uptown Girl Cover Lyrics:
Uptown Girl

Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why

I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind

She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice

Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win

And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine

She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl

My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl

Testiclisation Lyrics:
<to come. too tired to write any more.>

^^ no worries LE... :D

Monaa's promotion for new release 'Because They Hate Me (Why Me?) is now under way. In an interview for The Sounds Of K magazine, Davae Hawl ripped into artists who rely upon sex to sell, and say that 'we prove that good music can sell too. We're not saying we're the best, just saying we're good.' He also mused on how the song - the only one from the album 'It Could Have Been Worse' to be sung entirely by him - was 'a reflection of utter worthlessness and feeling a complete outcast and not deserving any better... and believing that completely, rightly or otherwise'.

From the depths of the Mallbertan Saltmines comes the most electrifying group to hit the Jukes since Lazarus Calling (now defunct after lead man Christopher Leet's... unpleasantness). This large hip-hop, soul and funk congolmerate is being compared to such legendary giants as Run CMT, Kaptain Kool Kevin and Kompany, and perhaps even the Beat-Els.
Underground Movement Productions is pleased to announce the explosive arrival of...

SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION

ANGER+FORCE=SOVIET

SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION
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ANGER+FORCE=SOVIET album cover

This break through album brings together over a century of hip-hop culture and influence into the dank, dirty yet enthralling belly of the Mallbertan arcological beast. The Rhymes are slick, the beats are quick, and all and all this disk is slick.

Members
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Jojo 'Flo Bro' Kenneth
James 'Numbah 2' Dell
Hank 'Hill' Wilson
Brian 'Brainz' O'Hara
Kevin 'Odds-R' Klinton
Jesse '#\' Smithy
'Mirakle' Mo Jericho


1-Dark Flow
2-Mo Honey, Mo Problems (interlude)
3-Autobiographical
4-Phonetic Photonic
5-Mister Bates (interlude)
6-Detroit Cock Sittee
7-Mirakle Mo's Miracle Dough
8-Cancer
9-Dark Flow (reprise)
10-Enders
11-Jimmy
12-Twilight
13-Crack That Pipe
14-Say Too (interlude)


Here's a littel story bout a brother named Castro, (Castro)
Had a little trouble with his cash flow (cash flow).
Couldn't get a car or a nice ho (nice ho)
Lookin dirty poor and kinda bashful (bashful).

Had to get himself together a bank roll (bank roll)
Needed new clothers maybe new soles (new soles)
Get some new wheels, get a new console (console)
Head to the strip take a slow stroll (slow strole)

Bought himself a cane and a fur coat (fur Coat)
and a new hat with a falsified bank note (bank note)
New attitude with swagger and a sick float (sick float)
And he left us with a pretty good end note (end note).

He said 'Pimpin ain't easy, pimpin is hard,
But now I've got fistful of credit cards
Pimpin ain't easy, it's been said before,
There's nothing like the smell of a fresh washed whore.'


The work speaks for itself; deep, energetic with a strong social conciousness. These boys have only one place to go: up the charts.

The Jukebox Charts is pleased to welcome its newest sensation, Nine-Second Tractor!

BAND NAME: Nine-Second Tractor
BAND MEMBERS:
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Liam Gütterhoüsehn
Lead Vocalist/Drummer

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Lara Gütterhoüsehn
Bassist/Backup Vocalist

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Lionel Gütterhoüsehn
Lead Guitar

BAND AGE: 2 years
RECORD LABEL: She Blinded Me With Records!
GENRE: Twang rock/pop
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: None
BAND HISTORY:[/b] The true origin of the three-piece set Nine-Second Tractor can be traced to when the three children were in elementary school growing up in Rummshotte, Orglaia, a small town located just outside the glamour capital of The SLAGLands, Orgla. Back then, eldest son Liam would bang on pots and pans while his younger sister Lara would sing and her twin brother Lionel would twang on rubber bands held between his fingertips.

Since that time, all that has changed about the Siblings Gütterhoüsehn is that they've grown up and refined their style. Two years ago, eldest brother Liam left his job as a welder and invited the twins--who were just departing high school--to join him in reforming the band. The group took on several club gigs, gaining a small cult following throughout Orglaia. Distribution of their demo tape, The NOS Plowin' EP, granted the siblings a larger following, until at last, the opportunity came to open for Aequatian grunge rockers Youthanasia. While on tour with the band, Nine-Second Tractor was discovered by a talent agent from independent label SBMW Records! and were sent to the studio to record their debut album, NOS Plowin'. The band now tours with Youthanasia in promotion of their debut album and single, "The Shanty."

ALBUM NAME: NOS Plowin'
TRACK LIST:
1. Feathers
2. High Atop the Silo
3. The Shanty
4. Gene
5. (I Can't Get No) Double Negatives
6. Lady Sirithil vs. The Bear (in the Steel Cage of Death!)
7. Plastic Goblet
8. Corn Cob Pipe
9. Cigarette Ashes in the Mashed Potatoes
10. Litter Box
11. Cheesy-Ass Love Song
12. Back in Two Thousand Dikkiddee Three
CRITICAL COMMENTS: Yet another quirky band to emerge from the burgeoning Orglaian independent scene, the sibling trio of Nine-Second Tractor turns in a rip-roarin' fun debut that neither offends nor inspires.

Certainly, the album is not without its high points. The first three songs in particular are sensational, combining the goofy pop sensibilities of the Presidents of the United States of America with the twang of Hank Williams. Lead-off single "The Shanty" is by far the album's high point, featuring a few hilarious exchanges between the band members as they reflect on the smelliest, most dilapidated club in all of glamourous Orgla. Other high points include the back porch folk "geeeeeeeetar" musings of "Corn Cob Pipe" and the annoyingly catchy "Litter Box."

The album does falter at points, in particular within the overly political "Lady Sirithil vs. The Bear (in the Steel Cage of Death!)." No doubt if the Noldorin Elentari got ahold of this album, she would be outright offended and may indeed wish to bestow upon NST the same fate as that she bestows upon the bear--and the bear's family and friends. Perhaps that is the greatest fault with this album: Nine-Second Tractor is so taken aback by their immediate (some would say fluke) success, they're creating a controversy in advance. Certainly, this is an enjoyable listen, but not one you'll be pulling out for years to come.

SINGLE NAME: "The Shanty"
LYRICS:

Liam:
We was pullin' out the geetars
On a Friday afternoon
And the old man at the barstool said,
"Hey, ain't you playin' soon?"

Lara:
I said, "Hey, old man! We're bustin out
Those zany hard rock lix
In the place the Big Bad Wolf blowed down
Before the House of Sticks! Oh!"

Liam:
Playin'atthe Shay-ay-ay-anty!
Singin'a chay-ay-antey at the Shay-ay-anty!
If you got yerself a geetar,
You best pull it out an' play it
At the place where you got somethin' t'say
An' don't know how t'say it

Liam:
Well, Lionel's on the six string (Lionel: Word.)
An' Lara's on the bass (Lara: Hey there.)
An' the ceiling's like a snowcone that keeps
Drippin' on my face

Lara:
An' Liam's on the drum set (Liam: Yo.)
An' Vic is at the bar (Lionel: Yeah 'e is.)
An' this place smells like onion rings
All:
An' the inside of our car!

Liam:
Playin'atthe Shay-ay-ay-anty! (Lara: Look out! There's a snake on the amp!)
Singin'a chay-antey at the Shay-anty! (Lionel: Come on now!)
If you got yerself a geetar,
You best pull it out an' play it (Lionel: Word.)
At the place where you got somethin' t'say
An' don't know how t'say it (Lara: Wha?)

Liam:
Well, Lionel'satthebar
Nevergoestoofar
Neverdrivesacar
Whenhe'ssoberin'up (Lionel: Huh da wha now?)

And Lara's'hindthebar
Goin'waytoofar
WiththebigguyCarl
Who'sthebartender'sson (Lara: Aw, go ta hell, Liam!)

An'onlyattheShantywillyougetafreecornonthecobifyoujustplayasinglesongtoawholelotofdrunkenslobs
An'onlyattheShantywillyougetatasteoffameforjustafrogpieceandanickelthere'snoplacethat'squitethesame

Liam:
As the Shay-ay-ay-anty! (Lara: Hey, can I get some chili fries with that?)
Singin'a chay-antey at the Shay-anty! (Lionel: Alltogethanow!)

All:
If you got yerself a geetar,
You best pull it out an' play it
At the place where you got somethin' t'say
An' don't know how toooooooooooo...
...say-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay it!

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Hello Everybody, I'm Mary Hart, and this is Entertainment Tonight!

Our top story tonight, international indie rock superstar and heart throb Christopher Leet, seen here in his Santa Barberan mansion

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has been arrested and faces multiple felony charges.

Apparently Christopher, well known for his vitriolic outbursts at the expense of his fellow musicians and the industry as a whole, had something of a rough night yesterday.

Alledgely, he left a party hosted by his close friend and mentor Niam Gallagour drunk and high on nearly a half pound of cocaine. He then entered his gold-plated Mercedoyce Kruiser, and drove off in a cloud of cigar smoke, screaming all the while about 'tyrannical bouregois oppressors', and may or may not have been accompanied by young escort 'Lola Lavin'.

He then procede to drive down highway 94 at nearly 200 mph, dodging traffic and pedestrains before plowing through a bus stop, and old age home and a brace of girl guides.

While fortunately no one was killed, damage is estimated in the millions.

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 6 Sales:
1. Nine-Second Tractor - NOS Plowin'
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - ANGER+FORCE=SOVIET
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Lazarus Calling - Guitar for Arms
LAST WEEK: #1
4. Kamikaze - Nautilus
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Green Machine - Soylent Green
LAST WEEK: #5
6. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #11
7. Mad Kid Disease - Beware of Child
LAST WEEK: n/a
8. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #12
9. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #2
10. Testiclisation - Testiclisation
LAST WEEK: n/a
11. BrahmaPadraig - HimaLeyLines
LAST WEEK: #5
12. The Grand Peak Tactical Orchestra - Music to Wage War By
LAST WEEK: #4
13. CDH - CDH
LAST WEEK: #6
14. Begging Buddha - Gothic Cherry
LAST WEEK: #3
15. The Trapeze Accidents - The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
LAST WEEK: #9
16. Korba Asha-Corrino - A Dying Day
LAST WEEK: #7
17. Preventer Five - Preventer Five
LAST WEEK: #10
18. The Adejaani DJs - The Adejaani DJs
LAST WEEK: #17
19. Kaosu no Tenshi - Broken Glass
LAST WEEK: #15
20. The Greansleaves - Coast to Coast
LAST WEEK: #14

ALBUM TO WATCH: In an absolutely shocking pair of debuts, quirky newcomers Nine-Second Tractor collide with the vitriol of SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION (ALL CAPS REQUISITE) in a bid for the top spot in this week's Jukebox Charts! Long-time top-spot holders The Little Homies and Lazarus Calling seem to be slipping... is this a sign of things to come?

1. Monaa - "Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)"
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - "Dark Flow"
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Nine-Second Tractor - "The Shanty
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. Kamikaze - "Cats In The Cradle"
LAST WEEK: #2
5. Testiclisation - "Rock Your Body"
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. Green Machine - "Soylent Green"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Mad Kid Disease - "I Hate Everything"
LAST WEEK: n/a
8. Method to Madness - "Force of Habit"
LAST WEEK: #11
9. Korba Asha-Corrino - "Closer"
LAST WEEK: #6
10. Gandulf and the Head Trip - "Hassan I Shabah"
LAST WEEK: #7
11. The Peace Brigade - "Innocence Lost"
LAST WEEK: #4
12. Java Beans - "Candlelight"
LAST WEEK: #10
13. Kaosu no Tenshi - "Lucky 13"
LAST WEEK: #9
14. CDH - "Cold Dead Hands"
LAST WEEK: #5
15. Stormhead - "Dull Tan Tanks"
LAST WEEK: #13
16. Begging Buddha - "Purple Power"
LAST WEEK: #12
17. My Favorite Band - "How Many Heads on a Hydra"
LAST WEEK: #15
18. The Adejaani DJs - "Age of Reason'"
LAST WEEK: #14
19. The Greansleaves - "Gone Fishin'"
LAST WEEK: #17
20. The Trapeze Accidents - "Jonathon Fisk"
LAST WEEK: n/a

SONG TO WATCH: SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION and Nine-Second Tractor continue their bitter feuding on the singles charts, but it's all about Monaa this week, as they achieve their first number one hit single. Look for the angsty kids of Mad Kid Disease to put in a better showing soon, and don't be surprised if we see a Method to Madness resurgence soon!

OOC:

And here's an explanation to account for the long-ass delay...

Most of you will notice that "Lemur" by the Accidents has mysteriously dropped off the charts, being replaced by "Jonathon Fisk" at the bottom. Considering the long time that has passed between the charts, I am just going to assume that both singles had their run and you guys simply retained similar positions on the charts. Less realistic, but also less messy and less work for you guys. ;)

OOC:

Hmm...i'll give the Jukes a few weeks to drop "Soylent Green" off the list before I release a new album.

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The Bureaucratic Tribune

Green Machine back in the studio
Oglethorpian rock act to hit the studio again.

By Bill Christmas

OGLETHORPIA (BT) -- John Mansfield and Green Machine are set to hit London Bridge Studios again to record their fourth studio album, to be released by Bureaucratic Records.

"I think we're movin' in a good direction with this album," said Mansfield. "It's a change, but it should be one that pleases our fans."

More on Green Machine's new album as it comes.

Testiclisation Begin Touring Nation
New band Testiclisation has begun touring Liverpool England. The band, whose cover of JT's Rock Your Body hit the charts at no 5, and album at the halfway mark, is said to be 'pleased' with their debut perofrmance on the charts.

Tour Dates
26 November CCL (capital)
27 November Orean
28 November LIVE performance for international TV station LEINN
29 November Schimpol
30 November Folenisa
01 December The Heartland tour begins - CCL
02 December Northwest District
09 December Northeast District
15 December Southeast District
25 December Christmas Day performance, CCL.

[Inner-band commentary, courtesy of Green Machine.]

"Testiculation? Does that mean they're lik-"
"No."
"But it could mean they're-"
"No. It doesn't."
"But their band nam-"
"No."
"Fine."

'Rock Your Body' Hits Platinum Sales in LE

Testiclisation's single Rock Your Boday, a cover of Justin Timberlake's version, has hit platinum sales in Liverpool England. Already the band's self titled album has recorded record sales of 600 000 copies in 5 days (12000 copies/day, old record Testiclisation's "Singles" Album, 5000 cpd) and the self titled single, yet to hit the charts, having sold near 100 000 copies. The band's manager said that he "expect(s) the band's sales to hit more than one million in a fortnight."

The band were unavailable for comment, however it is known that one of the band members has taken off-time to accompany his dying aunt in hospital.

BAND NAME: Youthanasia
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Pat Blanchard – Lead Vocals/Guitar
Danny Hall – Drums/Vocals
Vanessa Wallace – Bass Guitar
Scott Fisher – Rhythm Guitar
BAND AGE: 8 Years
RECORD LABEL: Medieval Records
GENRE: Rock/Grunge-esque
PAST ALBUMS:
Youthanasia – Released on their Indie Label “Generation’s Voice”
PAST SINGLES:
No Point, Youthanasia - Generation's Voice

This is Youthanasia

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- Pat Blanchard
- Vocals/Guitar
- Youthanasia

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- Danny Hall
- Drums/Vocals
- Youthanasia

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- Vanessa “Thunder” Wallace
- Bass Guitar
- Youthanasia

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- Scott Fisher
- Rhythm Guitar
- Youthanasia


BAND HISTORY:


Starting out as a duo in the quiet city of Arrio, Aequatio with Blanchard on vocals and guitar and Hall on drums played out of Wallace’s garage for their entire time in high school. Wallace later joined the band as their bass guitarist after graduation (Blanchard was not part of his graduating class and dropped out rather than return for a single missing credit.) and they signed on with the newly starting indie label Generation’s Voice. They produced their self-titled album for $800 and it had a limited release in Arrio. Once it was released, they started to play in clubs and bars around the city until they received word that the CEO of Medieval Records in Casa wanted to see them and discuss a record deal.

After signing with their new label, there was a bitter civil court case about the breach of contract with Generation’s Voice and the band’s deal for 2 records, however, the case was settled quickly by the lawyers of Medieval Records and Generation’s Voice went out of business. When it was all done and said, the band was increased to four members with the addition of guitarist Scott Fisher on the advice of the record company and they were quick to start on their newest album, The Money Will Roll Right In. It took the band two months to produce and it was released in Aequatio in late September of this year with booming record sales. The album’s first single, Viminy, shot to the top, knocking many of the other sugar-pop and hip-hop acts right out of the top five. When this was noticed by other record companies, they couldn’t sign on rock bands from Arrio fast enough, many bands would perform their first show and immediately get signed on by one of the many huge record labels… ironically, all stationed in Casa.

The band was not changed by their sudden popularity, and at the peak of the record sales, they launched their first tour which brought them to many countries around the world. What’s next for this raw and powerful garage band from Arrio? Who knows?

ALBUM NAME: The Money Will Roll Right In
TRACK LIST:
1. Viminy
2. Tracy the Class Whore
3. Hate is my anti-drug
4. Give an Inch
5. It Never Ends
6. National Flag-Burning Day
7. Razor Blades
8. Insert Angst-Ridden Teenager Themed Title Here
9. Paranoia
10. Corruptus in Extremis
11. Evil is Practically in Motion
12. The Bonus Incentive Hidden Track

CRITICAL COMMENTS:



“I can see why the kids like them… they smoke, they smash shit onstage after their show (sometimes during) and they seem the live the rockstar fantasy while keeping that angst-filled teenager spirit in them… well, that’s what I would be saying if I was taking about… say some crap band, but not Youthanasia. These guys (and gal) seem to have so much energy in their set when they play, it’s no wonder they smash their stuff onstage… all that energy needs to get out somehow.

I enjoyed the songs on the album, especially those that had no real meaning behind them… the ones that were just about the music, like “Viminy”, “Paranoia” and “Give an Inch”. But, even with the great tunes, you get some great lyrics in songs like “National Flag-Burning Day” and “Corruptus in Extremis”… which also take a stab or two at the administration, (which I’m sure everybody likes). And, almost as comic relief, you have the tracks “Insert Angst-Ridden Teenager Themed Title Here” and “The Bonus Incentive Hidden Track” which are nothing more than rants by Blanchard and Hall, going on about kids today and the media.

All in all, I’m going to give “The Money Will Roll Right In” 10 out of 10 because it’s good to hear a fresh voice and some great tunes coming out of my hometown of Arrio. Remember kids, live large and keep on rocking.

SINGLE NAME: Viminy
LYRICS: Instrumental

I Can't Believe They're Not Records is pleased to announce that Day Mascus's single from his second album, Uh... Hey will be the album's title track! Mascus has told The Burn that he intends "Uh... Hey" to be his video debut. Will it tear up the charts? Find out in next week's Jukes!

OOC:

And I know I've been slacking on Day's profile, here it is. I'll also use this as an opportunity to present a profile for single musicians, those who perform alone without any band.

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PERFORMER NAME: Day Mascus
# OF YEARS PERFORMING: 3 years
RECORD LABEL: I Can't Believe They're Not Records
GENRE: Folk/Alternative
PAST ALBUMS: Day Mascus
PAST SINGLES: "Straight Up," "The Ride," "Try and Stop Me"
BIO: One of the first musicians to emerge from Orglaia's now-booming independent music scene, 27-year-old guitar prodigy David Mascus hails from the small rural town of Heckathorne, population 581. Mascus picked up guitar at a young age, fashioning his work after musical groundbreakers Neil Young and Dinosaur Jr. A quiet young man, Mascus earned a degree in chemical engineering at Bauxinia State University, all the while honing his craft on the guitar. He performed several club shows in Bauxine while earning his degree, and over time, he developed a small following.

Mascus signed with Dismal Records three years ago and recorded his eponymous debut. The album was veritably DOA on the charts, however, and Dismal Records quickly dropped Mascus--coincidentally, the same time his fiancée, Charlice Thompson, left him. The singer/songwriter fell into a state of depression and began penning songs for a new album, moving to Kelder to tour and promote himself. Over time, his following began to grow, and before long, Mascus's work for his unreleased album had reached almost mythic fame in the Kelderia region. The cry for a new album was answered by I Can't Believe They're Not Records, and before long, Mascus's second album, Uh... Hey, was released, debuting at #7 on the Jukebox Charts.

Mascus has since been touring the world with the Greansleaves, his first single, "Try and Stop Me," having achieved remarkable success. His video debut, "Uh... Hey," has just recently been released.

ALBUM NAME: Uh... Hey
TRACK LIST:
1. Uh... Hey
2. Try and Stop Me
3. Passenger Seat
4. Long, Long, Long Gone
5. Last Tuesday
6. After the Goldrush
7. Sketchbook
8. The Way Your Hair Looks Under the Streetlights
9. Pushpin Holes
10. Goin' Home
11. Denouement
CRITICAL COMMENTS: A remarkable improvement from his lackluster quirky debut, singer/songwriter Day Mascus's first album at I Can't Believe They're Not Records turns out to be one of the most pleasant surprises of the year and a remarkably fast maturation of the Orglaian guitar prodigy.

Unlike Mascus's eponymous debut, which thrived on asinine pop and quirky guitar parts, Uh... Hey is a very down-to-Earth, reflective piece. Indeed, considering the struggles Mascus has been through over the past few years, one can hardly blame him for wanting to break free of his past. Here, Mascus acknowledges that he is observing and searching--be it in the airy whimsy of "Sketchbook" or the rode-weary "Passenger Seat"--at the same time he is looking back--as in the lament "Long, Long, Long Gone" and lead-off single "Try and Stop Me." Mascus is content with his past here and just as willing to get better.

The two covers that round out the album (Neil Young's "After the Goldrush" and Dinosaur Jr.'s "Goin' Home") are the perfect compliment--airy, light tunes that blend well into Mascus's minimalist guitar-only style. The catchy, ready-for-radio numbers "Try and Stop Me," "Uh... Hey," and the ballad "The Way Your Hair Looks Under the Streetlights" round out an unbelievable collection from a man who is well on his way to stardom. Some would argue that this is too minimal--there is virtually no instrumentation besides the acoustic guitar and Mascus's scratching vocals--but the stripped-down production reflects a man whose genius is reflected in the simplicity of his musicality.

SINGLE NAME: "Uh... Hey"
LYRICS:

Verse
Well babe I caught you outside
Of my hotel room last night
You brought me pretty flowers
And your hairbun was a sight
And babe I gotta ask you
What you're doin' here today?
And babe when you come 'round here
All that I can think to say...

Chorus
Uh... hey
Where you been?
What you doin' here tonight?
Are you comin' round to see me?
Are you hopin' I'm all right?
Uh... hey
What's the deal now?
Do you wanna make amends?
If I ask you if you love me,
Will you say that it depends?

Uh... hey

Verse
Well babe I brought you inside
Of my bedroom for a while
I took your raincoat off your back
And you sent me a smile
And babe I gotta wonder
As you're huggin' good ol' Day
And when we get together
Why is it all I say...

Chorus
Uh... hey
Where you been?
What you doin' here tonight?
Are you comin' round to see me?
Are you hopin' I'm all right?
Uh... hey
Where you goin'?
It's still three o'clock a.m.
Are you comin' back to see me
Or just runnin' off with him?

Uh... hey

Bridge
Babe I gotta wonder
Why you bother comin' round
You don't tell me that you f*cked up
You don't even make a sound that I can hear
And all you do is whine
About how you ain't got the time
To love me
You ain't gonna find
Another way to love me...

Verse
Well babe I dreamt I saw you
In the front seat of my show
You were smilin' when I sang to you
Your face was all aglow
And when I woke to tell you
You'd already run away
Why is it in these waking hours
All that I can think to say...

Chorus
Uh... hey
Where you been?
What you doin' here tonight?
Are you comin' round to see me?
Are you hopin' I'm all right?
Uh... hey
What's the deal now?
Do you wanna make amends?
If I ask you if you love me,
Will you say that it depends?

Uh... hey
Where you been?
What you doin' here tonight?
Are you comin' round to see me?
Are you hopin' I'm all right?
Uh... hey
Where you goin'?
It's still three o'clock a.m.
Are you comin' back to see me
Or just runnin' off with him?

Uh... hey
Babe, I'm sorry
Plaese don't turn and run away
When I need you back
All I can think to say

Uh... hey

BAND NAME: The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Conductor: Rae Ellingwood
First Violins: Sofia Keehn, Katy Rojer, Jessie Southwood, Clayton Stromain, Melisa Licari, Darryl Redfield, Clinton Badalamenti, Roxie Lapinski, Hugh Campanelli, Jami Litteral, Ted Molock, Mallory Ashbaugh, Dona Slevin, Harriett Gang, Dollie Mendosa, Earnestine Germaine
Second Violins: Javier Stauber, Gay Weisbrod, Pearlie Bopp, Harriett Zaldivar, Alana Coloma, Nordquist, Darryl Stalls, Cody Schiefelbein, Lance Narron, Lakisha Litle, Milagros Kintner, Amie Clinard, Alejandra Bester
Violas: Kathrine Lamkin, Steenbergen, Jessie Sandhu, Darren Paley, Jessie Witman, Christian Barrette, Darryl Lumsden, Roxie Fobbs, Chandra Romanski
Cellos: Avis Sandidge, Penelope Jamal, Noreen Berthold, Tia Winker, Roslyn Pesina, Kenya Hallenbeck, Jamie Cournoyer, Jamie Lewicki
Basses: Mathew Bonacci, Karina Latch, Alana Clayson, Noemi Lamon, Fernando Rosinski, Lance Fischbach, Tyrone Meisinger
Flute: Neva Kaestner
Oboe: Lance Clepper
English Horn: Mathew Escalona
Clarinets: Darryl Pergande, Kelly Britten
Bass Clarinet: Dollie Meche
Bassons: Lance Hultquist, Chandra Bose
Contrabasson: Ted Meigs
French Horn: Neil Godbey, Darren Montufar, Kurt Bate, Neva Sickles
Trumpets: Serena Degreenia, Allan Hjort
Trombone: Darryl Sergeant
Bass Trombone: Clayton Yelverton
Tuba: Lance Simeon
Timpani: Tyrone Horrigan
Percussion: Loraine Mcnelly, Maricela Spade, Max Alban, Clayton Viles
Harp: Katy Worthley
Piano: Marylou Fennel
Sopranos: Penelope Siegler, Sharron Laurin, Lorrie Engram, Benita Tibbitts, Pearlie Walburn, Lakisha Royals, Annabelle Maselli, Roslyn Besser, Edwina Bookman, Nannie Charity, Darcy Seawell, Julianne Larrick, Rae Diangelo
Altos: Milagros Buttram, Ashlee Im, Lenore Eakes, Sitz, Noemi Luca, Hillary Anello, Katy Neathery, Marcie Bartolomeo, Elnora Hughs, Earnestine Cuffie, Elinor Lynde, Edwina Likes, Annabelle Madonia, Saundra Garett
Tenors: Nelson Yelverton, Neil Perrier, Cody Esterly, Neil Klick, Ted Llorens, Mathew Barbera, Darryl Mcmunn, Darcy Silvera, Allyson Henslee, Earnestine Kaser
Baritones: Gerardo Kohli, Delbert Christoff, Kelvin Kreke, Archie Spinosa, Robin Reusch, Kelvin Leyua, Wm Kempel, Rudolph Edmisten, Gerardo Pettiway, Kelvin Atcitty
Basses: Fernando Kostka, Erik Choat, Cody Ost, Jessie Carabajal, Cody Morvant, Clinton Bitting, Christian Haugland, Jamie Bryer, Allan Blom
BAND AGE: 95 years
RECORD LABEL: Federation Publications
GENRE: Orchestral and Choral
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: None
BAND HISTORY: Long regarded as the premire military musical group in Dor Lomin, the Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus has performed throughout the Federation's history, at many events, including the infamous Elf Party held by the Dor Lomin Regional Alliance, where the orchetra, armed to help provide security, engaged in a short but fierce gun battle with raiding Melkorian Special Operations Troops.

ALBUM NAME: Introductions and Farewells
TRACK LIST:
1. Seventeen Come Sunday Vaughn Williams {Federation National Anthem}
2. Die Walküre Robert Wagner {Commonwealth of Sentient Peoples Anthem}
3. The Hymn to Red October Basil Poldouris {Commonwealth of Peitha Anthem}
4. Conquest of Paradise Vangelis {Dominion of Vanderhill Anthem}
5. Under Cover of Night Martin O'Donnell {Dominion of the Halo Anthem}
6. Klendathu Drop Basil Poldouris {Space Marines Theme}
7. Fear is the Mind Killer Brian Tyler {Space Naval Theme}
8. House Atreides Brian Tyler {Theme of the Imperial President}
9. Main Title Season Three Christopher Franke {Space Fighter Corps Theme}
10. The Revolution Brian Tyler {First Army Theme}
11. The Battle Hans Zimmer {Ground Forces Theme}
12. Inama Nushif Brian Tyler {Theme of Battles Lost}
CRITICAL COMMENTS: As usual, the orchestra and chorus do a superb job with their classical and military styles, but where is the variety? This first album can be expected to do well among the military community and like minded citizens, but among the general populus, I don't see it going very far. On the other hand, this is their first ever album, and it is unclear why the Government is allowing this to be sold. Maybe a tax cut in the near future?

And NOW the much anticipated Single from CDH:

Love's Burning a Hole in My Pocket

A pretty little redhead
With playful blue eyes
She asked me for a dolly
One that wets and one that cries.
Then she hugged me tight and ran to play
And I stood looking after
Went to the store and bought her the best
And she loved it everafter.

She holds my heart in her hand
She dances joy into my life
She has my picture in a hundred dollar locket
Oh, her love is burning a hole in my pocket.

She asked me next for a pony
One she could ride and love and pet.
Her eyes sparkled so much I went right out
And bought the nicest one I could get.
So I moved us out to the country
Where her pony could live and run
I watched her play with it for hours
And ride off into the setting sun.

She conveys her love with her eyes
Like a butterfly flutters my heart
She has my picture in a different locket
Oh, her love is burning a hole in my pocket.

Her pony got traded for a corvette
Her clothes were the trendiest she could get
Her hair was one hundred forty-nine
And she was all mine
To watch grow and learn and dream
Till the day I found my picture in the garbage
And my eyes swelled up with a gleam.

She left in the middle of the night
She left a note that I might read
“You gave me all I wanted
Your money was always there
But I really needed hugs and kisses
And your shoulder to dry my tears.
Now I’m going to find out
What life’s all about
Thank you for all of these years.”

Her love was all that I had to live on
And I stare blankly now that she’s gone
I took off her desk the locket
And died with it still in my pocket.

Kamikaze's new website, www.kamikaze.co.kn, has just been opened. There, fans can purchase merchandise, check tour dates, download song files, and play minigames. Go check it out today!

Yep. That's the second single. Although I have to say it's of inferior quality.

Two things:

1. There's no need to fill out the entire application again when you release a new single. It just bogs down the thread.
2. Friendly advice: avoid overcrowding the market with your music. Releasing two singles within the period of two weeks is, generally speaking, going to hurt you more than it's going to help.

BAND NAME: Jill Scott
MEMBERS (and instruments): Solo Artist (hires band to do background at preformances and conserts)
BAND AGE: 3 years
RECORD LABEL: Ford/Freud Records
GENRE: Pop/R&B
PAST ALBUMS: None
PAST SINGLES: None
BAND HISTORY:

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The High Controller of the Brave New Ford World Jill Scot was turned from overnight from News Commentator into the ruler of the BNFW in a week. However as luck would have it she has discovered a talent for singing that she now plans to use to promote the Fordism Government to the youth of the world and also to teach them the many uses of Soma. She enjoys golfing, surfing, and long Soma-Holidays.

ALBUM NAME: Soma 101

TRACK LIST:
1. Intro (instrumental)
2. Soma-Holiday
3. Lucky
4. Battle for Truth
5. Pop/Punk
6. Creep
7. Name of the Game
8. Promisquity
9. Sex
10. Outro

CRITICAL COMMENTS: This debut album from the High Controller of Brave New Ford World showcases the vocal talent of Jill Scott in a way no one has ever seen. In a voice that reminds the listener of Madonna this album is a hard-hitting blow in the stomach that doesn't stop with vocal talents alone. The Suggestions List that comes with it advices the person who buys the CD to be a on Soma-Holiday when they listen to the album to get the full effect of what Jill calls "the Soma-Holiday Experience". The album has become the source of many internet rumors as people claim that the album contains subliminals that are bent to turn people into speakerboxes for Fordism Governments the worldover. Jill hasn't commented on this yet. The covers of Creep (TLC), Name of the Game (Crystal Method), and Lucky (Britney Spears) are also very well done and are worht a lisen. 5 out of 5 stars.

SINGLE NAME: Lucky

LYRICS:This is a story about a girl named Lucky…

Early morning, she wakes up
Knock, knock, knock on the door
It's time for makeup, perfect smile
It's you they're all waiting for
They go…
"Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?"
And they say…

Chorus:
She's so lucky, she's a star
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there's nothing missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night

Lost in an image, in a dream
But there's no one there to wake her up
And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning
But tell me what happens when it stops?
They go…
"Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?"
And they say…

Chorus:
She's so lucky, she's a star
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there's nothing missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night

"Best actress, and the winner is…Lucky!"
"I'm Roger Johnson for Pop News standing outside the arena waiting for Lucky"
"Oh my god…here she comes!"

Isn't she lucky, this Hollywood girl?
She is so lucky, but why does she cry?
If there's nothing missing in her life
Why do tears come at night?

Chorus:
She's so lucky, she's a star
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there's nothing missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 7 Sales:
1. Youthanasia - The Money Will Roll Right In
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - ANGER+FORCE=SOVIET
LAST WEEK: #2
3. Nine-Second Tractor - NOS Plowin'
LAST WEEK: #1
4. The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus - Introductions and Farewells
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Green Machine - Soylent Green
LAST WEEK: #5
6. Kamikaze - Nautilus
LAST WEEK: #4
7. Jill Scott - Soma 101
LAST WEEK: n/a
8. Mad Kid Disease - Beware of Child
LAST WEEK: #8
9. Under 21 - Under Age
LAST WEEK: n/a
10. Testiclisation - Testiclisation
LAST WEEK: #10
11. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #8
12. Lazarus Calling - Guitar for Arms
LAST WEEK: #3
13. CDH - CDH
LAST WEEK: #13
14. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #6
15. BrahmaPadraig - HimaLeyLines
LAST WEEK: #11
16. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #9
17. Preventer Five - Preventer Five
LAST WEEK: #17
18. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: n/a
19. The Grand Peak Tactical Orchestra - Music to Wage War By
LAST WEEK: #12
20. The Trapeze Accidents - The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd
LAST WEEK: #15

COMMENTS: Popular Aequatian band Youthanasia makes their debut in the top spot this week on the Jukebox Charts, while a few other newcomers hold up respectable positions. The popularity of Day Mascus's latest single has caused his album to creep back up the charts; is a resurgence forthcoming?

1. CDH - "Love's Burning a Hole in My Pocket"
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. Youthanasia - "Viminy"
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Testiclisation - "Rock Your Body"
LAST WEEK: #5
4. Monaa - "Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)"
LAST WEEK: #1
5. Day Mascus - "Uh... Hey"
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. Mad Kid Disease - "Str8Edj"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Kamikaze - "Cats In The Cradle"
LAST WEEK: #4
8. Nine-Second Tractor - "The Shanty"
LAST WEEK: #3
9. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - "Dark Flow"
LAST WEEK: #2
10. Jill Scott - "Lucky"
LAST WEEK: n/a
11. Green Machine - "Soylent Green"
LAST WEEK: #6
12. Gandulf and the Head Trip - "Hassan I Shabah"
LAST WEEK: #10
13. Method to Madness - "Force of Habit"
LAST WEEK: #8
14. Java Beans - "Candlelight"
LAST WEEK: #12
15. The Peace Brigade - "Innocence Lost"
LAST WEEK: #11
16. Mad Kid Disease - "I Hate Everything"
LAST WEEK: #7
17. Kaosu no Tenshi - "Lucky 13"
LAST WEEK: #13
18. The Adejaani DJs - "Age of Reason'"
LAST WEEK: #18
19. The Greansleaves - "Gone Fishin'"
LAST WEEK: #19
20. The Trapeze Accidents - "Jonathon Fisk"
LAST WEEK: #20

COMMENTS: Testiclation has begun a surprising climb and may retake the number one spot in the next week, although the Top 10 seems highly volatile this week. Any one of these ten singles could easily take the top spot in the coming weeks!

As Rock Your Body climbs, sales climb too
Testiclisation's cover of Justin Timberlake's Rock Your Body has gone up two notches on the charts and gone up in sales by at least 100 000 copies while the album did a no-mover and slaes of the album going up by 25000. The band, who are putting their tour on hold due to a member's dying aunt, have commented that Testiclisation the song would hit the charts soon. Here's a quick preview (4 lines) of the song. [song warning: LYRICS MAY MAKE YOU LAUGH HARDLY]

I said testicle/Testicles on the floor
(..I said testicle.....testicles on the floor)
Testiclisation, yeah, testiclisation baby,
you'd better get ready cause Testiclisation's coming for you!

The Trapeze Accidents are pleased to announce the release of their new single, The Shoulder EP. This single features a new version of their album track "Shoulder," this one recorded with Sonic Anesthesia vocalist Kari Shrug accompanying Santos L. Halper on vocals.

1. Shoulder (f./ Kari Shrug)
2. '85
3. Another Sad Song About November (live - Newhart - 28-10-2XXX)
4. Nightlight (live - Newhart - 28-10-2XXX)
5. Shoulder (album version)

Santos:
I'm crying
It's not because I hate you
It's just because I hate me
And my head is falling down upon
Your shoulder
It's just another reason
I'm always making reasons up
And now it's two p.m.
I'm sleeping in

Has it come to this again?
Is it raining on your shoulder?
Is it autumn in Bauxinia again?
Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?
Dear, give me your shoulder

Kari:
I'm losing
It's not as if I don't try
It's all I do to not cry
And my chips are down on black, my last
Four quarters
It's just a big diversion
It's all a big diversion now
And I just lost my chance
To leave again

Santos & Kari:
Has it come to this again?
Is it raining on your shoulder?
Is it autumn in Bauxinia again?
Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?
Dear, give me your shoulder

Santos:
I'm groping
It's nothing but a bad dream
I always have these bad dreams
When I'm freefalling down off of
Your shoulder
It's just a waking vision
My life's a tear-blurred vision
And I can't taste the salt
That sucks me in

Kari & Santos:
Has it come to this again?
Is it raining on your shoulder?
Is it autumn in Bauxinia again?
Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?
Santos:
Can I feel your shoulder?
Kari:
Tell me, where's your shoulder?
Santos:
Dear, give me your shoulder
Kari:
Dear, give me your shoulder
Santos & Kari:
Dear, please, God, I'm telling you
Let me in

Has it come to this again?
Is it pouring on your shoulder?
Did I tell my muse "I hate you" yet again?
Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?
Dear, give me your shoulder
Santos:
Please come back, my shoulder

Santos:
I'm crying
It's not because I hate you
It's just because I hate me
And my head is falling down, but there's
No shoulder
The door is hanging open
But still I'm left groping
Santos & Kari:
For a place to hang my head
For a place to rest my head
For my wine and for my bread

Santos:
For your shoulder...

Damnable Records Presents... Crimson Sedition by the breakout metal band Crimson Sedition. You probably remember the chilling hit single "Memory"... Well their new album Granite Reflection is to hit stores SOON! And keep one ear open for their brand new single Tribulations.

BAND NAME: Crimson Sedition
MEMBERS (and instruments):
J. Grimm Vocals
R. Laken Lead Guitar
Dave Chitan Drums
"The Baron" Chang Bass

BAND AGE: 2 years
RECORD LABEL: Damnable Records!
GENRE: Metal

PAST ALBUMS: Dementia of the Mass
PAST SINGLES: "Memory"
BAND HISTORY: The history of the band is shaky. They formed in the early winter of 2001, their popularity climbed with their brief yet popular song "Memory", however their first album met with little success. Afterward the band, after a dispute over the length of the border between China and Russia, took a 7 month hiatus. Terminating their contract with A Very Hairy Christmas Records, due to failure to create an album to meet a deadline, they signed a new contract with Damnable Records which is due to release their album a couple of days ago.

ALBUM NAME: Granite Reflection

TRACK LIST:
1. A Dream Lies Waken on the Floor 4:21
2. Wanderer of the Mind 2:30
3. Death Then Life Again 8:11
4. Blind Guardian of No More 5:32
5. Keep In Mind 3:09
6. Voodoo People 4:24
7. Vlad 9:10
8. I Am Sane 2:00
9. A Wednesday's Eve 4:53
10. Tribulations 7:47
11. Lethal Mind F**k 3:24
12. Anger's Hound 2:49


CRITICAL COMMENTS: Reviewed by Signor Vespucci: Granite Reflection is quite an unusual album in that it sports very different sounds to all the songs. The album starts out rolling slowly in a sort of gloomy dreary depressive doom metal and when it gets to the somewhat demented yet very unique "Keep In Mind" the sound of the album transforms into a fast pace speed metal. However, Vlad which is probably the most brilliant of the songs on the album has a powerful determined sound taht pounds its way in brutal imagery from the lyrics and intricate melody. "I Am Sane" once more delves into dementia only this time theres no lead guitar present, and the entire song reminds you of a disturbed nursery rhyme. After that the album once more picks up the thrash and bash anger style (with the exception of their single "Tribulations"). Although there are some not exactly great songs ("Wander of the Mind" and "Keep In Mind" comes to mind almost ironically), the album is worth buying and listening to over and over again.

SINGLE NAME:Tribulations
LYRICS:
Dark... Like the ignominy
Grey vengence
Is almost yours
Take with me
Your repentence
Nevermore; it is yours

Look into the granite mirror
Where you see my dim visage
Beckon forth for the terror
There you see my visage

***
Sweeping, flowing through your veins
Oozing pestilence describes your heart
As it darkens, soils and stains

Gaze upon withering worms
As they crawl from the masses
Of decaying flesh--in swarms

***
There upon in the masses
Where they writhe
In your throat (it passes)

Happiness, like the marrow
Imbibed from your bones
Bow to your Pharaoh
Once again, foolish drones

***
As the shadow consumes your heart
And the rivelets of the crimson
Burst from your eyes
Then you'll see how blind you were
As your skull shatters
(Hollow)
Like your soul

Then your inqiuity is derived from your mind
But how can you?
Look forward from the cage
(And smile)

Rot in there with the others
From whose skulls you drink their blood
Ecstasy from the quaffing
Extinguishes your hope

***
There you sit and tommorrow
Where sunsets imbibed
There upon with your sorrow
Nevermore; you survived



PS This is probably the best idea for the NS forum thread I've seen yet. Great job SLAG!

(OOC: Thanks, Amerigo. Means a lot, as this is pretty much my pride and joy about now. ^_^

And I highly doubt a flagrantly OOC compilation could make it onto the Jukes, LE.

Now then, to business that a lot of you may wish to read...

What follows is an excerpt from In Brief, an interview program hosted by VJ Teresa Stonehill-Stoermer on The SLAGLandic music network, The Burn. This 5-10 minute excerpt allows for brief interviews with musicians to gain insights into the art of making music and videos, as well as to address controversies and such. Think of it as a blurb interview, not much longer than what I've got here.

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Feel free to use Teresa Stonehill-Stoermer for your own interviews. She tends to behave fairly professionally, but doesn't mind cutting loose every once in a while. As long as she's used reasonably and doesn't drift too far from the character sketch I've presented here, the same bonuses will apply if you use the In Brief template to make interviews.

Questions? You know where to post 'em!)


~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~IN BRIEF
~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=featuring Santos L. Halper

TERESA: Hello, I'm Teresa Stonehill-Stoermer, and this is In Brief. Today, I'm honoured to have with me the keyboardist and vocalist for musical legends The Trapeze Accidents, renowned the world over as legends. Santos L. Halper, welcome to In Brief.

SANTOS: Thank you muchly, Teresa... the pleasure is mine, I assure you.

TERESA: Now, the radio waves are, as always, playing the new Trapeze Accidents single non-stop. The album is the multi-platinum The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd, and the song is, of course, "Shoulder." Tell us about that song.

SANTOS: Well, "Shoulder" obviously stems lyrically from a very difficult time in my life. Shortly after we put out... er... Baby, Why Don't We..., I traveled back to my home town of Bauxine to spend some time with my good friend, Kari Shrug from Sonic Anesthesia. We'd courted each other off and on for several years back then, and... uh... basically, it was put up or shut up time for me. I either loved her or... I didn't. Well, as it turns out... she didn't. The re-recording of "Shoulder" actually marked the first time we've spoken in about... oh... two years?

TERESA: And what was it like to see her again?

SANTOS: Well, she was extremely gracious and understanding--Kari's always been that way, I guess. She loved the song, despite, obviously, being the major subject matter of it, and she... uh... she really echoed the sentiment, and she really wanted to sing it with me. She has this marvelous, sweeping voice that just carries you when you're listening to it, like the wind. It's really amazing to be working with someone like that.

TERESA: Now, the video for "Shoulder" will be debuting tomorrow on VideoFone at 4:00. Can you tell us a little bit about what we can expect?

SANTOS: Well... ah... the video was filmed entirely in the countryside of Bauxinia, not ten kilometers from my hometown. It's mostly in an apple orchard not far from the SLAGLandic-Mallbertan border. Unlike a lot of our previous videos, we wanted something with fewer gimmicks and special effects--in fact, our bassist Yorick even directed the video, the first one he's directed since "Postal Blowfish Jam" on our second album. In a weird sort of way, it's a lot like "Blowfish" in concept--few frills, low budget... just letting the song speak for itself.

TERESA: There you have it, fans. The album is The Trapeze Accidents... Depants'd; if you don't have it already, pick it up, 'cuz it's a great listen. The video "Shoulder" debuts tomorrow on VideoFone at four. Thanks for stopping by, Santos.

SANTOS: My pleasure, Teresa. Any time.

TERESA: Great Camofrog bless you all, and keep on rockin' in the free world!

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And now, ladies and germs, we've got a new video for you here on VideoFone from SLAGLandic indy rock heroes The Trapeze Accidents! Filmed in the beautiful orchards of North Bauxinia, this song is one of keyboardist Santos L. Halper's most sensitive moments and features Sonic Anesthesia vocalist Kari Shrug on vocals. This is "Shoulder."


(The video opens with a sweeping aerial shot of the extensive apple orchards of North Bauxinia. The trees and fields have turned golden yellow and brown in the late autumn, and the wind can be heard rustling through the trees, joined in chorus by the birds. The song opens with a rollicking G major piano progression, quickly joined by acoustic guitar and bass, as well as a gentle drum accompaniment by Todd the Modd. The camera pans down to a small log cabin that rests in the center of the orchards and onto the back porch. Santos L. Halper sits at a small child's piano, his face careworn and tired, a derby pulled over his forehead. Rede Cornucopia is sitting on the porch step next to bassist Yorick, small plastic toy guitars in both of their laps. Behind them all, Todd the Modd strums pencils on pots and pans laid out to look like a drum set. Santos sings in his usual scratchy, insecure tremulo as the band plays on.)

I'm crying
It's not because I hate you
It's just because I hate me
And my head is falling down upon
Your shoulder

(The camera switches to a new location: SLAGTown at midnight. The camera reaches an over-the-shoulder shot of a woman in a black coat, her dark hair hanging from under a fuzzy winter hat. The silhouette stares blankly into SLAGTown, apparently watching a woman playing a cello on the street corner--Jane B. Jane--next to a mandolin player--Warner. These instruments join the texture of the music as the woman stares on.)

It's just another reason
I'm always making reasons up
And now it's two p.m.
I'm sleeping in

(The song switches climatically modal as we return to Santos, hammering passionately on the keys, bobbing his head up and down. The camera periodically switches back to the cold silhoeutte between shots of the band on the porch.)

Has it come to this again?
Is it raining on your shoulder?
Is it autumn in Bauxinia again?
Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?
Dear, give me your shoulder

(The final lines get progressively quieter as Santos stands up, taking the piano under his arm, still playing with one hand. The camera switches back to the silhouetted woman, still looking over her shoulder as she walks through the quiet streets of SLAGTown. The voice of Kari Shrug joins in the instruments.)

I'm losing
It's not as if I don't try
It's all I do to not cry
And my chips are down on black, my last
Four quarters

(The camera switches to the inside of an airplane. Santos's small piano is resting on the tray table in front of him, and he continues to play, singing background vocals all the while.)

It's just a big diversion
It's all a big diversion now

(The camera switches back to SLAGTown, where the over-the-shoulder woman attempts to flag down a taxi. The taxi stops, only to pick up Jane B. Jane and Warner before taking off again.)

And I just lost my chance
To leave again

(The woman begins giving chase to the taxi, the camera periodically panning out to view the band members playing inside. The camera switches between these images, the band playing on the porch, and Santos on the plane--the window displaying that night is beginning to fall. Santos and Kari both sing, Santos on melody, Kari on harmony.)

Has it come to this again?
Is it raining on your shoulder?
Is it autumn in Bauxinia again?
Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?
Dear, give me your shoulder

(As the vocals fade again, the taxi turns around a corner--lost. The woman's shoulders shrug in an evident sigh--she has reached the busy streets of the commercial district of SLAGTown, the skyscrapers high above her. The camera switches back to Santos on the plane, buckling his seat belt and preparing to land as he plays piano with one hand, singing all the while.)

I'm groping
It's nothing but a bad dream
I always have these bad dreams
When I'm freefalling down off of
Your shoulder

(Back to the over-the-shoulder woman now, her head looking over the tremendous steel-and-stone monoliths rising from the streets. She looks to the other side, apparently wishing to cross.)

It's just a waking vision
My life's a tear-blurred vision
And I can't taste the salt
That sucks me in

(Once again, the three-way shots commence. Santos is standing now, getting off of the plane as the over-the-shoulder woman nervously toes the curb. Both Kari and Santos are singing.)

Has it come to this again?
Is it raining on your shoulder?
Is it autumn in Bauxinia again?
Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?

(The camera switches to the woman as Santos sings.)

Can I feel your shoulder?

(Back to Santos exiting the plane as Kari sings.)

Tell me, where's your shoulder?

(Back to the woman again as Santos sings.)

Dear, give me your shoulder

(Santos is nervously looking through the airport as Kari sings.)

Dear, give me your shoulder

(The screen splits in two now--Santos on one half and the over-the-shoulder woman on the other. Santos is desperately running through the airport now, shoving the madding crowds out of the way as he continues to play piano with one hand. The over-the-shoulder woman, meanwhile, runs parallel to the curb, desperately seeking a break in the traffic. Both Santos and Kari sing now.)

Dear, please, God, I'm telling you
Let me in

Has it come to this again?
Is it pouring on your shoulder?
Did I tell my muse "I hate you" yet again?

(At long last, Santos bursts out of the airport--on the opposite side of the street from the over-the-shoulder woman as the camera returns to a single shot. The camera first shows over her shoulder, staring back at Santos, still playing piano with one hand.)

Has it come to this again?
Will I ever feel your shoulder?
Ever feel your shoulder?

(The camera switches now to over Santos's shoulder, staring back at the woman. We can see now that it is indeed Kari Shrug.)

Dear, give me your shoulder

(The camera switches at the end of the vocal portion to a shot of Santos's lips, singing the final line of the chorus.)

Please come back, my shoulder

(The instruments fall silent, and the camera switches first to a shot of the porch. Rede is asleep on Yorick's shoulder, and Todd the Modd is hunched over his drumset. The camera switches back to the taxi as the piano returns, and we can see that Jane B. Jane is asleep on Warner's shoulder. Shots through the window of the taxi reveal that the taxi is driving down the street between Santos and Kari. Santos sings alone now as the camera switches back to him on the curb, playing the tiny piano, singing across the street to Shrug.)

I'm crying
It's not because I hate you
It's just because I hate me
And my head is falling down, but there's
No shoulder

(The camera fades to sunrise, the traffic still heavy. Santos and Kari are still on opposite sides of the street, still staring, still unmoving.)

The door is hanging open
But still I'm left groping

(The camera switches to Kari's eyes and Santos's eyes, both on opposite sides of the screen. The two sing in tandem.)

For a place to hang my head
For a place to rest my head
For my wine and for my bread

(The piano falls silent as Santos sings the final line.)

For your shoulder...

(The video's final shot is from over Shrug's shoulder, watching as Santos picks up his piano and casually walks away, his back to Shrug. Fade.)

Well aware of the graphic lyrics in their newly released single and unaware of censorship standards in the SLAGLands, Crimson Sedition submits an edited alternative should their uncut single prove inappropriate:

SINGLE NAME:Tribulations
LYRICS:
Dark... Like the ignominy
Grey vengence
Is almost yours
Take with me
Your repentence
Nevermore; it is yours

Look into the granite mirror
Where you see my dim visage
Beckon forth for the terror
There you see my visage

***
Sweeping, flowing through your veins
... Your heart
As it darkens, soils and stains

Gaze upon withering worms
As they crawl from the masses
...In swarms

***
There upon in the masses
Where they writhe
...(it passes)

INSTRUMENTAL

***
INSTRUMENTAL
Then your inqiuity is derived from your mind
But how can you?
Look forward from the cage
(And smile)

INSTRUMENTAL
***
There you sit and tommorrow
Where sunsets imbibed
There upon with your sorrow
Nevermore; you survived


This is a representative of Damnable Records speaking on the behalf of Crimson Sedition.

Crimson Sedition later comments, "Beurocratic bastards, cutting up our songs. CENSORED..."

ANN Entertainment News – “Video Release for Youthanasia”

Arrio, Aequatio - Today, Medieval Records released the first official music video for the new hit band, Youthanasia. The song matches the release of the single for the song "Viminy" and includes live clips from the band's tour which is still ongoing.

http://invisionfree.com/forums/Bomfyworld_Forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=26
Aequatian News Net

Well aware of the graphic lyrics in their newly released single and unaware of censorship standards in the SLAGLands, Crimson Sedition submits an edited alternative should their uncut single prove inappropriate:

OOC:

Censorship? Standards?

AH, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

*wipes tear*

Oh... heh heh... Amerigo, you sly dog...

Seriously, there's very little that won't be shown on SLAGLandic television or played on SLAGLandic radio. A bare breast or two? A few graphic lyrics here and there? Parents know what their kids shouldn't watch or listen to, so most TV and radio stations are pretty well free to play what they please.

...A bear breast or two?...

(well, seems a rather odd thing to censor, but ok, here goes:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/390074/bear1.jpg

That harlot shall never 'strutt her* stuff' on our public television again!

* - the Ministry of Game isn't sure how to tell the difference between a male and female bear, and has taken to assuming all are female and censoring them.

(sorry, SLAG. Saw that and couldn't resist. It's all in good fun ;).

Speaking of which, I'd best get my non-musical butt out of this thread!)

Taken from a review by Courtney Bumpkin in CountryTime magazine on the latest single by CDH:

"I had never seen my husband cry. He's the big, tough farmer type. This song came on while we were in the truck heading to a movie and after the last verse he was in tears. I bought 6 copies of the single that day. I've placed them all over the house. Not only is the music beautiful, but a song that can make my man show his sensitive side is something I want in my house!"

Brave New Ford World Entertainment Tonight:

Jill Scott, the rising singing star from Brave New Ford World announced that her new Jill Scott Fan Club.inc would be sending out free monthly bags of the happyness creating drug Soma to all members of her club.

Says Jill Scott while getting ready for a performance, "I'm having the bags of Soma sent out to all my fans because I'm trying to promote the Soma-Lifestyle to everyone and I want my fans to have the choice of getting that lifestyle for free, even for a little while."

Of course when ask about the rumors of subliminal messages in her music that were turning people into zombies she had this to say.

"I feel that the whole subliminal thing is just another urban legend that people have made up for whatever reasons and it will die out when the truth is heard, buy my new album!"

*Flashes camera man her tits*

"I want to use this opp. to announce that I am planning on a three nation tour, I haven't picked the nations yet but expect me to be at a venue near you!"


http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:3jw6s792DeUC:www.menc.org/guides/classictale/cher.jpg
The Controller Jill Scott
The Community of Brave New Ford World

*Flashes camera man her tits*

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:3jw6s792DeUC:www.menc.org/guides/classictale/cher.jpg

Thank you. I didn't need those eyes. No, really.

Preventer Five is back!

... not like anyone outside of Tiburon really cared...

New album, same format! Album Name:

1.) When I'm Gone {Three Doors Down}
2.) Longview {Green Day}
3.) Keep Away {Godsmack}
4.) Bloodstained Lineage [from Guilty Gear X]
5.) Du Hast {Rammstien}
6.) One Step Closer {Linkin Park}
7.) A Place for My Head {Linkin Park}
6.) Endless Love [from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]
7.) Ticket to Heaven {Three Doors Down}
8.) Move Your Body {Daft Punk}
9.) Around the World {Daft Punk}
10.) Higher and Higher {DJ Skribble}
11.) Operation Meteor [Preventer Wind vs. Serpent Unit Deployment from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]
12.) United Front [Crazy Gadget from Sonic Adventure 2]
13.) Escape From the City [from Sonic Adventure 2]
14.) Energy {Sunbeam}
15.) Outer Space [Twinkle Park Part 1 from Sonic Adventure]

So... what's the album name then? And which track is the single?

Album Name: Five Wars and a Revolution
Single Name: Operation Meteor

ALBUM NAME: The Damned
SINGLE NAME: Golgotha Tenement Blues

Taking track 10 from the album, Method to Madness chose to release their cover of an older song by Machines of Loving Grace. So far, the reactions by fans have been ecxtatic, those who are familiar with the original claiming the group has more than done it justice. The driving bass and dark lyrics, combined with the wrenching guitar make for a solid single that so far, has appealed to fans of the band and genre.

LYRICS:

I am the city
I am the park
I am glow in the mother fucking dark
I am shocked and I seethe
I don't want to believe no more
No more
No more
Golgotha Tenement
City of sores
Give me your tired and your wicked
Give me your dollar whores
Down on the boulevard children are sold
To pave the way
For your streets of gold
Streets of gold

["I am the chosen one"]


http://home.mchsi.com/~ketri/wsb/links/cover.bmp

BAND NAME: The Be Sharps
MEMBERS: Homer Simpson, Seymour Skinner, Barney Gumble, Apu Nahasapeemapetlion (no instruments except voices)
BAND AGE: Over one year
GENRE: Barbershop
PAST ALBUMS:"Meet The Be Sharps", "Bigger Than Jesus"
PAST SINGLES: "Baby on Board", "Coney Island Baby", "Sweet Adeline"
BAND HISTORY: The quartet was founded during the summer of 1985 when Homer Simpson, Principal Seymour Skinner, Apu Nahasapeemapetlion, and Police Chief Wiggum regularly sung at Moe's Tavern. Their popularity grew rapidly, and eventually they caught the attention of their future manager, Nigel. Chief Wiggum was replaced early on by local dunk Barney Gumble. The choice was a good one. Barney had a beautiful voice and was a great addition to the currently unnamed barbershop group. The group later named itself "The Be Sharps," which was the idea of Apu. After Homer wrote the hit song, "Baby on Board", the group's popularity soared to an all-time high. They were awarded a Grammy in 1986 for their first album and became the focus of a mass merchandising campaign. After five-and-a-half weeks at the top and one more album later, the band disbanded over disagreements. However, recently, they've been spotted atop of Moe's Tavern, singing once more, reunited.

ALBUM NAME: "Meet The Be Sharps"
TRACK LIST:
1.) Baby on Board
2.) Coney Island Baby
3.) Springfield, Springfield
4.) Today
5.) Checkin' In
6.) Cut Every Corner
7.) Love on Second Sight
COMMENTS: The first and Grammy-winning album of the Be Sharps. The hit song, "Baby on Board" won them a ticket to stardom and fame.


ALBUM: "Bigger Than Jesus"
TRACK LIST:
1.) Bigger than Jesus
2.) Sweet Adeline
3.) The Ballad of Springfield
4.) Love Me Do-Do
5.) Stuck on You
6.) Feelin' Yellow
COMMENTS: The less known album of the Be Sharps. After "Bigger Than Jesus" was released and stirred up quite some controversey with religious folks. The song "Sweet Adeline", though, hit it big and became very popular.

SINGLE NAME: "Baby on Board"
LYRICS:
Baby on board,
How I've adored
That sign on my car's windowpane.
Bounce in my step,
Loaded with pep
'Cause I'm drivin' in the carpool lane.
Call me a square,
Friend, I don't care.
That little yellow sign can't be ignored
I'm tellin' you it's mighty nice.
Each trip's a trip to paradise
With my baby on board.

http://www.dapperdans.com/dapperdans/dd_television/simpsons/thesimpsons3.jpg

BAND NAME: The Be Sharps

OOC: As much as I love The Simpsons, I'm going to have to declare this a violation of my "no real bands" rule, a rule designed to encourage people to come up with original ideas.

An interesting concept, though. If you can tweak this idea--more than just changing the band name, history, etc.--I might accept it.

JUKES UPDATE COMING SOON!

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 8 Sales:
1. Crimson Sedition - Granite Reflection
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. Youthanasia - The Money Will Roll Right In
LAST WEEK: #1
3. Preventer Five - Five Wars and a Revolution
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus - Introductions and Farewells
LAST WEEK: #4
5. Nine-Second Tractor - NOS Plowin'
LAST WEEK: #3
6. Jill Scott - Soma 101
LAST WEEK: #7
7. Green Machine - Soylent Green
LAST WEEK: #5
8. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - ANGER+FORCE=SOVIET
LAST WEEK: #2
9. Kamikaze - Nautilus
LAST WEEK: #6
10. Testiclisation - Testiclisation
LAST WEEK: #10
11. Under 21 - Under Age
LAST WEEK: #9
12. Lazarus Calling - Guitar for Arms
LAST WEEK: #12
13. Mad Kid Disease - Beware of Child
LAST WEEK: #8
14. CDH - CDH
LAST WEEK: #13
15. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #11
16. BrahmaPadraig - HimaLeyLines
LAST WEEK: #15
17. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #16
18. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #14
19. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: #18
20. The Grand Peak Tactical Orchestra - Music to Wage War By
LAST WEEK: #19

COMMENTS: While there hasn't been nearly as much movement as usual on this week's charts, new albums by Crimson Sedition and Preventer Five take the gold and the bronze in their debut weeks! Jill Scott has also begun a slow ascent, much to the chagrin of parental groups. The rumours that she has used subliminal messages in her music, however, may knock Scott entirely out of cooperation with The Billco Company if they are proven. Will they be?

1. Method to Madness - "Golgotha Tenement Blues"
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. CDH - "Love's Burning a Hole in My Pocket"
LAST WEEK: #1
3. Youthanasia - "Viminy"
LAST WEEK: #2
4. The Trapeze Accidents - "Shoulder"
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Crimson Sedition - "Tribulations"
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. Preventer Five - "Operation Meteor"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Monaa - "Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)"
LAST WEEK: #4
8. Testiclisation - "Rock Your Body"
LAST WEEK: #3
9. Jill Scott - "Lucky"
LAST WEEK: #10
10. Day Mascus - "Uh... Hey"
LAST WEEK: #5
11. Nine-Second Tractor - "The Shanty"
LAST WEEK: #8
12. Kamikaze - "Cats In The Cradle"
LAST WEEK: #7
13. Mad Kid Disease - "Str8Edj"
LAST WEEK: #6
14. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - "Dark Flow"
LAST WEEK: #9
15. Gandulf and the Head Trip - "Hassan I Shabah"
LAST WEEK: #12
16. Green Machine - "Soylent Green"
LAST WEEK: #11
17. Java Beans - "Candlelight"
LAST WEEK: #14
18. Mad Kid Disease - "I Hate Everything"
LAST WEEK: #16
19. Kaosu no Tenshi - "Lucky 13"
LAST WEEK: #17
20. The Adejaani DJs - "Age of Reason'"
LAST WEEK: #18

COMMENTS: In an unprecedented move, underdogs from the Dominion Method to Madness have taken the top spot! Last week's top holders continue to stay strong, but the competition is mounting from below. Will something give way next week?

BAND NAME: The Be Sharps

OOC: As much as I love The Simpsons, I'm going to have to declare this a violation of my "no real bands" rule, a rule designed to encourage people to come up with original ideas.

An interesting concept, though. If you can tweak this idea--more than just changing the band name, history, etc.--I might accept it.

JUKES UPDATE COMING SOON!

IC: The Be Sharps are heartbroken by this decision of rejection.

<OOC: Dammit!>

BAND NAME: The Be Sharps

OOC: As much as I love The Simpsons, I'm going to have to declare this a violation of my "no real bands" rule, a rule designed to encourage people to come up with original ideas.

An interesting concept, though. If you can tweak this idea--more than just changing the band name, history, etc.--I might accept it.

JUKES UPDATE COMING SOON!

IC: The Be Sharps are heartbroken by this decision of rejection.

<OOC: Dammit!>

<OOC: Dammit!>

OOC: I'm telling you, I still like the idea of a Simpsons-based band, just one that's not already on the show.

BAND NAME: The Explodinators
MEMBERS:
Mr. X (Homer Simpson) - electric guitar, vocals
Stretch Dude (Bart Simpson) - percussion, vocals
Clobber Girl (Lisa Simpson) - bass guitar
BAND AGE: Three years
GENRE: Heavy Metal
PAST ALBUMS: "Simpsons Gone Wild", "The Ballad of the Obese", "Duffman", "Yellow Album"
BAND HISTORY: After several failed "get-rich-quick" schemes, Homer formulated yet another scheme make himself filthy rich. He and his son and daughter, Bart and Lisa, bonded together to form a new pop band, "The Yellow Kids on the Block." They would sing for hours at the corner of Evergreen Terrace for quarters, never even making a dime. Eventually, Homer decided to convert the band to rock-and/or-roll. After assigning himself as the lead vocals and guitar -- and Bart to perscussion, Lisa to bass, The Explodinators' popularity skyrocketed, especially after Bart replaced a church hymn with one of the band's songs, "Garden of Eden" -- a blatant rip-off of Iron Butterfly's "Gadda-Da-Vidda." The stunt astounded parishioners, who begged to hear another one of the band's superb lyrics and awesome beat. The Explodinators scored a gig on The Krusty the Clown Show, winning over the young viewers. Contract offers poured in after the show. Eventually, The Explodinators signed with Forest Gump Studios. Four albums have been released, including the Grammy award winner, "Yellow Album."

ALBUM NAME: "Yellow Album"
TRACK LIST:
1.) "Brighten to Yellow"
2.) "Cookie"
3.) "Dancin' Homer"
4.) "Screw Flanders" [English version]
5.) "Enrosca El Senor Flanders (Screw Flanders)" [Spanish version]
6.) "I Hope Prance"
7.) "F--- Me, I'm a Hooker"
8.) "Winona"
9.) "Cletus, the Slack-Jawed Yokel"
10.) "Diez"
11.) "Saunter! Amble!"
12.) "Springfield, Springfield!"
13.) "Smells Like Homer Spirit"
COMMENTS: "Yellow Album" was released in 2001, right after Homer's never death due to an overdose on painkillers. Nevertheless, the album sold big, raking in millions during its first week. "Smells Like Homer Spirit", "Cookie", and "Screw Flanders" all were chart-toppers.

SINGLE NAME: "Smells Like Homer Spirit"
LYRICS:
Load up on Duff
Bring your friends
It's fun to drink
And pretend
That we were lesbians
At a buffet
Hey guess what?
I think you're gay.

[chorus]
Jello [16x]

Travelin' out to the countryside
Road trip with
Me and the boys
We're goin' down to
To Lenny's place
Where we get some cake

[chorus]

And I just forget
What name was
Oh yeah, it's Mr. Plow
Oh my, oh my, oh my, oh wow

[chorus]

We need free samples
To satisfy my never-ending hunger
Oh, the pain
My strengths are
In my fat, not my brain
Ha-ha, ha-ha, Nelson.

[chorus]

[b]SINGLE NAME:[/i] "Cookie"
LYRICS:
I came into world as
Bald as cueball
No friends
Fatter than a bloated beachball
I was all alone
Until I saw it.

[chorus]
Mmmm... the cookie, the cookie
I did it all for the cookie, the cookie
I did it all for the cookie, the cookie

[extended guitar solo]

Attempted suicide
Homicide
Coincide with this cookie, this cookie
It's so round and chocolate
Oh my God, I can't resist it
Help me
Help me
Help me!

[chorus]

[exteneded guitar solo]

OOC: 1st place! :D Three Cyber Cheers for Crimson Sedition: W00T! LOLZ! OMG!

Popular SLAGLands-based Amerigan-import Magazine Music Evolution Weekly--"Exclusive Interview with the breakout band, Crimson Sedition. "
Interviewer Dave Benneli takes us inside the mind of J. Grimm (the vocals of the Amerigan band whose newest album, Granite Reflection, has topped the charts in the SLAGLands within its first week).

Benneli: Your album landed right on top in its first week. Did you expect that to happen?
Grimm: Actually, no, that was a very unexpected surprise. Granite Reflection turned out very well, when we were finished with it, but we thought that it was geared very much toward a limited audience.

Benneli: How so?
Grimm: It's a very heavy experimental album... And some songs on there are so completely off beat that we thought few people would appreciate.

Benneli: Your sing landed at number 5. What do you think about that?
Grimm: Frankly we doubted it would be so popular. It's a dark and gloomy song with very graphic lyrics. Actually our record company submited a censored version, worrying about SLAGLands standards.

Benneli So what made you make this album? I mean you took a pretty long haitus, after a dispute...
Grimm *laughs* Yeah, that was the craziest shit ever. ARguing about a border of two countries... But I mean the very nature of that dispute... It's trivial.

Benneli You do all the song writing. What inspires you to make those lyrics?
Grimm Well, the thing is my lyrics are not essentially lyrics, but they are poems. Some I wrote a long time ago, and modify into songs. It's rare that there is some chorus in most of my songs, and the fact that the very structure is... I think kind of different. Now, "Tribulations" was different, I knew it was a song after I wrote several lines and it took a while to get the exact sound I wanted instrumentally... Since most other songs the other band members find a sound to it. But the lyrics of my songs are derived from my emotions and my opinions. Often they are dark and dreary, because... I guess a negative emotion is more easily amplified onto an audience. Because they can relate to it, because its... I don't know more serious. Happy tunes tend to seem shallow... I'll just say that it's easier to make darker melodies, because it takes really good musicians to create a piece that demonstrates a positive joy, without it being shallow foolishness.

Benneli: So what do you think of the musical ability of yourself and your band?
Grimm: We're good, I believe, but we have much room for improvement. We are not one of the great musicians of the times. But I guess everybody would like to hope that their band and music leaves a shadow in the pages of history. I hope that our band will later be remembered leaving something special in this era, but we see our limitations. I see my limitations, but the adaptive ability of the human body is something remarkable in itself.

Benneli: So what are your plans for the future?
Grimm: Well we're definately going to go on tour, soon with some other good bands. The dates will be announced later.

Benneli So what would you like to accomplish in your career?
Grimm Well... I mean to be frank, the music we create is not done for an audience its done for ourselves. To express our own emotions. And if that expression corresponds with the listener's emotions he feels or felt. Well, it makes things easier for him. I know, because when I was growing up, I listened to some songs that penetrated my soul and when I felt depressed I could relate to it, and it gave me flight. It gave me comfort. I hope that we can do the same for at least a some of our listeners.

Benneli Well it was nice talking to you. Can I come by some other time?
Grimm Sure. Anytime.

Benneli Really?
Grimm No, actually I'm just trying to be polite. But good luck with whatever your doing.

OOC: What band wants to go on tour with Crimson Sedition? (preferably of a similar genre... but not required) Come on... It'll help both our bands... About 5 bands or so would be good.

OOC: What band wants to go on tour with Crimson Sedition? (preferably of a similar genre... but not required) Come on... It'll help both our bands... About 5 bands or so would be good.

OOC: Feel free to start a new thread inviting bands and people to send venues. It's been done before--most notably by Oglethorpia's band The Greansleaves in the early days of the Jukes.

Also note that you don't have to restrict yourself to touring with bands on the Jukes; the Billco contract is pretty non-restrictive. I may even make up a non-Jukebox band to join the tour; that's how Nine-Second Tractor got their start.

OOC: What band wants to go on tour with Crimson Sedition? (preferably of a similar genre... but not required) Come on... It'll help both our bands... About 5 bands or so would be good.

OOC: Feel free to start a new thread inviting bands and people to send venues. It's been done before--most notably by Oglethorpia's band The Greansleaves in the early days of the Jukes.

Also note that you don't have to restrict yourself to touring with bands on the Jukes; the Billco contract is pretty non-restrictive. I may even make up a non-Jukebox band to join the tour; that's how Nine-Second Tractor got their start.
OOC: No I'm not that dedicated to form my own thread for a tour (I doubt many people will respond on a new thread anywho...) I'll keep it on this thread if you don't mind. And why not bring in a non-juke band into the tour... IT's not going to be covered very intesively. Just a brief summary of how it went and thats about it.

New Music Entertainment News

Popular Aequatian Band, Youthanasia, has once again made the headlines as they were involved in a fight which broke out at the end of a show on their tour.

Band frontman, Pat Blanchard, during the middle of the song "Give an Inch" dove off the stage to do some crowd surfing while guitarist Scott Fisher covered the solo, a security guard attempted to grab Blandchard and pull him out of the crowd and help him back up on stage. However, during this time, Blanchard kicked and hit the security guard in the head with his guitar, whether this was intentional or not, the guard took it personally and once the band had finished their set and were walking off the destroyed stage, the security guard walked up and punched Blanchard in the back of the head.

With the frontman on the ground from the unexpected assault, drummer and longtime friend of Blandchard, Danny Hall then grabded the remains of Wallace's bass and then smashed them over the guard's head. Needless to say, that only angered the 6' 4" guard into attacking Hall. At this point, reports are hazy, although a fairly credible report says that several fans then joined in the fray with Hall to then mob the guard. When the dust had settled, the guard was rushed to hospital where he is now in stable condition and the band members took a few select fans to a local bar for drinks.

Since the fight was started with the security guard's assault and Hall's choice to continue the fight, no charges are being laid.

http://invisionfree.com/forums/Bomfyworld_Forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=26
Aequatian News Net

OOC: Amerigo, Testiclisation would join in if you want...

BAND NAME: Under 21
MEMBERS (and instruments): Duane Heslop (Vocals), Nicky Edmonstone (Vocals), Penny Darlow (Guitarist), Sean Dreyer (Drummer)
BAND AGE: 1 Year
RECORD LABEL: StampyPorter
GENRE: Pop
PAST ALBUMS: Under The Influence
PAST SINGLES: Over And Out, Unchained Melody
BAND HISTORY: Band started when Duane and Nicky (then dating) realised they both had good singing voices. They quickly set up auditions for the guitarist and a drummer. After 3 weeks, Under 21 was formed. Since then, Under 21 have been performing in nightclubs and other functions.

ALBUM NAME: Under Age
TRACK LIST:

1. Satisfaction
2. Unchained Melody
3. Coming Soon
4. Not Coming Back
5. Under Age
6. Under and Over
7. Under The Bridge
8. UnderNEATH
9. Dance Music
10. Smile
11. Why Not?

CRITICAL COMMENTS: The album "Under Age" by band "Under 21" has a theme to it. A lot of the songs feature the word "under" in them, and it very clever of the band to think of that. The CD comes with an enchanced section, where you can see the video clip for the single "Unchained Melody", as well as play a special game and see "Behind The Scenes" footage not seen anywhere else.

SINGLE NAME: SMILE

LYRICS:

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through
For you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear maybe ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile- what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worth while
If you just smile
Oh that's the time you must keep on trying

Smile what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worth while
If you just smile

BAND NAME: Mad Kid Disease. RECORD LABEL: Superfly Productions.
GENRE: Punk rock.
PAST SINGLES: Oh Canada (F-ck that Propaganda), I Hate Everything
ALBUM NAME: Beware of Child
TRACK LIST: Oh Canada, Skank!, Loner, I'm So High, Casey's Song, Str8Edj, Behind Bars, I Hate Everything, Hit that Shit, Myopia, Backstage of my Mind, the McSong, Hippy Power and Stereo.
SINGLE NAME: the McSong
LYRICS:

One day (One day!)
One day (One day!)
One day (One day!)
I was hu-uu-uu-ngryyyyyy

So I...
I go to get a Bigmac
And then I sit back
And I taa-aa-aasted it...
And I gave that shit back
I gave that shit back
I gave that shit back
Because I haa-aa-aated it...

Yeah!

F-ck McDonald's
It's the worst (It's the worst!)
F-ck McDonald's
It f-ckin' hurts (F-ckin' hurts!)
To eat
I swear
I'll never
Go there
Again. (Again!)
Never! (Never!)
Again! (Again)
F-ck theeee-eee-eeem

Boycott McDonald's
Cuz it's f-ckin' shit
And McDonald's
Is run by capitalist pigs
They want your money
And it's not funny
So I will bloody
Boycott McDonald's!

Yeah!

F-ck McDonald's
It's the worst (It's the worst!)
F-ck McDonald's
It f-ckin' hurts (F-ckin' hurts!)
To eat
I swear
I'll never
Go there
Again. (Again!)
Never! (Never!)
Again! (Again)
F-ck theeee-eee-eeem

[Voice fades out slowly]

This is the McSong
If you've got a McJob
An' you hate your McBoss
Well then this song's for you
If you're a McBoss
And you make McJobs
This is the McSong
So f-ck yoo-oo-oooouuuu...

[All instruments fade out]

F-ck you.

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OOC: People, once again...

Please don't fill out the entire application again when submitting a new single!

You can look over past instances in which the Trapeze Accidents, among others, have released new singles for guidelines.

Monaa announce work on their new album is ongoing, with release planned for week 11. More news as it comes.

OOC: People, once again...

Please don't fill out the entire application again when submitting a new single!

You can look over past instances in which the Trapeze Accidents, among others, have released new singles for guidelines.

I didn't.

Just in time for the Holidays, CDH has released a two-song CD with their latest hit "Love's Burning a Hole in My Pocket" and another new song called "Snow-Capped Christmas".

With the success of "Love's" and the undeniable appeal of "Snow-Capped", this CD is sure to sell like coffee on a cold morning.

"Snow-Capped Christmas" is a soft lilting melody sung in Marqus' singular and beautiful tenor. Once again, his lyrical genius puts you right there with him and makes you start wishing like he does, that "Christmas was like this every year."

Snow-Capped Christmas

Over the river
Through the woods
It’s Christmas time again.
To hear the carols sung
Watch worried hands get wrung
Hoping that Billy will like the train.
Up away from the bustle of
City folk hustle
In a cabin amid pine and fir
There’s a tree full of lights
And little kids fights
Over which bed is his-which is hers.

Evenings fall, lit with moonlight’s glow
Burning bright in the soft white snow.
Mornings dawn, crisp and clear
I wish Christmas was like this every year.
We’re celebrating a snow-capped Christmas.

I chop the wood
In predawn hours
For a fire to heat the cabin.
I see a squirrel scurry
In some big hurry
From one tree to another and back again.
The presents are placed
And faces are traced
In the fog on the window glass.
Then off to bed the kids go
And we bask in the glow
Of the fire wishing the night would last.

Evenings fall, lit with moonlight’s glow
Burning bright in the soft white snow.
Mornings dawn, crisp and clear
I wish Christmas was like this every year.
We’re celebrating a snow-capped Christmas.

OOC: Amerigo, Testiclisation would join in if you want...
OOC: Excellent... But I think I'll start a new thread for the tour after all.

OOC: Sure, go ahead.

OOC: Sure, go ahead.

OOC: Amerigo, Testiclisation would join in if you want...
OOC: Excellent... But I think I'll start a new thread for the tour after all.
Linky. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=100453)

BAND NAME: Three Word Name
MEMBERS:

Mitch Stroud [guitar/lead vocals]
Derek Ballman [guitar/vocals]
Greg Perna [bass]
Bryan Day [drums]

BAND AGE: 5 years
RECORD LABEL: Anti-Pop Inc.
GENRE: Punk
PAST ALBUMS: N/A
PAST SINGLES: N/A
BAND HISTORY: This group of friends who have been together since their freshmen year of high school have finally made it to the big time soon releasing their first single, followed by a full lenth album. This band has a sound comparable to Sum 41, Green Day, and Blink 182.

SINGLE NAME: No Difference
LYRICS:
[code:1:89de1cdad1]You're running fast and missing but cannot help
convincing.
The reasons you gave me are all wearing thin.
It's not meant to hurt you but let me assure,
It's not what I said but intentions you've read.

So when you hold onto the past then you
Will break down what little is left.
There's nothing more you can't ignore,
And say it makes no difference to me.

Now that you're older life's weighing on your
shoulders.
You can't seem to keep things so perfectly straight.
With most things so basic you might as well face it.
You can't help but worry it's all just begun

So when you hold onto the past then you,
Will break down what little is left.
There's nothing more you can't ignore,
And say it makes no difference to me.

It makes no difference,
It makes no difference to me,
It makes no difference,
It makes no difference to me[/code:1:89de1cdad1]

B-Sides To Be Released With This Single:
Chupacabra
It's My Time Now
You're First

OFFICAL TRACK LISTING FOR THIS SINGLE RELEASE:
No Difference Chupacabra It's My Time Now You're First

Crimson Sedition releases the music video for its hit single "Tribulations":

***
(Instrumental Intro)
*camera centeres on A black pool of oozing oil slowly rippling*

[slowly sung in a deep gruff tone]
Dark... Like the ignominy
Grey vengence
Is almost yours
*A face begins to emerge from the pool, but since the oil is so thick, one can not distinguish any features yet It seems to be screaming*
Take with me
Your repentence
Nevermore; it is yours
*The head fully out of the pool now covered in oil... The figure continues to rise*

Look into the granite mirror
*scene suddenly flashes to a small hand-held mirror and there one could see a strange demonic face laughing*
Where you see my dim visage [Note in here it's meant to be [vis-azh] not [vis-age] or the sound is lost]
*scene flashes back to the figure rising out of the pool, covered in the thick black oil*
Beckon forth for the terror
There you see my visage [same as above]

***
[sudden break in both tone and pace--fast, almost frantic]
*suddenly the figure explodes into a million droplets of oil*
Sweeping, flowing through your veins
Oozing pestilence describes your heart
*The whole pool starts splashing around violently*
As it darkens, soils and stains
*the camera finally zooms out and you could see a dark and gloomy terrain, bare of any trees, except one dead tree. The soil is grey much like the sky, the black oily pool is the only thing that dominates it. On the horizon one sees a factory emitting huge clouds of smoke*

Gaze upon withering worms
*Camera dives in suddenly deep into the soil. You see soil, holes, insects, worms crawling as the camera shoots downward and downward until it reches a coffin. It passes through it and you see a skull which is fossilized screaming. There are worms and other insects crawling out of the skull's eyes nostrils, mouth etc.*
As they crawl from the masses
Of decaying flesh--in swarms

***
*the camera rewinds suddenly and your at the pool again. Only this time, the band Crimson Sedition is playing by the dying tree*
[tone once more becomes slow almost solemn if you will]
There upon in the masses
Where they writhe
In your throat (it passes) [()--a whisper with a slight echo]

*zoom in on Grimm*
Happiness, like the marrow
Imbibed from your bones
*Zoom in on Chang*
Bow to your Pharaoh
Once again, foolish drones
*pans to get footage of entire band, then zoom on Laken*

***
(brief pause in music)
*huge waves of oil start crashing all about them*
[sudden change in tone once more, this time however instead of a fast and frantic pace, determined powerful and at anormal pace]
As the shadow consumes your heart
*The black oil suddenly begins to change color while violently crashing onto the shore*
And the rivelets of the crimson
*soon the waves are of crimson rather than off black*
Burst from your eyes
Then you'll see how blind you were
As your skull shatters
*Music stops*
(Hollow) [()--whisper]
*music resumes*
Like your soul
Like your sooooooouull
Like your soul
SOUL

Then your inqiuity is derived from your mind
But how can you?
Look forward from the caaaaaage
*music stops*
*zoom in on Grimm he whispers the following line into the microphone*
(And smile)

Rot in there with the others
*pan of entire band*
From whose skulls you drink their blood
*camera once again plunges into the earth*
Ecstasy from the quaffing
* you could see the coffin again*
Extinguishes your hope
*music stops*
*coffin bursts open... skeleton flies to the surface*
*music resumes*
Your hope!
Your hooooooope!
*music stops, the band looks at the skeleton, half decayed in rags, riddled with worms and other insects*
***
[tone once more slow and solemn]
*skeleton slowly begins approaching band*
There you sit and tommorrow
*lead guitar stops*
Where sunsets imbibed
*bass stops, just drums*
*a couple of feet away from them*
There upon with your sorrow
*drums stop*
*really close now. Grimm whispers the next line*
Nevermore; you survived
*black screen. A scream is heard*

RADIO ADVERT:
*generic heavy metal playing in the backgorund*
Crimson Sedition, with its chart topping new album Granite Reflection, Announce Upcoming Tour.

The Bleedin' Blue Tour.

See Crimson Sedition and many more such bands as Testiclisation, The Great Dark Lord, Green Machine, Mad Kid Disease, Monaa, Itasae Murritko, and more.

It's the Ho ho ho of the Holiday spirit. Buy your tickets ahead of time!

Touring to the far reaches of the Amerigan Empire and beyond into Sliponia, SLAGLands, Kaze Progressa (TBA), and Oglethorpia (TBA).

Buy your tickets now at www.BleedinBlue.am (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=100453&highlight=)!

BEFORE THEY'RE SOLD OUT *echo* SOLD OUT

sold out.

Bleedin' Blue comin' to a stage near you!

GRAAAH!

ROCK ON, MOTHERF... *commerical is cut off*

BAND NAME: Three Word Name
ALBUM NAME: Stop the Pop!
TRACK LIST: You're First Bring Your Friends No Difference Doctor Doctor Stop, Drop, Kaboom Down Again So Long Trickle It's My time Now Spree Chupacabra Originals General Return Violent School Runaway Bus

CRITICAL COMMENTS: "This debut release by Three Word Name has the potential to be something great. It may not get the best commercial success, but word will spread about this band. These guys seem to have very upstanding ideas and tend to promote them in their music without sounding too preachy. The origin of the name "Stop The Pop!" as the album name coincides witht he name of their record label, Anti-Pop Inc. This label is solely dedicated to everything except pop music, and this album shows it. On the track "Runaway Bus", a trip-hop artist from the label named Nell*star dropped some music in making this seem like fusion punk/pop, but all the while keeping the anti-establishment themes of punk. ****

OOC: People, once again...

Please don't fill out the entire application again when submitting a new single!

You can look over past instances in which the Trapeze Accidents, among others, have released new singles for guidelines.

Does this apply to albums? I figure it does...

Fixed.

OOC: People, once again...

Please don't fill out the entire application again when submitting a new single!

You can look over past instances in which the Trapeze Accidents, among others, have released new singles for guidelines.

Does this apply to albums? I figure it does...

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn straight.

Hey there, Jukebox fans! It's your old pal Nick Cross here with some big news! Due to the recent revelation that Jill Scott may have been using subliminal messages in her recordings--an act in clear violation of SLAGLandic law--Jill Scott's album Soma 101 and her single "Lucky" have been temporarily removed from the Jukebox Charts, pending a full investigation into the matter! In the event that the use of subliminal messages is discovered, Scott's album will no longer be distributed by The Billco Company.

Wow, what a wild controversy! We'll keep you all posted!

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Nicholas Manny Cross
CEO
The Billco Company


(OOC: I suppose this would be a good time to OOCly reveal if you've indeed been using subliminal messages to plug anything, eh, BNFW? :P )

OOC: Youthanasia doesn't use subliminal messages in their music, goes against their IC principles (And my own IRL), plus they monitor when their music is recorded, edited and processed for pressing on albums. So not even the Record Company could put subliminal messages in their music.

They just use regular, rebellious controversy to gain fans and promote themselves.

OOC; Nope there are none in the album, it's just one of the ole' urban legends that crop up. Of course Jill hasn't seen why she should contradict it until now as it was a good bit of promotion.

Band Name: Hollow Point
Members: No names Given, Vocalist/Rythm Guitar; Lead Guitar; Bassist (5 String); Drummer; Keyboards/Electronics
Band Age: 5 Years
Record Label: Dark Dawn
Genre: Metal
Past Albums: Bloodcutter
Past Singles: Eternal Infernal, Under the Burning Legions
Band History: Starting as a joke band in their high school, this metal mockup took on a life of its own. Still refusing to give their real names, the members perform in paramilitary uniforms and never show their faces (hidden beneath a variety of military headgear, from gas masks to pullover masks). They don't give interviews, but since they hit the club scene two years ago, they've exploded across the nation and crossed over the genres with a mix of neo-goth imagery, humor, and social commentary, all dripping with various solos and ridden with angst. They are now touring with their latest album, and are headlining several music fests, as well as giving concerts for the USO.

Album Name: Jacketted
Track List:
1.Jacketted
2.Twist Fate
3.Breaking the Illusion
4.City Pyre
5.On the Stake
6.Deus Ex Machina
7.Cogs (Instrumental)
8.Battle Hymn of the Republic (Obvious Cover)
9.My Sealed Fate
10.Is There No Tomorrow?

Review: KNN Entertainment Section:
I first became exposed to (Jacketted) Hollow Point, or JHP, while driving to work one particularly pleasant morning. Now, I had heard about the band from my sons, who are into the heavy metal scene, but I had never heard it. Before, I had dismissed them as another noise machine of ambient screams and downtuned guitars, associating them with the Riot in the Park disaster at last years Metal Crush Festival. However, as I rode along, I heard a dark, melodious sound floating in from the car next to mine. I looked over to see three teenagers, probably skipping school, air guitaring to the fluid guitar solo that was playing (yes, even the driver). I dialed my radio over to the New Rock station to hear the new song, and I parked the car to appreciate it. The opening to the song Breaking to the Illusion was playing, and I could almost hear the guitar crying while the drums tapped out a simple rythm and the bass kept pace. But behind it, the music was building. It rose, choked out the guitar in a rush of double bass rolls and slap-bass playing that shook the car, with the lone guitar struggling to rise above the crush, a plea for help. Then the lyrics hit, a poetic plea for better days, of trust broken and a naive child left alone in the world. Throughout this, the guitar morphed into something harsh, something dark. It struck then, in a blistering solo that shattered the world with its pent up aggression and released pain. As it tired, fell back under the morass, the bass rose to replace it, taking the guitar line and transforming it into a gutteral roar. Then the singer returned, with the double rolls, no longer pleading but demanding, calling out the frivolty of the world. As the song faded, I was exhausted by the pure power. I purchased the CD immeadiately after, and I can assure you, every track is as emotionally charged, carrying double and triple meanings with every word, and giving each player time to shine. This is a welcome change in the bubblegum pop drenched world we live in today, and a return to music with meaning.

Single Names: Breaking the Illusion

The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus

Presents their second album, just in time for Christmas.

A stunning 3-CD collection of the greatest Christmas songs ever.

A Sentient Christmas

Disc 1 - The First Half of George Frideric Handel's Messiah
1. Sinfony
Grave - Allegro moderato
2. Accompagnato
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 40:1-3
3. Air
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low: the crooked straight, and the rough places plain:
Isaiah 40:4
4. Chorus
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Isaiah 40:5
5. Accompagnato
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, the sea, and the dry land;
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come.
Haggai 2:6-7
The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:1
6. Air
But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire.
Malachi 3:2
7. Chorus
And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Malachi 3:3
8. Recitative
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
"God with us".
Matthew 1:23
[b]9. Air
O thou, that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou, that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Isaiah 40:9
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:1
10. Accompagnato
For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isaiah 60:2-3
11. Air
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 9:2
12. Chorus
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
14. Recitative - Accompagnato
There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Luke 2:8-9
15. Recitative
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:10-11
16. Accompagnato
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying:
Luke 2:13
17. Chorus
Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, goodwill toward men!
Luke 2:14
18. Air
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee.
He is the righteous Saviour and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
Zechariah 9:9-10
19. Recitative
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.
Isaiah 35:5-36
20. Air
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah 40:11
Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He will give you rest.
Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him; for He is meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 11:28-29
21. Chorus
His yoke is easy, His burthen is light.
Matthew 11:30

Disc 2 - The Second Half of George Frideric Handel's Messiah
22. Chorus
Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:29
23. Air
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
Isaiah 53:3
He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
Isaiah 50:6
24. Chorus
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows;
He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
Isaiah 53:4-5
25. Chorus
And with His stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5
26. Chorus
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6
27. Accompagnato
All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,
Psalms 22:7
28. Chorus
He trusted in God that He would deliver Him: let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him.
Psalms 22:8
29. Accompagnato
Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness: He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man; neither found He any to comfort Him.
Psalms 69:20
30. Arioso
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow.
Lamentations 1:12
31. Accompagnato
He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken.
Isaiah 53:8
32. Air
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms 16:10
33. Chorus
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in!
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in!
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.
Psalms 24:7-10
34. Recitative
Unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee?
Hebrews 1:5
35. Chorus
Let all the angels of God worship Him.
Hebrews 1:6
36. Air
Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive and received gifts for men; yea, even for Thine enemies rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
Psalms 68:18
37. Chorus
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the preachers.
Psalms 68:11
38. Air
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Romans 10:15
39. Chorus
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Romans 10:18
40. Air
Why do the nations so furiously rage together, why do the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His anointed.
Psalms 2:1-2
41. Chorus
Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.
Psalms 2:3
42. Recitative
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms 2:4
43. Air
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 2:9
44. Chorus
Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Hallelujah!
Revelation 19:6
The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah!
Revelation 11:15
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and He shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah!
Revelation 19:16
Third Part
45. Air
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
Job 19:25-26
For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
1 Corinthians 15:20
46. Chorus
Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
47. Recitative
Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
48. Air
The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:52-53
49. Recitative
Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
1 Corinthians 15:54
50. Duet
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
1 Corinthians 15:55-56
51. Chorus
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57
52. Air
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31
Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is at the right hand of God, who maketh intercession for us.
Romans 8:33-34
53. Chorus
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Blessing, and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Amen.
Revelation 5:12-14

Disc 3 - Christmas Favorites
1. Jingle Bells
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
3. Joy to the World
4. Sleigh Ride
5. O Holy Night
6. We Three Kings of Orient Are
7. Little Drummer Boy
8. Angels, From the Realms of Glory
9. Carol of the Bells
10. Silver Bells
11. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
12. Do You Hear What I Hear?
13. White Christmas
14. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

For all those apart of the 1st annual music awards, here is:
The Next Step! (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102703&highlight=)

Monaa's new album, now with the confirmed title 'No Need To Cry, No Reason To Smile', is coming out week 11, and the tracklist has been announced: (covers are marked * and reworked versions of tracks from the first album are marked ^ ):

1. See The Light
2. If Only
3. Haven't I Been Let Down?
4. Outside *
5. This Is Not The End
6. Medication *
7. Appearances Are Deceptive ^
8. Because They Hate Me (Why Me?) ^
9. How Things Really Are
10. It's Too Late
11. No Need To Cry, No Reason To Smile

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 9 Sales:
1. Crimson Sedition - Granite Reflection
LAST WEEK: #1
2. The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus - A Sentient Christmas
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Three Word Name - Stop the Pop!
LAST WEEK: n/a
4. Youthanasia - The Money Will Roll Right In
LAST WEEK: #2
5. The Explodinators - The Yellow Album
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. Nine-Second Tractor - NOS Plowin'
LAST WEEK: #5
7. Green Machine - Soylent Green
LAST WEEK: #7
8. Preventer Five - Five Wars and a Revolution
LAST WEEK: #3
9. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - ANGER+FORCE=SOVIET
LAST WEEK: #8
10. The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus - Introductions and Farewells
LAST WEEK: #4
11. Kamikaze - Nautilus
LAST WEEK: #9
12. Lazarus Calling - Guitar for Arms
LAST WEEK: #12
13. Under 21 - Under Age
LAST WEEK: #11
14. Mad Kid Disease - Beware of Child
LAST WEEK: #13
15. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #15
16. Testiclisation - Testiclisation
LAST WEEK: #10
17. BrahmaPadraig - HimaLeyLines
LAST WEEK: #16
18. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #18
19. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #16
20. Day Mascus - Uh... Hey
LAST WEEK: #19

COMMENTS: The immovable object that is Crimson Sedition has yet to meet its irresistible force, as it remains on top for the second consecutive week--a rare feat on these charts! SLAGLanders and people the world over also seem to be getting in the Christmas spirit this year--is this a reflection of a new trend among Jukebox artists?

1. CDH - "Love's Burning a Hole in My Pocket"
LAST WEEK: #2
2. Mad Kid Disease - "The McSong"
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Youthanasia - "Viminy"
LAST WEEK: #3
4. Method to Madness - "Golgotha Tenement Blues"
LAST WEEK: #1
5. Three Word Name - "No Difference"
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. The Explodinators - "Smells Like Homer Spirit"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Crimson Sedition - "Tribulations"
LAST WEEK: #5
8. The Trapeze Accidents - "Shoulder"
LAST WEEK: #4
9. Testiclisation - "Rock Your Body"
LAST WEEK: #8
10. Preventer Five - "Operation Meteor"
LAST WEEK: #6
11. Nine-Second Tractor - "The Shanty"
LAST WEEK: #11
12. Day Mascus - "Uh... Hey"
LAST WEEK: #10
13. Monaa - "Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)"
LAST WEEK: #7
14. Kamikaze - "Cats In The Cradle"
LAST WEEK: #12
15. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - "Dark Flow"
LAST WEEK: #14
16. Gandulf and the Head Trip - "Hassan I Shabah"
LAST WEEK: #15
17. Green Machine - "Soylent Green"
LAST WEEK: #16
18. Mad Kid Disease - "I Hate Everything"
LAST WEEK: #18
19. Mad Kid Disease - "Str8Edj"
LAST WEEK: #13
20. Kaosu no Tenshi - "Lucky 13"
LAST WEEK: #19

COMMENTS: CDH retakes the top spot, a move in no part due to their reissuing of the single "Love's Burning a Hole in my Pocket" with a new Christmas track--a song that is receiving quite a bit of airplay in and of itself! Mad Kid Disease's new single reaches the highest point of any in the Jukes yet, but some fear that the frequent release of singles may gut their popularity. We'll find out in the weeks to come!

ADVERT: With their album, Granite Reflection, going double platinum and dominating the charts world-wide, Crimson Sedition releases Night of Sedition, the special edition DVD. This awesome holiday bundle includes, live footage from the Bleedin' Blue Tour (now finished OOC: yeah we sort of signed up and didn't execute it... let's pretend it went well for all the bands who participated ok?), the director's cut of the "Tribulations" music video, exclusive band interviews, original rough drafts of several songs, exclusive biographies, and much much more. Buy this stocking stuffer, immediatly to put a little Crimson Sedition into your Christmas spirit! Only 39.99 USD! The first five hundred orders get a collectible Crimson Sedition T-Shirt. Get your credit card ready and call, 1-800-I-Buy-CRS... Thats 1-800-I-Buy-CRS! Or send check or money order to Damnable Records PO BOX 892324 This offer is for a limited time only. While the holidays are coming, buy Crimson Sedition's DVD Night of Sedition. Call within the first 40 seconds and get a box of Wheat Thins (TM) for free! A perfect snack for when your watching Crimson Sedition on your Night of Sedition DVD. Call now!

Just in time for Week 10 sales, The Trapeze Accidents are pleased to announce the surprise release of an all-new album, Lords of the Ring--Live! This incredible live double album from I Can't Believe They're Not Records features a recording of The Accidents' first-ever show off of Earth--LIVE from the spacious rings of Saturn in Athens, SLAGLand Titan! The show, which features special guest appearances by Day Mascus and Slaya Hater, headlines all of The Accidents' greatest hits! Pick one up from your favourite record store NOW!


ALBUM NAME: Lords of the Ring--Live
TRACK LIST: * = Reviewer's Choice Track
Disc One:
1. Intro/Lemur
2. Older
3. Black Eye
4. Anyway (Existentialist Pog)
5. Birdwatcher
6. Jam Session Medley (Liquid Diamond Lipstick Jam, Rush Hour Minutia Jam, Highwayman Jam, Postal Blowfish Jam)
*7. Death of a Stickman
8. Pickpocket
*9. Red Man Walkin' [featuring Day Mascus]
10. (Grace Can't Save) A Bitch Like Me
*11. The Wagon [featuring Day Mascus and Slaya Hater]
12. Tongue

Disc Two:
1. Billboard Dreams
2. Get In Line
3. Fallin' Down (And Where's the Net?)
4. Four Asinine Questions
5. Jonathon Fisk [featuring Slaya Hater]
6. Sweetness & Tenderness
7. Flick the Suspenders
*8. Another Sad Song About November
*9. Swearing in My Sleep [featuring Day Mascus and Slaya Hater]
10. Nightlight
11. Shoulder
*12. Lilies on the Pond

CRITICAL COMMENTS: Their second double-album release in three albums, The Trapeze Accidents' Lords of the Ring--Live is a perfect complement to any Accidents' fan's collection, not to mention a great indication of the band's raw live power. Casual and die-hard fans will find all of the hits here, from the recent visceral smash "Lemur" to the calypso classic "Death of a Stickman" to the first time SLAGLandic radio ever heard Rede Cornucopia's tender vocals, "Tongue." In between, The Accidents perform a perfect blend of hits and excellent off-album tracks, highlighted by an audience singalong on 2-D And Dead's "Flick the Suspenders."

The introduction of guest performers further contributes to the album's vibe and presents another excellent picture of The Accidents as a road band. Up-and-comer Day Mascus helps bring "Red Man Walkin'" to the forefront of the stellar first disc and helps make this version of the crunching number superior to the version found on the Accidents' debut album. Established alt-rockers Slaya Hater are also in rare form here, and their contributions to three of the album's tracks add to The Accidents' thundering energy. All three acts join forces on two tracks from Baby, Why Don't We... and are particularly astounding on the album proper's closer, an 11-minute retelling of the concert standard "Swearing in My Sleep."

The album closes on a note that understates the grandeur and energy of the concert proper--three tracks from the band's after-show acoustic set which was performed for contest winners and backstage pass holders. Despite the fact that they break up the album's tone, since this is the only time many fans will be able to hear these performances, they prove to be an invaluable find--particularly the acoustic retelling of Jane B. Jane's The Trapeze Accidents vocal debut, "Lilies on the Pond."

Sure, some would argue that the only way to truly experience The Accidents is to see them live, and this recording certainly can't do justice to the band's stage presence. For those who haven't yet had the chance--and indeed for those who want to live the experience again--Lords of the Ring--Live is the perfect addition to any Accidents' fan's collection.

New Music Magazine - December 14, 2003 - Youthanasia Releases New Single!

Popular Aequatian rock band, Youthanasia, released their second single off their breakout album "The Money Will Roll Right In" from Medieval Records. Band frontman, Pat Blanchard, commented today that a video for this single, Tracy the Class Whore, will be released "when we feel like making one." Already, the video is expected to break several moral censorship laws in the Aequatian Republic.

SINGLE NAME: Tracy the Class Whore
LYRICS:
(“The Money Will Roll Right In” Album Version)

I remember, back in the old days,
I’d used to sit and think of the ways
That Tracy used to party with all the boys,
All as if they were just her toys.

(Chorus)
Tracy’s the class whore
Although she’s not a bore,
She’ll use you up and toss you away.

It was junior year and she was all dolled up
Jamie had that party that was all f*cked up
Tracy had a little too much to drink
And played with the boys in an eye’s blink.

(Chorus)
Tracy’s the class whore
Although she’s not a bore,
She’ll use you up and toss you away.

Now by graduation, she’d settled down.
But not enough to stop wearing the crown
She had done every guy in the class
So she had one very loose f*cking ass.

(Chorus)
Tracy’s the class whore
Although she’s not a bore,
She’ll use you up and toss you away.

OOC: Came up with this in about 10 minutes. Yeah, I know, it's lame... lame like a fox!

BAND NAME: The dead Lamas
MEMBERS (and instruments):
Guitar/Vocals: Milarapist
Bass: Vajrayogurt
Sax: Hurl Spew
Trumpet: John Crapper
Keyboards/Electronics: Fester
Percussion: Adolf Eichkmann
Special Percussion: Deng Zhao

BAND AGE: 4 years
RECORD LABEL: Bad Trout Music
GENRE: Hardcore Punk/Industrial
PAST ALBUMS: Kill, Crucified Buddha
PAST SINGLES: Thin Line
BAND HISTORY: Formed when the members were all asked to leave art school for excessive crudeness (very, very, very difficult in Daistallia). They started jamming together and before long, became the premier iudies/underground band in Daistallia.

ALBUM NAME: Sell Out and Sxxx Me, Bxxxxxxxs
TRACK LIST:
1 NOOK the NOOBs,
2 Suicide at the Cloud Nine
3 Melkor's Holiday Camp for Elves,
4 Meet the Nixxxxs (Theme Song from the hit TV show Bigtopians),
5 You Stink but I Love You (ballad for a housecat).
6 (OOC: unpostably offensive)
7 The Funky Western Civilization (cover)
8 (OOC: unpostably offensive)
9 H-A-T-R-E-D (cover)
10 Fxxk

CRITICAL COMMENTS:
Imagine the Lyrical talents of Jim Morrison combined with thje coherence of Lyndon LaRouche, and the sensitivities of Archie Bunker, Louis Farrikahn, and Andrew Dice Clay if they were completely freed of the censors of PCism. Add the musical genius of Steve Jones (the talent of the Sex Pistols), Miles Davis, and Robert Johnson. Top this with a veneer of Daistalliam/Tibetan buddhism and a heap of coca fuled energy. There you have the Dead Lamas. (Rae Taelong, from Daistallian Underground Magazine)

Of note: This band is the favorite of President Ti.


SINGLE NAME: Melkor's Holiday Camp for Elves
LYRICS: [As much or as little as you want. Feel free to submit new singles more often than new albums; this is, after all, the way it works in the music industry. If the song is instrumental, say so.]
(OOC: The lyrics to this may be posted later, if allowed. Please note they may be highly offensive, thus I do not expect to be posting them anytime soon.)

Kamikaze releases a new album and single!

Album Name: Harry Chapin, the Album

Track List:

1) Cats in the Cradle
2) The Rock
3) Dance Band on the Titanic
4) Sniper
5) Taxi
6) W*O*L*D
7) Circle
8) Mr. Tanner
9) 30,000 Pounds of Bananas
10) Six String Orchestra

Single: Since Cats in the Cradle has already been released, Kamikaze now releases a cover of Harry Chapin's "The Rock" that corresponds with the new release movie by Mighty Rock Productions:

The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a start
And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart
And he told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seen
She said: "Go back to sleep son, you're having a bad dream!"


Silly child--
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
Remember Chicken Little said the sky was falling down
Well nothing ever came of that, the world still whirls around


"The rock is gonna fall on us," he stood and told the class
The professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glasses
But he went on and said; "I've seen it, high up on the hill
If it doesn't fall this year then very soon it will!"


Crazy boy--
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears
You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years


"The rock is gonna fall on us." He told the magistrates
"I believe that we can stop it but the time is getting late
You see I've done all the research my plans are all complete."
He was showing them contingencies when they showed him to the street


Just a madman--
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
Everybody knows of those who say the end is near
Everybody knows that life goes on as usual round here


He went up on the mountain beside the giant stone
They knew he was insane so they left him alone
He'd given up enlisting help for there was no one else
He spent his days devising ways to stop the rock himself
One night while he was working building braces on the ledge
The ground began to rumble the rock trembled on the edge


"The rock is gonna fall on us! Run or you'll all be crushed!"
And indeed the rock was moving, crumbling all to dust
He ran under it with one last hope that he could add a prop
And as he disappeared the rock came to a stop


The people ran into the street but by then all was still
The rock seemed where it always was or where it always will be
When someone asked where he had gone they said: "Oh he was daft.
Who cares about that crazy fool." And then they'd start to laugh


But high up on the mountain
When the wind is hitting it
If you're watching very closely
The rock slips a little bit

Green Machine's in the holiday mood; and thus releases their seventh Christmas themed single!

A Very Rocking Christmas #7

1. Instrumental Instrumental
2. Time Traveling Christmas

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1. Instrumental Instrumental

(Instrumental)

2. Time Traveling Christmas

Christmas time
Elation joy anticipation

Adulthood sucked the life out of that holiday

Christmas time
Gifts money families

Obligation, commercialization
Adulthood sucked the life out of that holiday

(Short Matt Wilham solo)

If I could be a kid
If I could be a kid
If only I could be a kid once more
And enjoy Christmas once more

Christmas time
Elation joy anticipation

One day, one day

New single from the hit album Granite Reflection,

Blind Guardian of No More

Where the twisted, wretched structures loom
And echo forth impending doom
The grey unfettered, unrepentant marble
Twisting forth and back once more

There upon the horrid mountains
Amidst the broken fountains
Stands Blind Guardian of No More
His eyes stitched, his breath decaying

His cloak of weathered winter white
Tinted with tenebrous rays of light
Upon his head a helm of glory
Of glory of the past days of the Moon

But tacit not he stands forsaken
Utters warnings to souls mistaken
Wandering the russet soils of Earth

"Seek the willow weeping westward,
Thereupon the altar stone
Lies your Fate
Look forward betwixt the shade and phantom
There, where all guises broken
Lies your Fate"

Sweeping westward toward the willow
Where it lies on its bloodied pillow
Of a clay and crimson elder stone
There a clear and stagnant lakelet
Reflect Shadows of the War

Edge thus closer toward the altar
Where the gallows darkened halter
Makes its home amidst the bones

INSTRUMENTAL

MUSIC STOPS

SPOKEN IN A WHISPER
Slowly leaning upon the cold slab, you read your written doom. As your shaking hand reaches forward you forget where you are. And suddenly the life before you is not your own.
MUSIC RESUMES SLOWLY

And the embers in the fire crackle louder
Than before.

SLOW HEAVY RHYTHM

But as you shake your head from slumber
And your own heart encumber
With an echo of a voice
A hideous, evil noise,

MUSIC RESUMES QUICK TEMPO IN FULL

It tells your fate

INSTRUMENTAL

It forges hate

INSTRUMENTAL

MUSIC STOPS
It leaves... too late

The Greensleeves and Green Machine are about to embark on "The Grass Is Greener In The Emerald Heights" tour around where else, the Emerald Heights!

Already venues are confirmed in Oglethorpia, those in neighboring countries yet to be confirmed.

Headlining the tour will be grunge-rock act the Greensleeves and experimental rock band Green Machine. Opening for them are the notable Oglethorpian funk rock bands 'Life Wish' and 'The Knees.'

'The Grass Is Greener' tour is already booked to play Megalopolis City, Metropolis City and Greensbrough in the Bureaucratic States.

---

OOC:

If you want to send a band on tour with these four, that's cool.

Slag, what exactly does it take for a band to be #1 or 2 in the charts? Because I'm never really high! :cry:

The Greensleeves and Green Machine are about to embark on "The Grass Is Greener In The Emerald Heights" tour around where else, the Emerald Heights!

Already venues are confirmed in Oglethorpia, those in neighboring countries yet to be confirmed.

Headlining the tour will be grunge-rock act the Greensleeves and experimental rock band Green Machine. Opening for them are the notable Oglethorpian funk rock bands 'Life Wish' and 'The Knees.'

'The Grass Is Greener' tour is already booked to play Megalopolis City, Metropolis City and Greensbrough in the Bureaucratic States.

Done 'eard you needed somebody ta open up for ya. Thought maybe ya ripe buncha knock-knees wanna tour wit' da main squeeze, da big cheese, da coughin' wheeze, da ladies on dey knees... yeah, dat's me...s. What you see is an MC wit' da pleasey-plea ta squeeze da ladies... uh...

...I'm interested in joining ya tour iz wha' I' tryin' t'say. Whaddaya say t'that?

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J-Fly
SLAGLandic Underground Hip-Hop Sensation

The Greensleeves and Green Machine are about to embark on "The Grass Is Greener In The Emerald Heights" tour around where else, the Emerald Heights!

Already venues are confirmed in Oglethorpia, those in neighboring countries yet to be confirmed.

Headlining the tour will be grunge-rock act the Greensleeves and experimental rock band Green Machine. Opening for them are the notable Oglethorpian funk rock bands 'Life Wish' and 'The Knees.'

'The Grass Is Greener' tour is already booked to play Megalopolis City, Metropolis City and Greensbrough in the Bureaucratic States.

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OOC:

If you want to send a band on tour with these four, that's cool.

Crimson Sedition is interested in joining your tour.

Hey, that'd be pretty rad. The more the merrier, I think they say.

-- Mike Ovens
Life Wish guitarist/frontman

~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~IN BRIEF
~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=featuring Rede Cornucopia

TERESA: Hello, I'm Teresa Stonehill-Stoermer, and this is In Brief. Today, I'm quite lucky to be graced with the presence of the lead singer and rhythm guitar player for The SLAGLands' very own Trapeze Accidents. Rede Cornucopia, welcome to In Brief.

REDE: Thanks, Teresa. Always a pleasure to be on your show.

TERESA: Rede, the Trapeze Accidents recently put out their first live album, Lords of the Ring--Live! This was a surprise release and went entirely without the public's knowledge--another unusual choice. Why did you decide to do that?

REDE: Consider it a Christmas present of sorts, Teresa, m'dear. The Accidents all wanted to try something new to kill some time while we wait for the new album to go through all the mixing and dubbing bullocks, so we approached the label about putting out a live recording of one of our performances with Day and Slaya Hater. Well... long story short, the label agreed, and here we are. It was just something we had recorded just in case we would ever need a quick release. That's what we got, and that's what you're gonna hear. It's a good time.

TERESA: Now, anyone who purchases the album within the first month of its release will receive a special DVD of a few of the concert's selected tracks, as well as a special version of "Redneck Philosiphizin'" not available on the album. I understand you have a clip for us, Rede?

REDE: Yeah, actually, I do, and it's our performance of our second single ever... "Fallin' Down (And Where's the Net?)." The track turns into a great jazz/blues jam session when we perform it live, and it really reflects the whole... uh... looseness of the project. We like to have fun when we're performing live, even when we're doing a number that's a bit more depressing thematically, like "Fallin' Down."

TERESA: And we'll get to that clip right now. The album is Lords of the Ring--Live!, available in stores now. Pick it up quickly so you can get that special edition DVD. Thanks a lot, Rede.

REDE: Always fun, Teresa.

TERESA: And here's the clip of The Trapeze Accidents performing "Fallin' Down (And Where's the Net?)" live from Athens, SLAGLand Titan. Great Camofrog bless you all, and keep on rockin' in the free world!

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(The camera fades in on the vast stage of Horizons Theatre in Athens, SLAGLand Titan. A few very large statues flank either side of the stage, each one depicting extremely large legs and hips with pants down, revealing flowery boxer shorts, leather thongs, or whatever sort of undergarments are deemed necessary. The band is on stage in full array as deep blue light and smoke covers the stage. The song begins with a mid-tempo jazz beat on high hat and bass drum, performed perfectly by Todd the Modd. Jane B. Jane and Yorick join in on cello and bass (respectively), providing the D modal backdrop for the song. Santos's piano glissando ushers in the guitar and increases the song's tempo, its bluesy jazz swagger providing a perfect opening for the song. Rede's vocals begin as everything drops off except for the rhythm section. She sings in a deep, alluring voice, yet with just a hint of fatigue.)

Two to ten
Convenience stores of SLAGWay
Meet the ends
And clean the hot dog bin
Grab a smoke
This prudish bitch comes shoutin'

(Jane B. Jane's scratchy voice joins in here, an exagerrated imitation of the lyrical character.)

"Hope you choke
On your Virginia Slim!"

(The rest of the band joins in on the chorus, bringing the song back into its loud mid-tempo swagger as Rede's voice leaps up an octave.)

Well, everyone's a joker
And everyone's a fool
And we all like to kid ourselves
We're all somebody's tool
I'm driving in the slow lane
As fast as I can get
Just cruisin' off to town
With a frown
Fallin' down
And where's the net?

(Just as quickly as they rejoined, the entire band drops out except for the three-person rhythm section. Jane's improvisational cello work perfectly joins the chorus to the second verse, where Rede returns to her drab, complacent observation.)

Zero-five
The thermostat is broken
Take a dive
The sofa breaks my fall
CD loud
My landlord bitch comes shoutin'

(Again, Jane joins in.)

"Turn it down!
I hear you down the hall!"

(The band rejoins. This time, Santos provides an "Aaaaaaaah" harmony to Rede's singing, the band's physical energy matching the kinetics of their music.)

Well, everyone stays useless
Until the day we're dead
And Fate cuts off our heating
And then cuts off our thread
I'm sleeping on the carpet
Awake as I can get
Someday I'll leave this town
But not now
Fallin' down
And where's the NET!?

(At Rede's concluding scream, Warner wails away on an improvised guitar solo, echoing Rede's almost desperate howl with unsurpassed energy. The camera pans across the band as each member reflects the raw power and energy of Warner and Rede's performance. Then, as if on cue, at the solo's climax, the entire band disappears. All that remains is the cello and bass, which dance back and forth, exchanging chords and progressions like old friends catching up. Rede joins in quietly.)

Life...
Life just isn't safe
And life...
Life's just another ruthless bitch...
She's yelling...
She's pushing...

(The crescendo begins, the drums slowly easing their way back in.)

Off the deck...
Broke my neck...
What the heck...
Fallin' down
WHERE THE F*CK'S THE NET!?

(Again the solos return. Raw power and energy exude from every corner of the stage as the jam session continues, Rede attacking the microphone like a jilted lover.)

Well, everyone's a joker
And everyone's a fool
And we all like to kid ourselves
We're all somebody's tool

(The crescendo ascends, faster and faster and faster towards the edge...)

And life's a grand f*cking adventure!
As dull as it can get!
But still I go to town
With a frown
Fallin' doooooooooown...

(The band holds the note for as long as it will be held, allowing the reverb to drop off into nothingness. Then, from the nothingness, Rede saunters back to the microphone, her voice quiet and sensual.)

...and where's the net?

(The crowd explodes as the camera pans away from the band.)



(OOC:

DVD TRACK LIST:
1. Intro/Lemur
2. Birdwatcher
3. Redneck Philosophizin'
4. (Grace Can't Save) A Bitch Like Me
5. Fallin' Down (And Where's the Net?)
6. Flick the Suspenders
7. Another Sad Song About November
8. Swearing in My Sleep [featuring Slaya Hater and Day Mascus]

Testiclisation Releases Second Single, Self-Titled (ooc: lyrics are somewhere on page 8 or 9)
Testiclisation has today released its second single, self titled, and are hoping for it to hit the charts on a high note. The band said they also tried to time this to coincide with Liverpool England's 2 billionth birth. The band released the following statement: "We certainly hope that Testiclisation will be a huge hit, we are ready to kick off our tour with Crimson Sedition and the others once the NS Music Awards end, and hopefully we'll be able to promote this song world-wide!"

Performers (and presentors) needed for the Amerigan International Movie Awards (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2362992)

THE JUKEBOX CHARTS!
Week 10 Sales:
1. The Trapeze Accidents - Lords of the Ring--Live!
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. Kamikaze - Harry Chapin--The Album
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. Crimson Sedition - Granite Reflection
LAST WEEK: #1
4. Youthanasia - The Money Will Roll Right In
LAST WEEK: #4
5. Green Machine - Soylent Green
LAST WEEK: #7
6. The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus - A Sentient Christmas
LAST WEEK: #2
7. Three Word Name - Stop the Pop!
LAST WEEK: #3
8. The Explodinators - The Yellow Album
LAST WEEK: #5
9. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - ANGER+FORCE=SOVIET
LAST WEEK: #9
10. Preventer Five - Five Wars and a Revolution
LAST WEEK: #8
11. Nine-Second Tractor - NOS Plowin'
LAST WEEK: #6
12. Testiclisation - Testiclisation
LAST WEEK: #16
13. Lazarus Calling - Guitar for Arms
LAST WEEK: #12
14. Kamikaze - Nautilus
LAST WEEK: #11
15. Mad Kid Disease - Beware of Child
LAST WEEK: #14
16. The Federation First Army Military Orchestra and Chorus - Introductions and Farewells
LAST WEEK: #10
17. Under 21 - Under Age
LAST WEEK: #13
18. Method to Madness - The Damned
LAST WEEK: #18
19. Monaa - It Could Have Been Worse
LAST WEEK: #19
20. The Little Homies - Dreams
LAST WEEK: #20

COMMENTS: Honestly, is anyone surprised that The Trapeze Accidents are yet again debuting at #1? The top spot on the album charts has become a second home to this band since their first #1 album, 2-D and Dead, and they continue the streak with the release of their new live album. Testiclisation and Green Machine have begun slow ascents; perhaps one of these bands will leap into the #1 spot next week!

1. Crimson Sedition - "Blind Guardian of the No More"
LAST WEEK: n/a
2. Youthanasia - "Tracy the Class Whore"
LAST WEEK: n/a
3. CDH - "Love's Burning a Hole in My Pocket"
LAST WEEK: #1
4. Kamikaze - "The Rock"
LAST WEEK: n/a
5. Testiclisation - "Testiclisation"
LAST WEEK: n/a
6. Green Machine - "Time Traveling Christmas"
LAST WEEK: n/a
7. Mad Kid Disease - "The McSong"
LAST WEEK: #2
8. The Trapeze Accidents - "Shoulder"
LAST WEEK: #8
9. Three Word Name - "No Difference"
LAST WEEK: #5
10. Youthanasia - "Viminy"
LAST WEEK: #3
11. Method to Madness - "Golgotha Tenement Blues"
LAST WEEK: #4
12. The Explodinators - "Smells Like Homer Spirit"
LAST WEEK: #6
13. Nine-Second Tractor - "The Shanty"
LAST WEEK: #11
14. Preventer Five - "Operation Meteor"
LAST WEEK: #10
15. Day Mascus - "Uh... Hey"
LAST WEEK: #12
16. Monaa - "Because They Hate Me (Why Me?)"
LAST WEEK: #13
17. SOVIET ANGER FORCE UNION - "Dark Flow"
LAST WEEK: #15
18. Testiclisation - "Rock Your Body"
LAST WEEK: #9
19. Green Machine - "Soylent Green"
LAST WEEK: #17
20. Kamikaze - "Cats In The Cradle"
LAST WEEK: #14

COMMENTS: SeditionMania continues this week as the band claims the top spot on the singles charts in lieu of losing their spot on the album charts! In other news, despite the fact that Jill Scott's album was found to be free of subliminal messages, the very rumour that such messages existed has effectively gutted airplay! We'll keep you posted as this situation unfolds!