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“THE HEART OF ROCK N ROLL IS STILL ALIVE”
July 14, 2014  “I know it’s only rock and roll, but I like it! Rock music is the greatest music genre there is, forget about your straight up commercial pop, your power ballads and your hip-hop because there’ll never be a genre that can make people feel alive quite like rock and roll. I was brought up on the genre, the power of the guitars and drums were the starting point and then when I started seeing videos of these musicians playing live as a teenager was when I became completely hooked on the genre, the power, the emotion, the passion and the erotic mystery and intrigue were what kept me in. Guitarists and drummers are the ones that do it for me, sure the frontmen are the centrepiece, the show-offs and entertainers but it’s the brooding guitarist stalking the stage with an intensity that you’ll not find anywhere else or the sheer power and relentless energy of the drummer at the back of the stage just keeping things hard and heavy, yeah that’s always been enough to get me going. We all have our favourite aspects of the music, but people say that rock and roll is dying, that it’s been in decline since Kurt went away. I can’t say I agree with that, I believe that it’s just as alive as ever, it’s just taken a different form slightly. See instead of the Joe Perry’s, Eddie Van Halen’s and Slash’s of this world we have a different guitar sound these days, it’s filled with just as much passion but it’s of course not quite as glorious as those that have gone by. Instead we have guitarists that play with deep thought and emotion, it’s still fuelled with the same passion, it’s just channelled in a different way. The same goes for the drumming, instead of the brutality and insanity of the likes of John Bonham and Keith Moon we have professionally crafted drummers, built to last. Of course there’s the frontmen, the ones that turn decent bands into iconic bands, the Robert Plant’s, Steven Tyler’s and Axl Rose’s of the world. But instead of the sultry songs dripping in sexual metaphors and imagery we have songs of deeper levels of emotions. That’s the difference, we’ve evolved since the seventies and eighties, lyrics of wild sex are a turn on, but the beautifully emotional songs do it just as good, if not better. And so you can look for your music in all different styles and genres, but rock music will be the one constant. Your Aerosmith’s, Guns N Roses and Zeppelin’s have all had their day, but it’s no reason to give up hope. Because there’s a lot of rock music out there right now that is just as good as anything that has gone before us, so I’ll highlight some of my own recent favourites and why they’re f*cking incredible; Quote:Juneau – ‘Definitely my favourite band of the moment. I predict that their debut album ‘Everywhere We’ve Ever Been’ will be one of the records of the year. They may have only streamed three tracks so far, but it’s already incredible. It feels like a summer rock record, an album best listened to on those endless summer nights, it’s the sort of record capable of mending the broken pieces of your heart and encouraging you to stand the f*ck back and live life the way that you should. Sure Dallas and Kellin get the glory, but it’s a full band effort with Josh, Ryan and Jordan providing the guts to their glory.’
Penetralia – ‘Another new band, sure their name sounds sexual but that’s just part of the charm, right ladies? ;) Nah, they’re f*cking killing it right now. While Juneau are releasing the album that fixes your heart, Penetralia released the album directly after you had your heart broken. ‘With Brave Wings’ is the album that you listen to when you want to feel emotional and you want to hate everyone despite you not quite being able to. I see both Juneau and Penetralia as the dominant forces in the rock scene for the next few years.’
My Girl Friday – ‘Straight up ‘pop-punk’, it’s fast and rapid and it’s direct to the point. It’s catchy choruses and instantly recognizable guitar riffs. They’re likely to be haunted by the ‘new-Riot!’ label until they truly prove themselves but they’re in the process of making a name all for themselves. They could get to where Riot! got to, it may take them slightly longer but they’re on their way. I work with them at ‘Songs to Love and Die By’ and they truly are just street kids that got lucky. They certainly have a promising future ahead of them’
Julia Volkova – ‘Ahhhh f*cking hell! She’s the dominant rocker chick in the industry right now, her music is filled with attitude and passion. She doesn’t have any limitations or boundaries to what she does, she’s got her own thing going on and she’s f*cking owning what she does, not many people are capable of doing it completely in their own way but Julia is definitely one of those people.’
Alex Simms – ‘Another ‘Songs to Love and Die By’ client here, Alex is the least fearful person I’ve been around, his debut album showed what he’s capable in the rock arena, his E.P which featured Nadia and Jennifer showed his potential as a crossover musician and his work alongside Julia with ‘Mutual Addiction’ helped his rock credibility once more. He’s got a powerful and unique vocal, he can hit notes that are just not possible for a dude, pretty sure he’s packing a vagina down those skinny jeans ;)’
The Enlightened – ‘Metal is always gonna have an audience, but right now it feels like ‘The Enlightened’ are flying the flag solo. They are the underdogs of the rock genre right now, they achieved the what seemed like impossible when they hit the top spot with ‘Conspiracy’ but it just proves that good music will always find a way to be heard. There’s still a sense of mystery and intrigue about the band though, and that’s a big part of their appeal’
Reported Failure – ‘They have been the one constant in recent years. The one band that just keeps pumping out the records one after the other, the next becoming more well received than the last. I hope that they will go back to the simple blueprint of alternative rock music and that Billie Beckett will cut out all the ‘Into The Wild’ bullsh*t and just become the f*cking alt-rock messiah that we all long for him to be. He’s a god among men, but in my opinion he’s starting to f*ck his reputation up with all this other crap, if you wanna live in the woods with the animals then go do that or if you wanna be a rock and roll superhero, then go do that, but you can’t f*cking have it both ways dude.’
Vile Hour – ‘It’s rock and roll and theatre all rolled into one big hot mess and they call themselves Vile Hour. For a while there they were the top alternative/rock act in the industry, it may have died down a little, but I’m sure when the next album comes around they’ll be the name on everybody’s lips. I f*cking love em’, the one thing I’m not on board with is Nichole’s eyebrows, fix them please.’
PURE – ‘Misery Loves Company was some overblown bland Americana bullsh*t, somewhere between Kings Of Leon and The Killers, but the mastermind of that band ‘Ryan Williams’ has redeemed himself fully. He’s f*cking awesome, the music that he has created with PURE is some indie rock genius, it’s all skylines and big city dreams mixed with a dash of amaretto and weed. Right now, Williams is without doubt the poster boy of rock and roll and with rumours of their next album coming soon, this could be a real ‘let’s take over the f*cking world moment’, they’re more than capable of it.’ So there’s my top picks right now, they may be obvious choices and I may have missed out on a few good shouts, but the point was to highlight that not only is rock and roll not dead, but it’s still f*cking kicking ass the only way that it knows how. But we as fans, have a major part to play in this too, It’s up to us to purchase the music, the t-shirts, the wristbands and the posters. It’s up to us to pack out the venues that these people perform in, no matter how big or how small and support them with all of the passion and enthusiasm that we can provide, because without the audiences, the music doesn’t get heard, without the fans, the bands are nothing, they’re just regular people that didn’t make it. So now is as good a time as any to realize that rock and roll isn’t just the music in your ears and hearts, but it’s the passion and fire in your souls and it’s just down to the musicians to keep it alive, it’s down to all of us. Peace xoxo” - CaraOOC: First real attempt at this sort of thing! I'm just winging it :) |
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