by Sam Sinister
As you may or may not know, I recently left the band (you can read a little ore about that here).
Since I'm no longer in the band, whether the rest of the guys decide to go on with out me (which is my hope) or not, it wouldn't be right for me to keep posting here at the Dead City Dealers website. So, as a result, I'm moving all of my blogging over to samsinister.blogspot.com, which will includes news on The Shit Parade radio program, rants (and any other kind of typical "blog" posts), news on any of my future musical endeavors, free music downloads, and event listings for any live gigs I set up in future. So feel free to subscribe, follow, or whatever you want to do to keep up with me.
It's been fun!
Showing posts with label punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label punk. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
VIDEO: "This City's Dead" (Slideshow)
This is a music video slideshow I made, using pictures that my girlfriend, Rachel, took around New Castle, set to our song "This City's Dead." If you want to check out more of her stuff, visit her Facebook page or buy a few prints at her Etsy store.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Songfacts: "Horrible"
True story. This song was written by me one day after seeing a really awful band at The Sky Club in Masury, Ohio. A couple of friends and I went out of boredom to see a couple of bands that the flyer billed as "old school rock and roll" or something to that effect, which to me could mean anything from rockabilly to garage, bar rock or anything blues-based. These bands were none of the above.
(Well, alright - in all fairness, the second band might have been, but we didn't stick around to find out. The opener was THAT bad.)
I think the flyer even had a hot rod or something on it. So imagine my surprise when we sat down and waited for almost an hour, to eventually hear something I can only describe as slow-as-Moses, self-indulged "rock" music. Granted, I'd never heard of either band, and couldn't even tell you now what they were called, but I figured, "Hey! I like checking out bands I've never heard before, and this looks like something I might enjoy. We should go!". Little did I know, it was false advertising.
The only thing in the lyrics that's untrue is that the singer did not, in fact, look like Beaver Cleaver.
(Well, alright - in all fairness, the second band might have been, but we didn't stick around to find out. The opener was THAT bad.)
I think the flyer even had a hot rod or something on it. So imagine my surprise when we sat down and waited for almost an hour, to eventually hear something I can only describe as slow-as-Moses, self-indulged "rock" music. Granted, I'd never heard of either band, and couldn't even tell you now what they were called, but I figured, "Hey! I like checking out bands I've never heard before, and this looks like something I might enjoy. We should go!". Little did I know, it was false advertising.
The only thing in the lyrics that's untrue is that the singer did not, in fact, look like Beaver Cleaver.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Songfacts: "Lonely at the Top"
I wrote this song prior to co-forming the Disliked with former bandmates Ray Wojtowicz, Chris Vermin, Brianne Donnegan (all of whom were in the Яeversatiles with me), and Ryan Bower (formerly of The RUNS). I think at this point I was listening to a lot of The Misfits and watching too many zombie/cannibal movies. In fact, the way the music originally sounded was like Earth AD/Walk Among Us-era Misfits: Fast, vaguely thrashy 3-chord verses, a longer bridge (sans vocals), and a 2-chord chorus riff with a punchy musical "count off" at the end.
That's not too far off from how the song ended up sounding
That's not too far off from how the song ended up sounding
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Songfacts: "Liberal Stomp"
This song was written entirely by Chris Vermin, and I'm pretty sure it was mainly in response to anti-smoking laws, among other things. The music is a 4-chord progression that never changes and it's very similar to "Social Security" by the Unseen. This was another carry-over from The Яeversatiles days. It's basically about PC, and the restrictions that come along with it. The lyrics are actually pretty funny, if you share our sense of humor. Not many people do, so we don't play this song much any more...
Friday, September 10, 2010
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