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...minute thrash of Jodie Foster's Army and Husker Dus's Land Speed Record, many early '80s punk rockers were hostile to Bad Religion simply because the band dared to cut melodious punk songs. And while the melody lines of early Bad Religion tunes were subsumed in chunky drum work, deliciously mediocre production and sheer velocity, the punk rock world complained that the band simply wasn't playing the things that it should...
...surprises of this album, however, is the extent to which the drums drive the songs. "W.M.A." (it stand for "White Male American") is a song which rails against racism in the police force. This tune is practically all drum and vocal, with a thrumming bass line in the background. The song's militaristic beat directly contradicts any attempt to classify Pearl Jam as a "guitar" band...
Tondel began her association with the band in 1956, when band members sought someone to paint an "H" on the bass drum. A graphic artist by trade, "Mom" was smuggled into The Game in exchange for her services, Everett said. She later accompanied the band on every trip it took and every gig it played...
...Drum Major Craig M. Coldwell '94 said, "Forfour decades the band was her family. She will bedearly missed...
...solo albums, Seizure and Croaker--solo records in the literal sense, since there's no backing band and no studio musicians. Instead, it's Chris Knox singing, playing his loud'n'fuzzy guitar, then going back into the studio and playing a bass track, an organ line and/or a drum machine. (Sometimes a friend plays the cello...