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Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: Take the musical sounds of rock bands like Fuel and Lit, add in the voice of U2 lead singer Bono, and then make this lead singer look slightly like Marilyn Manson. This composite image exactly describes lead singer Jimmy Gnecco and his group, Ours, a New Jersey band that will release its first album, Distorted Lullabies, in May. The band is mainly known to an established fan base in and around New York and other New England cities where they frequently perform (like Boston). Listening to a small sample of Ours?...
Even if howling is not your scene, Distorted Lullabies is at times almost sweet and pleasant sounding. U2 fans may even be able to see past the disruptions and appreciate Gnecco’s voice for what it is. However, with their disturbing themes and haunting screams, these “lullabies” are more likely to inspire nightmares. —Sarah N. Kunz...
When we first formed the band, Adam and I were 16, Edge was 15, and Larry was 14, and we were fans of the Ramones. They kind of stopped the world long enough for bands like U2 and others to get on. It was suddenly the end of Progressive Rock and virtuosity over melody and the end of interminable guitar solos and the rock-band-as-music-school. These were all the things that prevented you from getting on the train when you were a kid if you hadn't been to music college...
...SITE SEEING Excuse Me While I Kiss this Guy... You know that part in U2's [She Moves in] Mysterious Ways where Bono starts singing about "Shamu the Mysterious Whale" and ... Wait a minute! Chalk up another entry on KissThisGuy.com(as in Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze lyric "kiss the sky"), the archive of misheard, misunderstood and mangled song lyrics. Perplexed by the Ramones' "I want a piece of date bread"? What they really sang was "I wanna be sedated." If this doesn't change the way you hear music, then "the ants are my friends is blowin...
...album is like watching the tape of a playoff game--it's not the same as catching it live. For the new CD, the band recorded a dozen songs with Steve Lillywhite, who produced the DMB's earlier RCA studio albums and is known for his work with U2. But then Matthews and his mates decided to shelve that effort and start over with producer Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette, Aerosmith). "We were spinning our wheels a bit--musically the challenge was gone," says Beauford...