DEP and Mike Patton

My buddy D made a post devoted to the amazing album Angel Dust and it made me think of this great song by Dillinger Escape Plan with Mr. Mike Patton. Hate on DEP all you want they had some really good stuff early on. Now I can't vouch for it as strongly but this EP with Patton was stellar. On this EP this song was the one that I enjoyed the most. Mike has to be one of the most eclectic and original vocalist in "extreme" music. Dude is 5 kinds of crazy and isn't afraid to tackle any music project no matter how off kilter, and man, some of it is out there and to be honest some of it blows, but the vast majority is prime.

Merry Christmas!

The Darkness - Christmas Time by N0N0-Life

Joey Cape Interview

Backing up Jesse, while an absolutely amazing musician, Joey probably isn't the most "fan friendly." Hence the facial hair.

Burst

And now for more of the metal, I don't even recall how I came across this band but man I've been a fan since I did. Burst were a metal band from Sweden whom, for whatever reason, never really caught on. As far as progressive metal I always thought that they are one of the better ones that I have heard. Great sludgy stuff a la Isis or Buried Inside.

BA

Because QAE has a dubious reputation I feel the need to back his claims on how amazing Mr. Cape is. By the way, I ran into Joey in Santa Barbara once and he really is short! I was pretty well star struck and was just like "You're Joey Cape and I have idolized your band for over a decade (sadly this was about 7 or 8 years ago, I'm getting old)" and he was like "Oh." It was classic and of course I felt like an idiot later. Anyway, here's Joey's side band Bad Astronaut. One awesome band covering another awesome band. May have probably already heard this one. BA had a great run of amazing album's until sadly drummer Derrick Plourde committed suicide. Here's a couple great songs.

And here's another band, I don't know how many albums other than this one they put out, but to tie it in this one was produced by Joey Cape. I was quite a fan of this lesser known album.

Anything Joey touches turns to gold I swore, but then I bought a vinyl copy of The Playing Favorites...I was severely disappointed.

Come all ye faithful....

Lagwagon is an all time favorite. This video i found from a show in Moscow. I've been to punk shows in Moscow, and i promise you no one has any idea what they are saying. Pretty funny stuff.

Joey Cape's solo stuff is amazing also if you ever want to slow things down a bit...that one day a year.

Oi to the world

Nothing gets me in the holiday spirit like the Vandals. Buy a Vandals record. Support them in their rediculous lawsuit with "Variety" and check out the story below.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110414/12115613896/vandals-win-first-round-ridiculous-lawsuit-variety-filed-against-them-issue-mocking-video.shtml

Talk about David against Goliath!!!

Shut your mouth and open your eyes....

My CD collection was stolen at least once growing up. Before music was readily available online, losing your music collection was catastrophic. I was able to rebuild most of my music over time......but not this gem. Haven't heard it much in the last 10 years.

Found this CD used at Graywhale the other day. As a matter of fact, one of my early punk shows was AFI opening for Offspring at the San Jose State Event Center Arena some 16 years ago.

-QAE

Strongarm

I remember it like it was yesterday, a few of us were sitting around D's apartment in 1997 and it was like 2 in the morning. It had been a fair night of antics as usual and as things were winding down D says "Hey, I've got something you've got to check out..." Now we had all been into hardcore for awhile and as jaded veterans of the scene (ha ha I was 17, but hey, I thought I knew a thing or two) we weren't really putting much stock into it. But here's the thing, D was always the guy that was two steps ahead of the rest and would be listening to stuff that even us underground hardliners had never heard. So he puts on this song, I was literally entranced and the raw emotion of it went to my very center. A bit over romantic I know but at the same time not an exaggeration. I'm putting this live performance up but if you haven't heard the original recording you really need to, so here is the myspace link as well, listen to "Advent Of A Miracle". Probably one of the greatest Christian hardcore bands. As a great side note I still remember one of the very first times that I hung out with D. I was like 14 or 15 and I went up to then Wolf Mountain to do some riding. I look across the parking lot and lo and behold there is D and a few other guys. I had met D a time or two through Mango but they were all a few years older than me and I think he thought that I was kind of a noob. I got up the guts and walked across the parking lot and asked them if I could ride with them. D's response was classic...he kind of looked down his nose at this young punk and said "Yeah, if you can keep up". I did, by simply not taking any jumps or anything else as these guys busted 5's and 7's off of every little bump they encountered. But I think that I at least showed him that I could hang with the big boys and D thought that I was alright after that. Thanks for the memories D, half of my musical knowledge you own exclusive rights to! By the way, I think Broken Circles or somebody recently did a big repressing of both Strongarm albums so you can actually get the vinyl pretty cheap now, I think I picked up both on ebay for 16 bucks or so.

GV30

I'm speechless. I'm there. I just need to find a ticket seeing how it is sold out. Dec 16-18, Santa Monica.

-QAE

Bouncing Souls NEVER SAY DIE

I've seen the boys in 3 different states more times than I can count and their style is tough to beat. While maybe not the most well known punk band of all time, definitely my #1 - I'm a true believer.

If you are already a fan, check out Greg's acoustic stuff with his wife Shanti Wintergate. They write children's books, sing songs with kids at libraries....good people. CLICK HERE

Enjoy this song off their 20 year anniversary album, "We All Sing Along."

NEVER SAY DIE

- QAE

Guttermouth

I went to a Guttermouth show once. I've never heard so many dick jokes. Here's two minutes of awesomeness.

Dropkick Murphys + Bruce Springsteen = Going Out in Style

How did local Boston punk legends, Dropkick Murphys get Bruce Springsteen to sing on their newest album? Easily.

"We were on tour in Australia when we finally got the nerve and we sent him an e-mail," says Ken Casey, frontman for the Boston-based band. "You'd think having to deal with Bruce Springsteen would be this complicated thing. But it was just like 'want to do it?' and he was like 'sure!' It was as easy as that."

Read more, click here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-the-dropkick-murphys-got-bruce-springsteen-to-guest-on-their-new-album-20110125#ixzz1dppYtO00

With contributions from Fat Mike, Living End's Chris Cheney, and Bruce how can you go wrong? I think this album may creep up into my list of my top punk CD's of all time.

After listening to the first 2 songs I was hooked. Here's one for ya!

I will see Dropkick before I die.

-QAE

New Mastodon Album Full Stream

Without further delay here is Mastodon's newest album, complete with visuals. Also, be sure to watch this awesome burrito commercial featuring Mastodon's own Brent Hinds.

Fleshgod Apocalypse

Seriously seriously brutal symphonic metal. If you hear that moniker and immediately think of Nightwish I wouldn't blame you, but you couldn't be more wrong. This probably has more in common with death metal than symphonic but with some killer symphonic parts thrown in. These sons of Italy make the boot proud.

Kiss It Goodbye

Nothing even needs to be said here, the song speaks for itself.

deadeyesunder

I remember buying this album from Dan Gump of Life Sentence Records fame at a xClearx show at good ol' Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City. This happens to be the same venue where a buddy of ours cold clocked Vanilla Ice in the face, but that's a whole other story. This album brutalized my face from the very first listen. It's just so much more raw and real than all the glossy crap that you see coming out these days. I don't think this band stuck around long unfortunately, in fact this may have been their only release but don't hold me to that. Here is their myspace page, make sure that you listen to Stricken Apathesia for the good stuff.

Medusa

So it only took me six months or so but here is my second post and man is it a deuzy (sp?)! The almighty Medusa hailing from Bloomington, Indiana, home of, well...um...oh yeah, really awesome b-rated roller derby zombie romantic comedies and brutalizing punk thrash/doom bands. Head to their website and check it on out. I was so excited about this one that I hopped right on and bought the vinyl. Oh and Bloomington is home to one of my favorite all time bands, Murder By Death, if you're not acquainted I highly recommend it.

Too Much Metal For One Hand

Welcome fellow dirges of society to the companion blog to Ever In The Never. Basically the premise is simple, whereas that blog mostly covers my love for indie, neo folk, ambient, blah, blah, blah, this is my outlet for my original passion (no, not Depeche Mode, although man my older brother got me on those guys), punk, hardcore, and metal...hence the leather. So, if you like your spikes over 8 inches and aren't afraid of some fake blood or anarchy then this is the place for you my friends. I understand that being 31 I was supposed to have outgrown this stuff a long time ago but 1) I don't live in my mom's basement 2) I have never had a WoW account or played and 3) I will be a doctor in two months. So come on I've earned a little immaturity on the side! As always, leave a comment on here with your email if you would like to be added as an author because the more contributors the better. Well I heard you were looking for a place to fit in full of adherent people with the same objective, a family to cling to and call brethren, come join us! (Bonus geek point to whomever cite that lyric for me)