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Topic: Artist Profile

The Swellers Bring Back Memories of Punk

By Harris posted November 22, 2009 at 10:54

I have written before that punk (in the mainstream) as we knew it died sometime in the early part of this decade. With new sounds emerging left and right, the fast paced, driving vocals of ’70s and ’80s punk bands were fading faster than we could of imagined. The Swellers are a friendly reminder that this type of music can be fun and relevant. Unlike The Casualties whom they shared the stage with, The Swellers were a modern style punk band, not trying to copy bands (or be a band) from the ’80s. Instead they had a fresh sound, something different than the run of the mill alternative rock bands that seem to pop up on a daily basis. There energy matched the modern style that today’s bands bring to the table but the sound was slightly different. Although you could make the case that they are just another band, [...] Continue...
Alex from Cobra Starship Sings Cher and More

By Harris posted May 06, 2009 at 11:16

Interview with Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship conducted at Mohegan Sun Arena on April 29th, 2009 Harris Decker: Hi Alex, I was hoping you could summarize in a couple of sentences where the band came from and where the bands name came from? Alex Suarez: Yeah, I’ll try and simplify it all as much as I can but it’s a very complicated story. Let me see. Gabe used to play in a band called Midtown and started a side project and had a couple songs written, put together Cobra Starship through some friends and other people and that’s how Ryland and I joined the band. He had met Nate on tour and Victoria came, uh, later just through some people that we know. H: Okay so just connections basically, you guys just kind of found each other?A: Yeah. Basically. Pretty much through people. I mean, most of us are in [...] Continue...
Artist Profile: Ryan Cabrera

By Harris posted April 22, 2009 at 08:21

Ryan Cabrera, there’s a name I guarantee you haven’t heard in a long time. Question is, where has Ryan been? Once a huge name in the pop music world, love interest of Ashlee Simpson and singer of the hit song “On The Way Down,” the singer has all but fallen off the face of the earth. The last time we heard from Ryan he had left an Australian tour with The Veronica’s after breaking up with Lisa Origliasso, one of the groups two members. This all happened in 2006, two years after the breakup that began the downfall of Ryan’s career. The beginning of his career was much more pleasant than the intricate relationships and breakups of late would attest to. Starting his musical career in 2001, Ryan released his first album “Elm St.” Although the album, released independently, never came into it’s own, his second album (released after signing [...] Continue...