Your fearish vision of exquisite misery -- It threw me
I've been a bit down today because my favorite band broke up. It happened in 1994.
I just found a comprehensive fansite for Tribe, the local band that rocked my little high-school world. Their music was energetic and melodic and dark, with tight arrangements and a mesmerizing singer. I always regretted that I didn't actually go see them play more than a couple times, but I was young and thought rock bands would live forever. Worst of all I got lost and arrived late at their farewell performance at the Orpheum, but now I can download and listen to the half of the show that I missed. Great stuff.
When they broke up I heard that some members "went into computer game music," which at the time I treated like a metaphor for death. It turns out they worked on some highly acclaimed games and are now at Harmonix (of Guitar Hero fame) where one is VP. This also means they have a day job with a member of my favorite not-broken-up band, Freezepop. That blows my mind. What do they talk about? Can there be peace between early-90's alternative and late-00's synthpop? If the Duke of Pannekoeken play-tests the Tribe song that's in Rock Band, does that count as one band covering the other? Heavy questions.
The moral, I guess, is that you should see all the shows you can, when you can. We saw Vast do a fantastic set at Harper's Ferry on Tuesday, but why aren't I doing that more often? I'm grabbing a couple tickets to Ladytron now (June 29th), and I'll grab Freezepop tickets as soon as they go on sale (March 7th.) Open invitation on each, of course. I'm determined to make a real effort to see more shows; I may be in a musical rut, but life is too short not to wallow in it.
I just found a comprehensive fansite for Tribe, the local band that rocked my little high-school world. Their music was energetic and melodic and dark, with tight arrangements and a mesmerizing singer. I always regretted that I didn't actually go see them play more than a couple times, but I was young and thought rock bands would live forever. Worst of all I got lost and arrived late at their farewell performance at the Orpheum, but now I can download and listen to the half of the show that I missed. Great stuff.
When they broke up I heard that some members "went into computer game music," which at the time I treated like a metaphor for death. It turns out they worked on some highly acclaimed games and are now at Harmonix (of Guitar Hero fame) where one is VP. This also means they have a day job with a member of my favorite not-broken-up band, Freezepop. That blows my mind. What do they talk about? Can there be peace between early-90's alternative and late-00's synthpop? If the Duke of Pannekoeken play-tests the Tribe song that's in Rock Band, does that count as one band covering the other? Heavy questions.
The moral, I guess, is that you should see all the shows you can, when you can. We saw Vast do a fantastic set at Harper's Ferry on Tuesday, but why aren't I doing that more often? I'm grabbing a couple tickets to Ladytron now (June 29th), and I'll grab Freezepop tickets as soon as they go on sale (March 7th.) Open invitation on each, of course. I'm determined to make a real effort to see more shows; I may be in a musical rut, but life is too short not to wallow in it.