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  Slight Band History: Rancid was formed in 1991  by guitarist/vocalist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt freeman. The two of them grew up together in a small town in Albany. They also played in Operation Ivy, Ivy as "Lint" and Freeman as " Mat McCall. After Operation Ivy disbanded Armstrong and Freeman spent some weeks in the band Dance Hall Crashers, Freeman later joined a hardcore band called MDC. Freeman sugested to Armstrong to quit their day jobs and form a new band of their own. Creating Rancid, they added Brett Reed which was Armstrong's roomate. After playing some shows and signing a contract with Epitaph and released they first album, news got out that they were looking for a second guitarist. They pursued Lars Frederiksen, at first he didn't join but after his band "Slip" disbanded he quickly changed his mind and joined. In 2006 Brett Reed announced that he was leaving rancid after 15 years, he was later replaced by the ex drummer of &qu

Harmony of Heroes Hello there! after a little break out of the blog I leave you here with a treat for a nintendo/video game fan. These guys did a fan-arrangement of all nintendo classic songs portrayed in Super Smash Brothers. Fan or not it has pretty sweet tunes that you can check out. Here it is:  http://www.harmonyofheroes.com/   Check it out! -Skullky

Slight Band History: Brendan Lukens and Jake Ewald were high school friends from  Brunswick, Maryland, they began as an acoustic duo before moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for college. They met Sean Huber and bassist Ian Farmer at a normal college party. Huner and Farmer joined midway the recording of the first album, "Sports". Sports was released in 2012 and soon after they left college temporary to pursue music on a more regular basis. Details: Genre:  Indie Rock, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Emo Activity:  2011-Present Name Origin: N/A Studio Albums:  Sports (2012) You're Gonna Miss It All (2014) Holy Ghost(2016) EPs: The Nameless Ranger (2011) Couples Therapy Split EP (2012) Fun Facts About The Band: 1.  The group did a nationwide tour in early 2014 with  The Wonder Years Top Songs: Alternative Links(top 5 only) 1. Your Graduation 2. Wedding Singer 3. Fine, Great 4. Tears Over Bears 5.  Rock Bottom Favorite

 Here is a cover I made with some friends of the song Home of Phillips Phillips I'm Gonna Make This Place Your Horse: look at that handsome horse. Hope You Like It!

This is the first song of the first stage. This is a awesome example of a stage made awesome by an awesome song, no stage beats this one and is the first stage only. When games have dedicated Soundtracks you get songs like this: Escape From The City By Crush40

What is INF 115? well glad you ask take a tour on this whimsical, funny short trailer of what it is, It's all in a good fashion no harsh thoughts actually learn quite a few interesting things, what better way to show it than a fun trailer. Used: Celtx for the Script Adobe Premiere For Video Editing Music: Infinity By Stratovarious             Left Bank Two- The Noveltones

Slight Band History: Anberlin since the begging has consisted of the lead vocalist Stephen Christians, guitarist Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, and drummer Nathan Young. The original name of the band was SaGoh 27/7, after releasing 2 studios albums before disbanding, changing music styles and forming whats known as today as Anberlin. The band sign in a record label with Tooth & Nail Records, the band continue to rise with the fan base they had through Myspace. Their third album Cities released in 2007 was their first album to reach the top 20 of the Bilboard 200. On January 16, 2014 they announced that Anberlin would be disbanding in 2014 after recording and touring their last album. Details: Genre: Alternative rock, Christian, alternative Activity: 2002-2015 Name Origin: There are 3 possible reasons here they are: 1. The lead singer Stephen wanted to name his daughter "Anberlin" and they were finding a name for the band an

Original Played by: Nine Inch Kills Cover by: Johnny Cash Here is Johnny Cash's Cover for Hurt:  This is one of the most strongest covers there is, It's almost like Nine Inch Nails wrote this song for Johnny Cash, what makes this cover more impacting is that 3 month after he recorded his video he died, making this song like his goodbye to the world.  Here Is The Original:

Music is very important in almost everything because music is what puts the ambience and feel to a game, movie or pretty much anything else.   Here is a song from Wii u's latest game "Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze" this is a very weird but unique song from the soundtrack that really makes this a very impressive level. When video games make songs that combine this well with it's stage the song becomes powerful like this one. A lot of games have big soundtracks that many people enjoy.

Slight Band History: Eels is a band made by  singer/songwriter and multi-instrument player  Mark Oliver Everett , better known as " E ". The band members change and go a lot making Mark the only official band member. Eels talk about dark themes of family, death and lost love even so each Eels album have a different/peculiar sound to them. It's a very diverge band. Mark began to play drums at age of six and played around with his family piano. He started to have a interest in rock music via his sister record collection. He had a troubled teenage life which was further more complicated with his father's death, however by this he got more interested in music and started to learn other instruments like his sister's guitar and started writing and composing his own songs. Details: Genre: Alternative Rock, Lo-fi Activity: 1995- Present. Name Origin: He started as "E" after a while he changed it to "Eels"  Location: Los Feliz, Californi

Remember the game I posted the other day: 2048 The number game were you mix the same numbers until you get stuck? well to whoever liked it a lot this post is to tell you that there is an app for mobiles phones for free, So go ahead and get it! If you want to play it on the web here is the link:  http://ov3y.github.io/2048-AI/

Many bands get famous due to a cover they make of a famous song, Whats interesting of covers is that you can hear a song you might love in a different genre or style of music. Some covers are really good and some are really bad, you might love one more than the original or hate it because they ruin the original, but it's always nice to hear a different version of a song and see how a band can transform a song to their own band style. The Original is from A-Ha. ( here ) is a link so you can compare. Do click on the original's video if you haven't seen it, It's a classic. The Cover is From Reel Big Fish: This is a perfect example of a cover that changes the song completely. Going from the A-ha's New Wave genre to Reel Big Fish's Ska-punk tone. Here it is! If you want to know more of Reel Big Fish Click Here

Slight Band History: The Distillers members were: Brody Dalle" Vocals, Rhythmic guitar or lead guitar",  Tony Bevilacqua  "lead guiatar, backing vocals", Ryan Sinn "Bass, backing vocal", Andy Granelli "Drums, Percussion". The Distillers came together in late 1998 when Brody Dalle met Tony Bevilacqua and they both loved to play. They issued a same- titled album in the 2000. Little by little the band members left to different bands until it was just Brody Dalle and Tony Bevilacqua. At 2006 they officially announced that The Distillers is no more. Details: Genre: Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Alternative Punk Activity: 1998-present Name Origin: N/A Location: Los Angeles, California, U.S Studio Albums: The Distillers (EP) (1999) The Distillers (2000) Sing Sing Death House (2002) Coral Fang (2003) Fun Facts About The Band: 1. The Distillers is feature in two Tony Hawk Games, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 " Seneca Falls " Ton

Slight Band History:  The Cinematic Orchestra was created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe, other than him the Band members are former DJ Food member PC (Patrick Carpenter) on turntables, Luke Flowers (drums), Tom Chant (Saxophone), Nick Ramm ( piano), Stuart McCallum ( guitar) and Phil France (double bass). Swinscoe and Carpenter"PC" have also been in a band called Neptune. Swinscoe first had a band called Crabladder while he was studying Fine Art at Cardiff College in 1990. Also being a DJ on Heart FM a radio station in south london. Details: Genre: Nu jazz, Downtempo, Acid Jazz, electronica, fusion of jazz and hardcore punk elements. Activity: 1999 - still going Name Origin: N/A for now. Studio Albums:  Motion (1999) Every Day (2002) Ma Fleur (2007) Other Albums: Remixes 98-2000 (2000) Man with a Movie Camera (2003) Live at Royal Albert Hall (2008) The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos OST (2009) Late Night Tales: The Cinematic Orchestra (2010)

Slight Band History: We Are The Ocean consists in vocalist Liam Cromby, bass guitarist Jack Spence, guitarist Alfie Scully and drummer Tom Whittaker and in one point second vocalist Dan Brown. Jack Spence and Dan Brown originally were in a band called "Dead But Still Dreaming" this band disbanded and Jack and Dan looked for more members under the same band name, after a while the band decided to start new with a new name and changed the name to "We Are The Ocean" in 2007. When they changed their name they went into a lot of social networks to build fandom and were especially  successful  in Myspace which resulted in a nomination for "Best British Newcomer" in the Kerrang Awads before even releasing a record.  Details: Genre: Alternative Rock, Melodic Rock, Pop Rock, Post-Hardcore Activity: 2007 to now Name Origin: N/A for now Studio Albums:  We Are The Ocean EP(2008 Look Alive EP(2009) Cutting Our Teeth(2010) Go Now And Live(2011)

This video was made for a school proect in where I had to mash and edit together a bunch of movie scenes to make my own personal trailer, It is called "Finest End" here it is: Check it out!