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My English is not very good so I can't reply.
BUT EVEN TO READ IT'S SO FUNNY .......... GREAT GAME !!!

instant_zen wrote:for the record, it was REALLY hard to write that without repeating myself. here's my contribution to this lovely game:

"Cotterpin Doozer"

Left to Right:

Alfie Fisher - Guitar
Rick Chambo - Drums
Rex Fisher - Lead Vocals
Ethan Goroski - Bass
Rob Zayas - Keys, Guitar, Vocals


One of the best ways to understand what Cotterpin Doozer are is to realize what they are not. Their music contains elements of punk and pop, but they aren’t pop-punk. Likewise, their songs are emotional and their lyrics can be poignant, but they’re certainly not emo. By tapping into elements of their favorite styles, the bandmembers are able to attain their own sound whilst standing apart from the pack.

Cotterpin Doozer incorporate their "respect for post-realism" within their songs, which abound with clever, biting lines like "...I want to show you how you showed me how you looked at me when you look at me that way that you do when you show me things" from the track American Traffic off of their debut album, That Last Steps a Doozer.

Cotterpin Doozer is nominated for a Grammy for best new artist. Somehow this band is sweeping the nation.

This game is sexy.

electrons wrote:(...)One of the best ways to understand what Cotterpin Doozer are is to realize what they are not. Their music contains elements of punk and pop, but they aren’t pop-punk. (...)

So great!

We should start a side business through this thread: Selling pre-written one sheets. The above sentence could fetch $50 alone! Imagine twelve people in a room after hearing this line read to them in a dramatic rock voice, then simultaneously ooohhhing in rockdom!

I'll say it again. So great.

I thought Bradley owned this thread with the creepy pedoteacher dude, but this Cotterpin Doozer is in contention for top ranking. (Are the matching haircuts the result of photoshopfuckery, or are they real?)



And...

instant_zen wrote:3: i considered posting a picture of one of my old bands on here, just to see how it would be interpreted. would that by a faux pas?

I don't make the rules, but I think this is a great idea. Think of the fun.


Somebody post a picture of a "quiet" band, please.

electrons wrote:

Shudder To Think

Kevin March – drums
Craig Wedren – guitar, vocals
Nathan Larson – guitar
Anonymous Session Musician – bass

Shudder to Think's hardcore punk background (courtesy of D.C.'s Dischord Records, also the home of Fugazi) isn't the best pointer toward their sound, since the group works in pop influences and a skewed sense of songwriting as well.

Originally formed in 1986, the band's first lineup -- vocalist/guitarist Craig Wedren, guitarist Chris Matthews, bassist Stuart Hill, and drummer Mike Russell -- released two singles and one 1989 album (Curse, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses) before signing with the Dischord label. Shudder to Think released albums in 1990 (Ten-Spot), 1991 (Funeral at the Movies), and 1992 (Get Your Goat), and toured with Fugazi and the Smashing Pumpkins. Matthews and Russell had left by 1994; guitarist Nathan Larson and drummer Adam Wade replaced them, just in time for the band's first major-label contract. After signing with Epic, Shudder to Think released their fifth album, Pony Express Record, in 1994. Almost three years later in 1997 (during which time Wedren successfully overcame Hodgkin's Disease, Larson released an album with his side project, Mind Science of the Mind, and Wade was replaced with former Dambuilders drummer Kevin March), 50,000 B.C. was released, which ultimately failed to push the band into the big-time.

The following year, the band focused their attention on soundtrack work for the indie films First Love, Last Rites (which included songs in various different musical styles sung by such alt-rock notables as Liz Phair, Billy Corgan, Robin Zander, and one of Jeff Buckley's last recorded works) and High Art, the latter featuring Brian Eno-like instrumental soundscapes. The same year, guitarist Larson left the band, which served as the final straw for the group, as they promptly split up. Wedren soon after began a solo career, playing shows in the New York City area and appearing on the soundtrack Down to You (the song "Didn't Mean to Do You Harm"), as well as supplying backup vocals to the Verve Pipe's 1999 self-titled release.

instant_zen wrote:i considered posting a picture of one of my old bands on here, just to see how it would be interpreted. would that be a faux pas?

See "My Downfall" and "Shudder To Think", above.

Bambouche wrote:Somebody post a picture of a "quiet" band, please.

Okay!

electrons wrote:

instant_zen wrote:for the record, it was REALLY hard to write that without repeating myself. here's my contribution to this lovely game:

"Cotterpin Doozer"

Left to Right:

Alfie Fisher - Guitar
Rick Chambo - Drums
Rex Fisher - Lead Vocals
Ethan Goroski - Bass
Rob Zayas - Keys, Guitar, Vocals


One of the best ways to understand what Cotterpin Doozer are is to realize what they are not. Their music contains elements of punk and pop, but they aren’t pop-punk. Likewise, their songs are emotional and their lyrics can be poignant, but they’re certainly not emo. By tapping into elements of their favorite styles, the bandmembers are able to attain their own sound whilst standing apart from the pack.

Cotterpin Doozer incorporate their "respect for post-realism" within their songs, which abound with clever, biting lines like "...I want to show you how you showed me how you looked at me when you look at me that way that you do when you show me things" from the track American Traffic off of their debut album, That Last Steps a Doozer.

Cotterpin Doozer is nominated for a Grammy for best new artist. Somehow this band is sweeping the nation.

you were so close on the names and instruments it's kinda creepy...

here's one more:

Bambouche wrote:

electrons wrote:(...)One of the best ways to understand what Cotterpin Doozer are is to realize what they are not. Their music contains elements of punk and pop, but they aren’t pop-punk. (...)

So great!

We should start a side business through this thread: Selling pre-written one sheets. The above sentence could fetch $50 alone! Imagine twelve people in a room after hearing this line read to them in a dramatic rock voice, then simultaneously ooohhhing in rockdom!

I'll say it again. So great.

I thought Bradley owned this thread with the creepy pedoteacher dude, but this Cotterpin Doozer is in contention for top ranking. (Are the matching haircuts the result of photoshopfuckery, or are they real?)

I feel sort of guilty getting any praise for this particular line, as I lifted it from a band's website. However, the band that I lifted it from really does suck and is somehow sweeping the nation. I have an awkward personal link to this band, so it makes it even more bizarre and embarrassing, mostly for them.

Bradley still owns this thread with his Spritzker response, with a ridiculously close Bambouche She-Lack post in second. Both superb. Best band name so far, however, is Rea-Sez Pea-Sez. Phantastic!


Love,
Anonymous Session Musician – bass

Don't forget,

diego wrote:

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Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote: