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Archive for April, 2008

The Rock Out on: Straylight Run

Friday, April 11th, 2008

If you listen to the epicly-fail’d band named Taking Back Sunday because you find them "cool" or you think Adam Lazzara is the "bestest vocalist evah!", go find a shovel to hit yourself with for YOU too fail epicly.

THIS was Taking Back Sunday before Taking Back Sunday hopped into the "how cool are we with our overly convoluted lyrics and deafening vocal harmonies?" train.

BUT

isn’t "Betty" a woman’s name?

Ehermm yeah back on point:

Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without the ‘E’

The guitarist singing the other vocal parts is John Nolan. Basically, he is the heart and soul of the band. He gave the band the added oomph to propel them to great punk-rock heights… not to mention he was the one who wrote most of the songs in their debut album Tell All Your Friends.

You might be wondering how come I’m talking about Taking Back Sunday while Straylight Run is nowhere in sight?

Patience, kiddies.

Check this out:

 Taking Back Sunday - This Photograph is Proof

If you’re feeling a little bit of bitterness in your tongue from holding back vomit, don’t worry. You’re not alone. Oh and you might also notice that John Nolan isn’t there anymore. Oh and I won’t mind if you find the Chuck Norris rip-off trying to "fill" the pretty big shoes of John Nolan a bit… BLAND.

How come good ol’ Nolan ain’t here?

Well, here’s the 411:

Adam, the vocalist, at the time was in a relationship with Michelle Nolan, John’s sister. However, like all male pigs, he cheated on her. Naturally, John got white-hot mad, he threw a guitar at Adam and quit the band.

So he, along with TBS’ bassist, AND Michelle formed Straylight Run:

 Straylight Run - Existentialism on Prom Night

Isn’t sheeeee beautiful? :D umm the song I mean… but yeah, Michelle is DELECTABLE. Stupid, Adam.

Gotta love the brother-sister harmony :D

So I guess we can thank Adam Lazzara’s idiocy because if it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t be graced with Straylight Run’s presence.

BUT

I’d still prefer the old Taking Back Sunday.

Can’t Get Enough of Brawl

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Super Smash Brothers Brawl is….

THE GREATEST FIGHTING GAME OF ALL TIME

Tekken?

NAH.

Street Fighter?

NOT EVEN CLOSE.

Dead or Alive?

PLEASE.

Marvel vs. Capcom?

MEH.

This game let’s video-game powerhouses like Sonic, Snake and Mario duke it out for multiplayer glory.

‘Nuff said.

In the game, there’s a thing called a "Final Smash", where your character let’s it all out in a glorious, fiery, sparkly, hair-billowing attack.

GG

See if you could spot other video game classics.

 

How to Butcher a Song

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I was mulling around youtube this morning searching for new videos to rock out to. All was going rather swimmingly until my proverbial plane was shot down in a blazing, laugh-infused glory.

LOL

The vocalist took the whole concept of a "show" to a whole new level. Maybe he realized that his band sucks so he decided to show the crowd how to NOT use a microphone. He did everything BUT sing well.

Ugh.

How could you have the guts to butcher a song like this:

Retards.

Personally, if you even plan on covering a song (make sure it’s from a rock-out-loud band), please, please, PLEASE give it justice. PLEASE. Not only will you garner the respect and admiration of the band’s fans but it will also give you a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!

Retards.

Coheed and Rock Band

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Check out this awesome clip I found:

Yep, Coheed and Cambria got featured on G4TV. Anyway, when I first heard of Harmonix developing Rock Band (where you and your friends get to play the full ensemble to capture that whole rock-bandy feel), I quickly assumed that this game would spawn a whole army of drummers, considering Guitar Hero birthed a whole nation of air-guitarists.

Aaaanywhooo

Kevin Pereira, host of Attack of the Show, has this crazy notion that playing Rock Band actually improves one’s non-existent drumming skills and to prove that, he decides to jam with the most amazing band evah, Coheed & Cambria.

For the record, I seriously don’t think that our boy Kevin here isn’t a first time drummer. He pretty much owned those drum fills. I find it funny the he asked Chris (Co & Ca’s current drummer) how he felt about 12 year olds being able to play his song on drums. Problem is, Chris wasn’t in the band when Welcome Home came out and compared to the stuff he actually writes (he used to play for Dillinger Escape Plan), he probably thinks a 12 year old could easily play it.

LOL

OWNED.