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No Self Control (album)
''No Self Control'' is the fourth full-length release from The Planet Smashers. This album has spawned many fan favorites, including "Blind" and "SK8 or Die". This is only the second album by The Planet Smashers (and first since their self-titled debut) where the album isn't named after its opening track: "No Self Control" is the second track. ''Exclaim! ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven ...'' described the album as "a testimonial to economic music making," and "in many ways similar to prior outings: short, snappy pop ska tunes that accomplish much within a limited time frame." Track listing # "Fabricated" – 2:43 # "No Self Control" – 3:45 # "Wish I Were American" – 3:07 # "Evaluation Day" – 1:43 # "Blind" – 2:27 # "Stupid Present" – 2:36 # "Struggle" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Planet Smashers
The Planet Smashers are a Canadian ska punk band from Montreal. Since their formation in 1993, they have been a staple of the Montreal music scene. During the third wave of ska, they performed nationally and later internationally, with tours in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Founding member Matt Collyer helped establish Stomp Records in 1994, which featured many ska and ska punk bands, including Montreal's The Kingpins, The Flatliners, The Know How, and Bedouin Soundclash."PIONNIERS DU PUNK-ROCK QUÉBÉCOIS: Que sont-ils devenus ?" ''La Presse'', Émilie Côté, 20 May 2016. Their music has been used in the Japanese flash series ''Catman'', Canadian show |
Third Wave Ska
Ska (; , ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat. It was developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Stranger Cole, Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm and blues and then began recording their own songs. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods and with many skinheads. Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s; the 2 tone ska revival of the late 1970s in Britain, which fused Jamaican ska rhythms and melodies with the faster tempos and harder edge of punk rock forming ska-punk; and third-wave ska, which involved bands from a wide range of countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stomp Records
Union Label Group is a record label based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was formed through the merger of the smaller labels Stomp Records, 2112 Records, and Tyrant Records. Mayday! Records was later created as a genre imprint. Stomp Records was founded in 1994 by Matt Collyer of The Planet Smashers and Jordan Swift of The Kingpins (Canadian band), The Kingpins. The label specializes in third wave ska, and was founded to release ''All-Skanadian Club Volume 1'', a compilation of ska and ska punk from across Canada. Soon after that release, The Planet Smashers released their self-titled debut album and The Kingpins released the "On the Run" EP on the label. In 2000, Stomp Records merged with 2112 Records, a Montreal label that specialized in punk rock, to form Union 2112. Tyrant Records released mod revival, garage rock, and new wave music. This imprint has been discontinued. Mayday! Records are dedicated to Canadian Oi!, street punk. Artists Stomp Records *The Anti-Queens *The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Of The Party (album)
''Life of the Party'' is the third full-length release by the Planet Smashers The Planet Smashers are a Canadian ska punk band from Montreal. Since their formation in 1993, they have been a staple of the Montreal music scene. During the third wave of ska, they performed nationally and later internationally, with tours in ..., released in 1999. Critical reception '' The Gazette'' wrote: "Their most polished album, ''Life of the Party'' returns to the slick songwriting style popularized by the likes of the English Beat in their short but prolific career." Track listing #"Life of the Party" – 2:24 #"Shame" – 2:40 #"Too Much Attitude" – 2:48 #"Swayed" – 3:04 #"Surfin' in Tofino" – 2:31 #"All Men Fear Women" – 2:45 #"You Might Be..." – 2:18 #"Trouble in Engineering" – 2:28 #"Super Orgy Porno Party" – 2:35 #"Wise Up" – 2:36 #"Whining" – 2:46 #"No Matter What You Say" – 4:03 #"Kung Fu Master" – 2:58 #"Holiday" – 2:40 #"Save It" – 3:19 Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty (The Planet Smashers Album)
''Mighty'' is an album by the Planet Smashers. It was the first of five albums featuring drummer Scott Russell, and it is the only Planet Smashers album featuring trombonist J.O. Begin. Neville Staple, of the Specials, appears on the album. It was recorded in Montreal over a period of two months. Critical reception ''Exclaim! ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven ...'' wrote that the Planet Smashers "break out some new tricks in the latter half of the album, with songs like 'Can't Stop', a folky harmonica-infused song, and 'Recollect', which slows the pace down a notch." Track listing #"Mighty" – 3:19 #"Explosive" – 2:46 #"Missionary's Downfall" – 2:28 #"J'aime ta Femme (I Like Your Girl)" – 2:46 #"Retribution" – 3:07 #"Direction" – 4:02 #"Keep on Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Planet Smashers (album)
''The Planet Smashers'' is a 1995 self-titled album by The Planet Smashers The Planet Smashers are a Canadian ska punk band from Montreal. Since their formation in 1993, they have been a staple of the Montreal music scene. During the third wave of ska, they performed nationally and later internationally, with tours in .... It is described in Man vs Ape as 'a perfect definition of third wave punk ska'. AllMusic writer Curtis Zimmermann was less complimentary about the album, saying 'they play about three chords' and their 'mindless frat-boy lyrics' make other ska bands 'look like English professors.' Track listing # "Mission Aborted" - 2:38 # "So Happy" - 3:25 # "Pierce Me" - 3:31 # "Pee in the Elevator" - 4:11 # "Janice" - 2:04 # "2 Souvlaki Pita, 1 Fry" - 2:37 # "Coolest Guy in the Whole World" - 3:09 # "Meal of Meat" - 3:51 # "Shithead" - 0:40 # "Frozen" - 2:57 # "My Love (Vampire)" - 3:24 # "The Manta Ray Dance" - 3:34 # "Skah of Iran" - 1:39 # "Gotta Get Away" - 5:59 # "La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. The magazine had no official name for its first year of operations, with only th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Albums
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