| Luna ( @ 2008-01-15 22:05:00 |
| Current mood: | accomplished |
| Current music: | Fall Out Boy - The Take Over, The Break's Over |
| Entry tags: | bandom, cobra starship, fall out boy, fic recs, music:mp3 posts, my chemical romance, p!atd |
We Do It In The Dark With Smiles On Our Faces
So,
ktnb81 said she might be interested in getting into bandom. So I thought I'd upload a couple bandom albums for her, and link her to some bandom resources. I ended up going a bit overboard. Somehow Pete is to blame.
So what exactly is bandom? For my purposes, it refers mainly to the Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance artists, or bands that are connected to Pete Wentz, as well as My Chemical Romance and The Academy Is.... This post does not cover all the artists in bandom, just a handful that I happen to be obsessed with at the present time.
So, Katie, you wanted to get into bandom? First you should check out some of these handy-dandy bandom primers.
++ Bandom resources on LJ on
newbieguide
++ Bandslash Guide by Jane (I think
wistfuljane?)
++ Bandslash 101 by
psychodragon82
++ Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance & Panic at the Disco primer by
femmequixotic
++ A Quick and Dirty Primer: The OTPs by
belladonnalin
++ Bandom flowcharts (!!!) by
wistfuljane
++ Bandslash Primer for SGA-ers
++ Bandom Primer PowerPoint Presentation by Lalejandra
++ Cobra Starship primer by
++ This is a Squee Post About Gabe Saporta (Cobra Starship) by
xanphibian
++ Fall Out Boy Primer on
damnyouwentz
++ A Brief, Yet Thorough Introduction to Fall Out Boy RPS by
lierdumoa
++ A Little Less Sixteen Candles... verse primer on
bandom_primers
++ Bands That Make Me Happy: My Chemical Romance Primer and Picspam by
missmollyetc
++ Panic at the Disco primer by
addictedkitten
Next Katie, you'll want to actually hear the music. Here's a bunch of the albums & some miscellaneous songs.
Artist: Cobra StarshipAlbum: While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Send My Love To The Dancefloor, I'll See You In Hell (Hey Mister DJ), The Church of Hot Addiction Comments: This album is a breath of fresh air. |
Artist: Cobra Starship:Album: Viva La Cobra! Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia Article Sample Tracks: The City Is At War, Guilty Pleasure Comments: One of my favorite albums of 2007. TRUFAX. |
Artist: Fall Out BoyAlbum: Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Pretty In Punk Comments: Uhmmmmmmmm. This is FOB's first cd, and it really shows. Definitely my least favorite of their albums. Patrick, sweetie, you're just not a lyricist. ::pets him:: Still, I have to include this, because I like to have complete sets in my collection. |
Artist: Fall Out BoyAlbum: Take This To Your Grave Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Dead on Arrival, Roxanne (Police cover) Comments: MUCH BETTER. I kind of love this cd like burning. |
Artist: Fall Out BoyAlbum: My Heart Will Always Be On The B-Side To My Tounge Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy Tonight (acoustic) Comments: This is a 5 track acoustic EP. It includes an acoustic version of "Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner" which wound up featured on FUTCT, and a Joy Division cover. |
Artist: Fall Out BoyAlbum: From Under the Cork Tree Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Dance, Dance (My favorite FOB song of all time ever OMG), A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me Comments: FOB's major label debut that launched them into superstardom. |
Artist: Fall Out BoyAlbum: Infinity On High Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia Article Sample Tracks: The Take Over, The Break's Over, Thnks Fr Th Mmrs Comments: HEY KATIE - IF YOU ONLY DOWNLOAD ONE ALBUM OFF THIS POST, DOWNLOAD THIS ONE!!!! Note: this is the version that has the 3 bonus tracks. |
Artist: Fall Out BoyAlbum: Leaked in London Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Golden (live) Comments: This is a live EP that you could download when you bought a physical copy of IOH. Naturally, it leaked onto the internet in about 56 minutes after it was first released. |
Artist: Gym Class HeroesAlbum: The Papercut Chronicles Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Taxi Driver (the song where Travis name-checks FOB and like, every band ever), Cupid's Chokehold (their big hit single with the Supertramp sample) Comments: These guys are kind of like The Roots, but with a pop- punk sensibility and a wicked sense of humor. |
Artist: The Hush SoundAlbum: So Sudden Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Weeping Willow Comments: The Hushies first album, from 2005. Originally released independently, and then rereleased when they signed to Decaydance. |
Artist: The Hush SoundAlbum: Like Vines Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: We Intertwined, Sweet Tangerine Comments: Their 2006 album. "Sweet Tangerine" is actually my favorite of their songs. |
Artist: The Hush SoundAlbum: Goodbye Blues Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Honey Comments: Their most recent album, released in March 08, and my favorite so far. |
Artist: My Chemical RomanceAlbum: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Both Of Us Comments: This is MCR's loudest and least theatrical album. |
Artist: My Chemical RomanceAlbum: Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: I'm Not Okay (I Promise), To The End Comments: The album that rocketed them to success. Most memorable for spawning several videos that became AU fanfic universes. |
Artist: My Chemical RomanceAlbum: The Black Parade Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia Article Sample Tracks: I Don't Love You, Teenagers Comments: As I mentioned when I uploaded this for my "Best of 2007" post, this was like my soundtrack to last year. |
Artist: Panic (!) at the DiscoAlbum: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: I Write Sins Not Tragedies, Build God, Then We'll Talk Comments: Panic's first and thus far only album. Not that we're impatient for their second one to be released in March. Oh no, not at all. ::twitches:: |
Artist: Panic (!) at the DiscoAlbum: Pretty. Odd. Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: That Green Gentleman, Behind the Sea Comments: Panic's long awaited second album. This is radically different from "Fever", with lots of Beatles and 60's rock influences. (There's actually been wank about the Beatles comparisons. Whatever, fandom.) As much as I love "Fever", I think this album is a thousand times better. |
Artist: The Academy Is...Album: Almost Here Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Black Mamba Comments: I'll admit, I haven't listened to this as much as I've listened to Santi. But it's still a good cd. |
Artist: The Academy Is...Album: Santi Genre: Rock Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: We've Got a Big Mess On Our Hands, LAX to O'Hare Comments: William Beckett is so very pretty. And hey, he makes good music too! |
Artist: Various ArtistsAlbum: OST: Snakes on a Plane Download Link: SendSpace Tracklisting: Wikipedia.com Listing Sample Tracks: Cobra Starship - Snakes On A Plane (Bring It) Comments: Featuring like, all of bandom. This soundtrack is a thousand times better than the actual movie, cheesy fun though it is. |
++ Cobra Starship - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)
++ Fall Out Boy - Dead On Arrival (acoustic)
++ Fall Out Boy - The Hand of God (World Cup 1986)
++ Patrick Stump - So Sick (Ne-Yo cover)
++ Patrick Stump - Let's Get In On (live Marvin Gaye cover)
++ Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin' Down (acoustic)
++ Fall Out Boy - Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued (stripped)
++ My Chemical Romance & The Used - Under Pressure (David Bowie & Queen cover)
++ Panic at the Disco - Nine In The Afternoon
++ Panic at the Disco - We're So Starving
++ Panic at the Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage (AOL live sessions)
++ Panic at the Disco - The Weight (The Band cover)
++ Panic at the Disco - Tonight, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
++ Panic at the Disco - Round Here (Counting Crows cover)
++ Panic at the Disco - Karma Police (Radiohead cover) - this is actually an AWFUL cover (seriously, SO BAD OMG), but I'm uploading it cause it's good for the LULZ.
Next, have some videos!
Here's some iPod videos I happened to have available. Note: I actually have way more, but they're in protected iTunes format. I like to buy their videos off iTunes because (a) the quality is a thousand times better than you get ripping off YouTube and (b) it alleviates some of my guilt for downloading all these bands' music for free.
Anyways, here's a couple videos. The quality ranges from good to okay to kind of shitty, but what are you gonna do. All these artists' videos are freely available on YouTube.
++ Cobra Starship - Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)
++ Cobra Starship - The City Is At War - pies!
++ Cobra Starship - Zip file of MTV reality show clips - the ones where Gabe gives us canon MPREG, among other stuff.
++ Fall Out Boy - Dead On Arrival - the quality for this is kind of terrible, sorry.
++ Fall Out Boy - Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy
++ Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Goin Down
++ Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance
++ Fall Out Boy - Saturday Night Alive appearence - they perform Sugar & Dance Dance.
++ Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - the one with the monkeys!
++ Fall Out Boy - The Take Over, The Break's Over - the one where they're in Hemmy's dream.
++ Pete Wentz - Goodnight Moon Trailer - Ahahahahahaha. Watching Pete act is very good for the LULZ.
++ My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay - the one where they're all in high school, and Frank kisses Gerard. *loves*
++ My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
Finally, Katie, you will want to check out fanfic. Your best bet is to check the del.icio.us bandslash tag - that's where I get 99% of all my fic. Also check out:
++ My bandslash tag on del.icio.us. Note: when I started organizing it, I put everything *but* Pete/Patrick under that tag. It made sense at the time. ::makes face::
++ So here's My Pete/Patrick recs / my Pete/Patrick tag on del.icio.us
++
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++ Even more recs by
accomplished
Artist: Cobra Starship
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Artist: Fall Out Boy
Artist: Fall Out Boy
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Artist: Fall Out Boy
Artist: Gym Class Heroes
Artist: The Hush Sound
Artist: The Hush Sound
Artist: The Hush Sound
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Artist: Panic (!) at the Disco
Artist: Panic (!) at the Disco
Artist: The Academy Is...
Artist: The Academy Is...
Artist: Various Artists