The Bronx1 [the bron-cks]
noun
1. a breed of punk and hardcore largely recognised by its added riffage and don't give a fuck attitude
2. a style or movement characterised by the adoption of extreme aggression, ferocious vocals and the urge to punch people full on in the face
3. a defiance of social norms relating to popular music
4. a sound defining the phrase 'multiple eargasms'
Example sentences:
The Bronx will kill us all without mercy
It may be a shitty future, but at least we have The Bronx
I saw The Bronx live last night and now my ears won't stop bleeding
Yes it is a borough of New York, but The Bronx actually hail from Los Angeles
You iPod needs The Bronx
I just saw that mental dude from The Bronx leap head first from a pillar at the Leeds Festival (2009)
Origin:
2002, Los Angeles, America
Monday, 2 April 2012
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Challenge #3: Sarah vs. Planking
The latest choice from my list of ways to make a dick of myself before turning 30 was to take on the craze of planking - also known as the art of laying face down somewhere you probably shouldn't.
This was certainly the case at 8.30am on a Sunday morning when, let's face it, all normal people were either warmly tucked up in bed asleep or enjoying an early morning shag.
Not me. I was laying face down on a giant pork pie, in the cold, without a drop of caffeine having touched my lips...
This was certainly the case at 8.30am on a Sunday morning when, let's face it, all normal people were either warmly tucked up in bed asleep or enjoying an early morning shag.
Not me. I was laying face down on a giant pork pie, in the cold, without a drop of caffeine having touched my lips...
Yes, I know it looks like a beer barrel, but it's a pork pie.
I know what you're thinking, that it looks easy and shouldn't even be on the list. Well, let me tell you, at 8.30 on a Sunday morning it was a difficult challenge and it was also fucking cold, as the lid of the 'pie' is actually metal rather than wood. You're also lucky I'm not wearing my pyjamas and slippers, because it was a serious consideration at one point.
I took this one so that you would know the above picture wasn't of my stunt double.
Verdict: WIN!
A is for At The Drive-In
Launching a full on attack on the senses and a vicious assault on punk, At The Drive-In were one of the most exciting, progressive and violent sounds to come out of the '90s.
In a career spanning three albums and eight years, their pioneering post-hardcore sound gave birth to an album that remains as important and influencial as it did the day it arrived. 'Relationship of Command' was, and is, a pioneering album of agitated and urgent noise, ranking amongst my top ten albums of all time.
The Texan five-piece's reputation for untamed live performances, the convulsive moves and raw vocals of frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, make the band utterly compelling to watch, with every live video as captivating as the next.
It is, however, the infamous Later... with Jools Holland performance that's guaranteed to provoke the strongest reaction, telling you exactly where you stand on the At The Drive-In are genius/bullshit scale.
'One Armed Scissor' performed live on Later... with Jools Holland in 2000
While today it may be hard to grasp how much At The Drive-In managed to shake up music and how important that album was, you have to remember the era it arrived into. They stormed the late '90s and early '00s with an edgy sound that completely put the shits up the indie and Britpop deluge that had ruled much of the decade, while also stamping out the fire of nu-metal's sludgy riffs with a syncopated cacophony, plunging punk to exhilirating new depths.
I remember having 'Relationship of Command' on repeat for months, seeing the video for 'One Armed Scissor' and knowing I had to see this band live. Sadly, I never got the opportunity, despite having tickets to see them for my 18th birthday at Rock City, Nottingham; the band pulled out of the last remaining dates of the tour - after a year on the road - blaming mental and physical exhaustion.
Of course, I was devastated, but who could blame them really, just watching some of their videos leaves me feeling in need of a quiet lie down. Shortly after the cancellation of the tour, however, they imploded, announcing their split after making the album of their career and while at the peak of their popularity, much like pioneering punk noiseniks Refused.
But following an announcement at the start of the year that 'this station is now operational' once again, with a trickle of festival dates already planned, I'm hoping that this time round I'll get to experience that full on breeze-block-to-the-face sound first-hand.
Tracks to check out:
In a career spanning three albums and eight years, their pioneering post-hardcore sound gave birth to an album that remains as important and influencial as it did the day it arrived. 'Relationship of Command' was, and is, a pioneering album of agitated and urgent noise, ranking amongst my top ten albums of all time.
The Texan five-piece's reputation for untamed live performances, the convulsive moves and raw vocals of frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, make the band utterly compelling to watch, with every live video as captivating as the next.
It is, however, the infamous Later... with Jools Holland performance that's guaranteed to provoke the strongest reaction, telling you exactly where you stand on the At The Drive-In are genius/bullshit scale.
'One Armed Scissor' performed live on Later... with Jools Holland in 2000
While today it may be hard to grasp how much At The Drive-In managed to shake up music and how important that album was, you have to remember the era it arrived into. They stormed the late '90s and early '00s with an edgy sound that completely put the shits up the indie and Britpop deluge that had ruled much of the decade, while also stamping out the fire of nu-metal's sludgy riffs with a syncopated cacophony, plunging punk to exhilirating new depths.
I remember having 'Relationship of Command' on repeat for months, seeing the video for 'One Armed Scissor' and knowing I had to see this band live. Sadly, I never got the opportunity, despite having tickets to see them for my 18th birthday at Rock City, Nottingham; the band pulled out of the last remaining dates of the tour - after a year on the road - blaming mental and physical exhaustion.
Of course, I was devastated, but who could blame them really, just watching some of their videos leaves me feeling in need of a quiet lie down. Shortly after the cancellation of the tour, however, they imploded, announcing their split after making the album of their career and while at the peak of their popularity, much like pioneering punk noiseniks Refused.
But following an announcement at the start of the year that 'this station is now operational' once again, with a trickle of festival dates already planned, I'm hoping that this time round I'll get to experience that full on breeze-block-to-the-face sound first-hand.
Tracks to check out:
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