Stone Sour - Through Glass

Song: Through Glass

Artist: Stone Sour

Album: Come What(ever) May

Stone Sour is an American rock band from des Moines, Iowa.

The song Through Glass is the second single from Stone Sour's second studio album. The album was released in 2006. I think the song is about celebrities being fake, and plastic. About how a lot of plastic celebrities are making 'entertainment' that has no real meaning and no real value. I think it's about how with some celebrities it's way more about what they wear than what they actually do. The lyrics "How much is real? So much to question. An epidemic of the mannequins, Contaminating everything" says it all. The music video shows the band at a party full of people like the aforementioned fake celebrities. As the band members walk around the party, these people turn into cardboard cut outs. I really like lead vocalist Corey Taylor's voice. The song is awesome and I really like it.

"Through Glass"

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh, god it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home sitting all alone inside your head

How do you feel? That is the question
But I forget.. you don't expect an easy answer
When something like a soul becomes
Initialized and folded up like paper dolls and little notes
You can't expect a bit of hope
So while you're outside looking in
Describing what you see
Remember what you're staring at is me

Cause I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
When no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything
When thought came from the heart
It never did right from the start
Just listen to the noises
(Null and void instead of voices)
Before you tell yourself
It's just a different scene
Remember it's just different from what you've seen

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
And all I know is that it feels like forever
When no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That shine for you
And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That lie to you.. yeah-ah

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh, god it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

'Cause I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your heaaaaddd

And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That shine for you.. yeah-ah
And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That lie to you.. yeah-ah

And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That shine for you.. yeah-ah
And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That lie to you.. yeah-ah yeah

Ohhhoh when the starrs
Ohhh oh when the starrrrs that liieee

Stone Sour - Through Glass - Youtube (Music Video)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

Song: Disarm

Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins

Album: Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

The song Disarm is the third single from The Smashing Pumpkins second album. The album Siamese Dream was released in 1993. I think the song about a tumultuous and probably abusive relationship between a child and their parent(s) or guardian(s). My interpretation of the lyric "I used to be a little boy, so old in my shoes" was that it's about a child who grew up too fast and was forced by his circumstances to shoulder the responsibility of someone much older than himself. The music video is for the most part black and white. It shows the band floating above a house, performing the song, while home movie like clips show a child outside. It is a haunting rock song. Billy Corgan's voice is great, and the lyrics and music are excellent.

"Disarm"

Disarm you with a smile
And cut you like you want me to
Cut that little child
Inside of me and such a part of you
Ooh, the years burn

I used to be a little boy
So old in my shoes
And what I choose is my choice
What's a boy supposed to do?
The killer in me is the killer in you
My love
I send this smile over to you

Disarm you with a smile
And leave you like they left me here
To wither in denial
The bitterness of one who's left alone
Ooh, the years burn
Ooh, the years burn, burn, burn

I used to be a little boy
So old in my shoes
And what I choose is my voice
What's a boy supposed to do?
The killer in me is the killer in you
My love
I send this smile over to you

The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you
The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you
The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you

The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm - Youtube (Music Video)

Seether - Fake It

Song: Fake It

Artist: Seether

Album: Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

Seether is a rock band from South Africa.

Fake It is the first single from Seether's 2007 album Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces. I think the song Fake It is about people (in the music industry or in ordinary life) being fake. The lyrics are calling someone out for being fake. The lyrics refer to the person the song is speaking to as a "hypocrite". I think it's about pretending to be someone you're not to get something. The music video for the song shows the band making a music video, and shows them in an airplane with scantily clad models dancing around, and in the middle of the woods. The video shows that a bunch of stuff in the video is faked by way of green screen, and computer generated imaging. The music is loud, energetic rock n' roll. I love lead singer Shaun Morgan's voice.

"Fake It"

Who's to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost your self-esteem along the way
Yeah

[Chorus:]

Good god you're coming up with reasons
Good god you're dragging it out
Good god it's the changing of the seasons
I feel so raped
So follow me down
And just fake it if you're out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong here
Fake it if you feel like affection
Woah you're such a fucking hypocrite

And you should know that the lies won't hide your flaws
No sense in hiding all of yours
You gave up on your dreams along the way
Yeah

[Chorus]

Whoah
Whoah

I can fake with the best of anyone
I can fake with the best of em all
I can fake with the best of anyone
I can fake it all

Who's to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost your self-esteem along the way
Yeah

[Chorus]

Fake it if you're out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong here
Fake it if you feel like affection
Woah you're such a fucking hypocrite

Seether - Fake It - Youtube (Music Video)

Alter Bridge - Isolation

Song: Isolation
Artist: Alter Bridge
Album: AB III

Alter Bridge is an American rock band from Florida.

The song Isolation is the first single from Alter Bridge's third album. The album AB III was released October 8, 2010. I think the song is about someone isolating themself and causing themself only pain by doing so. I think it's about someone who has been hurt and is feeling very alone. The song is saying you need to let yourself live and love. The song is heavy, hard rock. The music video shows live footage and behind the scenes clips of the band on tour. Myles Kennedy's voice is great. The lyrics are good. The music is good. Great song.

"Isolation"

When all is lost to you inside
When all the darkness takes the light
The ritual it has begun
And now you tear away from everyone
Disconnected so alone yeah
Severed ties from all you know

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Justify you waste away
You dare to dream but still you're too afraid
And now you're broken and deceived
Lost to live this cruel reality
You're disconnected so alone
Severed ties from all you know

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Maybe you'll stand
Maybe you'll give and break to find another way
And make things better
Maybe you'll find
A life you can live and learn to love along the way
And make things better
And make things better

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be

You're disconnected so alone
What will come to be?
You're disconnected so alone

Alter Bridge - Isolation - Youtube (Music Video)

Billy Talent - Turn Your Back

Song: Turn Your Back

Artist: Billy Talent

Album: Billy Talent III

Billy Talent is a Canadian rock band from Ontario.

The song Turn Your Back is from Billy Talent's third studio album (fourth if you count their first album, which was released under a different band name.) One version of the song features guest vocals by members of Anti-Flag (an American punk band, from Pennsylvania.) I think the song is about people ignoring the state of our world. How some selfish people will only be sorry when the bad stuff starts to affect them. I think it's about the human race needing to take responsibility for it's actions. I love the lyrics and the songs sound.

"Turn Your Back"

And when the clock strikes 12, tell me where you gonna be?
Cleaning up the mess we've made or watching your TV?
And if you have to ask, then you don't have a clue,
There's snow in Arizona while they're bombing in Beirut!

I hope some day...when i'm dead and gone,
We learn to right...everything that's wrong,
With loving hands...turn sick to strong,
Our time will tell...if life goes on, on, on, on, on

When the storm hits your front door, with a roar you can't ignore,
You run, run, away! but there's no place to hide, mate!
When the days turn into night, you don't got no chance to fight,
'Cause you're too late! so kiss your ass goodbye, mate!

It just don't make no sense, there's a million mouths to feed,
We got military action over monetary need
And you can turn your back, or you can plant the seed
You can choose compassion over universal greed

I hope some day... when i'm dead and gone,
We learn to right... everything that's wrong,
With loving hands... turn sick to strong,
Our time will tell... if life goes on, on, on, on, on

When the storm hits your front door, with a roar you can't ignore,
You run, run, away! but there's no place to hide, mate!
When the days turn into night, you don't got no chance to fight,
'Cause you're too late! so kiss your ass goodbye, mate!

And you can turn your back, but it won't go away
And you don't look scared, but you should be afraid
You can shut your mouth, but you still have a say
And you just don't care, for tomorrow, today

And you can turn your back, but it won't go away
And you don't look scared, but you should be afraid
You can shut your mouth, but you still have a say
And you just don't care, for tomorrow, today

Well no way! way! No way, no way, no way, no way!

When the storm hits your front door, with a roar you can't ignore,
You run, run, away! but there's no place to hide, mate!
When the days turn into night, you don't got no chance to fight,
'Cause you're too late! so kiss your ass goodbye, mate!

Billy Talent - Turn Your Back - Youtube (Audio Only)

Papa Roach - Blood (Empty Promises)

Song: Blood (Empty Promises)
Artist: Papa Roach
Album: Getting Away With Murder

Papa Roach is an American rock band from California.

Blood is a track from Papa Roach's fourth album Getting Away With Murder. The album was released in August of 2004. I think the song is about someone being screwed over by a person who is supposed to be their family. I think it's from the point of view of someone who has been stabbed in the back by someone close to them. They're saying that they won't let that person walk all over them anymore. Also telling that person that they need to change or they'll only screw themselves over in the end. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix seems to be singing directly to the perpetrator of this betrayal. I really like the drums in this song. Blood has a great hard rock sound. This song is really good.

"Blood (Empty Promises)"

I will forgive but I won't forget
And I hope you know you've lost my respect

You better watch out
If you don't know whats going on around you
You better think twice
Before you fly off the handle and lose it
You better join us
Before you get lost in the shuffle
You better rise against
The demons that are gonna try and hold you down

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
The ones you love, the ones you love, the ones you love

Cause I'm not a pawn for you to play in your fucking game
I've got dignity and a dream that I want to achieve
The pressure, your troubled and you let me down
I'm not deaf and all I hear are your empty promises

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
The ones you love, the ones you love, the ones you love

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!

I will forgive but I won't forget
And I hope you know you've lost my respect

Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love

Papa Roach - Blood - Youtube (Audio Only)

Bleeker Ridge - Small Town Dead

Song: Small Town Dead
Artist: Bleeker Ridge
Album: Small Town Dead

Bleeker Ridge is a Canadian rock band from Orillia, Ontaio.

Small Town Dead is the first single and title track from Bleeker Ridge's debut album, which was released in September of 2010. I think the song is about growing up in a small town, and not wanting to be stuck there for your whole life. The band member's are all really good musicians, and lead singer Taylor Perkins has a great voice. The song is fast, energetic and great to rock out to. The music video shows the band in their hometown of Orillia, where they work boring jobs or hang out in random places.  It alternates between them leaving these places to go play a show and them actually playing a show in the middle of town. In the radio edit the lyrics "My reputation failed and fucked me again / Pack my shit leave this town" are replaced with "My reputation failed and stopped me again / Pack my things leave this town".

"Small Town Dead"

I got the number but my reputation failed
and fucked me again, pack my shit
Leave this town go to a place where no one
Knows who I am

And Why do I get in this situation
And Why do I leave myself to blame yeaah

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

I like to tell her but to say those words would mean
My cover is blown
What's truth when it doesnt help you
You've got to look after your own

And Why do I get in this situation
And Why do I leave myself to blame yeaah

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

Growing up never living
A second hand city
Living like this forever
I'm small town dead!

(ooooooh)

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

Oooooh, I'm small town dead!

Bleeker Ridge - Small Town Dead - Youtube (Music Video)

Apocalyptica - I'm Not Jesus

Song: I'm Not Jesus

Artist: Apocalyptica (Feat. Corey Taylor)

Album: Worlds Collide

Apocalyptica is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

I'm Not Jesus is a single from Apocalyptica's sixth studio album, Worlds Collide, which was released in 2007. As I've said before on other posts about Apocalyptica songs, they have no lead singer and most of their music does not have lyrics. The songs that do have lyrics are sung by guest singers. I'm Not Jesus is sung by Corey Taylor, who is the lead singer of both Slipknot (an American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa) and Stone Sour (an American rock band also from Des Moines, Iowa). The song I'm Not Jesus is sung from the perspective of someone sexually abused as a child by a priest. The song is confrontational toward the priest. Corey is a very good singer of metal and rock. His voice fits this song perfectly. As I've said before I love Apocalyptica's mixture of metal and classical music. This song is loud, angry and the lyrics speak of something truly terrible. I think the song should make people think about what has happened and how we shouldn't let people get away with such abuse just because they are in a position of authority

"I'm Not Jesus"

Dirty little secret
Dirty little lies
Say your prayers and comb your hair
Save your soul tonight

Drift among the faithful
Bury your desires
Aberrations fill your head
You need a place to hide
And I am

Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember me?

[Chorus:]
When your world's come crashing down
I want to be there.
Your god is looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus,
Jesus wasn't there!

You could confess it all away,
But it's only shit to me
Your god ain't looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus,
I will not forgive!

No I won't! [2x]

I've thought you were a good man,
I've thought you talked to god.
Your hippocratic, messianic, child abusing, turned satanic.

Do you remember me?
Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember?
Do you remember?

[Chorus:]
When your own world comes undone,
Let me be the one to say:
I'm not Jesus,
You can't run away!

And the innocence you spoil
Find a way to live
Your god is looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus
I will not forgive!

I won't forgive.
I won't be whatever you want to.
[2x]

Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Not the same as I used to be!
Oh, do you remember me?

No!

[Chorus:]
When your world's come crashing down,
I want to be there
Your god is looking down on me
I'm not Jesus
Jesus wasn't there!

You could confess it all away,
But it's only shit to me!
Your god is looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus,
I will not,
I'm not Jesus,
I will not forgive!

Oh, I will not forgive, yeah yeah!
No, I will not forgive!

Apocalyptica - I'm Not Jesus - Youtube (Music Video)

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

Song: Animal I Have Become
Artist: Three Days Grace
Album: One X

Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, Ontario.

Animal I Have Become is the first single from Three Days Grace' second studio album One X. The album was released June 13th 2006. The song's lyrics were written by lead vocalist Adam Gontier while he was in CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) for an addiction to the prescription painkiller OxyContin. I think the song is about his addiction and how he felt because of it. About how he became something he didn't want to be. The song is energetic, hard rock, and I really love it. The video shows Adam in bed appearing to have nightmares/hallucinations. It also shows him walking around, looking into mirrors and seeing himself as a monster, alternating with the band playing in a small red and black room.

"Animal I Have Become"

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)

I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become - Youtube (Music Video)

Linkin Park - A Place For My Head

Song: A Place For My Head
Artist: Linkin Park
Album: Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park is an American rock band from California.

The song A Place For My Head is from Linkin Park's 2000 debut album, Hybrid Theory. I think the song is about someone who does things for people out of greed. Just to get things in return. Someone who does something for someone and then acts like they owe him/her a lot. The song is from the point of view of someone who is saying they don't have the time or energy to deal with that person's shit and they're better off without them. This song, like most Linkin Park songs, is a mixture of Chester Bennington's singing and Mike Shinoda's rapping. I've said it before and I'll say it again, their voices work really well together. I love this song.

"A Place For My Head"

I watch how the moon sits in the sky in the dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
The sun doesn't give light to the moon assuming
The moon’s going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do favors and then rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me
about things that you want back from me

[Chorus (x2):]
I’m sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place, to feed your greed -
While I find a place to rest

I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don’t understand
(You’ll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
Maybe someday I’ll be just like you
and step on people like you do and
Run away the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm, used to be strong
Used to be generous but you should’ve known
That you’d wear out your welcome
now you see how quiet it is, all alone

[Chorus (x2)]

[8x]
Go away
You try to take the best of me

I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head

Shut up....what!

[Chorus (x2)]

Linkin Park - A Place For My Head - Youtube (Audio Only)

Buckcherry - Sorry

Song: Sorry
Artist: Buckcherry
Album: 15

Buckcherry is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California.

The song Sorry is from Buckcherry's third studio album 15. The album was released in April of 2006. Sorry was released as the album's fifth single. The song is clearly about someone apologizing for past problems in a relationship. The singer is saying that he loves the person he's singing about and that he's sorry for things he has done. I heard that Buckcherry lead singer Josh Todd wrote the song for his wife. The song opens softly with guitar, and then Josh starts to sing. Josh Todd has a really good voice for rock. The lyrics are well written and the music is good. Overall a really good song.

"Sorry"

Oh I had a lot to say was thinking on my time away
I missed you and things weren't the same

Cause everything inside it never comes out right
And when I see you cry it makes me want to die

I'm sorry I'm bad, I'm sorry you're blue, I'm sorry about all things I said to you
And I know I can't take it back
I love how you kiss, I love all your sounds, and baby the way you make my world go round
And I just wanted to say I'm sorry:

This time I think I'm to blame it's harder to get through the days
You get older and blame turns to shame

Cause everything inside it never comes out right
And when I see you cry it makes me want to die

I'm sorry I'm bad, I'm sorry you're blue, I'm sorry about all things I said to you
And I know I can't take it back
I love how you kiss, I love all your sounds, and baby the way you make my world go round
And I just wanted to say I'm sorry:

Every single day I think about how we came all this way
The sleepless nights and the tears you cried it's never too late to make it right
Oh yeah sorry!

I'm sorry I'm bad, I'm sorry you're blue, I'm sorry about all things I said to you
And I know I can't take it back
I love how you kiss, I love all your sounds, and baby the way you make my world go round
And I just wanted to say I'm sorry:

Buckcherry - Sorry - Youtube (Music Video)

Alter Bridge - Rise Today

Song: Rise Today
Artist: Alter Bridge
Album: Blackbird

Alter Bridge is an American rock band from Florida.

Rise Today is the first single from Alter Bridge's second studio album, Blackbird, released in October of 2007. I think the song Rise Today is about looking at the world and questioning all the bad shit that's happening. And saying that you want to change it. Questioning if your enemy is really your enemy, or if things were misunderstood. I think it's also about seeing how messed up humanity is, and asking if we'll ever change, and saying that we need to change. I love the lyric "Seems to me that we've got each other wrong/Was the enemy just your brother all along?" Lead vocalist Myles Kennedy's voice is really good, and very distinctive. The reason I got into Alter Bridge was because I heard Myles Kennedy sing the song Back From Cali on Slash's self titled solo album. I liked his voice and decided to check out Myles' own band. This is a really good song.

"Rise Today"

The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

Feels like we're all alone
Running further from what's right
And there are no more heroes to follow

So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?

[Chorus:]
Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world

Yeah, oh yeah
Oh, won't you rise today
And change this world?

The sun is beating down
Are we ever gonna change
Can we stop the blood from running?

Our time is running out
Hope we find a better way
Before we find we're left with nothing

For every life that's taken
So much love is wasted

[Chorus:]
Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world

Yeah, oh yeah
So won't you rise today
And change

This world
Only love can set it right
This world
If only peace would never die

Seems to me that we've got each other wrong
Was the enemy just your brother all along?

[Chorus:]
Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world

Yeah, oh yeah
Oh won't you rise today
And change this world?

Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world

Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world

Alter Bridge - Rise Today - Youtube (Music Video)

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Song: Jeremy

Artist: Pearl Jam

Album: Ten

Pearl Jam is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington.

Jeremy is the third single from Pearl Jam's 1991 debut album Ten. Lead vocalist Eddie Vedder got his inspiration for the song primarily from an article about a boy named Jeremy who commited suicide by shooting himself in front of his english class. I think the song is about how some people bully and abuse other people until they break them down, about the damage caused by abusive families and peers. And also about how killing yourself does nothing to fix this. By doing that you're just dead and there's no point to that. It reminds me of the saying "living well is the best revenge". The music video for the song shows scenes of Jeremy's life alternately with scenes of Eddie Vedder singing, and ends with Jeremy shooting himself in class and his classmates frozen with blood splattered on their clothing. I really like the bass in this song, and Eddie Vedder's voice is really good. Jeremy is a great song.

"Jeremy"

At home
Drawing pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V
Dead lay in pools of maroon below

Daddy didn't give attention
To the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

Clearly I remember
Pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little fuck
But we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth
And bit the recess lady's breast

How could I forget
He hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurting
Dropped wide open
Just like the day
Like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give affection
And the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Try to forget this...
Try to erase this...
From the blackboard.

Pearl Jam - Jeremy - Youtube (Music Video)

Rise Against - Survivor Guilt

Song: Survivor Guilt
Artist: Rise Against
Album: Endgame

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

Survivor Guilt is from Rise Against's sixth studio album, Endgame, which was released on March 15 2011. The beginning of the song features this clip from the 1970 film Catch 22. "What are you talking about? America isn't going to be destroyed."

"Never? Rome was destroyed, Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed, Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you really think your own country will last? Forever?"

The song is an anti-war song. I think it's about soldiers going off and dying for someone else's battle. I think it might also be about how the government doesn't do what it should to help soldiers who've been injured and the families of soldiers who've been killed. About giving all you have for something that wasn't worth the price. I think it's about how war is pointless, and not the way to solve anything. And about how most wars are started for very stupid reasons. How the people in charge are hypocrites who care more about money than a human life. People tell their children that fighting isn't the way to solve problems, yet look at the world. There is another clip from the same film in the middle of the song. "You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."

"You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know."
I really love this song. I like the lyrics, the message and the music.

"Survivor Guilt"

Block the entrances, close the doors
Seal the exits because this is war

All gave some, some gave all
But for what I wanna know

Carry on, don't mind me
All I gave was everything
And yet you ask me for more
Fought your fight
Bought your lies
In return I lost my life
What purpose does this serve?

A folded flag
A purple heart
A family all but torn apart

And I fought with courage to preserve
Not my way of life but yours

Carry on, don't mind me
All I gave was everything
And yet you ask me for more
Fought your fight
Bought your light
In return I lost my life
What purpose does this serve?

The cowards preach on pedestals
With words of courage and resolve
But what they meant was fuck them all
Because freedom isn't free

They send our daughters and our sons
To deserts under burning suns
A Sacrificial slaughtering
To fill the pockets of the weak

An artificial enemy
Are we so easily deceived?
They carry on

Don't carry on
Just walk away
How many more sent to their graves
In this lesson ignored?

I fought your fight
Bought your lie
In return I lost my life
What purpose does this serve?
What purpose did I serve?

Rise Against - Survivor Guilt - Youtube (Audio Only)

Bleeker Ridge - Easier Today

Song: Easier Today

Artist: Bleeker Ridge

Album: Small Town Dead

Bleeker Ridge is a Canadian rock band from Orillia, Ontario.

Easier Today is from Bleeker Ridge's debut album Small Town Dead which was released September 21, 2010. I think the song Easier Today is about parents wanting their kids to be like them and do what society's idea of normal is. Go to college, get a job and start a family. But the kid is saying no, that they aren't the same person their parent is. That they are their own person and will live their own life and do what they want. And when parents try to control their children it just makes the kid want to leave even more. The song has a strong, hard rock sound that I love and lead singer Taylor Perkins' vocals are awesome. I think this a really great song.

"Easier Today"

I said just take it easy on me!

Into the fire, I throw a life
A life that you made up, I'm starting to wake up
I know who you are, it's not who I am
I'm turning into you, I don't want to be you
I'm not you

A face like me, a voice like mine
But that's where it ends, there's nothing else

I said just take it easy on me!
It doesn't help when you're screaming at me (screaming at me)
Why would I ever stay?

It wouldn't be hard to leave, you made it easier today

You'll get a job, yeah you'll go to school
You'll be like your old man, yeah you'll do what I do
No I have a choice, yeah I know I do
And it's time to stand up, or stand up to you
I'm not you.

You made it easier today.
It's easier today.

Bleeker Ridge - Easier Today - Youtube (Audio Only)

LeATHERMØUTH - Sunsets Are For Muggings (Explicit Lyrics)

Song: Sunsets Are For Muggings

Artist: LeATHERMØUTH

Album: XØ

LeATHERMØUTH is an American hardcore rock band from New Jersey.

LeATHERMØUTH is the side project of My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero. The song Sunsets Are For Muggings is from LeATHERMØUTH's debut (and so far only) album XØ which was released January of 2009. The song is about being depressed and the people who are supposed to help you not really caring about you and just giving you drugs that don't really work. About doctors who are supposed to help not caring about the person only caring about getting paid. Frank Iero uses LeATHERMØUTH as a way to vent his frustrations about the world. The song is loud, fast paced and angry. I really like the music, the lyrics and Frank's screaming/singing, you can hear the anger in his voice. This song is really powerful.

"Sunsets Are For Muggings"

This is for the kids who ain't got no soul
Never think twice, got nowhere to go
This is for the pills that never fucking work
But its hard to see blood on a black t-shirt
They'll never understand cause they were understood
An open minded fake in a bright white coat
Tell me what you wanna know
About my bleeding fucking heart
I'll pass all your tests
Cause I lie like the best
Life is a fight
They never really listen
Cause they never fucking care
The way I feel inside
They can never fucking hear
All they wanna know about is insurance cards
This pain I have inside has made me fucking strong
Life is a fight
Never found a place I felt I fit
Never met someone who gave a shit
But I believe in what we fucking got now
We got a chance to set it off
Never found a place I felt I fit
Never met someone who gave a shit
Lets take a stand against feeling lost
This is our chance to set it off
You'll never take me alive
Because we're already dead
You'll never take me alive
Because we're already dead inside.

LeATHERMØUTH - Sunsets Are For Muggings - Youtube (Audio Only)

Papa Roach - Hollywood Whore

Song: Hollywood Whore
Artist: Papa Roach
Album: Metamorphosis

Papa Roach is an American rock band from California.

Hollywood Whore is the first single from Papa Roach's 2009 album Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is the band's sixth album. I think the song Hollywood Whore is about the shallow, fake girls of Hollywood, who starve themselves, do hard drugs and have plastic surgery until nothing about them is real. About someone who has no real life, just a fake image of who they try to be. Lead vocalist Jacoby Shaddix is calling out this person for being fake and plastic. The music video shows the band playing in front of a young woman (the Hollywood Whore). I really like Jacoby's facial expressions in the video. I love the guitar and bass in this song and Jacoby's voice is awesome. I really like the meaning behind the lyrics. This is a great song.

"Hollywood Whore"

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
I'm sorry but the party's over.

Cocaine nose,
And trendy clothes,
Gotta send her to rehab.
She found out she's got no soul,
But it really doesn't bother her.
White trash queen,
American dream-
Oh, what a role model.
Throwing a fit,
Making a scene,
Like no tomorrow.

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
Can't take it no more,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down.
I'm sorry but the party's over NOW.

Awake by noon, drunk by 4.
Sucked up in the show biz.
You're so lame,
You're such a bore,
I wanna kick your teeth in.
Plastic smile,
To match your style-
We can tell you got a face lift.
You're so vain, oh so vile,
You're a number one hit.

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
Can't take it no more,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down,
I'm sorry but the party's over.

The cameras are gone,
And nobody screams.
She couldn't survive her 15 minutes of fame.
Her friends are all gone,
She's going insane.
She'll never survive without the money and fame.
It's all going down the drain.

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down.
I'm sorry but the party's over

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down,
I'm sorry but the party's over.

Wake up!!!!!
The party's over
NOW

Hahaha

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya, hunny.
Hahaha...

*Some people may find this music video kinda disturbing......so you've been warned. :)
Papa Roach - Hollywood Whore - Youtube (Music Video)

Seether - Rise Above This

Song: Rise Above This
Artist: Seether
Album: Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

Seether is a South African rock band .

Rise Above This is from Seether's fourth studio album which was released in October of 2007. The song Rise Above This was written for Seether lead singer Shaun Morgan's brother Eugene who suffered from depression. Sadly Eugene commited suicide after the song was written. The music video for the song show the band playing in a room in a building while alternately showing a young man on the roof of what I presume is the same building. The young man drops a picture of his family off the building before jumping himself. As the man jumps members of his family including lead vocalist Shaun Morgan are seen falling too. I think the meaning behind this is that when he killed himself the people who loved him died a little too. At the end of some TV showings of the video a picture of Eugene and the phone number for a suicide hotline is shown. Rise Above This is a really great song. And the anti-suicide message is good and much needed today.

"Rise Above This"

Take the light, and darken everything around me
call the clouds and listen closely, I'm lost without you
Call your name every day when i feel so helpless
I'm fallin' down but I'll rise above this, rise above this

Hate the mind, regrets are better left unspoken
For all we know, this void will grow and
Everything's in vain, distressing you though it leaves me open
Feels so right, but I'll end this all before it gets me

Call your name every day, when i feel so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this
Call your name every day, when i seem so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this doubt

I'll mend myself before it gets me
(I'll mend myself before it gets me)
I'll mend myself before it gets me
(I'll mend myself before it gets me)

Call your name every day, when i feel so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this
Call your name every day, when i seem so helpless
I'm fallin' down, but I'll rise above this, rise above this
Forty eight ways to say that I'm feelin' helpless
Fallin' down, fallin down', but I'll rise above this, rise above this

Seether - Rise Above This - Youtube (Music Video)

Apocalyptica - Not Strong Enough

Song: Not Strong Enough
Artist: Apocalyptica (Featuring Brent Smith)
Album: 7th Symphony

Apocalyptica is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

Not Strong Enough is the third single from Apocalyptica's 2010 album 7th Symphony. 7th Symphony is the bands seventh studio album. I think the song Not Strong Enough is about someone (and sung from this person's point of view) who is in a relationship where part of him wants to leave because he knows the relationship isn't good but he can't because he's so attached to the object of his love. This person feels that he is not strong enough to walk away. As Apocalytica has no singer and most of their songs have no lyrics this song features guest singer Brent Smith. Brent Smith is the lead singer of American rock band Shinedown. I love Apocalyptica's music. The melding of classical music and metal is amazing.

"Not Strong Enough"

I'm not strong enough to stay away.
Can't run from you
I just run back to you.
Like a moth I'm drawn in to your flame,
Say my name, but it's not the same.
You look in my eyes I'm stripped of my pride.
And my soul surrenders and you bring my heart to its knees.

[Chorus:]
And it's killin' me when you're away, I wanna leave and I wanna stay.
I'm so confused,So hard to choose.
Between the pleasure and the pain.
And I know it's wrong, and I know it's right.
Even if I try to win the fight, my heart would overrule my mind.
And I'm not strong enough to stay away

I'm not strong enough to stay away
What can I do
I would die without you
In your presence my heart knows no shame
I'm not to blame
Cause you bring my heart to its knees

[Chorus]

There's nothing I can do
My heart is chained to you
And I can't get free
Look what this love's done to me

[Chorus]

I'm not strong enough, strong enough
I'm not strong enough, strong enough
I'm not strong enough to stay away
I'm not strong enough, strong enough
I'm not strong enough, strong enough
I'm not strong enough to stay away

Apocalyptica - Not Strong Enough - Youtube (Music Video)

Cage The Elephant - Shake Me Down

Song: Shake Me Down
Artist: Cage The Elephant
Album: Thank You Happy Birthday

Cage The Elephant is an American rock band from Kentucky.

Shake Me Down is the first single off Cage The Elephant's second album which was released January 11, 2011. I think the song Shake Me Down is about someone who has regrets about their life and can't fix them and also can't let them go. About someone who is dwelling on the past and that makes their present unhappy. I think the song is from the point of view of someone who has seen this person's mistakes and doesn't want to do the same thing. The music video for the song shows a man reliving his childhood memories with members of the band playing in his memories. The man is presumably reliving these memories as he dies. I really like lead singer Matthew Shultz voice. Sometimes (especially on this song) I think that Cage The Elephant sound like they were influenced by Kings Of Leon and Nirvana. I really enjoy listening to this song.

"Shake Me Down"

Shake me down,
Not a lot of people left around,
Who knows now,
Softly laying on the ground, ooooh
Not a lot people left around, ooooh. ooooh

In my life, I have seen,
People walk into the sea,
Just to find memories,
Plagued by constant misery,
Their eyes cast down,
Fixed upon the ground,
Their eyes cast down

I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun

Shake me down,
Cut my hair on a silver cloud,
Broken sound,
Softly laying on the ground, ooooh
Not a lot people left around, ooooh, ooooh

In my past, bittersweet,
There's no love between the sheets,
Taste the blood, broken dreams,
Lonely times indeed,
With eyes cast down,
Fixed upon the ground,
Eyes cast down

I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun

Turn back now its time for me to let go,
Way down had to find a place to lay low,
Lampshade turned around into a light post

Walk around the corner,
Never saw it coming still,
I try to make a move,
It almost stopped me from belief,
I don't wanna know the future,
But I'm like rolling thunder,

Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,

I'll keep my eyes fixed on the-
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the-
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun

Shake me down,
Not a lot of people left around, ooooh, ooooh

Cage The Elephant - Shake Me Down - Youtube (Music Video)

Avenged Sevenfold - Burn It Down (Explicit Lyrics)

Song: Burn It Down
Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
Album: City Of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold is an American metal band from Huntington Beach, California.

Burn It Down is from Avenged Sevenfold's third studio album City Of Evil, released in 2005. I think the song Burn It Down is about hating someone and wanting revenge on them for something they did, but getting lost in that hatred until it's the only thing you can see. I think the song is about a person consumed by hatred for someone who betrayed them. Lead guitarist Synyster Gates' guitar work is fantastic and I really like lead vocalist M. Shadows' voice. I love the sound of this song. It's loud and high energy and just a great hard rock/metal song.

"Burn It Down"

Jealousy's an ugly word, but you don't seem to care
Converse behind my back, but now I'm here
Need no one to comply with me through everyone that I defeat
Don't need you, fuck camaraderie, this rage will never go away

Hatred fuels my blood, I'll burn ya down (you can't help me)
One king to watch the horsemen fall, I'll fight 'til the end (I won't help you)
I can't trust anyone, see it in my eyes
Now I can understand, it's sorrow that feeds your lies

You're on my back when the water gets too deep for you to breath
A crutch for you that won't always be there
Hide in the dark another day, the fear in you is here to stay
So keep the fuck away from me and learn to trust the words I say

Hatred fuels my blood, I'll burn ya down (you can't help me)
One king to watch the horsemen fall, I'll fight 'til the end (I won't help you)
I can't trust anyone, witness and see it in my eyes
Now I can understand, put faith in you for the last time
It's sorrow that feeds your lies

Run from me before I tear you down (be afraid)
You chose the wrong side (it feels so right)
I won't help you, let you rot away (despise what you say)
Run towards the light exposing your soul (we won't be there by your side)
Salvation's dying (somebody's crying)
We're all gone in the end, sweet child we'll miss you
No, so far away, far away

I can't trust anyone, witness and see it in my eyes
Now I can understand, put faith in you for the last time
It's sorrow that feeds your lies

Falling away, can't buy back time
Burned it down anyways

Avenged Sevenfold - Burn It Down - Youtube (Music Video)

Bad Religion - Submission Complete

Song: Submission Complete
Artist: Bad Religion
Album: New Maps Of Hell

Bad Religion is an American punk rock band from California.

The song Submission Complete is from Bad Religion's fourteenth full length studio album released on July 10th 2007. I think the song Submission Complete is about how people are controlled by authority figures and people who see only one way of living and want to bend everyone else to that idea. Bad Religion lead vocalist Greg Graffin said in an interview about the song "This is supposed to give all those teenagers some hope that they don't have to submit to some outdated, rigid, nonsensical belief system". I really like the sound and the lyrics of this song.

"Submission Complete"

Dedication is the price you pay: the initiated are
Coddled and caged
Before you walk, as soon as you crawl
Hope is pointless 'cuz you're stuck in the trawl

Fuck the freshman lectures and brandishments
They just betray impoverished accomplishments
The puppet masters fear originality
They tighten up the tethers and they shackle your feet
Submission complete!

Young recruits never have a chance, enticed to
The drill, admonished to dance
Early to rise and early to shine, life is long but the end is nigh

Break the guilty trammels from yesteryear
Remember how rejuvenation conquers all fears
Lowly opportunists take commanding roles
And hawk ultimatums so their weakness won't show

The sad reflection of dead ambition
You live for nothing
Submission complete!

Yeah, break the guilty trammels from yesteryear
Remember how the taste of failure makes it all clear
The lowly opportunists take commanding roles
And hawk ultimatums so their weakness won't show

The sad reflection of dead ambition
You live for nothing

Expectation, indoctrination
Life's a damnation
Submission complete!

Dying on your feet
Submission complete
A total defeat

Bad Religion - Submission Complete - Youtube (Audio Only)

Alice In Chains - Rooster

Song: Rooster

Artist: Alice In Chains

Album: Dirt

Alice In Chains is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington.

Alice In Chains was formed in 1987 and was part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s. Rooster is from Alice In Chains second studio album Dirt which was released in 1992. The song was released as a single in 1993. Rooster was written by Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell about his father Jerry Cantrell Sr.'s experience while serving in the US army during the Vietnam War. The lyrics are quite clearly about a soldier in a war, away from home, in a scary place and missing his family. About the hell that is war. Part of the music video was filmed on property belonging to Cantrell's family and clips from the 1986 movie Platoon were also used. I love the sound of the song. It's kind of trippy while at the same time being hard rock. Rooster is one of my favorite Alice In Chains songs.

"Rooster"

Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere

Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah [2x]
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die

Walkin' tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath
Oh god please won't you help me make it through

Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no ya know he ain't gonna die

Alice In Chains - Rooster - Youtube (Music Video)

Sick Puppies - All The Same

Song: All The Same

Artist: Sick Puppies

Album: Dressed Up As Life

Sick Puppies is an Australian rock band.

I think the song All The Same is basically about a dysfunctional relationship. One person in the relationship does not really know what they want and keeps leaving but coming back to the same person. The other person in the relationship knows this and waits for her even though it's only hurting him. They're stuck in an endless cycle because they're dependant on each other. The music video is pretty much a short movie showing this relationship and showing Sick Puppies lead singer Shimon Moore as one of the two people in the relationship. It's not the first video made for this song. The original video was done for The Free Hugs Campaign, which is an organization started by an Australian man where people offer free hugs to strangers. I really like this song. It's one of my favorites by Sick Puppies.

"All The Same"

I dont mind where you come from
As long as you come to me
But I dont like illusions I cant see
Them clearly
I dont care, no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you
You've shown me eventually what you'll do
I dont mind
I dont care
As long as you're here

[Chorus]

Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's all the same

Hours slide and days go by
Till you decide to come
But in-between it always seems too long
Suddenly
But I have the skill, yeah
I have the will, to breath you in while I can
However long you stay is all that I am

I dont mind, I dont care
As long as you're here

Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's always the same

Wrong or Right
Black or White
If I close my eyes
Its all the same

In my life
The compromise
I'll close my eyes
Its all the same

Go ahead say it
You're leaving
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are now
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same

Sick Puppies - All The Same - Youtube (Music Video)

Rise Against - Make It Stop (September's Children)

Song: Make It Stop (September's Children)
Artist: Rise Against
Album: Endgame

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

Here is another Rise Against song. I know I'm doing a lot of Rise Against songs, but they're one of my favorite bands and they just released a new album Endgame on March 15th, 2011. So I'm probably gonna do a couple of songs from the new album. In the month of September 2010 several teenagers commited suicide as a result of anti-gay bullying. That is what this song is about. The song is about how ignorant and prejudiced people bully those who are different from them. About how gay young people and even straight kids presumed to be gay are being bullied until they reach a breaking point. And how something has to be done about the society that lets this go on. Horrible examples of homophobia are seen all the time. I once saw a child of about 7 years old on TV holding a sign that said "God Hates Fags". That was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen. That child didn't even know the meaning of what he was being made to support. What if that child turns out to be gay? He would most likely be closeted and ashamed and scared to be himself because of his parents' homophobia. Things like this are the reason kids are killing themselves. This has to stop. During the song the names and ages of five of the teens who commited suicide are spoken. As I said before Rise Against is one of my favorite bands, and I admire them for writing a song about this. It makes me love them even more.

"Make It Stop (September's Children)"

Woah, woah.

Bang bang go the coffin nails, like a breath exhaled,
Then gone forever.
It seems like just yesterday, how did I miss the red flags raise?
Think back to the days we laughed.
We braved these bitter storms together.
Brought to his knees he cried,
But on his feet he died.

What God would damn a heart?
What God drove us apart?
What God could

Make it stop
Let this end.
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
It's come to this,
A weightless step.
On the way down singing,
Woah, woah.

Bang bang from the closet walls,
The schoolhouse halls,
The shotgun's loaded.
Push me and I'll push back.
I'm done asking, I demand.
From a nation under God,
I feel it's love like a cattle prod.

Born free, but still they hate.
Born me, no I can't change.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong.

Make it stop.
Let this end,
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
It's come to this,
A weightless step.
On the way down singing,
Woah, woah.

The cold river washed him away,
But how could we forget.
The gatherings hold candles
But not their tongues.
And too much blood has flown from the wrists,
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss.
Who will rise to stop the blood?

We're calling for,
Insisting on, a different beat.
A brand new song.

Whoa, whoa
Make this stop
Make this end.
This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin.
But proud I stand of who I am,
I plan to go on living.

Rise Against - Make It Stop (September's Children) - Youtube (Audio Only)

Papa Roach and Buckcherry with Bleeker Ridge and My Darkest Days Concert Review (Explicit Language)

Papa Roach & Buckcherry With Bleeker Ridge & My Darkest Days

 


 

Bleeker Ridge Onstage!

Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach Onstage!

 

On March 18th 2011, I saw Papa Roach and Buckcherry with Bleeker Ridge and My Darkest Days at the Barrie Molson Center. Bleeker Ridge were the first band to play. They are a Canadian rock band from Orillia, Ontario, Canada. They started their set with a song that I really like, Easier Today. The members of the band put on a good show, They're energetic, and lead singer Taylor Perkins interacted well with the audience. They played their two hits Small Town Dead and You Would've Liked It. Right away they got me pumped up and ready for a rock show. I'm definitely now a big Bleeker Ridge fan.

After Bleeker Ridge, My Darkest Days came out. They are a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I wasn't very familiar with My Darkest Days, but they put on a pretty good show, and interacted with the audience. The concert I was at was the last of the tour and My Darkest Days and Bleeker Ridge had just gotten back to Canada from the US. Both bands mentioned that they were happy to be home. And when they played their hit Porn Star Dancing the lead singer of My Darkest Days, Matt Walst had everyone in the audience raise their middle fingers and shout "eh" after everytime he said "Porn Star Dancing".

Papa Roach played next. They are an American rock band from California. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix ran up on stage and the band immediately began playing. Jacoby left the stage and went into the audience during the first song and at one point was about three feet away from me. They were very energetic, particularly Jacoby. He jumped around the stage and acted crazy. At one point a beach ball with the logo for Rock 95 (the radio station sponsoring the event) was released into the crowd. The ball wound up on stage. Jacoby picked it up, said "I fuckin hate these things" and proceeded to bite the beach ball and rip a hole in it with his teeth, popping it. He then said "No disrepect to the radio station, we love those guys, but a rock concert is no place for a beach ball." It was hilarious/awesome. Papa Roach put on a fucking amazing show and had me singing along, shouting, clapping my hands and head banging.

Buckcherry were the fourth and final band to play. Buckcherry is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. The second song they played was Rescue Me which is my favorite Buckcherry song. Lead singer Josh Todd danced around on stage and spoke to the audience. Buckcherry guitarist Stevie D threw his guitar picks into the audience throughout the show. I got one of the guitar picks, which was so freaking awesome. They finished up the show with the song Crazy Bitch. All in all it was a FUCKING AWESOME show!! I loved it!! The show was definitely well worth the $50 ticket price per person, (there were cheaper tickets but we paid for general admission to be on the floor, which in my opinion is the best place to be at a rock show. I got really close to the stage.) All four bands put on great shows, but Papa Roach is still my fav of the four (and one of my favorite bands in general). I would definitely go see a Papa Roach show again, if the oportunity arose. Jacoby Shaddix is a crazy man (in a good way).

Buckcherry Onstage!
[All three photos taken by me]