Music video by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club performing What Ever Happened To My Rock And Roll (Punk Song). (C) 2009 Virgin Records America Inc. vevo.ly/MQDSlV
Been’s raw bass filled with melodic distortion always pulls me in. There is nothing else like it in music and puts bass front and centre to all music they do. I love it.
They're on heaps of tv and movie soundtracks though probably because they're so emotive and atmospheric like. I'm torn between wishing them more commercial success and loving how they remain uncommodified, if that's a word 😊
Man, I've been a fan since Howl. Then I heard their first two albums, the rest is history. I was always a rock n roll guy but BRMC made it my religion. Wrong Creatures might be my favorite album.
Love This! Thanks to "Faster" for bringing me here. I'm an old head skater from back in the day (halfpipes pools), so this hits home. It's amazing all the awesome underground music I know, then I find more stuff like this. My go to is Bad Brains, Black Flag, JFA, Agent Orange, etc. As long as the art of alt/punk is never lost, we will all live on in spirit.
This song and video is exceptional. The framing, editing. Everything. I was working on a photoshoot with Marg Helgenberger and she had on really good music. Who is this Her and her husband were like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. They did a five day did stint at the Silver Lake Lounge. Fan ever since. Rifles, Stop, Red Eyes and Tears.
The cinematography is just brilliant. I actually watch it as filmmaker to take note on the use of B&W lighting. Film black and white... maybe 16mm Tri-X... raw, edgy and artistic. Rock'n'roll !
Take friends unaware of this song on a smoke ride. Especially a bouncy road. Blast this and get a buzz. You'll change their life. Turned a hip hopper to question their ideas of rock n roll.
Unbelievably I've just started listening to these. Being an old(ish) rocker they seemed to have passed me by! 🤣. To new ears they sound immense. Spirit of 76 brought up to date!! Playing catch up now!
Where ya at my friend? I know, and its cool, I've introduced them to quite a few people who said the same, "how the hell did I MISS these guys?" Its b/c most major radio markets did not know how or where to market them. "Fuzzy acid garage rock with a side of folk-blues" is how one reviewed put them ("Howl" best example of the folksy-bluesy side). Thank God for the Underground Garage, that's where I heard them first. Keep going brother. Its just...IMO, BRMC is STILL one of those bands wherein you can put on an album and just do ... long play. And its ALL good. I love them all, but I have a special place for "Baby 81", its just a friggin masterpiece. (FYI: I am an oldish rocker myself, played in bands for 20+ years, and so much has changed, not necessarily for the better). Peace! :)
An anthem for the post 2000's.....a music industry crippled by the internet...a culture crippled by 'reality' TV......but somewhere underneath it all, the pulse of real alternative art is still beating....barely
I like this. I am an old '80s metalhead, but I love all kinds. If you know where to look there is some pretty good stuff coming out in the last few years.
Save them last week for the 4th time but the first in over a decade & this track (which ended the gig) is still an absolute stormer. And appropriate given the state of guitar rock - at least in the eyes of the media.
1...2...3...Wooh! You want a part of me You want the whole thing You want to feel something more than I could ever bring You want it badly You want it tangled I want to feel something more than I was strangled I fell in love with the sweet sensation I gave my heart to a simple chord I gave my soul to a new religion Whatever happened to you? Whatever happened to our rock'n'roll? Whatever happened to my rock'n'roll? She wants it hallow She wants it tainted She wants to feel something more than she was naked You want to hide away You're scared to touch it I want to feel something more than I care to take I fell in love with the sweet sensation I gave my heart to a simple chord I gave my soul to a new religion Whatever happened to you? Whatever happened to our rock'n'roll? Whatever happened to my rock'n'roll? You know you never decide. Why you can't trust their lies. It's so much pain you can't describe. There's got to be another reason for living. She wants your image She wants your kiss She wants to get inside your head and tell it like it is You want it badly You want it so completele I want to feel something more 'cause I can't f***in' breathe I fell in love with the sweet sensation I gave my heart to a simple chord I gave my soul to a new religion Whatever happened to you? Whatever happened to our rock'n'roll? Whatever happened to my rock'n'roll?
