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After the band Hot Rod Circuit broke up and Fred left Taking Back Sunday I heard a rumor that Andy Jackson was taking Fred's place in TBS. While this was going on Andy Jackson started Death In The Park and posted a few demos on the band's Myspace page, which I have to say scared me a bit. By scared I mean scared he would join TBS. The demos I had heard were really catchy and definitely added a much needed rock edge to the indie scene, and music scene in general considering everything else is faux rock and pop-punk crap. And yes, I am referring to the faux rock "music" of myley cyrus and the jonas bros.
Everything the guys posted was pretty much gold. The one thing that bothered me was that there was no way to get their music. Since the band was pretty new and all they had were demos, we the fans had to resort to listening to their Myspace page. What bugged me even more was that they didn't allow us to download their demos. This was just extremely frustrating because I needed their music with me wherever I went and it wasn't possible. I looked for a way to get their demos off their page, and I found one. Now I do not consider this any sort of piracy or anything like that as I am obtaining their music solely for my enjoyment. These guys are really great and Andy Jackson's melodic, yet grungy voice tops off their sound.
What I feel gives them their sound is their age. Now I'm not saying they're old, because they're not, and I'm not saying young people can't make great music, because they can. Nas and Andrew McMahon are two examples of that. What I mean is that these guys have been in the scene a while and they've had a chance experiment and fine tune their sound. That said, check out Death In The Park.
I guess the underlying theme of this post is the lack of great music in the world today. I mean everything nowadays is like predigested nonsense. From hannah montana to lil wayne. Rock music and hip-hop are dying because of these artists.
Here are two awesome posts that go into what I'm talking about. They're better at it than I:
Live From The VMA's on My Couch
Slipknot front man says labels Cause Piracy
