Come on down to Funk Junction, we've got it all!
Songs about cats, songs about
orange things, songs about
dolls, and songs about
Canada! We have
IDM,
jungle,
breakcore, and
harsh noise! Do you like
jazz and
modern classical music? Great! We've got that, too,
chopped up and
re-arranged for easy digestion!
A whole world of sound, created by Aaron Funk! A veritable city of
Venetian Snares! And we have a biography, too, after the break (or you can skip the background, and go directly to
the streaming music). Please note that kids should probably stay outside the Funk Junction, as it'll get
loud, angry and obscene at times.
[more inside]
posted by filthy light thief
on Jun 27, 2011 -
21 comments
This cheesy 1979 promo film from the group,
Blackjack, offers a glimpse into the hard rock past of balladeer Michael Bolton, which also includes a co-writing credit for a
Top 40 hit by Kiss. Similarly, Bill Joel disavows the days when he
posed in medieval armor next to slabs of raw beef on the cover of the self-titled album by Joel's heavy metal duo,
Attila, although
Julian Cope is a fan of the album and its Deep Purplish vibes (check out
Holy Moses and
Wonder Woman). To round out the trifecta, we have Tori Amos who got marketed as the metal-chick frontwoman of
Y Kant Tori Read (check out the video for
The Big Picture). On the other hand, metalheads have the opposite problem of hiding their pop past. Examples include the industrial metal band Ministry's early days as a
new wave synth act and Tommy Iommi's brief tenure as a
member of Jethro Tull before becoming lead guitarist of Black Sabbath. Meanwhile,
Bon Scott, the late lead singer of AC/DC, is probably spinning in his grave over the YouTube footage of him as an
Australian teen idol and a
bearded hippie with a recorder.
posted by jonp72
on Nov 26, 2007 -
70 comments
