Invent a band & album

Steve · January 20, 2008, 17:19:38

I can't take any credit for this, but I am sure you will get a laugh out of it.
It is taken from another forum that took it from another forum etc. etc.
Create an album cover as follows:

Band name: Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Take the title of the first article you get.

Album title: Go to the Random Quotations page.
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 Take the last four words of the last quote.

Cover picture: Go to Flickr's Interesting photo page.
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
Third picture, no matter what it is.

Put it all together to make your album. Either crop it to CD cover shape (i.e. square), add a border to make it square, or just use the raw image itself and pretend it's a funny-shaped cassette or something. The only rule is you're only allowed to add the album title and artist title.

If you're unhappy with either the name, title or picture, by all means refresh all three pages and try again. No picking and choosing though.

For bonus points, describe the act.

Here's one I prepared earlier to show you the sort of thing that can be done.

After his acrimonious split from Latin jazz legends El Polaco, Roberto Goyeneche brings us I Always Found Them.
And his ex-bandmates will probably be a little peeved at letting him out of their clutches so easily.
With silvery strings swooshing over tracks such as "I Always Found Them" & the incessant percussive noise that is "Things That Matter", Roberto is taking it to them for sure.
The modern jazz legend may have just been born.
But, as always, Roberto has a surprise up his sleeve with a 20 minute jazz oddessy version of the timeless Sisters Of Mercy classic, "Never Land".
Hotly tipped to be the first single from the album with rumours abound that it will be backed by an accapello version of his heroes' other classic, "You Could Be The One".
Simply stuffing it to the miserable goits in El Polaco.
Long may he continue to honour the memory of late 80's Goth in his own inimitable way.

Steve · January 20, 2008, 19:54:28

Mixed reactions to Song Cycle's second album, To See The Good. Created in only three days, thanks to a near-fatal indulgence in LSD, Merlot, and reruns of My Little Pony, this supposed nine-track opus repeats track one as track four, and track nine is merely the sound of Rodney Hillfriegger (synth and vocals) retching. Song Cycle's approach can be roughly compared to Sigur Ros pumped full of nitrous oxide and attempting to cover Californian deathrock whilst strapped to the wing of a 747 cruising at 30,000 feet.
Widely celebrated amongst the faux-new wave-anachronists culture, To See The Good has not achieved recognition in the mainstream - and is unlikely to, as nearly all production copies have been bought by the US Military as part of it's Aural Warfare program, and the sixteen members of Song Cycle have all been incarcerated in The Hague for multiple violations of basic Human Rights and the Geneva convention.

Epic.

robiola · January 20, 2008, 20:18:49

Neat! I'm not up for writing a "review" today, but here's my masterpiece.... I got a pretty cool one, it actually looks like something you'd find in a record store, the unknown, "cultured", kind of pretentious stuff I used to be attracted to many years ago...
Can you see it or is it too tiny??
Oxydoras -- Side of a Brimming Mind
oops, that's five words....Should have been "Of a Brimming Mind".... works just as well I'd say!

Steve · January 20, 2008, 20:33:34

Quote from: robiola on January 20, 2008, 20:18:49
Neat! I'm not up for writing a "review" today, but here's my masterpiece.... I got a pretty cool one, it actually looks like something you'd find in a record store, the unknown, "cultured", kind of pretentious stuff I used to be attracted to many years ago...
Can you see it or is it too tiny??
Oxydoras -- Side of a Brimming Mind
oops, that's five words....Should have been "Of a Brimming Mind".... works just as well I'd say!

Brilliant.
I wrote a short review
With a quiet hissing sound, Oxydoras seep under the door with their 3rd double LP in as many months.
One of the most prolific, post-punk, prog-synth, ballad band the world has ever known have produced yet another soudscape for us that will eat it's way into your head, your fridge & possibly your bank account(s).
Starting with the title track, Side Of A Brimming Mind is a heady trip back to those good old days of 2007 when fcuk all mattered, except to old people.
Track 2 is a 45 minute journey through the seedy world of life in the midlands of England.
Entitled "Birmingham" it is not likly to get too much airplay, but deserves more than just that.
Track to download: Birmingham (if you have the bandwidth).

But if you don't want to write a review, no worries. There are plenty of folks around who can add one for you if need be.

robiola · January 20, 2008, 20:43:52

Perfect!

You should write for a music mag.... It often seems that they've hardly listened to some of the records before writing the reviews, anyway...
From now on I will list Oxydoras among my favorite artists and see if someone claims to know them.

Steve · January 20, 2008, 20:58:25

Quote from: robiola on January 20, 2008, 20:43:52
Perfect!
You should write for a music mag.... It often seems that they've hardly listened to some of the records before writing the reviews, anyway...
From now on I will list Oxydoras among my favorite artists and see if someone claims to know them.

Do It.

Edit: Even better. Get T-shirts printed.

iwannashagsimon · January 21, 2008, 03:46:54

Here's my attemt.

About the band:

Can't say much about this band. They just started out! Only been gigging together for a a little over a year. This is their debut album and they plan to tour to promote it. Just the East Coast for now, but by next summer a full tour of the nation is planned. They have many influnces, but consider their main influence to be the German group, Rammstein. They do attemt a Reimstein cover of "Heirate Mich". Sadly, no one in the band understands German, thus making their cover totally one of a kind.

Album review:

Sorry.... can't do a review. Album has been delayed! Ugh! Damn record companies...

Steve · January 21, 2008, 08:30:55

@iwannashagsimon

That picture is ace.

melly · January 21, 2008, 09:05:17

ok...I've got it all ready, but how do I get the album name etc onto my picture? I'm so sorry for being such a loser when it comes to doing this sort of thing, but I want to join in and can't figure it out...

Steve · January 21, 2008, 12:20:58

Quote from: melly on January 21, 2008, 09:05:17
ok...I've got it all ready, but how do I get the album name etc onto my picture? I'm so sorry for being such a loser when it comes to doing this sort of thing, but I want to join in and can't figure it out...

You got any photo editor software or paint?
Or, I think if you patse the picture into a word document or ppt slide, you can add text boxes (that's what I'm doing.
Then you highlight the whole lot, right click & make all the objects a "group".
Then you can save the image as a picture (jpg) that has the writing on it.
Good luck

scatcat · January 21, 2008, 18:06:46

Excellent idea...

but will try to work it all out tomorrow.. I have so many things on my mind, A marriage proposal,

, and trying to get used to new reading glasses!!
I also have to work out how to do this... I hope it is easier than it seems!!

love the Oxydorus Robiola!! I am a huge fan too!!

Carnage Visor · January 21, 2008, 20:10:17

Waakirchen is a german New Wave/Post-Punk band spanning from 1981-1989 and earning little-to-no recognition despite having released five albums over the course of the decade. The band started out as a post-punk band in the same realm as Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division, Gang Of Four, and Magazine, but soon shifted into a more synthpop-heavy sound along with the addition of a new member in the early 80s.

Waakirchen's fourth LP, "Blame None But Himself", released in 1988, marked the downfall of New Wave as a mainstream genre. Due to the death of the original drummer, a 1982 Roland drum machine, the band went it's seperate ways and persued solo careers, all of which failed miserably.

This album chronicles the band at its high point, which unfortunately wasn't high enough to make it anywhere on the charts.

lacrima mosa · January 21, 2008, 21:58:18

not that bad... funny game! thats not my last post in here!!

Steve · January 22, 2008, 08:05:53

@all.
I am proud of you.

japanesebaby · January 22, 2008, 09:21:29

here's a band i discovered while having my morning coffee here.
please note that they're not to be confused with "the good old" Michael Schenker Group (MSG).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker_Group

no no no -everyone should know that SGM stands (of course) for SPEGAZZINI'S GRASS MOUSE.
and they are more on the punk-folk side of things anyway than have anything to do with Scorpions...

i think they might need to consider sacking their art department though. :roll:

*edit: i apologize for crossing the rules and taking 5 words instead of 4 for title but it kind of made more sense to me in this case.