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The Red Meridian Volume I, Issue 4 May 22, 2014 The Music Issue “Thank You” by Miralya Rosado as one generaon and stand MKTO, is a duo consisng of they were signed and up for a greater cause, the fu‐ Malcolm Kelly and Tony Oller. began living their ture, and to learn for the pasts’ Their debut album, MKTO, “American Dream.” I see mistakes. “Thank you for feed‐ featuring “Thank You”, the guys are wanng to ing us years of lies. / “American Dream” and be the voice of their gen‐ “Classic” was released January Thank you for the wars you le eraon. Many of their 30, 2014, in Australia and New us to fight. /Thank you for the songs have a message for Zealand. “Thank You” was the world you ruined overnight. / teens to make their first single of their album; But we'll be fine, yeah we'll be with its Pop/ Rap sounds, it a fine. “ These lyrics show message about the younger that they are just trying say generaon’s sarcasc atude thank you to the previous toward the generaons be‐ generaons for leaving us fore them and how they have their wrongdoings. This just to live with the mistakes and brings out their message to wrongdoings that they le us the world about what we to “fight”. have to do to overcome what has been le for us to The guys from MKTO weren’t deal with. always in the music business. Inside this They started as very young This song gets people up and issue: actors. Tony started acng at dreams come true, to not it has great flow. Tony singing 2 the age of 9 and Malcolm at let anyone boss you and Malcolm rapping is a great “Bulls in the the age of 7. Aer working around, and to stand up combinaon. Parts of the song together on a TeenNick show, for whom you are. has kids singing the back‐ 3 Giganc, they were noced by ground and also at the end to “Love Your The song “Thank You” Columbia Records and Sony show who the song is for. On a means we should all rise 4 Music Entertainment. Soon scale of 1‐10 it is a 10 and all “Open Water” their fans love the song. 5 Dark Horse” 6 “Heads Up, Hearts I think my fans will follow me into our combined old All of the musicians when I 7 was young used to always “Dragula” age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for say you had to tell a story a long, long me. when you're a musician. Bonnie Rai Dave Holland The Red Meridian Page 2 “Bulls in the Bronx” by Paige Bloomer Music is a permanent older music showed their for their fans and how much fixture in society. A band that has original punk‐rock roots they truly appreciate their fans become huge in the post‐ which connues to show support. The band has always hardcore genre since their for‐ through their newer music. loved their fans back as much maon in 2007 is Pierce the Veil. This consistency has proven as their fans loved them and On their newest album, Collide to bring in a long‐term fan they connue to do so. with the Sky, the band wrote the base for the band and will My impression of this song, “Bulls in the Bronx”. My hopefully prove to be the song is that, even though the overall impression of this band is same on future records. origins of the song are sad and that they are very influenal and Their song, “Bulls in depressed, its upbeat tempo use great metaphors for their the Bronx”, is not only a and the lyrics are sort of in lyrics. great song but it has a your face. The unique part Pierce the Veil was meaning behind it as well. about this song is that it has a founded by brothers Vic and Some of the lyrics are, “Do classical Spanish guitar, quite Mike Fuentes in San Diego, aer you know I count your different from their previous their previous band, Before To‐ heartbeats before you and post‐produced music. day, split up. The other members sleep,/I bite my fingernails When comparing Pierce the in the band are Jaime Preciado to bone,/ And then I crawl Veil to other bands they are and Tony Perry. Vic is lead vocals back under the stairwell/To more pop punk, even with this “And in the end, and rhythm guitar, Mike is a place I call my home.” song, than others in their gen‐ The love you make drums, Tony is lead guitar, and And, “Maybe we're just hav‐ re. Jaime is bass. When first formed, ing too much fun./Maybe On a scale of one to Is equal to the love the band released an enre al‐ you can't handle yourself,/ ten I would definitely rate it a bum entled A Flair for the Dra‐ Staring at me with your lips 9. The fans were very happy You take.” mac, before they got the pre‐ and tongue.” The song was with this song and I believe sent members. In 2010, the band The Beatles made aer a fan who had they would agree that it is one released another album entled met and taken a picture of the best from their newest “The End” Selfish Machines, where vocalist with them commied sui‐ album. Vic explained that the tle “refers cide. Aer she died her Abbey Road to human nature and the animal‐ friend sent the photo to the like qualies inside all of us that band and that is how the we try and hide, but should just song was learn to accept. We are all selfish born. This machines and we all have natural song re‐ tendencies to want, love, and flects the take” (Vic Fuentes). In 2011 the bands band signed with Fearless Rec‐ dedicaon ords and then in 2012 they re‐ and love leased the track list for their third album tled Collide with the Sky. The first two singles released were” A King for a Day”, which featured Kellin Quinn the lead singer of Sleeping with Sirens, and “Bulls in the Bronx”. Their Image from lyricsmusic.name Volume I, Issue 4 Page 3 “Love Your Friends, Die Laughing” by Bri Adkins Man Overboard is an American their genre, they are one of feelings with my wallet and my pop punk band from New Jer‐ the top bands people will keys", the end result will help ease sey that began in 2008. Their recommended to you. With the stresses of everyday life and songs and lyrics are inspiring, every new album or EP that give you some me to just think or especially in their song, “Love they release, you can hear do nothing. This song reflects this You Friends, Die Laughing,” the growth. They have band by showing how they really one of the many I like. branched out, tried new are. They’re just a group of chill things, and have been guys who want to have fun mak‐ There are five people geng even more popular ing music and not deal with the in this band. Zac Eisentein because of it. ridiculousness of real life. plays rhythm guitar, piano and sings lead vocals. Nik Bruzzese “Love Your Friends, Aer you listen to this sings lead vocals as well and Die Laughing” is a feel good song, it leaves you feeling relaxed plays bass guitar. Wayne Wil‐ song. It is one of their best too. It’s a nice song to listen to drick plays lead guitar, Jusn songs and one of their most early in the morning or late at Collier rhythm guitar and Joe popular. It is a song about night. The song is acousc which Talarico on the drums. Man being somewhere with really helps the meaning of the Overboard was formed by someone you love and just song get across to you. The fact childhood friends, Nik Bruzz‐ finally being able to relax that it is a slower pace song helps ese and Wayne Wildrik, in aer dealing with all the as well. Their friends in Transit “We bursted out of class 2008 when they began wring bad stuff life can throw at have similar songs to this one too, songs together at Nik's Small you. My favorite lines are. "I but they don’t sound the same. Had to get away from those Hill Studio. Their band name feel so stupid because I Each band has a certain unique‐ fools was inspired by Blink‐182’s came here without any‐ ness to them. song Man Overboard. They thing / But I'm finally at We learned more from a Overall, this song gets an aren’t a band you will hear on ease" because even though A+ from me and I know that their three minute record, baby, the radio, but they are prey it’s hard to just leave "my fans are happy with it. It is one of well known on social media heart with my phone in my Than we ever learned in their most popular aer all. sites like Tumblr. They’ve re‐ center console" and "my school.” leased 3 full albums, two Eps, Bruce Springsteen an acousc EP, a split with Boston pop punk band Transit, “Bobby Jean” and a compilaon of old songs. Born in the USA Compared to other bands in “”Like family, we are tied to each other.

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