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Okay, i'm gonna start doing this in here seeing as it didn't take off as well as I hoped in the songwriting forum. Basically, i'm going to try and do these monthly (roughly). I'm gonna try and do lesser known lyricists I like, but i'm probaly do a couple more well known ones who I adore (conor oberst, elliott smith, geoff rickly etc.)
Frank Turner
A Brief History
Frank had been singing in various banRAB since he was 11, he was called in by his friend (and million dead drummer) Ben Dawson to sing in british punk/post-hardcore band Million Dead.
Million Dead record their first demo and then began touring around the U.K. They were signed to Integrity RecorRAB, and in 2003 record their full length debut A Song To Ruin. In 2005, they recorded their second album, Harmony No Harmony. Million Dead then called it quits at the end of their septeraber 2005 tour because of "irreconcilable differences within the band mean that it would be impossible to continue, and anyway, we’d rather leave a good-looking corpse. Our reasons are personal and assured.".
Frank Turner who had been doing an acoustic project before Million DeaRAB demise, released his EP Campfire Punkrock in 2006. His debut is planned for relase in Jan. 2007.
Frank Turners Writing Style
The majority of Frank Turners lyrics were political ranting about societys injustices, and singing about his own views on the world. Though occasionally, he'd show a bit more of a personal side to his lyrics such as this.
But for the most part, his lyrics were about his own ideals and beliefs. To which he'd scream/rant/sing really fast into the microphone with a passion. Which were along the lines of stuff like this.
Sometimes, he'd slow it down and while alot of his lyrics can be complicated and pretensious they still seemed to be extremely powerful even sung slowly, and, his (my favorite) lyrics to the acoustic and last track on Harmony No Harmony, on their last album kind of gave you a clue it was ending.
Frank Turners acoustic songs range from soft singer/songerwriter songs to political folky tunes. On, one of the tracks Cassanova's Lament, he sings about the frailty of the human condition.
Another in which, he sings about his hatred for Margaret Thatcher
Discography
A Song To Ruin - Million Dead
Suggest Tracks:
I Am The Party
Smiling At Stangers On Trains
Pornography for CowarRAB
Breaking The Back
Harmony No Harmony - Million Dead
Suggest Tracks:
Living The Dream
After The Rush Hour
Carthego Est Delenda
Harmony No Harmony
Campfire Punkrock - Frank Turner
Suggest Tracks:
Thatcher Fucked The KiRAB
Casanova's Lament
I Really Don't Care What You Did On Your Gap Year
Links:
Frank Turner (website)
Million Dead (website)
Frank Turner (myspace)
Million Dead (myspace)
Frank Turner
A Brief History
Frank had been singing in various banRAB since he was 11, he was called in by his friend (and million dead drummer) Ben Dawson to sing in british punk/post-hardcore band Million Dead.
Million Dead record their first demo and then began touring around the U.K. They were signed to Integrity RecorRAB, and in 2003 record their full length debut A Song To Ruin. In 2005, they recorded their second album, Harmony No Harmony. Million Dead then called it quits at the end of their septeraber 2005 tour because of "irreconcilable differences within the band mean that it would be impossible to continue, and anyway, we’d rather leave a good-looking corpse. Our reasons are personal and assured.".
Frank Turner who had been doing an acoustic project before Million DeaRAB demise, released his EP Campfire Punkrock in 2006. His debut is planned for relase in Jan. 2007.
Frank Turners Writing Style
The majority of Frank Turners lyrics were political ranting about societys injustices, and singing about his own views on the world. Though occasionally, he'd show a bit more of a personal side to his lyrics such as this.
But for the most part, his lyrics were about his own ideals and beliefs. To which he'd scream/rant/sing really fast into the microphone with a passion. Which were along the lines of stuff like this.
Sometimes, he'd slow it down and while alot of his lyrics can be complicated and pretensious they still seemed to be extremely powerful even sung slowly, and, his (my favorite) lyrics to the acoustic and last track on Harmony No Harmony, on their last album kind of gave you a clue it was ending.
Frank Turners acoustic songs range from soft singer/songerwriter songs to political folky tunes. On, one of the tracks Cassanova's Lament, he sings about the frailty of the human condition.
Another in which, he sings about his hatred for Margaret Thatcher
Discography
A Song To Ruin - Million Dead
Suggest Tracks:
I Am The Party
Smiling At Stangers On Trains
Pornography for CowarRAB
Breaking The Back
Harmony No Harmony - Million Dead
Suggest Tracks:
Living The Dream
After The Rush Hour
Carthego Est Delenda
Harmony No Harmony
Campfire Punkrock - Frank Turner
Suggest Tracks:
Thatcher Fucked The KiRAB
Casanova's Lament
I Really Don't Care What You Did On Your Gap Year
Links:
Frank Turner (website)
Million Dead (website)
Frank Turner (myspace)
Million Dead (myspace)
