姓名: RockKillsKid 英文名:- 性别:- 国籍:欧美 出生地:- 语言:- 生日:- 星座:- 身高:- 体重:-
加州五人乐队Rock Kills Kid由主唱兼吉他手Jeff.Tucker领军,其他四名成员分别是吉他手Sean.Stopnik,贝司手Shawn.Dailey,键盘手兼吉他手Reed.Calhoun,以及鼓手Ian.Hendrickson。Jeff是乐队不折不扣的核心人物,他创作了乐队第二张专辑Are You Nervous?中绝大部分的曲目。Rock Kills Kid丰富的音乐元素和所受的广泛影响令人难以将其简单归到任何一个门类之下。在80年代New Wave,Retro和Disco音乐的催生下,RKK将各种流行摇滚曲风融会贯通,其精妙程度让你如坠迷雾,分不清这到底是U2,The Killers,Coldplay,还是Duran Duran。完整地听完整张专辑的话,你还会在音乐中找寻到The Cure和Kajagoogoo的痕迹。Jeff管这种奇妙的融合叫Dance Rock,倒也名副其实。我自己在第一次听到Paralyzed时就为这种清爽提神的舞步节拍所陶醉。 Are You Nervous?于今年的4月26日发行。主打开场曲Paralyzed一开始就为整张专辑奠定了80年代吉他和音响合成器为主导的基调。极易入耳的动听旋律伴着尖锐明朗的贝司和吉他重复段,在简简单单的伴唱点缀下层次分明,活力灵动的音符仿佛也在空气中翩然起舞。Midnight中急促的吉他重复段和忧郁的合成器缠绕交错,轻快的Disco和伤感的歌吟形成鲜明对比,孤寂和落寞之感来得如此强烈压抑。Back To Life是Jeff为这张专辑所写的最后一首歌曲,他富有感染力的好嗓子在该曲中得以尽现。对于孤独成长且被戏称为“隐居者”的他来说,这首写实的歌曲有着深远的意义。音乐使Jeff从离群孤立的生活状态中解脱了出来,听着他自己娓娓道来着实为他欣喜。Lifes A Bitch又是一首有着强烈舞曲节拍的激昂作品,讨好过瘾,尖锐的歌词中不乏乐观调侃的意味,Run Like Hell算专辑中摇滚味道最浓的一首歌了,急切的鼓点和阴郁的吉他让人周身颤抖。专辑中的另外一首主打曲目Hideaway和同名歌曲Are You Nervous?也都是不错的可打榜的曲目。总的来说,对这样一支年轻乐队交出的首张成绩单,已经很满意了。 by Corey AparBased around singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeff Tucker, California alternative rock outfit Rock Kills Kid initially came together in the last part of the '90s. Recently graduated from high school, Tucker was directionless and socially withdrawn when he finally worked up the nerve to hook up with some local punk bands and begin writing songs. Together with two of his bandmates, drummer Chris Poulson and bassist Kirk Huffman, Tucker formed Rock Kills Kid and recorded a demo that led to the guys inking a deal with Fearless Records in 2000. Their eponymous EP appeared in early 2001 to decent response, but Rock Kills Kid never really toured behind it. Tucker soon found himself with no money and living as a squatter in the Los Angeles recording studio. Over the next few years, he constantly wrote -- barely leaving his illegal quarters -- and by the end of 2003, Tucker had amassed close to 150 songs. Meanwhile, Rock Kills Kid was still alive in name, but with an unstable roster, far from actually being a band. Undeterred, Tucker eventually recruited bassist Shawn Dailey, keyboardist Reed Calhoun, drummer Ian Hendrickson, and guitarist Sean Stopnik to once again complete the group. After the band signed to Reprise during the recording process, the emotionally tense Are You Nervous? arrived in May 2006. Produced by Mark Trombino (blink-182, Jimmy Eat World), their full-length debut was a post-punk-inspired effort that Tucker used to deal with his years of self-imposed isolation. March was spent on the road with the Electric Six and Nightmare of You; various tour dates followed the record's release as well.