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  Tragedy: A metal tribute to the Bee Gees

  posted by songspeak | 10.15.08 | permalink | 1 comment

  There is a band trying to “decimate” the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts on Thursday, October 16th. This band is Tragedy, the “all metal” tribute to the Bee Gees. Someone posted a link to Tragedy’s myspace on MassLive’s SoundBoard forum and it looks like they’re AWESOME.

  They play 80s metal versions of popular Bee Gees songs like Stayin’ Alive, Jive Talkin’, How Deep Is Your Love, More Than A Woman, Tragedy, and others.

  From MetroMix:

  How does one combine heavy metal and the Bee Gees?
  It’s easy: We love disco, and we love metal. On the surface, they’re polar opposites, sort of like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, I guess. But it works, and it’s fun to go against the grain.

  How did you get so popular so quickly? You’re headlining an 1100 capacity venue.
  We’re fucking awesome, that’s the main thing. As we like to say, we rock sweet balls and do no wrong.

  What’s with the popularity of tribute bands now?
  Our success doesn’t really come from the tribute band scene. We play with some, like this weekend, but we play with some non-tribute bands as well; we’ve played with jam bands like Umphrey’s McGee and punk bands like Murphy’s Law. This isn’t a standard tribute—I mean, it’s songs people know, and that does help—but it’s a concept turned on its head.

  Who’s your fanbase?
  It varies. See, I think almost everyone like the Bee Gees, and almost everyone loves heavy metal, either genuinely or an ironic way. Admittedly, we don’t get many hardcore Bee Gees fans, but they have a universal appeal.

  What’s your stage show like?
  It’s mayhem. We have the three brothers up front, singing, playing cowbells, wearing tight white satin. And we have our beautiful back-up singers: Women’s Gibb, Angelpussy, Olivia Newton-Chong and Linda Gibb. Oh, and we have an intern/towel boy named Lance. He’s kind of an idiot.

  Tragedy has an album coming out on October 20th called “We Rock Sweet Balls And Can Do No Wrong”. You can hear many of the songs on their website, letsmaketragedyhappen.com. Here’s a video for “Stayin’ Alive”…

  Tags: 70s music, 80s music, bee gees, decimate, disco, heavy, how deep is your love, iron horse, jive talkin, let's make tragedy happen, massachusetts, metal, more than a woman, new york city, northampton, nyc, stayin alive, tragedy, tribute band, we rock sweet balls and can do no wrong

• songspeak

  Destiny is a fickle bitch, Locke. One day you’re the chosen one… the next day you’re not

  posted by matt | 06.11.08 | permalink | 3 comments

  The Others are a band from Easthampton, Massachusetts (hometown represent, yo!) that writes and performs songs about the ABC tv show, Lost. If you’re a fan of the show, you’re in for a real treat with their songs. They combine a love for the Lost plotline, a keen sense of detail, and witty lyrics.

  Some of my favorite lines from their songs:

  “Destiny is a fickle bitch, Locke. One day you’re the chosen one… the next day you’re not.

  “I was told by the Other woman about your other guy.”

  “Will you marry me, Kate? I hope it’s not too late. We can start a family… you and Aaron and me”

  Here is a song by The Others called “Primary Objective”:

  Here’s another one of their songs, “Flash Forward”

  There’s something amusing about how seriously the songs are sung, and yet the lyrics are just really about Lost. I wonder though, if non-watchers will find the same joy in these songs as I do. Regardless, Shannon Purcell, Eric Lee, Blake Girndt, Tommy Foster, and Gabe Sullivan who also make up their non-Lost band, The Thungs, seem to be cranking these songs out like nobody’s business. Each song is for sale on their myspace site. More videos of their songs after the jump. (more…)

  Tags: 00s music, 00s tv, easthampton, lost, lost band, the others, the thungs, tribute band