Big Machine

Big Machine by: the Goo Goo Dolls (Dedicated to my Friends)

Ecstasy is all you need
Living in the big machine now
Oh, you r so vein
Now your world is way too fast
Nothings real and nothing lasts
And I?m aware
I?m in love but you don?t care
Turn your anger into lust
I?m still here but you don?t trust at all
And I?ll be waiting
Love and sex and loneliness
Take what?s yours and leave the rest
So I?ll survive
God it?s good to be alive

I?m torn in peaces
I?m blind and waiting for
My heart is realign
I?m blind and waiting for you

Still in love with all your sins
Where you stop then I?ll begin and I?ll
I?ll be waiting
Little like a house on fire
What you fear is your desire
It?s hard to deal
I still love the way you feel
Love is angry little girl
Drowning in this peaty world
And I?ll
Glue your own tools
Swallow all your bitter pills
That?s what makes you beautiful
Your all alive
I don?t need what you an?t got

I?m torn in peaces
I?m blind and waiting for
My heart is realign
I?m blind and waiting for you

I?m blind and waiting for you
I?m blind and waiting for you
No I can?t believe it?s coming true
God it?s good to be alive and I?m still waiting for you
No I can?t believe it?s coming true
I?m blind and waiting for you.

The Romantics! 1980's New Wave Music Mania!

	What follows is the story of a bunch of hard working street kids from the East side of Detroit who became one of the most influential and memorable bands emanating from one of music's most important periods.... Formed on Valentine's Day, 1977, Wally Palmar, Jimmy Marinos, Mike Skill and Rich Cole --- were tough kids escaping hard work, probably in machine shops or factories, but they weren't punks. They were a response to the nihilism of the U.K. punks. And The Romantics were simple; the best of their music was a joyful affirmation, epitomized by the chanted "Hey!...uh-huh!" intro to the remarkable "That's What I Like About You," a song that still exists precisely in the moment, without before or after. While it is true that they took much of their simple thunder from the British Invasion, the band's primary influence was the high energy excitement of the late 60s Detroit scene. The MC5, the Stooges, Bob Seger and The Last Heard, The Detroit Wheels, The Rationals, SRC, The Underdogs, The Up. . . The Romantics took the essence of this scene -- sincerity, irony, spontaneity, volume -- and translated it to suit their own modern experience. Their image was innate; they naturally favored short hair and shorter songs and happened on the infamous red leather suits by chance. After releasing a single, consisting of the first two songs they had written - ''Little White Lies" and "I Can't Tell You Anything" -- The Romantics traveled east to build a club audience. Bomp Records' Greg Shaw sees them in Toronto and funds an EP. The EP includes "Tell It To Carrie," something of a stylistic matrix for The Romantics' music to come. The late 70s U.K. punk movement is diluted and misunderstood in America, and The Romantics are, like it or not, labeled "New Wave, " a term for the more palatable selling of punk. The Romantics consider themselves well removed from the Sex Pistols' negativity. They don't want rock to go away; they want, as Skill tells a reporter in 1979: "to still have fun with three chords. After signing with Nemperor Records in 1979, The Romantics released their debut LP, recorded in three weeks. Anchored by "That's What I Like About You," "When I Look In Your Eyes" and a cover of Ray Davies' "She's Got Everything," The album is an exemplary pop-rock period piece. The Romantics evoke a youthful portrait, haunting in its innocence, a direct contrast to the tough world they know in Detroit. A follow-up, National Breakout, was released in 1980, followed by tours of Europe and Australia. More influences -- surf music, Motown -- were evidenced, yet the sound was increasingly unique. "Tomboy," "21 and Over" and "Stone Pony" lived up to the post-punk battle cry of "Two minutes or bust." The Bomp material was included on a compilation titled Midwest Pop Explosion (Quark 1980), but by the time of 1981's Strictly Personal, lead guitarist Skill departs and is replaced by guitarist Coz Canler, only to return one album later, replacing Rich Cole. The band reaches its commercial peak in 1983-1984 with In Heat, a platinum album bearing two top ten singles: "Talking In Your Sleep" and "One In A Million." This should have been the big payoff, but drummer Marinos departs instead as "success" creates division and confrontation between management and the band. The Romantics, with Dave Petratos on drums, released Rhythm Romance in 1985. Other than the 1990 greatest hits compilation, "What I Like About You" (and Other Romantic Hits), Rhythm Romance is the last record The Romantics cut for Epic/Nemperor. In 1987, The Romantics endure an inordinate amount of adversity. The acrimonious fall-out and lawsuit with their former managers slowed royalty payments and prevented the band from focusing on recording and touring. In late 1990, the Romantics added current Blondie drummer Clem Burke to the lineup, and in 1994 they released a 5 song EP titled Made In Detroit for Westbound Records, containing fellow Detroiter George Clintons' Funkadelic songs along with three originals. Later that year, The Romantics received an award for Outstanding Pop/Rock Recording Artists from the Motor City Music Awards. In 1992, when Clem had other obligations, The Romantics enlisted legendary Detroit Wheels drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek to perform with them at Rob Tyner's (MC5) Memorial Service. 1995 saw The Romantics settle their 7 year old lawsuit against their former management and regained control of their publishing rights and music catalog. In 1996 Jimmy Marinos, the original drummer, rejoined the Romantics to tour and work on recording projects until leaving the group in 1997. The Romantics were presented with the Distinguished Achievement Award at the Detroit Music Awards in 1999. The next several years were spent recording and finishing songs for their next album, "61/49". Released in the fall of 2003 and named for the storied crossroads near Clarksdale, Mississippi where bluesman Robert Johnson made his pact with the devil, "61/49" is intended as a tip of the hat to the roots of rock 'n' roll and the nucleus of The Romantics' fervent pop. The album features members Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Coz Canler and drummer Clem Burke (a founding member of Blondie). They were joined by their original drummer, Jimmy Marinos, as well as drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek with a supporting cast that included keyboardists Eddie Hawrysch (Black Crowes) and Luis Resto, among others. In 2004, due to touring commitments with Blondie, Clem Burke recommended the addition of Brad Elvis. Regaled by both critics and fellow drummers for his precision beat-keeping and showmanship, Elvis is best known as a member of the Elvis Brothers and Big Hello. Currently, Palmar, Skill, Canler, and Elvis are touring and writing songs for a follow-up to "61/49". (taken from www.romanticsdetroit.com)

Orenji Renji ( Orange Range ) Japanese Rock Band

Orange Range is a Japanese hip-hop and rock band hailing from Okinawa. They started when childhood friends, Kitao "Kat-chan" Kazuhito (former drummer) and Hiroyama Naoto (guitarist) got together and decided to form a band. They then recruited Miyamori Yoh (bassist), Hokama Hiroki (mid vox), Yoh's brother, Ryo (low vox) and Ganeko Yamato (high vox).
In 2002, they signed under Spice Music and released their first mini-album, Orange Ball, which carries their single, Michishirube. In 2003, they signed under Sony Music and released two singles, Kirikirimai and Shanghai Honey, in which the later debuted in #5 in the Oricon charts. After that, they gained even more fame when their next single, Viva Rock, was featured as the third ending theme song for the hit anime Naruto. Later in that same year, they released their first major album, 1st Contact. Through the years, their songs were featured in tv dramas, anime, commercials, movies (including the Hollywood hit 2005 Fantastic Four) and even major events like the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
In the middle of 2005, founding member, Kat-chan left the band. It was initially reported that this was due to a bad case of tendonitis, though there were speculations that it was really because of the band's "creative differences", wherein the band is turning in more hip-hop to rock.

Band Members:

Hokama Hiroki

Miyamori Ryo

Ganeko Yamato

Hiroyama Naoto

Miyamori Yoh

Kitao Kazuhito "Katchan"

Discography

Albums:

Orange,Range,Orange Range,Orange Range Remix Album "Squeezed"NaturalmusiQOrange Ball1st Contact

Singles:

Ikenai Taiyo,Ika SummerSayonara,Un Rock StarChampioneKi-zu-naOnegai! SenoritaLove, ParadeAsterisk,Michishirube/ Midnight GageHanaChestKirikirimai,Shanghai Honey,Viva Rock,Locolotion,Michi Shirube - A Road HomeRakuyou

Back-ON FeVer (JApaNese RocK/RaP GrOup InVades AsiA)

Back-ON japanese Music Artist with 5 talented members

TEEDA (MC)
KENJI03 (Vocals/MC/Guitar)
SHU (Guitar)
GORI (Bass)
ICCHAN (Drums)

Became popular with their breakthrough music "CHAIN" was the opening theme of the Anime "AIR GEAR"on to feature as the opening theme to the 6-part Murder Princess OVA, as well as both the opening and closing themes of the Anime Eyeshield 21.

According to a recent source. anipike the bands inspiration comes from The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park, and the Fugees. Each band member also has their individual favorite artists.

Their upcoming Latest Album release schedule is unconfirmed, but there is a rumour that their first ever full album will be released at the end of July 2008 (supposedly July 30th 2008) which will consist of 13 tracks, including flower and Sands of time.

flower(Eyeshied21), the single, was their last release of 2007, where Back-on released 2 singles on the same day, which came as a great surprise for many. The title songs from both singles - flower and Butterfly were new theme songs for Eyeshield 21 and the 6-part J-drama Shinjuku Swan respectively. The theme song for the latter is actually quite electronic in style, a new frontier for the band, and judging by the reaction to the preview so far, it is striking the right balance.

Back-on originates from Adachi and the band aims to showcase the street flavour of Adachi, Tokyo. Each song is meant to deliver a message with an ‘explosive‘ impact … hence their band name. Back-on’s name comes from the sound of an explosion “爆音“, which has the romaji pronunciation “baku-on