Go ahead and look at me 'Cause that's what I want Take a good look won't you please 'Cause that's what I want I know you wanna stare You can't help it and I don't care So look at me 'Cause that's what I want Do you think I'm looking hot? Do you think this hits the spot? I was just looking at me, look at me Do you think I'm looking hot? Do you think this hits the spot? I was just looking at me, look at me
Television
is an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973. They are best known
for the album Marquee Moon (1977). They have been credited as highly
influential on guitar based post punk. Television was part of the early 1970s
New York underground rock scene, along with bands like the Patti Smith Group,
The Ramones, Blondie, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, and Talking Heads. In
contrast to the Ramones' rock 'n' roll minimalism, Television's music was more
complex and more technically proficient, defined by guitarists Tom Verlaine and
Richard Lloyd.
Origin:
New York City, USA
Genres:
Punk rock, New Wave, art punk, post-punk, protopunk
Years
active: 1973–1978, 1992–1993, 2001–present
Labels:
ORK, Elektra, Capitol, ROIR
Associated
acts: The Neon Boys, The Heartbreakers, The Voidoids
Members:
Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca, Fred Smith, Jimmy Rip
Metric
is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band
has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los
Angeles. Metric consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the
synthesizer and guitar), guitarist James Shaw (who also plays the synthesizer
and theremin), bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key.
Their
first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was
released in 2003 and earned a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album.
Live It Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the 2006
Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year and once again the Juno
Award nomination for Best Alternative Album.
The
first album the band recorded, Grow Up and Blow Away, was finally released on
June 26, 2007 by Last Gang Records. The album was originally recorded for
Restless Records, but got neglected when the label was bought out by Rykodisc.
Haines
and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on
albums by Stars, KC Accidental, The Stills, Jason Collett and Tiësto. Scott-Key
and Winstead have their own side project, Bang Lime, and Haines has released a
solo album and companion EP, Knives Don't Have Your Back and What Is Free to a
Good Home?, respectively, under the name Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton.
Their
fourth studio album Fantasies was released in Canada and the United States on
April 7, 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for Canadian
Album of the Year, and won the Alternative Album of the Year at the 2010 Juno
Awards. Metric won as well in 2010 Group of the Year.
Their
fifth and most recent album Synthetica was released on June 12 2012.
Origin:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres:
Indie rock, New Wave, Post-punk revival
Years
active 1998–present
Labels:
Metric Music International, Last Gang, Arts & Crafts (Mexico Only)
Members:
Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead, Joules Scott-Key.
Pictures:
Song:
Concert:
Metric Live Concert 2009 Playing Gimme Sympathy & Sick Muse with lyrics
Neon
Trees is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, with origins in
Murrieta, California. The band received nationwide exposure in late 2008 when
they opened several North American tour dates for the band The Killers. Not
long after, the band was signed by Mercury Records and released their first
full length album, Habits, in 2010.[2] Their first single "Animal"
climbed to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Alternative rock Chart.
Origin:
Provo, Utah, United States
Genres:
Alternative rock, New Wave, dance-rock, pop rock
Years
active: 2005–present
Labels:
Mercury, Def Jam Records
Members:
Tyler Glenn, Chris Allen, Branden Campbell, Elaine Bradley
Past
members: Mike Liechty, Jason Gibbons, Nathan Evans.
Pet
Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil
Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris
Lowe on keyboards.
One
of the world's best-selling music artists, Pet Shop Boys have sold over 100
million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK
music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners
and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1986 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles
and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four number ones:
"West End Girls", "It's a Sin", "Always on My
Mind" and "Heart".
At
the 2009 BRIT Awards, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding
Contribution to Music. The duo's latest studio album, Yes (continuing their
tradition of single word titles) was released on 23 March 2009
Origin:
London, England
Genres:
New Wave, synthpop, alternative dance, Eurodance, house
The
The are an English musical and multimedia group that have been active in
various forms since 1979, with singer/songwriter Matt Johnson being the only
constant band member.In November 1977, Matt Johnson placed an advertisement in
the NME, asking for "Bass/lead guitarist into Velvets/Syd Barrett".
Johnson later placed a second advertisement in the NME, stating his new
influences as "The Residents/Throbbing Gristle".
While
trying to get his band going, in 1978 Johnson had recorded a demo solo album
(See Without Being Seen) which he continued to sell at various underground gigs
on cassettes. In 1979, working with Colin Lloyd-Tucker (a friend from De Wolfe
Music the Soho music publisher/recording studio they were both employed by)
Johnson recorded his first album proper, Spirits. This album remains
unreleased, although the album track "What Stanley Saw" was later
licensed to Cherry Red Records for their Perspectives & Distortion
compilation album, which also featured Virgin Prunes, Lemon Kittens, Thomas
Leer, Kevin Coyne and Mark Perry.
Finally,
The The made their debut at London's Africa Centre on 11 May 1979, third on the
bill to Scritti Politti and PragVEC, using backing tape tracks that Johnson
created at his day job at De Wolfe studios for the drums and bass. The band at
this point consisted of Johnson on vocal, electric piano, guitar and tapes and
Keith Laws on synthesiser and tapes. It was Keith Laws who suggested the name
'the the' to Matt Johnson; the non-capitalized spelling was later dropped.
As
The The was now getting underway, Johnson was simultaneously working with
experimental synth-pop combo The Gadgets.
Peter
Ashworth, then known as 'Triash' and later to become a noted photographer,
became The The's drummer in 1980, and Tom Johnston (also managing The The at
this point and later to become a cartoonist for the Evening Standard, Daily
Mirror and The Sun newspapers) was added on bass. Although both Ashworth and Johnston
were credited with appearing on The The's debut single ("Controversial
Subject"/"Black and White") on 4AD Records neither actually
played on the recordings, which were produced by Wire members Bruce Gilbert and
Graham Lewis. All instruments were played by Johnson and Laws. Johnston and
Ashworth soon dropped out of The The and returned to their respective day jobs.
As
a duo (Johnson and Laws), The The began playing shows with Wire, Cabaret
Voltaire, DAF, This Heat, The Birthday Party and Scritti Politti.
In
1981 Johnson was signed up by Ivo Watts-Russell for 4AD Records to record a
solo album Burning Blue Soul. Although all of the instruments and vocals were
performed by Johnson, the album featured various producers including Wire's
Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis, Ivo and Johnson himself. Years later, due to a
request from Johnson it would be re-issued and credited to The The.
In
early 1981 The The also contributed the composition ‘Untitled’ to The Some
Bizzare Album. In September of that year, the duo (Johnson and Laws) signed a
deal with Some Bizzare Records, and released the 7" single "Cold
Spell Ahead". Shortly thereafter, Laws left to pursue his studies and the
only remaining member of The The was Johnson. Later in 1981, Colin Lloyd-Tucker
and Simon Fisher-Turner would team up with Johnson for a series of stripped
down The The acoustic concerts in London.
Origin:
United Kingdom
Genres:
Alternative, New Wave, Post-punk,
Years
active: 1979–present
Labels:
4AD, Some Bizzare, Epic, Nothing/Interscope, Lazaru
Duran
Duran are an English pop/rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one
of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven
"Second British Invasion" of the United States. Since the 1980s, they
have placed 14 singles in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the
Billboard Hot 100 and have, according to the Sunday Mercury, sold more than 100
million records. While they were generally considered part of the New Romantic
scene along with bands such as Spandau Ballet when they first emerged, they
later shed this image. The band worked with fashion designers to build a sharp
and elegant image that earned them the nickname "the prettiest boys in
rock." The band's controversial videos, which included partial nudity and
suggestions of sexuality, became popular in the early 1980s on the then-new
music video channel MTV. Duran Duran were among the first bands to have their
videos shot by professional directors with 35 mm film movie cameras, which gave
their videos a much more polished look. In 1984, the band were early innovators
with video technology in their live stadium shows.
The
group was formed by Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Stephen Duffy, with the later
addition of Roger Taylor and, after numerous personnel changes, Andy Taylor and
Simon Le Bon. (None of the Taylors are related, and Roger Taylor is not to be
confused with the Queen drummer of the same name.) The group has never
disbanded, but the line-up has changed to include guitarist Warren Cuccurullo
from 1989 to 2001 and drummer Sterling Campbell from 1989 to 1991. The reunion
of the original five members in the early 2000s created a stir among the band's
fans and music media. Andy Taylor left the band in mid-2006, and London
guitarist Dom Brown has since been working with the band as a session player
and touring member.
Origin:
Birmingham, England
Genres:
Pop rock, New Wave, New Romantic, synthpop, post-punk, dance-pop
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