Love them or hate them, it's hard not to respect Bomb The Music Industry's DIY ethics. Releasing all of their material digitally (pay-what-you-want) on their own Quote Unquote Records, it's hard to believe that these ska-punk giants started out by one man recording a song on his laptop microphone as his other band (Arrogant Sons of Bitches) was breaking up.While recording Scrambles, frontman
On Wed night, I headed down to South Philly's Ava House to see Bomb The Music Industry on their "Bring Your Own Band" tour. On this tour, Jeff reverted back to BTMI olden days, where he would go on tour with just an MP3 player, and anybody who wanted to play along could bring their instruments. Unfortunately I did not have a kazoo or a triangle to play along.Curtis IrieWhen I walked in, Curtis
On Wed night, I headed down to South Philly's Ava House to see Bomb The Music Industry on their "Bring Your Own Band" tour. On this tour, Jeff reverted back to BTMI olden days, where he would go on tour with just an MP3 player, and anybody who wanted to play along could bring their instruments. Unfortunately I did not have a kazoo or a triangle to play along.Curtis IrieWhen I walked in, Curtis
Let's be honest with ourselves... punk band names are usually very formulaic. If you want to start a Ramones style/surf punk band, throw the word "teenage" in the beginning (Teenage Bottlerocket, Teenage Harlots, Teenage Whore Moans, etc.)Going for a more traditional punk band? No problem, just put the word "against" in there (Against All Authority, Against Me!, Rise Against...) So let's give
It's been said a million times before: Bomb the Music Industry is one of the most D.I.Y bands out there, even more so than everyone's beloved Fugazi. Having their entire music catalog up for free at bombthemusicindustry.com, and running their own donation based label waaaay before Radiohead/Nine Inch Nails hopped on the bandwagon (note: I'm glad it's catching on) at Quote/Unquote Records,
Love them or hate them, it's hard not to respect Bomb The Music Industry's DIY ethics. Releasing all of their material digitally (pay-what-you-want) on their own Quote Unquote Records, it's hard to believe that these ska-punk giants started out by one man recording a song on his laptop microphone as his other band (Arrogant Sons of Bitches) was breaking up.While recording Scrambles, frontman
Bomb the Music Industry!, or BTMI! is a 'collective' of musicians formed after the breakup of Long Island's 'The Arrogant Sons of Bitches', or 'ASOB'.Lead by Jeff Rosenstock, BTMI! has since been on several U.S. tours and formed 'Quopte Unqoute Records' (Quoteunquoterecords.com) the first donation based record label (as far as they know). They give away all the music FREE.Jeff and the QuoteUnq...