Ryan Calvert sent this:
MP3.com - please find my little write up about Package and 2 of their albums
below. Please post this stuff somewhere and let me know where you're putting
it. Thanks very much.
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Let me open with this proclamation: today's popular music sucks. MTV, VH1,
BET, CMT, major radio stations etc. - all pumping out at least 90%
auditorytorture. It seems that the band Package shares my opinion considering
that their inspiration seems to come from little of anything later than the
early '90s. The bulk of their 2 most recent albums is composed of hard rock
with doses of doo-wop, funk, punk, carnival music, art-rock, some genre
hopping, etc. What makes them enjoyable isn't that they have created
something new and innovative. Instead, Package is having a lot of fun
rediscovering a time when rock music was less about being sensitive, whiny &
pretentious and more about moshing to Danzig or Black Flag.
Sometimes I believe that bands "blow their wad" in their early days and
things go
downhill from there. Soundgarden, Van Halen, Faith No More ... remember when
all these guys kicked ass? Exactly, that is why the carefree enthusiasm of
being underground / up-and-coming is precious. Oh, and speaking of FNM -
shadows and echoes of that band are apparent in Nick's vocals and in the
band's playing. In closing, if Package isn't the most experienced or
passionate garage band, their combination of these outweighs anything you'll
see on Total Request Live this week.
Here are some Cliff's Notes...
[I mention my 7 faves from each album below. The tracks with stars are
my very tops from these releases].
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"When Chains Attack"
01) Unbreak Me (metal opener / Danzig, Metallica)
02) 900lbs (laid back groove / tender side of Faith No More)
03) * I Like Spikes (deliciously sick doo-wop / Mr. Bungle, Meat Puppets)
07) * When Chains Attack (metal / Monster Magnet, BH Surfers)
14) HP:0 <The Hit Points Song> (DLR-era Van Halen pop-rock ditty a la'
"Ice Cream Man", "Could This Be Magic?")
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"Sea Of Problems"
01) * Parole (metal / "Who Was In My Room Last Night?"-esque BH Surfers)
07) Nails (metal / Rob Zombie, Alice In Chains)
08) To See Tomorrow (surf-guitar rock, road adventure ST / Dick Dale, Stray
Cats)
14) * Bitches Leave (funky blaxploitation film score / Isaac Hayes)
17) The Package Marine Fight Song (quirky punk rock)
this is the song to have fun on.
hey this song anf ya'll should play one time
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