Teenbeaters
My World, My Sky
© 2000 Teenbeaters
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This is one of the most raw and honest rock records ever recorded. Produced by John Agnello (Jawbox, Dinosaur Jr., Buffalo Tom)
tracks
- 1 ConcreteJungleLove
- 2 God and Me
- 3 Lotti Di
- 4 No One Knows
- 5 Up Tonight
- 6 The Damage Done
- 7 Two Hits
- 8 Hidden Track
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In a time where the soundtrack of modern pop culture is polarized between aggression and saccharine, the Teenbeaters offer a more honest and encompassing view of the human experience.
Rich musical textures mirrored by shifting lyrical moods allow the listener to become immersed in the world of the Teenbeaters, a multi-dimensional place where hostility, beauty, hysteria, absurdity, hilarity, and tragedy combine to capture the moment, or the feeling of an archetypal situation.
Produced by John Agnello (Jawbox, Dinosaur Jr, Buffalo Tom, etc.)
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'I covered my head with my arms and lashed out with my feet, but the awful hammering continued. There was not much pain, but even through the numbness I knew they were hurting me and I was suddenly sure I was going to die.' --- Hunter Thompson, 'The Rum Diary'
The night-time sky is lit almost white with vigintillion freezing rain-drops as I watch from my new front porch, fighting sleep for fear of drifting in and out of these horrifying dreams involving myself and people I'd forgotten, and in many ways, am sorry I had ever known. And as I listen to these crazy recordings in my headphones again and again, drunk, a little high, a slight physical incapacitation making itself understood from time to time, it dawns on me that what I'm experiencing is the windswept residue off the rolling snowball-like gathering of a collective soul screaming it's alternative-less rebellion in around it, hoping, almost entirely beyond hope, to reach (and pierce) the ear of just one more fucking soul - one more soul to crash with it and die because it truly sucks to die alone. And, man, I tell you, Teenbeaters is a sad, sad thing. And I mean bad-ass sad, like Johnny Cash's commiserating/warning/pleading version of Nick Cave's, 'The Mercy Seat'. Unabridged, unembarrassed, unafraid, hard-but-broken-but-still-hard and going to die today. God is real and he loves you although you've refused his love 'til now, and Teenbeaters seem to be sucking their lower-lip on their hardened, slut-loving, crime-smattered way to the electric-chair, asking, Jesus, is it ever too late for real love?
Like a bratty child who knows nothing but its own desires, DAVE MILONE howls, screeches, begs and reprimands the world in half with his songs of betrayal, lust and pure selfish hatred. Like the melodies he used to bang out on his guitar for a previous band, Ours, his overall vibe is one of complete and utter refusal. Couple that with the reform-school-informed outlook and twisted, I'm-a-victim take on life of fellow songwriter and bass-player, ZAMBIA GREENE, and you've got a sadly beautiful, hideous, rock-monster that eats and eats and only spits out enough of its vicious bile to singe the flesh off your simple ass without burning you to a lifeless crisp, kind of a love-filled, undeniably earned punishment for not paying proper attention to your duties as a fellow human being. After hooking up in the Jersey-based band, Ours, MILONE and GREENE went on to form Teenbeaters with kindred misfits, JIMMY ASCUITTO (guitars, vocals, keyboards, other) and KEVIN MCADAMS (drums, vocals, keyboards, other) from the electronica outfit, Sugarglider. Since then it's been an all-for-one, meat-is-meat struggle for light for these four broken criminals (whose outlaw properties will NOT be lost on die-hard fans of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Old Dirty Bastard, Robert Downey Junior, Tupak Shakur, or any other modern-day law-breaker seemingly engaged in a constant swim for the shore of their art).
Currently supporting their latest release, the John Agnello (Breeders, Dinosaur Jr., etc.) produced, 'My World, My Sky', with a Northeastern tour, this band is living-to-detonate proof that old-school, suck-my-dick type rock and roll still thrives with a hellish, sex-and-drug hungry fervor, that the fucking truth will always hurt, and that heaven is lonely for souls. So I'm dodging my dreams, the sky is falling, and the Teenbeaters are fighting your fight. Fuck you, America. ---Will Alvarez
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- author: Mer C.
"So... how would you describe it?" "It's like being young, sexy, and dangerous... on the streets of New York... in a pimped out sky blue '57 Chevy." Amen!
Possibly the last real rock band of our lifetime
author: Son CoahuilaHow does one accept that there is a band that has rocked for all americans in sweat and pain and blood; annointing themselves in the smell of smoke and Heiniken validated us all? They lived real rock and roll leaving a hundred clubs strewn with lost souls that now knew in their hearts that they were still doomed, but doomed together. It is a nigh-religious experience to see them live which I managed six times. If you listen you shall be changed. I cant explain it any better than that.
- author: CD Baby
One of the coolest, dirtiest, and most honest rock/pop/alternative records out there.
Unfucking Believable!!!!
author: Don PregoDave Milone fucking ownz on this CD. . . . .If you don't buy this CD, you might as well wipe your ass with a bees nest.
genius....absolute genius....
author: Ryannei've never heard anything so freakin great. awesome songwriting!! go dave go!!! love ya man!
This kicks major arse!
author: Taryn"sigh* Can't say anything else but that "My World,My Sky" is like nothing I'[ve heard in quite a while. Lovin the "bonus" track too....:)
kick ass
author: Kellywow. the cd is really awesome and i just saw them live at the chance and they really kicked some major ass!
cool record, getting good phones
author: Rich - Wpsccool band, getting good phone requests-can't wait to see'em live.
All Right!!!!!!!
author: Goon E. Birdthe deadline has arrived. this cd is truly ours. these harmony bandits know how to rock that s@#t. Come to LA boys, In a carbon case
i think the lead singer dave is a cutie
author: Kamalagreat guitar work
author: J-dizzyThere's some amazing lead guitar work on here, well-worth listening to... Rock on, guys!
fUcKiN gReAt!!
author: Mr. Gamble (ape Fight)This jams. I have listend to this cd in my car a thousand times. Play it loud and try not to smash someone. Song for song the best cd of the summer.
Best damn band east of the Mississippi!
author: LaucellaJohn Spencer+Vernon Reid=Teenbeaters(as far as I'm Concerned). A fine display of musicianship and personality in every track!
incredable
author: AlI think that we will be hearing a lot more of Teenbeater in the near future. Great music
rock solid!
author: Sonia FioreFinally, a band that pulls no punches. This cd delivers infectious hooks, intellgent, thoughtful lyrics mixed with power and style . You can tell I'm not a professional reviewer, but I just want everyone to know how much I loved this CD. Finally an original band that sounds original. P.S. It's great to have sex to.
Teenbeaters--shitty name; awesome music!
author: JgFinally a band that doesn't have to pretend to play rock, they just do.
Great disc -Definitely a band to watch out for.
author: James DuffGot turned on to this disc by a friend - it's excellent. Just the right mix of different genres makes it a very different & real listening experience. It's in my top 5 list of this years releases.