The Menzingers Share New Song "Bad Actors" from Hello Exile Sessions & Eagles Gameday Series Soundtrack (Epitaph Records)

The Menzingers (SOURCE: Philadelphia Eagles)

By now, we all know that The Eagles (GO, BIRDS!!!) lost Super Bowl LVII last month to The Chiefs, but they tried their best and that's all that really matters. Just this past weekend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and younger brother of Eagles center hosted SNL with musical guest Kelsea Ballerini. Today, revered Pennsylvania Punk Rock bruisers The Menzingers share an upbeat new single, "Bad Actors." Chosen by The Philadelphia Eagles as part of the official Eagles Gameday Series Soundtrack, the song was played in stadium and was, also, featured on the team's social media pages leading up to The Super Bowl, further cementing the band's hometown roots. Featuring bright guitars, melodic riffs, and uplifting lyrics, the track was written during sessions for the band's sixth studio album, Hello Exile (2019.)

Tom May explains, "it's one of the last songs we wrote for the album and finished it in the studio. It's an ode to a dear old friend that passed." Featuring the long-time line-up of founding members singers/guitarists Greg Barnett & Tom May, bassist Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Godino, The Menzingers formed as teenagers in their hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2006. Barnett, May, Keen & Godino later, collectively relocated the band to Philadelphia. The band made their Epitaph debut with 2012's On The Impossible Past, which was voted Album of The Year by Absolute Punk & Punk News. Arriving in 2014, their fourth album, Rented World, was praised as "packed with clever song-writing" by The New York Times and "a colossal fist-pumper" by Stereogum.

The Menzingers Live In 2023 US/Europe flyers (SOURCE: Facebook)

In February 2017, The Menzingers released their fifth album, After The Party, which landed on many best-of-the-year lists from outlets like Clash & noisey with Stereogum praising its "almost unfairly well-written Punk songs." The fall of 2019 saw the release of Hello Exile, the band's "boldest and most self-assured album," according to Pop Matters, coming back with re-imagined stripped down version, From Exile, merely a year later. Somewhat bringing everything full-circle, The Menzingers released an eight-track EP entitled On The Possible Past in 2022, which has been described as acoustic demos of tracks from On The Impossible Past in honor of its tenth anniversary. Conciding with "Bad Actors," The Menzingers have announced a string of headlining East Coast shows in May with stops in Liverpool, New York, Worcester, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine, Buffalo, New York, Albany, New York, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from 5/5-13. Tickets for the aforementioned dates are on sale now. The Menzingers' "Bad Actors" is available today on streaming services, via Epitaph Records.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel

The Witzard

Search This Blog