About Secondhand Serenade

Secondhand Serenade is an acoustic rock band which led by vocalist and guitarist John Vesely. Secondhand Serenade has released three studio albums : Awake (2007), A Twist on My Story (2008) and Hear Me Now (2010).

Early history

John Vesely formed Secondhand Serenade in his home town, Menlo Park, California , USA , in 2004 . Vesely was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area in a musical family and as the son of a professional jazz musician father , commenting that " getting into music was a natural thing " for him . He spent 8 years playing bass in local bands , featuring a number of acts ranging in style from ska and hardcore to rock and pop. One of the bands he played in, Sound Like Life, included fellow Bay Area artist Ronnie Day. After years of playing bass , he opted for an acoustic guitar. Vesely follow Ondrasik 's Five for Fighting. Vesely was also the son of a Czech immigrant.

Vesely began writing his own songs when he met his wife Candice Vesely . She wanted him to play a song and " serenading her with a bass guitar was out of the question. " He has admitted he found his " true calling " when he picked up the guitar. The pseudonym Secondhand Serenade is a reference to the way in which his songs were ' serenades ' sung to his wife Candice , with whom he has two young children . People all over the world only get to hear the songs ' second hand '. " While Vesely continues to market the affectionate biography , the couple divorced in 2008 . Vesely was heart broken as can be seen in many of his songs . He launched " A Twist In My Story " as a reference to divorce .

In 2005 , Vesely released his debut album titled Awake . It is recorded as a demo , after booking a few days in a studio Ontario earlier in 2005 , " using just an acoustic guitar and multi - tracked vocals. " The album was promoted through the Secondhand Serenade Myspace page and by playing local shows. CD originally sold through mail order with a PayPal account by Vesely , eventually he signed up with distributor TuneCore , making Secondhand Serenade's songs available on music portals including iTunes . The album experienced tremendous online support , and by the end of 2006 Secondhand Serenade has received millions of plays on Myspace and had been the social - networking site 's No. . 1 Independent Artist for months . Financially , he was said to be bringing in up to $ 20,000 a month from downloads and merchandise sales out of his home. He sold over 15,000 copies of the album on his own, It sells more than 15,000 copies of the album itself , and the strength of sales and support , naturally , the labels came calling . Secondhand Serenade was signed by longtime label executive Daniel Glass , on his new label Glassnote Records , which is distributed through Warner 's Independent Label Group. In 2006 , Rolling Stone announced Secondhand Serenade as # 3 in the magazine reader's poll for Best Myspace Artist. In 2006, Rolling Stone Announced Secondhand Serenade as # 3 in the magazine 's reader 's poll for Best Myspace Artist .

Awake re -release (2007 )

In early 2007 , Awake reissued by Glassnote Records with two extra songs . It was released on January 31 and gave Vesely his first chartings , debuting at # 16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart . Added success lead to it peaking at # 164 on the Billboard 200 , # 3 on the Top Heatseekers chart and # 19 on Independent Albums .

In support of his first label release , Vesely was featured on MTV's You Hear It First , AOL Music 's Breakers Yahoo! Music 's Who 's Next ? and appeared on the talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He also played in many shows , including a tour with the likes of Hawthorne Heights and the All - American Rejects and at music festivals South By Southwest and along side My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park at Bamboozle.

Secondhand Serenade released only one song as the debut single from the album , " Vulnerable " . The song spawned a music video , which was created by Frank Borin who was responsible for the video Red Hot Chili Peppers ' for hit single " Dani California ". " Vulnerable " peaked at # 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 , # 64 on the Pop 100 and # 56 on the Hot Digital Songs chart .

A Twist in My Story (2008-2009)

A Twist in My Story was released on February 19, 2008 and features songs from Awake such as " Maybe" and " Your Call, " but reproduced with the band . Most of the album is a new song written by John Vesely and recorded with the band . Two tracks on A Twist in My Story was produced by famed producer Butch Walker , while others are produced by former Nine Inch Nails member Danny Lohner . The first single , " Fall for You , " was released January 21, 2008 . The album was leaked and made ​​available for download one month before its official release . On January 28, 2008 , the music video for the first single from the album " Fall for You " premiered on MTV TRL . To support the release , Secondhand Serenade spent most of March and April touring with American bands Making April , Automatic Loveletter , and The Tie Affair White . Members of his touring band include Steve Shebby on bass guitar , Lukas Vesely ( Vesely 's brother ) on keys / vox , Ryan Cook ( former bassist of the White Tie Affair ) on lead guitar / vox , and Tom Breyfogle on drums .

The title A Twist in My Story is a reference to Vesely's 2008 divorce with his former wife Candice , with whom he has two children. In November 2008, the album's first single " Fall for You " , was certified Platinum by the RIAA . On December 5, 2008 " Fall For You " is # 13 on the American Top 40 songs in the country . Video " Your Call " premiered on FNMTV on December 5 . It can be viewed on the FNMTV website .

He released a video for the song " Maybe" on his Myspace page on May 4, 2009 . Video about his concerts and trips around the world and was shot and directed by his tour manager Preston Jones and his drummer Tom Breyfogle . A Twist In My Story ( Deluxe Edition ) released on February 3, 2009 . The album includes five bonus tracks including " Your Call " ( Radio Version ) , " Fall for You " ( Acoustic Version ) , " Like A Knife " ( Acoustic Version ) , the single " Last Time " , and a cover of Coldplay's " Fix You ".

Hear Me Now and Weightless EP (2010-2011) 

Secondhand Serenade's third studio album , titled Hear Me Now , which was released on August 3, 2010 .

On June 1 , " Something More " was released to iTunes as a deluxe single with a bonus track "You Are A Drug " , a video showing the making of " Something More " , and a digital booklet to the new single . On July 21, while on tour in Dallas , Vesely announced that a downloadable track pack for Rock Band will be available soon, featuring multiple Secondhand Serenade hits including " Fall For You " . On July 27, Vesely added the eleven tracks on the new album to his Myspace and made ​​them available for streaming for fans . Many of these songs have also leaked onto sites such as Youtube . Vesely plans to release an EP following the current tour featuring all new acoustic songs . On 23 November 2010, Vesely released a free online download for a demo of a new song from the new EP entitled " Let Me In . " The next single from the new album is a new version of " You & I " featuring Cady Groves .

In March 2011 , Vesely announced he was mastering the new EP and will be entitled Weightless . Weightless was released digitally on May 3, 2011 and consisted of five songs : " Our Time " , " Let Me In , " " Animal ( Neon Trees Cover ) , " " You & I ( Acoustic ) , " and " Never Too Late " .

2012 - NOW

In January 2012 Pledgemusic Vesely started a campaign which he promoted on Twitter and Facebook to fund the recording of their next album . He announced on Pledgemusic page that he has left the record label to start from scratch . He stated that he wanted to focus on music and not have to deal with " industrial policy , expectations , and all other natural pressures that come along with companies tied to " , and cynically cited creative differences as the reason for leaving the record label in the video , with a caption that read : " lool " .

Pledger range from $ 10 to $ 20,000 , including various awards such as a signed guitar and CD manual , handwritten thank you notes and lyric sheets , private Skype guitar lessons and Q & A sessions , VIP passes to the concert , the opportunity to visit Disneyland or Universal Studios with him , which was signed and used Gibson guitars , co - writing session with her ​​in LA , dinner for two home - cooked by him in LA , a private concert , and so on . Pledgers will also be entitled to exclusive videos , demos , and stream a new song , pictures , blog posts , and more . It was also announced that 25 % of the money collected will go to Ear Candy, a charity that provides musical instruments and educational for children .

During the summer of 2012 , Vesely recorded an acoustic remake of A Twist in My Story . In July 2012, the release date and title of the remake was announced by Vesely and released on iTunes and Amazon . One week before the official release a few examples of the " Suppose" , " Stranger " , " Like a Knife " , and the recording of his new song " Belong To" which was released on Soundcloud site .

On September 11, 2012 , Vesely released a remake of an old acoustic album A Twist in My Story called A Naked Twist in My Story . Upon release , Vesely back into the studio to record a new album with producer / engineer Brandon Metcalf in Nashville , TN .

On February 26, 2013 , a new single titled " Shake It Off " was released to begin promoting the new album . Vesely explained the concept of " Shake It Off " in a 2013 interview with Musichel , " Shake It Off " is a song about putting everyday problems behind you and stay positive . I really think it's time for me to write a good feel of the song and I could not be happier with how reality . "

On May 20, 2013 , he completed the album and special guest star on Veronica Ballestrini online via Live event stageit , and they sing " LA LA Love " for 61 viewers .

September 23, 2013 , Vesely and Veronica Ford Fiesta commercial Ballestrini perform in Nashville and videos uploaded to YouTube on October 1 . This video reached 12,000 views within 4 days .

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About Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift ( born December 13, 1989 , age 24 years ) is a singer -songwriter genre of country pop , musician and American actress .
In 2006 , he released his debut single " Tim McGraw " , which was then followed by his debut album certified multi - platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . In November 2008 , Swift released her second album , Fearless , which deliver Swift won four Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards . Fearless and Taylor Swift in a row to close the year 2008 in the third and sixth , with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million copies. Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for 11 consecutive weeks. Swift was named as Artist of the Year by Billboard magazine in 2009. Swift released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010 which sold 1.047 million copies in its first week. In 2008 , her albums sold overall four million copies, making it the best-selling musician of that year in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift ranks 69th most powerful celebrity in 2009 with revenue of $ 18 million, the 12th most powerful celebrities  in 2010 with revenues of $ 45 million and the 7th most powerful celebrities 2011 with revenue of $ 45 million as well. Swift was ranked the 38th Best Artist of the 2000s decade by Billboard magazine. In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan stated that Swift is the most successful digital artist in music history with over of 34.3 million digital singles sold. In March 2011 , she has sold over 20 million albums and 34.3 million singles worldwide. Swift is listed in the Guinness Book of world Records years 2012 as the Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist for her album Speak Now , and Most Simultaneous U.S. Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist. In 2011 , Billboard gave the title of woman of the Year.

Early life

Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading , Pennsylvania , and raised in Wyomissing , Pennsylvania . She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner , a homemaker who previously worked in finance, and Scott Kingsley Swift , a broker stock . his maternal grandmother , Marjorie Finlay was an opera singer. Swift has a younger brother named Austin.

When Swift was in fourth grade , she won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem entitled " Monster in My Closet ". At the age of ten, a computer repairman showed her how to play three chords on a guitar that triggers interest to study the instrument. After that Swift wrote her first song , " Lucky You ". When Swift was 12, she used all her summer vacation time to write a novel along the 350 pages that were never published. Swift was a victim of bullying , and she spends his spare time writing songs to express her feelings. She also started performing at karaoke contests and local festivals .

Swift began to regularly visit Nashville, Tennessee, and work with local songwriters. When she was 14, her family moved to Nashville. His first major appearance was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair. In Tennessee , Swift attended Hendersonville High School, but she later switched to homeschooling high school. In 2008 , she managed to get his high school diploma.

Swift the biggest influence in music is Shania Twain. The other people who also gave her influence is LeAnn Rimes , Tina Turner , Dolly Parton , and Swift 's grandmother alone. Although her ​​grandmother was a professional opera singer, Swift 's musical tastes are always more inclined to the country . She also expressed his gratitude to the Dixie Chicks for demonstrating the impact that could have been obtained by a person of " widening the boundaries ".

2006-2008 : Taylor Swift

Swift was first released her first single , " Tim McGraw " , and ranks sixth on the Billboard Hot Country Song and ranked 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. Then she released her first album , Taylor Swift , which immediately registered at 19 on the Billboard rankings 200 . Then , after the release of the single " Teardrops on My Guitar " ,album sales began to rise and eventually reach the top of the Billboard Hot Country Albums and ranked 5 on the Billboard 200 . The album was the peak position for the last 24 weeks is not sequentially . Another album that has on top week Billboard Hot Country Albums over 20 weeks in the decade of the 2000s only the Dixie Chicks and Carrie Underwood . After January 2010 , Taylor Swift has sold 4.6 million copies and 9 million downloaded singles.

The second single from her first album , " Teardrops on My Guitar " is able to achieve a higher success of " Tim McGraw " , 2nd position on the Billboard Hot Country Song and position 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 , the song is Swift 's first Top 20 position on the Billboard Hot 100 . Third singles , " Our Song " , managed to get a higher success of " Teardrops on My Guitar " , successfully topping the Billboard Hot Country Song , the first single did it and is positioned on the top for 6 weeks , also one of the longest record for a female singer . The song also managed to occupy position 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it Swift's second song that topped the Top 20 in the charts .

Third singles titled " Picture to Burn " has not succeeded in achieving success as " Our Song " , but still pretty successful for the position 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Song and position 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 . After re meriis first album became Taylor Swift : Deluxe Edition , and adds a further single , " Should've Said No" . Although a rating is not good, is capable of single topped the Billboard Hot Country Song for 2 weeks and 33 position on the Billboard Hot 100 . Until late 2008 , Taylor Swift has sold over 3 million copies in the U.S. . He also was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist , but escaped to Amy Winehouse .

2008-2009 : Fearless

Swift released her second album , Fearless in November 2008 and immediately very successful . At the beginning of its opening , the album sold over 592.300 coffee , is the highest number for the entire female artist in 2008. In just two months , the album successfully sold 2.2 million copies . The album is also listed in rank 1 to the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks and also ranked 1st for the Billboard Hot Country Albums for 35 non-consecutive weeks . The four singles released as a promotional single from Fearless , and the fourth getting very rousing welcome . The single is " Change" , " Fearless " , " You're Not Sorry" , and "You Belong with Me " , which go straight into the top 10 , 9 , 11 , and 12 , respectively. Swift is the first artist to be able to do this .

The first official single released was " Love Story " , with the style of ancient times , this song became Swift's first international song . Ranks in the Top 10 in more than 20 countries around the world , including the Top 5 in several countries , including the rank 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ranked No. 1 in the Billboard Hot Country Song for 2 weeks . " White Horse " was appointed as the second single released , this ballad single managed to occupy position 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and 2 position on the Billboard Hot Country Song . The single won two Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the same time and Best Female Country Vocal Performance .

Fearless is the third single "You Belong with Me " , which was released as a single and managed to reach the original 2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 , and position 1 for two weeks in the Billboard Hot Country Song . The song was nominated for a Grammy Award at the same time 3 , Record of the Year , Song of the Year , and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance , unfortunately , all failed to win . Then " Fifteen " was released into the fourth single , and " Fearless " was released back into the original single fifth . Additionally , Fearless was announced as Billboard 's Top Selling Albumof 2009, signifying the best-selling album in 2009 with sales of 3.2 million copies .

On September 13, 2009, exactly the MTV Video Music Awards was held . Swift has won a trophy for Best Female Video for her video "You Belong with Me " . However , when making a speech for her win , rapper Kanye West with relaxed to the stage advanced and seized the microphone held by Swift , and stated that the video of Beyonce 's " Single Ladies " was the one who should win , not the Swift video . Kanye West then evicted from the show , and when Beyonce won Video of the Year , the highest award that night , she was invited Swift to come back and finish her speech ahead . Swift agrees , and she completed her speech that night . The incident suck the attention of many artists , including the Best Female Video nominees , such as Pink , Katy Perry , Lady Gaga , and Kelly Clarkson , the compact agree that the video is fine Swift won . Artists and many other important people also thinks Kanye West is very negative actions , and inappropriate . Kanye West finally apologized to Swift , and Swift accept it .

The Fearless album managed to get the title Album of the Year for the Grammy Awards, Country Music Association Awards , Academy of Country Music Awards and the American Music Awards the same year making this album to be the most cherished albums in country music history . Fearless which won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, Country Music Association Awards , Academy of Country Music Awards and American Music Awards Taylor Swift is also  became the youngest artist ever to win Album of the Year pad prestigious awards . In the same year , Taylor Swift captured the nickname Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards and Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards make it back into the youngest artist ever to receive the highest awards at both the prestigious awards event .

2010-2012 : Debut film and Speak Now

In February 2010 , she earned eight Grammy Award nominations and get 4 of them , including Album of the Year and Best Country Album for Fearless , as well as Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song for " White Horse " . Also nominated as Best New Artist of 2008 ( to qualify for Amy Winehouse ) , and was nominated for four other categories , namely Record of the Year , Song of the Year , and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "You Belong with Me " and Best Pop Collaborations with Vocals for " Breathe " , with Colbie Caillat .

Swift then appeared in the film Valentine 's Day , and sing the main song in the soundtrack , titled " Today Was a Fairytale " . The reaction to this song is very powerful , and in a week the song has sold 325,000 of copies , and immediately get 2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 . Beating the record previously held by Britney Spears and her song " Womanizer " which sold 280,000 copies in its first week .

Swift released her third album titled Speak Now on October 25, 2010 . Since its release, the critics gave very positive review even close to perfect for the album . Completing the positive response from critics , Speak Now managed with great penetrating figure of one million copies in its first week , which only 1,047,000 in its first week . Swift is the first artist to get one million copies in first week album sales since Lil Wayne in 2008 , and also the first country artist to get a million copies first week album sales , since Garth Brooks in the year 1994. Speak Now into the record a country album of the first female artist to penetrate more than a million copies its first week of , and the second overall , after Garth Brooks . Homage to other country female artist who had occupied this record is the album Shania Twain Up ! in 2002 which sold 847,000 its first week of coffee . Speak Now album is the album itself was written by Taylor Swift on their own without the help of co -writer . This is a very rare thing happening in the world of music

In 2011 , Taylor Swift won Entertainer of the Year nicknames on Accosiation of Country Music Awards making it the youngest artist ever to win the top honors . In the same year , Taylor Swift also won the nickname Entertainer of the Year for the second time at the Country Music Associaton awards making it the second actress after Barbara Mandrell ever dubbed Entertainer of the Year two times . Swift also won the title of Artist of the Year for the second time at the awards American Music Awards. In the same year , Taylor Swift was dubbed " Woman of the Year " by Billboard magazine and singer who gained the highest intake of $ 35 million .

In 2012 , he was nominated three nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Album for Speak Now , Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for " Mean " . Swift had won two awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo performance but lost to Lady Antebellum for Best Country Album . In the same year Taylor Swift won Entertainer of the Year title for the second time in a row at the awards Academy of Country Awards.

2012: RED

Swift released her latest album , Red in October 2012. Reaction to the album was very lively , easily breaking the previous record with the album Speak Now sold 1,208,000 copies in its first week alone . The album sold net on iTunes and Amazon websites in less than 30 minutes . His first song , " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together ( Like , Ever ) " became the first song that Swift first position on the Billboard Hot 100 ,  held that position for four weeks so far . Four other songs released as a promotional song , all made ​​it into the Top 15 , including " Begin Again " in position # 7 , " Red " in position # 6 , " I Knew You Were Trouble " in position # 3 , and " State of Grace " in position # 13 .

Completing a successful sale , " RED " was widely praised by critics , most loved musical Swift who think " out of the box" Swift enjoys experimenting with new musical genres as arena rock and folk . Taylor will support the album with " RED Tour " that will inevitably run out with a flash as usual . RED American leg of the tour completed by the end of 2013 ( November) and will be followed by the Australian leg until early 2014 . Then will be continued with the leg of Asia and Europe.

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About Simple Plan

Simple Plan is a pop punk band from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Since forming they have never experienced a change of personnel and they are Pierre Bouvier, Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre, Chuck Comeau, David Desrosiers and. Until now they have released four studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets ... Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any ... (2004), Simple Plan (2008), and Get Your Heart On! (2011).

1999: Formation of Simple Plan

In 1996 , the  Reset band was formed by Pierre Bouvier , Chuck Comeau , Philippe Jolicoeur , and Adrian White. Reset toured around Canada with MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, and Face to Face, although they were not very successful gaining popularity. Their debut album , No Worries , was released in 1999. Soon , Chuck Comeau away from the band to go to college. Two years later he met with high school friends, Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre, who at that time were in their each bands, and they intend to combine to form their own band. Meanwhile , Reset released their second album, No Limits. One day , Comeau and Bouvier met back at the Sugar Ray concert and Bouvier left Reset to join Comeau. David Desrosiers replaced Bouvier ago in Reset, but he also left Reset and joined Bouvier six months later. This makes Bouvier to concentrate on vocals, after it was accredited to fill positions once the bass vocals .

Simple Plan origin of the name is unclear . When asked , the band often provide answers in the form of jokes , including one of them is because they formed the band as an " impromptu plan " to avoid working in fast food restaurants. But anyway, the greatest possibility , the name " Simple Plan " is taken from the title of the movie " A Simple Plan " , or the work of Piebald song titled " Just A Simple Plan ".

2002: No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls

In March 2002 , Simple Plan released their first studio album, No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls which continued with the release of the singles : " I'm Just a Kid " , " I'd Do Anything " , " Addicted " , and " Perfect " . Simple Plan is on record as saying that they wanted an album of pure pop - punk. The album's title refers to a popular phrase from the sport of rugby , "No pads , no helmets , just balls . "

The album was initially released in the United States with the contents of twelve songs , the last song " Perfect " . But the issue of bonuses and overseas editions later appeared in various versions with two additional songs on twelve original songs . For example , in the American edition contained a bonus track " Grow Up " , and " My Christmas List " , while the English edition contained the song " One By One " and "American Jesus " ( a live , a song by Bad Religion ) , including two bonus video clips " I'd Do Anything " and " I'm Just a Kid " .

This album also contained vocals from singers from two other pop-punk bands , as in " I'd Do Anything " vocals are Mark Hoppus of Blink - 182 , and in " You Do not Mean Anything " vocals are Joel Madden of Good Charlotte .

In 2002 , the year when releasing the album Simple Plan , Simple Plan performed in over 300 shows , topped the charts " Alternative New Artist " , and appeared on the Japanese tour where tickets are sold out . In 2003 , they performed as one of the main bands on the Vans Warped Tour.  Also recorded an appearance in a comedy-criticism film , Punk Rock Holocaust , in which four of them narrated killed . They also appear in the Warped Tour in 2004 and 2005 . Also in 2003, they became the opening act for the tour " Try To Shut Me Up " belongs to Avril Lavigne. In addition some of the tour , they also became the opening act for Green Day and Good Charlotte. The album sold 1 million copies until early 2003 , but the album has sold 4 million copies worldwide , making them the most successful album commercially.

2004: Still Not Getting Any ...

In October 2004 , Simple Plan released their second album titled Still Not Getting Any ... , which will be followed by the single " Welcome to My Life " , " Shut Up ! " , " Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me ? ) " , and " Crazy " .

As mentioned previously , when writing material album " No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls " , the members of Simple Plan wanted a pure pop album - punk . But this time , in the process of writing the album " Still Not Getting Any ... " , they say that they do not want to limit themselves to the punk genre , but rather allow themselves to write " good music ".

Based on the bonus DVD of " Still Not Getting Any ... " , during the making of the album , the members of Simple Plan have time to think of some names fatherly this album , such as " Get Rich or Die Trying " and " In The Zone " . They chose the name " Still Not Getting Any ... " ( meaning : Still Can not Get ... none ) for several reasons . The reason most famous and best represent roughly is because they think that they are not getting good ratings , Pierre Bouvier, adding that they had to get a good assessment , ie from Alternative Press. Another reason is that at that time they still do not get the respect that good. There are many more reasons expressed by them, because any word can actually be put on the ellipsis in the title. Chuck Comeau added that the name of the album is " versatile " .

Meanwhile , in terms of music " Still Not Getting Any ... " showed a dramatic change of style of play Simple Plan . They can still keep their style to keep using downbeat lyrics combined with upbeat music , but they managed to get out of the standard pop - punk genre. Although many of the songs from this album are still feeling unstable bring a teenager like the song " I'm Just a Kid " from their previous album , in general this album 's lyrical themes tend to a deeper and more mature, as well as the music that sounds a bit more out of pure pop-punk style . Some professional judgment emphasizes the inclusion of rock elements of " classic " and " tendencies " , saying that the album " does not emphasize the pop - punk that is very active in shaping modern rock goal neatly formed and no -nonsense ".

2008: Simple Plan 

After about one and a half years on tour " Still Not Getting Any ... " , the band ended most touring in February 2006 , to then take a short rest period before starting work on their third album. Pierre Bouvier 's official MySpace blog by saying that he was going to Miami on March 21, 2007 to work with a producer who was not yet known who, later known is Dave Fortman. The band entered the studio for pre - production in Los Angeles on June 29. On 15 July they returned to Montreal , to record at Studio Piccolo , the same studio where they recorded " Still Not Getting Any .... " When they finished recording the whole song , they back to Miami for the mixing and mastering stage. Some finishing touches on the album performed in New York and their album officially completed on October 21, 2007 , although later they returned to the studio to record ulangabeberapa the lyrics in the song " Generation " .

" When I'm Gone " , the first single from the album Simple Plan was released on October 29, 2007 . Simple Plan album was produced by Dave Fortman , who is famous for his work with Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson . On February 17, 2008 , Simple Plan achieved their highest chart position in the UK , after two previous albums failed to enter the charts there. On 29 November 2007 , the band announced that will postpone the release date of the album before January 29, 2008 be the date of February 12, 2008 . They also released an album with the label " Japan version" , with 2 additional songs, which was released a week earlier , on February 6, 2008 . This album is the album failed to reap the most successful when compared with the rest of their album.

After completing their promotional tour, Simple Plan played several December 2007 holiday shows . On July 1, 2008, they gave a free concert on Quebec City 's Plains of Abraham, attracting a crowd of 150,000 to the Canada Day show. After back from central and eastern Asia in late July, they are back on tour throughout Canada with Faber Drive and Cute is What We Aim ​​for. Metro Station and the All - American Rejects were originally scheduled to take part in the tour, but was canceled for some reason. They are back on their second full European tour on 28 October to 29 November, with Estonia and Poland for the first time . The band also played Tel Aviv and Dubai in early December , where they performed at the concert with four personnel following the bassist David Desrosiers absent due to a family problem and replaced temporarily by Sébastien Lefebvre on bass.

2011: Get Your Heart On !

Simple Plan released their fourth album titled Get Your Heart On ! on June 21, 2011 . The album was produced by Brian Howes. Their album This time is the second time they collaborate with other artists from the album No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls with Mark Hoppus ( Blink - 182 ) and Joel Madden ( Good Charlotte ). In this album , they collaborated with Rivers Cuomo ( Weezer ) , Natasha Bedingfield , K'naan and Alex Gaskarth ( All Time Low ) . On 20 April they announced that " Jet Lag " would be the first single from this album. The song was released in the UK and France where Simple Plan collaborate with Natasha Bedingfield and Marie - Mai on each track. For promote the song , a service called " jetlag Airlines" made ​​on their website , containing news , lyrics , playlists , and videos related to their fourth album . " Jet Lag " premiered on April 25 , while the music video was released on May 4 with Natasha Bedingfield and May 16, with Marie - Mai .

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A Little About Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an alternative rock band from Agoura Hills, California , United States . They had several times changed its name, such as Xero, Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park until now . The name " Linkin Park " itself is a play on the name of a park in Los Angeles , Lincoln Park.

Before becoming a vocalist Chester Bennington of Linkin Park , Mark Wakefield first became vocalist . However , he came out from Linkin Park to look for another project ( becoming manager of the band Taproot ) - when it used the name Hybrid Theory - to become manager of the music group Taproot . Bassist Dave Farrell aka " Phoenix " has also been out for a bit of Linkin Park for a tour with his old band , Tasty Snax . While 4 other personnel - Brad Delson , Mike Shinoda , Joe Hahn , Rob Bourdon and - always persist in Linkin Park since the beginning of its formation.

Linkin Park has released 5 studio albums , namely Hybrid Theory , Meteora , Minutes to Midnight , A Thousand Suns , and Living Things. Linkin Park also released the album Live in Texas , Reanimation and Collision Course , and Hybrid Theory EP . Linkin Park's success in popularizing songs like Crawling , In the End , Numb , Somewhere I Belong , and What I've Done . In total , Linkin Park's albums have sold over 50 million copies .

Early formation of Linkin Park is the meeting Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson ( Linkin Park guitarist ) in 7th grade  . Then they formed a band called Xero . Brad also played for the band Relative Degree , one of the personnel that is Rob Bourdon ( Linkin Park drummer ) . Mike met Rob through Brad and Rob joined Xero . In college , he became acquainted with Dave " Phoenix " Farrell ( Linkin Park's bassist ) who is a roommate Brad . Mike, who majored in illustration at the Pasadena Art University , met with Joe Hahn ( Linkin Park turntablis ) . Then , Dave Farrell and Joe Hahn joined Xero . Xero Dave had left to rejoin his old band , Tasty Snax .

Initially , they recruited Mark Wakefield the vocalist , then taken over by Chester Bennington ( former vocalist of Grey Daze ) until now , while Mike and so rapper . Unfortunately , as the name Xero has used another group , they were forced to change their name to Hybrid Theory . Then after being rejected 3 times , Hybrid Theory successfully received by a company called Warner Bros. recording . Records after successfully launches Hybrid Theory EP titled EP in 1999, as many as a thousand pieces . However , at that time Mike was having a problem with Jeff Blue , manager . Jeff Blue said that Mike should not rapping , just play the keyboard alone . This incident inspired Mike to write the song Get Me Gone ( Fort Minor ).

Once again , they were forced to change the name because the name is similar to the name Hybrid Theory Hybrid music group originating from Wales . Rather than be considered the same band , they chose the name changed again to Linkin Park . However , before named Linkin Park , they had changed his name to 0818 . The new name is also known in mid-2009 , when Brad Delson speaks at the graduation ceremony at UCLA, Los Angeles , mid-2009 . Linkin Park Chester name taken from the name of a park in Los Angeles , Lincoln Park . To be able to manage their own websites , Chester change the spelling to Linkin Park . After that , they managed to buy www.linkinpark.com website .

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About My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance is a band from New Jersey , formed in September 2001 by Gerard Way and Matt Pelissier . Currently , the band consists of Gerard Way ( vocals ) , Mikey Way ( bass ) , Ray Toro ( lead guitar ) , Frank Iero ( guitar ) , and Mike Pedicone ( drums ) who replaced Bob Bryar who is a drummer before coming out in March 2010 . The band's name was inspired by the book by Irvine Welsh is Ecstasy : Three Tales of Chemical Romance .

My Chemical Romance describes their music as music " rock " or " pop the rough ".

My Chemical Romance has released four albums : I Brought You My Bullets , You Brought Me Your Love in 2002, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge in 2004, The Black Parade in 2006, Danger Days : the True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys which was released on November 22, 2010 and Conventional Weapon starting from year 2012 to 2013.

The band got its inspiration from Queen , Black Flag , Iron Maiden , The Misfits , Morissey , At the Gates , Pink Floyd , The Smashing Pumpkins , descendents , Pantera , The Cure , and The Smiths .

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About Paramore

Paramore is a band from the United States that was formed in 2004. This band is based in Franklin, Tennessee. Currently they are composed of three members, namely vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York. Since forming, they have released 3 studio-album (All We Know Is Falling, Riot!, And Brand New Eyes) and one EP (The Summer Tic EP) and a live album (The Final Riot!).

Paramore was formed in 2004 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States by vocalist Hayley Williams, lead guitarist Josh Farro and drummer Zac Farro, and bassist Jason Clarke. However, when they will enter into the world of major labels, the labels do not agree with the existence of Taylor York and Jason Clarke. Then Hayley brought bassist Jeremy Davis and guitarist Jason Bynum to replace them, and the label agreed. Paramore then signed to Fueled by Ramen in April 2005. The name itself Paramore reportedly taken from the name of the mother of their first bassist.

2005-2006 : All We Know Is Falling

Their first album , entitled All We Know Is Falling , and was released in July 2005 . From the album they released three singles , namely : Pressure , Emergency , and All We Know . Even so , the album was made ​​without the presence of bassist Jeremy Davis . That is because just before the recording process , Jeremy decided to quit the band . Therefore , the album was released with only 4 personnel are credited . Actually the departure of Jeremy have a large impact on the time of Paramore , Hayley and it inspired to write the song All We Know , which in the song contains the line " All We Know Is Falling " . On this album also contained the song Conspiracy , which is the first song co-written by all personnel . In the song " My Heart " there is only one scream of Josh Farro as backing vocals .


During the tour AWKIF , Paramore recruit John Hembree as bassist for the tour. Although so , not long after Paramore's Jeremy rejoined on bass of course. When the Emergency Paramore released as the second single from the album , Jason Bynum is no longer was in Paramore and replaced by Hunter Lamb. In 2007 , Hunter Lamb also decided to leave the band to get married .

2007-2008 : Riot ! and other projects

With consists of 4 people , Paramore released their second album is Riot ! in June 2007 . From the album they released four singles : Misery Business , Hallelujah , Crushcrushcrush , and That's What You Get . Their first single , missery Business , received positive reviews and became instant hits , making the name Paramore getting jumped .

During the tour Riot ! , They recruited their old friend , Taylor York , as an additional guitarist for the tour. In February 2008 , Paramore cancel six concerts in Europe to resolve their internal problems surrounding the band. Under all that pressure they released the single That 's What You Get in March 2008. However , after the band seemed to resolve internal problems, in May 2008 claimed that Hayley will be on tour Paramore The Final Riot ! . In this tour , they recorded their concert to make a live album called " The Final Riot ! " which was released in November 2008 .


In October 2008 released a single titled Paramore Decode taken from the OST . Twilight Saga . They contribute to give 2 songs on the OST is Decode and I Caught Myself. In November , a video clip from the premiere Decode start . " Decode " under the name of the movie Twilight brings Paramore increasingly popular , especially among young women drama fans . " Decode " was nominated at the MTV movie awards for "Best Soundtrack ".

2009-2010 : Brand New Eyes and exit of the Farro brothers

In 2009 , Paramore released their third album titled " Brand New Eyes " on September 29, which coincides on the anniversary of their guitarist , Josh Farro. In this album , Taylor York has been a permanent member of Paramore , so this time they released an album with 5 personnel. Paramore stated that the album had to strengthen their relationship as a band , having previously had been a rift . That's why they gave the name of the album " Brand New Eyes " which describes a new angle of each personnel . From the album they released 5 singles : Ignorance , Brick By Boring Brick , The Only Exception , Careful , and Playing God . 


On December 18, 2010, through Paramore 's official website, they stated that brothers Josh Farro and Zac Farro of Paramore's official exit. Hayley said that lately they 've been unhappy in Paramore. However, with 3 personnel, Hayley Williams , Jeremy Davis , and Taylor York states to continue what they have played so far. On December 22 , Josh , through a controversial blog, tells his own version of the reasons him and his sister out of Paramore .

2011-present Paramore without the Farro brothers

On January 10, 2011, in an interview with MTV, Hayley Williams said that despite the band losing two of the founding members, they will be releasing new music in 2011 , although it is not known whether they will be able to record a full album for release this year , or just release some songs. They also admitted that Paramore's style was likely to change with the new lineup , but clarified that the band would still retain their vote.

On February 2, 2011 , Josh Farro confirmed the name of his new band , Novel American. Zac has also confirmed his new band , Half Noise.

On March 21, 2011 , Paramore stated on their various social networks report that they entered a Los Angeles studio with producer Rob Cavallo to record their next album. On June 7, 2011, Paramore released the single " Monster ", entered the  Transformers : Dark of the Moon - The Album. This is the first song that the band released without the Farro brothers.


On June 9, 2011 , Hayley Williams announced that the band began writing their fourth album , which they hope to start recording at the end of the year , hoping for release in early 2012 .

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Get Your Heart On! The Second Coming

Simple Plan has just release their new EP  and it titled Get Your Heart On The Second Coming. It was released on 29 November 2013 in Australia and on 3 December 2013 worldwide exept for japan which is released 29 January 2014. The album contain by 7 track. And here are the track list :

1. Ordinary Life
2. The Rest of Us
3. Outta My System
4. Fire in My Heart
5. In
6. Lucky One
7. Try

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GET YOUR HEART ON!

Get Your Heart On is The most recent Simple Plan's album and here is the story behind the album.

One day last year, Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier and Chuck Comeau were sitting in the recording studio trying to come up with lyrics for a track they planned to include on their new album, Get Your Heart On!. Not only did they want to write a song about the emotional power music can have in one's life, they also wanted to capture the sentiment behind the thousands of pieces of mail the band receive at their Montreal headquarters each month from fans all over the world who write to express what Simple Plan's music has meant to them. As Bouvier tells it: "These letters are pretty overwhelming and humbling at the same time so we wanted to somehow pay homage to those fans. We were sitting there going, ‘I don't know, what do you think they would say?' and Chuck says, ‘Why don't we just ask them?'" The following message was posted on Comeau's Twitter feed: "We decided to write a song about you guys…Can you tell me how our music has made you feel through the years?"

"Within seconds, the responses started coming in," Comeau recalls, still marveling at the moment. "It was a deluge, like a hurricane of answers." Based on those Tweets, Bouvier and Comeau constructed what is perhaps the first song ever written entirely via Twitter: the poignant album closer "This Song Saved My Life." "Every word is taken from the hundreds of messages we got from our fans," Comeau says. It's a tribute to these loyal souls (25 of whom showed up from all over the world at a studio in Vancouver to sing on the track after the band tweeted an invite) who have faithfully followed the Canadian quintet since its inception in 1999, through three studio albums, two live albums, and tours to nearly every corner of the globe, including visits to Russia, Israel, Poland, Jakarta, Estonia, South Africa, and The Philippines, as well as extensive sold-out headlining tours of the U.S. and their native Canada.

Simple Plan's connection with its fans has translated into a string of hit singles, including "I'd Do Anything," "Addicted," and "Perfect" from their 2002 double-platinum debut No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls, "Welcome To My Life" and "Untitled (How Could This Happen To Me)?" from 2004's platinum Still Not Getting Any…, and "When I'm Gone" and "Your Love Is A Lie," from 2008's Simple Plan, which debuted in the Top 3 in Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and Canada, Top 10 in Hong Kong, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, and Germany, and Top 20 in Spain, Finland, and France. Overall, Simple Plan have sold nearly four million albums in the U.S. and Canada and more than 7.5 million albums worldwide.

Now the band are back with Get Your Heart On!, a gloriously fun, boundlessly melodic slice of poppy modern-rock that finds Simple Plan returning to the revved-up energy of No Pads and Still Not Getting Any after taking a slight detour with a darker, more beat-driven sound on their previous album.

"We love and are very proud of our third album and I feel like it was a record we had to make because we wanted to do something different," bassist David Desrosiers says. "But now it's time to get back to the high energy songs. We were really itching to have a batch of fast-up tempo songs, because they are really fun to play live."

One of the first songs written for Get Your Heart On! was album opener "You Suck At Love." The chorus' instantly catchy melody and tongue-in-cheek punchline resonated with fans immediately when the band unveiled the song during a string of memorable performances at last year's Bamboozle Roadshow and was a key moment for the new album.

Guitarist Sebastien Lefebvre explains: "This band comes alive on the road. That's where we've earned everything in terms of our fans. We really wanted to keep the energy up there, have a lot of fun with these songs and make sure they came across that way while playing them live. When we played 'You Suck At Love' at those shows, it just felt right. So this time, we thought it'd be nice to have more songs that hit you in the face. It kind of became a theme while we were writing the album."

Which is not to say that Get Your Heart On! isn't musically diverse. "Summer Paradise," featuring Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan, is a lilting, reggae-influenced tune, while "Gone Too Soon" is a heartfelt piano-driven ballad. As with all of Simple Plan's albums, the thoughtful, slower-paced songs balance out the rowdier moments, which are plentiful here. Produced by Brian Howes (Puddle of Mudd, Boys Like Girls), Get Your Heart On! is packed with high-velocity, super-charged songs like "Loser of The Year," "Last One Standing," "Freaking Me Out," (featuring All Time Low's Alex Gaskarth), and "Can't Keep My Hands Off You," which Bouvier and Comeau co-wrote with one of their musical heroes, Rivers Cuomo, who also sings on the track. "Working with Rivers and having him actually appear on ‘Can't Keep My Hands Off You' was a dream come true for us," Bouvier says. Other highlights include the hands in the air, arena-ready anthems "Anywhere Else But Here" and "Astronaut," as well as "Jet Lag," a churning duet with British pop singer Natasha Bedingfield.

"Jet Lag," which addresses the toll that distance can take on a relationship, and "Astronaut," about feeling isolated and longing for someone who understands you, are strong examples of how Simple Plan has stretched itself lyrically, retaining the emotional relatability that is the band's trademark, while showcasing how dedicated they are to the craft of songwriting. "'Astronaut' is a more somber and deep song for us," Bouvier says. "It feels like a very pivotal track for our band and for this album in that it's about what our fans tell us they feel, which is wanting to connect with other people like them."

The band members feel they wrung their best work out of themselves by approaching the writing process differently this time around. "On our second album, we wrote 12 songs and each one was on the album," Comeau says. "We probably had 40 ideas, but never completed them. This time, we forced ourselves to finish every idea, so we ended up with around 70 songs." From there, the band narrowed it down to 30, and finally to 11 that are included on Get Your Heart On!.

"We treated every song like it was a possible single," guitarist Jeff Stinco says, "which is why the album took us a bit longer to make than we had anticipated. But it was so worth it because there isn't one thing we would change. We poured everything we had into making it."

"We're really proud of this record," Bouvier says. "And I think our fans are going to love it. Yesterday, we listened to it all the way through and I tweeted, ‘I can't wait for you guys go hear this, because it's going to blow you away.'"

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