Bomb The Music Industry! is a musical collective from Baldwin, Nassau
County, New York. They write, produce, record (sometimes only through
the microphone on an iMac), and distribute all of their music under the
leadership of lead songwriter and producer Jeff Rosenstock. Rosenstock
and several other contributors are members of The Arrogant Sons Of
Bitches. They have recently earned regard for their DIY punk ethic,
embodied by such actions such as distributing three albums' worth of
material for free on their site, and offering free stencils and paint
for fans to create their own t-shirts. They also offer their fans a
chance to perform on stage if they learn a song and bring their
instrument to the show.
Bomb the Music Industry! plays a blend of several musical styles
anchored onto ska and punk. They're often compared to bands from
previous waves of ska such as the Blue Meanies, Fishbone or Big D and
the Kids Table that blended a range of influences and experimental
effects onto the ska framework common in each band's respective eras.
Bomb the Music Industry! also share similarities with popular ska/punk
and punk acts such as Catch-22 and Slapstick.
The influences go deeper than ska and punk, however, as studio
experimentation, synth-pop, and DC hardcore pop up in the mix.
Rosenstock claims that bands such as Harvey Danger and Neutral Milk
Hotel are as much influences as standard ska/punk affairs, as evidenced
by tracks such as “This Graceless Planet” (an adaptation of a song by
the band We Versus the Shark to the musical aesthetic of Bomb the Music
Industry!) or “Stand There Until You're Sober” (which feature,
respectively, jarring synth breakouts and backwards looping). In live
performances the band has begun using digital technology to create
breakdowns that sound like they are lifted from 8-bit videogames.
Tracks such as “Sweet Home Cannada” and “Future 86” strip down the
arrangements to barebones loops and guitar, with the latter featuring a
full brass section but lacking the upstroke rythms on the guitar, a key
element of 3rd-wave Ska.
Bomb The Music Industry! will play live at the Greystones Theatre on Sunday 1st February 2009 @ 4:00pm
Things to note about the tour:
1) It will be ALL REQUESTS gig. No request too obscure! B-sides! Slow
jams! A-sides! Fast jams! Maybe even covers if you show up early
enough! They're getting all 80 or so songs ready, and will be taking
requests in a bucket throughout the night. Holy shit that's fun!
2) BRING YOUR OWN BAND! They tried to do this last side but there was a
lot of pussing out on most cities' part, so here's the thing: if you
bring an instrument (i.e. guitar/amp, saxophone, keyboard,
glockenspiel) and you KNOW a song or twelve (no half-assing!
whole-assing only!) you yourself can be in the increasingly irrelevant
BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY!!!!!! Whenever they do this in the states it is
said to be as fun as hell, so they want no international whining. BTMI!
want to bridge the gap between audience and performers and become
perfaurmienders.
Directions to the Greystones Theatre:
To access the theatre from Greystones, drive or walk into the Meridian
Centre carpark off Greystones main street, Church Road, Greystones, Co
Wicklow. The Theatre entrance is around the corner on this level from
the Eco Shop which is opposite the entrance to the Meridian Carpark.
It is a one minute walk from the DART station and 84 bus stop.
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