Artist.......: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Album........: Rock en Seine
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-03-08
Str.date.....: 2013-08-00
Quality......: 195kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com/
track title time
1. Rock en Seine 68:20
* Let the Day Begin
* Rival
* BTDT
* Hate The Taste
* Ain't No
* Berlin
* Shuffle
* Conscience Killer
* G Barrel
* Weight of the World
* Lullaby
* Sell It
* Punk
* Spread Your Love
Runtime 68:20
Size 95.37
Release Notes:
The seed that became Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -- or BRMC for short -- was
planted in 1995, when Robert Levon Been (aka Robert Turner) and Peter Hayes met
while attending high school in San Francisco. The two formed a solid friendship
and a shared camaraderie based on a mutual love of early-'90s U.K. bands like
Ride, the Stone Roses, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine.
Despite such similar tastes, both joined different bands -- Hayes spent time in
the Brian Jonestown Massacre circa Give It Back! -- and worked apart for several
years, although they occasionally kept in touch by attending each other's gigs.
In 1998, however, Turner and Hayes regrouped and added British drummer Nick Jago
to the fold. The band began performing live in November 1998 as "the Elements,"
a name they quickly ditched after discovering many other bands that shared the
same title. They purloined their new moniker from the Marlon Brando-led biker
gang that stormed into that dusty California hamlet in The Wild One.
By 1999, BRMC had recorded a polished, 16-track demo CD and relocated to Los
Angeles. The Santa Monica-based radio station KCRW jumped on the band's demo
first, giving them their initial airplay, but interest in the band eventually
spread across the Atlantic, where BBC Sheffield named the demo their "Record of
the Week." Oasis' Noel Gallagher even expressed interest in signing the band to
his new Brother Records imprint, telling MOJO magazine that they were his
favorite new group. After inking a lucrative Warner/Chappell publishing deal,
however, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club began fielding offers from several labels,
and they ultimately chose to sign with Virgin Records in March 2000.
Following a short U.S. tour with the Dandy Warhols, the band entered the
recording studio and eventually emerged with a self-titled debut, B.R.M.C.,
which was released in March 2001. Two years later, the trio returned with a
slicker edge and a new album, Take Them on, on Your Own, which peaked at number
three on the U.K. charts. They severed ties with Virgin Records eight months
later. A deal with RCA surfaced within months, and the acoustic,
Americana-influenced Howl arrived in August 2005. The band moved back to the
loud rock & roll approach favored on their first two albums with 2007's Baby 81,
and the resulting tour was documented by the band's first concert DVD, LIVE, in
2009.
Nick Jago left the band after Baby 81's release, ostensibly to focus on his solo
career. With the Raveonettes' touring percussionist, Leah Shapiro, now handling
drum duties, BRMC decided to change their direction once again, this time
embracing electronica and ambient noise on The Effects of 333. Independently
released via the band's own label, The Effects of 333 failed to gain either
commercial or critical acclaim, and BRMC chose to partner with Vagrant Records
for the release of their next album, 2010's Beat the Devil's Tattoo. While
touring that album, the band lost their engineer and Been's father, Michael Been
(the leader of '80s alternative heroes the Call), who died of a heart attack
backstage after a show in Belgium. They toured throughout 2012 and 2013, then
announced their seventh album Specter at the Feast in early 2013. Fittingly,
they covered the Call for their first single, "Let the Day Begin," and Been also
joined the Call for a string of concerts, standing in for his late father.