New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay CD

Nothing Gold Can Stay songs Santa Barbara's Ataris were among the legions of pop-punk bands to emerge in the late 1990s. Like many of their contemporaries, the Ataris owe something of a debt to the Descendents and the Buzzcocks, but a large part of their sound comes out of the alternative rock of the '90s. BLUE SKIES, BROKEN HEARTS...NEXT 12 EXITS is the Ataris sophomore effort, and the band avoids the notorious second-album slump by cranking out 14 high-energy, concise tunes rife with hooks, power chords, and hopped-up rhythms. While the Ataris know how to rock (only the acoustic guitar and cello duet of "My Hotel Year" deviates from the slashing electric guitars and pummeling bass and drums on this set), they also demonstrate an emo-influenced sensitive-guy side. "1.15.96" chronicles the story of a relationship, and "Your Boyfriend Sucks" is--despite its comic title--an anguished confession of unrequited love. The Ataris back their tales of romance with plenty of muscle (note the triple-time assault of "Broken Promise Ring)" and occasionally shift their focus to questions of personal direction, as on the anthemic "Better Way." Full of boisterous, youthful energy, the Ataris' second record is a strong dose of emo-tinged pop-punk. The story of the Ataris reads like a Hollywood script, with vocalist/guitarist Kris Roe giving the Vandals his demo tape at a show in his backwater Indiana town, only to receive a call out to California by Vandals bassist and Kung Fu Records head-honcho Joe Escalante to put together the Ataris. A 1998 EP (Look Forward to Failure) on Fat Wreck Chords got them attention, and now this full-length on Kung Fu shows what all the fuss is about. The Ataris play pop-punk of the NoFX school, with emo lyrics that are occasionally cringe-inducing but always charming in their heart-on-sleeve frankness. They toured here recently supporting MxPx, which is a good indication as to their genre. The sound is pretty straight ahead, but the quality is uniformally high. This is a band bristling with potential, and one who will doubtless make major waves in the worldwide scene in the years to come. Recorded in Santa Barbara, California in June 1998. Recording information: Orange Whip Studios, Santa Barbara, CA (06/1998). Ataris includes: Kris Roe (vocals, guitar); Patrick Riley (guitar).

Nothing Gold Can Stay CD music Possessing a fiery dynamism lacking in their debut Can't Slow Down, Saves the Day's sophomore release on Equal Vision is an emocore classic. More anxious than emo godfathers Get Up Kids, Saves the Day opted for punchier production and faster tempos to provide a backdrop for singer Chris Conley's romantic teen declarations. True to the genre Conley helped define, his lyrics walk a thin sentimental wire. Just when the stories lose balance, leaning toward the obvious, sappy, or both, Conley pulls it together with plain-spoken honesty, as in "Third Engine" when he describes seeing his long-distance love in the face of another girl while riding a train: "I looked out past her cheeks/Through the glass-light conduit/But the sun had sank already/Disappeared into New Jersey/Oh, why don't they have phones on these things." Conley's disclosures resonate wildly with his teen audience -- validating their shallow, but still open wounds -- while the band's tightly wound arrangements gyrate around his language of casual suffering. Highlights of this most elevated combination include the melodic, quick-paced "My Sweet Fracture" and "The Last I Told You." Ending Through Being Cool with the metallic "Banned From the Back Porch," Saves the Day toys with expectation, revealing an eagerness to explore outside the emocore form that is all but mastered on this 1999 release. ~ Vincent Jeffries Saves The Day: Chris Conley, Bryan Newman, Eben D'amico, Ted Alexander, David Soloway. 2nd Rel

Nothing Gold Can Stay buy CD music Following up their breakthrough 1999 release Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits, Kris Roe and his band, the Ataris, offered up the dynamic, dangerously non-punk End Is Forever in early 2001. Along with singer/guitarist Roe, Chris Knapp (drums), Marco Pena (guitars), and bassist Mike Davenport wind their way through an expanse of post-grunge alternative and emocore more musical than anything the Ataris had previously released. Listeners familiar with the group's earlier recordings probably won't be too surprised by End Is Forever as Roe's quickly developing, gifted writing had always been the outfit's defining factor, making the transition away from punk's noisier elements predestined. Purists already dismissive of the entire emo genre will be mortified by Roe's polished heart-tugging trilogy "Giving Up on Love," "Summer Wind Was Always Our Song," and "I.O.U. One Galaxy" that opens the disc. Things degenerate further for credibility-obsessed punk fans when Roe and Co. kick out some old-fashioned big rock on tracks like "Road Signs and Rock Songs." Listeners anxious about the Ataris unavoidable flight to the punk genre suburbs won't have to read between any lines to figure where the band was heading when they produced this 2001 release. After End Is Forever, all that remained to be seen is just how far the quartet's undeniable mainstream appeal would take them. ~ Vincent Jeffries You have in your hands the crown jewel of the Kung Fu Records organization. The 14 songs on End Is Forever (The Ataris 3rd LP for Kung Fu) accurately reflect the dedication to the craft of songwriting that has skyrocketed this Santa Barbara, California quartet into becoming the fastest growing punk band in recent memory. Punk, pop-punk, and emo fans alike have been gravitating to Kris Roe's heartfelt hyper-melodic punk tales of teenage dreams and broken hearts in alarming numbers that are giving the band their highest weekly sales now, as we speak. The momentum that popped when Fat Wreck Chords released their Ataris E.P. in 1998 (as a favor to all of us), has been carried on by incessant touring throughout North America, Australia, Japan, and in the fall of 2000, Europe. With sales of their previous album Blue Skies, Broken Hearts over 50,000 units worldwide at press time, combined with an explosive momentum, this looks to be the biggest Kung Fu release ever. Recording information: Orange Whip, Santa Barbara, CA; The Blasting Room, Ft. Collins, CO; The Crank Lab, Santa Barbara, CA. Photographer: Kris Roe. The Ataris: Marco Pena (guitar); Mike Davenport (bass guitar); Chris Knapp (drums); Kris Roe. Personnel: Kris Roe (vocals, guitar); Jon Snodgrass (guitar); Angus Cooke (cello); Joey Cape (background vocals). Additional personnel: Zach Boddicker (pedal steel guitar); Todd Capps (piano, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Joey Cape, Jon Snodgrass.

Nothing Gold Can Stay album for sale This high-energy quartet performs Blink 182-style pop-punk that owes more of a sonic debt to Green Day than to first-generation types like the Buzzcocks, which means the accent here is on pop. As single-minded in their pursuit of this aesthetic as any great rock band should be, New Found Glory keep it exclusively fast and loud, never pausing for anything as transgressive as a ballad (the title of "Ballad For the Lost Romantics" notwithstanding); they don't even bother adding additional instruments to the arrangements. The guitar-bass-drums axis reigns unchallenged throughout the album. The only adornment is consistently spot-on vocal harmonies that add just the right amount of pop tinge to New Found Glory's relentlessly hard-charging tunes. Recorded at Elysian Fields Studios, Boca Raton, Florida. Personnel: Jordan Pundik (vocals); Steve Klein , Chad Gilbert (guitar); Cyrus Bolooki (drums). Audio Mixers: Joe Primeau; Dan Adams; Neal Avron. Recording information: Elysian Studios, Boca Raton, FL. New Found Glory: Jordan Pundik (vocals); Chad Gilbert, Steve Klein (guitar); Ian Grushka (bass); Cyrus Bolooki (drums).

Nothing Gold Can Stay CD music This limited edition of STICKS AND STONES includes a bonus disc with additional material by New Found Glory plus a collection of favorite artists of the band's. Fast, loud, and full of attitude, these Florida boys have got everything it takes to make it as a punk band. The trick is that--as they've also proved on previous releases--they've got the hooks, harmonies, and rhythmic savoir faire to come across as a convincing pop group, if you like your pop on the hard side. While every tune on STICKS AND STONES teems with driving, hard-edged guitars and bristles with pounding drums and breakneck bass lines, it doesn't stop there. Though they're not exactly Steely Dan (and wouldn't THAT be a trip), New Found Glory utilizes plenty of melodic and harmonic smarts to spice up their sound without detracting one bit from the viscerality of it all. They even throw a few left hooks into the groove now and then, and how many of their earthbound peers can claim that? Recorded at DML Studios and Signature Sound, San Diego, California; Larabee West Studios, West Hollywood, California; NRG Studios, North Hollywood, California. New Found Glory: Jordan Pundik (vocals); Chad Gilbert, Steve Klein (guitar); Ian Grushka (bass); Cyrus Bolooki (drums). Additional personnel: Mark Hoppus (bass); Matt Skiba, Danny Andriano, Bane, What Feeds The Fire, Rusty Pistachio, Toby Morse (background vocals).

Nothing Gold Can Stay buy CD music Although the concept of a band doing punk rock versions of familiar covers has been done to death since the Sex Pistols butchered "Johnny Be Good," leave it to A New Found Glory to make this idea fresh and original again. By strictly covering their favorite movie scores, From the Screen to Your Stereo is a gem of an EP that features A New Found Glory's trademark of emotional, high-energy pop-punk. And as they crank out sped-up versions of "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion), "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith), and the "Never Ending Theme Song," you can hear the good time that they had when they recording this. ~ Mike DaRonco EP Featuring 7 Punk Rock Covers Of Movie Theme Songs Recorded at Studio 13, Deerfield Beach, Florida. New Found Glory: Jordan Pundik (vocals); Steve Klein , Chad Gilbert (guitar); Ian Grushka (bass guitar); Cyrus Bolooki (drums). New Found Glory: Jordan Pundik (vocals); Chad Gilbert, Steve Klein (guitar); Ian Grushka (bass); Cyrus Bolooki (drums). Engineers: Jeremy Staska, New Found Glory.