Punk Rock
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3–5 minutes
My Bands: Tiger Tanaka
While I loved playing in Pillowcase and The Mass, the most fun I’ve ever had musically was in my last band: Tiger Tanaka. As I mentioned in the previous post, Sam (the bass player in The Mass) and I were getting more and more into metalcore. Especially Haste The Day and August Burns Red are…
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4–6 minutes
My bands: The Mass
When my first band, Pillowcase, called it a day, I was quite upset about it. We weren’t going to “make it” in the music industry, but I had devoted a lot of time and passion to crafting songs. On the look for something new, I tried out with a few friends, but nothing really stuck.…
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4–6 minutes
My bands: Pillowcase
When I was 14 years old, my friends and I listened to punk rock. Everything we did was related to that. They bought a skateboard and got quite good — I eventually bought one too but utterly sucked at it. Next to skating, it was very clear that we would start a band of our…
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9–13 minutes
Albums that influenced me most
A while ago I was tagged in one of those Facebook threads to share the 10 albums that have influenced you the most. There’s a lockdown happening during a certain pandemic, so with nothing else on my hands, I spent some time thinking this through and I was able to narrow down the list to…
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2–3 minutes
Belgian bands growing up
When you listen to music, you get influenced by a lot of other musicians, but I doubt anyone has as much influence as your local bands. Especially in Belgium, where everything is only a short train ride away, I’ve looked up to several bands. I still listen to some of those musicians regularly. So which…
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4–5 minutes
Anti-Flag’s Underground Network: Choose Your Covers Wisely
Around Easter in my second year of high school, I bought a guitar. My two best friends already had their instruments: a bass and drums. So the guitar was the only instrument that we still needed; we were going to play punk rock after all. We played for a while as My Mistake, but for most of our…