The great thing about music is that it is a universal language, it is a great way for humans to express feelings and tell stories that can reach and touch millions. As the famous saying goes: ‘Music, the great communicator‘ (I assumed that phrase had a rich background and was […] The post Misunderstood Songs – Sad Songs People Think are happy appeared first on Music Festival Explorer ..read more

It’s nearing the end of December, and that means it’s Auld Lang Syne’s time to shine! Auld Lang Syne: the weird, old song that people love to drunkenly sing the first verse of whole holding hands criss-crossed with people at parties, before realising they don’t know the rest of the […] The post What does Auld Lang Syne mean? appeared first on Music Festival Explorer ..read more

I finally got to see the Murderdolls perform! Well, okay it was one half of the band, Wednesday 13, performing Murderdolls songs, but that is now as close as I’ll ever get. So first let’s discuss some backstory. The Murderdolls was a horror punk band comprised of Wednesday 13 and […] The post Murderdolls – Wednesday 13 gig review appeared first on Music Festival Explorer ..read more

On October 6th, 2024, NOFX played their final show. They hung up their equipment and moved on into retirement. Even though some of the members are in other bands, and lets face it, I don’t think that any of them will stop doing music entirely, it’s just that that stuff […] The post Ranking every NOFX Studio Album appeared first on Music Festival Explorer ..read more

Music festivals are great, and I feel that’s because they are basically anarchy. Thousands of people turn up and live essentially in a commune for a week or so and, by and large, it all goes well and everyone get on great, even if they have very different styles and […] The post How can Music Festivals be Greener? appeared first on Music Festival Explorer ..read more

Punk musicians have a bit of a stereotype: the slacker, the alcoholic or the drug-addict, the guy who’s more interested in getting laid than in sophisticated pursuits. That’s why it can be a bit of a shock to find out that some of those musicians are actually highly educated and […] The post Punk Musicians with Degrees appeared first on Music Festival Explorer ..read more

Choosing a band name is a big deal, and changing it later on is an even bigger deal. So a lot of bands will choose a name that has a specific meaning to them. Perhaps it’s a reference to another band, like The Beatles, or literally a lyric from another […] The post 5 Bands with secretly rude names appeared first on Music Festival Explorer ..read more

There are some things that happened in every secondary school in the early 2000s. First off, we all drew that weird S. Something that apparently has been a thing for decades (and is apparently known as a ‘Stussy’…) Secondly, we all thought that Marilyn Manson had his lower ribs removed so that he could bend over further and… well, give himself a good time… This rumour has been bandied about for probably two decades or more, but is there any truth to it? How did it spread quite so far? And can you actually do that? Most articles online just seem to say: ‘This was a rumour we all told at school ..read more

The 900 are a cover band. So, what bands music do they cover? Well, they don’t cover one band; they instead do covers to songs from the soundtrack to the Tony hawk pro Skater games. The Tony Hawk games are well-known for having absolutely amazing soundtracks since the very first instalment back in 1999. Plenty has been written over the years about just how important and impactful these soundtracks were. Tens of thousands of kids grew up and the THPS games and their soundtracks influenced the music tastes of those kids forever I was one of those kids, and so when I saw that the 900 were playin ..read more

This is a pretty simple question with a weirdly complicated answer. And I will say now that the song you probably think is officially the shortest song ever… well, I don’t think it actually is. Shortest ever charting song Before we get on to the actual shortest song, let’s begin with the contest for the shortest song to ever chart in the UK. The Unites States of Whatever In 2002 the award went to Liam Lynch and his song ‘The United States of Whatever’. This is a spoken-word song about a teenage edgelord telling people he doesn’t care about them, and always just responds to anything they say wi ..read more