Where Did You Go Melissa?

    There has been quite a gap of absence since my last post, which I do apologize for but past all that I thought I'd justify my lack of presence the past few weeks. Now like others who are in sixth form/college that write blogs you'll know everyone is getting back their assignments to touch up and polish before being sent away. Doing English Language and English Literature as two of my A-Levels both are heavily essay based so concentrating on 5/6 page essays for both of these and writing a worthy blog post is quite the challenge. Another reason that has played quite heavily into my absence is that I'm moving house on Valentines Day, searching stores galore for new home-ware during the weekends and emptying the house I'm currently living in has been rather tiresome and has taken up my free-time.  I managed to take a panorama shot of my bedroom (which is below) as I thought it'd be something of interest. The room is pretty drab at the moment but I hope to jazz it up a.s.a.p with some unique pieces.

    Finally another aspect behind my absence was I took a trip to London a couple of days ago to go watch an acoustic set from my favourite band All Time Low. Living in Manchester it took me roughly 4 hours to get down to Kingston (not including stopping for food). It was a wonderful trip and experience as I also got to meet the band again, I took a few photo's from that as well which are below. I will be writing blog posts all day today so I have at least 3 more up this week to make up for lost time. I hope to be doing outfit posts too due to now owning a tripod. Hope your all well.

'The Reckless And The Brave'

    A few hours ago all the member of the pop-punk band 'All Time Low' excluding Zack Merrick posting a link on their twitter accounts. To fans shock and utter happiness it revealed art work, could this be for a new album or a new single or totally irrelevant. The internet has gone into meltdown from all the fans asking each other whether they know what is going on.   

    Some have figured out when trying to save the picture that it is indeed the artwork to something upcoming, if you scroll down the page there is also a countdown, leading down to 3 days. This is assumed as when whatever this is will be released. Fans are wishing for different things, new single, album or even a new tour. Whatever it is I can guarantee it will be worth the wait!!

    Website Link - http://www.alltimelow.com/
   
    Fagan x

Skunk Hair

    

    The guitarist of All Time Low has gone back in time to 2007/08 and has returned to his well known 'skunk hair'. When the band first started out Jack would be nicknamed for the blonde in his hair, the band this year are returning to Warped Tour and as this was when Jack had his skunk hair, he felt it was only appropriate to bring it back. 

    All Time Low fans everywhere have been going crazy with excitement over his new transformation, hoping that Jack keeps this look for  long time or whether it is just during the Warped tour period. There is a picture on the side showing the new hairstyle the bass player has taken up. 


    Warped Tour has been a music festival that has gone through all the states in America, however this year from high demand Warped Tour will be coming to the UK. In the month of October, Warped Tour will be playing over the weekend in London. Bands haven't been confirmed yet, but I can guarantee it will be just as good as what they get in America. 


Twitter Account - @JackAllTimeLow
All Time Low Twitter Account - @AllTimeLow
Warped Tour Website - http://vanswarpedtour.com/


    Fagan x

Kiss Me Again - We Are The In Crowd ft. Alex Gaskarth

    So a band quite close to my heart released the music video to their most recent single called 'Kiss Me Again' featuring the lead locals from All Time low, Alex Gaskarth. The video begins around a campfire on the beach, it follows lead vocals Tay Jardine and Alex Gaskarth through their undiscovered love along with members of We Are The In Crowd with extras.
    The video is well planned out, leaving you in suspense throughout whether Tay and Alex will kiss and get together or just ignore it, along with scenes of them both singing this video has lived up to its recent hype. To watch the video you can access MTV or click the link here. Here's some screen shots while you wait for the video to load.

Tay Jardine and Alex Gaskarth

Mike Ferri and Alex Gaskarth

Tay Jardine Twitter - @TayJardine
Mike Ferri Twitter - @mikeferri
Jordan Eckes Twitter - @jordaneckes
Cameron Hurley Twitter - @cameronhurley
Rob Chianelli Twitter - @RobChianelli

    Fagan x

Boston Breast Cancer Walk

    As a beloved fan of All Time Low I felt this was appropriate to mention and hopefully will increase the awareness that is being brought forward. One of the boys crew - Jeff Maker is doing a sponsored walk in Boston on May 19th - 20th, with it being his 5th year helping in association with Avon to cure breast cancer if would be wonderful if you could help donate some money.

Jeff Maker

    Over the past 5 years Jeff has raised alot of money towards the foundation, and this year he is raising the stakes to hopefully raise $4,000. There is information on his webpage regarding the walk and how you can donate money. This is a wonderful thing to take part in and I wish Jeff all the luck for the day. If you're interested you can view his sponsor page here.

    Fagan x

Suspicious Reading & Leeds Festival Line-up

So the past 3 nights I've been hearing rumors on twitter and tumblr regarding the Reading & Leeds line-up for 2012. I got sent a link from a twitter follower to leedsfest.org which have not clarified this poster but have agreed amongst the public that it is very realistic.
    Personally this would be a pleasure for myself if its the real line up, but I do slightly hope there's some alterations for the simple reason that I was planning on buying a day ticket, to see All Time Low however Kasabian is on a separate day to them but it is a decent line-up.

    So what do you all think, is it real? Or are they just teasing us all, who knows.


Fagan x

Six years of All Time Low

Left to right - Jack Barakat, Alex Gaskarth, Rian Dawson, Zack Merrick

14th February, 2012 marked the six year anniversary of the 'pop-punk' Baltimore band All Time Low, with four albums under their sleeves they have left a remarkable imprint on their worldwide fan base.

    Their latest album 'Dirty Work' which was released on the 7th June 2011 (UK) had caused much controversy through out the fan base and their critics, suggesting that the band had 'sold out' to gain a higher popularity rating across the board. The idea of selling out was also linked to their new label - Interscope Records (signed 15th July 2009) which also deal with artists and bands such as U2, Black Eyed Peas and 50 Cent who are known globally for their hit singles and continued success in the music industry. 

All Time Low - Dirty Work Cover Art

    With the majority of their fan base, also known as 'hustlers' sticking by the band it was established that their music was simply developing and growing up. All time low were able to reach 1st position on the 'US Billboard Alternative Albums' and 'US Billboard Rock Albums' making similar success in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Japan.
    Continuing to this was the release of the bands first single 'I Feel Like Dancing' (15th April 2011) an upbeat song that when performed live would cause the crowd to go crazy. The video behind this song was essentially laughing at the rumors of selling out showing a pushy music producer using stereo typical trick of the trade to win their popularity. You can watch the video for 'I Feel Like Dancing' here.
    A few months after this followed another single release, this time 'Forget About it' with scenes from their previous US tour including scenes of the boys performing on stage and what they get up to on days off. This was released on the 15th August 2011 the video can be seen here.
    Two more videos were released after this entitled 'Time Bomb' and 'Merry Christmas Kiss My Ass'. 'Time Bomb' was seen as a more serious music video for the band, with scenes involving gun men and chase scenes, this was considered their most 'sensible' video yet which can be watched here. To give their fans a little boost and higher the excitement levels for the coming Christmas holidays, 'Merry Christmas Kiss My Ass' was a different approach to a normal music video. With the boys being not visually involved in the video a main character called 'Stuart' who is oddly a puppet has been said to represent the boys and how they behave. Joined by his office force, the video is set in a basic office carrying out a low budget Christmas works do, without giving the whole video away you can check it out here.

    After performing their latest album on their UK tour (supported by We Are The In Crowd and The Maine) which happened this year from 12th January 2012 starting in Belfast and ending in London on the 4th February 2012, the boys have now returned back to the states for a break and then hit the road again in Canada for their next tour.   
    I wish them all luck and massive success for the future so they can become the big band they've dreamed about since they were teenagers. 
Thanks for reading,

   Fagan x