Blink-182

So even though Mark is 40, Tom is 36 and as is Travis, they still manage to take some pretty decent photos. Do they age emotionally? When they're together, i'm just not sure.......:)
Here's a couple of my favourites from my other blog

I remember back in 1999 when Enema Of The State was released, and my aunty bought it for me for an early christmas present, because she'd also bought me Dude Ranch for my birthday that year (in January). I fell in love with the band, they were just so different to everything else everyone was listening to. Everyone looked at me like guitars were the worst sounding things in the world! And my parents told me that they had bad attitudes and I shouldn't listen to them
Little would they know i'd become obsessed and not stop listening to them for the next 13 years ;) Their Disography has just gotten better through the years. My favourite Albums are Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, and the self titled, Blink-182. 

Here's my favourite song,

Anberlin

One band that I've loved for a long time is Anberlin. These guys are your classic Alternative Rock group - ranging from your rough, loud athem tracks all the way back to those soft, meaningful pieces.

I love the way that Anberlin can vary their sound like that. It gives their music a real genuiness because it shows that their music style reflects the content matter of the song. Their lyrics are another strong point... One track, The Unwinding Cable Car, is the story of a man who has been through his life and considers all the times he'd like to go back and relive - or do differently. The song ends up being an encouraging message - with the feel of a caring grandparent giving advice to a grand child.

The overarching message of Anberlin is a positive one, a welcome change in todays' egotistical music scene. The band has its roots in Christian music, as all the memebers express a Christian faith, however they insist that their music is for everyone.

They'll be visiting Australia this year for The Big Exo Day in september. Which I'm pretty darn excited about!

Angels & Airwaves

So if you read my post before about Tom Delonge, you'd know that his band Angels & Airwaves also means a lot to me and makes up a huge chunk of my music plays. I can be sitting at home eating cereal but as soon as AVA starts to play I can close my eyes and feel like i'm Lance Armstrong winning the Tour De France. An awesomely random example i know hahha


To me, Angels & Airwaves is one of the most incredible bands out there today. The amount of passion the band has for their music, along with their fans and their overall space theme makes them completely different to anything i've ever experienced. Under the direction of Tom they have produced four albums, We Dont Need To Whisper (2006), I-Empire (2007), Love Part I (2010) and Love Part II (2011). Every time I listen to any of these albums, but in particular Love Part II, I don't even feel like i'm human. I feel like i'm floating through space, on top of a mountain, and just that no matter what i'm dealing with, i'm not alone.


When I first heard the song Saturday Love, after months of waiting for the album Love Part II, I just sat there with my eyes closed while it took me away. Give it a listen, and just let it flow through you. 

“We’re not played on the radio.. We’re not played on TV.. You found us.. And we found you.”

—	Tom DeLonge

I saw Angels & Airwaves live on the 29th of February 2012, and it was the best night of my life. I was standing a meter from my idol, and he played every single one of my favourite songs. It might sound weird but I cried a few times throughout that night. It was a mixture of happiness, excitement and just pure raw emotions that I can't even label. The crowd was deadly, by the end of the night none of us knew who we were squashed up against, but none of us cared. And even though none of us knew each other, we knew who we were there for and for the first time, everything made sense in that moment of time.


Have you heard of the website Setlist.fm? It's absolutely amazing, it practically gives you the stat's about a bands setlists at different concerts. 
This was what AVA played at the UNSW Roundhouse when I was there :)
And here are the photos that were taken by Sludgefactory :)

I'm just going to stop typing about Angels & Airwaves now, I can't explain how much they mean to me and that's okay :) That's the great thing about music, you don't have to explain.


xxx

Hello, Wahab here !

Hello, everyone ! welcome to nomorethanmusic blog. My name is Wahab Lukman and i'm one of the members that also runs this blogspot.

I mostly listen to punk rock and pop rock music but actually, when it comes to music any genres would be fine for me (except R&B haha). My favorite genre is punk rock but recently i got bored listening to one genre over and over again so i change my playlists to indie songs. Here is my favorite indie song of all time :

Pretty good, eh ? Oh, anyway here is a screenshot of my top artists from my last.fm :

Okay, that's all from me. Last but not least CLICK HERE to go to my last fm account, and feel free to add me :D

Tom Delonge

Okay, now i've introduced myself, I think that I need to introduce one of the biggest parts of me musically :)

This is Tom Delonge, and he's my idol. 
Tom has famously been a member of Blink-182 from 1992-2005 and then reunited with other band members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker during 2009 after their well publicised hiatus. A lot of blame and people were hurt by the break up, including not only the band members but the fans who had been with them since the start. But no one knows the complete story, so I really think unless you're Tom, Mark or Travis, you can't sit here pointing fingers at what happened..


During the hiatus, Tom formed two side projects, Box Car Racer with Travis Barker and Angels & Airwaves. You can track his maturation, his feelings and everything he went through while you listen to his music, and that's one of the things i love about him. When I listen to Box Car Racer I can hear all the pain, frustration and how misunderstood he felt in the final year or so of his membership to Blink-182

He's my idol because he represents everything that I love about life. He believes that we're not the only ones out there in the universe, that themes like Love extend beyond just being a human emotion, but a facet of life itself.


I've never met him, but when I do, I just want the opportunity to say thank you.


xxx

Hi, I'm Brendan!

Hi Everyone!
My name's Brendan and welcome to our blog all about music! This blog is run by myself, Tamika and Wahab from Macquarie University. Over the next few days we'll be introducing ourselves and the types of music we're into!

I really like most music but my favourite (right now) is indie rock. I also love plain old rock, soft rock, classic piano ballads, punk, emo and i dabble in a bit of hardcore and even enjoy a touch of rap. Hec! Even some dub-step can be alright! When it comes down to it though, the songs I like most though combine music and lyrics in a way that is meaningful and beautiful. These are the best songs.

Here's a taste of my tastes from last.fm :)

Mae, Anberlin, Relient K, The Getaway Plan, Paramore, The Classic Crime, Snow Patrol, The Fray, Switchfoot, Tokyo Police Club, Underoath, Hillsong UNITED, Death Cab for Cutie, Number One Gun, Terminal, New Empire, Madina Lake, The Killers, The Temper Trap, Barcelona, Emery, The Wombats, John Mayer, Yellowcard, P.O.D., Jeremy Messersmith, Playjerise, Planet of the Stereos, The Spill Canvas, The Afters, Sanctus Real, Two Door Cinema Club, blink-182, Daphne Loves Derby, Mumford & Sons, Hillsong, Kutless, Armor For Sleep, Saosin, Growing Feathers, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, System of a Down, Jack's Mannequin, Alive In Wild Paint, Phoenix, Lostprophets, Coldplay, Angelas Dish, Jimmy Eat World, Ivoryline. 

Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/scollop_is_nice

So sorry i'm late to say hi, but here I am!

Helloo! I'm Tamika. Or Mika. Like the singer, but not really. I don't think my voice goes nearly as high as his does..

I've started this blog with Wahab and Brendan about one of the only things that I love, and will always love, music :)

This is an intro, so maybe i'll introduce what I like listening to, and then later on post about why it means so much to me

The thing I love is that there is a genre, artist, band or even project in music for every single mood you're in. At the moment my music plays revolve around Angels & Airwaves, Blink-182, The Devin Townsend Project, Skrillex, Bring Me The Horizon and Escape The Fate.

Diverse, huh?

Like I said, that's what I love about it. It varies for a lot of people, but I think when i'm searching for new artists, the thing that gets me first is the vocals. If you don't get an instant connection with the vocalist, you're going to find it hard to really feel what the band is trying to show you. And I do mean feel, not just listen, or see film clips. The beautiful thing about this is that music can be a part of you, and no one really understands what it means to you,

but that's okay.

xxx

First Post!!!

Hello! Welcome to No More than Music!

We're three cool and hip music lovers who want to share with you our music tastes!


Over the next few days, our blog will be coming together. Soon, you'll see some posts from each of us introducing ourselves and our tastes (and last.fm profiles) so you can get to know us and what we like. Then in the coming weeks we'll be posting about bands, gigs and songs that we thing are interesting, ground breaking or just simply great! As we do this you'll see that up the top we'll have links to different types of posts that will help you find what you're looking for.


Here's what we're hoping the site will looking like...





Anyway, thanks a bundle for stopping by! Feel free to share a post you like or get involved in the discussion section :)