Underground tribal retro fusion punk techno christian blues
Underground Tribal Retro Fusion Punk Techno Christian Blues
History
The UTRFPTCB scene is an Australian music scene that first came about in the spring time of 2003 with bands such as: The Doubie Brother Machine Makers, The Anti - Cooperation Unit and No Direction and early Operater Please. The scene first became mainstream in early 2004 and had almost doubled in popularity before its fall. These days the scene has dwindled a fair bit but is expected to make a return to popular culture.
Music Underground tribal retro fusion punk techno christian blues can be described as a mixture of tribal music with retro 50's style rock, also having punk undertones. The music mostly promotes christian beliefs and shares common lyrical characteristics with christian rock. The music also fuses blues and techno into a hybrid form of music. The music mostly is made using the blues scales and having a loud techno -esque drum loop playing in the background. other characterisitcs about the music are that it is played quite fast, and solos are usualy built upon spanish modes and arabic scales
UFRFPTCB Artists
- No Direction - The Doubie brother machine makers - The Anti - cooperation unit - Operator please (early) - the jarrod graham experience (defunct) - 3yc (sellouts) - phycadelicas - the popes - the brat punks - Operater Please
Mainstream success in early 2004 many record companies started showing interest in the UFRFPTCB scene, and a heated battle was on to secure these artists. Many bands chose to stick the independant labels while others such as No Direction chose to go to major labels. This has sparked contreversy from the fans claiming that these bands where selling jesus short, however No Direction chose to go back to an indie label after lead singer Tom Hellier caused trouble in an interview with 60 minutes. the scene has died down a bit since late 2004 but is expected to return to the mainstream music scene very soon.
One of the great UTRFPTCB frontmen, Alan Sims was once quoted saying ".....this music genre has given me a purpose , without it i dont know where i would be or what i would be doing. Alan is the bass player for both 'No direction' and 'The Jarrod Graham' Experience. He is also close friends with the pioneer of UTRFPTCB, Ashley Madden.
Decline and death of maunstream success The genre reached a stand still in mid 2006 after Tom Hellier released his first solo album "Roses and Opium" and released a press statement saying "No Derection are just a band out there for money were not Christian were really Islamic extremists using the money to fund the The Nation of Islam".
Other forms of UFRFPTCB The benny rust buckets are responsibile for creating a new form of the genre, by mixing genres such as funk, reggae, jazz, metal, death metal, gothic rock, stoner rock, space rock, opera, classical, zouk, dub, ska, calypso, folk, ambient, dark ambient, industrial, techno, crunk, west coast rap, gangster rap, pop, black metal, egyptian, arabic, celtic, phycobilly, reggabilly, gothabilly, countrabilly, cow-punk, rockabilly, hillbilly, surf rock, death-rock, classic rock, indian, classical japanese, grindcore, gorecore, progrock, math-rock, jock-rock, horrorcore, hardcore, industrialised techno, country rap, political rap, rock steady, anarcho-punk, crust punk, sludge punk, crust core, grunge, post grunge, alternative rock, alternative metal, phycadelic rock, acid house, free jazz, techno jazz, mushroom house, lounge, elevator music, east coast rap, eskimo music, jungle beats, tribal core, trip-hop, hip hop, ambient hop, pop hop, pop rap, emo, skate punk, meloramatic pop, korean pop, art rock, blues rock, techno rock, dance hall, expermient core, post metal, nu metal, ska-core, skunk, crust metal, doom punk, horrorrap, core core, grind thrash, thrash metal, new wave, two tone, second wave punk, oi, carousel music, bubblegum punk, art core.
Controversy Many bands of the scene have been sorounded with controversy since the genres invention. One such band is No Direction who are notourious for releasing the album "No erection". In an interview with 60 minutes Tom hellier commented on this album saying "that it was a fucking masterpeice", and that it deserved to get an award. No direction has also faced controversy for Tom helliers repeated use of the word "f***". the genre has recieved harsh reviews from critcs for its common lyrical themes relating to jesus, god, religion, faith, anti homoseuxalitiy, and bigotry these however where counter attacked by tom hellier when he chose to tell them to "f*** off".
Fashion The scene relies heavily on fashion and stage props. The scenes image is characterised by emo style haricuts, with tribal tatoos, 50's style christian shirts, japanese belts, long pants, gothic stlye/juggalo makeup and other insignia. The shows usually use ellaborate stage props such as expensive lighting, glitter effects and computerised backgrounds and some bands such as No Derection have appeard on stage fully naked which has caused lots of controversy due to the fact most of there shows consisted of teenagers AND adolescents.