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FLYLEAF

Flyleaf is an American alternative rock band that formed in the Belton^[1] and Temple, Texasregions in 2000. They performed around the United States in 2003 until releasing their eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005. The band won an online poll on yahoo.com and was named Yahoo!'s Who's Next band of the month in March 2006 and they were named MTV's artist of the week on December 24, 2007.

.... What first made my listen to them was just the reason my best friend used to love them, so i downloaded some songs. And yes i fell in love with it. It’s just amazing, and i love Lacey voice, its so much power & energy mixed with the feelings and movements while playing.

Cd/dvd you should hear: The flyleaf live cd/dvd including acoustic versons of Fully Alive, Red Sam, Cassie, I’m So Sick & All Around Me.  There are also three musicvideos included on the dvd..

BAND HISTORY

·         Early on Lacey Mosley started playing music with James Culpepper. Guitarists Jared Hartmann and Sameer Bhattacharya were later recruited. "Sameer and Jared are really experimental with melodies and pedals, and we all had different influences that were all blending together with the same passionate and hopeful heart, and that brought out this beautiful feeling. It was magical," said Mosley.Bassist Pat Seals joined in 2000 after leaving his previous band The Grove.

CHRISTIAN FAITH.

·         All five members of the band are of the Christian faith. This faith influences their music, but lead singer Lacey Mosley doesn't necessarily believe that makes Flyleaf strictly a Christian band. "We all share the same faith. And so when we deal with the whole 'Christian band thing,' we kind of think about something P.O.D. says, like, 'If you're a Christian, it affects everything in your life. So if you're a plumber, does that make you a Christian plumber?' "

·         Mosley said. "I don't know the answer. We're a band, it's part of who we are, so it comes out in our music, and it's the fuel for what we do. And finding faith saved my life. So I'm not ashamed of it at all. And most of our album reflects that."

·         The band's music has received mainstream and Christian success. For example, the song I'm So Sick appears on Rock Band, a currently popular game involving guitar and drum controllers as well as a microphone. Perfect appears on Guitar Praise, a Christian video game using a guitar controller as seen in the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games.

BANDMEMBERS.

• Lacey Mosley – lead vocals
• Sameer Bhattacharya – guitar
• Jared Hartmann – guitar
• Pat Seals – bass
• James Culpepper – drummer

I will try to write at least one new journal every week about some new band/artist I’ve discovered or just a band I like very much at the moment. And then maybe even some songs I recommend you to hear.  So I’m just gonna start with this week. Week 39 I guess.  And this weeks band is AVENGED SEVENFOLD!

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE BAND.

·         Avenged Sevenfold (A7X) is an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California. They have achieved mainstream success with the 2005 album City of Evil, which spawned singles such as "Bat Country", "Beast and the Harlot" and "Seize the Day". The band's success followed with their self-titled album, Avenged Sevenfold with singles such as "Almost Easy", "Afterlife", "Dear God" and most recently "Scream".

·         Record you must hear: Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the rough!!

It’s just simply fantastic, I love it. It’s pretty new, it got out September 16^th I think. Live in the LBC is from a live concert (taste of chaos) filmed april 20^th this year. It’s also small clips from 10/15 minutes before going on stage on about 30 concerts, which might also be very fun [including A7X in the Jacuzzi, Syn&Zacky on cam feeling a little bit weird, M Shadows In the shower and so much more] When talking about Diamonds in the rough, it contains many new songs but also Almost Easy, Afterlife [alternate version], and a cover of Pantera’s walk. Absolutely recommended, I would’ve given it 5 out of 6.

·         “The Deathbat” The band sports a logo known as the "Deathbat". It was originally designed by an artistic high school friend of Avenged Sevenfold, Micah Montague, as seen on the bands first DVD, All Excess, though Cameron Rackam has done many more pieces for the bands albums. the Deathbat has appeared on all of the band's album covers (save the cover of their first full-length, "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet", on which the logo was shown on the CD itself, not the cover of the album), as well as the covers of a number of singles such as "Bat Country" and "Critical Acclaim."

Genre

·         Avenged Sevenfold's material ranges across many genres, often leaving the concept of genres altogether (especially in their most recent album). For example, Avenged Sevenfold's debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet consisted almost entirely of a metalcore or post-hardcore sound, however consisted of several deviations to these genres, most notably in "Streets" which adopts a punk style, and "Warmness on the Soul", which consists of mainly piano, and could be considered soft rock. Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album, again, consists of several deviations to less consistent genres and styles from the album's main hard rock and heavy metal songs, most notably in "Dear God", which adopts a country style, and "A Little Piece of Heaven", which includes elements of Broadway show tunes, using primarily brass instruments and stringed orchestra to take over most of the role of the lead and rhythm guitar. The band has, changed considerably since its first album, which was characterized as very heavy, to being more of a hard rock type band.

·         They are highly credited for bringing the traditional hard rock/heavy metal sound (that bands like Guns N' Roses and Metallica created) back to the public eye.

MEMBERS AT THIS MOMENT.

• M. Shadows - lead vocals (1999–present) [Matthew Charles Sanders, July 31, 1981]
• Synyster Gates - lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2000–present) [Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. , July 7, 1981]
• Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar, piano, backing vocals (1999–present) [Zachary James Baker, December 11, 1981]
• Johnny Christ - bass (2002 - present) [Jonathan Lewis Seward, November 18, 1984]
• The Reverend Tholomew Plague (the Rev)- drums, percussion, backing vocals (1999–present) [James 'Jimmy' Owen Sullivan, February 10, 1981]

Just a quote by Miki, while he was changing xD, haha.. And btw it was me (bookshelf ) and Maria (mthows1) that was hiding :D (A)

"Why are someone hiding under my bed and in my bookshelf while I'm changing? Pervs!" - Miki <3

awww. I'm gonna miss that conversation :) it was lots of fun :D <3

Eye color: Deep blue? :)

Hair color: Blond (dark blond)

Height: about 5"4.  165 cm

Right or left handed: Right

Nicknames: i used to have a few, but not anymore? i suppose

Favorite food: no idea.. salmon/taco. have no clue.

Number of piercings: two -____- in my ears. hopefully my parents will let me get snakebites :D

Any tattoos: No.

Favorite clothing brand: H&M (Divided)

Favorite scent:  no idea :O

Favorite book:  no clue.. loved the biography "something incredible this way goes"

The best film of all time is: dunno. [nightmare before christmas & corpse bride is genious though :D]

Favorite music genre: rock and that kinda stuff ^^

The greatest band/musician in the world (or in the next) is: My Chemical Romance

Favourite drink: water

Favourite season:  no clue.

Tea or coffee: none!

Silver or gold: Silver

Weaknesses: probably alot, dunno?

Strengths:  Idk

Fears: i don't know :O :O :O

Pet peeves: Don't know

When I'm sad or down, I:  will be in my bedroom, probably close or lock the door. and then LOUD music :D :D

Do you sing: yes, but not in public XD lol. just alone in my room. with loud music, so no one hears me. IM TONEDEAF

If you could have our dream career, what would it be?: Photographer, sound woman ^^, graphic designer.

What makes you happy: Music, my REAL friends (Estaschia, Kristine, Rachel, Maria, Catharina and more)

First thought when you wake up:  WANNA SLEEP.

Do you get motion sickness: no?

Do you like thunderstorms: yes. FUN :D

Dream vacation: no clue at all.   but here are some:   USA, England, Hawaii, China, Japan, Spain, Singapore. Australia. I really can't choose.

Do you have a crush on anyone: don't think so, at least none that live here. -____-

I'm addicted to...: MUSIC

What's your phones ringtone: The Ghost Of You.

What can't you live without: my Buzznet friends :D <33, MUSIC, my camera. and more.

NEVER JUDGE

I look at you
scanning you from top to toe.
You don't have pretty eyes,
and your nose is too big.

You're a little fat,
and i have a problem with
finding anything positive
about you.

And just when i'm looking
you also have a very bad taste
of clothes and fasion.
But i guess you don't care.

You never care.
Not about your friends,
and especially not about your family.
What's wrong with you?

Is there any sense in your head?
Are you always this stupid?
Why do you always have to judge people,
when you don't even know them.

It's just not fair.

Just try to be like me,
I never judge others.
To me people can wear whatever they want,
and listen to what they want.

Why do you care?
Just stop judging.

You're so stupid.

© Demolition // Linda

Opening Credits:

Early Sunsets Over Monroeville.

First Day Of School:

The Nightmare Before Christmas - This Is Halloween.

Falling In Love:

Panic! At The Disco - Build God, Then We'll Talk.

Fight Song:

American Head Charge - Just So You Know.

Breaking Up:

Billy Talent - This Suffering.

Prom:

Jack's Mannequin - La La Lie.

Life's Ok:

Motion City Soundtrack - Feel Like Rain.

Mental Breakdown:

My Chemical Romance - Helena.

Driving:

Kill Hannah - Unwanted.

Flashback:

Green Day - Time Of Your Life.

Getting Back Together:

My Chemical Romance - Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us.

Birth Of A Child:

Every Time I Die - Kill The Music.

Wedding:

Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven.

Final Battle:

Billy Talent - Pins & Needles.

Death Scene:

Skillet - Say Goodbye.

Funeral Song:

My Chemical Romance - Mama.