I’m starting to like this one band, The Only Ones. Y’know, the punk band who wrote “Another Girl, Another Planet,” which my band covered (and what I think is my 2nd favorite song ever now)? Yeah. They’re not that well known, but some of their videos on YouTube have a substantial number of views (more than mine, at least). Peter Perrett’s voice is very unique; it’s kind of a thick British accent crossed with a snarl. I find some of my favorite singers, ex: Kurt Cobain, Paul Westerberg, Mark Arm (don’t know who he is? Here’s an example), have some pretty abrasive voices. I don’t know why, it just kind of works out like that. Anyway, some of their other great songs include “No Peace For The Wicked” (which has a pretty awesome guitar solo, especially THIS LIVE VERSION at OGWT, whatever that means.), “Lovers Of Today,” “City Of Fun” (which has got to be the lamest song title of all time, but it isn’t a bad song), and “Why Don’t You Kill Yourself” (which may seem like an answer to “I Hate Myself And I Want To Die,” but this one was written 10 years before the other the awesome Nirvana tune). It’s always fun to find little known bands that nobody’s ever heard of. It's usually kind of hard to find stuff about them (I couldn't find a single download of "No Peace For The Wicked" where you didn't have to sign up for the stupid site), but you get this weird or good or something kind of feeling when people say “Who?” like they’ve never heard of that group. Like you did after the first sentence of this post. Shut up, of course you didn’t know who The Only Ones were. Okay, you might have known who they were because of “Another Girl, Another Planet,” but you didn’t know ANY other songs by them. Admit it. And I bet you don’t know who Peter Perrett is either. Good night. And have fun studying for SAT Bio, if you’re into that sort of thing.
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