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Thursday, April 15, 2021

Skyline Drive (the) - Get It Together

Name: The Skyline Drive
Album: Get It Together
Year: 2003
Style: Emo Pop-Punk
Similar Bands: Jimmy Eat World, The Fray, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, blink-182, 
"One-Word" Review: derivative spikey-haired, shiny shirt, chain dangling pop-punk
Based Out Of: Reading, PA
Label: Kadns, DRP Records
Cover & Tray Photo
Liner Notes, Back & CD
Get It Together (2003)
  1. Now 2:47
  2. This Is 3:07
  3. Beautiful Disaster 3:21
  4. Coming Around Again 3:34
  5. Gimme Something 2:36
  6. Alrite, Tonite 3:57
  7. Delusions of Brando 3:11
  8. Cool 3:59
  9. Prittykill 2:56
  10. A Day in the Death of...5:13
Album Rating (1-10): 8.0

Members & Other Bands:
  • Jared Piccone - Drums (Thirteen Over Eight. Innerpartysystem, Since the Fall, Black Caviar)
  • Justin Judd Brunda - Bass, Vox (Dysphoria)
  • Hans Schloesser - Guitar (Mushmouth, Out To Win)
  • Dave Lord - Vox, Guitar, Mixing (Tidewater Gain)
  • Eric - Drums
  • Mike Radka - Recording
  • Tom Volpicelli - Mastering
  • Jim Altieri - Artwork
  • Dave Causa - Tray Photo
  • Steve Lord - Group Photo 
Unknown-ness: never heard of this band, but i'm guessing they're from Central PA  and play a specific brand of Emo Pop-Punk.

Album Review: The content of the album sounds like basic pop-punk, with a few powerpop harmonies and some dual harmonic melody/ emo scream vocalists on a couple tracks. The main vocals are never really aggressive, but they are driving, as is the music: mostly three-chord fuzzed out progression. The song Prittykill sounds like Blink-182 covering Nirvana. This band made efficient, easy to swallow, catchy songs.

Not much out there about them, save the stereokiller site that explains how the members came from different bands to form The Skyline Drive. Unusually difficult to look up, it seems there are multiple bands with the same name or slight variations. But a defunct Myspace page at least offers Reading PA as their hometown. I assume they got local opening slots for bands like Jimmy Eat World, Lit, blink-182 or any one of those carbon copy bands.

Stand Out Track: Prittykill

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