Gaslight band8/17/2023 Return of the jams: LonCon announced for the Catskills this summer Levine, who lives in Asbury Park, gives credit for the optimistic energies found in Forgivers' music to Winokur, who he described as a "super-positive guy" as well as a "great lyricist, great singer." Perhaps not coincidentally, Forgivers formed in early 2020, shortly before the outbreak of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Joined by singer/guitarist Jed Winokur of the Ratchets and drummer Trevor Reddell of Let Me Run, who'd played with Rosamilia in the doom metal combo Dead Swords, Forgivers' repertoire began with a trio of covers: "Ceremony" by Joy Division, "Push" by the Cure and "Train in Vain" by the Clash.įorgivers makes a big impression on the lush "Some Future," presenting a New Jersey interpretation of the bleak but decidedly romantic late-'70s and early-'80s British sound born from an environment of economic ruin and social unrest. Fifteen years, that was as close as we got to paying homage to those kinds of bands.” "So that’s kind of where the initial spark for this band started from, just the idea that the two of us have been playing together for a really long time and we’ve never really gotten to both kind of (show those influences), ‘Old White Lincoln’ (from 'The '59 Sound') is what we got out of it. And so we started talking, kind of around then, ‘Why don’t we try to work on a band that really focuses on those kinds of influences?’ “It turned into like a goth dance party, unintentionally," Rosamilia said. "Like, we didn’t mean for it to go that way, it just went that way with an hour of hip-hop in there somewhere. View Gallery: Gaslight Anthem rocks the Stone Pony Summer Stage When the Gaslight Anthem reunited for a run of 2018 shows to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the band's breakthrough LP "The '59 Sound," Rosamilia and Levine played DJ for the after-parties following the dates at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park. Local noise: Dentist creates the Jersey Shore's ultimate pandemic playlist There were other influences at play that create the sound that is the Gaslight Anthem.” Sometimes it worked great, but a lot of time it sounds like I said, like you’re forcing it. "But as far as the sound of Gaslight Anthem, I shoved that square Cure into every round peg I could. They also happen to be a lot of the bands that Levine really likes, so we’ve talked about it a bunch. bands like the Smiths, Joy Division, things like that," said Rosamilia, who lives in Jersey City. "Basically anything Stephen Street engineered or produced, stuff like that. “It’s not really a surprise (about) some of my influences, what they are, things like the Cure, a lot of early-’80s U.K.
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