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Rekless Youth performs at the third annual Battle of the Bands. May 1, 2010 SPCC Battle of the Bands Draws Hundreds to Polkton Campus Polkton-- When the eight hours of musical competition ended, Rekless Youth of Wingate emerged the first-place winner and took home $500 in the May 1 South Piedmont Community College Battle of the Bands. The Miricals of Monroe took second place and a $300 prize and Fire for Effect of Wadesboro won third place and $200. Shane Tracy of Waxhaw earned $100 as the winner in the individual performer category.
Band winners in this year’s Battle had to compete twice, once in preliminaries and again in the playoffs featuring six bands. In addition to the Battle winners, Cabin Creek, the Potrizoy Band and Pull of Gravity played a second round.
Other competitors included Just Monroe, James Talbot Trio, Gina Clarke, CTP, Perfect Rescue, Second Mile, Destination, Kross Fire, Marlin Cummings, and Underground Owls.
Judges for the event were Charlotte radio personalities Unkle Jonathan White, Mary London, both of FryedRock.com, and Jack Anthony, also known as Jack at Nite. Performers were rated on musicianship, visual presentation, originality, audience response, professionalism and overall entertainment value.
In the 2008 SPCC Battle of the Bands, Rekless Youth took third place and the Miricals took second place. Fire for Effect and Rekless Youth performed in the 2009 Battle, but neither took home a prize last year. Shane Tracy was a newcomer to the Battle.
The third annual Battle of the Bands, sponsored by the SPCC Student Government Association, drew an audience of more than 600 to the Helen Goodman Amphitheater on the L.L. Polk Campus. The Saturday event was held in conjunction with the traditional Spring Fling and included free carnival rides, t-shirts and food. |
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Dec 05, 2009
Love em or Hate em, they don't care.. Rekless Youth come out of the gates swinging on their new cd titled “Love Me Hate Me”. The title track seems to take direct aim at their critics with lyrics like “Love Me Hate Me see if I care/ You can’t change me, I’m already there!”. The theme continues in the next song although I’m not crazy about the verses style of delivery. It comes a little too close to Blondie’s rap in “Rapture”. Themes of love and personal freedom continue throughout this cd and the guys manage to deliver 6 songs in just over 20 minutes. I really like “Love Me Hate Me”, it’s catchy, jangly and fresh but while not bad, I don’t think the rest of the cd ever measures up to the opening track. Don’t get me wrong, all the songs production and playing wise are tight and I won’t take anything away from their talent but the opening track is such a killer, catchy song that the rest of the cd never catches up. On and record called “Love Me Hate Me” I don’t think it will do much to sway you either way. If you already love Rekless Youth it definitely won’t turn you off but if you hate them, it’s not gonna necessarily win you over either, except for the title track which my be pop punk gold straight outta Charlotte! |
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Rekless Youth: Ah, those flighty high school days. It's the age of endless possibilities. It's the age of awkward romances and trends that change daily. It's when freckle-faced youngsters start bands after getting their hands on electric guitars and drum kits. It's the timeless ritual of boys dreaming of becoming guitar gods, music lessons be damned. All that's needed are amps and plenty of attitude to play quintessential three-chord punk rock. Scads of feisty musical innocence can't hurt, either. The Charlotte-area punk trio Rekless Youth is one such set of blokes. The boys formed the band in September 2006 and won their high school talent show in November 2006. They have since hit the studio and recorded the short and sweet EP EZ Street with the production help of regional music catalyst Eric Lovell. The trio won third place in the Charlotte Battle of the Bands held in March. EZ Street is a recording of eight songs that's lathered with ethos and lyrics of musically enthused youngsters. So what if the lyrics are in the developmental stage and the playing raw and untempered. Isn't that what it's all about in high school? Forget high school, even the geriatric geezers Iggy and the Stooges are still as raw as they ever were. Some boys, thankfully, never grow up. Rekless Youth consists of Madison on guitar, TJ on drums, and Morgan on the bass and vocals. Among the highlights of their new recording are the tracks "I Hate Heroin" and "Money Makes." Who knows, maybe they'll persevere and continue to develop and make some funky racket. Or they may break up tomorrow. It goes with the territory. Stay true, young ones. No word on any local dates, but hop on over to this generation's attention deficit disorder gathering place MySpace for details. www.myspace.com/reklessyouthrocks – Samir Shukla |
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May 11, 2009 by urbn
First I have to say how adorably punk rock these guys are. I mean Seriously these kids of so young and punk you just want to squeeze their cheeks and dump a PBR on them. The one thing I can say is they really do have an awesome sound that isn’t just a mixed up mash of the first albums they have heard or their inspirations of punk. They don’t sound just like the Causalities for example (I was expecting this) but instead have an awesome gritty basic punk rock sound with a strange uk punk sound which is odd for southern folks too have. I personally love these types of releases from super young punk rockers. It always makes me think of back when I was younger and brings back the “world view” I had when I was their age which is something every old punk rocker needs to experience as often as possible. The album is tight and well done and pretty much entertaining. The lyrics are what you would expect from young punk rockers which I guess are not bad at all. I would have to say check out this album. Not only will you be supporting some awesome punk rocker kids but you will also get a kick ass album. |
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Open your eyes is the first release by this group of shiftless layabout teenagers from WINGATE, North Carolina. If these kids were on my front lawn I wouldn’t kick them off but would instead make them drink until they puked.