Artist: Count Five

Widowspeak & Hair: The Brooklyn Band's Five 'Mane' Inspirations

Jan 31, 3:24pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Count Five , New Music Andrew Smith "Hair is awesome. Hair is a big part of our band," declares Robert Earl Thomas, the guitarist of Brooklyn Widowspeak . I spoke to him and singer Molly Hamilton by phone about the importance of coiffed curls in the grander scheme of rock 'n' roll. Both he and Hamilton sport long, dark brown locks: You know, the almost messy, free-swinging strands that [...]

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FIDLAR (and a Fan) Share Their Five Craziest Tour Stories -- Exclusive Video

Jun 8, 2012, 1:29pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Count Five David Black L.A. garage quartet FIDLAR have been out on the road in support of their EP, Don't Try, and decided to film the whole thing. The dudes were kind enough to let us premiere some of the footage, to sweeten the pot, they also shared their craziest concert stories. On top of that, they even enlisted one of their fans [...]

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Pujol's Favorite Nashville Haunts and Hangouts -- Exclusive Gallery

Jun 6, 2012, 2:31pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Count Five Courtesy of Daniel Pujol Nashville: It's the next frontier of rock 'n' roll. Loud-as-hell acts are pouring out of the predominantly country music town by the hay bail full. From Diarrhea Planet to Jeff the Brotherhood , Third Man Records to Nashville's Dead , this Southern town is seeing a renaissance of art and indie culture. [...]

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Casey Kasem Vs Dick Clark (RIP)

Apr 18, 2012, 6:13pm Review Stalker

I always confused Casey Kasem (1932-present) and Dick Clark(1929-2012) to the detriment of Richard. Banal music personalities who introduced top 40 to America. Eventually Danny Terrio from Dance Fever did a number on the youth but Dick's show held on for a long time. Agreeably Dick Clark America's Oldest Teenager show American Bandstand initially broadcast from Philadelphia then moved to Hollywood lasted from 1957 to 1987 and was more popular but Casey's explosive diarrhea moments made him infamous. Here he is sampled in the U2 [...]

• Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
• Dave Clark Five And The Playbacks - Chicken Fat
• DICK CLARK - The Way Gene Would Groove It
• Left & Right - Teenage Wasteland
• The Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
• The Smiths - Death Of A Disco Dancer (2011 Remastered Version)
• Ween - Waving My Dick In The Wind

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Artist:	Count Five
Title:	Psychotic Reaction
Link Text:	Psychotic Reaction
File Name:	01-Psychotic-Reaction.mp3
Genre:	17
Year:	2003

Artist:	Dave Clark Five And The Playbacks
Title:	Chicken Fat
Link Text:	Chicken Fat
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Bitrate:	211 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2006

Artist:	DICK CLARK
Title:	The Way Gene Would Groove It
Link Text:	The Way Gene Would Groove It
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Bitrate:	190 kbps
Genre:	Jazz
Year:	2006

Artist:	Left & Right
Title:	Teenage Wasteland
Link Text:	Teenage Wasteland
File Name:	06-Teenage-Wasteland.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2010

Artist:	The Ramones
Title:	Teenage Lobotomy
Link Text:	Teenage Lobotomy
File Name:	08-Teenage-Lobotomy.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Punk Rock
Year:	1977

Artist:	The Smiths
Title:	Death Of A Disco Dancer (2011 Remastered Version)
Link Text:	Death Of A Disco Dancer
File Name:	03-Death-Of-A-Disco-Dancer-201 1-Rem.mp3
Bitrate:	267 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2008

Artist:	Ween
Title:	Waving My Dick In The Wind
Link Text:	Waving My Dick In The Wind
File Name:	11-Waving-My-Dick-In-The-Wind. mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1997

Lindstrøm's Top Songs For a Night Drive -- Count Five

Apr 10, 2012, 3:50pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List , Count Five , RPM Lin Stensrud [...]

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Cut Copy Bassist Ben Browning's Favorite '80s Songs -- Count Five

Dec 29, 2011, 2:14pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five , RPM Redferns Cut Copy became a dance-floor staple with the release of their synth-heavy 2004 debut LP 'Bright Like Neon Love,' before breaking out with their anthemic 2008 follow-up 'In Ghost Colours.' Last February, the Aussie group returned with its euphoria-inducing third LP 'Zonoscope,' which was seasoned with a dash of Fleetwood Mac and Men at Work -influenced '80's rock and a healthy slab of [...]

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Sepalcure's Braille Picks His Favorite Songs of 2011 -- Count Five

Dec 21, 2011, 5:00pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five , RPM , New Music Megan Cullen [...]

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Ana Popovic's All-Time Favorite Slide Guitar Players -- Count Five

Nov 4, 2011, 4:58pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five Marco van Rooijen Though she was born in Belgrade, Ana Popovic sings and shreds like the legends of the Mississippi Delta. In August, the 35-year-old released her sixth LP, 'Unconditional,' and she was gracious enough to tell Spinner about her favorite all-time slide guitarists. Check out her list below. 1. Elmore James Sharp-blade-knife slide sound, love everything this [...]

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Lou Reed and Metallica's 'Lulu' Letdowns and Head-Scratchers -- Count Five

Nov 2, 2011, 12:59pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Count Five , New Music , New Releases Anton Corbijn Lou Reed and Metallica 's marriage announcement was met with shock on both sides of the aisle. Reed's untouchable rock mythos and highly influential songwriting were to be matched with the greatest thrash metallurgists of all time. The subject matter? German playwright Frank Wedekind 's two-part tragedy about a hedonistic society, a couple of Jack the [...]

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Tom Morello's Favorite Working-Class Anthems -- Count Five

Oct 13, 2011, 12:24pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Count Five Jerod Harris, Getty Images A longtime advocate of causes, particularly those relating to the underprivileged and disenfranchised, it's no wonder that Tom Morello would support the Occupy Wall Street movement. The Rage Against the Machine guitarist is performing at Zuccotti park today, most likely playing songs from his Nightwatchman solo project and showing his solidarity with the 99 percenters. While [...]

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'Nevermind' Originality: What Influenced (And Was Influenced By) Nirvana's Classic

Sep 22, 2011, 3:46pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Count Five , New Releases , Spinner Says Kirk Weddle From Elvis and the Beatles to the Sex Pistols and White Stripes , rock's era-defining artists have always shared one thing in common: A voracious appetite for all kinds of music. Nirvana fits snugly into this lineage, and throughout his life, Kurt Cobain spoke candidly about the musicians -- some hip and obscure, [...]

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Count Five Could Only Total One Hit

Sep 9, 2011, 12:07am Geezer Music Club

Although seldom discussed now, Count Five (or Count V as they were sometimes billed) had a brief moment in the spotlight during the pop music smorgasbord that existed in the 1960s. Nearly reaching the top of the charts with the addictive "Psychotic Reaction" got the band off to a great start, but it never really caught fire after that, earning for the group the dreaded 'one-hit wonder' tag. First coming together as a group in the area of California that would years later be known as Silicon Valley, Count Five coalesced when Roy Chaney and Mouse [...]

• Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

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Artist:	Count Five
Title:	Psychotic Reaction
Link Text:	Count Five - “Psychotic Reaction”
File Name:	Count Five - Psychotic Reaction.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Pop/Rock

Jake Shimabukuro's Songs That Should Be Covered on Ukulele -- Count Five

Aug 30, 2011, 5:12pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five Danny Clinch Anyone who's ever heard a ukulele and even remotely enjoyed it needs to check out Jake Shimabukuro . The 34-year-old Hawaii native's mastery of the instrument has garnered raves from Eddie Vedder and comparisons to Jimi Hendrix , and his latest album, 'Peace Love Ukulele,' debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's World Music chart. Even though he's already covered such artists as Michael Jackson [...]

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Alkaline Trio's Dan Andriano Picks His Top Life-Changing Songwriters -- Count Five

Aug 9, 2011, 5:22pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Count Five Jay Fitzgerald As the singer-bassist for Alkaline Trio , Dan Andriano has influenced plenty of younger punk bands around the world. This week, he's releasing his first solo album, 'Hurricane,' under the moniker Dan Andriano and the Emergency Room. Since we were on the subject of how he's branched out as a songwriter for this acoustic-leaning record, Andriano gave us his top [...]

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Scala and Kolacny Brothers Choose Challenging Potential Covers -- Count Five

Jun 30, 2011, 4:02pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive , Count Five Fratelli BVBA Scala and Kolacny Brothers may not be a household name, but if you've watched TV in the past year or so, you've almost definitely heard their work. The Belgian girls choir, led by brothers Stijn and Steven Kolacny, recorded a haunting version of Radiohead 's 'Creep,' and the track was used in the trailer for David Fincher's Oscar-winning 'The [...]

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Count Five: Shad Reveals Favorite Films -- NXNE

Jun 18, 2011, 3:39pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five Che Kothari Music critics and fans applaud Vancouver-based rapper Shad for his uncanny ability to drop both social commentary and humorous riffs on pop culture over dope beats. On his Juno-winning disc, 'TSOL,' the Kenyan-born and Canadian-raised rapper subtly name drops Canadian literature icon Mordechai Richler, tackles heady subjects such as gender equality in rap, and traces the linguistic origins of his name back to a slave [...]

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Motopony's Top Clothing Stores to Raid When 'S--- Hits the Fan' -- Count Five

May 24, 2011, 3:14pm Spinner.com

Filed under: New Music , Exclusive , Count Five Genevieve Pierson Seattle-based fashion designer and writer Daniel Blue and his Northwest cohorts take the best of Southern-rock vocal stylingss and glorious indie-pop to make the texturally diverse self-titled debut of Motopony . Spinner recently spoke with Blue about his plans for Judgment Day and the top five clothing stores that he will be looting "when the s--- hits the fan."

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Emmylou Harris Names Her Top Canadian Musical Heroes -- Count Five

May 18, 2011, 10:47am Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five AP Photo, Mark Humphrey With a career that spans four decades, 12-time Grammy Award-winner Emmylou Harris is the reigning queen of American roots music. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, her blood runs as red as Alabama clay, but this Southern belle feels a deep connection with the Great White North. A frequent and renowned interpreter of others' songs, Harris has lent her remarkable voice to tunes by Canadian [...]

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Count Five “Psychotic Reaction”

Mar 2, 2011, 9:28am The Rising Storm

Most fans of garage know Count Five as the group behind the classic single “Psychotic Reaction” – a three minute and eight second distillation of everything that’s great about the genre, from its immediately recognizable opening fuzz riff to its last wigged-out break. Eminent garageologists all agree on the track’s importance in the canon, and its inclusion on the original  Nuggets LP cemented its hall-of-fame status long ago. But make no mistake, the sum of Count Five is much more than that one single. If you like “Psychotic Reaction,” you’ll love  Psychotic Reaction . Of course,  Psychotic [...]

• Count Five - Peace Of Mind
• Count Five - Pretty Big Mouth

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Artist:	Count Five
Title:	Peace Of Mind
Link Text:	Peace Of Mind
File Name:	07-Peace-Of-Mind.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1966

Artist:	Count Five
Title:	Pretty Big Mouth
Link Text:	Pretty Big Mouth
File Name:	03-Pretty-Big-Mouth.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1999

Lost in the Trees' Top Film Soundtracks -- Count Five

Dec 1, 2010, 12:06pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five Lost in the Trees frontman Ari Picker has cited the soundtrack for the Wes Anderson film 'The Royal Tenenbaums' as being one of his primary influences, and upon hearing the band's 2007 EP, 'Time Taunts Me,' it's pretty hard not to draw a correlation to the quirky flick. Currently studying film composition at the Berklee School of Music where he's chipping away at 12 more credits whenever he isn't [...]

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