SONG: "Halfway Decent"
ARTIST: Audio Karate
ALBUM: "Space Camp"
YEAR: 2002
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Rosemead, California
YEARS ACTIVE: 1995 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Halfway Decent" is a song that appears to be about shutting out the one's you love, maybe more imortantly, the one's that love you. The vocalist can actually see that he's doing this yet still does for some reason. It's causing him to push away the one person who has really been there for him. The one person who makes him feel "halfway decent by default". It seems he understands his mistakes and vows to change, but can he really change his ways? Not sure.
AUDIO KARATE DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2000 - Audio Karate (self-released demo)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2002 - Space Camp (Kung Fu Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2004 - Lady Melody (Kung Fu Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2019 - Malo (Wiretap Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON AUDIO KARATE:
Audio Karate formed as a band back in 1995, hailing from Rosemead, California. It took them a good 5 years of playing shows and rehearsing together before they made a demo in 2000. The hard work paid off as the band signed on with Kung Fu Records. The band released their debut full length album in 2002, titled "Space Camp". The band's video for the song "Nintendo 89" helped create some buzz for this punk rock outfit. In 2004, the band dropped "Lady Melody" which featured the single "Jesus Is Alive And Well (And Living In Mexico)". After releasing this album and supporting it for a year, Audio Karate kinda fell off the map. A couple of the band members wrote music for a Spanish film. They released a few songs here and there through their MySpace page. In 2011, the band changed their name to Indian School and released an EP, "The Cruelest Kind". There were rumors that a full length album was going to be released as Indian School but that never materialized. In 2018, Audio Karate announced they were "picking up the instruments again" on Twitter. The band released a 2 song EP in 2018 and most recently, dropped their third full length studio album, "Malo", in 2019. Audio Karate is your typical pop punk rock outfit. Their songs are energetic, melodic and filled with sing-a-long choruses. Kung Fu Records was well known for signing these types of bands, especially after they worked with The Ataris early on in that band's career. I first heard of Audio Karate back in 2004. I'm positive that I heard "Jesus Is Alive And Well (And Living In Mexico)" off some sort of punk rock sampler compilation and I loved that song and began getting my hands on Audio Karate's music from then on. The band's latest album "Malo" is very good. It shows a band that has evolved musically while still keeping the elements of what made them who they are. I was very impressed with that album.
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TEN AUDIO KARATE SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Jesus Is Alive And Well (And Living In Mexico)
2. Nintendo 89
3. Sin Cuchillo
4. Wind You Up
5. Bounce
6. Hey Maria
7. She Looks Good
8. Halfway Decent
9. Who Brings A Knife To A Gun Fight
10. Get...Mendoza...
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