SONG: "A Brief Lesson In Repetition"
ARTIST: Red City Radio
ALBUM: "Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug" single
YEAR: 2010
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
YEARS ACTIVE: 2007 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"A Brief Lesson In Repetition" appears to be a song about how this country, that was founded on a solid base of strong ideals of democracy, seems to stumble and make the same mistakes over and over again. Whether it's capitalistic mistakes of relying on Wall St. Or it's military mistakes, especially when trying to impose it's will on other countries in an imperialistic way. The vocalist will always voice his dissent and fight for what makes our democracy great while shining a light on the mistakes it has made repeatedly.
RED CITY RADIO DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2011 - The Dangers Of Standing Still (Paper + Plastick Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2013 - Titles (Paper + Plastick Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2015 - Red City Radio (Gunner Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2020 - Paradise (Pure Noise Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON RED CITY RADIO:
Red City Radio formed as a band back in 2007, hailing from Oklahoma. Early on the band released a few EP's, most notably 2009's "To The Sons & Daughters Of Woody Guthrie". This caught the ear of punk label Paper + Plastick who signed the band and released their debut full length album, 2011's "The Dangers Of Standing Still". Red City Radio followed that album up with 2013's "Titles". These were two very solid albums and showed that Red City Radio definitely had a lot of promise as a band. In 2014, Paul Pendley left the band. Up until this time, Red City Radio featured the dual vocal attack of Pendley and Garrett Dale. Now, Dale would take over full vocal duties from here on out. In 2015, the band released "Red City Radio". After some more EP's and splits, 2020 saw the band release it's most recent full length, "Paradise". Red City Radio is a helluva band! These guys just create some great melodic punk rock and roll. And their sound just seems to be getting tighter and tighter. Lead vocalist Garrett Dale loves the band Kiss so he describes his music as rock and roll but you can't hide the punk rock foundation in their sound. I definitely caught wind of this band from reading about them on the old dyingscene.com website. I believe the first song I heard by them was "Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug" and was hooked right off the bat. I definitely gotta make it a point to see these guys live as they are really becoming one of my favorite bands.
SIMILAR ARTISTS:
The Draft
The Falcon
Dead To Me
The Flatliners
Off With Their Heads
TEN RED CITY RADIO SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Never Bring A Cup Of Water To A Gunfight
2. Two Notes Shy Of An Octave
3. Rebels
4. Two Out Of Three Ain't Rad
5. Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug
6. A Version Of Events
7. Help Save The Youth Of America From Exploding
8. Apocalypse, Please!
9. Rest Easy
10. Baby Of The Year
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