SONG: "Everybody Needs An Enemy"
ARTIST: 500 Miles To Memphis
ALBUM: "We've Built Up To Nothing"
YEAR: 2010
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Cincinnati, Ohio
YEARS ACTIVE: 2003 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
Here's what 500 Miles To Memphis lead singer Ryan Malott had to say about "Everybody Needs An Enemy". "That’s the song on the album, it’s our rock opera,” he says, “that song kind of defines everything that we’ve been through. Drugs and alcohol, being on the road all the time. Just the guilt of being the bad guy. I know I’m a good person but there’s people out there who don’t like me. It’s the transition, the sobering up. You move on, you accept that a lot of people don’t have to like you.”
500 MILES TO MEMPHIS DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2005 - 500 Miles To Memphis (3rd Silo Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2007 - Sunshine In A Shot Glass (Deep Elm Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2010 - We've Built Up To Nothing (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2011 - Live At The Historic Southgate House (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2014 - Stand There And Bleed (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2018 - Revival (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2019 - Blessed Be The Damned (Paper + Plastick Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2021 - Hard To Love (Flat Aht Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON 500 MILES TO MEMPHIS:
500 Miles To Memphis is a Cincinnati, Ohio band that formed back in 2003. Their debut full length studio album came out in 2005, called "500 Miles To Memphis". The band followed that up with 2007's "Sunshine In A Shot Glass". 2010 saw the band release "We've Built Up To Nothing" while in 2014, they dropped "Stand There And Bleed". In 2019, 500 Miles To Memphis put out the album that I first found out about the band, that album was "Blessed Be The Damned". Their most recent full length album would be 2021's "Hard To Love". 500 Miles To Memphis is a band that you just can't peg when it comes to a specific genre. They really go all over the place. You hear punk rock, bluegrass, country, rock-a-billy, cow-punk and even some celtic punk in their sound. It makes for a very intriguing listen for sure. While all of those styles aren't anything new, to hear them all come from one band, sometimes song to song, makes this band very interesting. They always keep you on your toes! I found out about these guys a little late. I saw the video for "Hold On Tight" and I instantly knew that I had to check out this band. I'm very glad I did as 500 Miles To Memphis is a super solid band!
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TEN 500 MILES TO MEMPHIS SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Hold On Tight
2. Bethel, OH
3. Barfly
4. Lead Me On
5. Stereo
6. All My Friends Are Crazy
7. Broken, Busted, Bloody
8. Medication
9. The River
10. Dropout
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