User:Jonahmatranga

This user is Jonah Rzadzinski Matranga

Freewrite Personal Statement As Of Jan2006, For Fun

In numbers: 15 years, 4 band names, 6-full lengths, 5 EPs, several splits, several comps, 100+ songs, 1000+ shows. Sinead O'Connor meets Cheap Trick. Neil Young is a huge hero for the chances he's taken. Anyone that takes chances, be it Prince, Zeppelin, PE, Fugazi, Sinead, Miles... I love that, that is what inspires me. I am a mess of art-school ideals and populist sentiment, and I love that paradox. I'm okay with (and happy about) being considered influential in the context of post-hardcore, anti-macho rock, but I take no responsibility for McEmo as it generally manifests today. I deplore the commodification of sincerity, and big budgets to make people look/sound 'authentic'. If I go there, it's real, not a clever put-on. Gratitude was a nightmare in many ways, though I'm really proud of the songs and the shows. It taught me finally that while I love rock, I can't do it in a traditional way. I'm not good at it, and I don't like it. Nothing special about playing guitar, it's about what you put into it. I still love singing, and am overwhelmed regularly listening to music. I am an utter rock geek, an art idealist, and I absolutely believe in the transformative, transcendent power of rocking the fuck out. Rocking the fuck out is in no way tied to volume or mood, it's just letting go.