Art: Coheed and Cambria Neverender: Second Stage Turbine Blade

To end the year of 2010 (or as most fans call "The Year of the Black Rainbow"), Coheed announced that they were going to celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2011 by performing their first album "Second Stage Turbine Blade" in its entirety with a second run of Neverender tours.

Here's some fun I had...

Excitement is indeed, stirring my brain cells, folks.

More info (including dates and venues) to be announced on Jan 10th. 

www.CoheedandCambria.com

Art: Weerd Science

One more for the night for Mr. Eppard

Art: Coheed "This Shattered Symphony Promo"

This is the latest album promo I did for Coheed and Cambria. With the new album coming out in April and the first shows of the new decade starting next week, excitement is stirring. Coheed and Cambria are a conceptual progressive rock band. (Anyone reading this probably knows of them and my so-called "obsession" with the band) But I have to say, it's more than just music. It's a story. Me being a freak for science fiction and always wanting to create stories from music I hear, Coheed and Cambria fill both buckets with EVERY SINGLE SONG telling a piece of this epic saga surrounding two characters of the same name, their lives, the battle of the worlds around them, even taking an entire album (Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV) to explore the world of "The Writer" and creator of the world the music is about.

I just love that there's a story within a story within a story, as many songs not only relate to the story of Coheed and Cambria, but also to the life of "The Writer" AND the lives of the band members themselves. To learn the true heart behind these songs makes it that much easier to appreciate the music and what goes into making it.

Anyway, I just had to explain that. I'm not just a fan who collects posters and goes to shows and buys t-shirts. I'm truly appreciative of the art and music that comes from Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Michael Todd, and Chris Pennie. Even former band member, Josh Eppard (weerd science), added something to the music that can't be touched. All talented men and all deserving of their success.

That being said, of course I am going to support them any way I can. Not just because I'm a fan, but because I respect and admire what they've done and what they will continue to do in the future.

Music: Coheed And Cambria's The Velorium Camper II: Backend Of Forever

This is a song by my favorite band in the entire world, Coheed and Cambria. These guys are my heroes and some of the nicest, most awesome people I've ever met. Lyrics always get to me and this is one of their songs that's been hitting me super hard lately. <3

"Backend of Forever"
Rocked silent in a soft lullaby
Panic stirred me awakened by a ringing phone in time
Where and when would I see her?
Crazy were the words that scribbled out your mouth
I stuttered replacing your face to those words
Where and when would I kill her?
I'll wish on this, I'll wish with this
I wish...to the bitter end of my day
Well, where were you?

So you had your turn and you made it work
Now I'm the laughing stock of your joke
As crazy as it may seem I cried for you when you
Told me to date all of the things that made you end up in my life
And I'll believe anything
I have no luck with girls

I overheard that you were unhappy too
Misleading trust into a relationship that makes no sense
Over and out Connecticut
But you had your back turned as you faded away
At the end of my day I found out
You weren't worth what I thought of you
What I thought of you…

Write this down in your diary you abuse
Can we make plans can I just get through to you
Is this weird...do I scare her?
I'll wish on this, I'll wish with this
I wish...that you could share the love you'd shared with others, with me

So you had your turn and you made it work
Now I'm the laughing stock of your joke
As crazy as it may seem I cried for you when you
Told me to date all of the things that made you end up in my life
And I'll believe anything
I have no luck with girls

I overheard that you were unhappy too
Misleading trust into a relationship that makes no sense
Over and out Connecticut
But you had your back turned as you faded away
At the end of my day I found out
You weren't worth what I thought of you
What I thought of you…

This isn't love
So forever let it go...
Forever will it burn
This isn't love
There on the backend of forever
I wish I would never hurt again
I wish I would never hurt again
I wish I would never hurt again
I wish I would never hurt again