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ALBUM PROFILES
 The New Rochelles - "it's new"
After listening to some mediocre downbeat albums I put on “it’s new” from The New Rochelles, and the album immediately grabbed me with it’s Ramones meets early Green Day vibe. By “this is my LJ” (the second song) I found myself with the uncontrollable urge to get up and pogo. I also noticed my mood went from feeling like listening to music was a chore to really enjoying myself. It’s nice to have an album like this to cleanse the auditory palette.
Back in the 90’s Matthew Sweet named one of his albums, “100% fun”, in my mind that would be a perfect alternate title for “it’s new”. 12 songs in 14 minutes, way more entertaining than most albums more than 3 times that length. - Lazlo In 2002, Ronnie and Ricky Rochelle were looking for something to do other than pick their nose and eat pizza. Ronnie taught himself to play guitar and Ricky learned the drums. Reject Rochelle was a pecker canary that used to ride his tricycle past Ricky’s house, he heard the ramones-core oozing through the cracks in the windows and doors and decided to join the band. Reject shortly quit the band after he realized that bottled waters and hygiene products were not placed on amps before practices by management. In 2009, Rookie Rochelle was found on a street corner flipping a coin with a toothpick in his mouth. He seemed like the right replacement for poor Reject and is the current bass player for the trio. |