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Midriff
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3 childhood friends from the quiet town of Winona, MN who met in karate class formed a band in 1995 and soon started playing ska and punk music after being heavily influenced by bands like Sublime, Goldfinger, Operation Ivy, Less Than Jake, Rancid and NOFX.
Midriff often sings about corruption and the corporate media machine. The bands name, “Midriff”… , is inspired from a PBS documentary called “Merchants of Cool” which defines “The Midriff” as a caricature created by the media machine: the teenage female who is prematurely adult, consumed by her appearance, flaunting her sexuality before she is old enough to understand it, all repackaged as a new kind of female empowerment.
Midriff is a complete D.I.Y. band doing everything themselves including their own recording, mixing, artwork, website design, etc… Recording of the album “Merchants of Cool” began in 2001 at Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie, MN where Chad and Johnnie were going to school for audio recording. All of the drums and most of the bass were tracked there but the recordings were forgot about only to be rediscovered in late 2008. The rest of the tracks were recorded and the entire album was mixed and mastered in their bedroom completely “in the box” in a home Pro Tools rig on Mac G4.
All of Midriff’s music is FREE to download.
Midriff often sings about corruption and the corporate media machine. The bands name, “Midriff”… , is inspired from a PBS documentary called “Merchants of Cool” which defines “The Midriff” as a caricature created by the media machine: the teenage female who is prematurely adult, consumed by her appearance, flaunting her sexuality before she is old enough to understand it, all repackaged as a new kind of female empowerment.
Midriff is a complete D.I.Y. band doing everything themselves including their own recording, mixing, artwork, website design, etc… Recording of the album “Merchants of Cool” began in 2001 at Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie, MN where Chad and Johnnie were going to school for audio recording. All of the drums and most of the bass were tracked there but the recordings were forgot about only to be rediscovered in late 2008. The rest of the tracks were recorded and the entire album was mixed and mastered in their bedroom completely “in the box” in a home Pro Tools rig on Mac G4.
All of Midriff’s music is FREE to download.
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Fpanhoca wrote:
Yeah! Come to Brazil!
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Dubbis wrote:
I've changed my opinion... They're not just really great, they're freakin' awesome. I'm in love. xD
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Dubbis wrote:
Sounds really great. How can they have so few listeners?
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WhoisLilo wrote:
I wish I could see them live :/
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survaysays wrote:
hey Midriff. You guys have been added to my band's radio station. So if you type in Survay Says! in the radio search, Midriff will be on the band list. Just thought I'd let you know I'm liking what you're doin! Peace!
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CheesePwnsHam wrote:
I just listened to Change again and Media machine, and I gotta say, THIS STUFF IS PRO :D I'll defenitely buy something from them or go to one of their shows if I'll ever find any of their stuff, keep it coming :D
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pashelast wrote:
I don't regreat! awesome stuff!
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pashelast wrote:
Downloading the stuffs atm, let's see what's up.
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damebt wrote:
nice songs great mixture something between nofx and assorted jelly beans
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Skakoola wrote:
great song's!
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taterx wrote:
Just finished listening to the tracks. Great stuff!
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papagrace wrote:
check'em out guys>> they are fucking awsome!!!
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Koombsy wrote:
ASS BAG!
Videos
Featured Tracks
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Free MP3 Change Again | 5:28 |
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Free MP3 Doesn't Get Better Than This | 3:13 |
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Free MP3 Media Machine | 2:22 |
News
Midriff is profiled on DThrog Ska Review
15 Dec 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/themidriff
Midriff is profiled on the awesome ska blog DThrog Ska Review who describes Midriff as playing "a version punk-ish ska with an attitude and hooks. …
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Midriff is featured band on the inaugural episode of "The Midwest Ska Moment"…
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Midriff Dialated Dream and Chritina Aguilera is My Future Wife(alternate...
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Change Again by Midriff wins Awards
1 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/themidriff
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Recent Activity
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SkaPunkLover tagged Midriff with drive-thru records, kung fu records, quote unquote records and 82 other tags. 2 hours ago
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SkaPunkLover updated the wiki page for Merchants of Cool. (diff) Sunday evening
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SkaPunkLover updated the wiki page for Merchants of Cool. (diff) Sunday evening
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SkaPunkLover created the wiki page for Merchants of Cool. Sunday evening
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