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The Modern Rome
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A snapshot of what it was like to live in WASHINGTON D.C. during the CRACK WARS of the 1990's.
metal heavy insane gogo comic rock
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Shred, metal,Go-Go, Alternative Funky Mania, Comic, Serious Rock, Political sensibility, trashcan percussion,DC Punk, Baltimore Funk, Milkshakes.
SHOCK OPERA is from Washington DC. There have been several bands using the name in the US and selling product illegally. SHOCK OPERA is a REGISTERED TRADEMARK and has had product out since 1984. The sound is a mix of metal, DC Go-Go beats and intelligent lyrics. There have been plenty of imitators, by no band has surpassed their energy, songcraft and sound. Their CD Release MER DE MENTE received airplay in the US and Europe. They were a favorite of Pirate Radio all over the world. The CD MER DE MENTE was produced by FRANK MARCHAND -(Monkeyspank, JIMMY'S CHICKEN SHACK- among others) and stands as a testament to the drive of the DC Music scene in the early 1990's. The band in defunct- but the music lives.
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Genre
Metal • Alternative Metal
Charts
Peak #37
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
TREEFROG-J.Brayton
Rights
1994
Uploaded
October 05, 2006
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MP3 3.1 MB • 128 kbps • 3:21
Story behind the song
" The Bitch Set Me Up" And Nero Fiddled- While ROME BURNED. Can be found on YOUTUBE.COM/ jalopy showdown
Lyrics
THE MODERN ROME J Brayton ONE LAST LOOK TO THE MODERN ROME,Y’SEE MY EYES ARE HALF-CLOSED IN THE MODERN ROME TO A STREET, A CORNER, A COLONNADE WHERE THE GOLD AND THE FIRE AND THE LAWS ARE MADE ROCKING AT AN ANGLE ONNA HISSING LAWN STEP LIGHTLY TO THE TOP IN THE MODERN ROME MARBLE IS A JEWEL WHOSE MOTHER IS STONE BARE FEET CRACKED BLUE ON THE CORNERSTONE THRU THE STREETS AND THE ALLEYS OF THE MODERN ROME IT’S HIT-HIT, THE HIP ARE DEAD CRACK THE WHIP THE MAYOR SAID IT’S HATE HATE THE HIP ARE DEAD WHERE Y’ALL FROM? THE MODERN ROME MARBLE IS A JEWEL WHOSE MOTHER IS STONE BARE FEET CRACKED BLUE ON THE COBBLESTONE THRU THE STREETS AND THE ALLEYS OF THE MODERN ROME IT’S HATE HATE THE HIP ARE DEAD THE STONEY LOOKS TO WHERE YOUR FACES DREAD, TO THE STREET- AN IMAGE OF YOUR GOLDEN FATHER WASTED SOULS AND YOUR MARBLE MOTHER WHEN WRONG WAS RIGHT AND RIGHT WAS WRONG JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD WICKED PORK DID DRINK THEIR WINE MADE FROM A POOR MAN’S BLOOD WHERE Y’A;; FROM THE MODERN ROME RIGHT?
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