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Juvenescent Beat!

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Dionysian Revivalism: Explanation and Intent
In order to combat the Three Plagues that are named Nihilism, Mediocrity, and Monotony in the wasteland of Suburbia, Juvenescent Beat! recognizes and adheres to the following tenants, which shall be hereafter known as the Manifesto of the Dionysian Revival:
I) To free youth culture from the shackles of image and monotony. In an indifferent society that demands homogeny and conformity, we strive to be a beacon of liberation from the prison of self-consciousness, a bright oasis in the wretched desert of routine.
II) To strike down each and every preconceived ideal that tenaciously cling like gnawing worms to our hearts and minds. The musty idols of religion, culture, even music - all must be dismembered and deconstructed.
III) To create an “Anti-Populist” culture, as demonstrated by the lack of a regimented dress code and Individualist Ethics. We do not seek to identify with the “common man” or his precious “working class”. What does the common man, whose very identity is dependent upon conformity, have to do with our radical and iconoclastic agenda?
IV) To personalize our revolution and return it to its primacy by means of catharsis, the most immediate form of liberation at the disposal of the individual. Complete and utter upheaval in society cannot attain completion without first occurring in the individual.
V) To maintain a sense of danger, excitement, and urgency within our aural revolution. Suburbia and the Bourgeois parent culture has imposed sterility, and impotence upon the canvas of modern existence and expects the Youth to abide by these values. If we are to reclaim ourselves and our collective, cultural identity, new paths must be forged and old ones re-envisioned.
The Gospel of Dionysus as Hitherto Revealed:
"The Hitchhiker Demos" Recorded at the end of July 2006 with Rick Lybarger
1) Atomic Sunset
2) Fay Wray
3) For a Minute
4) The Hitchhiker
"Bang! Zoom! Straight to the Moon! Sessions" Recorded in December 2006 with John Eline
1) Another Protest Song
2) Dying for Tonight
3) Rebellion is the New Black
"A Man Could Get Shot Around Here for Asking Questions Like That" Recorded in October 2007 with Jeremy Bentley at Mr. Studio. $5
1) Sell it Back, Golden Calf!
2) Consider No Man Happy Until He's Dead
3) Learning How to Catch Fire
4) Acid Rounds (Open No Exits)
5) When Someone Asks If You're a God, You Say "Yes!"
"Songs For Demonstration" Recorded in February 2008 with John Eline. $1
1) I Have More Sorrows Than This Bottle of Wine Can Handle
2) Every High Wire Walker Needs a Safety Net
"Us and Us Only/Juvenescent Beat! Summer Fun Split" Our portion of which was recorded in May 2008 with John Eline. $3
1) Sad Songs About Rivers and Meadows
2) You're Only as Perfect as You're Knitting Needles
3) John Candy is My Co-Pilot
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Member Since: 1/14/2005
Band Website: twitter.com/juvenescentbeat
Band Members: Current Members:
Dick - Sings, plays the guitar, and is 100% vegan-friendly
Mat - Plays the bass and likes to watch Sasquatch specials on the Discovery Channel
Mr. Zaq - Plays the drums, sings occasionally, and shares a birthday with Ian Curtis

Former Members:
John - Played guitar from 2006 to 2008
Influences: Musical Influences: Rites of Spring, Native Nod, Braid, Hot Water Music, Cap'n Jazz, Black Flag, Fugazi, At the Drive-In, KISS, Heroin, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Jesus Lizard, Minutemen, Jawbreaker

Lyrical Influences: Allen Ginsberg, Emily Dickinson, Morrissey, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre

Other Notable Influences: Alcohol, in its many wonderful forms, pretty girls, failed loves and doomed romances, various identity/existential crises, the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Sounds Like: "With patient listening, the mess of influences Juvenescent Beat! combines on their A Man Could Get Shot for Asking Questions Like That EP morphs into a sensible and effective slab of able-bodied songwriting and raw, unfettered melodies." - punknews.org

"Not only do these guys call to mind RITES OF SPRING and EMBRACE on a surface-level musical comparison, but the vocal emotion, and lyrical sophistication live up to the mature, evocative billing. A Man Could Get Shot... is noisy, but well-structured, with a steady outflow of beats, and swirling guitars" - pastepunk.com

"...what’s important is that there’s nothing questionable, nothing filler, nothing to subtract from this impressive debut. Surely, this is a group who is going places." - absolutepunk.net
Record Label: Ghidorah Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Juvenescent Beat! presents a historical dialectic...

    Rock and Roll, by its very nature, is intrinsically political.  Though political aims or motivations may not have been expressed explicitly, a direct challenge to the status qu...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:21:00 GMT

The new demo

I know we said we were going to leave some surprises for the full-length, and we are.  But given recent circumstances, this song needs to be heard.Obviously it's still a bit rough around the edge...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:11:00 GMT

Juvenescent Triad of Death

We regret to inform everyone that John has quit the band.  The terms of the parting were good ones, no bad blood between any of us.He'll be practicing with us one last time on Tuesday, just for o...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:01:00 GMT

Summer Tour Fun 2K8!

So let's see, where do I begin?  How can one appropriately describe the intense amount of fun that we had this past week?Well, we had to rent a van to call home.  The title transfer for Orwe...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:08:00 GMT

Various updates...

Not like anyone was wondering, but here are some updates in the world of Juvie Beat! in case you haven't been paying that much attention.Obviously you know about the demos we recorded back in May with...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT

"A Man Could Get Shot Around Here For Asking Questions Like That" lyrics

Here are the lyrics to our forthcoming EP.  There won't be a lyric sheet included in the final package, so here ya go!Sell It Back, Golden Calf!I dismembered your idols and youPut the pieces back...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:40:00 GMT

The big tour.

Hello friends and fans.  Just letting everyone know that we're embarking on the Noodly Appendage Tour with our good friends, Another Reason to Hate Machines.Tonight we will be playing in Baltimor...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:39:00 GMT

For all of those who weren't at the show tonight...

You basically missed what was quite possibly the best show Hanover has ever seen.  EVER. A big thank you to all of the bands who came out and made the night fucking amazing - Starfell, ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 00:58:00 GMT

Break-up...

In case you haven't read our bulletin, we are in fact, breaking up.Due to the stagnant nature of Hanover's music scene, we've decided that this just isn't the town for us.  You kids aren't ready ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:16:00 GMT

Updates!

Some weather.  Unfortunately, Juvie Beat takes anything that Nature will throw our way.  The show went on as planned, though we mostly played to the other bands that were there and a few of ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:34:00 GMT