Maybe one day I should make a mix tape of power tunes. You know the ones? The ones that kind of help you get through those times when you wish you could write a song, but then you found somebody who expressed what was on your mind a little better than you thought anyone else could? Stretch Arm Strong kind of did that for me. These guys kind of carried me through some tough spots in high school. You may have already heard their version of “Get This Party Started” from Punk Goes Pop or perhaps “Express Yourself” from Too Legit for the Pit: Hardcore Takes the Rap. “For the Record” is one of their originals that may have made it around the airwaves as well. Anyway, I am not super into hardcore as a genre, however there are a few artists who have managed to pluck my little heartstrings with the way they scream poetry. This group is one of them, and they did it with this song.
Peter Breinholt is a guest contributor for La Musica Coolica, and Jake’s brother. All of Peter’s contributions can be found here | Peter’s personal blog can be found here
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3 responses to “La Musica Coolica #98 Guest Post (Stretch Arm Strong)”
So funny, dude. When I saw Stretch Arm Strong, I thought that you were referring to Stretch Armstrong the Local SLC (Provo, actually) Ska band who’s shows I would go see every weekend, in HS. Maybe I’ll have to write about the other Stretch Armstrong later this month. Hehe
2 things:
1)I am a super good late night typer. it should read.you found somebody who expressed what was on your* mind a little better than *you* thought anyone else could.
2)I was thinking about that too. I enjoy the way those guys can make a clarinet sound cool… maybe it was tenor sax. i don’t know.
I am a super good counter too.
3) Maybe you should.
I was just super confused too. I sat here for a minute thinking, “this picture does not look like the ska band from Provo that I remember” Hahaha.