Shut Up Sidney is a political punk rock band local to Houston, Texas. They have been active for nearly four years now with a somewhat turbulent line-up. They share much in-common musically with bands birthed by the first and second-waves of punk rock, such as the Sex Pistols, the Exploited, Discharge, and so on, though they also boast a pointed political bent more in the vain of acts like the Dead Kennedys and/or D.O.A.
Current line-up
- Steven Blind: Lead vocals
- Pink Lloyd: Rhythm/Lead Guitar
- Marzz Starr: Lead/Rhythm Guitar
- Jose Jose: Drums
- Edgar Necrotik: Bass
Discography:
- 2010 - "Warning Shot E.P."
- 2010 - "Mosquerade Demo"
- 2012 - "... And Then the World Raped Itself"
This band provides examples of:
- Allergicto Routine: "Monotony"
- Cluster F-Bomb: The chorus of "Perry".
- Country Matters: Also used quite liberally in the chorus of "Perry"
- Corrupt Church: "Battlecry"
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Rupert Murdoch is painted as such in "Rupert Murdoch's America"
- John Riccitiello as well in "E.A. Sucks"
- Cover Version: The band has covered "Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest, "Halloween" by the Misfits, "Sex and Violence" by the Exploited, and "Burning the Cross" by Mercyful Fate
- Dirty Communists: Present in the band's imagery, though Wordof God says their message is more geared towards libertarian socialism.
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Dye Hard: Steven and Edgar - Epic Rocking: "Battlecry" just makes the epic rocking cut, clocking-in at just over six minutes.
- Evil Laugh: Steven Blind pulls one off at the end of his Evil Gloating as Ron Luce in "Battlecry"
- Godwin's Law: Invoked via "Battlecry", which denounces youth-pastor Ron Luce and his Teen Mania/Battlecry organizations as militant fascists, even going as far as to directly various slogans of the Third Reich throughout the song's lyrics.
- Intentionally Awkward Title: "... And Then the World Raped Itself"
- Large Ham: Steven Blind has his moments.
- Last Chorus Slow-Down: Perry, though it's technically the second-to-last chorus.
- Loudness War: "... And Then the World Raped Itself"
- Machine Monotone" Steven goes into this towards the end of "Monotony".
- Miniscule Rocking: "THEM!" and "E.A. Sucks", both lasting just about a minute or so.
- Motor Mouth: Present on a few songs, particularly "Osamasong".
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!:"JEAN! CLAUDE! (J-C-V-D!) VAN! DAMME! (J-C-V-D!)
- Precision F-Strike: "Rick Perry, you're a FUCKING CUNT!"
- Protest Song: A sizable lot of their material.
- Self-Plagiarism: The chorus of "Cervantes" sounds quite similar to the main riff from "Roller Derby"
- Singer Name Drop: The band's name is quelled from a quip of Johnny Rotten's towards Sid Vicious during an interview. It is sampled at the beginning of "Osamasong", effectively starting the first record.
- Spelling Song: "S.I.D."
- Stage Names: All the bandmembers tend to get these.
- Take That!: They've a good few of these...
- Testosterone Poisoning: Parodied with "A Real Man"
- Title-Only Chorus: "Roller Derby"
- The Something Song: "Osamasong"
- Three Chordsandthe Truth: Every now and then, though it's often averted as, while their compositions are generally kept simple, they can branch-out now and then.
- Spoken Word in Music: The sampling of a reading from City of God at the end of "Osamasong" is long-enough to count.
