Joe Castro - Lead Guitar
Laz - Bass
John Paul Travis - Drums
Christopher Tucker - Lead Vocals and Guitar
Jared Styles - Bass
Influences
The Cure, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, Motown, The La's, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, T-Rex, David Bowie, The Stooges, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Smiths, The Jam, Oasis, Radiohead, Cat Power, Doves, The Shins, Belle and Sebastian, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Lush, Smashing Orange, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Licorice Roots, Lilys, Dandys, Love, Echo & the Bunnymen, Fugazi, Primal Scream, Wilco, Prince, The Ramones, old soul records, The Verve, Spiritualized, Ray Charles, The Who, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Temptations, The Zombies, reggae, Phil Spector, and Skip James.
Sounds Like
you should listen to the songs and figure that for yourself.
The Situation split up after working on their debut album for many years. The album finally came out in 2006. here is a review of the album:
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Culture Bunker
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The Situation
The Situation
(Elephant Stone)
These boys love the Brits. The Cure, The Smiths, T. Rex, the Happy Mondays - you name the band and its stamp can be found somewhere on this disc. Lead singer Christopher Tucker even sings like a Brit at times, and this is a bit strange to me considering the band is straight out of Philly. But, affected British accents notwithstanding, there's something delightfully old school about The Situation. These boys love the Canadians as well, or one in particular: Neil Young. Several of the songs are made up of simple guitar melodies and an accommodating harmonica, and track 3, "Pine Street," is about a broom stroke away from being an edgier reincarnation of Young's ballad-extraordinaire, "Harvest Moon." Though billed as a pop band, The Situation is clearly bringing something very classically anti-pop to the table. Tucker is a brilliant lyricist. His words are poems but without any characteristic pretension or heavy-handedness. I am lusting after these lines from "The Migrant (Living in Your Ear)," the last song on the disc: "Shadows roam the wall / The dying leaves announce the fall / The dust motes dance with one another / And talk about the belle of their ball." Other well-written songs, like "Amoralia" and "Black Cat Dice," are sure to be the harbingers of some pretty well-deserved success for this young band coming off of their first full-length. I give the members of The Situation a 9 out of 11 for not only giving me such an enjoyable listening experience, but for also being inventive enough to give human characteristics to dust motes.
—Melissa Treolo (October 2006)
Trailer for The Situation documentary - filmed and edited by Justin Clowes
Video for the song "Pillbox Locket" - filmed at The Situation's WXPN show at Broad and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Spring 2006. Filmed and edited by Justin Clowes.
Christopher Tucker talks about the song "Latchkey Kids" This clip was taken from Justin Clowes' documentary on The Situation
Rarely seen video for "Can't Relate" by The Situation. Directed by Jonathan Friese. The song is from The Reece Nasty Ep, released in 2003 on Elephant Stone Records
Another video for the song, "Can't Relate" this one shot and edited by Justin Clowes. The live footage and recording came from a gig at Don Hills in NYC.
A pitchfork is a tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines (also called prongs) used to lift and throw loose material, such as hay, leaves, grapes, or other agricultural products. Pitchforks typically have from 2 to 6 tines and have different lengths and spacing depending on purpose.
The pitchfork has also frequently been used as a weapon by those who couldn't afford or didn't have access to more expensive weapons such as swords, or, later, guns. As a result, pitchforks are stereotypically carried by angry mobs or gangs of enraged peasants. Because of its association with peasantry, the pitchfork is often a populist symbol and part of the nickname of populist leaders, thus:
so did you see on SUPERGROUP when they were trying to decide upon a name ... and sebastian bach goes 'how about THE SITUATION?' and ted nugent goes 'that's about as dumb as SPINAL TAP.' i guess you won't be opening for DAMNOCRACY anytime soon.
