THE RUSTY THORNS

Mediterranean Grunge pioneers and power group, "The Rusty Thorns", are either up to some sly counter-governmental marketing ploy, or someone in productions is in big trouble. This latest gem, "Marching, Marching" just leaked off their highly anticipated 2009 debut album, What Man?.

Listen to it here: The Rusty Thorns - Marching, Marching.mp3

For those unfamiliar with the group (aka those living under a big, hipster / experimental - life - blocking rock), the three artists known only as Stefan, Troy, and Devin, founded their groundbreaking trio back in January of 2008, and since have been at work touring the underground scene and grinding out their debut album. They jumped onto the Mediterranean Grunge ticket with their first two singles ("Burn the Radio" and "Machine Man") and their mind-altering music video, and since then have been teasing instant-gratification-slaved audiences with small clips of new songs here and there, but this leak is absolutely massive.

We were lucky enough to snatch an interview with them a while back when they released their music video, and you'll ----------------

In the spirit of the thorns, we will re-state their sacred credo and include their previous singles on mp3:


The Rusty Thorns is neither a word nor a concept, it is a band that has been forming for years within each and every one of us, but was finally realized on the night of January 11, 2008. The band consists of three humans. This is NOT your grandpa's Mediterranean Grunge, to say the least. The band strictly adheres to THE 8 COMMANDMENTS in order to maintain musical and political purity (NOTE: commandments subject to change if general society begins to catch on)

EVERY SONG MUST:

1. explicitly counteract the SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS of government, big business, 'the MAN’ and any of his affiliates. Subtlety is for the WEAK and the submissive to the SYSTEM.

2. be WRITTEN and RECORDED in its entirety within the first 45 minutes of CONCEPTION. Our thoughts can only avoid the CONSTRAINTS of society for so long until we too fall victim to the frighteningly inevitable thoughts of CONSUMERISM beyond the 45-minute mark.

3. feature STEFAN on the Bouzouki and bass drum, singing only in the bridge and the final chorus, TROY playing snare drum and singing, and DEVIN singing and, only occasionally, playing the SHAKER.

4. begin with the CHORUS so that our TRUTH will be brought to you as quickly as POSSIBLE before the man can GOUGE out your ears and keep you under his CONTROL.

5. be 3 minutes or LESS in duration so that our message SPEAKS to even our potential brethren who have become SLAVES to the instant-GRATIFICATION lifestyle.

6. always be done with at least one member wearing FLANNEL during the recording.

7. include an UNPLEASANT vocal solo to prevent the MAN from playing it on his “FREE” radio networks and honing it for his own TWISTED causes.

8. be a VEHICLE for change. Preferably a HYBRID or a LOW EMISSIONS vehicle, hopefully NOT an SUV… and DEFINITELY not a MINIVAN.

Check out their myspace or download their first two singles:

The Rusty Thorns - Burn The Radio.mp3
The Rusty Thorns - Machine Man.mp3