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‘’I CAME OUT SWINGING’’ BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE• THE ALBUM ‘’ SUBURBIA I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL AND NOW I'M NOTHING” WAS PRODUCED BY STEVE EVETTS.• THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 14, 2011, BY HOPELESS RECORDS. THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON VINYL

THROUGH NO SLEEP RECORDS. A VIDEO WAS ALSO PRODUCED FOR THE SONG "CAME OUT SWINGING". THE ALBUM COVER FEATURES THE BAND'S MASCOT, HANK THE PIGEON.

• DAN "SOUPY" CAMPBELL - LEAD VOCALS• MATTHEW BRASCH - GUITAR, VOCALS• JOSH MARTIN - BASS, VOCALS• CASEY CAVALIERE - GUITAR• NICK STEINBORN - KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, VOCALS• MIKE KENNEDY - DRUMS, PERCUSSION

COSTUME CONVENTIONS• POP PUNK ENCOMPASSES ELEMENTS OF BOTH THE POP AND THE PUNK GENRES MEANING THE

COSTUME HOLDS SIMILARITIES TO BOTH KINDS OF MUSIC. DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS OF THE PUNK ROCK STYLE REMAIN IN POP PUNK CLOTHING STYLE RESULTING OFTENLY IN A DIS-SHEVELLED APPEARANCE; INCLUDING RIPPED JEANS, EAR GAUGES, FACIAL PIERCINGS PERHAPS SIGNIFYING THE CAREFREE YOUTHFUL ATTITUDE THE YOUTHS AND THE ARTISTS HAVE THEMSELVES. THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE NARRATIVE ASPECT OF THE VIDEO IS A TEENAGE GIRL AND SHE IS SEEN WEARING CONVERSE AND BLACK PAINTED NAILS, THE CONVERSE TYPE SKATE SHOES ARE FASHIONABLE IN THE POP-PUNK SCENE AND IS RELATED TO THE GENRE AS WELL AS THE BLACK NAILS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH TOM DELONGE(BLINK 182) AND FRANK IERO(MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE), BOTH THE MEMBERS AND BANDS INFLUENCING MANY POP-PUNK ARTISTS AND STYLE. THE PURPLE COLOUR IS ALSO BIG AMONG THE 2000’S STYLE ‘DARKER’ POP PUNK SUCH AS PANIC! AT THE DISCO AND MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE.• THE DRUMMER IS SEEN WEARING A BAND T-SHIRT OF A MELODIC HARD-CORE BAND

“DEFEATER”, THIS IS DONE FIRSTLY AS FASHION AS WELL AS A WAY OF ADVERTISING OTHER ‘SMALL’ BANDS

LOCATION• THE PERFORMANCE ASPECT OF THE VIDEO IS BASED INSIDE A GARAGE/BASEMENT TYPE ROOM IN SUPPOSEDLY PHILADELPHIA, THIS LOCATION TIES IN WITH THE LYRICS “I CAME OUT SWINGING FROM A SOUTH PHILLY BASEMENT” AND THEIR HISTORY OF ACTUALLY STARTING UP IN A BASEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA.• THERE IS AN AMERICAN FLAG ON THE WALL

CORRESPONDING TO THE AMERICANISED THEME OF POP-PUNK AND ITS ROOTS, AND THE IDEOLOGY OF THE ‘CASUAL’ PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO THAT GENRE. THE AMERICAN FLAG IS ALSO HUNG AND PRESENTED IN A MANNER OF WAYS THAT BREAK THE ‘FLAG ETIQUETTE’ RULES, SHOWING THE BAND AND THE GENRE TO BE CARELESS AND FREE, A KIND OF ‘WHO NEEDS RULES’ WAY OF THINKING.

LIGHTING

NARRATIVE/PERFORMANCE

MUSIC VIDEOS DEMONSTRATE GENRE CHARACTERISTICS