'There will be no end to my rainmaking'.: At the end of the video for 'Bitter Rivals', Derek and Alexis menacingly approach the camera as if to flip off the screen, but instead cheerfully flash the victory sign and the phrase 'Be Good tTo Each Other' pops up above them.: Alexis wields a baseball bat in the 'Infinity Guitars' video.: Alexis' sweet vocals are a mighty contrast to Derek's hard, crunchy guitars. As well, Alexis herself has claimed to be the 'calm, older sister' to Derek's brooding. /: 'True Shred Guitar'.: In the 'Infinity Guitars' video.: They are highly influenced by this genre.: Alexis is positively beaming with energy on stage.: Alexis in the 'Comeback Kid' video.: They seem to take a big chunk of inspiration from the American high school experience,. For example:. The Treats album cover features a photo of cheerleaders, with their faces scratched off. The Reign of Terror cover shows a pair of blood-splattered Keds. Their song 'Crush' features.
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Common themes in their videos include,. And did we mention the and random acts of violence?.: Look at Alexis for a moment. Consider that she was, in fact, a Spanish teacher. You may now swoon.: 'Treats' comes across as this.: Derek, who despite playing all the instruments, producing the albums, and writing the songs, is completely in shadow of Alexis (who only sings) to casual listeners.: Intentionally done on their albums, especially Treats.: From a 5 to a 7.
'True Shred Guitar' would probably be an 8.: Many have described their sound as a mix of Pop / Metal / Punk / R&B. Ain't that quite a pedigree? Derek himself has called 'Comeback Kid' an R&B song with guitars.: The song 'Rill Rill' on Treats. On the 2009 EP the song was 'Ring Ring' which does appear in the lyrics, but it was rewritten slightly for Treats, becoming 'Ring Ring II', which became 'Rill Rill' for the finished album.: 'Sixteen six six six and I'll never part' ('Rill Rill') and 'They're gonna stand em up six by six by six' (adequately, 'Demons').: Certainly seems that way, at first.
While Derek was playing in punk bands, Alexis was a kindergarten teacher.: They've stated that they feel more like brother and sister and Alexis has more input into their albums, balancing out their sound.: 'Comeback Kid'.: 'Treats'. 'Bomb heaven/can we bomb heaven?' .: Derek is a 'DIY' type of this, having produced both their albums himself.: 'Rill Rill' borrows its riff from Funkadelic's 'Can You Get To That'.
/: 'A/B Machines' is simply the lines 'Got my A machines on the table/Got my B machines in the drawer' repeated throughout its three and a half minute length.: 'Crown on the Ground' is played in the trailer of 's. 'Infinity Guitars' is featured in TV spots for.
He's since ditched them by the time their album Bitter Rivals came around because he didn't want to be that guy who wore sunglasses inside. Also, he stopped drinking heavily and thus didn't need the glasses to hide his hangover.: The 'Rill Rill' video. A picture day session at a school from hell, a shrine filled lockers, a bleeding telephone what?!.: All three of their albums.: Lots of the songs on Treats have these, because the music behind them was created first, and then lyrics were added to them on top.
The songs on Reign of Terror, however, were more carefully crafted, with an increased emphasis on lyrical content. Bitter Rivals is a balance of the two, with Alexis contributing more lyrics.: Self-described. They prefer to keep busy and released three albums in three years.: Alexis met Derek in a restaurant that he was a waiter at.