Pendulum (drum and bass band) Musical style What was pendulum's musical style? Pendulum was formed, their musical style was considerably more drum and bass sounding than the work they were known for later in their career.
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When Pendulum was formed, their musical style was considerably more drum and bass sounding than the work they were known for later in their career. Signature tunes such as "Masochist", "Vault", "Back 2 You" and "Voyager", which were released on labels such as Uprising Records, 31 Records, Renegade Hardware and Low Profile Records, have a darker, more amelodic air to them which is substantially absent from their later productions. The band's newer work is regarded as generally leaning heavily towards a mainstream, dance-driven sound. Early work such as "Another Planet" seems to indicate an early affinity with a more global sound, similar to other Breakbeat Kaos artists such as DJ Fresh and Adam F.  The group has produced various remixes of other artists also; one of the best-known being the remix of "Voodoo People", originally by The Prodigy. In 2008-2010, they covered/remixed songs including Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song", Linkin Park's "The Catalyst", Calvin Harris's "I'm Not Alone", Coldplay's "Violet Hill", and Metallica's "Master of Puppets". Pendulum's versions of "I'm Not Alone" and "Master Of Puppets" both exist as studio recordings but have not been officially released, and are only previewed during DJ sets. The original live version of "Master of Puppets" was played as an instrumental introduction for "Slam", and was featured on their first live album/DVD. During their American tour as the supporting band for Linkin Park, the song was played in its entirety, with Rob doing vocals. Pendulum have also remixed their own music and, on occasion, television theme songs, such as Australian television's "ABC News Theme" in May 2010. The remix proved to be immensely popular with listeners of Australian youth radio station Triple J, polling at number 11 in the 2010 Triple J Hottest 100 countdown.  Pendulum's musical style consisted of a fusion of drum and bass (along with other electronic genres), alternative rock and heavy metal, with the inclusion of acoustic instruments. This creates a sound reminiscent of electronic rock, albeit with much more prominent drum and bass and, more recently, dubstep influences. Some songs, such as "Slam", "Propane Nightmares" and "Witchcraft" are synth-led, whilst others, such as "Showdown", "The Tempest" and "Comprachicos", are guitar-led. Bassist Gareth McGrillen stated in an interview on Channel 4 that they use 13 computers during the live performances, all of which are mixing the sounds produced by the instruments in real time. Rob Swire stated in issues of TJECK magazine and Rock Sound magazine that he would like to begin producing songs with a punk style to them, which Gareth clarified to mean "A raw, aggressive, less polished method of producing". Pendulum were known to be fans of progressive rock and progressive metal bands, which may have inspired them to fuse multiple genres of music together, which is standard practice in those genres. CANNOTANSWER
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"I Never Liked You" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian band Rogue Traders. The song was written by James Ash, Melinda Appleby, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Timothy Henwood, and produced by Ash for the band's third studio album Better in the Dark (2007). The song's lyrics were written as a reaction "to endless love songs on [the] radio".

The song was released as the album's second single in Australia on 14 January 2008. It has reached number nine on the Australian singles chart, and has become the band's sixth top ten single.

Background and release
According to lead singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte, "I Never Liked You" began as a song about Cinderella, but "that didn't go anywhere!". James Ash has described the song as a "reaction to endless love songs on [the] radio" and said that he "wanted to [do] something opposite. I like to think of it as the Anti-Breakup song!"

"I Never Liked You" was released as a CD single and digital download in Australia. The CD single included "Shout Out", a previously unreleased song, and both formats featured a remix of "Watching You" by Chris Lake. In November 2007, the band performed the song during the Australian Idol 2007 grand finale at the Sydney Opera House. James Ash has described the performance as their "best TV moment".

Chart performance
"I Never Liked You" debuted on the Australian Singles Chart on 27 January 2008 at number eleven. The following week, the song rose two positions to number nine. During its third week fell out of the ARIA top 10 to number 11. It stayed within the top 50 for a further 12 weeks.

On the Physical Singles Chart, "I Never Liked You" debuted and peaked at number five, and on the Digital Track Chart, it peaked at number ten.

On 19 April, I Never Liked You was certified Gold (35,000+ copies sold) by ARIA Charts

Music video
The music video for "I Never Liked You" was filmed in late 2007. The video was influenced by kung fu and manga and features Bassingthwaighte and Ash combating an Asian gang to rescue their band members, who have been taken hostage. The video begins with the band performing in a garage. Scenes of Bassingthwaighte and Ash being chased on motorcycles in a futuristic city are then shown. The video concludes with Bassingthwaighte and Ash fighting the gang and escaping with the other band members.

Bassingthwaighte and Ash received stunt training over two days by the team behind stunts in the Star Wars and The Matrix. The music video premiered on the band's official website on 14 December 2007.

Track listings
CD single
(88697212382; Released 14 January 2008)
 "I Never Liked You" – 3:29
 "Shout Out" – 3:59
 "Watching You" (Chris Lake's downtown vocal) – 6:51

Digital download
(Released 10 November 2007)
 "I Never Liked You" – 3:28

iTunes EP
(Released 15 January 2008)
 "I Never Liked You" – 3:31
 "Watching You" (Chris Lake's downtown vocal) – 6:53

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links
 "I Never Liked You" Minisite

2007 songs
2008 singles
Columbia Records singles
Rogue Traders songs
Songs written by James Ash
Songs written by Natalie Bassingthwaighte Weapon in Mind is the sixth studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Maria Mena. All songs are written by Mena, and composed by Mena and Mats Lie Skåre, Thomas Eriksen and Martin Sjølie, which are listed in the track list. The first single "Fuck You" was released on March 18, 2013. The second single "I Always Liked That" was released on June 21, 2013.

Track listing

Singles
 "Fuck You" (2013)
 "I Always Liked That" (2013)
 "All The Love" (2013)

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References

Maria Mena albums
2013 albums Sabotain: Break the Rules is a Russian video game developed by Avalon Style Entertainment and published by Akella in November 2004.

It is inspired by films such as The Fifth Element. It was originally a game entitled Sabotain by  CDV Software, but the project was later revived by Akella. It entered the alpha stage on July 17, 2002. 

Interia wrote that the only design aspect they liked was the music. Stop deemed it Russian's answer to Deus Ex. XTGamers felt it was weak in terms of graphics and technology. Igray liked the big, diverse world. Absolute Games thought the game had too many compounding bugs to be fun. Jeuxvideo described the AI as "shameful".

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