The ModBlog

10.01.2011

5.23.2011

4 Years, 3 Bass Players

Here we have all the bass players for The Moderate, current and past, in a beautiful bass embrace. Let's leave it at that.

4.20.2011

Hopscotch Line up Announced: The Moderate, Flaming Lips, Guided by Voices, Drive-By Truckers and More...

The Independent Weekly’s Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, N.C. will feature the likes of The Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices, Drive-By Truckers, Superchunk, The Dodos, John Vanderslice, Swans, Yelawolf, Black Lips, Cold Cave, Empress Hotel, The Love Language, Lost in the Trees, Twin Shadow and tons more.

The festival will run from Sept. 8-10 in downtown Raleigh.

For more information about the event, including ticket prices, hotel and venue information and maps, check out hopscotchmusicfest.com.

2.22.2011

The Moderate is playing at my house...my house.

This is why you invite The Moderate to rock your crib:

and this...

Uh, hold on baby.

10.06.2010

The: Moderate

adjective |ˈmäd(ə)rət|
average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree : we walked at a moderate pace.
• (of a person, party, or policy); not radical or excessively right- or left-wing : a moderate reform program.
noun |ˈmäd(ə)rət| |ˈmɑd(ə)rət| |ˈmɒd(ə)rət| |ˈmɒd(ə)rət|
a person who holds moderate views, esp. in politics.
verb |ˈmädəˌrāt| |ˈmɑdəˈreɪt| |ˈmɒdəreɪt|
1 make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent : [ trans. ] I shall not moderate my criticism | [as adj. ] ( moderating) his moderating influence in the army was now needed more than ever | [ intrans. ] the weather has moderated considerably.
2 [ trans. ] (in academic and ecclesiastical contexts) preside over (a deliberative body) or at (a debate) : a panel moderated by a Harvard University law professor.
• [ intrans. ] preside; act as a moderator.
3 [ trans. ] Physics retard (neutrons) with a moderator.
DERIVATIVES
moderatism |-ˌtizəm| |ˈmɑd(ə)rəˈtɪzəm| |ˈmɒd(ə)rətɪz(ə)m| noun
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin moderat- ‘reduced, controlled,’ from the verb moderare; related to modest .

9.16.2010

My Top 10: Ian

Damn, where do I start?

Here goes, in no particular order:

Rush - Moving Pictures
Even though it sounds 80's as fuk, I was all about Alex Lifeson's playing on this album. The rhythm section isn't that bad either.

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta/Synchronicity
Great playing and songwriting. A couple bad ones along the way but overall awesome.

Bad Brains - Quickness
Dr. Know's style of playing gets me so stoked. I love that man.

Aswad - Live and Direct
My friend Tyler burned this for me in college and it changed the way I looked at playing music live. They set the standard of how to bring it. The drums and bass always blow me away.

Enter the Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers
A classic. Kind of like The Chronic, Doggystyle or Appetite For Destruction. I listen to this album when I'm out in the woods camping.

Fugazi - Repeater
I include all the Minor Threat albums in this choice as well. Growing up in the DC area as a teenager playing guitar, this shit made me want to kick ass.

Yes - Fragile/The Yes Album
Uh, yeah. I don't even know what to say. Some people like Phish, I like Yes.

Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
F'ing awesome. It was like Black Sabbath but Seattle-ey.

Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Mick Mars is totally underrated as a guitar player. He's like the Billy Gibbons of glam/hair metal.

Sepultura - Chaos AD
Holy shit this album is heavy.

Blur - Parklife
Brit-pop at it's finest. Graham Coxon on guitar is amazing.