#Punk Rock Holiday

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 02/12/2023

snow halation but it shreds

Season 4 Episode 2 Featured on: Halation Celebration ~ 10th Anniversary Tribute to Snow halation

Ripped by Joshua Taipale, Nolithium ft. Charles Ritz

December 2020. Near the end of Season 4 Episode 2, closing out SiIvaGunner's fifth year straight of running, a new project is suddenly unveiled to us as part of the SiIvaGunner All-Star Winter Festival. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Love Live's Snow Halation, a song closely tied to the channel's history, the SiIvaGunner team unveiled "Halation Celebration" - a full-on arrangement album featuring two dozen contributions both from within the team and from external submissions. You can sort of trace a journey here, from the original King for a Day Tournament, to the King for Another Day Tournament, to Halation Celebration, and to Season 5 and beyond - the journey that would eventually form "SiIvaGunner Fusion Records", the branding used to denote these sorts of full-scale arrangement projects in the future.

I've talked about a few of these in the past - hell, the blog's first-ever post was on Running Through Cookie Country from SGFR's "Super Star Symphony" project, and later on I'd cover *** EVERYTHING IS FINE *** from the first SGFR release of Season 7 - "Shovelware from Beyond the Deep!". Yet for as great as all these projects are, it all truly began with a Christmas celebration - it all began with Snow Halation, and for my money snow halation but it shreds was one of the utmost best parts of that celebration.

And that's not to disparage or dismiss any of the other contributions - like every SGFR release, Halation Celebration is filled with tons of different interpretations, different styles and creators all outputting at an utmost high level of quality, to where it almost does feel a little bad to pick just one favorite. Yet I am at the end of the day merely a Sonic fan, a total sucker for punk-rock and wailing electric guitars - and snow halation but it shreds is quite literally exactly what it promises on the tin. And its a fantastic performance - though I adored hearing the arrangements from SiIva's mainstay rippers, its just as fascinating to hear contributions from people like Joshua Taipale and Nolithium, who contribute despite otherwise not being associated with the channel! And the two are EXCELLENT musicians in their own right - something that I only discovered through this arrangement.

Holiday cheer can be a lot of things, and there's going to be a variety of different rips featured on the blog during the month to truly encompass that (and some more silly stuff too, don't worry!). Yet its in large part about appreciation and celebration, of shared and spread love and joy. And that feeling transcends any sort of conventions of music genres - that joy can be felt, even through the shredding riffs of snow halation but it shreds. Every part of Halation Celebration is an absolute gift, and I'm eternally going to be grateful for it playing part in kickstarting SGFR, and introducing me to so many talented musicians both inside the team and out.

[s0ggymop]

merrry christmas and happy holidays!!

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Rancid - Holiday Sunrise

[thyofthee]

[gypsysmiles]

An outtake from last month’s show in Cincinnati

[goddess-of-queens]

Merry Late Crisis to All ⛄️

[pinkfloyd-musicartnaturelove]

They were so controversial back in the day. The Dead Kennedys were one of the defining punk bands. 1978-1986

[espeiderman]

A little late but I drew Billie’s father for Father’s Day

[courtn3ysang3l]

I need to know, who you choosing?

[purplishly-prosaic]

Hey all, @plastic-red and I are vending as Memento Mori Amore at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market's Wreck the Halls event (Saturday 12/9 only) this weekend! We'll be at the Philly Punk Rock Flea Market Sunday 12/17 as well! Hope to see you there for some unique and handmade holiday shopping~💀🎁✨

[meetmeinthesandbox]

[xxdecompclothingxx]

[jackelopeofthelake]

HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Sex Pistols –Holidays in the Sun

[happy-and-gay-tortoise]

FIT FOR BAND CHRISTMAS CAROLING AND CHRISTMAS CONCERT TOMORROW!! Love yall so much have a great Christmas <333 (if you celebrate) Make sure to take care of yourselves and those around you and remember its ok to forget things and make mistakes, I love yall and have a great holiday season you beautiful creatures!

[greasystuff]

More shameless self promotion. Records for sale. There's still enough time to get one of these platters under the tree for that record collector or punk rock creep on your list.

Buy one - Get one FREE from now until the fat man comes to town. (They make great gifts!) It's gonna be a punk rock Christmas after all!