Everything Is British And Everything Hurts or The Best Of The Brits or The Brit Awards or I'm So British or I Wish I was Born In England

My dad went to England, Britain, UK, The United Kingdom or whatever the hell you call it. 

I have decided to do a British appreciation post, so make some tea and biscuits and enjoy =D

British Music

The Beatles > "Help! Can anybody help?" I just found the greatest band in history 

David Bowie > Ziggy played guitar and had mismatched eyes 

The Sex Pistols > The first and most awesome punk rock band. God Save The Queen!

Coldplay > If you don't like them then "I will try to fix you"

The Cure > Whenever I listen to you "You make me feel like I am home again"

Asking Alexandria > They are "Rock and roll at it's fucking finest"

You Me At Six > "If I were in your shoes" I'd listen to this band

Queen > You are "Under Pressure" to like this band

Siouxsie and The Banshees > This band has me "Spellbound"

The Who > If you don't know who they are, you are dumb 

The Smiths > "You've got everything" if you listen to them

Bauhaus > "Bela Lugosi is dead, he's dead" but this bands music will live forever 

Enter Shikari > "It is fate" you shall like this band

Iron Maiden > "I can hear them floating on the wind"

One Direction > This band "Stole My Heart"

(I apologize if your favorite band is not on this list, a full list of English bands can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_from_England)

British TV:

Doctor Who > You will never forget your first Doctor

Sherlock > You are going to deduct that this show is the bomb!

Downton Abbey > This is a bloody good show

Torchwood > Doctor Who spin off series staring Captain Jack Harkness, what's not to love?

(All British television programmes are here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_television_programmes)

British Actors:

All British actors are amazing so they all go on here 

British Books:
Harry Potter > If you don't like this story, please go away =]

Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit > Do I even have to explain why these are good?

Any thing by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens or William Shakespeare

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy > More proof that England is awesome. Seriously read these books

Lord Of The Flies > Iconic book for boys

Alice Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass > This book is actually good

A Room With A View > I've heard this is a good love story. 

A Clockwork Orange > Good book, good movie

Dracula > I feel bad that I haven't read this yet

Sherlock Holmes > Read it!!

Any thing by Agatha Christie

Okay pretty much any classic book can go on this list

(Full list here http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/british)

British Movies:
 This list will be too long so here is a helpful link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_films


We must not forget about their very sexy accents and their tea and crumpets 

So there you have it. England is pretty awesome!!

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Black

Angels

Guitarist

Camille Panetta

WHAT IS MY FAVORITE BAND YOU ASK ME? It really comes down to two albums. It would be sinister to just pick one. But I have to pick so here's the story. When I we moved to Virginia in the middle of sixth grade, I started really listening to GOOD CHARLOTTE'S SELF TITLED ALBUM Which my mom gave to me in third grade to steer me away from pop. As soon as Joel Madden said “This is to everyone who got picked last in gym class, to every one who never had a date to no school dance, to every one who's ever been called a freak, this is for you” I was hooked. It was like he was singing to me, for me. Like he knew my life. I felt a huge connection. It really changed me forever. Including the fact that from that point on I liked boys with eyeliner and piercings. I blame Benji Madden for that. Man, I loved that bad boy/rebel look.

I never had the right friends in middle school so I turned to music when I was lonely, which was a lot of the time. This album helped me stay strong when things got bad. Little Things became my anthem. Good Charlotte didn't write songs, they wrote anthems. Their songs were catchy but had really meaningful, inspiring lyrics. The lyrics spoke to me in a way no other band had. From Waldworf Worldwide telling me it will be alright to Festival Song singing about not letting people control your life. It all shaped me in to the person I am now. The girl who's not so shy any more and is more true to herself then she was before.

If I had not put that record in my Cd player I would have never found all the bands I know today. I owe them so much. I started writing lyrics. They were in the same format as GC's songs. I tried to put my feelings in to the song and tell a story the way they did. I could never get it quite right they had a special talent. A song that told a story that wasn't a country song, it was good stuff. A catchy song that had a punk rock edge. That's what I wanted but songs that had more edge. All of this added up is what makes Good Charlotte an amazing album.

After you check out Good Charlotte, make sure to pick up Black Angels new album, Bands That Don't Exist, out now on Hellcat Records