All Star United

[elisa5?]

have you guys heard their new cd yet? i'm really liking it a lot,I’ve been listening to it during art class, and youth group(people are being exposed=) it doesn't seem to be catching on tho, what do you guys think?
i think maybe asu fans got bored, b/c it didn't seem like much was happening for a while, but honestly i think they have gotten better. i like revolution way better than their other cds.
oh, if you haven't checked it out yet, look at this e-card http://www.milkmoneypromotions.com/asu/

[vbguitargirl]

I love the new ASU cd! Unfortunately, I have no idea where the actual disk that I bought went. I was kinda bummed for awhile:nope:

[elisa5?]

awwwww, that really sucks, i'm sorry.. you don't know anyone that has the cd? i could probably hook you up w/ one, if you don't.

[IndoGuy]

i have heard so much on All Star United but have never listened to them. What are they like? Are they anything like Hillsong? Are they an American band? yeah....

[shineN]

I've been an ASU fan for a while, but i've had no motivation to pick up the new cd... I thought "international anthems" was way worse than the original self titled... though I like "IA" it just doesn't have the same feel to it... oh well, maybe i'll check 'revolution' out

[elisa5?]

yeah i didn't care for 'anthems' that much either..i like 'revolution' better. they're based in the UK or something aren't they or are they Americans..? i'm not sure, but i don't think they're originally from the states.. anyways, they are a pop rock band..maybe sorta like tree63.. i'm not brilliant w/ comparisons, sorry.

[IAmCrossEyed]

Mods might want to move this to the All Star United forum. :)

They haven't had any posts in there for a while anyway.

[shineN]

haha they may move it...

Ian Esklin (sp?) is from the UK or Australia I believe... but I don't know the line up of the band any more...

[bobthecockroach]

Well I think it'd be ok here too.. but I'll move it ;)

[Ricky*]

yeah i really like them but i havn't heard there new cd.....:brick:

[elisa5?]

hey, this is cool, i didn't even know there was an ASU forum thing :)

[IAmCrossEyed]

Originally posted by bobthecockroach
Well I think it'd be ok here too.. but I'll move it ;) Hey, I am not the mod. It is completely up to you. :D

[SystemOfAJon]

Originally posted by shineN
Ian Esklin (sp?) is from the UK or Australia I believe... but I don't know the line up of the band any more...

I believe the pre-Revolution band were all from the UK. Ian has a house in Nashville. The post-revolution band, I don't know.

~Jon

[w00t]

Did anybody hear the sound clip for the song "Taboo"? or know where i could hear it? or even know what i'm talking about? =P.

[SystemOfAJon]

Did anybody hear the sound clip for the song "Taboo"? or know where i could hear it? or even know what i'm talking about? =P.
I don't know what you're talking about.

And if somebody knows where to listen to it, it better be legal.

~Jon

[Mr. Role Modlin]

haha they may move it...

Ian Esklin (sp?) is from the UK or Australia I believe... but I don't know the line up of the band any more...
Ian Esklin was originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. He played keyboards with Code Of Ethics for a brief period of time. He put out a couple of synth-pop CDs under the name Ian before forming ASU. To my knowledge, most of the original band were from the USA. I hung out with them a few times when they were touring for the first CD and none of them SOUNDED Aussie or British. They were based out of Nashville, TN back then, but I don't know where they are now.

[HIZlilROCKER]

Did anybody hear the sound clip for the song "Taboo"? or know where i could hear it? or even know what i'm talking about? =P.

First of all, this is actually HIZlilROCKER's brother...they won't let him log out so I can get an identity on here, so he's letting me use his deal. But anyway, here's the scoop.

Taboo is actually a song from Ian Eskelin's solo album coming out September 21st, titled "Save the Humans". But I think he has a download for it on his site:

http://www.ianeskelin.com

It's pretty good. He gets back to the clever lyrics of International Anthems. Actually, I'm on his site right now, and he has a player where you can listen to a few other songs of his.

[SystemOfAJon]

I don't know what you're talking about.

And if somebody knows where to listen to it, it better be legal.

~Jon
Hah, ignore that.

I thought "Taboo" was a okay song. But Ian tried to put his quirky lyrics into a song about God...and it failed. He seems to be able to write about other topics in a much, much better way. Lines like "I could kiss a kangaroo/Sick my spitz on your shih tzu" in a song about political correctness? :-/

And from what I've heard on his website (I've listened to all the clips numerous times), it sounds like this is going to be similar to <i>Revolution</i>. Which, of course, I thought sucked royally.

It seems like InPop has gotten ahold of him and he's now writing more CCMish songs about God, instead of "risque" songs like "If We Were Lovers".

Actually, I made a bit of a review/rant on my MT journal. You can read it <a href="http://blogs.christianguitar.org/jon/archives/000510.html">here</a>. I hope this is in the realms of permissible advertising...

~Jon

[HIZlilROCKER]

Yeah...I do wish he'd go back to writing those biting, cynical lyrics. That was half the fun of listening to All Star United. Worldwide Socialites Unite was one of my favorites.