… Read Full Bio ↴Anarchy Club is a Hard Rock/Electronica duo from Boston, Massachusetts.
The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Keith Smith, who is a former member of the band C60, and Adam Buhler, who plays guitar, bass, and other instruments, and is a former member of the band Splashdown.
In the winter of 2004, long time friends Adam Buhler and Keith Smith decided to start a musical project that would eventually become Anarchy Club. Fusing their love for Asian cinema, video games, muscle cars, anime, and hard rock music, the two set to writing songs.
Their debut album, The Way and Its Power mixes everything from death metal riffs and hip hop grooves to Chinese classical and waltz beats, all with a decidedly heavy rock flavor throughout.
Anarchy Club received a boost in popularity by having their song "Behind the Mask" appear in the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero as a bonus track. The band also has the songs "Blood Doll" and "Get Clean" in the Rock Band game franchise. Smith is an employee of Harmonix, the company that developed Guitar Hero and counts Buhler's former bandmate, Kasson Crooker, as its Audio Director.
"Collide" (from their forthcoming release, "A Single Drop of Red") is a bonus track for Guitar Hero II. Of the 24 bonus tracks in the game, GameSpy named "Collide" as one of the five best. [1]
Keith and Adam cite their musical influences as Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, Gorillaz, Probot, early Metallica, The Streets, Deftones, Tool, AC/DC, early Misfits, Rasputina, Queens of the Stone Age, N.E.R.D.'s first album, Dr. Dre, Chinese opera music and more.
During his time in the C60, the band won 6 Boston music awards (5 of them in one year) and shared stages with bands such as Kiss, Run DMC, Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine and others. Some of their songs were also featured in the TV shows Dawson's Creek and The Shield.
Meanwhile, Adam worked with the band Splashdown, and recorded an unreleased album with legendary producer Glen Ballard, which gave birth to a few songs who eventually appeared on the TV shows Charmed and Angel and some movies.
Anarchy Club then started working on their second studio album, called A Single Drop of Red and was released around late 2007/early 2008. One of their songs titled "Blood Doll" appeared on Harmonix's 2007 music video game Rock Band.
In late 2008, Anarchy Club started working on their third studio album, which may be called The Art Of War and is set for a release in 2009, the track "Get Clean" was released as a single on iTunes and a bonus track in Harmonix's newest music video game, Rock Band 2, in which Harmonix continued the tradition of featuring Anarchy Club songs in their games, after "Behind The Mask" in Guitar Hero, "Collide" in Guitar Hero II, "Blood Doll" in Rock Band and "Get Clean" in Rock Band 2 .
Collide
Anarchy Club Lyrics
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The lyrics of Anarchy Club's song "Collide" describe a sense of interconnectedness with another person that transcends time and space. The singer speaks of their role in a shared dream, where the cracks of their scream allow light to shine through. The sun and sky seem brighter when seen through the eyes of the other person, and there is a certain acceptance of not knowing the reason for living and dying. The theme of collision appears again, as a scratch and a bite lead to a flash of light, suggesting a kind of cataclysmic moment where the two worlds collide and the people involved are left to navigate the aftermath.
The chorus repeats these ideas, emphasizing the inevitability of collisions between worlds, and the mysterious power of being connected to someone else in this way. The closing lyrics suggest that even when faced with the uncertainty of future times, the singer and their partner will face it together, as equals.
Overall, "Collide" speaks to the human desire for connection and meaning, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty.
Line by Line Meaning
Playing my part in the dream
I am participating in the collective illusion of reality
Light shines through cracks in a scream
Hope and illumination can emerge from pain and agony
The sun, the sky are brighter in your eyes
Your perception of the world can shape its brightness and beauty
We live, we die not knowing why
The meaning of life and death is elusive and uncertain
A scratch, a bite and then a flash of light
An unexpected event can change everything in an instant
As worlds collide it's you and I
We are in this together as the universe unfolds
Time and tide when worlds collide
The forces of time and nature can lead to cosmic upheaval
Tomorrow comes today
The future is always looming and uncertain
First to last when future's past is here with me to stay
The legacy of the future is intertwined with the present and past
Contributed by Dominic E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.