1) An Industrial metal b… Read Full Bio ↴There are four artists by the name of Bile:
1) An Industrial metal band from the US. BILE has been pumping the dance floors of Hell since 1992. Considered pioneering forerunners of the new crop of industrial-metal hybrid acts that appeared in the late '90's and 2000's, BILE has always maintained their own style. Based in New York, the band has a floating line-up, but most of the musical duties are handled by former Napalm vocalist/guitarist Krztoff (Chris Liggio). Originally featuring nine members on the first two albums and gaining a large amount of publicity from the inclusion of 'I Reject' on the platinum-selling Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack, Bile slimmed down in the years prior to 1999's Sex Reflex, eventually becoming a three-piece. This album features their most popular song to date, "In League", famously featured in Dee Snider's film, Strangeland. When performing live, Bile currently consists of Krztoff (vocals, bass), former-Angeldust guitarist Dave Sussman and drummer John DeSalvo "Serv-O" (KMFDM, 16Volt, Chemlab). Krztoff is also currently an active member of Pigface and Black From the Dead (with Charles Levi of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult) and in 2001 performed guest appearances on both Sepultura's Nation and Ill Niño's Revolution Revolución. Former members include founding-bassist R.H. Bear (E-X-E), Slave (Black Ops Conspiracy), Omen (Ooze), Brett Pirozzi (Kreep), Doug Bohn (Suffocation, Lockdown), Eric Roi (Lockdown), Jeff Lombardi (Napalm, Lockdown) and Tom Zagorski (Eye Kandy, Godhead).
2) A goregrind band from the Netherlands, formed in 1998. It has now changed its name to Skullhog. Under the name Bile, it has released an EP and a full-length, both of which are highly acclaimed.
3) A black metal band from Germany. They have released one album in 2004, Vernichtungsschlag.
4) Bile is a political punk band out of Paris, France playing mid-tempo rock music. https://cestbile.bandcamp.com/releases
Rock is dead
Bile Lyrics
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Form. ROCK IS DEAD. Falling fast from the brink of boredom, pork those piggies with no condom. Rainbow, black flag, Tipper
Gore-dom, slutfest, cumsoaked, teknowhore-dom. ROCK IS DEAD. Rubber love, from coast to coast, ten count you're out, now
Who's the most. Clean shaved boy, cut smiling faces. Brit-pop dick like you're in Oasis. ROCK IS DEAD.
The lyrics to Bile's song "Rock Is Dead" convey a sense of the disillusionment and disgust that the band may feel towards the rock music industry. The opening lines, "Come, swallow, if you please, hand grasp throat up from your knees," suggest an act of submission or surrender, while the following line, "Two faced are always reborn," implies a sense of betrayal or duplicity. The line "sunk lower than the lowest form" further emphasizes a sense of despair and hopelessness.
The chorus, "ROCK IS DEAD," is repeated throughout the song, reinforcing the idea that the genre has lost its vitality and relevance. The lines "Falling fast from the brink of boredom, pork those piggies with no condom" suggest a sense of hedonism and reckless abandon, while the references to "Rainbow, black flag, Tipper Gore-dom, slutfest, cumsoaked, teknowhore-dom" further emphasize the idea of excess and debauchery.
The lyrics also contain references to the commodification of rock music, with lines like "Rubber love, from coast to coast" and "cut smiling faces" hinting at the way in which the industry creates and markets an idealized image of the rock star. The final line, "Brit-pop dick like you're in Oasis," could be interpreted as a thinly veiled criticism of the British rock scene, which enjoyed widespread popularity in the 1990s when the song was released.
Overall, Bile's "Rock Is Dead" is a scathing commentary on the state of rock music and the industry surrounding it. The lyrics convey a sense of disillusionment and disgust with the excess and commodification that have come to define the genre.
Line by Line Meaning
Come, swallow, if you please, hand grasp throat up from your knees.
Please come and kneel before us, choking on our commands, with your hands around your throat in submission.
Two faced are always reborn, sunk lower than the lowest Form.
Our deceitful and manipulative ways allow us to always rise from the ashes, even when we have fallen to the lowest of the low.
ROCK IS DEAD.
We proclaim the death of rock music, because we believe that our own brand of music and lifestyle is more important and superior.
Falling fast from the brink of boredom, pork those piggies with no condom.
We seek excitement and pleasure without concern for the consequences, indulging in reckless behaviors and causing harm to ourselves and others.
Rainbow, black flag, Tipper Gore-dom, slutfest, cumsoaked, teknowhore-dom.
We embrace a diverse and controversial range of subcultures and lifestyles, characterized by sexuality, rebellion, and excess.
ROCK IS DEAD.
We repeat our message of rock's demise, as a way of asserting our own dominance and superiority over the genre.
Rubber love, from coast to coast, ten count you're out, now Who's the most.
We engage in promiscuous and often unsafe sexual encounters, competing with others for the title of most sexually prowess and domination.
Clean shaved boy, cut smiling faces. Brit-pop dick like you're in Oasis.
We mock and criticize traditional and mainstream forms of rock and pop music and their associated aesthetics, portraying ourselves as cooler and more cutting-edge.
ROCK IS DEAD.
We repeat our message once again, affirming our belief that we have surpassed and outgrown the limitations and conventions of rock music and culture.
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