2. 90s Straight Edge Hardcore band from … Read Full Bio ↴1. Band from Stockholm, Sweden.
2. 90s Straight Edge Hardcore band from Pennsylvania, USA. Members went on to form Stillwater and Atari.
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1. Blindside is a post-hardcore/alternative rock band from Stockholm. They formed in 1994 as "Underfree" and kept that name for two years before releasing their debut EP in 1996.
In 1997, Tooth and Nail Records got a hold of the EP and signed Blindside. The first album, which was self-titled (Blindside), was released to American audiences. This album had quite a raw, punk rock feel and was well-received by fans of P.O.D. and Mr. Bungle.
In 1998, Tooth and Nail Records issued a new EP: Empty Box.
In 2000, A Thought Crushed My Mind was released. This album explored a harsher, more hardcore side than the band's debut, and vocalist/chief lyricist Christian Lindskog also voiced his pain of missing his wife, Elina, while touring. Due to lackluster sales of the two albums, it would be Blindside's final album for Solid State. P.O.D. began actively endorsing Blindside and signed them to Elektra Records under the imprint 3 Points.
2002 saw the release of Blindside's next album, Silence. It generated minor hits such as "Sleepwalking", "Pitiful" and "Caught a Glimpse". In 2003, they toured with Hoobastank to support the album. Some fans consider this their best work yet, as it perfectly meshes Christian's beautiful vocal melodies with the band's dramatic, crunchy instrumentation.
In 2004, About a Burning Fire was released. It has generated a minor hit in "All of Us". In late 2004, it was announced that Blindside was leaving Elektra Records per the band's request. This album showed the band toying with their diversity, as they threw in techno elements in "Where The Sun Never Dies" and yodeling Swedish vocals in the ethereal "Shekina". "Shekina" was used on WWE DVD Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story.
In 2003, the Warner Music Group was sold to private investors, and employees lost jobs as a result. Therefore, the label couldn't support them anymore. Thankfully the Blindside Union and P.O.D. Warriors are doing more than enough to help out. Blindside sold out five of the shows they headlined in 2004.
In 2005, Blindside re-released their first two albums, with bonus tracks added to them, with new cover art. A DVD, entitled Ten Years Running Blind, was released on June 21, 2005, and a new album, The Great Depression, was released on August 2, 2005.
The Great Depression saw Blindside experimenting with many more genres than they previously had. Many jazzy elements were incorporated, such as in the spiritually uplifting "My Alibi" and the dreamy, ethereal "City Lights". A couple of guest vocalists were even incorporated, namely Ilkka from Benea Reach, a Norwegian metalcore band. Ilkka's vocals dueled Christian Lindskog's in "Come to Rest". Jan Jämte of Khoma also did work on the comforting ballad "You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids". Many fans consider The Great Depression the band's most experimental work to date.
Blindside parted ways with their record company in 2007 and released a new EP, The Black Rose EP, on June 27, 2007. The EP was an independent release available only as a download from the band's website. It contains 8 songs, 5 brand new recordings plus 3 live tracks recorded at the 'Hultsfred Festival' in Sweden in 2006.
Currently, Blindside is working on a recording contract with a new label and is hoping to release The Black Rose EP to wider US distribution eventually in the future.
Recently, Christian Lindskog started a solo acoustic project called Lindforest (a 6 translation of his surname) along with Simon Grenehed playing a few unrecorded songs at minor gigs locally.
Members:
Christian Lindskog
Simon Grenehed
Tomas Näslund
Marcus Dahlström
Cold
Blindside Lyrics
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in my left shirt-pocket
I still feel it now as something heavy
But it's losing leaves somehow
We wait for nothing now
We were never really close
Don't pretend there's not ice
in your blood
One of us needs to jump or push
And so your eyes starts running
but your face looks cold
Because it's just cold when
it's not right
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy
It's just cold with frozen kisses
and a breath of ice
It's just cold when it's not right
Is this a goodbye?
Now you're holding my hand until
your knuckles are turning white
On my skin there's frost and yes I
feel sorry but for time lost
Spent in your cold embrace
I didn't chose this but it's the time
and it's the place
We're at the edge of the cliff
One of us needs to jump or push
Your eyes starts running
but your face looks old
And it's just cold when it's not right
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy
It's just cold with frozen kisses and
a breath of ice
It's just cold when it's not right
Is this a goodbye?
And it's just cold when it's not right
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy
This could be a good
A real good
A goodbye
The lyrics to Blindside's song "Cold" paint a picture of a strained relationship, with one party feeling emotionally distant and the other struggling to hold onto the fading connection. The black flower in the left shirt pocket represents a burden, something heavy that is losing its vitality. The two parties have never been truly close, and there is a palpable sense of tension and coldness in the air. The chorus repeats the idea that the relationship is "just cold" when it's not right, and that it's ultimately a heartache that one party can never satisfy. The bridge of the song touches upon the physicality of the situation, with the other party holding onto the singer's hand so tightly that their knuckles are turning white, a manifestation of the emotional strain they are both under. In the end, the lyrics hint that this could be a final goodbye, that it's time for one party to take the leap or push the other off the cliff.
Line by Line Meaning
You put a little black flower
in my left shirt-pocket
You gave me a small black flower and I put it in my pocket.
I still feel it now as something heavy
But it's losing leaves somehow
That black flower you gave me still feels heavy in my pocket, but it's losing its leaves.
We wait for nothing now
We were never really close
We don't have anything left to wait for now and we were never really close to begin with.
Don't pretend there's not ice
in your blood
You're acting like there's no coldness in your veins, but I know it's there.
So please hush we're at the edge
One of us needs to jump or push
Let's be quiet because we're at the edge of a cliff and one of us needs to either jump or push the other.
And so your eyes starts running
but your face looks cold
Your eyes are starting to water, but your face still looks cold and unemotional.
Because it's just cold when
it's not right
Things feel cold when they're not right between us.
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy
It's heartbreaking that you could never fully satisfy me or make things right.
It's just cold with frozen kisses
and a breath of ice
Our kisses feel cold and icy, not warm and loving.
Is this a goodbye?
Is this the end of our relationship?
Now you're holding my hand until
your knuckles are turning white
You're holding my hand so tightly that your knuckles are turning white.
On my skin there's frost and yes I
feel sorry but for time lost
My skin feels cold and frosty because of our situation, and I feel sorry for the time we've lost together.
Spent in your cold embrace
I didn't chose this but it's the time
and it's the place
I didn't choose to be in your cold embrace, but it's where we are now because of the circumstances.
And it's just cold when it's not right
Things are cold and uncomfortable when they're not right between us.
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy
It's painful that you could never fully satisfy me emotionally, and it hurts me deeply.
This could be a good
A real good
A goodbye
This could be a good, if not great, final goodbye to our relationship.
Contributed by Leah L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.