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1) Ceremony is a hardcore punk band from Rohnert Park, California, formed in 2005. The band features Ross Farrar (vocals), Anthony Anzaldo (guitar), Justin Davis (bass), Andy Nelson (guitar), and Jake Casarotti (drums). In 2005, the band released the EP, Ruined on Malfunction Records. This release was followed by their critically acclaimed first full-length album, Violence Violence, which included a re-recorded version of the Ruined EP. 2008 saw the release of Still Nothing Moves You, the band's first release on Bridge 9 Records, described by Keith Carman in Exclaim! magazine as "hardcore's equivalent of Hiroshima", which placed on Billboard's Top Internet and Top Heatseekers charts in August 2008. After touring all around the world[citation needed] with bands including Blacklisted, Converge, and AFI, they have released new music, including their third full-length album Rohnert Park in 2010. In 2011, the band confirmed they had signed with Matador Records, and their final Bridge 9 release would be a covers-only EP, featuring the band's take on songs by Urban Waste, Pixies, Crisis, Eddie and the Subtitles, Vile and Wire.
In March 2012, the band released the album Zoo on Matador Records which was a departure from the harder style even more so than the Rohnert Park album was, with the new record focusing on a more pre-hardcore punk sound in the style of Wire's Pink Flag (1977) album.[10][11]
On May 19, 2015, they released their second album on Matador, titled The L-Shaped Man.[12] This record saw them move even further into the post-punk realm with many comparing the album's sound to that of Joy Division.
Their sixth album, In the Spirit World Now, was released through Relapse Records on August 23, 2019
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2) Ceremony were a Post-Punk/Shoegaze band from Fredericksburg, Virginia, featuring John Fedowitz, (member of the shoegaze legend Skywave) and Sandra Fedowitz. The two-piece band was originally formed in 2005 incl. other band members, and has been touring Europe, Asia and the USA. They've changed their name to Ceremony East Coast. In 2021, both members joined fellow Skywave member Oliver Ackermann's A Place To Bury Strangers.
3) Ceremony is a rock band based in Australia with a worldwide release of their debut album available early 2008.
4) Ceremony was a short lived dutch death metal band that hybridized thunderous New York death metal with Scandinavian death metal.
5) Ceremony was a short-lived rock band, created by Chastity Bono, Cher's daughter, in 1993. Ceremony released one album, Hang Out Your Poetry, in 1993. The band featured Bono on vocals, acoustic guitar, and percussion. Other members were Heidi Shink a/k/a Chance, Pete McRae, Steve Bauman, Louis Ruiz, and Bryn Mathieu. All the songs except one were written or co-written by Bono, Heidi Shink, and Mark Hudson. There are no synthesizers or digital effects anywhere on the album.
6) Ceremony was a Dutch new wave band in the mid-eighties. Young and moody they played some short but impressive gigs.
7) Ceremony was a Death/Thrash Metal band from the USA now split-up (previous band of Morbid Angel lead singer Steve Tucker). They only released one demo ("Ceremony"), which was recorded again on a MCD ("The Days Before The Death") in 2000.
Quarantine
Ceremony Lyrics
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You carry a knife carry a gun
Parents are white gaudy and slow
Fear is a house without windows
Call the police
Turn me in
Inside your head cemetery songs
I'm dying I'm dead
As love in the backseat
As heaven sent
Contagious in need of quarantine
The lyrics of "Quarantine" by Ceremony touch upon the theme of mental health. The opening line of the song, "Tell the doctor you have a bad life," sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics. The singer seems to be struggling with their mental health to the point where they carry a knife or gun. The mention of their parents being "white gaudy and slow" could suggest that the singer feels a disconnect from their family or society in general. The line "fear is a house without windows" is a metaphorical representation of the fear and anxiety that consumes the singer. They feel trapped and unable to escape their own negative thoughts.
The chorus of the song highlights the singer's desperation for help, as they plead for someone to "call the police" and "turn me in." The second verse of the song shifts from the singer's internal struggles to their external behavior. They isolate themselves from others and listen to "cemetery songs" in their head. The mention of "love in the backseat" could suggest a past relationship that ended badly, contributing to the singer's current state of mind. The repetition of "I'm dying, I'm dead" further emphasizes the singer's mental state.
Overall, "Quarantine" by Ceremony is a powerful song exploring the complex and emotional topic of mental health.
Line by Line Meaning
Tell the doctor you have a bad life
Admit to the doctor that your life is not going well.
You carry a knife carry a gun
You frequently carry around both a knife and a gun.
Parents are white gaudy and slow
Your parents are ostentatious and slow-witted despite being White.
Fear is a house without windows
Fear can be likened to a house without any windows, as it is impossible to see through or escape from.
Call the police
Instruct someone to call the police.
Turn me in
Surrender or report me to the authorities.
When you go out you sit alone
Even when you're out in public, you tend to isolate yourself and sit by yourself.
Inside your head cemetery songs
You're preoccupied with morose or melancholic thoughts in your mind, such as songs about death and cemeteries.
I'm dying I'm dead
You feel either close to death or already dead inside.
As love in the backseat
Loving someone hidden in the backseat or secret portions of your life.
As heaven sent
Something that feels like a blessing from above or feels like it was meant to be.
Contagious in need of quarantine
You have a contagious condition that requires quarantine or isolation for public safety.
Contributed by Abigail S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.