1. A Swedish alternative metal band including members of In
Flames. Now filed under Passenger (SWE).
2. A Brighton (UK) based alternative folk band.
3. A San José, Costa Rica hardcore/screamo band.
4. A Mesa, Arizona based acoustic rock band.
5. A rap artist from Texas.
6. An old alias of DJ Tiësto.
7. A Chicago-based instrumental rock band.
8. A psytrance project of MFG's Guy Zukrel.
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Passenger was formed in 1995 by Sten and Engelin. Both members wanted to do something that was not Thrash metal or Melodic death metal unlike the bands they played in. At its early stages the band was originally called "Cliff". Under the name Cliff they recorded two demos in Studio Fredman that were never released. After a break in the band and after Engelin was hired as a session guitarist for In Flames' Whoracle tour, Anders Fridén, the vocalist of In Flames showed interest in Passenger and joined the band.
In the year 2000 the band came back from its break and went on to record a demo. In 2001 the band recorded another demo in which early versions of the songs "Used", "In My Head", "Circus" and "Drowning City" were recorded. After a third demo the band finally recorded and released their debut album entitled Passenger. A video for "In Reverse" was also released.
Sten noted in February 2004 on their official website that they were in the process of recording their second album. However, since then, Fridén, lead vocalist of both Passenger and In Flames has been noted saying that he has very little time for the project, due to other commitments, and the group is currently on hold. In an interview with Fridén he stated that as soon as he gets a break from In Flames, he wants to get all the group together to record a second album for early 2010. This did however not happen as Anders continued touring with In Flames until October 2010 when they entered their studio to record their next album.
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The brainchild of 26-year-old Brighton born singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg, Passenger is redefining the troubadour for the 21st century. Formerly a five-piece band, Passenger has now pared back to basics, quite literally bringing music to the streets on a series of lengthy busking journeys across Australia, America and the United Kingdom. A classic journeyman musician, cut from the same mould as Van Morrison, Neil Young and John Prine, Passenger has the unique ability to move from the humorous to heartbreaking with every song.
After a year spent crisscrossing the UK and US with his debut album Wicked Man’s Rest, Passenger’s markedly stripped down and soulful second album Wide Eyes Blind Love was brought to the public as it was created: on the road. Setting up on street corners across the UK and Australia, Passenger halted passers by in their hundreds; all connecting to the mellifluous tones and powerfully hewn lyrics emanating from this lone figure and his guitar. This is music as Passenger means it to be, unvarnished and honest, just pure talent and powerful tunes that tap straight into the heart of the crowd.
Struck by the dynamic freedom of the troubadour life, Passenger developed the grass roots method of Wide Eyes Blind Love into the germ of a new album. Impressively and entirely self funded through busking income, Passenger set about recording a series of collaborations with musical friends met along the way. Flight Of The Crow is the remarkable result of Passenger’s intrepid journey, with Australian artists Lior, Josh Pyke, Katie Noonan, Boy & Bear, Kate Miller Heidke, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Brian Campeau and Elana Stone, Matt Corby, Jess Chalker and Dead Letter Chorus all lending their voices to this serendipitous creative venture. Flight Of The Crow was recorded in Sydney’s famous BJB studios over February and March of 2010, and co-produced by Berkfinger (AKA Simon Berkleman from Philadelphia Grand Jury).
As a second album born of the road, Flight Of The Crow speaks to the compelling quality of Passenger’s music and the striking sincerity of his lyrics, both of which are matched by his dedication to this grass roots style of craftsmanship and collaboration. How utterly remarkable that a lone musician can travel the globe, and literally from the street, connect with some of Australia’s finest musical talents to produce a self-funded album. This is the stuff of legend, with Passenger clearly evoking the humble, hardworking creativity of the troubadours of old.
www.myspace.com/passengerofficial
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Passenger or PSNGR is an active hardcore/screamo band formed in San José, Costa Rica born in 2004. Their EP "Get OFF the Rails!" (tentative title) will be out in 20/01/09. Band members: Alejandro Pacheco (vocals & guitar), Grego Rojas (guitar), Andres Moraga (bass), Jose Vargas (drums). www.myspace.com/passenger
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Passenger the acoustic rock band was formed in late 2000. They have a large archive of both original music and cover songs. They released their first pressed album, entitled "Four Letter Word", in September 2004 on indie label Crop Circle Records.
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Passenger is an Austin, Texas based MC. Born in Massachusetts, he spent most of his younger days growing up in New York and Houston, Tx eventually moving to Austin, Tx in 1996 attending college to try his hand as a sound engineer. During these years, his musical versatility had him playing bass in an alternative rock band, singing in another side project, DJing house, jungle and hip hop music at various venues in Austin. Eventually he became a full time DJ for the reggae/ska/hiphop/punk band, Indofin, which he was a member for years touring the country. His love for hip hop provoked him to purchase an MPC and has been making beats and rhyming ever since. "The Brick In A Glass House", his debut album, contains production from Nozebleed, Lazerbeak (Doomtree), amongst others as well as his own and has guests from Austin's own Emcee, Justin Cook, Weezel, as well as a few others. Currently, you can find him playing shows around the Austin area and will begin to venturing out to other Texas cities. He is also working on putting together a live band to back him at shows and working on new material.
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Passenger is also an old alias of DJ Tiësto. Tiësto only produced 2 tracks under his old Passenger-alias: "Blackspin" and "F.A.H.", both appearing on a record released on Momentum Records in 1996.
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Passenger began winter of 2002 when guitarist dustin covert and bassist/vocalist david mata collaborated on the bands first full length "alive" an 8 song full length about a disoriented and dark but intriguing view of love and romance. the album explored dissonant melodies and agonizingly slow chord progressions with the use of mark sampson on drums and sam billen on piano. in 2003 passenger progressed to a four person line up with michael oberlin on drums and james demis on keyboards and sound and began to play various rock venues in chicago, illinois and used silent film to accompany their live performance. numerous line-up changes took effect during the next year and a half, but in 2005 the concrete line-up of Dustin Covert and David D'Antonio on guitars, David Mata on Bass and Samuel Vincent on drums was achieved. In winter of 2005 Passenger recorded "The Owls are Restless", a 2 hour and 40 minute concept record about an ancient war between owls and rabbits and was recorded and engineered by Steve Whitney in a warehouse in Aurora, Illinois. Shortly after the recording drummer Samuel Vincent tragically passed away. Without his talent and with the grief of losing a dear, dear friend the band decided it was impossible to continue performing the material or anything that involved Passenger. These unfortunate events occurred before "The Owls are Restless" was able to achieve any sort of record label attention, and when it finally did it was too late. The remaining musicians have continued creating in their band White Devil, named after the vintage moog synth/organ that Sam would play in collaboration with his drums in Passenger.
myspace.com/whitedevilchicago
The Last Unicorn
Passenger Lyrics
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We’ll embrace just to warm our skins.
I’ll think of her and you’ll think of him.
And we’ll talk to keep the silence from our ears,
And we’ll laugh because we’re so close to tears,
We’re just lonely, you know, that’s why we’re here.
And you don’t fit in my arms like she would.
Lying in the dark, it’s understood:
We are both lost.
And we won’t be found.
We will wake up with each other in our paws,
You cover over white bits like I’ve not seen them before.
We’ll say goodbye and then we’ll say no more.
Cause hearts won’t buy love and nor will they sell,
And there is no love in this hotel.
Though we’re walking home we know too well
We are both lost
We are both lost
And we won’t be found.
She was my compass,
He was your map,
We’ve come too far to be turning back.
And we’ll sit on our single beds,
Nothing on our hearts and tears on our threads,
For we know the last unicorn is dead.
The Last Unicorn by Passenger is a song about two people who are lonely and looking for companionship. The lyrics describe a night they spent together, kissing, holding each other, talking, and laughing, but also acknowledging that they are both lost and won't be found. The song's verses also suggest that the two individuals being together is unlike how they felt with their previous partners. “Cause you don’t taste like you should, And you don’t fit in my arms like she would.” They both appear to be searching for something that is missing in their lives, and their time together is one way to fill that void temporarily.
As the song progresses, it becomes more apparent that the two individuals are aware that their encounter is just a temporary escape from their real burdensome lives. The lyrics "She was my compass, He was your map, We’ve come too far to be turning back" suggests the idea that they recognize the true love they have lost, but moving back to those moments is impossible. Therefore, they stay together to escape from the reality that they want to leave behind. The chorus emphasizes the message of the song as they both remain lost and hopeless in their search for love.
Line by Line Meaning
Well we’ll kiss for that’s how it begins,
We will start with a kiss, as that is the first step.
We’ll embrace just to warm our skins.
We will hug to warm ourselves up.
I’ll think of her and you’ll think of him.
We will both be thinking of someone else.
And we’ll talk to keep the silence from our ears,
We will talk to avoid the silence.
And we’ll laugh because we’re so close to tears,
We will laugh because we are sad.
We’re just lonely, you know, that’s why we’re here.
We are both here because we are lonely.
Cos you don’t taste like you should,
You don't taste like you are supposed to.
And you don’t fit in my arms like she would.
You don't fit in my arms like she did.
Lying in the dark, it’s understood:
It is clear when we are lying in the dark.
We are both lost.
We are both feeling lost.
And we won’t be found.
We won't be able to find what we are looking for.
We will wake up with each other in our paws,
We will wake up next to each other.
You cover over white bits like I’ve not seen them before.
You cover parts of your body that I haven't seen before.
We’ll say goodbye and then we’ll say no more.
We will say goodbye and not speak again.
Cause hearts won’t buy love and nor will they sell,
You can't buy or sell love with your heart.
And there is no love in this hotel.
There is no love in this place.
Though we’re walking home we know too well
Even though we are going home, we know the truth.
We are both lost
We are both feeling lost.
We are both lost
We are both feeling lost.
And we won’t be found.
We won't be able to find what we are looking for.
She was my compass,
She was my guide.
He was your map,
He was your guide.
We’ve come too far to be turning back.
We have come too far to go back.
And we’ll sit on our single beds,
We will sit on our separate beds.
Nothing on our hearts and tears on our threads,
We have nothing in our hearts, but we are crying.
For we know the last unicorn is dead.
We know that the last bit of magic is gone.
Contributed by Nolan V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@sarahconant4812
Well we'll kiss for that's how it begins,
We'll embrace just to warm our skins.
I'll think of her and you'll think of him.
And we'll talk to keep the silence from our ears,
And we'll laugh because we're so close to tears,
We're just lonely, you know, that's why we're here.
Cos you don't taste like you should,
And you don't fit in my arms like she would.
Lying in the dark, it's understood:
We are both lost.
And we won't be found.
We will wake up with each other in our paws,
You cover over white bits like I've not seen them before.
We'll say goodbye and then we'll say no more.
Cause hearts won't buy love and nor will they sell,
And there is no love in this hotel.
Though we're walking home we know too well
We are both lost
We are both lost
And we won't be found.
She was my compass,
He was your map,
We've come too far to be turning back.
And we'll sit on our single beds,
Nothing on our hearts and tears on our threads,
For we know the last unicorn is dead.
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@ryanleishman7856
He is such an honest artist. He does his own thing and makes his music how he likes it, thats why his music is so beautiful and emotional
@amandeepsingh6595
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@anniebody123
this song makes me cry every time i hear it. it's one of my favourite songs. i went to mike's gig a few weeks ago and he came outside to meet us before the gig and i asked him to play it at the gig and he did. i bursted out crying and he saw it and awwed at me. after the gig i thanked him and he just said "aw that's ok". i don't even think he realises how much his music means to people. he's such a genuine and lovely person and deserves every bit of success! just felt like this should be said
@randallbuckley2766
what a great voice & talent
@290800mc
One of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard. He has such a unique sound.
@LLcoolbrain
This song goes deeeeeep!!!! I love these guys. I will buy all their albums. They deserve it. Such a pure sound. Such an expression of emotions you can feel every note and every letter of every word.
@babanlava
I thank you, good sir, for your beautiful music. Hats off to you.
@Sounddesks
This is my absolute favourite song by Passenger. I heard them being played at work once and searched them up when I got home. Low and behold, I found the most heartfelt, meaningful band with the BEST songs. <3
@martinauvirova6581
He has really awesome songs. I like his music so much.
@RoPhiFra
The longest selfie ever...