1) ROME is a Luxembourgish neofolk act founded in late 2005 as the main output for the songs of Jerome Reuter and was joined by co-producer Patrick Damiani as official member in early 2008. ROME signed to the Swedish label CMI in 2006 to release an EP titled "Berlin" (June 2006) and the albums "Nera" (November 2006), "Confessions d'un voleur d'ames" (April 2007), "Masse Mensch Material" (March 2008). In 2009 ROME got signed to the german label Trisol and released the EP "To Die Among Strangers" (May 2009) and the album "Flowers From Exile" (June 2009).
In their earlier work ROME mixes influences of Industrial and Neofolk with Experimental and Electronic Pop. The traditions of (French) Chanson and (American) Folk are becoming more and more influential in their current work. In 2009 violin player Nikos Mavridis officially joined the band to further contribute to the creation of their unique sound, which they themselves refer to as Chanson Noir. Nikos left the band in late 2010 to answer the army's call and Patrick found himself more and more tied up in the work for his own professional recording studio in Germany. ROME released the EP "L'assassin" in early 2010, shortly before going into hiatus, followed by the full length "Nos chants perdus". In 2011, Jerome, the project's only real flag-bearer, recorded and released the trilogy "Die Aesthetik Der Herrschaftsfreiheit" (Trisol) and has taken up touring again with his new band mates Patrick Kleinbauer, Eric Emmel and Tom Luciani. ROME's lyrics often deal with anarchism and are demanding freedom and equal rights for all people on earth.
Official Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/romeproject
2) Rome is a hip-hop mc and producer from Los Angeles, USA signed to Omar Cruz label BYI.
Released "Welcome to Rome" in 2008 and "My Demo" in June 16, 2009.
R.O.M.E.’s My Demo dropped June 16 via OnSmash and DJ Skee. Production from DJ Muggs, Cool & Dre, Tha Bizness and R.O.M.E. Myspace: http://myspace.com/rome
3) Rome was a smooth R&B singer, born Jerome Woods in Benton Harbor, MI, USA. Early on, he sang along with his mother's soul records (Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke) as well as in the local church choir. He joined an R&B cover band named Fire & Ice while in high school, and traveled around the region performing in local clubs and talent contests as a solo act and with the band. Woods dropped out of Alabama's Oakwood University in 1989 to pursue his dream on the West Coast, and toured with Vesta as a backing vocalist as well as appearing in industry showcases and cable-access programs.
Finally, he connected with producers Gerald Baillergeau and Victor Merrit, who sent his demo to RCA Records. The label signed him immediately, and he began working on his debut album in mid-1996. The self-titled LP appeared in April 1997 and soon ascended to number 30 on the album charts, earning gold certification. Thank You followed two years later. Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thebestofrome
4) Rome was a experimental dub-influenced band from Chicago, USA on Thrill Jockey that consists of Rik Shaw (Bass, Melodica), Elliot Dicks (Drums) and "Le Deuce" (Samples, Tapes). They have released one, self-titled album on Thrill Jockey records in 1996, consisting of seven songs culled from hours of improvisation, an EP with radically different mixes of two tracks not from the album, one of the tracks from the EP "Beware Soul Snatchers" appears in a further remix on the "Macro Dub Infection Volume 2" compilation.
5) Rome is the alter ego of Cape Verdian zouk singer John Monteiro.
6) Rome (full name Rome Ramirez) is a singer and guitarist who was chosen to become Sublime's new frontman on the basis that a fully-fledged reunion occurs. He has already fronted Sublime in "Yours Truly" their first album as "Sublime with Rome" in 2012 Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/romemusica http://www.last.fm/music/Sublime+with+Rome?ac=sublime%20wi
Querkraft
Rome Lyrics
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We stay deaf to everything
All lost a shame
All words of peace have died away
Both on our lips
And in our hearths
All passion spent
To go on and fail me
Come on and break me for good
'cause sometimes
We feel alive
Oh, why don't you fail me
Go on and break me once more
Let's combine
In a dance of war
Either left to rot in difference
Or left to drown in despair
You shall turn around
And you should die from this life and be reborn to mine
Now
To go on and fail me
Come on and break me for good
'cause sometimes
We feel alive
Oh, why don't you fail me
Go on and break me once more
Lets come bind
In a dance of war
Go on and fail me
Come on and break me once more
'cause sometimes
We come alive
To be more than uninvolved
And all so cold and cruel
And most of all so ugly
And imprecise
Oh, I felt like I was going to dive
Into a cruel sea of lust when
She said: "Saviours, they come and go."
Oh, I felt like I was going to dive
Into a cruel sea of lust when
She said: "Saviours, they come and go."
Oh, why don't you fail me
Come on and break me for good
'cause sometimes
We feel alive
Oh, why don't you fail me
Go on and break me once more
Let's combine
In a dance of war
The lyrics of Rome's song "Querkraft" express the theme of lost passion and desperation. The first stanza suggests a sense of hopelessness as the singers admit to being deaf to everything and all words of peace dying away. It seems they have lost interest, lost passion, and it is all over. They are ready for something new, something different. The succeeding stanzas speak of the desire for this change to come, to break them once more, to feel alive. The lyricist emphasizes this need for change and failure in the following line: "Let's combine in a dance of war." This perhaps implies the idea of turning struggle or despair into art, something beautiful born from the ugliness.
Line by Line Meaning
All passion spent
We have exhausted our emotions and have no more zeal left.
We stay deaf to everything
We ignore everything and have become numb.
All lost a shame
We have lost everything and carry the burden of shame.
All words of peace have died away
No one speaks of peace anymore; everyone is consumed by the need for war.
Both on our lips
Our words, as well as our hearts, are filled with malice.
And in our hearths
Our hearts are cold and indifferent.
Now
To go on and fail me
Come on and break me for good
'cause sometimes
We feel alive
We sometimes feel alive when we are completely broken and defeated.
Oh, why don't you fail me
Go on and break me once more
Let's combine
In a dance of war
We want to be broken even more so that we can come together and dance in the war we crave.
Either left to rot in difference
Or left to drown in despair
You shall turn around
And you should die from this life and be reborn to mine
You have no other choice but to turn around and embrace this life that will lead to your rebirth.
Lets come bind
In a dance of war
We want to unite and dance together in the war we seek.
To be more than uninvolved
And all so cold and cruel
And most of all so ugly
And imprecise
We are indifferent, cruel, and deeply flawed.
Oh, I felt like I was going to dive
Into a cruel sea of lust when
She said: "Saviours, they come and go."
We are consumed by our desire for war, and even the thought of it brings us to life.
Oh, why don't you fail me
Come on and break me for good
'cause sometimes
We feel alive
We find our purpose and passion in being broken and defeated.
Oh, why don't you fail me
Go on and break me once more
Let's combine
In a dance of war
We want to be broken even more so that we can come together and dance in the war we crave.
Contributed by Penelope H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.