Get Smashed Gate Crash
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Get Smashed Gate Crash is the first single from Hadouken's
debut album Music for an Accelerated Culture, released on 4 May 2008. The physical single was available from 17 March 2008, with the digital version being released on 4 April 2008.
The song was Hadouken!'s standard set opener from 2008 until 2009, when it was replaced by the opening track to For the Masses, Rebirth.
, it was not the earliest song to be included on it. Previous singles That Boy That Girl
and Liquid Lives
were also on the album.
", where the band are given $500,000 in cash and go out and blow it all. Their video documents the band using two handheld DV
camcorders
, the band going to 4 pubs and a house party with 30 of their close friends, with money for drinks from the production company.
Hadouken!
Hadouken! are an English grime, electronica, dance band who formed in Leeds in October 2006 by singer, writer and producer James Smith, alongside his girlfriend, synth player Alice Spooner, guitarist Daniel "Pilau" Rice, and drummer Nick Rice. The band name is taken from the name of a special...
debut album Music for an Accelerated Culture, released on 4 May 2008. The physical single was available from 17 March 2008, with the digital version being released on 4 April 2008.
The song was Hadouken!'s standard set opener from 2008 until 2009, when it was replaced by the opening track to For the Masses, Rebirth.
10"
- A:"Get Smashed Gate Crash"
- B:"Get Smashed Gate Crash (Dezz Jones Vs D&G Remix)"
Release
Although the song was the first single to be specifically released from Music For An Accelerated CultureMusic for an Accelerated Culture
Music for an Accelerated Culture is the debut album from new rave/grindie band Hadouken!. The album contains nine new songs, three of which have been previously played on tour, the album also includes two older Hadouken! songs; Liquid Lives and That Boy That Girl...
, it was not the earliest song to be included on it. Previous singles That Boy That Girl
That Boy That Girl
"That Boy That Girl" is the first single by British band Hadouken!. The first track later re-appeared as the second track on their 2008 debut studio album Music for an Accelerated Culture...
and Liquid Lives
Liquid Lives
"Liquid Lives" is the second single by British band Hadouken!. The single reached the top 40 in the UK and currently the albums best selling single.-Background:...
were also on the album.
Music video
The music video for "Get Smashed Gate Crash" is based on a similar concept to Blink 182's "The Rock ShowThe Rock Show
"The Rock Show" is the first single from Blink 182's 2001 album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. It was released in June 2001. The song was the most successful song on Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, #71 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #14 on the UK...
", where the band are given $500,000 in cash and go out and blow it all. Their video documents the band using two handheld DV
DV
DV is a format for the digital recording and playing back of digital video. The DV codec was launched in 1995 with joint efforts of leading producers of video camcorders....
camcorders
Camcorder
A camcorder is an electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit. Equipment manufacturers do not seem to have strict guidelines for the term usage...
, the band going to 4 pubs and a house party with 30 of their close friends, with money for drinks from the production company.
External links
- Lyrics from songmeanings.net
- Video from NMENMEThe New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...