First single release from Dead Dog Records and The Basement Life - Ethos - available for listening and download at the following address. These are truly independent craft recordings. Written, recorded, performed, produced, and distributed by The Basement Life. 100% of any proceeds go to support the people who make this music. Rock and Roll, Motherfuckers. 

https://the-basement-life.com/?download=ethos-official-single-release-2023

Enemy
Hide behind your thrift store ego, 
second hand styled Rockstar placebo. 
A played out pass-time passed off as real
A persona defined by all that you steal. 

Preaching the gospel of plagiarization
A public displayed ego masturbation. 
A pseudo artistic semi-vocation
For misguided frauds
High on false ideations. 

I’ll call it as I see – 
A cheap facsimile.

Maybe now you’ll see
You are my enemy

Hide behind your thrift store ego
Counterfeit culture Rockstar placebo
False ideations for fragile egos
A persona you beg, borrow, and steal. 

I’ll call it as I see – 
A cheap facsimile. 
Maybe now you’ll see
You are my enemy

ENEMY

Spent all day getting ready 
already hot and sweaty 
3 hours before we even played. 

You just hit the liquor 
and sat down at the mixer 
Now your drunk ass can't even run the PA. 

Guess I'll solve all your problems
So hold my fucking beer

Wish you'd just go away
Don't touch my fucking knobs
You punk bitch drunk rock poser
Where have the good sound guys gone?!?

you've been drinking beers while I've been moving gear and now you're rushing us to play. 
Well we'd like to move along but we can't play a song with no monitors pointed our way.. 

Guess I'll have to solve the problem
Why are you even here?

We finally get through three songs
And suddenly no sounds
You point the finger and fuck our set
Cuz your mixing board was powered down

You suck dude 
You suck dude
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took it up on myself to do some voiceover work to help promote the amazing Wate-On. care of an ad my girlfriend found in a 1970s National Geographic magazine 

WATE-ON (GET SOME, YOU SKINNY BITCH!!!)

took it up on myself to do some voiceover work to help promote the superior Vantage brand cigarettes. care of an ad my girlfriend found in a 1970s National Geographic magazine 

VANTAGE CIGARETTES (TRY TO SUE US, YOU CAN'T)

An homage to Mr. Reznor and Mr. Cash by The Basement Life. 

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one man with no band, maybe some talent, and sort of a plan... still better than the fucking radio.

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