Biography:
Imperial Teen was formed in San Francisco in 1995 by Roddy Bottum (keyboard player for Faith No More), Lynn Perko, Jone Stebbins and Will Schwartz. A pop aesthetic of crunchy guitar riffs and classic boy/girl harmonies quickly developed, finding all four members switching off on instruments and taking turns behind the mic. The band had barely been playing together for six months when they landed their first record deal (London / Universal) and found themselves in the studio.
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You really have to listen to get the
rhythm but its kinda like this:
B5 B5 B5 A5
nice and easy, great to play with a band
B5 B5 B5 A5
We had a party at the Shim Sham club
Youth in motion doubled up the buzz
Back and forth and back and in between
We sang and danced; the band was Rock*A*Teen (Oh oh)
Delinquent girls, we stayed up all night (Oh oh oh oh)
Spray-painting walls under suburban lights (Oh oh)
Then and now seems like a different scene (Oh oh oh oh)
We lived to live, whatever's meant to be
B5 A5
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
G5 A5 X2
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
(With lead alternating between octaves)
B5 B5 B5 A5
Driving to and from a favorite city (Oh oh)
Sharing stories of celebrity (Oh oh oh oh)
A break in time left irresistible space (Oh oh)
Filled in by punk rock and a storefront face
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh) X2
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
We had a party at the Shim Sham club
Youth in motion doubled up the buzz
Then and now seems like a different scene
Still live to live, whatever's meant to be (Oh oh)
Hung out on staircases in dirty places (Oh oh oh oh)
Looking for the next of many faces (Oh oh)
On the path less taken we were meeting (Oh oh oh oh)
Making friends for life in memory's keeping
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh) X4
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
rhythm but its kinda like this:
B5 B5 B5 A5
nice and easy, great to play with a band
B5 B5 B5 A5
We had a party at the Shim Sham club
Youth in motion doubled up the buzz
Back and forth and back and in between
We sang and danced; the band was Rock*A*Teen (Oh oh)
Delinquent girls, we stayed up all night (Oh oh oh oh)
Spray-painting walls under suburban lights (Oh oh)
Then and now seems like a different scene (Oh oh oh oh)
We lived to live, whatever's meant to be
B5 A5
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
G5 A5 X2
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
(With lead alternating between octaves)
B5 B5 B5 A5
Driving to and from a favorite city (Oh oh)
Sharing stories of celebrity (Oh oh oh oh)
A break in time left irresistible space (Oh oh)
Filled in by punk rock and a storefront face
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh) X2
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
We had a party at the Shim Sham club
Youth in motion doubled up the buzz
Then and now seems like a different scene
Still live to live, whatever's meant to be (Oh oh)
Hung out on staircases in dirty places (Oh oh oh oh)
Looking for the next of many faces (Oh oh)
On the path less taken we were meeting (Oh oh oh oh)
Making friends for life in memory's keeping
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh) X4
So pretty, so pretty, so pretty
Oh oh oh oh (Oh oh)
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