Mean Creek Call It Quits With "Forgotten Streets"
One of our favorite bands since we started this blog, Mean Creek , have decided to call it a day after 10 years. The band issued a statement over on Vanyaland yesterday, blaming the struggles of being an independent band that the music industry couldn't categorize. It's a shame that bands that reach the very edge of blowing up on the mainstream can have such a hard time cresting that without giving up what they want to be. As it says on their statement: "We are not a brand. We are a band." And a really goddamn great one, at that. This news would probably be easier to take if the final song released by Mean Creek was terrible, but "Forgotten Streets" is one of their best with their gritty, hyped up 90s and beyond sound. Usually goodbye songs tend to be of the schmaltzy and sappy variety (think Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home" or Ozzy's "Mama I'm Coming Home"). Instead, "Forgotten Streets" is like if Motley Crue dr...