Here they are, the Top 10 Albums of 2006 (and other fun stuff) from band members and staff at Drive-Thru!
Feel free to leave your own best-of lists in the replies!Jeff Kummer (The Early November)1. John Mayer - Continuum
2. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex / LoveSounds
3. Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
4. +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
5. AFI - Decemberunderground
6. Saves The Day - Sound The Alarm
7. New Found Glory - Coming Home
8. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
9. Spitalfield - Better Than Knowing Where You Are
10. The Format - Dog Problems
Tim Spier (Say No More)1. Copeland - Eat Sleep Repeat
2. John Mayer - Continuum
3. Underoath - Define The Great Line
4. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
5. The Format - Dog Problems
6. This Providence - This Providence
7. The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic and the Path
8. Gym Class Hereos - Cruel as School Children
9. Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
10. Hellogoodbye - Zombies!, Aliens!, Vampires!, Dinosaurs!
Most Anticipated of 2007
The Starting Line
The Almost
Anberlin
Mae
Sherwood
Relient K
Jimmy Eat World
Self Against City
Say No More (ha ha weeee)
Probably a bunch more that i can't think of...
New Years Resolution
To tour for as much as of the year as possible
Fondest Memory of 2006
Signing with Drive Thru Records
(Being summereric was a close 2nd)
Tommy Guindon (Halifax)1. ludacris - release therapy
2. plus 44
3. the strokes
4. jet-shine on
5. halifax.haha
6. john mayer- continuum
7. justin timberlake- future,sex, love sounds
8. he is legend- suck out the poison
9. clipse
10. pharell
top 10 movies of 2006
borat
the departed
saw3
the devil wears prada
loose change (google it and watch it)
thank you for smoking
babel
v for vendetta
little miss sunshine
american dreamz
top 5 shows of 2006
LOST
entourage
LOST
entourage
LOST&entourage
top 5 memories of 2006
warped tour 06
my brothers wife and sister having babies
visting hawaii more often then last year
meeting an amazing girl from new york
playing live on carson daly
Jack Matranga (Self Against City)1. Killers - Sam's Town
2. The Fray - How to Save a Life
3. Quietdrive - When All Thats Left is You
4. Gym Class Heroes - As Cruel As School Children
5. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
6. Justin Timberlake - Future Sex/Love Sounds
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
8. The Transit War - Miss Your Face
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
10. Rookie Of The Year - The Goodnight Moon
Top Ten Movies Released In 2006:
V for Vendetta
Lucky Number Slevin
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Jackass: Number Two
Borat
The Last Kiss
MI:3
A Scanner Darkly
Top Five TV Shows Of 2006:
Weeds
Entourage
24
OC
The Office
Brandon Swanson (I am the Avalanche)1. The Sleeping - Questions and Answers
2. The Forcast - In the shadow of two gunmen
3. Gym Class Heroes - ...schoolchildren
4. The Killers - Sam's Town
5. Sigur ros - takk
6. Hull - viking funeral
7. Punchline - 37 everywhere
8. Head Automatica - Popaganda
9. Rx Bandits- and the battle begun...
10. The Starting Line - Based on a True Story
Top Ten Movies Released In 2006:
I didn't get to see any, I was stuck in our van!!!
Top Five TV Shows Of 2006:
Lost, WEEDS, Entourage
Top Five Memories Of 2006:
The Ratt getting wheeled up in a wheel chair to our hotel room in japan. He was wasted, and had pissed himself while he was passed out in the lobby between the elevators. Haha.
Getting tattood by Matt from no use for a name with Tokyo Hiros gun in japan.
Doing the last two weeks of warped tour in a van. (Smelly ass van.) And having a spraypainted cardboard sign on our merch tent. The tent was a hand-me-down from boy sets fire.
Driving from LA to NY or visa-versa numerous times to meet up with tours. (It takes 53 hours if anyone was curious.)
And last but def not least, being on a european tour and being in Amsterdam for about 4 or 5 days total. Our bus driver would drive us there after shows. Haha. Heineken on tap, "coffee shops" aka the weed store. What a glorious year it has been.
Jack Antonoff (Steel Train)1. the mountain goats - get lonely
2. dr. dog - we all belong
3. rose hill drive - s/t
4. regina spektor - begin to hope
5. mike birbiglia - two drink mike
6. el oso negro - you dance the truth
7. joanna newsome - ys
8. the format - dog problems
9. m. ward - post war
10. sound team - movie monster
Top Ten Movies Released In 2006:
Marie Antoinette
the science of sleep
mission impossible 3
shortbus
the devil wears prada
little miss sunshine
wish i could say strangers with candy
deck the halls
brick
running with scissors...just kidding
Top Five TV Shows Of 2006:
the show about midgets on A&E
everyday italian
weeds
studio 60
law and order SVU
Top Five Memories Of 2006:
the time my friend daniel silbert caught fire at a frat party
when my sister took a shit on the street in new york
MOOKA KINNEY!!!
LUECKY KINNEY!!
eating soup out of a pumpkin in montreal
Mike Saffert (Hidden in Plain View)1. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
2. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
3. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
4. Camera Obscura - Lets Get Out Of This Country
5. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome
6. Billie The Vision & The Dancers - I Am Pablo
7. Cat Power - "The Greatest"
8. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Persuit
9. Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller
10. Saves The Day - Sound The Alarm
movies
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
3. CSA: The Confederate States Of America
4. Thank You For Smoking
5. The Science Of Sleep
6. Clerks 2
7. Hollywood Land
pretty much everything else sucked and I haven't seen Borat yet, but I'm sure that will be on there
tv shows
1. LOST
2. The Venture Brothers
3. Wondershowzen
4. The Sopranos
5. Flaver Of Love
memories
1. playing mainstage at Bamboozle in the Giants Stadium parking lot
2. recording an album with Brian McTernan
3. moving to Brooklyn with two of my best friends
4. doing our biggest UK tour to date
5. getting hit on the head with an acorn on E 14th St... that just happened as I was typing this, it friggen hurts.
DRIVE-THRU STAFF:
Stefanie (Co-Owner)..1 always, the greatest everything of all time, the sexiest man alive, songwriter of one of the best albums of the decade (fuck this year)...
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
and in no particular order:
Socratic - Just Turn EP
Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic, & The Path
House Of Fools - s/t EP
Halifax - The Inevitability Of A Strange World
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
New Found Glory - Coming Home
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
new year's resolution:
to increase my alcohol consumption by a minimum of 33%
favorite memory of 2006:
the night of my birthday
followed closely by a bouncer telling the president of universal regarding me: "get her outta here"
most anticipated albums of 2007:
a cd by jakob dylan
Richard (Co-Owner)1. The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done
2. The Format - Dog Problems
3. Bright Eyes - Noise Floor
4. The Killers - Sam's Town
5. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
6. My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
7. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
8. Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
9. Hellogoodbye - Zombies...
10. The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic and The Path
11. Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
Chris (Mail Order)1. arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am
2. new found glory - coming home
3. morrissey - ringleader of the tormentors
4. phoenix - it's never been like that
5. taking back sunday - louder now
6. diana krall - from this moment on
7. keane - under the iron sea
8. boards of canada - trans canada highway
9. beyonce - b'day
10. justin timberlake - future sex / love sounds
Danny (Management)10. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
9. Mute Math - Mute Math
8. The Stills - Without Feathers
7. The Early November - MMP
6. Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat
5. Beck - The Information
4. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
3. The Format - Dog Problems
2. Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
1. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Most anticipated for '07: Modest Mouse
New years resolution: Read more than I did in '06
Favorite memory: Joining the DTR family in June
Kelly (Art Dept)1. Heavens - Patent Pending
2. Set Your Goals - Mutiny!
3. Underoath - Define The Great Line
4. Saosin - Self Titled Full-Length
5. Converge - No Heros
6. Plus 44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
7. Anti-Flag - For Blood And Empire
8. Spitalfield - Better Than Knowing Where You Are
9. Saves The Day - Sound The Alarm
10. The Matches - Decomposer
MOST ANTICIPATED OF 2007
Bayside
Alkaline Trio
Mikoto
Sum 41
Chiodos
Reggie And The Full Effect
Cinematic Sunrise
Cartel
FAVORITE MEMORY OF 2006!!!
Touring With Saosin, and hanging out in Canada with my GF!
Brian (Street Team Leader)1. The Format - Dog Problems
2. The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path
3. New Found Glory - Coming Home
4. Gatsby's American Dream - S/T
5. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
6. Mates Of State - Bring It Back
7. All Time Low - Put Up Or Shut Up
8. Senses Fail - Still Searching
9. Tilly & The Wall- Bottoms Of Barrels
10. The Bouncing Souls - The Gold Album
Most Anticipated Albums of 2007:
1. GOOD CHARLOTTE
Honorable mentions: The Honorary Title, Say Anything, The Used, The Faint,
Stars, Circa Survive, Bright Eyes, Straylight Run, Silverstein, Hot Hot
Heat, all DTR releases, and so many more!
New Years Resolution of 2007:
Lose weight
Favorite Memory of 2006:
The infamous Victorville, California road trip
Betsy (New Media)1. The Format .. Dog Problems
2. The Matches .. Decomposer
3. The Early November .. The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path
4. Copeland .. Eat, Sleep, Repeat
5. Taking Back Sunday .. Louder Now
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers .. Stadium Arcadium
7. Nightmare of You .. s/t
8. Saves the Day .. Sound the Alarm
9. My Chemical Romance .. The Black Parade
10. The Decemberists .. The Crane Wife
Most Anticipated for 2007
Cassino
The Honorary Title
Self Against City
The Academy Is...
New Year's Resolution
Cut back on the Red Bull consumption
Peter (A&R, Mail Order)1. The Format - Dog Problems
2. Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat
3. Say Anything - Is A Real Boy re-release
4. The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic, & The Path
5. Margot & The Nuclear So & So's - Dust of Retreat
6. Brand New - The Devil & God...
7. Monsters Are Waiting - Fascination
8. Foo Fighters - Skin & Bones
9. Hellogoodbye - Zombies!
10. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Eric (Admin. Assistant)1. Winger - IV
2. The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path
3. Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
4. Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat
5. Anathallo - Floating World
6. Act As If - The Tumwater Aches EP
7. The Format - Dog Problems
8. Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - The Dust of Retreat
9. Socratic - Just Turn EP
10. Barcelona - self titled EP
Most Anticipated Albums of 2007
Person L
Cold World
Nashville Pussy
Ratt
The Laughing Stock
New Years Resolution of 2007
To follow the refill instructions on my Xanex prescription.
Favorite memory of 2006
Driving south in NJ.
Brenden (Video)1. Justin Timberlake - Futresex/LoveSounds
2. Thom Yorke- The Eraser
3. Strokes- First Impressions of Earth
4. We Are Scientiss - With Love and Squalor
5. Coldplay - X&Y
6. Damien Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
7. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
8. Sigur Ros- Saeglopur
9. Jet - Shine On
10. Wolfmother- Wolfmother
Anticipated for 2007
Detox- Dr. Dre
Before i self Destruct - 50
Radiohead
Coldplay