Citizen Regen

On 11/22/2023 at 12:10 AM, Sheens said:

Please open remix competition (no rules, mix and/or mashup)

Entry fee is £256,765.01 Venmo me @moplugins

Remix as of 24 Dec 2023

On 11/21/2023 at 10:43 AM, daryl1968 said:

Great dark song chaps. Mix is spot on

Fanks mate. Updated mix is up now.

NOTE: Remix on 24 Dec 2023

(C) 2023 Citizen Regen

Vocals - Ken "Zargg" Nilsen
Guitars - Kai Steines
Keys - Dave "Bitflipper" Townsend
Bass, Producer - Ed "Bapu" Kocol
Drums - Hugo Ribeiro

V1: A self proclaimed king, who knows nothing
Decides what is right or maybe wrong
A judgement by their peers, is never really their fears
Looking back, it's been this way for so very long

Chorus: No reason, no rhyme, just out of time
We can't continue, with our human crime
We may never fall in line
Equal balance we'll never find
Not with all this human crime
Not with all this human crime

V2: In the city streets, where shadows creep
A tale of human nature, both wicked and sly
There's a darkness that lingers, secrets we keep
Where crime takes its toll, under a midnight sky

Repeat Chorus

Bridge: But amidst the chaos, heroes rise,
Defending the weak, with courage in their eyes.
They fight against the darkness, refusing to yield,
Bringing hope to a world, that's been concealed

Guitar Solo

v3: In the city's underbelly, a drug lord reigns,
Destroying lives, leaving sorrow and stains.
The innocent fall victim to a world gone wrong,
As the sirens wail, a heart's final song.

Repeat Chorus
Synth Solo
Repeat Chorus

I've always liked Mountain's cover of this Jack Bruce/Peter Brown song. So, I decided why not have both? We added a piano in the styling of Jack's version on his "Songs For A Tailor " album.

The only cover The Who ever did was Summertime Blues so maybe this will be the only Citizen Regen cover.

Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Rhythm Guitars - Ken "Zargg" Nilsen
Organ, Nylon String Guitar Solos - Dave "Bitflipper" Townsend
Piano - Qoqol
Lead Guitar Solo - Kai Steines
Bass, Producer - Ed "Bapu" Kocol
Drums - Hugo Ribeiro

Amfortas
(c) 2023 Citizen Regen

Verse 1:
The prince would be heir to the throne
Become the sacred defender
One day he surely will atone
No longer the foolish pretender

PreChorus 1:
Out to destroy evil Klingsor's hell
He was persuaded by Kundry's spell

Chorus 1:
The evil one takes Christ's Holy Spear
The Grail King's wound does appear
"Kings Wunde erscheint"
Only pain and fear in his head
Amfortas waits upon his death bed
"Auf seinem Sterbebett "

Verse 2:
While he lives each day in agony awake
He's relieved only by the lake
His nephew is to be his savior knight
And set all the wrongs right

PreChorus 2:
Parsifal searches for the sacred thing
To heal his uncle the Holy Grail King

Chorus 2:
Amfortas lies upon his death bed
"auf seinem Sterbebett "
Only pain and fear are in his head
Waiting for the hero knight to appear
"Heldenritter zu erscheinen"
And return unto him the Holy Spear

Bridge:
The grail was uncovered only for Amfortas
Now it's uncovered for any with cause

Verse 3.
Parsifal places the spear to his king
"zu seinem König"
Power restored the knights will sing
"Ritter werden singen"

PreChorus 3:
Parsifal searched for the sacred thing
"heilige Sache"
And healed his uncle the Holy Grail King
"Heiliger gral könig"

Chorus 3.
Amfortas rises to greet the new day
Healed mind and body in every way
"in jeder Weise"
No longer the foolish pretender
"Dummer Vorwand"
He is the true holy defender
"Heiliger Verteidiger"

 

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"The Opera Story"
Parsifal. Son of Titurel, who was the first ruler of the Kingdom of the Grail. When Titurel became too old to care for the Grail and Spear, his son succeeded him.

After inheriting the crown, Amfortas decided that it was his responsibility to destroy the power of the evil Klingsor who threatened the Grail and he went to  Klingsor's nearby castle, armed with the Holy Spear which had pierced Christ's side on the Cross.

But he fell under the spell of Kundry and while she seduced him, Klingsor stole the Spear and used it to stab Amfortas. His wound will not heal and Amfortas is in constant agony, relieved a little only by his daily bath in the lake.

When the opera opens, Amfortas has had a vision that only an ‘innocent fool’ who has been ‘made wise by compassion’ will be able to relieve his suffering by  regaining the Spear from Klingsor and using it to heal the wound.

The Knights of the Grail await the coming of this youth while Kundry brings Amfortas some balm to put on the wound (which she has allowed to be inflicted on him).

Titurel tells Amfortas to uncover the Grail, but weakened by his wound he cannot find the strength to do this and begs his father to carry out the sacred office himself, and leave him to die.

Titurel refuses, pleading old age, and Amfortas suggests leaving the Grail uncovered, to avoid the agony of having to move repeatedly to do it daily.

The young knights place the Grail in front of Amfortas, who with great difficulty and pain, raises it and blesses the bread and wine before these are shared among the Knights.

Amfortas is too weak himself to partake of the ritual and is carried out on his litter. After Titurel has died, Amfortas feels responsible for his father's death. His own refusal to uncover the Grail each day has deprived Titurel of the nourishment he needed. Amfortas wants only to die and asks the dead Titurel to plead for him  with the Lord.

The Knights urge Amfortas to carry out his office at his father's funeral. He jumps up and rips the bandages from his bleeding wound, begging them all to kill him.

Parsifal appears, the Holy Spear in his hand, and with this he touches Amfortas's wound which is at once healed. Amfortas kneels before Parsifal, the new King of the Grail.

Amfortas is, from the beginning of the opera, in the most holy of positions, responsible for caring for the Grail and offering the Knights Holy Communion. But he knows that he has sinned and that this is the reason he has a wound which will not heal. His physical agony and despair are matched by his guilt, which is further felt when he feels responsible for the death of his father.

Here is our latest track:

Vocals - Ken "Zargg" Nilsen
Guitars - Kai Steins
Keys - Dave "Bitflipper" Townsend
Bass - Ed "Bapu" Kocol
Drums - Hugo Ribeiro

The Simple Truth
(c) 2022 Citizen Regen

Verse 1.
The opiate of the masses
Are the rose colored glasses, we wear
They say they keep us safe and sane
Hoping we will never complain

PreChorus.
Something doesn’t seem quite right
As they rob us blind like thieves in the night
Like thieves in the night

Chorus:
The simple truth is hidden by magicians
All dressed up like caring politicians
They act as they know what we need  
All the while feeding their greed

The politicians are feeding their greed 
The politicians are feeding their greed 
The politicians are

Verse 2.
Deny, deny and lie once more
It's what's at the core, of them
The talking heads talking all day
Hoping things will stay that way

repeat PreChorus and Chorus

The politicians are feeding their greed 
The politicians are 

Bridge:
Long after we are dust on the plains
And they have squandered all their gains
A new breed will be tightening their reins
And will keep the world forever in chains

Synth Solo
Guitar Solo

Verse 3.
Smoke and mirrors are child's play
A new scheme today, is hatched
Misdirection makes us look away
From all they do and all they say

repeat PreChorus 
repeat Chorus

The politicians are feeding their greed 
The politicians are like thieves in the night

repeat Chorus

The politicians are feeding their greed 
The politicians are like thieves in the night

The simple truth

Another song by Citizen Regen

Ken "Zargg" Nilsen - Vocals, Guitar
Dave "bitflipper" Townsend - Keys
Kai Steines - Guitars
Ed "Bapu" Kocol - Bass
Hugo Ribeiro - Drums
 

Verse 1:
The walking dead roam the earth free
Alone in my head is all I can be

Pre Chorus:
Everything is out of control
Nothing feels whole

Chorus:
The feeling is chronic
Everyone is catatonic
Disruption in the human harmonic
With this dread of being catatonic

Verse 2:
Will I ever run or jump again
Or is this darkness the beginning of the end

Bridge:
My eyes are closed can't see a thing
My legs won't move to this bed they cling
My arms are heavy and dead to me
It's as if I've ceased to be

Verse 3:
Everyone says "you need to be strong"
I've not been that for so very long

Click HERE to hear it.

Before Kai Steines joined the band we asked Ryan Pearce to help us out on a song. Lyrics and credits are below.

Ken Nilsen - Vocals
Dave Townsend - Keys
Ed Kocol - Bass
Ryan Pearce - Guitars
Hugo Ribeiro - Drums

Death Spiral © 2022 Citizen Regen

Verse 1:
Trash in the streets was our first crime
That formed a long line, of our behavior

Pre Chorus 1:
Now we're running out of time
To diffuse this global land mine

Chorus 2:
Our planet is on a death spiral
Our abuses went totally viral
What will it take to become sterile 
And back away from our death spiral

Verse 2:
Never forget the pain of the past
Small victories may be the last of our lifetime

Repeat Pre Chorus
Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
Never turn away, never give up the day
Whatever comes our way, we'll make light from the grey 

Verse 3:
Old guard leaders haven't a clue
They don't know what to do about the future

Repeat Pre Chorus
Repeat Chorus

Verse 4:
Time will tell if we survive
If we will be alive, to see all our tomorrows

Repeat Pre Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus

Maybe click HERE AND FIND OUT

We welcome Kai Steines permanently to the fold taking over the guitar duties. As always Hugo Ribeiro joins us on drums.
 

Storm The Gates
© 2022 Citizen Regen

Ken Nilsen - Vocals
Kai Steines - Guitars
Dave Townsend - Keyboards
Ed Kocol - Bass
Hugo Ribeiro - Drums

Verse 1
Let the enemy think we're sleeping
All the while in the night we're creeping in on them

PreChorus
Take them by surprise
And see the fear in their eyes

Chorus
Storm the gates of hell
And we'll be free again
Storm the gates, go and tell
Our Brothers and Sisters this is the end
of tyranny

Verse 2
Our numbers are growing every day
We will take our fight all the way to the very end

PreChorus 2
Chorus 2

Solo 1

Verse 3
Tomorrow will be a new beginning
We will have much more than just winning the battle
PreChorus 3
Chorus 3
Chorus 4

Solo 2

Chorus 5
Outtro

Shameless plugs are now allowed outdoors without masks.

New music by the band formerly known as BJZ.

Ken Nilsen - Vocals, Verse Lead Guitar
Dave Townsend - Keys
Kai Steines - Guitars
Ed Kocol - Bass
Hugo Ribiero - Drums

Babylon Is Rising
(c) 2021 Citizen Regen

Verse 1:
One world one people was always the goal
Chasing the dream straight down the rabbit hole

PreChorus:
It won't take long
For things to go wrong

Chorus:
Babylon is rising it's clear to me
Critical thinking has been cancelled today
It doesn't matter what we think or see
There's a crowd that will spin it their way
Babylon is rising I'm here to say

Verse 2:
False idols and theories on the fringe
Are the recipes to become unhinged

Repeat PreChorus:
Repeat Chorus:

Bridge:
We need to find common ground
Before we utter another sound of dissent
We need to find common ground
Before we utter another sound of dissent
Before we utter another sound of dissent

Solo Synth
Solo Guitar

Short PreChorus:
It won't take long

Repeat Choruses:

Outro Guitar Solo