Hi All,

We loved making the Sour Grapes video. It was just a compilation of the top google rank images for Iranian Election. It was fun, easy, and really effective. Now we want to make a video for Burning Out, the other single on the Iranian Democracy EP.

What we really want though is your involvement. Submit any photos that you have taken or have seen that you think are a good fit for this song. We will look at them all and then choose the ones we like and make the video out of them. If we choose a photo that you send us we will definitely credit you for it.

Also, we will choose five people who we think submitted the best photo and send them a copy of Iranian Democracy and a copy of Ashes signed by all band members.

Here are the lyrics. You can listen to the song on this site or our myspace page.

To submit a photo just email it to buddaheadmusic@mac.com

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The Case for Chinese Democracy

It was probably 1994 when Axl Rose started writing Chinese Democracy. The album reportedly cost a few million to make as well as a few more million that Geffen records paid Axl Rose over the years to bribe him to finish his own record. I say, his own record, because non of the other members of Guns & Roses are in the band anymore anyway. Although Chinese Democracy, lyrically or stylistically seems to be in no way apropos to China’s democracy, it still went on to sell 2.6 million copies, which makes it, probably, the biggest platinum selling flop of all time. In the meantime, China remains an undemocratic country with infrequent elections, corrupt results, and no real free press.

The Case for Iranian Democracy

It was probably a month ago when I started thinking about Iranian Democracy, the EP, not the democratic movement in Iran. The EP has not cost anything to make because it features two songs from our album Ashes and an older song, recorded in various studios while touring, called Radioactive, all of which seemed lyrically very apropos to the democratic uprising in Iran. The songs feature Buddahead’s long standing members: Toby Evers, Simon Gibson, and Rich Scannella; our newest musical whiz Bryan Smith, and the incredible Nick Sneblen, who used to play with us all the time. The EP will probably go on to sell 2.6 copies, which may make it, the most profitable flop of all time. In the meantime, Iran remains an undemocratic country with frequent elections, with allegedly corrupt results, and no real free press.

So, all in all, I think Iranian Democracy and Chinese Democracy come out equal. But, then again, Iranian Democracy cost less than 1 millionth of the cost of Chinese Democracy, so Iranian Democracy wins!!

Why did I write this? I have no idea.

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Iran is no longer my world. It hasn’t been so in close to 30 years. My family does not live there. My friends are not from there. Still, while I was looking at this picture of Neda Agha-Sultan, the young Iranian girl, who died as part of the democratic uprising, I felt compelled to do something. This tribe of young Iranians desperately need the world to pay attention to them.

It is amazing that they have against all odds formed a large and influential movement – that they have connected with one another – and somehow connected with me and everyone I know.

Iranian Democracy will be a non-for-profit release featuring Sour Grapes and Burning Out from Ashes, and some new and unreleased tracks. Interestingly theses songs dramatically speak to what the crowds on the streets must have felt. How do I know? Well, I was there 30 years ago when it all happened for the first time.

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Buddahead, New York City rock band fronted by Iranian born singer Raman Kia, release Standing Still, their song of hope, featured in its entirety on CW’s One Tree Hill, as a single on March 30th, after site crashes from web hit over load. Read More on PRWEB

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Hi All,

Slight change to the plans. The add date for radio is now March 30th!!

We are extremely excited becauseStanding Still is going to be our first single from Ashes.  Things may change but as it stands Feb 23rd is our drop date for radio.  Emily Gibson (Simon’s sister) who does all our artwork, came up with this awesome logo to go with it.  We also have Paul Brown from Red Hat 22 helping us promote it, and of course Jim DelBalzo, the ever feisty man at the helm is on board too.

Fingers crossed – with your support – you will soon hear us on your favourite radio station back to back with other contemporary classics like Kelly Clarkson, Lil Wayne, Lady GaGa, and The Pussycat Dolls. Actually, thinking about it the competition does seem stiff….

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