Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie plus Midnight Oil equals surf rock

The Break is:
a.  Brian Ritchie’s band with members of Midnight Oil with an album called Church of the Open Sky.
b.  When a wave crests and falls particularly a place where the surfing is really great.  See also surf break, point break, beach break, reef break, shore break, big wave break, etc. 
c.  Both a. and b.

If you listen to KROQ, you’ve heard the Violent Femmes on and off singing “Blister In The Sun,” “Add It Up,” or “Gone Daddy Gone.”  It’s still hard to believe the Violent Femmes broke up after nearly making the 30 year mark of being a band.  You may have also heard the Australian band Midnight Oil during your growing up years in LA (or elsewhere).

Fandom derailed: Why former fans turn their backs on Train

There’s something about the way a song hits you. Many pop songs are memorable for their hooks—a melodic and rhythmic gesture which gets stuck in your head. However, Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” is a song which many former fans would like to forget; but, they just can’t. The song is everywhere.