History Music / SilverMtZion

The project has taken on a life of its own, evolving from album to album partially as a result of membership changes. The band's songs have gotten somewhat heavier, to the point where albums like ''13 Blues for Thirteen Moons'' can be considered borderline metal. As Menuck has become more comfortable singing, the largely instrumental nature of the group's early music has also been dropped; all of the songs on the last five albums have had vocals. Menuck's vocals can be a point of contention among fans, as he is not a trained vocalist and does not have a conventionally "pretty" voice; however, his vocals can be highly emotionally expressive, in the tradition of other rock and folk singers such as Music/BobDylan and Music/NeilYoung. While he is often perceived as the [[FaceOfTheBand frontman of the ensemble]], Menuck is uncomfortable with this role, perhaps owing to his anarchist political stances. While Menuck's voice is most prominent on several of their albums, every member of the band sings, and on ''"This Is Our Punk-Rock"'' they were joined by an amateur choir of over a dozen members.

!!He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Tropes Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms

* LongTitle: Up to half of their songs and albums, as well as some incarnations of the band name itself. ''He Has Left Us Alone...'' seems to be a deliberately invoked example, as the band didn't feel the most commonly used shortening (which was also the original title) was expressive enough. Note that the correct title of the album is ''He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...''; sometimes ''Corner'' is changed to ''Corners'', which would seem to be more grammatically correct, but the band has a long, proud history of subverting expected English grammar rules in its titles. Other examples include:
** "Lonely as the Sound of Lying on the Ground of an Airplane Going Down"
*** "Broken Chords Can Sing a Little"
*** "Sit in the Middle of Three Galloping Dogs"
*** "Stumble Then Rise on Some Awkward Morning"
** "The World Is [=SickSICK=]; (So Kiss Me Quick)"
*** "13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round the Side of Your Bed"
*** "Long March Rocket or Doomed Airliner"
*** "Blown-out Joy from Heaven's Mercied Hole"
** ''Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward''
*** "Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire Are Falling From the Sky!"
*** "This Gentle Hearts Like Shot Bird's Fallen"
*** "Take These Hands and Throw Them in the River"
*** "Tho You Are Gone I Still Often Walk W/You"
*** "C'monCOMEON (Loose An Endless Longing)"
** ''"This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,''
*** "Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom"
** "There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow"
** "Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)"
** "Black Waters Blowed/Engine Broke Blues"[[note]]Technically, this is sort of two songs mashed together into a single track, but it still counts[[/note]]
** "I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds"
** "Kollapz Tradixional (Thee Olde Dirty Flag)"
** ''Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything''
*** "Fuck Off Get Free (For the Island of Montreal)"
*** "Rains Thru the Roof at Thee Grande Ballroom (For Capital Steez)"