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Des Moines, Iowa
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Des Moines /dᵻˈmɔɪn/ is the capital and the most populous city in the U. S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County, a small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22,1851, as Fort Des Moines and it is located on and named after the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the French colonial name, Rivière des Moines, meaning River of the Monks. The citys population was 203,433 as of the 2010 census, the five-county metropolitan area is ranked 91st in terms of population in the United States with 599,789 residents according to the 2013 estimate by the United States Census Bureau. Des Moines is a center of the U. S. insurance industry and has a sizable financial services. The city was credited as the one spot for U. S. insurance companies in a Business Wire article. The city is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, the Meredith Corporation, Ruan Transportation, EMC Insurance Companies, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Other major corporations such as Wells Fargo, Voya Financial, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, ACE Limited, Marsh, Monsanto, in recent years Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Facebook have established data processing and logistical facilities in the Des Moines metro. Forbes magazine ranked Des Moines as the Best Place for Business in both 2010 and 2013, in 2014, NBC ranked Des Moines as the Wealthiest City in America, according to its criteria. Des Moines is an important city in U. S. presidential politics, as the capital of the state, many presidential candidates set up campaign headquarters in Des Moines. Des Moines takes its name from Fort Des Moines, which was named for the Des Moines River and this was adopted from the name given by French colonists. Des Moines translates literally to either from the monks or of the monks, the historian Virgil Vogel claimed that the name was derived from Moingona, the Algonquian clan name for Loon, one of the clans of the local Native American people. Some historians and researchers lacking linguistic or Algonquianist training concluded that Moingona meant people by the portage or something similar and this was the site of the earliest known encounters between the Moingona and European explorers took place. This was some 200 miles from the Des Moines River, based on archeological evidence, the juncture of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers has attracted humans for at least 7,000 years. Several prehistoric occupation areas have been identified by archeologists in downtown Des Moines, discovered in December 2010, the Palace is an expansive 7, 000-year-old site found during excavations prior to construction of the new wastewater treatment plant in southeastern Des Moines. It contains well-preserved house deposits and numerous graves, more than 6,000 artifacts were found at this site. State of Iowa archaeologist John Doershuk was assisted by University of Iowa archaeologists at this dig, at least three Late Prehistoric villages, dating from about AD1300 to 1700, stood in or near what developed later as downtown Des Moines. In addition,15 to 18 prehistoric American Indian mounds were observed in area by early settlers
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Heavy metal music
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are associated with aggression. The first heavy metal such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the evolution by discarding much of its blues influence, Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as metalheads or headbangers. During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with such as Mötley Crüe. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre and these include groove metal and nu metal, the latter of which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop. Heavy metal is characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes, the typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are used to enhance the fullness of the sound. Deep Purples Jon Lord played an overdriven Hammond organ, in 1970, John Paul Jones used a Moog synthesizer on Led Zeppelin III, by the 1990s, in. almost every subgenre of heavy metal synthesizers were used. The electric guitar and the power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal. The heavy metal guitar sound comes from a use of high volumes. Guitar solos are an element of the heavy metal code. That underscores the significance of the guitar to the genre, most heavy metal songs featur at least one guitar solo, which is a primary means through which the heavy metal performer expresses virtuosity. One exception is nu metal bands, which tend to omit guitar solos, with rhythm guitar parts, the heavy crunch sound in heavy metal. Palm muting the strings with the hand and using distortion. Palm muting creates a tighter, more sound and it emphasizes the low end
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Nu metal
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Nu metal is a form of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk and grunge. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, Nu metal rarely features guitar solos, the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs. Many nu metal guitarists use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to play a heavier sound, DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Vocal styles in nu metal include singing, rapping, screaming and growling, Nu metal is one of the key genres of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, many heavy metal fans have criticized nu metal, and do not regard it as true heavy metal. Many nu metal musicians have rejected the nu metal label and also have rejected being labeled as heavy metal, Nu metal is also known as nü-metal and aggro-metal. It is a subgenre of alternative metal, MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way college rock became alternative rock. Stereogum has similarly claimed that nu metal was a outgrowth of the Lollapalooza-era alt-metal scene. Nu metal merges elements of metal music with elements of other music genres such as grunge, hip hop, funk. Nu metal bands also are influenced by and use elements of genres of metal music such as death metal, rap metal, groove metal, funk metal, alternative metal. Some nu metal bands such as Static-X and Dope made nu metal music elements of industrial metal. Nu metal music is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs, mid-song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal. N its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, nu-metal effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo. Another contrast with other metal genres is nu metals emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood. The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music, Nu metal guitar riffs occasionally are similar to death metal guitar riffs. Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, blast beats, which are common in heavy metal subgenres such as black metal and death metal, are extremely rare in nu metal. sound a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper. Some nu metal bands use seven-string guitars that are generally down-tuned, likewise, some bass guitarists use five-string and six-string instruments. Bass guitar-playing in nu metal often features an emphasis on elements such as slap bass, a percussive style of playing in which the thumb slaps the low strings
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Industrial metal
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Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM. Industrial metal developed in the late 1980s, as industrial and heavy metal began to fuse into a common genre, in the early years of the 21st century, groups from the black metal scene began to incorporate elements of industrial music. Industrial metal did well in the early 1990s, particularly in North America, the industrial metal movement began to fade in the latter half of the 1990s. Though electric guitars had used by industrial artists since the early days of the genre. British post-punk band Killing Joke pioneered the crossing over between styles, and was an influence on industrial metal bands such as Ministry, Godflesh. Another pioneer industrial rock group, Big Black, also impacted some later groups, by the late 1980s industrial and heavy metal began to fuse into a common genre, with Godfleshs self-titled EP and Ministrys The Land of Rape and Honey at the forefront. Godflesh was founded by former Napalm Death guitarist Justin Broadrick, though not a top-seller, Godflesh nonetheless became an influential act, their name mentioned by Korn, Metallica, Danzig, Faith No More, and Fear Factory. Ministry emerged from the scene surrounding Wax Trax, Records, a Chicago label dedicated to industrial music. Ministrys initial foray into guitar rock happened during a session of The Land of Rape and Honey on Southern Studios. The bands frontman, the Cuban-born Al Jourgensen, explained this transition, after the release of Land, he recruited guitarist Mike Scaccia from Texas thrashers Rigor Mortis. On one occasion, Jourgensen told the press that Sepultura was his favorite band and he also expressed the desire to produce a Metallica album. German band KMFDM was another seminal industrial metal group, although not a metal fan, KMFDM leader Sascha Konietzkos infatuation with ripping off metal licks stemmed from his experiments with E-mus Emax sampler in late 1986. He told Guitar World that, A Swiss trio, The Young Gods, brushed with the style on their second album, the rivethead subculture also developed at this time, along with the so-called coldwave subgenre, which encompassed Chemlab,16 Volt, and Acumen Nation. Some electro-industrial groups adopted industrial metal techniques in this period, including Skinny Puppy, british band Pitchshifter, formed in 1989 by brothers Jon and Mark Clayden, also started as an industrial metal band. The band later included elements of drum and bass, frontman JS mentions Industrial metals popularity led a number of successful thrash metal groups, including Megadeth, Sepultura, and Anthrax, to request remixes by industrial artists. Some musicians emerging from the metal scene, such as Fear Factory, Nailbomb. Fear Factory, from Los Angeles, were influenced by the Earache roster. The German band Oomph. after their debut album Sperm started to play Industrial metal combined with elements of death metal, Sepultura singer Max Cavaleras Nailbomb, a collaboration with Alex Newport, also practiced a combination of extreme metal and industrial production techniques
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Alternative metal
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Alternative metal is a music genre that infuses heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. The term has been in use since the 1980s, although it came into prominence in the 1990s, other genres considered part of the alternative metal movement included rap metal and funk metal, both of which influenced another prominent subgenre, nu metal. Nu metal expands the alternative metal sound, combining its vocal stylings and downtuned riffs with elements of genres, such as hip hop, funk, hardcore. They also remarked that alternative metal was originally a style united by its nonconformist sensibility rather than any immediately classifiable sound, one of the main characteristics of alternative metal and its subgenres are heavily downtuned, mid-paced chug-like guitar riffs. However, funk metal bands use a more conventional riffing style influenced by 1980s thrash metal. Alternative metal features clean and melodic vocals, influenced by those of alternative rock, later bands frequently incorporated vocal styles that alternated between clean singing, growls and screaming. Examples include alternative metal bands associated with the nu metal movement, such as Korn and Deftones, jonathan Gold of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 1990 Just as rock has an alternative, wing-bands like the Replacements and Dinosaur Jr. -so does metal. Alternative metal is alternative music that rocks, and alternative metal these days can reach 10 times the audience of other alternative rock. Janes Addiction plays an intense brand of 70s-influenced arty metal, so does Soundgarden, in fact, the arty meanderings of Sab and the Zep themselves would be considered alternative metal. Houston Press has described the genre as being a compromise for people for whom Nirvana was not heavy enough but Metallica was too heavy. The first wave of metal bands emerged from many backgrounds, including hardcore punk, noise rock, Seattles grunge scene, stoner rock, sludge metal. These bands never formed a movement or scene, rather they were bound by their incorporation of traditional metal influences. Fudge Tunnels style of alternative metal included influences from both sludge metal and noise rock, other early bands in the genre also came from hardcore punk backgrounds. During the 1980s, alternative metal appealed mainly to rock fans. Several bands associated with the genre denied their status as metal bands, Helmet drummer John Stanier said We fell into the whole metal thing by accident, we always hated it when people mentioned metal in conjunction with us. Saby Reyes-Kulkarni of Pitchfork Media stated bands like Faith No More, Soundgarden, Primus, Helmet, the Rollins Band, and dozens more were initially marketed as quasi-metal acts. This was only possible in a climate where record labels, journalists, many established 1980s metal bands released albums in the 1990s that were described as alternative metal, including Anthrax, Metallica and Mötley Crüe. It resulted in a standardized sound among alternative metal bands, in contrast to the more eccentric
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Thrash metal
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Thrash metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its fast tempo and overall aggression. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, the lyrics often deal with social issues and reproach for The Establishment, using direct and denunciatory language, an approach borrowed from hardcore punk. The genre evolved in the early 1980s from combining the fast drum beats and attitude of hardcore with the double bass drumming, heavy and complex guitar style of the new wave of British heavy metal. It emerged partially as a reaction to the conventional and widely acceptable glam metal. Thrash metal was an inspiration for subsequent extreme genres such as death metal, Four American bands—Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer—are credited with pioneering and popularizing the genre. The Clash of the Titans tour, which featured Megadeth, Slayer, thrash metal has seen a resurgence in recent times, with many of the older bands returning to their roots with their new releases. A new generation of metal bands emerged in the early 2000s. Thrash metal generally features fast tempos, low-register, complex riffs, high-register guitar solos. The genre evolved in the early 1980s from combining the drum beats of hardcore punk with the style of the new wave of British heavy metal. It emerged partially as a reaction to the conventional and widely acceptable glam metal. The rhythm guitar parts are played with distortion and often palm muted to create a tighter. Vocally, thrash metal can employ anything from singing to shouted vocals. The guitar riffs often use chromatic scales and emphasize the tritone and diminished intervals, for example, the intro riff of Metallicas Master of Puppets is a chromatic descent, followed by a chromatic ascent based on the tritone. Speed, pacing and time-changes also define thrash metal, thrash tends to have an accelerating feel which may be due in large part to its aggressive drumming style. For example, drummers often use two drums, or a double-bass pedal, in order to create a relentless, driving beat. Cymbal stops/chokes are often used to transition from one riff to another or to precede an acceleration in tempo, to keep up with the other instruments, many bassists use a plectrum. However, some prominent thrash metal bassists have used their fingers, such as Frank Bello, Greg Christian, Steve DiGiorgio, Robert Trujillo, several bassists use a distorted bass tone, an approach popularized by Burton and Motörheads Lemmy. Lyrical themes in thrash metal include warfare, corruption, injustice, murder, suicide, isolation, alienation, addiction, in addition, politics, particularly pessimism and dissatisfaction towards politics, are common themes among thrash metal bands
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Black metal
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Black metal is an extreme subgenre and subculture of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw recording, unconventional song structures. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms, during the 1980s, several thrash and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This so-called first wave included bands such as Venom, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer, a second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Satyricon and Gorgoroth. The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre, norwegian-inspired black metal scenes emerged throughout Europe and North America, although some other scenes developed their own styles independently. Some prominent Swedish bands spawned during this wave, such as Marduk, Nifelheim. Initially a synonym for Satanic metal, black metal is often met with hostility from mainstream culture, due to the actions, many artists express extreme anti-Christian and misanthropic views, advocating various forms of Satanism or ethnic paganism. In the 1990s, members of the scene were responsible for a spate of church burnings, there is also a small neo-Nazi movement within black metal, although it has been shunned by many prominent artists. Generally, black metal strives to remain underground, inaccessible to the mainstream, although contemporary black metal typically refers to the Norwegian style with shrieking vocals and raw production, the term has also been applied to bands with widely differing sounds. Norwegian-inspired black metal guitarists usually favor high-pitched or trebly guitar tones, the guitar is usually played with fast, un-muted tremolo picking. Guitarists often use dissonance—along with specific scales, intervals and chord progressions—to create a sense of dread, the tritone, or flat-fifth, is often used. Guitar solos and low guitar tunings are rare in black metal, the bass guitar is seldom used to play stand-alone melodies. It is not uncommon for the bass to be muted against the guitar, some newer black metal bands began raising their production quality and introducing additional instruments such as synthesizers and even orchestras. The drumming is usually fast and relies on double-bass and blast beats to maintain tempos that can sometimes approach 300 beats per minute and these fast tempos require great skill and physical stamina, typified by black metal drummers Frost and Hellhammer. Even still, authenticity is still prioritized over technique and this professionalism has to go, insists well-respected drummer and metal historian Fenriz of Darkthrone. I want to de-learn playing drums, I want to play primitive and simple, I dont want to play like a drum solo all the time, Black metal songs often stray from conventional song structure and often lack clear verse-chorus sections. Instead, many black metal songs contain lengthy and repetitive instrumental sections, the Greek style—established by Rotting Christ, Necromantia and Varathron—has more traditional heavy metal and death metal traits than Norwegian black metal. Traditional black metal bands tend to favor raspy, high-pitched vocals which include such as shrieking, screaming, and snarling
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Death metal
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Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Building from the structure of thrash metal and early black metal. Bands such as Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genres creation, Possessed and Death, along with bands such as Obituary, Autopsy and Morbid Angel, are often considered pioneers of the genre. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, death metal gained more attention as popular genre niche record labels like Combat, Earache. Since then, death metal has diversified, spawning several subgenres, melodic death metal combines death metal elements with those of the new wave of British heavy metal. Technical death metal is a style, with uncommon time signatures, atypical rhythms. Death-doom combines the deep growled vocals and double-kick drumming of death metal with the slow tempos, deathgrind, goregrind and pornogrind mix the complexity of death metal with the intensity, speed, and brevity of grindcore. Deathcore combines death metal with metalcore traits, Death n roll combines death metals growled vocals and highly distorted, detuned guitar riffs with elements of 1970s hard rock and heavy metal. English heavy metal band Venom, from Newcastle, crystallized the elements of what became known as thrash metal, death metal and black metal. Their dark, blistering sound, harsh vocals, and macabre, another highly influential band, Slayer, formed in 1981. Although the band was a metal act, Slayers music was more violent than their thrash contemporaries Metallica, Megadeth. Their breakneck speed and instrumental prowess combined with lyrics about death, violence, war, according to AllMusic, their third album Reign in Blood inspired the entire death metal genre. It had a big impact on the genre such as Death, Obituary. While attributed as having a Slayer influence, current and former members of the band had actually cited Venom and Motörhead, as well as work by Exodus. Possessed arguably did more to further the cause of Death Metal than any of the acts on the scene back in the mid-late 80s. During the same period as the dawn of Possessed, an influential metal band was formed in Florida. Death, originally called Mantas, was formed in 1983 by Chuck Schuldiner, Kam Lee, in 1984 they released their first demo entitled Death by Metal, followed by several more. The tapes circulated through the tape trader world, quickly establishing the bands name, with Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene
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Grindcore
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Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that originated in the early to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive-sounding genres, including punk, extreme metal, industrial. Early groups like Napalm Death are credited with laying the groundwork for the style and it is most prevalent today in North America and Europe, with popular contributors such as Brutal Truth and Nasum. Lyrical themes range from a focus on social and political concerns, to gory subject matter. A trait of grindcore is the microsong, several bands have produced songs that are only seconds in length. British band Napalm Death holds the Guinness World Record for shortest song ever recorded with the one-second You Suffer, many bands, such as Agoraphobic Nosebleed, record simple phrases that may be rhythmically sprawled out across an instrumental lasting only a couple of bars in length. Another offshoot is electrogrind which incorporates electronic music such as sampling. Although influential within hardcore and extreme metal, grindcore remains a form of music. Grindcore evolved as a blend of metal and hardcore punk. The name derives from the fact that grind is a British term for thrash, Grindcore relies on standard hardcore punk instrumentation, electric guitar, bass and drums. However, grindcore alters the usual practices of metal or rock music in regard to song structure, the vocal style is ranging from high-pitched shrieks to low, throat-shredding growls and barks. In some cases, no clear lyrics exist, vocals may be used as merely an added sound effect, a common practice with bands such as the experimental Naked City. A characteristic of some songs is the microsong, lasting only a few seconds. In 2001, the Guinness Book of World Records awarded Brutal Truth the record for Shortest Music Video for 1994s Collateral Damage, in 2007, the video for the Napalm Death song You Suffer set a new Shortest Music Video record,1.3 seconds. It is also not uncommon for albums to be very short when compared to other genres, usually consisting of a large track list. Many grindcore groups experiment with down-tuned guitars, while the vinyl A-side of Napalm Deaths debut, 1987s Scum, is set to standard tuning, on side B, the guitars are tuned down 2½ steps. Their second album From Enslavement to Obliteration and the Mentally Murdered EP were tuned to C♯, Harmony Corruption, their third full-length album, was tuned up to a D. Bolt Thrower went further, dropping 3½ steps down, bass is tuned low as well, and is often distorted
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Roadrunner Records
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Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal and hard rock bands. It is a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City, the label was launched in 1980 in the Netherlands. Roadrunners initial business was importing North American metal-band recordings into Europe, in 1986, Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York City and later opened offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Russia and the latest in Canada. Early successes included albums from King Diamond and Annihilator, the label also handled early Metallica releases in the Scandinavian region. The end of the 1980s saw the release of two albums that are now considered classics of their genres, Obituarys Slowly We Rot. The 1990s saw the arrival of such as Life of Agony, Machine Head, Suffocation, Type O Negative. As the 1990s wore on, several of Roadrunners bands managed to make an impact on the mainstream, most notably Sepultura, Sepulturas 1993 album, Chaos A. D. became the first Roadrunner band to crack the Top 40 on the Billboard album chart. Type O Negative became the first Roadrunner band to receive a certification from the RIAA, this was a Gold award for the 1993 album Bloody Kisses, the band also became the first Roadrunner band to receive radio play. In 2000, Slipknot became the first Roadrunner band to go Platinum, nickelback were also very successful on the label. Derek Shulman ran the label in the late 90s, beginning in 2001, Roadrunner was distributed by the Universal Music Group through a share of the label owned by The Island Def Jam Music Group. On December 18,2006, Warner Music Group signed an agreement to purchase a majority in shares of Roadrunner Records parent company and this deal became finalized on January 29,2007 after receiving regulatory approval in Germany. On June 11,2008, Roadrunner Records was voted as the Best Metal Label by Metal Hammer at their Golden Gods Awards, the award was accepted by Sharon Den Adel and Ruud Jolie of Within Temptation, one of Roadrunners biggest acts. However, Roadrunner has also accused of being a label only interested in current or trendy alternative music, reflected by their roster of mainly popular. One of the earliest names on the label, King Diamond, left the label due to alleged lack of support for the 1990 King Diamond release. In 2008, punk cabaret chanteuse Amanda Palmer was told by the label that wanted to re-edit her video for Leeds United to make her look slimmer. On April 6,2010, Palmer announced on her Twitter account that Roadrunner had dropped her, the most recent complaints about Roadrunner have come from one of the labels biggest bands Megadeth. Roadrunner Records was significantly affected by Warner Music Groups legal dispute against YouTube, most of the videos on their channel, however, are still viewable. There is even a disclaimer talking about Warners dispute right on the channel, on November 11,2010, Warner Music Group announced they had acquired the remaining of Roadrunners stock
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Nuclear Blast
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Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany, originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, power metal and black metal bands, as well as tribute albums. More recent signings include names such as Wednesday 13, Slayer, Opeth, Decapitated, Danzig, Cradle of Filth, Edguy, Nightwish, Symphony X, Suffocation, Machine Head and Fear Factory. Nuclear Blast was formed in 1987 after founder Markus Staiger travelled throughout the United States for four weeks, the labels first release was a vinyl compilation called Senseless Death featuring US hardcore bands like Attitude, Sacred Denial, Impulse Manslaughter and others. Swedish band Meshuggah became the first band in the history of Nuclear Blast Records to crack the Billboard 200, landing at number 165 with their 2002 album, Meshuggah also became the first Nuclear Blast band to be reviewed in Rolling Stone magazine. It became the first release in the history to reach number 1 on the German charts. Slayer released the album Repentless in 2015 which went to number 4 on the Billboard 200 making it the highest charting Nuclear Blast release in the USA, List of record labels List of Nuclear Blast artists Nuclear Blast Europe
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Slipknot (band)
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Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was founded in September 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, Gray died on May 24,2010, and was replaced from 2011–2014 by former guitarist Donnie Steele. Jordison left the band on December 12,2013, Steele left during the recording sessions for.5, The Gray Chapter. The band is now touring with replacement musicians Alessandro Venturella on bass, Slipknot is well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive style of music, and energetic and chaotic live shows. The band rapidly rose to success following the release of their eponymous album in 1999. The 2001 follow-up album, Iowa, although darker in tone, after another long hiatus, Slipknot released its fifth studio album.5, The Gray Chapter, in 2014. The band has released an album titled 9.0, Live, a compilation album titled Antennas to Hell. In 2015, Slipknot headlined the Download Festival in the UK for the third time, in the years before Slipknot formed, a state of shifting band membership existed throughout the metal scene in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1991, the biggest metal band in Des Moines was Atomic Opera, drummer Joey Jordison founded a thrash metal band called Modifidious, playing at a club called Runway. Modifidious opened for Atomic Opera on December 1,1991, at the Runway, Jordison replaced him with local guitarist Craig Jones. Drummer Shawn Crahan formed another Des Moines band called Heads on the Wall, playing funk metal cover songs at clubs, a fourth Des Moines band called Vexx played death metal with Anders Colsefni on drums, Paul Gray on bass, and Josh Brainard on guitar and vocals. Colsefni later took over vocal duties, but Vexx never recorded, during this time, Crahan often went to the Runway on Sundays when the club opened to all ages, where he met other young musicians with whom he could jam. One of the songs recorded was titled Slipknot, another was titled Painface. In 1993, a new band called Inveigh Catharsis formed in Des Moines, with Gray on bass, Brainard on guitar, Jordison jammed occasionally with this group. Brainard eventually left to join Jordison and Jones in Modifidious, participating in demo recordings at the end of 93, during 1994 Modifidious sometimes played the same shows as Crahans Heads on the Wall band. Gray formed a metal band called Body Pit, soon becoming popular in the local scene. Modifidious stopped playing in the wake of death metals increasing pull, Gray failed to get Jordison to join Body Pit, but soon after he recruited local guitar teacher Mick Thomson, the band broke up. In September 1995, Crahan and Gray started a band named the Pale Ones, the lineup was made up of friends who met through the local music scene, including vocalist Colsefni and guitarist Donnie Steele
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Murderdolls
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Murderdolls were an American horror punk band, founded during 2002 in Hollywood, California. The band line-up consisted of core members Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison, while former members included Ben Graves, Acey Slade, Eric Griffin, the band has released two albums, the first in the form of Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls which was released in 2002. The band had limited success in the United States, though their album and singles charted well in the United Kingdom. Their second album, Women and Children Last, was released August 31,2010, Wednesday 13 confirmed the bands split in an interview in July 2013. The sound of the band is made up of their shared influences, the band also share a large interest in horror movies, from which they take most of their images and references. Lyrically, the group most often present themselves in a manner, covering topics of necrophilia, grave robbing, cross-dressing. The Murderdolls are often described as Mötley Crüe meets the Misfits by critics, some consider the Murderdolls history to go back as far as 1994 to a Des Moines, Iowa based band Joey Jordison played in, named The Rejects, which was fronted by vocalist Dizzy Draztik. The sound of the band was comparable to what the Murderdolls would later develop. The Rejects split up as Jordisons other band Slipknot were signed to a major label, during the 1999 Ozzfest tour, Jordison met Tripp Eisen and asked him if he was interested in a project he had in mind, the reforming of the Rejects with Draztik. Eisen agreed to join the project and a friend of his from the band Dope and previously the Genitorturers, also a bassist named Ian, who had played in New York based band the Vampire Love Dolls, played with them live. Dizzy Draztik introduced Joey Jordison to the music of the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Draztik persuaded the band to invite the Drag Queens frontman to play with the Rejects. The pair had considered bringing Wednesday 13 into the band before Eisen joined. Wednesday joined them on November 2001, where he was brought into the Rejects as a bassist, Tripp Eisen has claimed that he suggested that his friend Acey Slade was brought into the band around this time, but was turned down. Soon, Wednesday 13 was moved to the position after Dizzy left the band to take care of his ailing mother. The band changed their name to the Murderdolls and would adopt a horror themed approach. In fact, in terms of material used Wednesday 13 became the force for it. Wednesday 13, Jordison, and Eisen went into the studio to record an album of material. Which because of the association of Eisen and Jordisons other bands, was to be released on Roadrunner Records, primarily the recording features Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison playing all of the instruments and vocals, however Eisen recorded some of the guitar solos on it
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Ministry (band)
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Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer and only original member Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a new wave outfit, Ministry changed its style to become one of the pioneers of industrial metal in the mid-1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with their studio album Psalm 69, The Way to Succeed. After 27 years of performing, Jourgensen decided to end the band in 2008, however, in August 2011, a reunion was announced, when Ministry confirmed they would play one of their first shows in four years at the Wacken Open Air festival in August 2012. Ministry released a new album, Relapse, on March 23,2012, Al Jourgensen began Ministry in Chicago, Illinois in 1981. His first band prior to Ministry was Special Affect with Groovie Mann, drummer Harry Rushakoff, after that was the short-lived Silly Charmichaels, with Ben Krug, Tom Krug and Tom Wall. Ministrys original sound was new wave synthpop that was more melodic. Ministry released four 12 singles on Wax Trax and their first LP With Sympathy, was issued on Arista Records in 1983 and hit the upper 90s in the Billboard 200. The LP was well received by college radio fans initially and became common in new wave album collections at the time. The music in With Sympathy and the singles Arista issued in association with it were a type of synthpop. Songs from the LP were played live as an act for The Police during the Synchronicity Tours North American leg. Jourgensen has subsequently expressed extreme dislike for Ministrys With Sympathy-era output and he has provided different explanations for this, saying in one interview that after signing the record contract, all artistic control of Ministry was handed over to other writers and producers. He was not trying to come off as British, the Stones used a southern accent and no one crawled up their ass for it. Some of Jourgensens preferred recordings from the With Sympathy era were collected into the CD Early Trax, by the mid-1980s, Jourgensen parted ways with George and signed to Sire Records. Jourgensen performed mostly solo for Ministrys next LP, Twitch, which sold well, the music was danceable electronic music, but was not pop music, and the sound was harsher and more aggressive than what Ministry had recorded before. According to Jourgensen, Twitch was stuff that I was doing before With Sympathy came out, some of that stuff was already four or five years old, but the record company didnt want to use it, so. Much of the new sound was created with the use of digital sampling, after Twitch, Jourgensen made the most significant change in Ministrys history when he resumed playing electric guitar. With the addition of The Blackouts drummer William Rieflin, Ministry recorded The Land of Rape, the album continued their success in the underground music scene
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3 Inches of Blood
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They are marked by strong influences from the new wave of British heavy metal movement. On June 2,2015, the band announced it would be disbanding following two shows, which took place on November 7 and 8 at the Commodore Ballroom in their hometown. The group initially performed with only Jamie Hooper as vocalist before the addition of Cam Pipes, Rich Trawicks roommate at the time, Steve Bays, heard the demo of the bands first recording and suggested having his long time friend Cam Pipes overdub some clean vocals to it. Their debut album Battlecry Under a Wintersun was recorded in 2002 and released in cooperation with the Teenage Rampage and it was later remastered and re-released by the band under their own label entitled Minion Music. The band garnered international exposure when the bands UK distribution label decided to put them on as a slot for a tour with platinum rock band The Darkness. This exposure gained them much attention and acclaim in the world of underground metal. In 2004, Geoff Trawick and brother Rich Trawick left the following personal differences with the rest of the band. Matt Wood of Vancouver doom/sludge/noise band Goatsblood, and Brian Redman replaced them, original guitarists Sunny Dhak and Bob Froese left the band shortly after recording in around July 2004 because they could no longer commit to touring and needed to deal with some personal matters. They were also committed to a business that they had set up called Bloodstone Press and it is now defunct and together with Mike Payette and Matt Wood they founded the rock band Pride Tiger. The band plays music more oriented towards 70s guitar-driven rock bands because, as Wood stated, anyway, Im not really a metal dude. Im sure if you studied pictures of 3 Inches of Blood you could pick us out as not really belonging there, Sunny and Bobby were replaced by Justin Hagberg, who had previously played with Pipes in Allfather, a black metal band, and Shane Clark. Also in 2005, Justin Hagberg recorded the guitars on the tracks Dawn of a Golden Age and I Dont Wanna Be for Roadrunner United, The All Star Sessions. In October 2006, the opened a show for Iron Maiden during the United States leg of their 2006 A Matter of Life. The show was at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, the band wrote their entire third studio album in Tacoma, Washington and performed their new songs at various places in the vicinity of Washington. A demo of Goatriders Horde which was recorded in Seattle in the spring of 2006 was later available for streaming on Roadrunners official website. Another demo of Night Marauders appeared in the fifth Battle Metal compilation album that was released in issue 161 of the UK magazine Metal Hammer. The band toured the United States during January and February 2007 in support of Cradle of Filth with The 69 Eyes and, in March, on March 22,2007, the band was confirmed to play the second stage at Ozzfest. On April 6,2007, the website was completely redesigned
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Rob Zombie
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Rob Zombie is an American musician, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Zombie rose to fame as a member of the heavy metal band White Zombie. Zombies first solo effort was a song titled Hands of Death with Alice Cooper, in 1997, he began working on his debut solo studio album, Hellbilly Deluxe, which was released in August 1998. A month later, Zombie officially disbanded White Zombie and his solo album went on to sell over three million copies worldwide, and spawned three singles. He released an album the following year that contained songs from Hellbilly Deluxe. Zombie directed the horror film House of 1000 Corpses in 2000 and his second studio album, The Sinister Urge, became his second platinum album in the United States. In 2003, Zombie released the compilation album Past, Present, Zombie directed The Devils Rejects, a direct sequel to his prior film House of 1000 Corpses. The project received a positive reception than its predecessor. His third studio album, Educated Horses, was a departure from his earlier recordings, the album became his third to enter the top ten of the Billboard 200, though saw a decrease in sales when compared to his previous releases. Deciding to focus on his career, Zombie directed the horror film Halloween. The film became Zombies highest-grossing film to date, though was met with a critical reception. He later directed Halloween II which failed to match the success of its predecessor and he released the animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto that same year. Zombie returned to music with the release of his studio album. The album peaked at eight in the United States. In 2012, Zombie released a remix album and directed the horror film The Lords of Salem. He released his studio album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor the following year. Since the beginning of his career, Zombies music and lyrics have featured notable horror. His live shows have been praised for their shock rock theatricality
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The Rejects
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Murderdolls were an American horror punk band, founded during 2002 in Hollywood, California. The band line-up consisted of core members Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison, while former members included Ben Graves, Acey Slade, Eric Griffin, the band has released two albums, the first in the form of Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls which was released in 2002. The band had limited success in the United States, though their album and singles charted well in the United Kingdom. Their second album, Women and Children Last, was released August 31,2010, Wednesday 13 confirmed the bands split in an interview in July 2013. The sound of the band is made up of their shared influences, the band also share a large interest in horror movies, from which they take most of their images and references. Lyrically, the group most often present themselves in a manner, covering topics of necrophilia, grave robbing, cross-dressing. The Murderdolls are often described as Mötley Crüe meets the Misfits by critics, some consider the Murderdolls history to go back as far as 1994 to a Des Moines, Iowa based band Joey Jordison played in, named The Rejects, which was fronted by vocalist Dizzy Draztik. The sound of the band was comparable to what the Murderdolls would later develop. The Rejects split up as Jordisons other band Slipknot were signed to a major label, during the 1999 Ozzfest tour, Jordison met Tripp Eisen and asked him if he was interested in a project he had in mind, the reforming of the Rejects with Draztik. Eisen agreed to join the project and a friend of his from the band Dope and previously the Genitorturers, also a bassist named Ian, who had played in New York based band the Vampire Love Dolls, played with them live. Dizzy Draztik introduced Joey Jordison to the music of the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Draztik persuaded the band to invite the Drag Queens frontman to play with the Rejects. The pair had considered bringing Wednesday 13 into the band before Eisen joined. Wednesday joined them on November 2001, where he was brought into the Rejects as a bassist, Tripp Eisen has claimed that he suggested that his friend Acey Slade was brought into the band around this time, but was turned down. Soon, Wednesday 13 was moved to the position after Dizzy left the band to take care of his ailing mother. The band changed their name to the Murderdolls and would adopt a horror themed approach. In fact, in terms of material used Wednesday 13 became the force for it. Wednesday 13, Jordison, and Eisen went into the studio to record an album of material. Which because of the association of Eisen and Jordisons other bands, was to be released on Roadrunner Records, primarily the recording features Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison playing all of the instruments and vocals, however Eisen recorded some of the guitar solos on it
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Metallica
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Metallica is an American heavy metal band based in San Rafael, California. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles when vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield responded to an advertisement posted by drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper, Metallicas current line-up comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band, the bands fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding big four bands of thrash metal, alongside Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. The band expanded its musical direction and achieved commercial success with its eponymous fifth album Metallica. The album was also their first to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, in 2000, Metallica joined with other artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the bands copyright-protected material without consent from the band. A settlement was reached and Napster became a pay-to-use service, the band returned to its original musical style with the release of Death Magnetic, and in 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Metallica has released ten albums, four live albums, five extended plays,26 music videos. The band has won eight Grammy Awards and six of its albums have debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The bands eponymous 1991 album has sold over 16 million copies in the United States, Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 110 million records worldwide. Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, in 2012, Metallica formed the independent record label Blackened Recordings and took full ownership of its albums and videos. The band is currently promoting Hardwired. to Self-Destruct, which was released on November 18,2016, guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement. Although he had not formed a band, Ulrich asked Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel if he could record a song for the upcoming compilation album Metal Massacre. Slagel accepted and Ulrich recruited Hetfield to sing and play rhythm guitar, the band was officially formed in October 1981, five months after Ulrich and Hetfield first met. Ulrich talked to his friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine, Quintana had proposed the names MetalMania and Metallica. A second advertisement was placed in The Recycler for a position as lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine answered, Ulrich and Hetfield recruited him after seeing his expensive guitar equipment. In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song Hit the Lights for the Metal Massacre I compilation, Hetfield played bass on the song and Lloyd Grant was credited with a guitar solo. Metal Massacre I was released on June 14,1982, early pressings listed the band incorrectly as Mettallica, the bands first taste of live success came early, they were chosen to open for British heavy metal band Saxon at one gig of their 1982 US tour. Metallica recorded its first demo, Power Metal, an inspired by Quintanas early business cards in early 1982
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Marilyn Manson
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Brian Hugh Warner, better known by the stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, actor, painter, author and former music journalist. His stage name was formed by combining and juxtaposing the names of two American pop cultural icons, actress Marilyn Monroe and cult leader Charles Manson. In the U. S. alone, three of the albums have been awarded platinum and three more went gold, and the band has had eight releases debut in the top ten. Manson has been ranked number 44 in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader, Manson made his film debut in 1997 as an actor in David Lynchs Lost Highway. Since then he has appeared in a variety of minor roles and he was interviewed in Michael Moores political documentary Bowling for Columbine, discussing possible motivations for the 1999 Columbine massacre and allegations that his music was somehow a factor. On September 13–14,2002, his first art show, The Golden Age of Grotesque, was held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions center. Manson revealed a series of 20 paintings in 2010 entitled Genealogies of Pain, an exhibition showcased at Kunsthalle gallery in Vienna, Austria, which the artist collaborated on with David Lynch. Warner and guitarist Scott Daisy Berkowitz Putesky formed Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids following conversations at the Reunion Room in Fort Lauderdale, the name was later shortened to Marilyn Manson. In 1993, the band drew the attention of Trent Reznor, Reznor produced their 1994 debut album, Portrait of an American Family and released it on his Nothing Records label. The band began to develop a following, which grew larger on the Downward Spiral Tour that featured Nine Inch Nails. That EP yielded the bands first big MTV hit with Sweet Dreams, antichrist Superstar was an even greater success. In the U. S. alone, three of the albums have been awarded two platinum and three more went gold, and the band has had seven releases debut in the top ten. Manson first worked as a producer with the band Jack Off Jill and he helped name the band and produced most of the bands early recordings, and also played guitar on the song My Cat and had the band open most of his South Florida shows. Manson later wrote the notes to the bands album Humid Teenage Mediocrity 1992–1996. Manson has appeared as a guest performer on DMXs album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, in 2011 it was revealed that Manson was to appear on the singer Skylar Greys album Invinsible on the track entitled Cant Haunt Me. Manson released his studio album, Born Villain, in May 2012. On November 10,2014, Manson posted via his official Facebook page that his studio album, The Pale Emperor. On August 15,2015, Manson had New Orleans brass ensemble the Soul Rebels perform Beautiful People with him live in Japan at the Summer Sonic Music Festival, shooter Jennings album Countach features Manson performing guest vocals on a cover of David Bowies Cat People
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Satyricon (band)
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Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, formed in 1991 in Oslo. Satyr and Frost have been the core members since 1993. The bands first three albums typify the Norwegian black metal style, since its fourth album in 1999, the band has strayed from this style and included elements of traditional heavy metal in their sound. Satyricon was the first Norwegian black metal band to join a multi-national record label, the band were formed in 1990 as Eczema by the bassist Wargod and drummer Exhurtum. In 1991, they decided to start playing black metal, so the name was changed to Satyricon, Lemarchand was kicked out after the second demo. Remaining members Satyr and Lemarchand hired the drummer Frost as a musician and recorded their second and last demo. Shortly after this, Lemarchand also left the band, but before leaving the band he recorded guitars for the first full-length album, Dark Medieval Times. In the meantime, Frost was being promoted as a permanent member and had recorded drums for the aforementioned album, rebel Extravaganza, Satyricons fourth album, was released in 1999. During this period Satyr drastically changed his look by shaving off his hair, in April and May 2000, Satyricon toured as a supporting band for Pantera. Phil Anselmo has spoken of his love for black metal numerous times and they used to be signed with Daron Malakians music label EatUrMusic. Satyricon participated in the Darkthrone tribute Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone, released by Moonfog Productions in 1998, in 2006, Satyricon released Now, Diabolical. In March 2008, the band headlined the Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo for the first time, the EP My Skin Is Cold was released before their seventh album, The Age of Nero, which was released on 3 November 2008. Satyricon released their self-titled eighth full-length album on 9 September 2013, the band released their first ever Full Length live CD/DVD set titled Live at the Opera which took place In September 2013, alongside the Norwegian National Opera, on May 4,2015. A fully remastered 20th anniversary edition of Nemesis Divina was released on May 20,2016, Frost has stated in recent interviews that once the new album is released, they will then complete work on their first ever covers album. On their next album, The Shadowthrone, this spirit was continued. Rock Hard journalist Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann wrote that Satyricon reached their very early zenith with that album, reinventing ourselves based on a foundation of rock-oriented black metal is our philosophy
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Korn
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Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. Korn was originally formed by three of the members of the band L. A. P. D, Korn released their first demo album, Neidermayers Mind, in 1993. The band later went on to release their debut album in 1994. The band experienced success with Follow the Leader and Issues. The bands mainstream success continued with Untouchables, Take a Look in the Mirror, a compilation album, Greatest Hits Vol.1, was released in 2004, spanning a decade of singles and concluding the bands recording contract with Immortal Records and Epic Records. They signed to Virgin Records, releasing See You on the Other Side in 2005, and an untitled album in 2007. Korns other recent albums, Korn III, Remember Who You Are and The Path of Totality, were released via Roadrunner Records, The Paradigm Shift being released via Prospect Park and their latest album, The Serenity of Suffering, was released on October 21,2016. As of 2012, Korn had sold around 35 million copies worldwide, twelve of the bands official releases have peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200, eight of which have peaked in the top five. Korn has released seven albums and thirty-nine music videos. The band has released singles, twenty-eight of which have charted. Korn has earned two Grammy Awards out of seven nominations and two MTV Video Music Awards out of eleven nominations, before Korn was formed, three of the original members of the band were associated with the band L. A. P. D. – James Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, and David Silveria, originally consisting of Richard Morrill, James Shaffer, and Reginald Arvizu, David Silveria joined when he was 16. When the band moved from Bakersfield, California to Los Angeles, Silveria dropped out of high school, when Shaffer reunited with the band, they found a manager and released an EP entitled Love and Peace Dude in 1989 through Triple X Records. Released their first full-length studio album on May 3,1991 which consisted of eleven tracks, the album was entitled Whos Laughing Now. The logo was designed by vocalist Jonathan Davis, Silveria explained, the music makes the name, because Korns a dumb name. But once we get established, it makes the name cool, Korn rented a studio from Jeff Creath, called Underground Chicken Sound, in Huntington Beach, California. While they were recording at Underground Chicken Sound, a crowd had been loitering outside the studio, the band began playing a prelude to a later song, Clown, resulting in a larger crowd gathering. Arvizu said the crowd gathered because it sounded so different, Korn started performing at gigs in the summer of 1993, with members saying that touring was a pain-in-the-ass
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Roadrunner United
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Roadrunner United was a project organized by the heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It culminated in an album released worldwide on October 11,2005, the unprecedented project was the brainchild of Roadrunner UK General Manager Mark Palmer and Roadrunner USA VP of A&R Monte Conner. The album project was coordinated by Lora Richardson and was mixed by Colin Richardson, the All-Star Sessions spawned one single and music video. The DVD included with the CD purchase is a documentary of the Making Of the songs and it features the sessions of the four team captains making their songs. The DVD features the concert and a documentary. Roadrunner Records Official Website Official artist page Myspace page
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Waukee, Iowa
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Waukee is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 13,790 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Des Moines – West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waukee was laid out as a town in 1869 and it is thought to be named after Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Waukee was incorporated on December 23,1878, Waukee is located at 41°36′32″N 93°51′55″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 12.99 square miles. Humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large temperature differences, with warm to hot summers. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is Dfa, as of the census of 2010, there were 13,790 people,5,154 households, and 3,689 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,063.2 inhabitants per square mile, there were 5,378 housing units at an average density of 414.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 93. 9% White,1. 3% African American,0. 2% Native American,2. 6% Asian,0. 1% Pacific Islander,0. 9% from other races, and 1. 1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 0% of the population,23. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the family size was 3.19. The median age in the city was 31.8 years. 32% of residents were under the age of 18,5. 1% were between the ages of 18 and 24,36. 3% were from 25 to 44,18. 5% were from 45 to 64, and 8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48. 6% male and 51. 4% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 5,126 people,1,927 households, and 1,445 families residing in the city. The population density was 610.9 people per square mile, there were 2,087 housing units at an average density of 248.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 98. 17% White,0. 43% African American,0. 57% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,0. 31% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 74% of the population. 21. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.12. In the city, the population was out with 30. 4% under the age of 18,5. 5% from 18 to 24,36. 4% from 25 to 44,19. 9% from 45 to 64
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9.0: Live
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9.0, Live is the first live album by American metal band Slipknot. The band recorded the album during a 2004–05 world tour that promoted their third studio album Vol.3. Released by Roadrunner Records on November 1,2005,9.0, many of the included tracks are rarely played live, Skin Ticket from the album Iowa was its first live performance. 9.0, Live peaked in the top twenty in album sales for Austria and the United States, critical reception was generally positive, with Adrien Begrand of PopMatters calling it a very worthy live album. Two years later, in 2004, Slipknot promoted Vol.3, during a tour which included 233 concerts across 34 countries in 28 months. The tracks on 9.0, Live were compiled from performances in Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka, Las Vegas, Phoenix, New York City, and Dallas. The album begins with a vocal introduction which was recorded before a concert, informing the audience that the band would not be performing. 9.0, Live includes tracks from the bands first three albums, and the banned track Purity which was removed from the bands debut album, Slipknot. It also contains tracks that are played live, such as Iowa and Get This. Before the albums release, a sample from the recording of The Nameless was made available on the Internet through the bands record label. Slipknot attended a session at a Best Buy store in New York City the day of 9.0, Lives release. A music video featuring the recording of The Nameless was created to promote the album. Johnsen continued, stating that as with most live albums,9.0 and its a complete immersion in the band. The album booklet includes 24 pages, most with pictures of band members, critical reception of 9.0, Live was generally positive. Reviewing for Allmusic, Johnny Loftus commented that the relationship with Slipknot is what unifies the performances on the live album. However, he noted the songs sounded similar to their recorded performances, however, he complained that it was distracting to have the band perform in a variety of undisclosed locations, rather than the one set throughout. Blair Fischer of the Chicago Tribune gave the three volume levels, writing, The most amazing feat is that nine genetic defectives can congeal for such synchronous brain-damaged fury. Billboard reviewer Christa Titus wrote that Slipknot was relentless in its delivery of their performances, calling the album an overwhelming frenzy of sound
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Otep
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Otep is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California formed in 2000. They have released two EPs, six albums, and one live album. As of December 2013, they are no longer under their previous label Victory Records, Otep began as a band in Los Angeles, California, in late 2000. The name Otep is from Otep Shamayas stage name and is an anagram for Poet and they were invited to play Ozzfest before they had signed to a label after Sharon Osbourne witnessed their live performance. They have since played Ozzfest several times, Otep signed with Capitol Records after a few shows and without a demo, purely on the power of their live performance. They started gigging around Los Angeles a lot and released the Jihad EP in 2001, the band released their album Sevas Tra with Terry Date on June 18,2002, and then played several gigs at the Ozzfest and was considered one of the prime bands there in 2002. Their first time at Ozzfest was in 2001 with their eighth gig, the first album peaked at 145 on the Billboard 200 and 86 on the UK Albums Chart. On July 27,2004, Otep released their 2nd album House of Secrets, the album peaked at 93 on the Billboard 200 and 102 on the French Chart. Despite the original date, the album was delayed indefinitely due to the recent Capitol/Virgin Records merger. It peaked at 81 on the Billboard 200 and 6 on the US Independent Charts, the album also had about 10,200 album copies sold in its first week of release. In 2009, Otep signed with Victory Records and their 2009 album, Smash the Control Machine released August 18 during 2009, included a reunion with former members Mark Moke Bistany on drums and Rob Patterson on guitar. The album also featured Koichi Fukuda on piano, and Emilie Autumn on violin, and a cowrite with songwriter Holly Knight, Holly Knight previously cowrote Perfectly Flawed with Otep on The Ascension. It peaked at 47 on the Billboard 200 and 6 on the US Independent Charts, the band appeared with 2Cents, Five Finger Death Punch & Shadows Fall on the Shock & Raw Tour of North America in the fall of 2009. On September 30,2010, bassist Jay McGuire left the band, during April 26,2011, Otep released their 5th studio album, Atavist. The album peaked at 61 on the Billboard 200,10 on the Independent Charts and 19 on the US Rock Charts, on November 6,2012, Otep released their first live album, Sounds Like Armageddon. In an interview, Otep Shamaya has stated that Hydra will be her bands final album, the album was released on January 22,2013 and peaked at 133 on Billboard 200. However, the band is touring and have tours in places such as the USAs east coast. In early 2014, Otep confirmed on her personal Facebook account, in April 2014, Otep have signed a new management deal with Kam 9.8 Machlation Group—a company founded by Slipknot‘s DJ Sid Wilson and his business partner Synonym Mead
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Pearl Drums
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Pearl Musical Instrument Company, simply known as Pearl, is a multinational corporation based in Japan with a wide range of products, predominantly percussion instruments. Pearl was founded by Katsumi Yanagisawa -who began manufacturing music stands in Sumida, in 1950, Yanagisawa shifted his focus to the manufacturing of drums and named his company Pearl Industry, Ltd. Yanagisawas eldest son, Mitsuo, joined Pearl in 1957 and formed a division to export Pearl products worldwide, in 1966, Pearl introduced its first professional drum kit, the President Series. For a time in the early 1970s, Pearl was distributed in the U. S. by Norlin, today, Pearls Taiwanese operation encompasses five factories whose output supplies nearly the entire worldwide market for Pearl products. The original Chiba factory now caters to the domestic Japanese market, producing kits, marching drums, timpani. Adams Musical Instruments are sold in the U. S, Pearl created several drum products, such as shells in the 1970s that were made of wood with a fiber-glass lining. There was also a made of a composite called Phenolic. Additionally, Pearl combined roto-toms and these Phenolic shells to create the Vari-Pitch line of drums, other early innovations included shells that were slightly undersized, so that the drum head would extend over the edges, much like a gong drum. Pearl manufactured seamless, extruded acrylic shells that were different from the tabbed-and-seamed Vistalite shells used by Ludwig, Pearl also developed the hinged tube tom-arm, a design widely copied by many other drum manufacturers. Pearl has made shells for more than 30 companies, in the 1960s, they ceased making shells for other companies, and began manufacturing drums under their own name and used the Pearl logo for the first time. Their construction technique is known as SST or Superior Shell Technology, all Pearl drums feature this construction. Each ply is placed into a cylinder, and pressure is applied from both sides, while in the press, the shell is heated to bring the glue to a boil, thus forcing it through the wood grain and fusing the shells very tightly. The individual plies are scarf jointed, and all the seams are offset and this creates a drum shell of incredible strength. Rhythm Traveler – A travelers kit with shrunken drum depths made from 6 plies of Selected Hardwoods, rhythm Traveler drums includes cymbals, throne, hardware, mesh heads and cymbal mutes. Target – Drums manufactured with 6 plies of basswood, Made exclusively for the European market, it is sold as a complete set with cymbals, throne, hardware and drumsticks. Export - Introduced at Winter NAMM2013, the EXX is Pearls reintroduction to the Export line in less than a decade, designed to replace the Forum series, these drums are made from Poplar and Asian Mahogany shells and features Pearls new Opti-Loc suspension mounts. Decade Maple- New from Pearl, a drum kit with an affordable price tag. Vision - The successor to the Export and Session series drums, Vision drums originally came in 2 varieties, the VLX Lacquer finish drums and the VSX wrapped drums
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Ddrum
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Ddrum is an American based Swedish company, currently a division of Armadillo Enterprises, Inc. that manufactures acoustic drum sets, electronic drum sets, and Electronic Triggers. Ddrum was originally a brand of Clavia, makers of the Nord series of keyboards, in 2005, the company was sold to Armadillo, who expanded the brand from only electronic drums into a wider range of products. DDrum is a company to Dean Guitars and produces drums that fall into one of several series, grouped according to quality. Bass drums and snares feature 2 inner plies of poplar to enhance the properties of those drums using Vintageblend technology, includes standard sizes as well as Jazz-oriented Speakeasy and old-school Rock configurations. Reflex- an industry first, drum shells made from alder, a tone wood long associated with prized vintage guitars, available in wrapped standard, and painted RSL. Also includes the larger sized Powerhouse and Bombardier kits, acoustic Pro triggers, DRT triggers, Chrome Elite Triggers, Red Shot Triggers. Ddrum also produces deccabons, which are similar in concept to octobans, all deccabons are six inches in diameter. They are available with shells made from either clear acrylic or black fiberglass, drum depths range from 6 inches to 24 inches in 2-inch increments. Supplies of DDrum kits outside the USA, particularly to the UK, are sparse with long wait times
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Funeral home
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A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides interment and funeral services for the dead and their families. These services may include a prepared wake and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for the funeral, funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home takes care of the paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery. In recent years many funeral homes have started posting obituaries online, there are a few common types of services in North America. A traditional funeral service consists of a viewing, a service in a place of worship or the funeral home chapel. Direct cremation consists of the funeral home receiving the corpse, preparing it for the crematory, direct/immediate burial is the forgoing of a funeral ceremony for a prompt, simple burial. Moving a corpse between mortuaries involves preparing it for shipment in a coffin strapped into an arbitrary or a combination unit and this is common when it is to be buried in a different locality than where the person died. When a corpse is brought to a home, it is sometimes embalmed to delay decomposition or to make the viewing of the body more pleasant. The procedure typically involves removing sufficient blood material to accommodate the preservative chemicals and dyes, aspirating the internal organs, cosmetics are used with the consent of the family to improve the appearance of face and hands for a more natural look. If the face or hands are disfigured by accident, illness or decomposition, if this isnt possible, or the family wishes, the funeral home can perform a closed casket service. The funeral home often sets aside one or more areas for people to gather at a visitation. This area may contain a space to display the body in a casket to visitors who may pay their respects, funeral and memorial services may also take place at the funeral home. Many funeral homes offer prearrangement options for those who wish to plan their own funerals, several large multi-national corporations in this service field have received exposure from high-profile litigation. The Loewen Group, Inc. received a large jury verdict in the State of Mississippi which was later found to be in error as the allegations against Loewen Group proved false. The Canadian-based company then brought suit against the United States alleging violations under N. A. F. T. A, houston based Service Corporation International has also had their share of legal troubles with the operations of both their funeral home and cemetery operations
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Speed metal
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Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal roots. It is described by AllMusic as extremely fast, abrasive, and it is usually considered less abrasive and more melodic than thrash metal, showing less influence from hardcore punk. However, speed metal is usually faster and more aggressive than traditional heavy metal, Speed metal songs frequently make use of highly expressive vocals, but are usually less likely to employ harsh vocals than thrash metal songs. One of the key influences on the development of speed metal was the new wave of British heavy metal and this was a heavy metal movement that started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. NWOBHM bands toned down the blues influences of earlier acts, incorporated elements of punk, increased the tempo and it was an era directed almost exclusively at heavy metal fans and is considered to be a major foundation stone for the extreme metal genres. The NWOBHM came to dominate the heavy metal scene of the early-mid-1980s and it was musically characterized by fast upbeat tempo songs, power chords, fast guitar solos and melodic, soaring vocals. Groups such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Venom, Saxon and Motörhead as well as many lesser-known ones, Motörhead is often credited as the first band to invent/play speed metal. The latter was called early speed metal by Robb Reiner of speed metal band Anvil, black Sabbath are a British heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, and are often cited as one of the grandfathers of the genre. Though usually known for playing a slow, sludgy tempo. Their are those that believe that their song, Symptom of the Universe from their 1975 released Sabbotage album is thee first true example of a metal song. Judas Priest are a British heavy metal band formed in Birmingham. They often played faster than most rock groups of the time, some songs, such as 1978s Exciter, were groundbreaking for their sheer ferocity and speed, few, if any, bands exempting Motörhead, played with the same tempo. Exciter is a Canadian speed metal band from Ottawa, Ontario which was formed in 1978 and they are widely considered to be one of the first speed metal bands and a seminal influence of the thrash metal genre. Anvil are another Canadian speed metal band, from Toronto, Ontario, to date, the band has released sixteen studio albums, and has been cited as having influenced many notable thrash metal groups, including Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. Annihilator is a Canadian speed/thrash metal band founded in 1984 by vocalist, guitarist and bassist Jeff Waters and they are the highest selling heavy metal group in Canadian history, having sold 2 million records worldwide. Accept is a German heavy metal band played an important role in the development of speed and thrash metal, being part of the German heavy metal scene. Of particular importance was their 1982 track Fast as a Shark, Speed metal eventually evolved into thrash metal. Although many tend to equate the two subgenres, others argue there is a distinct difference between them
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Jim Root
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Root began performing with the thrash metal band Atomic Opera from Iowa in the early 1990s, not to be confused with the hard rock band Atomic Opera from Houston, Texas. Prior to joining Slipknot, he worked as a screenprinter, waiter, despite this, the song has become a staple for most of the bands live performances. Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor invited Root to join the band based on Taylors past experiences working with him in Stone Sour.5 The Gray Chapter, of Slipknots nine member lineup which lasted between 1999 to 2010, Root was the last to join the band. Root typically performed lead guitar in Stone Sour, although he played rhythm. He has spoken of both bands guitar style as being twin guitar, In both bands, I fulfill both roles, in Slipknot, Mick has some solos, and in Stone Sour, Josh has some solos. During the recording of Stone Sours Audio Secrecy, he and Rand recorded their parts simultaneously and he also appeared on Jonathan Davis and the SFA´s cover of Lil Wayne´s Got Money. On 17 May 2014, Stone Sour released a statement saying that Root was no longer a member of the band. Moments before their statement, Root told a fan on Instagram of his departure, in interviews, Root accused the band of being financially motivated and pursuing a more commercial musical direction, but also observed that he wasnt really happy in that band anymore. Corey Taylor noted that the split initially put a strain on his and Roots relationship, in July 2007, Fender released the Jim Root Telecaster. In a 2009 performance for Eurockeennes, Jim used a Gibson Flying V, in January 2010, a Jim Root Signature Fender Stratocaster was unveiled on the Fender website, similar to the one he has been seen using on stage, as of March 2009. In 2012, Orange announced a new signature Tiny Terror amp based on their Rockerverb 100, Roots main amp, then, the Squier Telecaster signature model was released, similar to the first Fender Telecaster Jim Root signature. The white model comes with a black pickguard and the model comes with a white pickguard. Both Squiers have a neck and rosewood fretboard. Jims signature Squiers do not contain EMG81 and EMG60, the Fender Jim Root Jazzmaster was unveiled at NAMM2014. It has the same specs as the Jim Root Stratocaster and it only comes in flat black with an ebony fretboard
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Shawn Crahan
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Michael Shawn Crahan, more commonly known by his stage persona Clown, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, director and photographer. He is best known as one of the two percussionists and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot. When performing with Slipknot, he is known by his number 6. Crahan is the remaining founding member in Slipknot. Crahan is the oldest member of Slipknot, and has been responsible for the bands success with his extensive involvement in Slipknots media production. He is the director behind Slipknots music videos, outside Slipknot, Crahan had two side project bands called To My Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits, both of which have split. He also directed the film, Officer Downe, Crahan was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1969. Crahans first band was Modifidius, which he was a member with former Slipknot member Joey Jordison and he also once performed in bands such as Heads on the Wall and One Cup of Fat before forming The Pale Ones, which would later become known as Slipknot. Crahan married his wife Chantel in June 1992, in Des Moines and they now have four children, Alexandria, Gage, Gabrielle, and Simon. Crahan is also a filmographer and photographer, having published a Slipknot photo album The Apocalyptic Nightmare in 2012, in 2012, he also made his debut acting appearance in the film The Devils Carnival. He is a smoker and has been willing to break the law to smoke inside venues along with members of Slipknot. He is also a collector of baseball cards, in June 2016, Crahan made his directing debut with the film Officer Downe based on the graphic novel Officer Downe written by Joe Casey and Chris Burnham. Casey wrote the script and Skip Williamson and Mark Neveldine produced the film, Shawn Clown Crahan also directed the Music Video for the song A-M-E-R-I-C-A, by Motionless In White and We Are by Hollywood Undead. In 1993, Crahan formed a band known as The Pale Ones with fellow musician Paul Gray. Wanting to expand the bands percussion section, Crahan brought in Joey Jordison to fill in as drummer while Crahans efforts were focused on custom percussion, the vocalist playing a second percussion kit gave the band their layered, particularly intense drum sound. In 1996, they released a song known as Slipknot, and through Joeys suggestion and this album would later become known to the band as their demo. Crahan felt that the original vocalist for Slipknot was too guttural and he brought in Corey Taylor from another local band called Stone Sour, whose vocals were more melodic. In a 2012 interview with Loudwire, Crahan explained how the numbers were assigned
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Craig Jones (musician)
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Craig Alan Jones, also known by his nickname 133, is an American heavy metal musician. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he is best known as the sampler and keyboardist in Slipknot, Jones joined the band in 1996 shortly after the recording of Mate. Replacing Donnie Steele on guitar, although he moved onto the role of sampler. Following the departure of Joey Jordison in 2013, Jones is now the second longest-serving member of Slipknot, Craig Jones joined Slipknot in mid-1996, replacing original guitarist Donnie Steele after the recording of the bands debut demo Mate. He was enlisted to the band by drummer Joey Jordison, with whom Jones had previously worked in the band Modifidious, mick Thomson replaced him on guitar. Jordison claimed that Jones was happy with the change, noting that he liked doing that anyway, coming up all these noises. Jones contribution to the band has described by BBC Music as provid samples, speeches and noises as a kind of audio garnish in the bands dark maelstrom. Jones was given the nickname 133 as a reference to the speed of his computer,133 MHz. In September 2004, it was announced that Jones would not be performing with Slipknot for a period of the bands European tour due to a medical emergency. A statement on the official website explained that Craig Jones #133 has been suffering incredible pain during the first week of our European tour and has been unable to eat or sleep properly. Therefore, a decision was made for him to return to the States for emergency dental surgery. Speaking about the situation, guitarist Jim Root explained that Were filling his spot, weve got a picture of him in the room and we miss him every day. Upon joining the band as a guitarist, Jones initially wore womens pantyhose on his head when performing and this was later changed to a crash helmet with long nails hammered through it. The helmet was replaced by a bondage mask, and a zipper was also added over the mouth area. Jones is often identified by the media as the most quiet and private member of Slipknot, vocalist Corey Taylor has commented on his demeanour by describing him as the quietly scary type. Slipknot producer Ross Robinson has added that he would try to get him to talk and he would just sit, loudwires Graham Hartmann noted that he almost never speaks and keeps people at a distance, theorising that these qualities inspired the style of his mask. Ian Gittins of The Guardian described Jones as patently a strange individual, as well as quoting the bands managers dubbing of the sampler as the Unabomber, a reference to terrorist Ted Kaczynski. According to Robinson, the comment was the first the sampler made in an interview
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Keith Moon
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Keith John Moon was an English drummer who played with the English rock band the Who. He was noted for his style and his eccentric, often self-destructive behaviour. His drumming continues to be praised by critics and musicians, Moon grew up in Alperton, a suburb of Wembley, in Middlesex, and took up the drums during the early 1960s. After playing with a band, the Beachcombers, he joined the Who in 1964 before they recorded their first single. Moon remained with the band during their rise to fame, and was recognised for his drumming style, which emphasised tom-toms, cymbal crashes. He occasionally collaborated with musicians and later appeared in films. In addition to his talent as a drummer, however, Moon developed a reputation for smashing his kit on stage and he was fascinated by blowing up toilets with cherry bombs or dynamite, and by destroying television sets. Moon enjoyed touring and socialising, and was bored and restless when the Who were inactive and his 21st birthday party in Flint, Michigan, has been cited as a notorious example of decadent behaviour by rock groups. Moon suffered a number of setbacks during the 1970s, most notably the death of chauffeur Neil Boland. He became addicted to alcohol, particularly brandy and champagne, and acquired a reputation for decadence and dark humour, after moving to Los Angeles with personal assistant Peter Dougal Butler during the mid-1970s, Moon recorded his only solo album, the poorly received Two Sides of the Moon. While touring with the Who, on occasions he passed out on stage and was hospitalised. By their final tour with him in 1976, and particularly during production of The Kids Are Alright and Who Are You, the drummers deterioration was evident. Moon moved back to London in 1978, dying in September of that year from an overdose of Heminevrin, Keith John Moon was born to Alfred Charles and Kathleen Winifred Moon on 23 August 1946 at Central Middlesex Hospital in northwest London, and grew up in Wembley. He was hyperactive as a boy, with a restless imagination, Moon attended Alperton Secondary Modern School after failing his eleven plus exam, which precluded his attending a grammar school. His art teacher said in a report, Retarded artistically and his music teacher wrote that Moon has great ability, but must guard against a tendency to show off. Moon joined his local Sea Cadet Corps band at the age of twelve on the bugle and he was interested in practical jokes and home science kits, with a particular fondness for explosions. On his way home from school, Moon would often go to Macaris Music Studio on Ealing Road to practise on the drums there and he left school at age fourteen, around Easter in 1961. Moon then enrolled at Harrow Technical College, this led to a job as a radio repairman, Moon took lessons from one of the loudest contemporary drummers, Screaming Lord Sutchs Carlo Little, at ten shillings per lesson
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John Bonham
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John Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer for the British rock band Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast bass-drumming, distinctive sound and he is considered by some publications to be one of the greatest drummers in rock. John Henry Bonham was born on 31 May 1948, in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, to Joan and he began learning to play at five, making a kit of containers and coffee tins, imitating his idols Max Roach, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. His mother gave him a drum when he was 10. He received his first drum kit from his father at age 15, Bonham never took formal drum lessons, though as a teen he had advice from other Redditch drummers. Between 1962 and 1963, still at school, Bonham joined the Blue Star Trio, Bonham attended Lodge Farm Secondary Modern School, where his headmaster wrote in his report that He will either end up a dustman or a millionaire. After leaving school in 1964, he worked for his father as a carpenter between drumming for local bands. In 1964, Bonham joined his first semi-professional band, Terry Webb and the Spiders and he played in other Birmingham bands such as The Nicky James Movement and The Senators, who made a single, Shes a Mod, in 1964. Bonham then took up drumming full-time, Two years later, he joined A Way of Life, but the band folded. Needing a regular income, he joined a group called Crawling King Snakes. In 1967, A Way of Life asked Bonham to return to the group, Plant formed Band of Joy and chose Bonham as the drummer. The band recorded demos but no album, in 1968, American singer Tim Rose toured Britain and asked Band of Joy to open his concerts. When Rose returned months later, Bonham was invited by the singer to drum for Roses band, after the retirement of The Yardbirds, guitarist Jimmy Page formed another band and recruited Plant, who in turn suggested Bonham. Pages choices for drummer included Procol Harums B. J. Wilson, ginger Baker was also rumoured to be on Pages list. Plant sent eight telegrams to Bonhams pub, the Three Men in a Boat, in Bloxwich, Bonham was also receiving offers from Joe Cocker and Chris Farlowe but he accepted Grants offer. He recalled, I decided I liked their music better than Cockers or Farlowes, during Led Zeppelins first tour of the United States in December 1968, Bonham became friends with Vanilla Fudges drummer, Carmine Appice. Appice introduced him to Ludwig drums, which he used for the rest of his career. Bonham used the longest and heaviest sticks, which he called trees and his hard hitting was evident on many Led Zeppelin songs, including Immigrant Song, When the Levee Breaks, Kashmir, The Ocean, and Achilles Last Stand
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Peter Criss
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Criss established the Catman character for his Kiss persona. George Peter John Criscuola was born in Brooklyn, New York and his fathers family came from Scafati, Salerno, Italy. He grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn and he was a childhood friend of Jerry Nolan, who would later find success as the drummer for the New York Dolls. He was an art student and a swing aficionado. While playing with bandleader Joey Greco, Criss ended up studying under his idol, Gene Krupa and this turned into an active musical career as he went on to play jazz and rock with a number of bands in New York and New Jersey throughout the 1960s. Criss was involved with a number of bands throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and it was during this time that Criss joined Chelsea, who had a two-album deal with Decca Records, the group released a self-titled album in 1970. They never recorded an album, and in August 1971 became Lips. By the spring of 1972, Lips was just the duo of Criss, in 1973, Pete Shepley & Mike Brand recorded an unreleased album which included post-Chelsea Michael Benvenga, and pre-Kiss Peter Criss and Gene Simmons as session musicians. After the demise of his band Lips, Criss placed an advertisement in the East Coast edition of Rolling Stone Magazine, ROCK & roll drummer looking for orig. grp. doing soft & hard music. Contrary to the story that has been recited by fans and the band for years, the advertisement was answered by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, who were looking for new members for their band. Ace Frehley was added to the lineup in December 1972, however, Simmons describes first meeting Criss in his book Kiss And Make-Up thus, One afternoon I run across an ad in Rolling Stone Magazine that said Drummer available – Will do anything. I called the guy on the telephone, and even though he was in the middle of a party, I introduced myself and said we were starting a band and that the band was looking for a drummer, and was he willing to do anything to make it. He says that he was, right away, Simmons later in the chapter describes going to a small Italian Club in Brooklyn to meet the drummer The drummer started to sing, and this Wilson Pickett-style voice came out of him. Paul and I said Thats it, thats our drummer, Kiss released their self-titled debut in February 1974. Throughout his Kiss career, Criss was the singer on several notable songs including Black Diamond, Hard Luck Woman. Many of Criss contributions to Kiss were written with the help of Stan Penridge, Criss was given co-writing credit for the ballad Beth, a Top 10 hit for Kiss on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #7 in 1976. The song remains the song for Kiss in the United States and it earned them a Peoples Choice Award for Young Peoples Favorite New Song in 1977. The song was written before Criss had joined Kiss, while he was still a member of Chelsea, Criss came up with the melody for the song while on a train to New York City from New Jersey where the band practiced
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Gene Krupa
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Eugene Bertram Gene Krupa was an American jazz and big band drummer, band leader, actor, and composer. Known for his energetic, flamboyant style and for his showmanship, Krupa is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. He is also known for defining the standard drum kit used today in collaboration with brands Slingerland, Krupa is considered the founding father of modern drumset by Modern Drummer magazine. Gene Krupa was born in Chicago, the youngest of Anna, Bartłomiej was an immigrant from Poland. Anna was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, also of Polish descent and his parents were very religious Roman Catholics and had groomed Gene for the priesthood. He spent his school days at various parochial schools. Upon graduation he attended Saint Josephs College for a year, Krupa studied with Sanford A. Moeller and began playing drums professionally in the mid-1920s with bands in Wisconsin. The Playboys were the band at The Golden Pumpkin nightclub in Chicago. Krupa made his first recordings in 1927, with a band under the leadership of Red McKenzie, along with other recordings by musicians from the Chicago jazz scene such as Bix Beiderbecke, these recordings are examples of Chicago style jazz. The numbers recorded at that session were China Boy, Sugar, Nobodys Sweetheart, the McKenzie-Condon recordings are notable for being early examples of the use of a bass drum and snare drum/cymbals on recordings, at least for the studio where these recordings were made. Some of Krupas big influences during this time were Father Ildefonse Rapp, later, there were cylinder recordings of African drumming that Gene intensely studied. Drummers such as Tubby Hall, Zutty Singleton and Baby Dodds contributed to Genes developing his own sound, Gene absorbed every bit of what he heard and formulated his own style very early in his career, pulling from hundreds of different sources. There were many other drummers whose work influenced Genes approach to drumming and other instrumentalists, Krupa also appeared on six recordings made by the Thelma Terry band in 1928. In December 1934, he joined Benny Goodmans band, where his featured drum work made him a national celebrity and his tom-tom interludes on their hit Sing, Sing, Sing were the first extended drum solos to be recorded commercially. However, artistic and personal disputes with Goodman prompted Krupa to leave the group and form his own orchestra, shortly after the famous Carnegie Hall concert in January 1938. He appeared in the 1941 film Ball of Fire, in which he and his band perform a version of the hit Drum Boogie, sung by Barbara Stanwyck. As an encore to this piece, he plays a version of the same song using matchsticks as drumsticks and a matchbox as a drum, while Stanwyck. In 1943, his arrest for possession of marijuana forced the breakup of his own orchestra, as the 1940s ended, large orchestras fell by the wayside, Count Basie closed his large band and Woody Herman reduced his to an octet
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Buddy Rich
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Bernard Buddy Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Widely considered one of the most influential drummers of all time and known for his technique, power. He performed with many bandleaders, most notably Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Count Basie, Rich was born in Brooklyn to Jewish-American parents Bess and Robert Rich, both vaudevillians. His talent for rhythm was first noted by his father, who saw that Buddy could keep a beat with spoons at the age of one. He began playing drums in vaudeville when he was 18 months old, at the peak of Richs childhood career, he was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer in the world. At age 11, he was performing as a bandleader and he received no formal drum instruction and went so far as to claim that instruction would only degrade his musical talent. He also never admitted to practicing, claiming to play the only during performances and was not known to read music. Rich first played jazz with a group in 1937 with Joe Marsala. He then played with Bunny Berigan and Artie Shaw, and even instructed a 14-year-old Mel Brooks in drumming for a period when playing for Shaw. At 21, Rich participated in his first major recording with the Vic Schoen Orchestra, in 1938, he was hired to play in Tommy Dorseys orchestra, where he met and performed with Frank Sinatra. In 1942, Rich left the Dorsey band to join the United States Marine Corps, in which he served as an instructor, never saw combat. He rejoined the Dorsey group after leaving the Marines two years later, in 1946, Rich formed his own band with financial support from Sinatra, and continued to lead different groups on and off until the early 1950s. In the early 50s, Rich played with Dorsey and began to perform with trumpeter Harry James, in 1966, Rich left James to develop a new big band. For most of the period from 1966 until his death, he led successful big bands in an era when the popularity of big bands had waned from their 1930s and 1940s peak. Rich also served as the drummer for many recordings, where his playing was often much more understated than in his own big-band performances. In 1968 Rich collaborated with the Indian tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha in the studio album Rich à la Rakha by Buddy Rich and Alla Rakha. Perhaps his most popular later performance was an arrangement of a medley derived from Leonard Bernsteins West Side Story. The West Side Story Suite is a complex arrangement which highlights Richs ability to blend the rhythm of his drumming into his bands playing of the musical chart
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Too Fast for Love
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Too Fast for Love is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. The first edition of 900 copies was released on November 10,1981, Elektra Records signed the band the following year, at which point the album was remixed and partially re-recorded. This re-release, with a different track listing and slightly different artwork, has become the version from which all later reissues derive. The original mix of the album remained unreleased on CD until 2002, while the album only reached number 77 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, it would ultimately reach platinum status. The songs Stick to Your Guns and Live Wire were released as singles for the album, the album cover is a tribute to The Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers. The first recording session for this album was in October 1981 and they recorded for a few days with engineer Avi Kipper at Hit City West, a small recording studio in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. There are three known vinyl pressings of this Leathür Records version, along with one known cassette release, the first vinyl pressing had white lettering on the cover and the record label was white with black lettering. The back cover photo of Vince Neil shows him with a large airbrushed hairdo, the second pressing has red lettering on the cover and the record label is again white with black lettering. The second pressing also has a different photo insert of the band. The third pressing has red lettering on the cover and the label is black with white lettering. The album was remixed under the supervision of Roy Thomas Baker and re-released on August 20,1982, by Elektra Records, the Elektra version had a different track order and omitted the song Stick to Your Guns, as well as the first verse from the title track. This was released two months before the version was released by Elektra worldwide. The reason for this was that Mötley Crüe was about to embark on a Canadian tour, once the remixed version was completed, later Canadian pressings were the same as the Elektra version everywhere else. In 1996, Mötley Crüe and Elektra split, Mötley Crüe once again made their own record company called Mötley Records, and re-released all the albums before New Tattoo. Too Fast for Love has received positive reviews. Although released in late 1981, Too Fast for Love did not enter the Billboard 200 until 1982, Stick to Your Guns and Live Wire were released as singles to promote the album. Public Enemy #1 and Merry Go Around were released as promo singles, all tracks written by Nikki Sixx, except where noted
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Shout at the Devil
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Shout at the Devil is the second studio album by American hard rock band Mötley Crüe, released on September 26,1983. It was the breakthrough album, establishing Mötley Crüe as one of the top selling heavy metal acts of the 1980s. The singles Looks That Kill and Too Young to Fall in Love were moderate hits for the band, Shout at the Devil was Mötley Crües breakthrough success, bringing them to international attention. The album was a continuation of Mötley Crües participation in the early 1980s hair metal scene, in The Rolling Stone Album Guide, he later dismissed the bands music as a distressingly mild-mannered distillation of Kiss and Aerosmith clichés. AllMusics Barry Weber was more positive in a review and viewed Shout at the Devil as their best album. Canadian journalist Martin Popoff considered Shout at the Devil inferior to Mötley Crües debut album, adrian Begrand of PopMatters called the album a timeless L. A. metal classic, which people often forget how dark, how sleazy, how menacing. In his opinion, it contains the bands best singles and remains to this day Mötley Crües finest hour, Shout at the Devil peaked at No.17 on the Billboard 200 album charts. Shout at the Devil was awarded 4x Platinum on May 15,1997, in 2003, the band re-issued their albums on their own label Mötley Records, including added bonus tracks from each albums specific era. The bonus tracks of the edition of Shout at the Devil are mainly composed of demos, but include also the previously unreleased song I Will Survive. The song Black Widow, included in the Red, White & Crüe compilation, was also recorded, the track Hotter than Hell was later renamed and re-recorded into Louder Than Hell on the Theatre of Pain album. This edition also sports a warning that the album may contain masked backwards messages and this is in reference to Sixx and Lee chanting Jesus is Satan as an underdub on the title track. A limited edition Mini-LP Compact Disc version of the album was released in the Japanese market, featuring the original cover that was previously available only on the vinyl LP release
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Sinclair Oil Corporation
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Originally a New York corporation, Sinclair Oil reincorporated in Wyoming in 1976. The corporations logo features the silhouette of a green dinosaur. It is ranked on the list of US largest privately owned corporations and it owns and operates refineries, gas stations, hotels, a ski resort and a cattle ranch. Sinclair has long been a fixture on American roads with its logo and mascot. During September 1919, Harry F. Sinclair restructured Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation, Sinclair Gulf Corporation, in 1932, this new entity was renamed Consolidated Oil Corporation. In 1943, it was renamed Sinclair Oil Corporation, near the beginning of the Great Depression, Sinclair sold the remaining interest in its pipeline subsidiary to Standard Oil Company for US$72.5 million. During the Great Depression, Sinclair saved a number of petroleum companies from receivership or bankruptcy. In 1932, Sinclair purchased the assets of Prairie Oil and Gass pipeline and producing companies in the southern United States, the purchase of Prairie also gave Sinclair a 65% interest in Producers and Refiners Corporation, which Sinclair subsequently acquired when Parco entered receivership in 1934. Lastly, in 1936, Sinclair purchased the East Coast marketing subsidiary of Richfield Oil Company, Richfield then reorganized, resulting in the creation of the Richfield Oil Corporation. Sinclair was instrumental in transferring capital and managerial assets into Richfield, thirty years later, Richfield merged with Atlantic Refining, located on the East Coast, forming Atlantic Richfield. The exhibit included an animated model of a brontosaurus. The exhibit proved so popular it inspired a line of rubber brontosaurs at Sinclair stations, complete with wiggling heads and tails. Later, inflatable dinosaurs were given as promotional items, and a version appeared as a service-station attendant in advertisements. Some locations have a model of the mascot straddling the buildings entrance. In the early 1960s Sinclair came up with the Turbo-S aircraft oils used for reliability in commercial jets, military jets, guided missiles and space exploration rockets. At the New York Worlds Fair of 1964–1965, Sinclair again sponsored an exhibit, Dinoland, featuring life-size replicas of nine different dinosaurs. Souvenirs from the exhibit included a brochure and molded plastic figurines of the dinosaurs featured, after the Fair closed, Dinoland spent a period of time as a traveling exhibit. Two of the replicas are still on display at Dinosaur Valley State Park near Glen Rose, another, a model of a Trachodon, has been displayed at Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago, Illinois. C
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Urbandale, Iowa
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Urbandale is a city in Polk and Dallas counties in the U. S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 39,463 and it is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Urbandale was incorporated as a city on April 16,1917, in its early days, Urbandale served as a streetcar suburb of Des Moines with four coal mines. Urbandale served as the end of the Urbandale Line after plans to build a railroad from Des Moines to Woodward were abandoned because of right-of-way issues, the coal mines had closed by the end of the 1940s while streetcar service ended in 1951. In 1920, shortly after the city incorporated, Urbandale had 298 people and its population in 1950 was 1,777, but the city grew rapidly after that along with the rest of Des Moines suburbs. By 1970 Urbandale had 14,434 people, and in 2000 it had 29,072, although most of the citys developed area is in Polk County, Urbandale has expanded westward into Dallas County in recent years. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 21.94 square miles. The median income for a household in the city was $59,744, males had a median income of $45,470 versus $32,631 for females. The per capita income for the city was $29,021, about 2. 5% of families and 3. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 7% of those under age 18 and 4. 3% of those age 65 or over. As of the census of 2010, there were 39,463 people,15,596 households, the population density was 1,800.3 inhabitants per square mile. There were 16,319 housing units at a density of 744.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 91. 1% White,2. 8% African American,0. 1% Native American,3. 5% Asian,0. 8% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 1% of the population. 25. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04. The median age in the city was 37.8 years. 26. 1% of residents were under the age of 18,6. 2% were between the ages of 18 and 24,28. 9% were from 25 to 44, 27% were from 45 to 64, and 11. 8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48. 4% male and 51. 6% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 29,072 people,11,484 households, and 8,038 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,404.9 people per square mile, there were 11,869 housing units at an average density of 573.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 95. 18% White,1. 53% African American,0. 09% Native American,1. 73% Asian,0. 10% Pacific Islander,0. 51% from other races, and 0. 86% from two or more races
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Paul Gray (American musician)
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Paul Dedrick Gray was born in Los Angeles, California. Later his family relocated to Des Moines, Iowa and he played guitar but switched to bass after he relocated to Iowa. In his youth, Gray performed in such as Anal Blast, Vexx, Body Pit, The Have Nots. In June 2003, Gray crashed his car into another vehicle, after police were called to the scene and searched his car, Gray was arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia, as well as failure to obey a traffic signal. He was one of the two members not born in Iowa, in 2010, Slipknot released the Download 2009 performance on DVD in memory of Gray. An award was named after Paul titled Paul Gray, Best Bassist of the Year, Slipknot presented the award to Nikki Sixx, of Mötley Crüe and Sixx A. M. On May 24,2010, The Des Moines Register reported that Gray had been dead in room 431 at the TownePlace Suites Hotel in Johnston. In a 911-call, obtained by TMZ, one of the hotels proprietors said that a needle was found next to Grays bed. An initial autopsy determined no foul play or trauma was involved. He is survived by his wife Brenna and their daughter October, on June 21,2010, autopsy results were released that stated Gray had died of an overdose of morphine, and had also shown signs of significant heart disease. On the day after Grays death, May 25,2010 and they did not take any questions from the media. The band, as well as Grays brother, Tony, and wife, Brenna and he was kind of the person in the band that really wanted everybody in the band to always get along and just concentrate on the band. He was a great friend and just a great person. Hes going to be missed, and the world is going to be a different place without him. A private funeral was held on May 28,2010, Paul Gray was buried at the Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa. On November 8,2010, items that decorated Grays grave, including a Buddha statue, the band responded to this event with a post on their MySpace and Facebook page, asking the robbers to return the stolen items and appealing for information from the public. On July 30, Paul Gray was posthumously awarded the Kerrang, services to Metal award, it was collected by his Slipknot bandmate Corey Taylor on his behalf. Slipknots former guitarist Donnie Steele filled in on guitar for Gray on Slipknots 2011 Summer tour
