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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a Census-estimated 2,636,735 residents in 2015. It borders the borough of Queens at the end of Long Island. Today, if New York City dissolved, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous city in the U. S. behind Los Angeles, the borough continues, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves, Brooklyns official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght which translates from early modern Dutch as Unity makes strength. Since 2010, Brooklyn has evolved into a hub of entrepreneurship and high technology startup firms. The history of European settlement in Brooklyn spans more than 350 years, the neighborhood of Marine Park was home to North Americas first tidal mill. It was built by the Dutch, and the foundation can be seen today, however, the area was not formally settled as a town. Many incidents and documents relating to this period are in Gabriel Furmans early compilation, what is today Brooklyn left Dutch hands after the final English conquest of New Netherland in 1664, a prelude to the Second Anglo–Dutch War. The English reorganized the six old Dutch towns on southwestern Long Island as Kings County on November 1,1683 and this tract of land was recognized as a political entity for the first time, and the municipal groundwork was laid for a later expansive idea of Brooklyn identity. On August 27,1776 was fought the Battle of Long Island, the first major engagement fought in the American Revolutionary War after independence was declared, and the largest of the entire conflict. British troops forced Continental Army troops under George Washington off the heights near the sites of Green-Wood Cemetery, Prospect Park. The fortified American positions at Brooklyn Heights consequently became untenable and were evacuated a few days later, One result of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 was the evacuation of the British from New York City, celebrated by residents into the 20th century. The New York Navy Yard operated in Wallabout Bay for the entire 19th century, the first center of urbanization sprang up in the Town of Brooklyn, directly across from Lower Manhattan, which saw the incorporation of the Village of Brooklyn in 1817. Reliable steam ferry service across the East River to Fulton Landing converted Brooklyn Heights into a town for Wall Street. Ferry Road to Jamaica Pass became Fulton Street to East New York, Town and Village were combined to form the first, kernel incarnation of the City of Brooklyn in 1834. Industrial deconcentration in mid-century was bringing shipbuilding and other manufacturing to the part of the county. Each of the two cities and six towns in Kings County remained independent municipalities, and purposely created non-aligning street grids with different naming systems and it later became the most popular and highest circulation afternoon paper in America. The publisher changed to L. Van Anden on April 19,1842, on May 14,1849 the name was shortened to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, on September 5,1938 it was further shortened to Brooklyn Eagle
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New York (state)
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New York is a state in the northeastern United States, and is the 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated U. S. state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. With an estimated population of 8.55 million in 2015, New York City is the most populous city in the United States, the New York Metropolitan Area is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City makes up over 40% of the population of New York State, two-thirds of the states population lives in the New York City Metropolitan Area, and nearly 40% lives on Long Island. Both the state and New York City were named for the 17th-century Duke of York, the next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany. New York has a diverse geography and these more mountainous regions are bisected by two major river valleys—the north-south Hudson River Valley and the east-west Mohawk River Valley, which forms the core of the Erie Canal. Western New York is considered part of the Great Lakes Region and straddles Lake Ontario, between the two lakes lies Niagara Falls. The central part of the state is dominated by the Finger Lakes, New York had been inhabited by tribes of Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans for several hundred years by the time the earliest Europeans came to New York. The first Europeans to arrive were French colonists and Jesuit missionaries who arrived southward from settlements at Montreal for trade, the British annexed the colony from the Dutch in 1664. The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York, were similar to those of the present-day state, New York is home to the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the United States and its ideals of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. On April 17,1524 Verrazanno entered New York Bay, by way of the now called the Narrows into the northern bay which he named Santa Margherita. Verrazzano described it as a vast coastline with a delta in which every kind of ship could pass and he adds. This vast sheet of water swarmed with native boats and he landed on the tip of Manhattan and possibly on the furthest point of Long Island. Verrazannos stay was interrupted by a storm which pushed him north towards Marthas Vineyard, in 1540 French traders from New France built a chateau on Castle Island, within present-day Albany, due to flooding, it was abandoned the next year. In 1614, the Dutch under the command of Hendrick Corstiaensen, rebuilt the French chateau, Fort Nassau was the first Dutch settlement in North America, and was located along the Hudson River, also within present-day Albany. The small fort served as a trading post and warehouse, located on the Hudson River flood plain, the rudimentary fort was washed away by flooding in 1617, and abandoned for good after Fort Orange was built nearby in 1623. Henry Hudsons 1609 voyage marked the beginning of European involvement with the area, sailing for the Dutch East India Company and looking for a passage to Asia, he entered the Upper New York Bay on September 11 of that year
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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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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Post-grunge
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Post-grunge is a style of rock music that began in the 1990s and is considered a subgenre of alternative rock and hard rock. Originally, post-grunge was an informal and even pejorative label used to describe bands that emulated the sound of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, such as Bush, Candlebox. In the late 1990s, post-grunge morphed into a clearly defined style that married the sound. Post-grunge rose to prominence in the 1990s and continued to remain popular in the 2000s, Post-grunge bands such as Foo Fighters, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Nickelback, Creed and Matchbox Twenty all achieved mainstream success. During the 1990s, a post-grunge sound emerged which emulated the attitudes and music of grunge, particularly its thick, distorted guitars, Post-grunge music tends to be in mid-tempo and is noted for having a polished, radio-ready production. Post-grunge tends to feature melodies and song structures that are common in pop music, sometimes post-grunge music features both an electric guitar and an acoustic guitar playing simultaneously. Post-grunge lyrics also tend to be about such as relationships, romance. According to Geffen, grunges frontmen posed with their addictions, post-grunges songwriters sought redemption for them, according to Geffen, artists such as Alanis Morissette, No Doubt and Sarah McLachlan all crystallized the songwriting strategy that would form the emotional core of the post-grunge moment. Post-grunge tends to have quality that is higher and cleaner than the quality in grunge. When grunge became a mainstream genre because of such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. According to Tim Grierson of About, during the late 1990s, post-grunge morphed, becoming a derivative of grunge that combined characteristics of grunge with a more commercially accessible tone. During this time, post-grunge bands such as Creed and Nickelback emerged, Grierson wrote, Creed and Nickelback espoused a more conventional, almost conservative worldview built around the comforts of community and romantic relationships. Grierson also wrote, Post-grunge was a musical style, but bands like Nirvana. Post-grunge, by comparison, seemed to exist in order to court that very audience, in late 1992, Cobain was photographed in a T-shirt with Grunge is Dead printed on its front and the genres decline started to be widely discussed. The death of Cobain in 1994, as well as Pearl Jams touring problems, problems of addiction for Layne Staley of Alice in Chains led to the band cancelling scheduled dates in 1995. When grunge was mainstream, major labels began signing and promoting bands emulating the genre. In spite of the fact that such as Bush and Candlebox have been categorized as grunge. Collective Soul and Live are two other bands categorized as post-grunge that emerged along with Bush and Candlebox and its song Far Behind peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100
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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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Epic Records
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Epic Records is an American record company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 and it later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of musical genres, including pop, R&B, rock and hip hop. Historically, the label has housed popular acts such as Boston, ABBA, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Dave Clark Five, Gloria Estefan, Pearl Jam, Shakira, Anastacia, and Sly & the Family Stone. Along with Columbia and RCA Records, Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainments three main record labels, L. A. Reid has served as chairman and CEO of Epic since July 2011. Sylvia Rhone was appointed president in March 2014, Epic Records was launched in 1953 by Columbia Records for the purpose of marketing jazz, pop and classical music that did not fit the theme of its more mainstream Columbia Records label. Initial classical music releases were from Philips Records which distributed Columbia product in Europe, pop talent on co-owned Okeh Records were transferred to Epic which made Okeh a rhythm and blues label. Epics bright-yellow, black, and blue became a familiar trademark for many jazz. By 1960, the musical base had been expanded to include all genres. This was done in part to prevent the roster of Columbia Records from being overstuffed with newer artists, subsequently, Epic became better known for its signing of newer, fledgling acts. By the end of the 1960s, Epic earned its first gold records and had evolved into a formidable hit-making force in rock and roll, R&B and country music. Among its many acts, it included Roy Hamilton, Bobby Vinton, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Tammy Wynette, Donovan, The Yardbirds, Lulu, July, Helen Shapiro and Jeff Beck. Also during the 1960s, Epic oversaw the smaller subsidiary CBS labels including Okeh Records, in 1968, Epic recordings began being distributed in the UK by CBS after the distribution deal with EMI expired that year, Epic itself launched in England around 1971. Epic was involved in a trade of artists. Graham Nash was signed to Epic because of his membership in The Hollies, when the newly formed Crosby, Stills & Nash wanted to sign with Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegün worked out a deal with Clive Davis whereby Richie Furays new band Poco would sign with Epic. Also contributing to the success was its distribution of Philadelphia International Records. Sony bought CBS Records in 1987, and the company was renamed Sony Music in 1991. In 2004, Sony merged with another powerhouse music distributor, BMG, bringing labels such as RCA, Arista, Columbia, Epic, Jive, in February 2009, singer and songwriter Amanda Ghost was appointed president of Epic Records. Later in the year, Sony BMG Music merged Epic and Columbias operations, Sony BMGs Legacy Recordings reissues the companys classic and catalog titles
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Type O Negative
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Type O Negative was an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989, by Peter Steele, Kenny Hickey, Josh Silver, and Sal Abruscato, who was later replaced by Johnny Kelly. Their lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname The Drab Four. The band went Platinum with 1993s Bloody Kisses, and Gold with 1996s October Rust, on April 14,2010, lead vocalist, bassist, and principal songwriter Peter Steele died, reportedly from heart failure brought on by an aortic aneurysm. Members Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly stated in a November 2010 interview with French music magazine Rock Hard that the band would not continue. Former Carnivore frontman Steele, along with childhood friends Sal Abruscato, Josh Silver and Kenny Hickey, formed Type O Negative, shortly after signing in 1991 the band released their debut, Slow, Deep and Hard. Type O Negatives first album Slow Deep and Hard incorporated dragging dirge riffs, maniacal punk-metal outbursts, the songs were long, multi-part theatrical epics, with lyrical topics ranging from heartbreak to getting revenge on a cheating lover, and even contemplating suicide. They began creating a new album that was supposed to be live, the subsequent 1992 album was entitled The Origin of the Feces and a warning label was put on the album cover, Not Live At Brighton Beach. Type O Negatives third album, Bloody Kisses, was released in 1993 to critical and listener acclaim, Bloody Kisses mostly addressed loneliness and heartbreak, with songs like Too Late, Frozen, Blood & Fire, and Cant Lose You. The organ-driven Set Me on Fire is vintage sixties garage rock, while Summer Breeze covered the 1972 Seals, christian Woman and Black No.1 became the most popular tracks, after having been edited down to radio-friendly lengths. In order to promote the album, Type O Negative embarked on a world tour. During this time, the band was featured on MTV, VH1, in the midst of this media blitz, drummer Sal Abruscato quit the band to join another Brooklyn quartet, Life of Agony. Johnny Kelly, the drum technician, was therefore hired as a full-fledged member. This record also saw a cover of Neil Youngs Cinnamon Girl as well as the fan favorite, semi-serene Green Man. While not quite as successful as Bloody Kisses, the album was certified Gold in the US, with the completion of another successful world tour, writing for a fourth album began. In the period following the release of October Rust, resulted in 1999s World Coming Down. World Coming Down debuted at No.39 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. World Coming Down featured a darker, bleak tone than its predecessors. A best of album followed in 2000, entitled The Least Worst of Type O Negative, although most songs appear on previous albums, many are unreleased remixes or B-sides of previously released singles. Along with these songs are some unreleased numbers from the World Coming Down sessions, the cover of Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
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Ugly Kid Joe
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Ugly Kid Joe is an American rock band from Isla Vista, California, formed in 1987. The bands name spoofs that of band, Pretty Boy Floyd. Ugly Kid Joes sound includes a range of styles, including rock, hard rock, funk metal, to date, Ugly Kid Joe have released four full-length albums, two compilation albums and two EPs. Their best selling records are As Ugly as They Wanna Be and Americas Least Wanted, the band broke up in 1997, but announced a reunion in 2010. Childhood friends Whitfield Crane and Klaus Eichstadt took an interest in music growing up in Palo Alto. In 1990 Eichstadt joined Cranes band in Isla Vista, California, after the two recorded a demo with another Palo Alto native, record producer Eric Valentine. After several band changes, the band signed with Mercury Records in 1991. By this time the As Ugly as They Wanna Be line-up was formed, consisting of Crane, Eichstadt, Mark Davis, Roger Lahr, and Cordell Crockett. The band got its name Ugly Kid Joe as a parody of L. A. glam band Pretty Boy Floyd, Pretty Boy Floyd would pull out of the show and have the gig cancelled, but the band decided to keep the name. The band became popular in the early 1990s, mixing satirical humor and its logo was a cartoon embodiment of an ugly kid wearing a backwards baseball hat and giving the finger. Heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, Ugly Kid Joe covered several of the bands songs, including Sweet Leaf. The group toured the United States several times, making its second tour in support of Scatterbrain, and later opening for former Black Sabbath lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. As Ugly As They Wanna Be in October 1991, garnering success in 1992 with the single Everything About You, later in the year, the song would be used in the movie Waynes World. As Ugly As They Wanna Be went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies in the U. S. alone, the band spent 2 months in the studio to record Americas Least Wanted. During the process, Roger Lahr left the band due to differences and was eventually replaced by Sugartooth guitarist Dave Fortman in April 1992. Rob Halford of Judas Priest was a guest vocalist on the song Goddamn Devil, the band sped up the recording process for their album in order to get a spot as a supporting act for Ozzy Osbournes No More Tears tour. The band eventually landed a spot for the tour, only to have Crane to fly back to L. A. several times to finish edits on the album. The band decided to have a cover made with the bands mascot chained and gagged showing it is the cleaned version of the album
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Stereomud
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Stereomud was a nu metal band from New York City/Georgia. They were active from years 1999 to 2003 before breaking up, Stereomud released their first album, Perfect Self, on Columbia Records in 2001 and a video for the song Pain received airplay on MTV2. After extensive touring in support of album, they went back into the studio. After participating in the Jägermeister Music Tour with Hed PE, Breaking Benjamin, Systematic, and Saliva, Columbia Records cut their touring support, and dropped the band. Due to this, and an impending Life of Agony reunion, Stereomud went their ways in July 2003. They have performed a few reunion shows since this, but for the most part. Recently, it was rumored that Erik Rogers and Corey Lowery would reunite to reform the band and it is planned that a Stereomud DVD will be released at some point in the future. Erik Rogers - vocalist Corey Lowery - bassist Dan Richardson - drummer John Fatts Fattoruso - guitarist Joey Zampella AKA Joey Z - guitarist Perfect Self Every Given Moment Allmusic
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Mina Caputo
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Mina Caputo is an American singer best known as the lead singer and a founding member of the New York heavy metal band Life of Agony. Caputo started Life of Agony in 1989 with guitarist Joey Z. drummer Sal Abruscato was recruited soon afterwards. After signing with Roadrunner Records, they debuted with the 1993 album, shortly after the release of a third album in 1997, Caputo claimed that her heart was no longer in the type of music they performed, and left the group. Caputo also guested on the track Free Speech, which appears on the album Memory Rendered Visible by the band Both Worlds, after leaving the group, Caputo formed Absolute Bloom, but that band broke up in July 1998. Later, Caputo helped to re-form the Brazilian band Freax, which had broken up over ten years earlier and they developed a self-titled album in 2003. Caputo also worked extensively on a career in the 1990s. The original line-up of Life of Agony reunited for two shows at New Yorks Irving Plaza on January 3 and 4,2003. The reunion resulted in more shows and appearances on European festivals, as well as the recording of Broken Valley. In 2005, Caputo provided vocals for the song Tired N Lonely on the Roadrunner United, The All-Star Sessions album. On May 1,2006, Caputo released her solo album Hearts Blood on Your Dawn which was only sold at her live shows, via mailorder through her website. In 2007, Caputo recorded a solo album, A Fondness for Hometown Scars. In 2008, she toured in support of this release, with a composed of Dutch musicians Ryan Oldcastle, Axel van Oort. The album was produced by Martyn LeNoble and was released in Europe in April 2008 by Dutch label, Caputo participated as a guest singer on Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptations track What Have You Done, the first single from their 2007 album The Heart of Everything. In 2011, Caputo formed a project with Ryan Oldcastle and Michael Shaw called The Neptune Darlings. The style of this CD has been called geek rock by The Advocate magazine, in July 2011, after performing for more than twenty years as a man, Caputo announced plans to transition from male to female and began referring to herself with female pronouns. For a while, her name was Keith Mina Caputo. She is a lesbian. When I was Keith, I certainly wouldnt allow myself to be as flowery or as vulnerable as I do now, said Caputo in a 2016 interview that appeared on music website, im a fucking tranny, get over it. I no longer have this masculinity or this manhood to protect and this is a transformation Ive been dreaming of my entire life
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Alan Robert
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Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New Yorks School of Visual Arts, where he studied cartooning under teacher Walter Simonson. Robert is credited as being one of the members of the band, Life of Agony, in 1989. In 2006, Robert announced the creation of a rock band Spoiler NYC. The band released the full-length record Greasefire in Hells Kitchen in 2008, Best known for their high-energy live shows which regularly feature dedications to their merch coordinator, Guy Bannister, Spoiler NYC released two songs in 2009. In 2016, Robert and the original members of Life of Agony announced they would be releasing their first new album in over eleven years. Robert is currently active in the book industry, having first created a four-part horror/conspiracy miniseries, Wire Hangers. The series was published in 2010 by IDW Publishing, the first issue of the comic series won ComicMonsters. coms 2010 Best Cover Award. The first issue was released in July 2011, the series won the Mini-Series Of The Year from ComicMonsters. com and TheSickHouse. nets 2011 Golden Gore Award for Best Graphic Novel. The first printing of Crawl To Me sold out within a week of its publication, a hardcover version, titled Crawl to Me, Evil Edgar Edition was later released in various formats. At the same time, Robert announced that a movie based on the graphic novel was in the works. Cimfel and David White signed on shortly afterwards to adapt a screenplay based on the property, in December 2012, IDW Limited released two limited-run hardcover versions of the comic series in a black and red label options, featuring original artwork by Alan Robert included within each package. A Crawl to Me poster painted by artist Menton3 was featured in a scene inside a comic book shop near the end of the episode. The graphic novel will be adapted in a full length film produced by Robert and screenplay will re-written by David White, the first issue was released in October 2012. Upon its Halloween 2012 release, Killogy became a hit series and received reviews from respected horror. Fangoria hailed it, saying, Killogy is an INSTANT CLASSIC and it finds its way into your head and stays there. Additionally, Bloody Disgusting named Killogy in its Top 5 Best Mini-Series of 2013, the release date for the comic series is listed as early 2015. In May 2014, Robert announced he was teaming up with ex-Misfits guitarist, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, for a special Halloween 2014 Killogy issue which centers on a character based on Doyle. Robert said that this was a continuation of the original Killogy series, at the same time, it was announced that Robert had teamed with award-winning writer and producer Rodney Barnes to develop an animated television series based on the Killogy comic series
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Whitfield Crane
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William Whitfield Whit Crane IV is a founding member and lead singer of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe, which formed in 1989 and disbanded in 1997, reforming in 2010. During Ugly Kid Joes inactivity, Crane went on a tour with New York hard rock band Life of Agony before forming Medication with ex-Machine Head guitarist. Due to a series of issues, Medication disbanded in February 2003. Cranes filmography includes Ellie Parker, in which he has an appearance as an acting student, and Motörheads 25 & Alive Boneshaker. In 2006, former Ugly Kid Joe bandmate Shannon Larkin asked Crane to join a project he formed with members of Godsmack called Another Animal. Crane accepted, and the band released its debut album in 2007. In support of their debut, the band went out on tour, however, they have suffered poor record sales, and the future of the band is currently unknown. In 2011, he performed with metal tribute band Hail. in Istanbul and he still makes regular appearances with Motörhead - the latest being at the O2 Academy Glasgow on the 9th November 2012 singing Killed by Death. 1994 Born to Raise Hell / Motörhead with Ice-T and Whitfield Crane - Single, Airheads Original Soundtrack 1994 N. I. B
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River Runs Red
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River Runs Red is the debut studio album by American alternative metal band Life of Agony, released on October 12,1993 by Roadrunner Records. The album is considered a concept album and this album was reissued as part of Roadrunner Records Top Shelf Edition series on April 29,2008, with bonus tracks and a DVD featuring music videos and live videos. On October 7,2009, it was announced that for the first time ever the band would perform the album in its entirety at Starland Ballroom on Saturday, November 28,2009. In 2010, a CD/DVD package entitled 20 Years Strong - River Runs Red, Live In Brussels was published which features a performance of the album at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. River Runs Red is a album that focuses on suicide, while also exploring themes of abuse, alcoholism. Album opener This Time reveals that the characters father walked out on the family. The albums first interlude, Monday, establishes that the characters mother is verbally abusive. The track ends with the listening to a voicemail where his girlfriend has broken up with him. The title track River Runs Red shows that the character has suicidal tendencies with the opening line I got the razor at my wrist. On Thursday the main character enters his home and is berated once again by his mother, the song ends with him being fired from his job and is notified that he is failing two classes at school. The track My Eyes shows the character has all but made up his mind about committing suicide. The album closes with the track Friday, the main character comes home and the insults from his mother are the worst they have ever been. Instead of staying silent like in Monday and Thursday, the teenager yells back at his mother as the sound of plates breaking can be heard, the main character locks himself in the bathroom with his mother yelling at him through the door. The main character steps into the bathtub and turns the water on as his breath becomes shaky, the teenager slits his wrist and the sound of blood can be heard dripping into the water. The mother breaks into the bathroom and starts screaming in horror at the sight of her dead son, the album ends with the sound of blood dripping into water. All tracks written by Alan Robert, Life of Agony Keith Caputo – lead vocals, keyboards Joey Z
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1993 in music
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This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993. January 8 – The U. S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp, the design was voted on in February 1992. January 12 – Cream reunites for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, other inductees include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ruth Brown, The Doors, Van Morrison, and Sly & The Family Stone. January 13 – Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia, january 31 - Michael Jackson plays the halftime show of Super Bowl XXVII. The performance is a success and begins a trend of the NFL signing big-name acts to play at the Super Bowl in order to increase the spectacle. February 10 – Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a US television prime time special and it becomes one of the most watched interviews in television history and is Jacksons first in fourteen years. February 14 – Harry Nilsson suffers a heart attack. February 19 - Elton John is forced to end a concert in Melbourne, march 4 – Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA. March 6 – Whitney Houstons single I Will Always Love You posts its 14th week at one in the USA. March 22 – Depeche Mode becomes the first alternative British band to achieve the number one in U. S. A. on the Billboard 200, with the album Songs of Faith, march 29 – Suede release their eponymous debut album. It enters the chart at Number 1 in the UK. April 6 - Yanni releases his studio album and receives his second Grammy nomination April 12 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz. The Grateful Dead sing The Star-Spangled Banner at the San Francisco Giants home opener at Candlestick Park, April 16 – Paul McCartney headlines a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, USA to celebrate Earth Day. Other performers included Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley, April 17 – The Bangles Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, USA. April 21 – Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries designer Suzanne Accosta in France, April 22 - The Whos Tommy opens on Broadway. April 24 – Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young and more than 30 other artists perform at Farm Aid 6 in Ames, Iowa, April 29 – An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of the US television cartoon series, The Simpsons. May 31 – Oasis plays at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, creation Records boss Alan McGee, who is in the audience, offers them their first recording contract after the show. June 1 – Janet Jacksons janet, debuts at No.1 becoming the first to do so by a female artist in the Soundscan era
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Ugly (Life of Agony album)
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Ugly is the second album released by American alternative metal band Life of Agony. Caputo also opted for a cleaner, natural vocal delivery. It was released in 1995 through Roadrunner Records, Sal Abruscato left the band after the albums tour in 1996, but later rejoined for their first reunion in 2002. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic praised the writing in his review For listeners unaccustomed to blistering, noisy metal. However, fans of the genre will find the band to be among the best of the mid-90s, what makes Ugly work is the bands grasp of sonic texture -- they can make even their quiet moments menacing. Critically, the album performed well, but did not repeat the sales of River Runs Red - this can most likely be attributed to the albums change in sound. Life of Agony Keith Caputo - vocals Sal Abruscato - drums & co, alan Robert - bass guitar Joey Z
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1995 in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995. January 1 - Mo Ostin steps down as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, January 8 - Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts Self-Pollution Radio, a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others. Any station with a receiver could pick up and carry the program. January 14 - Perry Farrell is arrested for possession, being under the influence. January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a rail near Mill Valley, California, USA. January 27 - Live from the House of Blues premieres on TBS, february 1 – Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7 am. February 7 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge and he was later released on appeal. February 12 – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared from Highway 101 and he tried calling his family and 911 for help, but received none. February 14 – Richey Edwards Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is no evidence to suggest he committed suicide. February 19 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún, february 25 – Lyle Lovett suffers a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards, drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a concert in Switzerland after suffering a brain aneurysm. He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland, march 8 – Former Helloween drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, commits suicide by jumping under a subway train. March 13 - Radiohead album The Bends is released, march 14 – With the release of Me Against the World, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison. The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks, march 26 – Rapper Eric Lynn Wright, better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS. March 28 – Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage. March 31 Tejano singer Selena is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, her personal assistant and former fan club president. The event was called Black Friday by Hispanics worldwide, during a performance in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, Jimmy Page narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife
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Pro-Pain
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Pro-Pain is a New York-based heavy metal/hardcore punk band formed in 1991 by vocalist and bassist Gary Meskil and drummer Dan Richardson, both former members of Crumbsuckers. Their second album The Truth Hurts was initially banned due to the sleeve artwork, the band has released several more albums with a varying line-up over the years. The self-produced album Act of God saw the band signed to Nuclear Blast Records after they had relocated to Sarasota, the same label released Round 6 in 2000 and the live album Road Rage in 2001. In 2004 they released their first album for Candlelight Records, Fistful of Hate, tom Klimchuck left the band in 2011 due to unexpected circumstances regarding some potentially serious health issues
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Crumbsuckers
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Crumbsuckers was an American crossover thrash band originally formed by bass player Gary Meskil in 1982, in his home town of Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. Crumbsuckers amalgamated thrash and hardcore punk sounds and themes, making an impact on the wider scene with their 1986 debut album. Though the band was supported by its fanbase and fellow artists, Crumbsuckers second album, Beast on My Back, failed to deliver on expectations, the departure of lead vocalist Chris Notaro in 1988 started the bands gradual decline, despite the Crumbsuckers attempts to create a new identity. Even so, the band had already firmly cemented themselves as pioneers of the thrash movement. Crumbsuckers played its latest reunion show at the 2015 Black N Blue Bowl Festival at Webster Hall in New York City on Sunday 17 May 2015. In June 1983, the recorded a five-song demo unofficially called The Crumbsucker Cave at Nino Studio in Baldwin. It was with this demo that the band landed their first CBGBs showcase, at that time, the line up consisted of Dave Brady - vocals, Dave Wynn - guitar, Gary Meskil - bass and Kevin Toast Carroll - drums. Lenihans metal-influenced guitar solos contrasted beautifully with Wynns blues-based offerings, both Crumbsuckers lyrics and musical direction naturally took a notable turn towards a more metal edge, with songs such as Life of Dreams and Return to the Womb written around this time. Following Bradys departure, they needed to recruit a new singer and soon found one from another local band, Krakdown. Whilst opinions may vary, the classic line-up was now complete, the band recorded their debut album Life of Dreams at Systems Two Studios in Brooklyn, New York, in 1985, which was released through Combat Records the following year. Produced by Norman Dunn, the album contained 16 tracks clocking in at less than 33 minutes, Life of Dreams was greeted with very mixed reviews in the music press. He later went on to provide covers for the Jerky Boys. Crumbsuckers recorded videos for three tracks from Life of Dreams live at CBGBs in 1986, with one track, Trapped. Trapped originally featured as the song on an underground video compilation of English and North American punk bands called Hardcore. The track is now available to view on YouTube. In the spring of 1987, guitarist Dave Wynn left the band and, after a few came and went. The album opens with a passage of slightly dark, melancholic piano, played by Lenihans cousin, the band was nominated as the Best Hardcore Rock Band in the 1988 New York Music Awards. The shoulder-rubbing also extended to lesser artists, though no less respected, such as Agnostic Front, Bad Brains, Cro-Mags
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Biohazard (band)
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Biohazard is an American band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1987. They are acknowledged as one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk, the earliest lineup consisted of bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld, guitarist Bobby Hambel, and drummer Anthony Meo. Guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei would join the band soon after, changing the band to a four-piece, since February 2016, the lineup has consisted of Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel and Danny Schuler. The band formed in Brooklyn in 1987, additionally, Seinfeld has defended the lyrics of songs such as Master Race and America as metaphors meant to shock and get the listeners attention and maintains that the band was never racist. The band has long since preached a message of tolerance and anti-racism, after the release of the first demo, Anthony Meo left the band and drummer Danny Schuler replaced him. A second demo tape followed in 1989 and they also shared stages with the New Jersey band Mucky Pup and a friendship between the two bands developed. In 1990, Biohazard signed a contract with Maze Records. The bands self-titled debut album was promoted by the label. The albums subject matter revolved around Brooklyn, gang-wars, drugs, one year after the release of their debut album, Seinfeld and Graziadei contributed vocals to the song Three Dead Gophers from Mucky Pups third album, Now. The album was released on Roadrunner Records, who would soon release Biohazards second album, in 1992, Biohazard signed with Roadrunner Records and released Urban Discipline, which gave the band national and worldwide attention in both the heavy metal and hardcore communities. The video for the song Punishment became the most played video in the history of MTVs Headbangers Ball, the band also began opening for larger acts such as House of Pain, Sick Of It All, Fishbone, and Kyuss. In 1993, the rap group Onyx recorded an alternate Bionyx version of their hit single Slam with Biohazard as their backup band. This led to a collaboration on the track of the Judgment Night soundtrack. The soundtrack would go on to sell two million copies in the United States. Months later, the band left Roadrunner Records and signed with Warner Bros. Records Inc. who released their third studio LP, State of the World Address. The album was produced by Ed Stasium in Los Angeles and contained the single How It Is featuring Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, during their 1994 tour, the band made an appearance on the second stage at the Monsters of Rock festival held at Castle Donington. State of the World Address went on to sell one million copies. This was the last Biohazard album with Bobby Hambel, who due to differences with the rest of the band
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Lowlands (festival)
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A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, mostly just known as Lowlands, is an annual three-day music and performing arts festival, held in the Netherlands in August since 1993. Although the main focus is on music - rock, pop, dance, hip hop and alternative - Lowlands also offers indoor and outdoor cinema, theatre, cabaret and stand-up, ballet, literature and comic strips. Lowlands is attended by around 55,000 visitors, spread over 200 acts, the majority of stages are inside huge tents - insurance against the Netherlands climate - with the main stages tent, Alpha, being approximately the size of a regulation football pitch. The festival is held 68 kilometres east of Amsterdam in Biddinghuizen, Flevoland province, at Spijk en Bremerberg and this festival took place in the Margriethal of Jaarbeurs Utrecht. The entry fee was 10 Dutch guilders, including breakfast and this 18-hour-long event had no top acts but included experimental theatre, dancing, poetry, films, body painting and massage. The Utrecht municipality did not pay up the promised subsidy of 8,000 guilders after the event. On 28 December 1968, this festival was held a second time and this could not be arranged, and other large acts such as Jeff Beck and Jethro Tull were cancelled. However, Pink Floyd remained on the bill, in the end, the show was sold out to its capacity of 18,000 visitors, and for many people it was a cold and disappointing experience as they were unable to get inside. Inevitably, there was unrest and the police had to be involved, in 1993, organizer Willem Venema revived this festival under the name A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise. Life of Agony released a CD of their set from the Lowlands Festival in 1997
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New York City
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The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over an area of about 302.6 square miles. Located at the tip of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. Situated on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, the five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product of nearly US$1.39 trillion, in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion. NYCs MSA and CSA GDP are higher than all but 11 and 12 countries, New York City traces its origin to its 1624 founding in Lower Manhattan as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the countrys largest city since 1790, the Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the United States and its democracy. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world, the names of many of the citys bridges, tapered skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattans real estate market is among the most expensive in the world, Manhattans Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 472 stations in operation. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, during the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, movement of the ice sheet would contribute to the separation of what are now Long Island and Staten Island. The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown and he claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August and he proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange
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Irving Plaza
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Irving Plaza is a ballroom-style music venue located within the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was featured on the Complex City Guide list of 50 Best Concert Venues of America in 2013, in 1948 the building was purchased by the Polish Army Veterans of America District 2 and turned into a Polish-American community center. Generals and other distinguished Poles graced its stage including, in 1976, chris Williamson, who already promoted the punk and hard rock oriented Rock Hotel nights at the Ritz, then took over in November 1986. He began programming alternative rock occasionally using the designation Rock Motel, a New Years Eve Rock Hotel show with The Dictators turned nasty after the band initiated a food fight and a bouncer lost his cool and beat some patrons. Plans by the Polish Veterans to convert the building to condos fell through, Williamson continued putting on shows into 1988 including hosting the popular Milky Way hip hop nights but, as Irving Place gentrified, there was increasing local opposition to the hall. A plan by Williamson to present a play in the winter of 1988 fell through and, in December 1988, it was announced that the club would close, the last show was The Ramones on December 31,1988. Dee Dee Ramone praised the venue, It was funky without being a dump, ron Delsener took on management in the early 1990s. However, in May 2010 Live Nation conceded that the new name had not caught on, a replica of the original marquee has been commissioned. In September 2010, the Irving Plaza became the venue for the services of Hillsong Church New York, on February 14,2015 Paul McCartney played a surprise show announced only that morning on Twitter. On May 25,2016,4 people were shot at a T. I. concert before T. I. took the stage, one of the victims died later at a hospital
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Broken Valley
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Broken Valley is the fourth album released by Life of Agony. It was released in 2005 through Epic Records, in addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. Just the initial US edition of the album shipped the rootkit and was recalled by Sony on November 18 of 2005 after the details of the protection had been unveiled in the press. Editions from other parts of the world and later US editions of the album had not shipped the malicious software from the beginning. Since the copy protection is mentioned on the CD jewel case, several versions of the album were accompanied by a DVD, in which the band discussed their break-up and why they got back together. The DVD includes several easter eggs such as a rehearsal of Junk Sick
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Sony Music
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Sony Music Entertainment is an American music company owned by Sony. It is incorporated as a partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment. The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, in 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. Sony Corporation bought the company in 1987 and renamed it Sony Music Entertainment in 1991, the buyout led to the dissolution of BMG, which relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is one of the Big Three record companies, being the second largest after Universal Music Group, in 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several record companies. In 1934, in the midst of Great Depression, the Columbia Phonograph Company, ARC was acquired in 1938 by the Columbia Broadcasting System, which, in turn, had been formed by the Columbia Phonograph Company, but then sold off. ARC was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation, RCA Victor Records executive Ted Wallerstein convinced CBS head William S. Paley to buy ARC and Paley made Wallerstein head of the newly acquired record company. The renamed company made Columbia its flagship label and Okeh its subsidiary label and this allowed ARCs leased labels Brunswick Records and Vocalion Records to revert to their former owner Warner Bros. which sold them to Decca Records. Columbia kept the Brunswick catalogue recorded from December 1931 onward on the Columbia label and he was succeeded by James Conkling as head of Columbia Records. In 1951, Columbia severed its ties with the EMI-owned record label of the same name, Okeh Records continued to be distributed by EMI on the Columbia label. Columbia founded Epic Records in 1953 and in 1956, Conkling left Columbia and he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. His successor, Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company, and in 1958, Columbia founded another label, Date Records, which initially issued rockabilly music. In 1960, Columbia/CBS began negotiations with its international distributor Philips Records with the goal of starting its own global record company. Philips acquisition of US-based Mercury Records in 1961 paved the way for this, elsewhere, CBSs Mexican record company, Discos Columbia, was renamed Discos CBS by 1963. In 1964, Columbia set out acquiring record companies in countries for its CBS Records International Unit. EMI continued to distribute Epic and Okeh label material on the Columbia label in the UK until the deal with EMI expired in 1968 when CBS took over distribution. In late 1965, the Date subsidiary label was revived and this label released the first string of hits for Peaches & Herb and scored a few minor hits from various other artists. Dates biggest success was Time of the Season by the Zombies, the label was discontinued in 1970
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Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal
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A scandal erupted in 2005 regarding Sony BMGs implementation of deceptive, illegal, and harmful copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software provided a form of digital rights management by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware, Sony BMG initially denied that the rootkits were harmful. In August 2000, statements by Sony Pictures Entertainment US senior VP Steve Heckler foreshadowed the events of late 2005, Heckler told attendees at the Americas Conference on Information Systems The industry will take whatever steps it needs to protect itself and protect its revenue streams. It will not lose that revenue stream, no matter what, Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this. We will develop technology that transcends the individual user and we will firewall Napster at source - we will block it at your cable company. We will block it at your phone company and we will block it at your ISP. We will firewall it at your PC and these strategies are being aggressively pursued because there is simply too much at stake. In Europe, BMG created a scandal in 2001 when it released Natalie Imbruglias second album, White Lilies Island. Russinovich compared the software to a due to its surreptitious installation. He noted that the EULA does not mention the software, and he asserted emphatically that the software is illegitimate, anti-virus firm F-Secure concurred, Although the software isnt directly malicious, the used rootkit hiding techniques are exactly the same used by malicious software to hide themselves. The DRM software will cause many false alarms with all AV software that detect rootkits. Thus it is inappropriate for commercial software to use these techniques. Russinovich discovered numerous problems with XCP, It creates security holes that can be exploited by malicious software such as worms or viruses and it constantly runs in the background and excessively consumes system resources, slowing down the users computer, regardless of whether there is a protected CD playing. It employs unsafe procedures to start and stop, which could lead to system crashes and it has no uninstaller, and is installed in such a way that inexpert attempts to uninstall it can lead to the operating system to fail to recognize existing drives. Soon after Russinovichs first post, there were several trojans and worms exploiting XCPs security holes, some people even used the vulnerabilities to cheat in online games. Russinovich noted that the removal program merely unmasked the hidden files installed by the rootkit and he also reported that it installed additional software that could not be uninstalled. In order to download the uninstaller, he found it was necessary to provide an e-mail address, on November 18,2005, Sony BMG provided a new and improved removal tool to remove the rootkit component of XCP from affected Microsoft Windows computers
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Megadeth
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Megadeth is an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson formed the band in 1983 shortly after Mustaines dismissal from Metallica. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, the band is credited as one of the big four with Anthrax, Metallica and Slayer, responsible for thrash metals development. Megadeth plays in a style, featuring fast rhythm sections. Themes of death, war, politics and religion are prominent in the song lyrics, in 1985, the band released its debut album on the independent label Combat Records. The albums moderate commercial success caught the attention of bigger labels and their first major-label album, Peace Sells. But Whos Buying. was released in 1986 and influenced the underground metal scene, despite its prominence in thrash metal, frequent disputes between its members and substance abuse issues brought Megadeth negative publicity during this period. After the lineup stabilized, the released a number of platinum-selling albums, including Rust in Peace. These albums, along with touring worldwide, helped bring recognition to Megadeth. The band temporarily disbanded in 2002 when Mustaine suffered an arm injury and re-established in 2004 without bassist Ellefson, Ellefson settled with Mustaine out of court and rejoined the group in 2010. Megadeth has hosted its own festival, Gigantour, several times since mid-2005. As of 2014, Megadeth had sold 50 million records worldwide, earned platinum certification in the United States for five of its fifteen studio albums, Megadeth won its first Grammy Award in 2017 for the song Dystopia in the Best Metal Performance category. The bands mascot, Vic Rattlehead, regularly appears on album artwork and, since 2010, the group has experienced controversy over its musical approach and lyrics, including canceled concerts and album bans. MTV has refused to play two of the videos that the network considered to condone suicide. As Metallicas lead guitarist since 1982, Mustaine had composed some of the early songs. Afterward, Mustaine vowed revenge by forming a band that was faster and heavier than Metallica. On the bus back to Los Angeles, Mustaine found a pamphlet by California senator Alan Cranston that read. The term Megadeath stuck with Mustaine and he wrote a song with the slightly changed to Megadeth
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Dream Theater
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They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band that would ultimately become Dream Theater. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess until September 8,2010, in October 2010, the band held auditions for a drummer to replace Portnoy. Mike Mangini was announced as the new permanent drummer on April 29,2011, the band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists, who have won many awards from music instruction magazines. Guitarist John Petrucci has been named as the player on the G3 tour six times. In 2009 he was named the No.2 best metal guitarist by Joel McIver in his book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and he was also named as one of the Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time by GuitarOne magazine. Jordan Rudess is considered to be one of the greatest keyboard players of all time by publications like MusicRadar. Former drummer Mike Portnoy has won 26 awards from Modern Drummer magazine and is also the second youngest person to be inducted into the Rock Drummer Hall of Fame and his replacement Mike Mangini has also previously set 5 WFD records. John Myung was voted the greatest bassist of all time in a poll conducted by MusicRadar in August through September 2010, the band was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2010. The bands highest-selling album is the gold-selling Images and Words, which reached No.61 on the Billboard 200 chart. Both the 1994 release Awake and their 2002 release Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence also entered the charts at No.32 and No.46 respectively and received mostly positive reviews. Metropolis Pt.2, Scenes from a Memory was ranked number 95 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazines list of The greatest 100 guitar albums of all time. It is ranked as the 15th Greatest Concept Album by Classic Rock Magazine, the bands eleventh studio album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, was released on September 13,2011. On April 9,2013, Images and Words won Loudwires fan voted March Metal Madness for worlds best metal album beating albums by Dio, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Megadeth, as of 2011, Dream Theater has sold over 12 million records worldwide. Dream Theater was formed in Massachusetts in 1985 when guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, the trio started by covering Rush and Iron Maiden songs in the rehearsal rooms at Berklee. Myung, Petrucci, and Portnoy joined together on the name Majesty for their newly formed group, according to the The Score So Far. Documentary, they were waiting in line for tickets to a Rush concert at the Berklee Performance Center while listening to the band on a boom box, Portnoy commented that the ending of the song Bastille Day sounded majestic. It was then decided that Majesty would be the bands name, the trio then set out to fill the remaining positions in the group. Petrucci asked his high school bandmate Kevin Moore to play the keyboard, after he accepted the position, another friend from home, Chris Collins, was recruited as lead vocalist after band members heard him sing a cover of Queen of the Reich by Queensrÿche
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Gigantour
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Gigantour is the name of a sporadically organised traveling heavy metal music festival organized by Megadeths Dave Mustaine. The tour was founded in 2005 with dates across North America, the bands appearing at the festival were chosen by Mustaine. The tour is set as an alternative to such as Ozzfest. The name Gigantour was inspired by the classic 1960s anime Gigantor, the most recent Gigantour took place in 2013. The lineup of the inaugural Gigantour was composed of bands that Dave Mustaine particularly enjoyed touring with in the past, Mustaine invited Dream Theater, Nevermore and Overkill. The subsequent editions of Gigantour also featured Mustaines personal choices, such as Anthrax, The Dillinger Escape Plan, a live album culled from Gigantour festival shows in Montreal and Vancouver was released on CD on August 22,2006, and on DVD on September 5,2006. The album has performances by Megadeth, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Fear Factory, Life of Agony, Nevermore, Dry Kill Logic, Symphony X, earlier in the show, during Overkills final song, two members of Lamb of God joined them onstage. At the September 25 show in Toronto, Angela Gossow, Randy Blythe, at the September 9 show in San Diego, September 13th show in Phoenix, Arizona, September 24 in Clarkston, Michigan, and September 29 show in Boston there was no second stage. The bands that performed were, in order of appearance, Overkill, Arch Enemy, Opeth, Lamb of God, mike Portnoy from Dream Theater joined Overkill on stage for their song Elimination. The then band finished the song without Mustaine, and then followed him offstage, after fifteen minutes of chanting from the crowd, Megadeth finally returned to the stage, and with a brief apology from Dave, continued playing through their set. While Lamb of God was on stage performing, someone spilled beer all over the soundboard, however, Megadeth received some technical problems during their second set. Dave Mustaine got angry and threatened to beat the hell out of whoever did it, Dave then walked off stage for roughly 20 minutes until the problem was fixed. This can be seen in the features of the Gigantour 2 DVD. Dave Mustaine wanted a shorter lineup so each band had a chance to put on a show. Megadeth confirmed, on September 27,2011, that Motörhead, Volbeat, Megadeth announced, on November 2,2011, Gigantour 2012 tour dates. 2 Gigantour Gigantour 2 Gigantour official website Gigantour 2006 at MySpace Megadeth official website Interview with Dave Mustaine, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 13,2006
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What Have You Done
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What Have You Done is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptations fourth studio album The Heart of Everything. The song features guest vocals from Life of Agonys lead singer Mina Caputo and it became their first charting single in Canada and in the United States. A new edit/version of the song was released in the U. S. through iTunes on 26 June 2007, in 2008, Dutch TV program Koefnoen made a parody on this song titled What Am I Doing Here. There are two videos for What Have You Done. In the first video, Sharon den Adel is a spy, Mina Caputo is an FBI agent who has been assigned the task of capturing den Adel. They were formerly lovers, but an unconfirmed issue rose between them, causing them to separate, Caputo searches the world for Adel before finally locating her singing with the band in a bar in Thailand, however, he is thrown out by the bouncer and is refused re-entry. Den Adel stands behind the bouncer, grinning suspiciously and she makes her way through a jungle in the next scene, with Caputo following her. After reaching a cliff with no escape, den Adel faces Caputo and she turns and jumps off the cliff. Although Caputo is under the impression that den Adel did not survive the fall, at the end she is lying on rocks, in the alternative video, den Adel seems to be leaving an abusive partner. Her partner is left behind in a house, and trashes it, smashing mirrors and this video has a more sinister and dark atmosphere present. This video also contains footage of Caputo, although not together with any member of Within Temptation, the first video was quickly replaced by this version. The band stated that wanted to replace the video because the band shots were too dark. Only the second version was released on DVD with the edition of The Heart of Everything. A new edit of this version was used to promote the single in the United States. These are the formats and track listings of single releases of What Have You Done. Roadrunner Records USA/Australia used this version to promote Black Symphony before its release and this recording with the Metropole Orchestra in Ahoy, Rotterdam,2008 was one of the two only live performances of the song in which Mina Caputo sang along live. In other performances, the plays a video of Mina Caputo singing on screen. On the live album An Acoustic Night at the Theatre, What Have You Done appears as a duet with Caputo once again and this song is available as a downloadable song in the games Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5, and Guitar Hero, Warriors of Rock
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Within Temptation
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Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1995 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. They have always been classified by critics as gothic metal, although the gothic influence varies with each album and their most prominent and well-known sound is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as debut album Enter, was mostly gothic metal. Enter even had a hint of doom metal, in an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a symphonic rock genre with various influences. In a later interview with Dutch music platform 3VOOR12, den Adel stated that we consider ourselves more a rock band. In my opinion, we are no gothic band, after the release of their debut album Enter in 1997, the band became prominent in the Dutch underground scene. It was not until 2001 that they became known to the public, with the single Ice Queen from their second album Mother Earth. This was followed by the winning the Conamus Exportprijs, a Dutch music award, four years in a row. Their next albums The Silent Force and The Heart of Everything debuted at No.1 on the Dutch charts, in 2008, they released a live DVD and CD, Black Symphony, recorded with the Metropole Orchestra. This was followed in 2009 by An Acoustic Night at the Theatre, the bands fifth studio album, The Unforgiving, was released in March 2011, alongside both a comic book series and a series of short films that together encompass a story. The first single, Faster, was released on January 21, the band has sold more than 3.5 million copies of the album worldwide. Their sixth studio album, Hydra, was released in early 2014 in Japan, Europe, the band had extensive airplay on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom with one of the songs from the album, Whole World Is Watching featuring Pirner. The band is working on new material and is due to tour The Netherlands as part of their Theater Tour. During 2014, they parted ways with artist management agency AT Productions and signed with Martijn Swier, long-term partners Robert Westerholt and Sharon den Adel began the band in 1995, after Westerholt left his previous band, The Circle. The Circle renamed themselves Voyage and released an album called Embrace, soon after that release the band broke up. However, they renamed themselves Within Temptation, before they started recording their demo, the Enter demo contained some songs that would later be released in their first album. They were offered a contract and signed to DSFA Records later that year. Enter, the album, was released in 1997. The album was received and the band embarked on a four gig tour across the country
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Radiohead
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Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed OBrien, Colin Greenwood and they have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. After signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single Creep in 1992 and it became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey. Their popularity and critical standing rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, despite initially dividing listeners, Kid A was later named the best album of the decade by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times. Radioheads sixth album, Hail to the Thief, mixed rock and electronic music with lyrics inspired by the War on Terror and their subsequent releases have pioneered alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows, as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and their eighth album, The King of Limbs, an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. Their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool, prominently featured Jonny Greenwoods orchestral arrangements, Radiohead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their work places highly in both polls and critics lists of the best music of the 1990s and 2000s. In 2009, Rolling Stone readers voted the group the second-best artist of the 2000s, the members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, an independent school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. In 1985, they formed On a Friday, the name referring to the usual rehearsal day in the schools music room. At one point, On a Friday featured a saxophone section, the band disliked the schools strict atmosphere—the headmaster once charged the band for using a rehearsal room on a Sunday—and found solace in the schools music department. They credited their music teacher for introducing them to jazz, film scores, postwar avant-garde music, Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley had an active independent music scene in the late 1980s, but it centred on shoegazing bands such as Ride and Slowdive. Although all but Jonny had left Abingdon by 1987 to attend university, On a Friday continued to rehearse on weekends, in 1991, On a Friday regrouped, sharing a house on the corner of Magdalen Road and Ridgefield Road, Oxford. As On a Friday continued to perform in Oxford, including performances at the Jericho Tavern, record labels. Chris Hufford, Slowdives producer and co-owner of Oxfords Courtyard Studios, impressed, he and his partner Bryce Edge produced a demo tape and became On a Fridays managers, they remain Radioheads managers today. At the labels request, the changed their name, Radiohead was taken from the song Radio Head on the Talking Heads album True Stories. Radiohead recorded their debut release, the Drill EP, with Chris Hufford, released in May 1992, its chart performance was poor. The band enlisted Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, who had worked with US indie bands Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. to produce their debut album, Radiohead released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in February 1993
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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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Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music, Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. Guitarist David Gilmour joined in December 1967, Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and conceptual leader, devising the concepts behind their albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall. The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall became two of the albums of all time. Following creative tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985, Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, Wright rejoined them as a session musician and, later, a band member. The three produced two more albums—A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell —and toured through 1994, Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. The final Pink Floyd studio album, The Endless River, was recorded without Waters, Pink Floyd were inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. By 2013, the band had more than 250 million records worldwide. Roger Waters met Nick Mason while they were both studying architecture at the London Polytechnic at Regent Street and they first played music together in a group formed by Keith Noble and Clive Metcalfe with Nobles sister Sheilagh. Richard Wright, an architecture student, joined later that year. Waters played lead guitar, Mason drums, and Wright rhythm guitar, the band performed at private functions and rehearsed in a tearoom in the basement of the Regent Street Polytechnic. They performed songs by the Searchers and material written by their manager and songwriter, Mason moved out after the 1964 academic year, and guitarist Bob Klose moved in during September 1964, prompting Waters switch to bass. Sigma 6 went through several names, including the Meggadeaths, the Abdabs and the Screaming Abdabs, Leonards Lodgers, in 1964, as Metcalfe and Noble left to form their own band, guitarist Syd Barrett joined Klose and Waters at Stanhope Gardens. Barrett, two younger, had moved to London in 1962 to study at the Camberwell College of Arts. Waters and Barrett were childhood friends, Waters had often visited Barrett, Noble and Metcalfe left the Tea Set in late 1963, and Klose introduced the band to singer Chris Dennis, a technician with the Royal Air Force. In December 1964, they secured their first recording time, at a studio in West Hampstead, through one of Wrights friends, Wright, who was taking a break from his studies, did not participate in the session. When the RAF assigned Dennis a post in Bahrain in early 1965, later that year, they became the resident band at the Countdown Club near Kensington High Street in London, where from late night until early morning they played three sets of 90 minutes each
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Led Zeppelin
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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, after changing their name from the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom. Their fourth album, which features the track Stairway to Heaven, is among the most popular and influential works in rock music, Page wrote most of Led Zeppelins music, particularly early in their career, while Plant generally supplied the lyrics. Jones keyboard-based compositions later became central to the catalogue, which featured increasing experimentation. The latter half of their career saw a series of record-breaking tours that earned the group a reputation for excess, in the decades that followed, the surviving members sporadically collaborated and participated in one-off Led Zeppelin reunions. The most successful of these was the 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert in London, Led Zeppelin are widely considered one of the most successful, innovative, and influential rock groups in history. They are one of the music artists in the history of audio recording. With RIAA-certified sales of 111.5 million units, they are the band in the US. Each of their nine studio albums placed in the top 10 of the Billboard album chart and they achieved eight consecutive UK number-one albums. Rolling Stone magazine described them as the heaviest band of all time, the biggest band of the Seventies, and unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, in 1966, London-based session guitarist Jimmy Page joined the blues-influenced rock band the Yardbirds to replace bassist Paul Samwell-Smith. Page soon switched from bass to guitar, creating a dual lead guitar line-up with Jeff Beck. Following Becks departure in October 1966, the Yardbirds, tired from constant touring and recording, Page wanted to form a supergroup with him and Beck on guitars, and the Whos Keith Moon and John Entwistle on drums and bass, respectively. Vocalists Steve Winwood and Steve Marriott were also considered for the project, the group never formed, although Page, Beck, and Moon did record a song together in 1966, Becks Bolero, in a session that also included bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones. The Yardbirds played their final gig in July 1968 at Luton College of Technology in Bedfordshire, Page and Dreja began putting a new line-up together. Pages first choice for the singer was Terry Reid, but Reid declined the offer and suggested Robert Plant. Plant eventually accepted the position, recommending former Band of Joy drummer John Bonham, Jones inquired about the vacant position at the suggestion of his wife after Dreja dropped out of the project to become a photographer. Page had known Jones since they were both musicians and agreed to let him join as the final member
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Black Sabbath
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The band experienced multiple line-up changes, with Iommi being the only constant member throughout its history. Originally formed as a rock band, the group soon adopted the Black Sabbath moniker and began incorporating occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics. They also composed songs about social instability, political corruption and drugs, Osbournes regular use of alcohol and other drugs led to his dismissal from the band in 1979. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio, in 1992, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer. The original line-up reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album Reunion, Black Sabbaths final studio album and nineteenth overall,13, features all of the original members but Ward. A year after embarking on a tour, the band played their final concert in their home city of Birmingham on 4 February 2017. Iommi has stated, however, that he has not ruled out the possibility of new material or one-off shows under the Black Sabbath name, Black Sabbath are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath, Paranoid and they were ranked by MTV as the Greatest Metal Band of all time, and placed second in VH1s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and they have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and they have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance. Following the break-up of their previous band Mythology in 1968, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward sought to form a blues rock band in Aston. The new group was named the Polka Tulk Blues Band, the name taken either from a brand of talcum powder or an Indian/Pakistani clothing shop. The Polka Tulk Blues Band featured slide guitarist Jimmy Phillips, a friend of Osbournes. After shortening the name to Polka Tulk, the band changed their name to Earth and continued as a four-piece without Phillips. Iommi became concerned that Phillips and Clarke lacked the dedication and were not taking the band seriously. Rather than asking them to leave, they decided to break up. While the band was performing under the Earth title, they recorded several demos written by Norman Haines such as The Rebel, Song for Jim, the demo titled Song for Jim was in reference to Jim Simpson. Jim Simpson was a manager for the bands Bakerloo Blues Line, Simpson was also a trumpet player for the group Locomotive
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Social Distortion
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Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness, Jonny Wickersham, Brent Harding, David Hidalgo, Jr. since its inception, the band lineup has been a virtual revolving-door of talent with many members coming and going – Ness has been the only constant member. After 39 years of performing, Social Distortion continues to tour, to date, Social Distortion has released seven full-length studio albums, two compilations, one live album, and two DVDs. They released two albums — Mommys Little Monster and Prison Bound — before signing a contract with Epic Records in 1989. Many of their albums, including their second gold record Somewhere Between Heaven. They are considered one of the punk rock bands, with more than three million albums sold worldwide. Social Distortion is currently working on a new album, likely to be released in 2018, Social Distortion was formed in late 1978 by frontman Mike Ness, inspired by The Sex Pistols and many other British punk bands as well as rock acts such as The Rolling Stones. The original lineup consisted of Ness on lead guitar, Rikk and Frank Agnew on guitars, Ness met Dennis Danell, who was a year older, in high school and insisted he join the band on bass guitar even though Danell had never played an instrument before. When Danell was brought in, Frank, Rikk, and Casey left to join the Adolescents, Mike and Dennis remained the only constant members for the next two decades with bass and drum members changing every few years. The Adolescents song Kids of the Black Hole and Social Distortion song The Playpen chronicled this period of the bands history. C, upon its return from the Another State of Mind tour in 1982, they recorded their debut album, Mommys Little Monster. The album was released in early 1983 on their own label, Mommys Little Monster includes the title track as well as the song for which the previous tour was named, Another State of Mind. This was the album gained the band a national name in punk circles. Ness mentions in his DVD commentary that he really had nowhere to stay when he got back to California after the tour ended and he details how he plunged headfirst into serious drug addiction and ended up being strung out on heroin for weeks at a time. In 1983, Liles and OBrien left the band in the middle of a show on New Years Eve, and were replaced thereafter by Ness high school friend John Maurer. This line-up lasted only a time until Christopher Reece joined on drums. As a result of Nesss escalating drug habit and troubles with the law, during this time, Ness was in and out of various rehabilitation centers and jails. The band reformed in or around 1986, once Ness finished his drug rehabilitation program and it released its second album, Prison Bound, two years later in 1988—over five years after their debut. The album included then-newcomers John Maurer on bass and Christopher Reece on drums, Although Prison Bound never charted on Billboard, the title track still receives extensive airplay on Los Angeles radio station, KROQ-FM
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Glenn Danzig
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Glenn Danzig is an American singer, songwriter and musician from Lodi, New Jersey. He is the founder of the bands Misfits, Samhain, and he owns the Evilive record label as well as Verotik, an adult-oriented comic book publishing company. Having begun in the mid-1970s, Danzigs musical career has encompassed a number of genres through the years, including rock, heavy metal, industrial, blues. He has also songs for other musicians, most notably Johnny Cash. As a singer, he is noted for his voice and tenor vocal range, his style has been compared to those of Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison. Danzig has also cited Bill Medley as a vocal influence, as an author, he is known for his fascination with horror, gore, occult, erotic, and religious themes. Danzig was born Glenn Allen Anzalone, the third of four born to a Protestant family of Italian, German. His father was a repairman and a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II. His mother worked at a record store, Danzig and his family also spent some time living in Revere, Massachusetts. Danzig began listening to music at an early age, and has described Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer. At age 11, Danzig began to use drugs and alcohol, leading him into frequent fights and he stopped using drugs at age 15. While growing up, Danzig began reading the works of authors including Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe, Danzig collected comic books and, frustrated by American comics, he started his own company to produce crazy, violent, erotic comics. Danzig graduated from Lodi High School in June 1973, aspiring to become a comic book creator and he attended the Tisch School of the Arts and later the New York Institute of Photography. Danzig eventually formed a comic book company called Verotik in the mid-1990s. Glenn Danzigs introduction to performing music began when he took piano and he later taught himself how to play the guitar. Danzig started in the business at the age of 11, first as a drum roadie. He had never taken vocal lessons, but his vocal prowess gained him attention in the local scene. Throughout his teenage years he sang for local bands, such as Talus and Koo-Dot-N-Boo-Jang, most of which played half original songs
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Street punk
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Street punk is a working class-based genre of punk rock which took shape in the early 1980s, partly as a rebellion against the perceived artistic pretensions of the first wave of British punk. Street punk emerged from the Oi. style, performed by such as Sham 69, Blitz, The Business, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects. However, street punk continued beyond the confines of the original Oi. form with such as GBH, Chaos UK, Discharge, The Anti-Nowhere League. Street punks generally have a more ostentatious and flamboyant appearance than the working class or skinhead image cultivated by many Oi. groups. Street punk music is characterized by single-note guitar lines and short solos, unlike similar genres, such as hardcore punk, street punk bands often consisted of two guitarists, one of which plays guitar melodies while not singing. Street punk also makes frequent use of vocals and sing–along choruses. Street punk lyrics commonly address topics including fighting, drinking, partying, street punk bands sometimes express political viewpoints, typically of a left-wing variety, although some street punks eschew politics altogether in favor of a more hedonistic, nihilistic outlook. Punk veteran Felix Havoc said, It was aggressive, yet had melody, as opposed to todays melodic punk it still had a lot of energy. There is and was a feel that this was the music, from the streets. As opposed to the anarcho bands its message was more bleak, the music was not a-political, just a less intellectual expression of political views of working class youth. The music was marketed as being of and by the working class, I suspect this was not universally the case. Still most middle and upper class kids cringe at frank discussions of violence as evidenced in a typical Blitz song, early 80s UK punk was catchy as hell, it has sing-a-long choruses and hooky riffs. UK82 took the existing punk sound and added the incessant, heavy drumbeats, the term UK82 is taken from the title of a song by The Exploited. Cross-pollination existed between this era of British street punk and American hardcore punk, the lyrics of UK82 bands tended to be much darker and more violent than the lyrics of earlier punk bands. They tended to focus on the possibilities of a nuclear holocaust, the other mainstay of the lyrics of the era was unemployment, and the policies of the Conservative Party government. Lyrics frequently denounced the Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher in the way that American hardcore punk bands addressed the Ronald Reagan administration. The three most prominent UK82 bands, according to Ian Glasper, are The Exploited, Discharge, the Exploited were controversial due to their aggressive lyrics and rowdy concerts, and were considered by Glasper to be cartoon punks. Discharges early work proved to be influential, providing the blueprint for an entire subgenre
