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Kansas City, Missouri
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Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri and the sixth largest city in the Midwest. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the city had an population of 475,378 in 2015. It is the city of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west, on June 1,1850 the town of Kansas was incorporated, shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued and the name Kansas City was assigned to them soon thereafter. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, but portions spill into Clay, Cass, along with Independence, it serves as one of the two county seats for Jackson County. Major suburbs include the Missouri cities of Independence and Lees Summit and the Kansas cities of Overland Park, Olathe, and Kansas City. The city is composed of neighborhoods, including the River Market District in the north, the 18th and Vine District in the east. Kansas City is also known for its cuisine, its craft breweries, Kansas City, Missouri was officially incorporated as a town on June 1,1850, and as a city on March 28,1853. The territory straddling the border between Missouri and Kansas at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers was considered a place to build settlements. The Antioch Christian Church, Dr. James Compton House, the first documented European visitor to Kansas City was Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont, who was also the first European to explore the lower Missouri River. Criticized for his response to the Native American attack on Fort Détroit, Bourgmont lived with a Native American wife in a village about 90 miles east near Brunswick, Missouri, where he illegally traded furs. In the documents, he describes the junction of the Grande Riv des Cansez and Missouri River, French cartographer Guillaume Delisle used the descriptions to make the areas first reasonably accurate map. The Spanish took over the region in the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the French continued their fur trade under Spanish license. After the 1804 Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark visited the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, in 1831, a group of Mormons from New York settled in what would become the city. They built the first school within Kansas Citys current boundaries, but were forced out by mob violence in 1833, in 1833 John McCoy established West Port along the Santa Fe Trail,3 miles away from the river. In 1834 McCoy established Westport Landing on a bend in the Missouri to serve as a point for West Port. Soon after, the Kansas Town Company, a group of investors, began to settle the area, in 1850, the landing area was incorporated as the Town of Kansas
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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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Hard rock
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Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums. Hard rock developed into a form of popular music in the 1970s, with bands such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, AC/DC. During the 1980s, some rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and more towards pop rock. Hard rock began losing popularity with the success of R&B, hip-hop, urban pop, grunge. Out of this movement came garage rock bands like The White Stripes, The Strokes, Interpol and, later on, in the 2000s, only a few hard rock bands from the 1970s and 1980s managed to sustain highly successful recording careers. Hard rock is a form of loud, aggressive rock music, the electric guitar is often emphasised, used with distortion and other effects, both as a rhythm instrument using repetitive riffs with a varying degree of complexity, and as a solo lead instrument. Drumming characteristically focuses on driving rhythms, strong drum and a backbeat on snare. The bass guitar works in conjunction with the drums, occasionally playing riffs, vocals are often growling, raspy, or involve screaming or wailing, sometimes in a high range, or even falsetto voice. In the late 1960s, the heavy metal was used interchangeably with hard rock. Heavy metal took on darker characteristics after Black Sabbaths breakthrough at the beginning of the 1970s, in the 1980s it developed a number of subgenres, often termed extreme metal, some of which were influenced by hardcore punk, and which further differentiated the two styles. Despite this differentiation, hard rock and heavy metal have existed side by side, with bands frequently standing on the boundary of, other antecedents include Link Wrays instrumental Rumble in 1958, and the surf rock instrumentals of Dick Dale, such as Lets Go Trippin and Misirlou. In the 1960s, American and British blues and rock bands began to rock and roll by adding harder sounds, heavier guitar riffs, bombastic drumming. From the late 1960s, it common to divide mainstream rock music that emerged from psychedelia into soft. Soft rock was often derived from rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melody. In contrast, hard rock was most often derived from rock and was played louder. Blues rock acts that pioneered the sound included Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, in songs like I Feel Free combined blues rock with pop and psychedelia, particularly in the riffs and guitar solos of Eric Clapton. Jimi Hendrix produced a form of blues-influenced psychedelic rock, which combined elements of jazz, blues and rock, from 1967 Jeff Beck brought lead guitar to new heights of technical virtuosity and moved blues rock in the direction of heavy rock with his band, The Jeff Beck Group
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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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Nu metal
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Nu metal is a form of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk and grunge. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, Nu metal rarely features guitar solos, the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs. Many nu metal guitarists use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to play a heavier sound, DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Vocal styles in nu metal include singing, rapping, screaming and growling, Nu metal is one of the key genres of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, many heavy metal fans have criticized nu metal, and do not regard it as true heavy metal. Many nu metal musicians have rejected the nu metal label and also have rejected being labeled as heavy metal, Nu metal is also known as nü-metal and aggro-metal. It is a subgenre of alternative metal, MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way college rock became alternative rock. Stereogum has similarly claimed that nu metal was a outgrowth of the Lollapalooza-era alt-metal scene. Nu metal merges elements of metal music with elements of other music genres such as grunge, hip hop, funk. Nu metal bands also are influenced by and use elements of genres of metal music such as death metal, rap metal, groove metal, funk metal, alternative metal. Some nu metal bands such as Static-X and Dope made nu metal music elements of industrial metal. Nu metal music is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs, mid-song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal. N its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, nu-metal effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo. Another contrast with other metal genres is nu metals emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood. The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music, Nu metal guitar riffs occasionally are similar to death metal guitar riffs. Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, blast beats, which are common in heavy metal subgenres such as black metal and death metal, are extremely rare in nu metal. sound a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper. Some nu metal bands use seven-string guitars that are generally down-tuned, likewise, some bass guitarists use five-string and six-string instruments. Bass guitar-playing in nu metal often features an emphasis on elements such as slap bass, a percussive style of playing in which the thumb slaps the low strings
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Universal Music Group
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Universal Music Group is an American-French global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the Paris-based French media conglomerate Vivendi. UMGs global corporate headquarters are in Santa Monica, California and it is considered one of the Big Three record labels, along with Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Universal Music was once the music attached to film studio Universal Pictures and its origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in September 1934. The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939, MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962. The present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram in May 1998, however, the name had first appeared in 1996 when MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed Universal Music Group. The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon which traces its ancestry to Berliner Gramophone making Deutsche Grammophon UMGs oldest unit, UMGs Canadian unit traces its ancestry to a Berliner Gramophone breakaway firm the Compo Company. With the 2004 acquisition of Universal Studios by General Electric and merging with GEs NBC and this is the second time a music company has done so, the first being the separation of Time Warner and Warner Music Group. On June 25,2007, Vivendi completed its €1.63 billion purchase of BMG Music Publishing, after receiving European Union regulatory approval, doug Morris stepped down from his position as CEO on January 1,2011. Former chairman/CEO of Universal Music International Lucian Grainge was promoted to CEO of the company, Grainge later replaced him as chairman on March 9,2011. Morris became the chairman of Sony Music Entertainment on July 1,2011. With Grainges appointment as CEO at UMG, Max Hole was promoted to COO of UMGI, starting in 2011 UMGs Interscope Geffen A&M Records will be signing contestants from American Idol/Idol series. On January 2011, UMG announced it was donating 200,000 master recordings from the 1920s to 1940s to the Library of Congress for preservation, in March 2011, Barry Weiss became chairman & CEO of The Island Def Jam Music Group & Universal Republic Records. Both companies are restructuring under Weiss, in December 2011, David Foster was named Chairman of Verve Music Group. Among the other companies that had competed for the music business was Warner Music Group which was reported to have made a $2 billion bid. However, IMPALA has said it would fight the merger, coincidentally, UMG sister company StudioCanal has owned the EMI Films library for several years. On September 21,2012, the sale of EMI to UMG was approved in Europe, UMG divested Mute Records, Parlophone, Roxy Recordings, MPS Records, Cooperative Music, Now Thats What I Call Music. Jazzland, Universal Greece, Sanctuary Records, Chrysalis Records, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, the Beatles recorded music library was allowed to remain with UMG despite being considered part of Parlophone and is now managed by UMGs reorganized Capitol Music Group worldwide. Robbie Williams, who had recorded for Chrysalis, had his transferred to Universals Island Records
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Geffen Records
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Geffen Records is an American major record label, owned by Universal Music Group, which operates as one third of the Interscope Geffen A&M Records label. On March 23,2017, Billboard. com announced the label was relaunching with longtime A&R Neil Jacobson as President, Geffen Records was started in 1980 by music industry businessman David Geffen who, in the early 1970s, had founded Asylum Records. Geffen stepped down from Asylum in 1975, when he crossed over to film and was named a vice-president of Warner Bros and he was fired from Warner circa 1978, but remained locked in a 5-year contract, which prevented him from working elsewhere. He returned to work in 1980 and struck a deal with Warner Bros. Records to create Geffen Records, profits were split 50/50 between Geffen and the respective distributors. Geffen Records first artist was disco superstar Donna Summer, whose gold-selling album The Wanderer became the labels first release in 1980, the label followed it up with Double Fantasy by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It was Lennons first new album since 1975, two weeks after it entered the charts, Lennon was murdered in New York City. As the 1980s progressed, Geffen would go on to have success with acts as Kylie Minogue, Enya, Quarterflash, Oxo, Asia, Wang Chung. This prompted Geffen to create a label, DGC Records in 1990. Geffen also distributed the first incarnation of Def American Recordings through Warner Bros. from 1988 to 1990, after a decade of operating through Warner, when its contract with the company expired, the label was sold to MCA Music Entertainment in 1990. The deal ultimately earned David Geffen an estimated US$800 million in stock, following the sale, Geffen Records operated as one of MCAs leading independently managed labels. Geffen Records would distribute releases on the new operations DreamWorks Records subsidiary, Universal Music Group acquired PolyGram in 1999, resulting in a corporate reorganization of labels. Geffen Records, along with A&M Records, was merged into Interscope Records. Although Geffen would continue to exist as a brand, it was downsized to fit into the expansion of Interscope. At the same time, international distribution of Interscope and Geffen releases switched to ex-PolyGram label Polydor Records, meanwhile, DreamWorks Records also folded, with artists such as Nelly Furtado, Lifehouse and Rufus Wainwright being absorbed by Geffen as well. During this time, DGC Records was also folded into Geffen, at the end of 2007, however, Geffen was absorbed further into Interscope, laying off sixty employees. In 2009, it was announced that Geffen Records had signed an agreement with the Holy See to produce an album of Marian songs, jimmy Iovine relaunched the Geffen imprint in 2011, moving its headquarters from California to New York City
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Against All Will
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Against All Will is a rock quartet from Los Angeles, California, whose debut album lineup was formed in Spring 2009 by Jimmy Allen, Jeff Current, Steve Boomstick Wilson, and Cello Dias. Songs All About You and The Drug I Need from their album entitled A Rhyme & Reason ranked in the national rock radio top 50 in 2010. Against All Will was formed in 2007 by Jimmy Allen, guitarist songwriter and former member of the American rock band called Puddle Of Mudd, up until he started Against All Will, Jimmy had spent several years prior writing for bands and working on independent music projects. Sometime in early 2007 he decided to start his own band with Mizzy Pacheco, for the record, Moke, on a stormy night in Hollywood, is the one who contacted Mizzy about cutting some vocals on the Jimmy Allen demo tracks. The band plans to release their first full-length album in 2013, Jimmy Allen is the former Award-winning songwriter and co founding lead guitarist for the rock band Puddle of Mudd. Jimmy Allens song Blurry won ASCAPs 2003 song of the year, also Billboard rock song of the year Award. Allen also won ASCAPs 2004 most performed song of 2004 for She Hates Me, Cello Dias is the former bass player for the Heavy Metal veteran band Soulfly. Mizzy Pacheco was the singer for Against All Will. He can be heard on the tracks You Cant Change me and Tomorrow and Today. He is also a Photographer and Video director in Los Angeles and is responsible for directing and shooting the Against All Will music videos Love the way you hate me, The Drug I Need and Swept Away. He also owns his own Pacheco Fine Art Photography gallery on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu where he showcases his work and he can be heard and seen on the new single and video Love The Way You hate Me. Steve Boomstick Wilson is the drummer for t. A. T. u. Mark Moke Bistany is a drummer for Otep, Cellophane. May have also been the drummer for Puddle of Mudd from 2005-2007, the discography of Against All Will, currently consists of one extended play album and ten singles. A Rhyme & Reason is the album by Against All Will recorded at Korn Studios. Songs All About You and The Drug I Need ranked in the rock radio top 50 in 2010
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3 Doors Down
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3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi, that formed in 1996. The band originally consisted of Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, and they were soon joined by rhythm guitarist Chris Henderson. The band rose to fame with their first single, Kryptonite. The band then signed with Republic Records and released their album, The Better Life. The album was the 11th-best-selling album of the year and was certified 6x platinum in the United States and they were later joined by drummer Richard Liles, who played during the tour for their first album. The band toured extensively for two years, Daniel Adair played drums on tour from 2002 to 2005. This configuration played nearly 1,000 shows across the following the release of Away from the Sun. In 2005, Greg Upchurch joined to play drums to replace Adair,3 Doors Down released their third album, Seventeen Days in 2005. The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum one month of release. Their fourth, self-titled album,3 Doors Down, also debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart, the bands fifth studio album, Time of My Life debuted at No.3 on the charts. Original guitarist Matt Roberts departed in 2012, owing to health issues and he was replaced by Chet Roberts, who was formerly Hendersons guitar tech. Harrell was fired from the band in 2013 after being charged with vehicular homicide, worldwide,3 Doors Down has sold more than 20 million albums. The band originally consisted of Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell and Matt Roberts, the band began to tour outside Escatawpa, and it was during a trip to Foley, Alabama that they came up with their official name. When the three men were walking through the town, they saw a building where some letters had fallen off its sign, since at the time they consisted of three people, they added the 3 to create 3 Doors Down. The cover of their 2011 album Time of My Life hints at the number of band members and current band members. A couple of years performing together, Todd Harrell asked rhythm guitarist Chris Henderson to join the band. They recorded a demo CD of their songs at Lincoln Recording in Pascagoula. When the band gave the CD to local radio station WCPR-FM they started playing the EP version of Kryptonite, the stations program director sent the song to manager Phin Daly who in turn showed it to Bill McGathy, his employer at In De Goot Entertainment
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Fuel (band)
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Kemble Walters Fuel is an American rock band formed by guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie. Originally known as Small the Joy, they changed the name to Fuel in 1994. They are known for their hit songs Shimmer from Sunburn, Hemorrhage and Bad Day from Something Like Human, the band has sold nearly four million records worldwide. They have released five albums, most recently Puppet Strings in 2014. No original members of the band remain, except for vocalist Brett Scallions, Carl Bell and Jeff Abercrombie, childhood friends, started playing music together in junior high and high school. After graduating high school Bell, who was a few years older than Abercrombie, Bell and Abbott formed a college campus band, Wanted in Henderson, Tennessee. The band Wanted transitioned into Phoenix, which was a band for the college primarily used to recruit prospective students. Lead vocalist-guitarist Brett Scallions joined the group after bassist Jeff Abercrombie saw him performing in a bar in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1993, the band made a choice to go under a different name when showcasing its own original material. That name for the time being would be Small The Joy which put out one EP in 1994, before the release of their second EP Porcelain the band once again decided to change its name, this time settling on the name Fuel. The band released their second EP Porcelain in 1996 as well as repackaged their first EP Small The Joy with the Fuel name on it, Porcelain sold well locally, spawning a small radio hit with Shimmer. The popularity of the EP brought them to the attention of Sonys 550 imprint, upon signing to Epic, the band entered Longview Farm recording studios in Massachusetts, along with producer Steven Haigler and session drummer Jonathan Mover due to problems with Abbott. The bands full-length debut, Sunburn, came out in 1998, the songs Shimmer and Sunburn are also featured on the charitable album Live in the X Lounge. Sunburn was also featured in the movie Scream 3, and the band contributed the non-LP track Walk the Sky to the 1998 American Godzilla film, the band hit the road in support of the release. Once again due to problems with Abbott, Mover was enlisted, the band picture includes Miller, though he did not play on the record. The album Sunburn was the bands first Gold and Platinum selling record, in 2000, Fuel came back with their second album, Something Like Human, featuring the single Hemorrhage which was No.1 for 12 weeks on the U. S. The single was also named Billboards No.5 Rock Song of the Decade according to their Best of the 2000s Rock Songs chart. In 2013 Hemorrhage became the No.6 Alternative Rock song of the past 25 years according to Billboards Alternative Chart 25th Anniversary, Something Like Human peaked at No.17 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA on September 25,2001. The groups third album, Natural Selection, named after Darwinian theory, was released in September 2003, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004 for best engineered album, and the band contributed the song Wont Back Down to the Daredevil soundtrack earlier in the year
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Limp Bizkit
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Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1994. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst, Sam Rivers, John Otto and their music is marked by Dursts angry vocal delivery and Borlands sonic experimentation. Borlands elaborate visual appearance, which includes face and body paint, masks and uniforms, the band has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, have sold 40 million records worldwide and won several other awards. Borland left the group in 2001, but Durst, Rivers, Otto and Lethal continued to record and tour with guitarist Mike Smith. Following the release of their album, Results May Vary, Borland rejoined the band and recorded The Unquestionable Truth with Durst, Rivers, Lethal and they are currently recording their seventh studio album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants. Fred Durst grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he took an interest in breakdancing, hip hop, punk rock and he began to rap, skate, beatbox and deejay. While mowing lawns and working as a tattoo artist, he developed an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip hop. Durst played with three bands, Split 26, Malachi Sage, which were unsuccessful, and 10 Foot Shindig. Durst told Sam Rivers, the bassist for Malachi Sage, You need to quit this band and start a band with me thats like this, rappin and rockin. Rivers suggested that his cousin, John Otto, who was studying jazz drumming at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and playing in local avant garde bands, Durst, Rivers and Otto jammed and wrote three songs together, and Wes Borland later joined as a guitarist. Durst named the band Limp Bizkit, because he wanted a name that would repel listeners, according to Durst, The name is there to turn peoples heads away. A lot of people pick up the disc and go, Limp Bizkit and those are the people that we dont even want listening to our music. Other names that were considered by Durst included Gimp Disco, Split Dickslit, Bitch Piglet, every record label that showed an interest in the band pressured its members to change its name. Limp Bizkit developed a following in the underground music scene, particularly at the Milk Bar. The bands local popularity was such that Sugar Ray, who had a label contract. Milkbar owner, Danny Wimmer, stated that Limp Bizkit had the biggest draw for a local band and they went from playing ten people to eight hundred within months. Fred was always marketing the band and he would go to record stores and get people involved, he was in touch with high schools. However, the band knew that to achieve success, they would have to distinguish themselves in their live performances
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Wes Scantlin
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Wesley Reid Scantlin is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and the only remaining founding member of the American post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. Scantlin was born in Kansas City, Missouri and he graduated from high school in 1990 from Park Hill High School in Kansas City. Scantlin has been the guitarist and lead singer for the rock band Puddle of Mudd since they released their debut album and they released their next album Abrasive in 1997. Four years later, with the addition of three new members, Come Clean was released in 2001, in 2003, the band released Life on Display. Then they released the album Famous in 2007, most recently Puddle of Mudd released Vol.4, Songs in the Key of Love & Hate in 2009. The first single off the album was Spaceship, Scantlin sometimes tours with Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, playing acoustic Alice in Chains songs. He was also one of the musicians that participated in Alice in Chains reunion tsunami benefit show, Scantlin was one of the many artists who worked with Carlos Santana on his album, All That I Am, specifically on the song Just Feel Better. The song was recorded with Scantlin and Steven Tyler, however, Scantlin has been ranked in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader. Scantlin was influenced by such as AC/DC, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Alice in Chains. Scantlin has a son, Jordan, born in 1997 from a previous relationship, Scantlin married Jessica Nicole Smith in January 2008. The couple filed for divorce in 2011, and the divorce was finalized in May 2012, several witnesses reported seeing Scantlin forcing Rubin into a Jeep Cherokee driven by an unknown third person. Scantlin and Rubin were both arrested and were released after posting $20,000 bail each, on September 4,2012, Scantlin was arrested while traveling on a cross country flight from Boston to Los Angeles because he was intoxicated. The airplane had to make a landing in Austin, Texas. He was charged with public intoxication, in May 2013, Scantlin was arrested on domestic violence charges after he apparently dragged his ex-wife and then pulled her by the arm or the shirt. In 2013, Scantlin was arrested on charges of vandalism after he used a buzz saw to destroy some property that was on his neighbor’s patio. On April 15,2015, Scantlin was arrested and charged for disorderly conduct at the Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On July 26,2015, Scantlin was arrested in the morning hours after leading Renville County. Scantlin is currently facing a charge of fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle
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Dave Moreno
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Dave Moreno, is a professional musician, singer, audio engineer, song writer and producer, best known for his role as the drummer in the American rock band Puddle of Mudd. Born in Sun Valley, California, Moreno is of Mexican descent, Morenos musical education continued when he attended The Dick Grove School of Music upon completing high school. Moreno has recorded more than 100 records which include movie soundtracks, instructional CDs, karaoke, in 2008, he contributed the studio drum piece for the theme song to the Dr. Phil show. Morenos professional in-studio affiliations include names such as, Bill Appleberry, David Kahne, Johnny K, Roy Z, Andy Johns, Greg Hampton, guns, Vampiro X-Mana, Christian Castro, Belinda and María José. In January 2016, Dave was chosen to be included in the elite line-up of performers at the NAMM Bonzo Bash - an annual event honoring the late, great drummer, there, he took the stage along side other top-industry professionals, performing The Immigrant Song during the show. Previous clients of Morenos have included Nick Simmons, Roy Z, Brent Woods, Vinny Appice, Kelly Rhoads, Chas West, Copper Mountain, The Doo Wah Riders, Bobby Blotzer, Jizzy Pearl, and Afterhours. Drums – DW18 X222210,12,14,16 – Toms / Floor Toms 6
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Adam Latiff
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Adam Latiff is a lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist for a number bands, most notable for Puddle of Mudd. He started his career in such as Devereux and was a touring guitar player for Eve to Adam until December 2014. Latiff was friends with Puddle of Mudds former lead guitarist, Paul Phillips whom he knew from the Jacksonville and he had formed the band Society Red with Phillips and Damien Starkey, which was active from 2008–2011. When lead-singer Wes Scantlin discovered that he had problems sharing vocals duties with playing guitar at the same time, Latiff joined Puddle of Mudd in April 2011 toured with them until June 2012. He appears on no official releases by the band, in December 2013 it was announced that he had joined Eve to Adam. He cites groups such as Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, Foo Fighters, and Nirvana as influences and is inspired by David Gilmour, Kurt Cobain, BB King and his interest in grunge, brought him to start his own Nirvana tribute band, called Heart Shaped Box. He uses Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and Epiphone Les Paul electric and Yari acoustic guitars
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Paul Phillips (guitarist)
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Paul James Phillips is an American guitar player and songwriter, most famous for being a member of the band Puddle of Mudd from 2001 to 2005 and again from 2009 to 2011. He has also played in the bands Happy Hour, Operator, Society Red and he is currently working on a new project called The Fallout Collective, DJing on The Fox 107.7, and had a guest appearance on the TV show Real Fear on Chiller. He is also working on becoming a trainer and doing fitness photo shoots. Paul Phillips picked up guitar when he was 11 and his father played guitar in a cover band. His first guitar and amp was a Squier Strat and a small Peavey combo amp, I dont remember what the name or model it was, Phillips first played guitar in the Jacksonville, Florida ska/punk band Happy Hour. Phillips joined Puddle of Mudd when his friend Fred Durst invited him to audition for a band for Dursts record label and he started with Puddle of Mudd on their 2001 hit album Come Clean. He also assisted with guitars and vocals in the groups 2003 album, Phillips left the band in 2005, citing creative differences. In 2007, he joined the band Operator, appearing on their debut album, in 2008, Phillips briefly joined the Jacksonville, Florida band Society Red. He returned to Puddle of Mudd in 2009 and played guitar in the groups 2009 album, Volume 4, Songs in the Key of Love & Hate and on their most recent album, re, overed. On November 13,2011, Phillips posted the following on his Facebook page, I will not be touring with Puddle on this upcoming run. I wont be airing any dirty laundry in public, I just want to thank each and every one of you for your support throughout the years at shows and on my facebook page here. Ive always tried to make accessible to you and have always tried to never let you down when I got up on that stage. However, there is nothing I can do, Phillips contributed original music and scored several sections of the 2012 film Nitro Circus, The Movie with Puddle of Mudds former bassist, Damien Starkey. Phillips acted in the 2013 horror short film The Guy Knows Everything, there was a wanted fugitive in 2006 who claimed to be Paul Phillips and is wanted for assault with a deadly weapon. As reported on the September 23,2006 edition of Americas Most Wanted, Come Clean Life on Display Volume 4, Songs in the Key of Love & Hate Re, overed Soulcrusher Puddle of Mudd Official Site Operator Official Site
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Damien Starkey
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Damien Joel Starkey is a producer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Damien has scored and wrote music for several TV shows and movies including American Reunion, Nitro Circus Movie, Freeheld, Pawn Stars, Bar Rescue, as a producer he has written for and produced many notable artists including platinum selling bands Saliva, Daughtry and Avril Lavigne. Damien also is a partner in the music technology company Songlinkr. Starkey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and he moved to Jacksonville, Florida, at the age of 2, and began playing guitar at the age of 9. He started the early version of Burn Season with Bobby Amaru, vocalist of Saliva, by the age of 18 they had a multimillion-dollar record deal with Elektra Records. Currently he lives in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, from 2007 to 2011 he was songwriter and singer for Society Red, with current Puddle of Mudd rhythm guitarist Adam Latiff and former lead guitarist of Puddle of Mudd Paul Phillips. Also in the band was Brad Stewart formerly of Shinedown who now plays in Fuel, in 2010, following the departure of bassist Doug Ardito, he joined Puddle of Mudd. Starkey has been quoted as saying that he grew up listening to a variety of genres. Many artists have influenced him, such as Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Pantera, Candlebox, Dr. Dre, and Bad Company
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Rock music
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It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of genres such as electric blues and folk. Musically, rock has centered on the guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse-chorus form, like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of subgenres, including new wave, post-punk. From the 1990s alternative rock began to rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop. Similarly, 1970s punk culture spawned the visually distinctive goth and emo subcultures and this trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, Hammond organ and synthesizers. The basic rock instrumentation was adapted from the blues band instrumentation. A group of musicians performing rock music is termed a rock band or rock group, Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a 4/4 meter, with a repetitive snare drum back beat on beats two and four. Melodies are often derived from older musical modes, including the Dorian and Mixolydian, harmonies range from the common triad to parallel fourths and fifths and dissonant harmonic progressions. Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock, because of its complex history and tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition. These themes were inherited from a variety of sources, including the Tin Pan Alley pop tradition, folk music and rhythm, as a result, it has been seen as articulating the concerns of this group in both style and lyrics. Christgau, writing in 1972, said in spite of some exceptions, rock and roll usually implies an identification of male sexuality, according to Simon Frith rock was something more than pop, something more than rock and roll. Rock musicians combined an emphasis on skill and technique with the concept of art as artistic expression, original. The foundations of music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, debate surrounds which record should be considered the first rock and roll record. Other artists with rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
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Come Clean (Puddle of Mudd album)
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Come Clean is the second studio album by the rock band Puddle of Mudd. Released on August 28,2001, the music was responsible for breaking Puddle of Mudd into the mainstream music scene. It features the singles Control, Blurry, Drift & Die, various tracks were re-recorded from the bands previous releases, Stuck and Abrasive. The album reached the Billboard 200 Albums chart peaking at #9, the album has sold over 5,000,000 copies and was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA
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Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate
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Volume 4, Songs in the Key of Love & Hate is the fifth studio album by American post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on December 8,2009, on Flawless Records, in Spring 2009, the band began recording sessions in Vancouver with Famous producer Brian Howes. Recording in a three part, three week session in Canada initially because of touring duties. Afterwards the band relocated to Hollywood, California for 3 weeks for production with producer and engineer Brian Virtue and Come Clean. Their first time together in 6 years, Scantlin commented on production work, Even though we hate messing with success, we felt adding newcomer Brain Virtue to the producer mix would be a welcome change. What we got is 10 tracks of exactly what we were looking for, the band announced through their MySpace and follow-up interviews in late summer that the album had finished production and was in mixing. Bassist Doug Ardito confirmed only 10 songs to avoid what he called filler material, around 21 songs were worked on during production, and whittled down to 10 to 12 tracks according to singer Scantlin. Scantlin described the sound as more edgier, punk rock, similar to earlier releases, the record has sold around 100,000 copies in the United States, and the lead single Spaceship also sold well over 100,000 copies. Volume 4 was however the bands first album to not produce a Hot 100 hit, the album was mixed at Ocean Way Recording. The album was released on December 8,2009 and it debuted at #95 on the Billboard 200. com
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Stuck (EP)
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Stuck is Puddle of Mudds debut EP. The band had played a local battle of the competition and won the grand prize. It was recorded at Red House in Lawrence, KS in 1993, the MuddDog version is among the rarest collectibles in the history of Puddle of Mudd. Stuck featured the version of Drift and Die, which was later included on the bands 2001 Come Clean album. Puddle of Mudd is currently working on re-releasing the EP, the cover art for Stuck was designed by a Kansas City based graphic arts studio named River City Studio owned by Deb Turpin. The invoice for designing the art was never paid. Wes Scantlin - vocals, electric guitar Jimmy Allen - electric guitar Sean Sammon- bass guitar Kenny Burkitt - drums, percussion Produced by POM, rose Recorded at Red House in Lawrence, KS All songs mastered at Masterworks, April 1994 Manufactured by Hapi Skratch
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Lawrence, Kansas
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Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the state of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas. It is in northeastern Kansas next to Interstate 70, along the banks of the Kansas, as of the 2010 census, the citys population was 87,643. Lawrence is a town and the home to the University of Kansas. Lawrence was founded by the New England Emigrant Aid Company and was named for Amos Adams Lawrence who offered financial aid, Lawrence was central to the Bleeding Kansas era and was the site of the Wakarusa War, the sacking of Lawrence, and the Lawrence Massacre. Lawrence began as a center of Kansas politics, prior to Kansas Territory being opened to settlement in May 1854, most of Douglas County was part of the Shawnee Indian Reservation. The Oregon Trail followed the Kansas River through what would become Lawrence and Mount Oread was used as a landmark, dr. Charles Robinson and Charles Branscomb were sent by the New England Emigrant Aid Company to scout for a location for a city. They arrived in the vicinity of Lawrence in July 1854 and noted the beauty of the area, the original “pioneer party” left Massachusetts on July 17,1854 and consisted of 29 men. They arrived at the site Robinson and Branscomb selected on August 1, the second party arrived in Lawrence on September 9 after leaving near the end of August. The town was officially named Lawrence City on October 6, the main street of the town was named Massachusetts to commemorate the origins of the pioneer party. The first post office in Lawrence was established in January 1855, in March 1857, the Quincy School was started in the Emigrant Aid office before moving to the basement of the Unitarian Church in April. The Plymouth Congregational Church was started in September 1854 by Reverend S. Y, lum, a missionary sent to Kansas. Shortly after Lawrence’s founding, two newspapers were started, The Kansas Pioneer and the Herald of Freedom, both touted the Free State mission which caused problems from the people of Lecompton, then the pro-slavery headquarters, about ten miles northwest of Lawrence, and land squatters from Missouri. The Kansas Free State began in early January 1855, on November 21,1855, Charles Dow was shot and killed by Franklin Coleman in Hickory Point about fourteen miles south of Lawrence. Shortly after, an army of Missourians led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel L. Jones entered Kansas to attack Lawrence. John Brown and James Lane had hustled Lawrence citizens into an army and erected barricades, a treaty was signed and the Missouri army reluctantly left. Harassment by Sheriff Jones and other Southern sympathizers continued unabated, the Herald of Freedom, the Kansas Free State and the Free State Hotel were indicted as “nuisances. ”On April 23,1856 Sheriff Jones was shot while trying to arrest free-state settlers. On May 21, Sheriff Jones and a posse of 800 Southern sympathizers converged on Lawrence, dr. Robinson’s house on Mount Oread was taken by the federal marshal as headquarters and the newspaper printing presses were damaged and thrown in the river. The Free State Hotel was also destroyed, despite the constant presence of impending war, Lawrence continued to grow
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Abrasive (album)
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Abrasive is the debut studio album by Puddle of Mudd, released in 1997 on Hardknocks Records. The album is rare as it was an independent release with limited distribution. The band had said if they ever get the chance. As of 2014 the album has not been reissued. The tracks Nobody Told Me, Said, Piss It All Away, and Abrasive were all rerecorded for Puddle Of Mudds following album, Come Clean, some limited editions of Come Clean had Abrasive as a bonus track. The rerecorded version of Abrasive only appeared on a promo, but the Abrasive album version was included on the Control single and the special editions of Come Clean. The Abrasive version of All I Ask For also appeared as a B Side to Blurry Piss It All Away is misprinted as being 3,11 on the back cover, Said is also misprinted as 5,01. Wes Scantlin – vocals, electric guitar Sean Sammon – bass Kenny Burkitt – drums, percussion
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Fred Durst
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William Frederick Fred Durst is an American musician and film director. Durst is best known as the vocalist of the band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, since 2006, Durst has periodically worked on independent films. He co-starred in the film Population 436, and made his debut in 2007 with the film The Education of Charlie Banks. Durst directed a film, The Longshots, in 2008. Durst was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, and grew up in Casey Plaza, Jacksonville, at the age of 12, Durst took an interest in breakdancing, hip hop, punk rock and heavy metal. He began to rap, skate, beatbox and DJ, leaving the Navy after just two years, Durst moved to Jacksonville where he worked as a landscaper and a tattoo artist while developing an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip hop. Before forming Limp Bizkit, Durst played with three bands, Split 26, Malachi Sage, and 10 Foot Shindig, in 1994, Durst, Malachi Sage bassist Sam Rivers, and Rivers cousin John Otto jammed together and wrote three songs. Durst named the band Limp Bizkit because he wanted a name that would repel listeners, Limp Bizkit developed a cult following in the underground music scene when its covers of George Michaels Faith and Paula Abduls Straight Up began to attract curious concertgoers. Later, when Korn performed in town as the act for Sick of It All. He was able to persuade bassist Reginald Arvizu to listen to demos of the songs Pollution, Counterfeit, Korn added a then-unsigned Limp Bizkit to two tours, which gave the band a new audience. DJ Lethal, formerly of the hip hop group House of Pain, joined the band as a turntablist, Dursts disagreements with Borland led the guitarist to quit and rejoin the band. In 1997, Limp Bizkit signed with Flip Records, a subsidiary of Interscope Records, Durst was appointed Senior Vice President of A&R at Interscope. On October 23,1997, Durst met the band Staind, cavalera stated that producer Ross Robinson recommended that he work with Durst. Durst also made an appearance on Korns album Follow the Leader, jonathan Davis had intended to write a battle rap with B-Real of Cypress Hill, but the latters label wouldnt let him do it, and Durst was tapped instead. Davis and Durst wrote the lyrics for All in the Family, Davis and Durst would often offer suggestions for each others lyrics, a lyric written by Durst as tootin on your bagpipe was changed to fagpipes by Davis, who stated I helped him bag on me better. Limp Bizkit achieved mainstream success with the albums Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish, in the summer of 1999, Limp Bizkit played at the highly anticipated Woodstock 99 festival in front of approximately 200,000 people. Violence occurred during and after their performance, including fans tearing plywood from the walls during the song Break Stuff, several sexual assaults were reported in the aftermath of the concert. Durst stated during the concert, People are getting hurt, but I dont think you should mellow out
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Interscope Records
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Interscope Records is an American record company. At the time, it differed from most record companies by giving decision-making authority to its A&R staff and it had its first hit records less than a year after it was founded and achieved profitability in 1993. In 1992, Interscope acquired the rights to market and distribute the hardcore rap label Death Row. Albums by Death Row artists included rappers Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, as a result, Time Warner severed ties with Interscope by selling its 50 percent stake back to Field and Iovine for $115 million in 1995. In 1996, 50% of the label was acquired by the MCA Music Entertainment Group for a reported $200 million, Iovine served as chairman and CEO until May 2014. He was succeeded by John Janick, Interscope is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The labels best-selling artists include U2, Eminem, Lady Gaga, in 1989, Ted Field began to build Interscope Records as a division of his film company, Interscope Communications. To run it, he hired John McClain, who had played a role in Janet Jacksons success at A&M Records, and Tom Whalley. Separately, Iovine, who had produced records by U2, Bruce Springsteen, I thought, Music is going to change, Iovine said in 1997. Young bands arent going to be asking for me, but I love working with the new thing. I always liked the part of the business thats the first time you hear something, Iovine and Field were introduced by Paul McGuinness, then U2s manager. After a series of negotiations led by David Geffen, they came to an agreement, in a 1997 article in Rolling Stone, David Wild wrote, Interscopes start-up coincided with a period of incredible change in the music world. Nirvana had ushered in the alternative revolution, based in Westwood, California, Interscope was run by music men. It was a departure from the industry practices of the 1970s and 1980s. A founding tenet of the label was that artists would have creative control. Interscopes first release was Rico Suave by Ecuadoran rapper Gerardo in December 1990, Primus Interscope debut was released in May, followed by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunchs Music for the People in July. It included the #1 single Good Vibrations, two days after first hearing his demo, Whalley signed Tupac Shakur, and in November 1991, Interscope released 2pacalypse Now, Shakurs studio debut. Interscope began to develop a significant presence in the genre in 1992
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Jacksonville, Florida
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Jacksonville is a seaport city and the seat of Duval County, Florida, United States. With an estimated 868,031 residents as of 2015, Jacksonville is the most populous city in both the state of Florida and the southeastern United States. It is estimated to be the 12th most populous city in the United States and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,603,497 and is the 34th largest in the United States and fourth largest in the state of Florida. The city is situated on the banks of the St. Johns River, in the First Coast region of North Florida, prior to European settlement, the Jacksonville area was inhabited by Native American people known as the Timucua. In 1564, the French established the colony of Fort Caroline at the mouth of the St. Johns River. In 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain, Jacksonville is the cultural, commercial and financial center of North Florida. A major military and civilian deep-water port, the citys riverine location supports two United States Navy bases and the Port of Jacksonville, Floridas third largest seaport. The two US Navy bases, Blount Island Command and the nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Jacksonville is also home to several colleges and universities, including University of North Florida, Jacksonville University and Florida State College at Jacksonville. The area of the city of Jacksonville has been inhabited for thousands of years. In the 16th century, the beginning of the era, the region was inhabited by the Mocama. At the time of contact with Europeans, all Mocama villages in present-day Jacksonville were part of the powerful chiefdom known as the Saturiwa, centered around the mouth of the St. Johns River. One early map shows a village called Ossachite at the site of what is now downtown Jacksonville, French Huguenot explorer Jean Ribault charted the St. Johns River in 1562 calling it the River of May because he discovered it in May. Ribault erected a column near present-day Jacksonville claiming the newly discovered land for France. In 1564, René Goulaine de Laudonnière established the first European settlement, Fort Caroline, philip II of Spain ordered Pedro Menéndez de Avilés to protect the interest of Spain by attacking the French presence at Fort Caroline. On September 20,1565, a Spanish force from the nearby Spanish settlement of St. Augustine attacked Fort Caroline, the Spanish renamed the fort San Mateo, and following the ejection of the French, St. Augustines position as the most important settlement in Florida was solidified. The location of Fort Caroline is subject to debate but a reconstruction of the fort was established on the St. Johns River in 1964. Spain ceded Florida to the British in 1763 after the French and Indian War, the British introduced the cultivation of sugar cane, indigo and fruits as well the export of lumber
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Eleven (band)
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Eleven was a alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1990 by Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider, and Jack Irons. Elevens early history is intertwined with that of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as teenagers Irons and Johannes formed the band Anthym with Flea and Hillel Slovak, this band was soon to be renamed What Is This. The members of What Is This, then joined with Anthony Kiedis to form the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but Slovak and Irons also continued to record with Johannes, and What Is This. Released the EP Squeezed with Chris Hutchinson playing bass, after the recording of the self-titled second What Is This. Album, Slovak and Irons discontinued the band to concentrate full-time on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johannes and Shneider met and formed the duo Walk The Moon, which featured Jack Irons and Chris Hutchinson on several tracks. When Irons later left The Red Hot Chili Peppers he teamed up with his former bandmate Johannes, midway through the recording of Elevens third album, Thunk, Irons departed again to drum with Pearl Jam, and Matt Cameron played drums on the albums remaining four tracks. Irons was replaced by Greg Upchurch for their album, Avantegardedog. Rick Markmann played bass for Eleven on stage, though he did not feature on any of their albums, most of the recording takes place at 11AD, their home studio - Howling Book was self-produced, recorded and mixed in its entirety at 11AD. The band cites their influences as Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beatles, Johann Sebastian Bach. They most recently contributed the theme from the film Catwoman, the track was composed by Johannes and Shneider with Shneider credited as the performer rather than the band. On July 2,2008 Natasha Shneider died following a battle with cancer, according to Elevens July 11,2007 MySpace blog, they were working on a sixth album that they planned to have released by the fall. No release date has been announced and it is unclear how much, if any, Johannes and Irons are now part of the band Spinnerette, in which Johannes has a major hand in songwriting. Shneider is credited with spiritual guidance, awake in a Dream Eleven Thunk Avantgardedog Howling Book This Little Finger Vowel Movelment Rainbows End Why All Falls Away/Youre Not Alone Eleven World - the official website
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Chris Cornell
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He has released four solo studio albums, Euphoria Morning, Carry On, Scream, Higher Truth and live album Songbook. Cornell was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and attended Christ the King Catholic elementary school and his parents are Ed Boyle and Karen Cornell. He has five siblings, older brothers Peter and Patrick, and younger sisters Katy, Suzy, Peter, Katy and Suzy all performed in the band Inflatable Soule in the 1990s. Peter was the frontman for the New York-based rock band Black Market Radio and released a new album, Champion. Katy performs as lead vocalist for the Seattle band Into the Cold, Cornell was a loner, however, he was able to deal with his anxiety around other people through rock music. During his teenage years, Chris spiralled in to depression, dropped out of school. Before becoming a musician, he worked at a seafood wholesaler and was a sous-chef at a restaurant named Rays Boathouse. In the early 1980s, Cornell was a member of a band called The Shemps that performed around Seattle. The Shemps also featured bassist Hiro Yamamoto, following Yamamotos departure from The Shemps, the band recruited guitarist Kim Thayil as its new guitarist. Cornell and Yamamoto stayed in contact, and after The Shemps broke up, Cornell and Yamamoto started jamming together, Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by Cornell, Thayil and Yamamoto with Cornell originally on drums and vocals. In 1985, the band enlisted Scott Sundquist as the drummer to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals, the bands first recordings were three songs that appeared on a compilation for C/Z Records called Deep Six. In 1986, Sundquist, who by that point had a wife and he was replaced by Matt Cameron, the drummer for Skin Yard, who became Soundgardens permanent drummer. Soundgarden signed to Sub Pop, releasing the Screaming Life EP in 1987, the band subsequently signed with A&M Records, becoming the first grunge band to sign to a major label. In 1989, the released their second effort, and their first for a major label. Following the release of Louder Than Love, Yamamoto left the band to finish his masters degree in chemistry at Western Washington University. He was replaced by former Nirvana guitarist Jason Everman, Everman was fired following Soundgardens tour supporting Louder Than Love. In 1990, the band was joined by a new bassist, along with Alice in Chains, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam, Soundgarden became one of the most successful bands from Seattles emerging grunge scene in the early 1990s. With Shepherd, the new line-up recorded Badmotorfinger in 1991, the album brought the band to a new level of commercial success, and Soundgarden found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene
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Control (Puddle of Mudd song)
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Control is a song by the rock band Puddle of Mudd. It is the first single off of their album Come Clean and it was released in July 2001, was written by Wes Scantlin and was co-written by Brad Stewart. The song Control was popular, peaking at number 3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, Control is about a relationship that Puddle of Mudd member Wes Scantlin was in. Scantlin told MTV that he was going out with a person and said that he was uncontrollable. Scantlin then told MTV, But the intimacy was really, really good, the end of the song is the wake-up, Man, I cant deal with this anymore. The mental frustration isnt worth the bonus that you get intimacy-wise, when I wrote those lyrics, I was going, Ah, man, I dont know if the record companys going to let this fly. I didnt know anybody in the band was going to think. US/Europe promo Europe enhanced single Australian enhanced UK enhanced single UK7 brown vinyl Europe enhanced Maxi Single The song was featured on the Muchmusic compilation album Big Shiny Tunes 6, the song was later used as part of movie soundtracks. This song was also the song for WWF Survivor Series 2001. Control Official music video on YouTube
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Survivor Series (2001)
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Survivor Series was the 15th annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation and presented by Microsofts Xbox. It took place on November 18,2001, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, the event marked the end of The Invasion angle, which had dominated WWF storylines since March when Vince McMahon purchased World Championship Wrestling. The event featured eight professional wrestling matches, the storyline eventually grew into a WWF vs. WCW faction battle, and eventually Extreme Championship Wrestling became a part of the battle by joining forces with WCW to create The Alliance. Vince began spreading rumors to the Alliance that there was a mole within their faction, before the Survivor Series, Steve Austin was the last man standing after both factions attacked each other in the ring. After that, Vince appeared on the ramp and shared a smile with Austin. Before the event began, a match took place on Heat in which Lance Storm, Justin Credible, and Raven defeated Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty. The event opened with Christian defending the WWF European Championship against Al Snow, Snow performed the Snow-Plow on Christian for a near-fall, after Snow chased Christian, Christian kicked the middle rope into Snow. Christian performed the Unprettier on Snow to retain the title, Regal performed a Regal Bomb on Tajiri to win the match. After that, WCW United States Champion Edge faced WWF Intercontinental Champion Test in a unification match. Test performed a Pumphandle Slam on Edge for a near-fall, Edge performed a Spear on Test for a near-fall. Test attempted a Full Nelson Slam on Edge but Edge countered the move into a Roll Up to win the match, later, WCW Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz faced WWF Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage match to unify the titles. Stacy Keibler stole the cage door key off a referee and passed Bubba, matt prevented a 3D and escaped the cage. Jeff attempted a Swanton Bomb off the top of the cage through the table on D-Von but D-Von avoided the move, D-Von pinned Jeff to win the match. Next was an Immunity Battle Royal, Test won the match by last eliminating Billy Gunn. After that, Trish Stratus, Lita, Jacqueline, Mighty Molly, Jazz, Trish performed the Stratusfaction on Ivory to win the title. In the main event, Team WWF faced The Alliance in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match, Big Show was eliminated by Shane after a Leap of Faith. Shane was eliminated by Jericho after a Lionsault, kane was eliminated by Van Dam after a Diving Thrust Kick. Undertaker was eliminated by Angle after Austin performed a Stone Cold Stunner on Undertaker, Booker was eliminated by Rock with a Roll Up
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Blurry
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Blurry is a song by the American rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released in October 2001 as the single from the album Come Clean. Guitar One magazine named Doug Arditos Blurry guitar harmonic riff as one of its Top Ten Riffs of the Decade, the song is written in the key of G♭ major with a moderately slow tempo of 78 beats per minute. The song follows a progression of C♭–D♭–E♭m, and the vocals in the song span from C♭4 to C♭7. Puddle of Mudds lead singer Wes Scantlin wrote this about his desire to be a good father, Blurry angered Scantlins sons mother when she first heard the song. According to Scantlin, Blurry helped bring some issues into the open, Blurry is one of Puddle of Mudds most famous songs, reaching the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts for ten and nine weeks, respectively. This soon propelled the single to mainstream success, reaching the number 5 spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Billboard Hot 100. The song is also the bands highest selling U. S. single ever, with sales of 753,000 copies, as of 2010. Additionally, the writers, Wes Scantlin, Doug Ardito. Blurry also won 2 Billboard Awards in 2002, for Modern Rock Track of the Year, Blurry reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart on its release there in June 2002, becoming the bands highest charting single in the United Kingdom. Promo Single Enhanced Single The music video for the song shows Scantlin playing with his son, Jordan, interspersed with shots of the band playing in a garage. Towards the end, as the picks up, it shows Jordan driving off in the back seat with a man. The video was directed by Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst and this song was used as the title theme for the video game Ace Combat 5, The Unsung War. This song was used in the trailer for the 2003 film A Man Apart and this song was used in a TV spot for the 2004 film The Butterfly Effect. On June 21,2011, this song was released as content for the rhythm game Rock Band 3. The song was used in the American television show The Secret Life of the American Teenager in the series finale, Blurry official music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Billboard Hot 100
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The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play and online streaming, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday, when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming data, is available on a real-time basis. A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, as of the issue for the week ending on April 15,2017, the Hot 100 has had 1,061 different number one hits. The current number one song is Shape of You by Ed Sheeran, prior to 1955, Billboard did not have a unified, all-encompassing popularity chart, instead measuring songs by individual metrics. At the start of the era in 1955, three such charts existed, Best Sellers in Stores was the first Billboard chart, established in 1936. This chart ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country, Most Played by Jockeys was Billboards original airplay chart. It ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys, Most Played in Jukeboxes ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. On the week ending November 12,1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time, the Top 100 combined all aspects of a singles performance, based on a point system that typically gave sales more weight than radio airplay. The Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts continued to be published concurrently with the new Top 100 chart. The week ending July 28,1958 was the publication of the Most Played By Jockeys and Top 100 charts. On August 4,1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100 quickly became the industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13,1958. The Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a songs popularity is measured in the United States, the Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan and streaming activity provided by online music sources. There are several component charts that contribute to the calculation of the Hot 100. Charts are ranked by number of gross audience impressions, computed by cross-referencing exact times of radio airplay with Arbitron listener data. Hot Singles Sales, the top selling singles compiled from a sample of retail store, mass merchant and internet sales reports collected, compiled. The chart is released weekly and measures sales of commercial singles. With the decline in sales of singles in the US
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Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
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Ace Combat 5, The Unsung War is a semi-realistic flight combat video game for the PlayStation 2. Like other titles in Namcos Ace Combat series, Ace Combat 5 features gameplay that is a mix between arcade flight and authentic flight simulation. The game was developed by Project Aces, an internal Namco group credited with the development of the Ace Combat series, a limited number of the games were bundled with the Hori Flightstick 2 accessory. Ace Combat 5 features more than fifty licensed jet aircraft. Nonetheless, the events and locations are set in a fictional world. The games main campaign is set during a war between the nations of Osea and Yuktobania. The storyline revolves around the player character Blaze, an Osean fighter pilot who leads a unit known as Wardog Squadron. The Unsung War follows this squadrons exploits as they attempt to ward off the Yuktobanian invasion of their homeland, although a majority of the gameplay in Ace Combat 5 remains similar to that of its predecessor, Ace Combat 04, Shattered Skies, several notable additions were made. Among these additions are a mode and the ability for the player to interact with wingmen. The multiplayer mode present in previous titles, however, was scrapped during development, the game received generally favorable reviews, although critics noted that the game was not the revolutionary step forward for the series that Shattered Skies was. The gameplay of Ace Combat 5 is divided into three modes, a mode, an arcade mode, and an optional tutorial. Unlike its predecessors, AC5 does not include a multiplayer mode as developers did not have enough extended time to implement one. Like previous games in the series, Ace Combat 5 features gameplay that is a cross between that of an arcade game and that of a flight simulator. The game features more than fifty licensed jet aircraft, including military and experimental aircraft from the United States, Europe, the games planes are divided into fighter, attacker, jammer and multirole categories. The games aircraft feature some differences in their handling that reflect their real-world capabilities, most of the games planes are inaccessible at the games start, planes must both be unlocked and purchased to be used in the games campaign mode. Certain planes are unlocked as the player progresses in the campaign, in this system aircraft are grouped into families, and earning a certain number of kills with a particular plane can unlock one or more variants or derivatives within that aircrafts family. After an aircraft is unlocked, it can be purchased for use in the campaign by spending credits that are awarded according to the performance during missions. Unlike Ace Combat 4, there is one type of special weapon available for each aircraft
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Drift & Die
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Drift & Die is a song by Puddle of Mudd, released as the third single from their album Come Clean in 2001. The song previously appeared on their 1994 EP, Stuck, released as a single locally, the song spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart during the summer of 2002. The song is featured on the Muchmusic compilation album, Big Shiny Tunes 7, uS/Europe Promo UK & Europe Promo Drift & Die Official music video on YouTube
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She Hates Me
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She Hates Me, sometimes colloquially referred to as She Fucking Hates Me, is a song by the band Puddle of Mudd. It was written in 1993 and released in 2002 and it continued the groups popularity on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 13, though not as successful as the #5 hit Blurry. It also topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week in October, the popularity of She Hates Me made it become Puddle of Mudds second single to sell over 500,000 copies in the United States, following Blurry. The song peaked at #14 in the UK Singles Chart, making it the groups third Top 20 hit, jimmy Allen was at the time just out of a relationship, and he was inspired to write the song by his former girlfriends anger. He wrote it before the band gained success and before they were signed. His girlfriend later apologized to him since she had him to get a job. The song combines upbeat music with lyrics about the break-up, the chord progression is similar to the main chord progression in Suicidal Tendencies I Saw Your Mommy, which has led to accusations that Puddle of Mudd plagiarized the song. In the albums insert is a photocopy of each songs original hand written lyrics and it shows the original name of the song, She Fucking Hates Me. The title was changed to make it more radio- and TV-friendly, however and she Hates Me Official music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Godsmack
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Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, since its formation, Godsmack which has resulted in six studio albums, one EP, four DVDs, one compilation album, and one live album. The band has had three consecutive albums on the Billboard 200. The band also has 20 top ten rock radio hits, including 15 songs in the top five, a record number of top ten singles by a rock artist. Since its inception, Godsmack has toured on Ozzfest on more than one occasion, Godsmack has sold over 20 million records in just over a decade. In honor of the success and the release of their sixth studio album, 1000hp. In February 1995, Sully Erna decided to start a new band as the singer after playing the drums for more than 23 years. His new band, The Scam, formed with Erna on vocals, Robbie Merrill on bass, local guitarist and friend Lee Richards on guitar, the Scam quickly changed its name to Godsmack, after recording one demo. The newly formed band started playing small bars in their hometown of Boston, locally popular songs such as Keep Away and Whatever soon brought them to the top of the hit charts in the Boston/New England area. The name stuck and they went by Godsmack from then on and we were aware of the Alice in Chains song but didnt really think much about it. In 1996, Tony Rombola and Joe DArco joined Godsmack as the guitarist and drummer, after Richards left upon learning he had a six-year-old child, in the same year, the band entered the studio for the first time, recording its first CD titled All Wound Up. The CD was recorded in just three days for $2,600, for the next two years, the band played throughout the Boston area. Eventually Godsmacks CD landed in the hands of Rocko, the night-time DJ for Boston radio station WAAF, the radio station put Keep Away into heavy rotation and the song rose to the number one spot at the station very quickly. Newbury Comics, a New England record store chain, agreed to sell the CD on consignment, shortly after the success of Keep Away, Godsmack went back into the studio and recorded a single titled Whatever, which became the new local favorite on WAAF. In an interview Sully Erna stated, We had been selling maybe 50 copies a month at the time WAAF picked up the album, All of a sudden we started moving over a thousand records a week. I was doing all this from my bedroom, after years of grinding away, things finally started taking off. In mid-1998, Universal/Republic Records signed the band to their label, Joe DArco was dismissed from the band. He was replaced by former drummer Tommy Stewart, who returned after expressing a desire to be in the band again, the bands first studio recording All Wound Up was re-mastered, and the finished self-titled debut CD album Godsmack was released to the public six weeks later
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Deftones
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Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, U. S. Formed in 1988, the band was founded by Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham, during the groups first five years, the bands lineup changed several times, but stabilized in 1993 when Cunningham rejoined the group after his departure in 1990. Cunningham replaced John Taylor, who had replaced Garcia after he had switched to drums in 1990, the lineup remained stable for fifteen years, with the exception of keyboardist and turntablist Frank Delgado being added in 1999. In 2008, Cheng was involved in an accident that ended his stint with Deftones. He has been replaced by Sergio Vega, the band is known as one of the most experimental groups to have come from the alternative metal music scene. Deftones have released eight albums since their inception, after the lineup settled in 1993, the band secured a recording contract with Maverick Records, and subsequently released their debut album, Adrenaline, in 1995. Promoting the album by touring exhaustively with other bands in the scene and their sophomore album, Around the Fur, was released in 1997. The album and its singles reached chart positions, and the album was the bands first to receive certification from the RIAA, the band found even further success with their third album, White Pony, in 2000. It showed a transition away from the earlier sound into a more experimental direction. Its lead single, Change, is the groups most commercially successful single, White Pony was the bands first of three albums to be certified platinum in the United States. Their self-titled fourth album was released in 2003, while the groups mainstream success continued, sales proved to be lackluster compared to White Pony. The follow-up, Saturday Night Wrist, was released in 2006 after a falling out within the band due to creative tensions. Its completion was delayed by personal issues within the band. In 2008, while Deftones were working on an album tentatively titled Eros, as a result, he was left in a minimally conscious state until his death in 2013 of cardiac arrest. During that time, Deftones halted production on Eros and released Diamond Eyes and Koi No Yokan in 2010 and 2012 respectively, in 2016, the band released a followup, titled Gore. When Stephen Carpenter was 15 years old, he was hit by a car while skateboarding, confined to a wheelchair for several months, he began teaching himself guitar by playing along to bands such as Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death and Metallica. Carpenter, Cunningham and Chino Moreno were friends from their childhood, All three went to McClatchy High School in Sacramento and remained friends through the citys skateboarding scene. While Carpenter was a fan of metal, Moreno was also interested in hardcore punk bands such as Bad Brains and post-punk
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Linkin Park
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Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory. Their following studio album Meteora continued the success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the video era. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No.19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart, in 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang. Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the album topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year. The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their album, A Thousand Suns, layering their music with more electronic sounds. Their fifth album, Living Things, combines elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party, returned to a rock sound. Their upcoming album One More Light is expected to be released May 19,2017, the band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others on the remix albums Reanimation and Recharged. Linkin Park has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards, Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson. The three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. After graduating from school, the three began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave Phoenix Farrell. Though limited in resources, the began recording and producing songs within Shinodas makeshift bedroom studio in 1996, resulting in a four-track demo tape. Tensions and frustration within the band grew however after they failed to land a record deal, the lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the bands vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects. Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax, a Christian punk, Bennington, formerly of a post-grunge band by the name of Grey Daze, became a standout among applicants because of the dynamic in his singing style. The band then agreed on changing its name from Xero to Hybrid Theory, in 1999 the band released a self-titled extended play, which they circulated across internet chat-rooms and forums with the help of an online street team
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Stone Temple Pilots
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Stone Temple Pilots are an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland, brothers Dean and Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz. Since the bands formation in 1989, its line-up remained unchanged until the firing of Weiland in 2013, in 2015, Bennington left the band to focus solely on Linkin Park. On December 3,2015, Weiland was found dead on his tour bus prior to a performance with his band The Wildabouts, in 2016, the band launched an online audition for a new lead vocalist. After forming in 1989 under the name Mighty Joe Young, the signed with Atlantic Records. The band found success in 1993 upon releasing their debut album, Core. The band released four studio albums, Purple, Tiny Music. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, No.4 and Shangri-La Dee Da, before separating in 2002, the band eventually reconvened in 2008 for a reunion tour, released a new self-titled album in 2010, and actively toured until Chester Benningtons departure. The bands only material with Bennington was the EP High Rise in 2013 and they began discussing their girlfriends, only to realize they were dating the same woman. However, instead of letting this come between them, they developed a bond and formed a band after they each subsequently broke it off with the girl, however, after a few years Allin went his separate way pursuing other interests. The remaining members witnessed drummer Eric Kretz play in a Long Beach club, guitarist Hicock eventually left the band in 1989, in need of a replacement and auditioning many guitarists, Robert suggested his older brother, Dean. At the time, Dean was a businessman who had left behind his previous career as a musician. The band managed to convince Dean to play guitar for Swing, completing the original STP lineup, Dean reportedly refused to continue playing in a band called Swing, and shortly afterwards the band became Mighty Joe Young. The band recorded a tape that was completed around 1990. Mighty Joe Young played several gigs in the San Diego area and their first show was supporting Henry Rollins at the Whisky a Go Go. The group then began to work on their album with Brendan OBrien. During the recording, they received a call from their lawyer who informed them there was a bluesman who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They eventually settled on the name Stone Temple Pilots, Stone Temple Pilots developed a fan base in San Diego clubs. In 1992, Stone Temple Pilots signed with Atlantic Records and their first album, Core, was released on September 29,1992, and peaked at No.3 on the Billboard Albums Chart
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Staind
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Staind was an American rock band, formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The original lineup consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist and backing vocalist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki. To date, the band has recorded seven albums, Tormented, Dysfunction, Break the Cycle,14 Shades of Grey, Chapter V, The Illusion of Progress. The band has sold over 15 million records worldwide, Staind formed in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995. The band started covering Korn, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, Tool, and Alice in Chains, among others, and played at local clubs for a year and a half. Staind self-released their debut album, Tormented, in November 1996, citing Pantera, during this time, Staind acquired a concert slot through Aarons cousin Justin Cantor with Limp Bizkit. Just prior to the performance, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst was appalled by Stainds grotesque album cover and his perception changed, however, after being impressed with their performance. On April 13,1999, Staind released its major label debut Dysfunction on Flip Records, the album, which was co-produced by Fred Durst and Terry Date, received comparisons to metal giants Tool and Korn. In particular, Aaron Lewis was lauded for his vocals, which were likened to those of Pearl Jams Eddie Vedder, the album achieved slow success, with the album reaching the No.1 spot on Billboards Heatseeker Charts almost six months after its debut. In the same week, the album jumped to No.74 on Billboards Top 200 Album Charts, the nine-track LP produced three singles, Just Go, Mudshovel, and Home. Mudshovel and Home both received radio play, cracking the Top 20 of Billboards Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts. In promotion of Dysfunction, Staind went on tours, including the Family Values Tour with acts like Limp Bizkit and The Crystal Method. Staind toured with Limp Bizkit for the Family Values Tour during the fall of 1999, Staind released their third studio album Break the Cycle on May 22,2001. Propelled by the success of their first single Its Been Awhile, the albums first week sales were the second highest of any album that year. The album saw the band retaining their previous nu metal sound from their previous album and its Been Awhile, Fade, Outside, For You, and the acoustic ballad Epiphany. Its Been Awhile spent a total of 16 and 14 weeks on top of the modern and mainstream charts, respectively. In 2001, Break the Cycle sold four million copies worldwide, Break the Cycle would go on to sell seven million copies worldwide, making this Stainds best selling album. The album saw a departure from their previous nu metal sound, the album provided two mainstream hits, the lead single Price to Play and So Far Away, which spent 14 weeks on top of the rock chart
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Music recording sales certification
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Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies. The threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory, almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials. The number of sales or shipments required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory in which the recording is released, typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country in which the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times lower than others, the original gold record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achievements. The first of these was awarded by RCA Victor to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in February 1942, another example of a company award is the gold record awarded to Elvis Presley in 1956 for one million units sold of his single Dont Be Cruel. The first gold record for an LP was awarded by RCA Victor to Harry Belafonte in 1957 for the album Calypso and these sales were restricted to U. S. -based record companies and did not include exports to other countries. For albums in 1968, this would mean shipping approximately 250,000 units, the platinum certification was introduced in 1976 for the sale of one million units, album or single, with the gold certification redefined to mean sales of 500,000 units, album or single. No album was certified platinum prior to this year, for instance, the recording by Van Cliburn of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto from 1958 would eventually be awarded a platinum citation, but this would not happen until two decades after its release. In 1999, the certification was introduced for sales of ten million units. On 14 March 1958, the RIAA certified its first gold record, soundtrack was certified as the first gold album four months later. In 1976, RIAA introduced the platinum certification, first awarded to Johnnie Taylors single, Disco Lady, as music sales increased with the introduction of compact discs, the RIAA created the Multi-Platinum award in 1984. Diamond awards, honoring those artists whose sales of singles or albums reached 10,000,000 copies, were introduced in 1999 and this became much less common once the majority of retail sales became paid digital downloads and digital streaming. In most countries certifications no longer apply solely to physical media, in June 2006, the RIAA also certified the ringtone downloads of songs. Streaming from on-demand services such as Rhapsody and Spotify has been included into existing digital certification in the U. S since 2013, in the U. S. and Germany video streaming services like YouTube, VEVO, and Yahoo. Music also began to be counted towards the certification, in both cases using the formula of 100 streams being equivalent to one download, other countries, such as Denmark and Spain, maintain separate awards for digital download singles and streaming. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry was founded in 1996, and grants the IFPI Platinum Europe Award for album sales over one million within Europe, multi-platinum Europe Awards are presented for sales in subsequent multiples of one million. Eligibility is unaffected by time, and is not restricted to European-based artists, IMPALA sales awards were launched in 2005 as the first sales awards recognising that success on a pan-European basis begins well before sales reach one million. The award levels are Silver, Double Silver, Gold, Double Gold, Diamond, Platinum, below are certification thresholds for the United States and United Kingdom
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Recording Industry Association of America
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The Recording Industry Association of America is a continental North and South American trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors, which the RIAA says create, the RIAA headquarters is in Washington, D. C. The RIAA was formed in 1952 and its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3 rpm,45 rpm. Since 2001, the RIAA has spent $2 to $6 million each year on lobbying in the United States, the RIAA also participates in the collective rights management of sound recordings, and it is responsible for certifying Gold and Platinum albums and singles in the United States. Cary Sherman has been the RIAAs chairman and CEO since 2011, Sherman joined the RIAA as its general counsel in 1997 and became president of the board of directors in 2001, serving in that position until being made chairman and CEO. Mitch Glazier has been the RIAAs senior executive vice president since 2011 and he served as executive vice president for public policy and industry relations from 2000 to 2011. The past RIAA chairman and CEO is Mitch Bainwol, who served from 2003 to 2011 and he left in 2011 to become president and CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. The board of directors consists of 26 members of the board, the RIAA operates an award program for albums that sell a large number of copies. The program originally began in 1958, with a Gold Award for singles, the criterion was changed in 1975 to the number of copies sold, with albums selling 500,000 copies awarded the Gold Award. In 1976, a Platinum Award was added for one million sales, the awards are open to both RIAA members and non-members. Since 2000, the RIAA also operates a program for Latin music sales. Currently, a Disco De Oro is awarded for 30,000 units, the RIAA defines Latin music as a type of release with 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. In 2006, digital ringtones were added to branch of certification. In the same year, the RIAA introduced the Latin Digital Award for digital recordings in Spanish and this release format includes DVD and VHS releases, and certain live albums and compilation albums. The certification criteria is different from other styles. Gold,50,000 Platinum,100,000 Multi-Platinum,200,000 copies The RIAA opposes unauthorized sharing of its music, studies conducted since the association began its campaign against peer-to-peer file-sharing have concluded that losses incurred per download range from negligible to moderate. The association has commenced high-profile lawsuits against file sharing service providers and it has also commenced a series of lawsuits against individuals suspected of file sharing, notably college students and parents of file sharing children
