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Weybridge
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Weybridge /ˈweɪbrɪdʒ/ is a town by the River Wey in the Elmbridge district of Surrey. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the Wey and it is an outlying suburban town within the Greater London Urban Area, situated 7 miles northeast of Woking and 16 miles southwest of central London. Real estate prices are well above the average, as of 2008. Within the post town, rather than Weybridges other boundaries is Oatlands or Oatlands Village, Weybridge lay within the Elmbridge hundred. Its domesday assets were,6 hides, 1½ ploughs,32 acres of meadow and it rendered £4 per year to it feudal system overlords. It was much smaller than todays post town, and about one quarter of the size of neighbouring Walton. The earliest monuments on the wall of St Jamess C of E Church are 15th century plaques. When it was demolished in 1650, bricks from its walls helped to line the then new Wey Navigation canal, in 1571 commissioners were appointed to report on the condition of the bridge across the Wey. It was accordingly ordered that a new bridge – a horse-bridge like the last – should be built, wood being used for its construction, the expense was to be borne by the queen, as the land on either side belonged to her. St. Georges Hill was the site of the Diggers Commune in the 1640s, the Duchess is buried in St. Jamess Churchyard. In the 19th century Oatlands broke away from the parish of Walton on Thames to become a village in its own right, influenced by the secondary manor of Weybridge, the forerunner of Oatlands Palace, the post town adopted Oatlands as its only village in the 19th century. The entomologist, Horace Donisthorpe, visited Weybridge Heath to investigate the ant colony, Weybridge grew into a commuter town with the advent of the fast train link into London Waterloo and a lot of new houses have been built around the Oatlands Park and Broadwater Lake area. Weybridge railway station was opened by the London and Southampton Railway in 1838, after the station was opened, development of what was until then only a village began and gradually Weybridge became a town. Large houses were built on St Georges Hill from 1911 by local builder and developer Walter George Tarrant of Byfleet, in Weybridge Heath, many rare species of insects, rare birds and insectivorous plant have been recorded. The heath was allowed to become overgrown in recent years. Weybridge is the British headquarters of Alliance Boots, CHEP UK, Sony Corporation, Procter & Gamble, JTI, Abbey Business Centres also have a presence in the town. Eurotax Glass, owners and publishers of Glasss Guide, pricing bible to the motor industry, in addition, retailing also forms part of the local economy, and a range of retailers are represented in the town centre. In H. G. Wells classic novel The War of the Worlds, the title of chapter 12 of the book is, What I saw of the destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
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Surrey
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Surrey is a county in the south east of England. It shares borders with Kent to the east, East Sussex to the south-east, West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west and south-west, Surrey County Council sits extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames, administered as part of Greater London since 1965. With a resident population of 1.1 million, Surrey is the most densely populated and third most populated county in the South East region, after Kent, the London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth, and parts of Lewisham and Bromley were in Surrey until 1889. The boroughs of Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Sutton and Richmond upon Thames south of the River Thames were part of Surrey until 1965, when they too were absorbed into Greater London. In the same year, the county was extended north of the Thames by the addition of Spelthorne, due to this expansion, modern Surrey also borders on the London boroughs of Hounslow and Hillingdon. It has the highest GDP per capita of any English county, Surrey is divided in two by the chalk ridge of the North Downs, running east-west. To the north of the Downs the land is mostly flat, the geology of this area is dominated by London Clay in the east, Bagshot Sands in the west and alluvial deposits along the rivers. Much of Surrey is in the Metropolitan Green Belt and it contains a good deal of mature woodland. Among its many notable beauty spots are Box Hill, Leith Hill, Frensham Ponds, Newlands Corner and Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons. Surrey is the most wooded county in England, with 22. 4% coverage compared to an average of 11. 8%. Box Hill has the oldest untouched area of woodland in the UK. Surrey also contains Englands principal concentration of lowland heath, on soils in the west of the county. Agriculture not being intensive, there are many commons and access lands, together with a network of footpaths and bridleways including the North Downs Way. Accordingly, Surrey provides much in the way of leisure activities. The highest elevation in Surrey is Leith Hill near Dorking and it is either 293,294 or 295 metres above sea level and is the second highest point in southeastern England after Walbury Hill 297 metres in West Berkshire. Surrey has a population of approximately 1.1 million people and its largest town is Guildford, with a population of 66,773, Woking comes a close second with 62,796. They are followed by Ewell with 39,994 people and Camberley with 30,155, towns of between 25,000 and 30,000 inhabitants are Ashford, Epsom, Farnham, Staines and Redhill. Guildford is the county town, although the county administration was moved to Newington in 1791
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Alternative rock
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Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s. In this instance, the word refers to the genres distinction from mainstream rock music. The terms original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their debt to either the musical style or simply the independent. Ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music, Alternative rock is a broad umbrella term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, its social context, and its regional roots. Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü, with the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became successful. By the end of the decade, alternative rocks mainstream prominence declined due to a number of events that caused grunge and Britpop to fade, emo attracted attention in the larger alternative rock world, and the term was applied to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts. Post-punk revival artists such as Modest Mouse and The Killers had commercial success in the early, before the term alternative rock came into common usage around 1990, the sort of music to which it refers was known by a variety of terms. In 1979, Terry Tolkin used the term Alternative Music to describe the groups he was writing about, in 1979 Dallas radio station KZEW had a late night new wave show entitled Rock and Roll Alternative. College rock was used in the United States to describe the music during the 1980s due to its links to the radio circuit. In the United Kingdom, dozens of small do it yourself record labels emerged as a result of the punk subculture, according to the founder of one of these labels, Cherry Red, NME and Sounds magazines published charts based on small record stores called Alternative Charts. The first national chart based on distribution called the Indie Chart was published in January 1980, at the time, the term indie was used literally to describe independently distributed records. By 1985, indie had come to mean a particular genre, or group of subgenres, at first the term referred to intentionally non–mainstream rock acts that were not influenced by heavy metal ballads, rarefied new wave and high-energy dance anthems. The use of alternative gained further exposure due to the success of Lollapalooza, for which festival founder, in the late 1990s, the definition again became more specific. Defining music as alternative is often difficult because of two conflicting applications of the word, the name alternative rock essentially serves as an umbrella term for underground music that has emerged in the wake of punk rock since the mid-1980s. Alternative bands during the 1980s generally played in clubs, recorded for indie labels. Sounds range from the gloomy soundscapes of gothic rock to the guitars of indie pop to the dirty guitars of grunge to the 1960s/1970s revivalism of Britpop. This approach to lyrics developed as a reflection of the social and economic strains in the United States and United Kingdom of the 1980s, by 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels mined from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock influences. This represented a break from the futuristic, hyper-rational post-punk years
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Pop punk
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Pop punk is a punk rock music genre and a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music. Pop punk typically combines fast punk rock tempos, power chord changes and loud, distorted guitars with pop-influenced melodies. Pop-influenced punk rock emerged in the mid-1970s with a style that was stylistically similar to power pop. By the mid-1980s, several bands merged hardcore punk with pop music to create a new, faster pop punk sound such as Dag Nasty, Pop punk in the United States began to grow in popularity locally in California in the mid-to-late 1980s. Pop punk particularly thrived in California, where independent record labels adopted a do it approach to releasing music. By the mid-1990s, a few pop punk bands had started to sell millions of records and receive radio and television airplay. By 1994, pop punk was quickly growing in mainstream popularity, the late 1990s, exemplified by the 1999 release of Blink-182s Enema of the State, represented the genres mainstream peak, although some pop punk bands scored successful album chartings in the 2000s. In the mid-2000s, emo pop, a genre combining emo and pop punk. By the end of the 2000s, the pop sound of the 1990s had largely waned in mainstream popularity. Pop punk typically merges upbeat pop melodies with catchy hooks, catchy choruses, harmonies, speedy tempos, punk rock power chord changes and loud, distorted electric guitars. About. com has described second-wave pop punk bands as having a radio friendly sheen to their music, club, pop punk often pits sweet harmonies against bratty, rowdy riffs. Lyrical topics that are common in pop punk include love, lust, drunkenness, adolescence, cartoonish violence, some pop punk lyrics focus on jokes and humor. Some pop punk music features elements of rock, power pop. According to Ryan Cooper of About. com, pop punk is a style that more to the Beatles. It is not clear when the pop punk was first used. Protopunk and power pop bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s helped lay the groundwork for the pop punk sound, the Beatles, the Kinks and the Beach Boys all paved the way for pop punk. With their love of the Beach Boys and late 1960s bubblegum pop, the Ramones loud and fast melodic minimalism differentiated them from other bands in New York Citys budding art rock scene, but pop punk was not considered a separate subgenre until later. An early use of the pop punk appeared in a 1977 New York Times article, Cabaret
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Post-hardcore
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Like post-punk, the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Hardcore punk typically features very fast tempos, loud volume, and heavy bass levels, additionally, many of these bands vocalists were just as likely to deliver their lyrics with a whispered croon as they were a maniacal yelp. Allmusic also claims that post-hardcore bands find creative ways to build and release tension rather than airing their dirty laundry in short, sharp, british post-punk of the late 1970s and early 1980s has been seen as influential on the musical development of post-hardcore bands. As the genre progressed some of these groups also experimented with an array of influences, including soul, dub, funk, jazz. Groups such as Saccharine Trust, Naked Raygun, and The Effigies, during the early to mid-1980s, the desire to experiment with hardcores basic template expanded to many musicians that had been associated with the genre or had strong roots in it. Many of these also took inspiration from the 1980s noise rock scene pioneered by Sonic Youth. Some bands signed to the independent label Homestead Records, including Squirrel Bait, a reviewer noted that the groups 1989s release Wrong was one of the most aggressive and powerful opuses in post-hardcore ever made. During the years 1984 and 1985 in the scene, a new movement had swept over. When The Faith put out the EP Subject to Change in 1983 it marked an evolution in the sound of D. C. hardcore. This movement has been widely known as the Revolution Summer. Other bands have been perceived as taking inspiration from such as funk. According to Eric Grubbs, a nickname was developed for the new sound, with some considering it post-harDCore, the latter, mentioned in skateboarding magazine Thrasher, would come up in discussions around the D. C. area. In the nearby state of Maryland, similar bands that are categorized now as post-hardcore would also emerge and this group has also been considered as one of the earliest emo acts. The second half of the 1980s saw the formation of bands in D. C. which included Shudder to Think, Jawbox, The Nation of Ulysses. MacKaye described this period as the busiest that the Dischord Records label had ever seen. Most of these acts, along with ones, would contribute to the 1989 compilation State of the Union. It has also noted that the groups ever-evolving sound would signal a more experimental turn in hardcore that paved the way for later Dischord releases. Similarly, the debut studio album, 1990s Repeater, has also been generally regarded as a classic
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Virgin Records
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Virgin Records is a British-founded record label originally founded by English entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972. It was later sold to Thorn EMI in 1992, today, the operations of Virgin Records America, Inc. are still active and headquartered in Hollywood, California, as it operates exclusively under the Capitol Music Group since 2007. US artists include Knox Hamilton, LTric and Rise Against, in fact the first real store was above a shoe shop at the Tottenham Court Road end of Oxford Street. After making the shop into a success, they turned their business into a fully fledged record label, the name Virgin, according to Branson, arose from Tessa Watts, a colleague of his, when they were brainstorming business ideas. She suggested Virgin – as they were all new to business – like virgins, the original Virgin logo was designed by English artist and illustrator Roger Dean, a young naked woman in mirror image with a large long-tailed serpent and the word Virgin in Deans familiar script. A variation on the logo was used for the spin-off Caroline Records label and this was soon followed by some notable krautrock releases, including electronic breakthrough album Phaedra by Tangerine Dream, and The Faust Tapes and Faust IV by Faust. The Faust Tapes album retailed for 49p and as a result allowed this relatively unknown band to reach number 12 in the album charts, other early albums include Gongs Flying Teapot, which Daevid Allen has been quoted as having never been paid for. Under the guidance of Tessa Watts, Virgins Head of Publicity, shortly afterwards, the Notting Hill record shop was raided by police for having a window display of the Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols in the window. After modified versions of the label came the red, white and blue design introduced in 1975. The current Virgin logo was created in 1978, commissioned by Simon Draper, brian Cooke of Cooke Key Associates commissioned a graphic designer to produce a stylised signature. In 1983 Virgin purchased Charisma Records, renaming it Charisma/Virgin, then later Virgin/Charisma, before folding the label in 1986, in the process they acquired Genesis and comedy group Monty Python. The Charisma label was reactivated in the US in 1990 and enjoyed success with such as Maxi Priest, Right Said Fred,38 Special. When this Charisma label was retired in 1992, all of its artists were, as before, in 1987, Venture Records was created for new age and modern classical artists including Klaus Schulze, who had been associated with Virgin since the early 1970s. 10 Records Immortal Records Delabel Caroline Records was a label used from 1973 to 1977. The name and logo were used for some American editions of Virgin records in the 1980s and 1990s. Caroline was primarily used for independent distribution until the label was reactivated in 2013, today, Caroline Records acts as an independent label taking the place of EMI Label Services, after Virgins former parent company EMI was purchased by Universal Music Group. Front Line Records was a label for issuing Jamaican and English reggae music from 1978 to approximately 1987, a short-lived associated label, Dindisc, had Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and The Monochrome Set during its brief existence, after which its recordings became part of Virgins catalogue. Noo Trybe Records was a hip hop label that existed from 1994 to 1999
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BMG Rights Management
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BMG Rights Management GmbH is an international music company focused on the management of music publishing, recording rights and music distribution. The company operates as a division of the media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The company was established in 2008 as a joint venture between Bertelsmann and the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. In March 2013, Bertelsmann took over BMG by acquiring KKRs shares, making BMG a fully owned subsidiary of the Bertelsmann group. The companys head office is in Berlin, and it operates offices in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Paris, Stockholm, Hilversum, Beijing, Toronto, Sydney. BMG is the youngest major international company in the music industry, the formation of the company was first announced in October 2008 shortly following Bertelsmanns sale of its music interests to Sony Music Entertainment. BMG opened their first offices in January 2009 in Paris, London, Milan, Madrid, Amsterdam, the company trades under the name BMG Chrysalis in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Sweden. BMG in 2010 made its biggest acquisition at the time with the purchase of Cherry Lane Music, the Cherry Lane roster of clients includes Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Black Eyed Peas, etc. The acquisition gave BMG a major presence in the U. S, in 2012, BMG was the fourth-largest music publisher in the world, based on revenue. BMG acquired Sanctuary Records Group from Universal Music Group for over €45 million in February 2013, the previous BMG had distributed Sanctuary in certain territories. The deal was approved by the EU in May 2013, in March 2013, Bertelsmann took over BMG by acquiring KKRs shares, making BMG a fully owned subsidiary of the Bertelsmann group. In 2014, it was the most successful publisher in Germany. Soon after completing its acquisition of Mute Records and Sanctuary, BMG arranged for INgrooves to distribute the catalogues in North America, also, Depeche Mode will be distributed through Sony Music Entertainment, while Black Sabbath remained at Universal Music Group until March 2014. Then in 2014, BMG signed multi-platinum selling group Day26, in November 2014, BMG acquired Union Square Music. BMG completed the purchase of Oregon-based metal and hard rock label Rise Records, home to The Devil Wears Prada, Of Mice & Men, in 2015, the Berlin-based company became the 5th biggest recorded music company in the UK. In April 2016, BMG signed a deal with Warner Music Group. On March 7,2017, BMG announced that it would transfer the worldwide rights to 95,000 tracks and 8,000 albums to Warners Alternative Distribution Alliance division. At the end of May 2016, BMG expanded into Brazil by acquiring the local publisher Basement Music, in July 2016, BMG completed two major acquisitions
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AWAL
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AWAL UK Ltd is a UK-based digital distribution and label services company, founded in 1997 by Denzyl Feigelson. Since December 2011 AWAL has been owned by the Kobalt Music Group. AWAL offers clients digital distribution, marketing services and advanced data analytics, AWAL has relationships with every major online retailer and DSP, including iTunes, AmazonMP3, 7digital, Rhapsody, eMusic, and Spotify, as well as its own direct-to-consumer platform. The company represents nearly 4000 artists and labels globally, with clients including Radiohead, Moby and Beck
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Josh Franceschi
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Josh James Alphonse Franceschi is an English singer and songwriter. He is the frontman and lead vocalist in the band You Me at Six, josh was born to parents Anne Franceschi and Christian Franceschi in Weybridge, Surrey. He is of Corsican-French and Scottish and Welsh descent and he lived in Cyprus in his early childhood, but later moved to Twickenham to live with his grandmother. At the age of 9, he moved back to Weybridge and he attended Heathside School until he was 16, and then moved to Esher College, where he studied A-Levels in Politics, History and Film Studies. Main article - You Me at Six discography Salt This is Why We Cant Have Nice Things Fuck A Decade Drifting Not Alone
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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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Take Off Your Colours
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Take Off Your Colours is the debut studio album by English rock band You Me at Six, originally released on 6 October 2008 through Slam Dunk Records. After forming in 2004, they released an EP titled We Know What It Means to Be Alone in 2006, after releasing Save It for the Bedroom as a single to promote their tour, the band gained attention from both independent and major record labels. Following their tour with Elliot Minor, the process for the new album began. The bands work resulted in the album having a sound that most critics associated with pop punk, the album was recorded in two weeks at Outhouse Studios in Reading, Berkshire with producers Matt OGrady and John Mitchell. If I Were In Your Shoes, Gossip, and Jealous Minds Think Alike were released as singles to promote the album, during the albums recording sessions, Save It for the Bedroom was re-recorded, and this version became the albums fourth single. Two more singles, Finders Keepers and Kiss and Tell, later appeared on re-releases of the album, the latter four singles managed to chart, and the album itself peaked at number 25 on the UK Albums Chart. Take Off Your Colours was certified gold in the UK for shipments of 100,000 copies in July 2012 and you Me at Six formed in Weybridge, Surrey in 2004. The bands line-up consisted of vocalist Josh Franceschi, guitarists Max Helyer and Chris Miller, bassist Matt Barnes, the group released an EP, We Know What It Means to Be Alone in 2006, after which, Phillips left the band. Dan Flint, a friend the band had gone to college with, was asked to fill in on drums for a tour. He ended up becoming Phillips permanent replacement following the appearance at Slam Dunk Festival 2007. The band then released another EP later in 2007 and you Me at Six went on tour with Elliot Minor, during which both bands released singles. Save It for the Bedroom was released on 22 October 2007 through Slam Dunk Records, the single featured Youve Made Your Made as the B-side, and both tracks would later appear on Take Off Your Colours. A music video for Save It for the Bedroom had been released a few days prior and was directed by Lawrence Hardy, the bands release sold more copies than Elliot Minors single, which was released through a major label. This situation made it clear to the band that, according to Franceschi, major labels are good, by this time, the group was in discussion with a range of independent and major labels. Following the Elliot Minor tour, the group began writing material for their debut album, in late November and early December, the band went on their first headlining tour of the UK, with support from Flood of Red. During the latter month, the band wrote further material, All of the songs on the album were written and arranged by themselves. Typically, Helyer or Franceschi would have an idea that the band would then flesh out together, occasionally, the band would record demos and change sections of them. The title, Take Off Your Colours, is a quote from a line by the leader in the film The Warriors
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Save It for the Bedroom
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Save It for the Bedroom is a single by British band You Me at Six. It was originally released in 2007, and a version was released in March 2009. The original recording was Produced by Jason Wilson at Stakeout Studios in Hampton, Jason recorded all of their early work, helping develop the bands songwriting and performance from the age of 14. The song is about how couples can tell abnormal behavioural styles of their partner leading to suspicion, in this case, sussing out that a partner has cheated on him/her. However, there is a story when including the title as it shows a continuation of the relationship. Save It for the Bedroom was featured on the soundtrack to the game, the original music video contains video excerpts of the band on tour, filmed all by a video camera of one of the band members. It features all members and some touring crew partying and in some scenes has the band on stage playing the song live on separate tour dates. It is believed the footage is from their tours with Angels & Airwaves, New Found Glory
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Finders Keepers (You Me at Six song)
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Finders Keepers is a song by You Me At Six which was released as a single on 25 May 2009. The song was released on their Myspace account on 8 April, a music video was released for the song on 22 April 2009. It was later featured on the edition of their Take Off Your Colours album along with their next single, Kiss and Tell. The song reached #1 in the Kerrang Rock Top 40, and this was their first and only entry to date in the Top 40 Singles Chart until Rescue Me in 2011. In October, the band supported Fall Out Boy for three dates, while rehearsing, the band thought of adding a section of Sugar, Were Goin Down during one of their songs. The bands management heard the song and proceeded to suggest the band covering it, finders Keepers Sugar, Were Goin Down
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Kiss and Tell (You Me at Six song)
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Kiss and Tell is a song by You Me at Six, released as a single on 7 September 2009 through Virgin. The single was released on CD, digital download and 7 vinyl and it would later feature on the deluxe edition of Take Off Your Colours. The song is a first person narrative about a girl that everybody wants, the song received considerable airplay across Radio 1 as well as topping both the Kerrang. and NME charts. In support of the single, the played a short five date headline tour in intimate venues, including the London Camden Underworld. It also gained media coverage. Kiss and Tell peaked at number 42 in the UK charts, the music video features the band at a house party performing with various shots of people partying. Josh Franceschi - Lead vocals Chris Miller - Lead guitar Max Heyler - Rhythm Guitar Matt Barnes - Bass Dan Flint - Drums / Percussion
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Hold Me Down
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Hold Me Down is the second studio album by English rock band You Me at Six, released on January 11,2010 through Virgin Records as the follow-up to 2008s Take Off Your Colours. It is the bands first release on the major label Virgin Records, like their debut album, the album was once again produced and engineered by Matt OGrady and mixed by David Bendeth. The promotional single titled The Consequence was made available for digital download before the first official lead single. Despite receiving mixed reviews, Hold Me Down was a commercial success, on 11 November 2009, Josh Franceschi announced via his Twitter account that their second album was completed, and would be released in early 2010. AbsolutePunk. net later announced the album would be titled Hold Me Down, in interviews leading up to the albums release Josh Franceschi stated the recording process took around 6–7 weeks, as opposed to the 2 weeks of its predecessor, Take Off Your Colours. They worked again with Matt OGrady and had John Mitchell mix, bob Ludwig mastered the album after the band had sought a record that sounded really big on CD. And we took a lot more time writing songs which I think was really important, I think it’s definitely a step in the right direction for our band. He also stated that lyrics on the album were influenced by breaking up with his girlfriend during the last year, as well as problems he has with the modern music industry. It was very therapeutic because it just kind of allowed me to write, i’m happier in the sense that I didn’t put in things that were kind of rude or could be taken wrongly. It’s nothing to do with journalists, is more to do with people involved in it and some of the girls go to the shows. It is kind of not really what I want to have anything to do with, I that I think it worked out pretty well. The album also features guest vocals from Aled Phillips of Kids in Glass Houses on Theres No Such Thing as Accidental Infidelity and Sean Smith of The Blackout on first single, The Consequence. Prior to release the band stated they were happy that the album reflects our growth as people. The band announced that the first single from the album would be titled, The Consequence, the free download was accompanied with a music video. First official single, Underdog was confirmed by the band on their official website, the video for Underdog was released through the bands MySpace page on 28 December 2009. Hold Me Down received mixed reviews from critics upon its release. Tim Newbound reviewed the album in the January 2010 edition of British magazine Rock Sound and he was largely favorable and awarded a score of 8/10. These boys are far from copycats though, magazine were also favourable and gave the album an excellent four K rating
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Sinners Never Sleep
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Sinners Never Sleep is the third studio album by English rock band You Me at Six. The album was released on 30 September 2011 and was released through Virgin Records in the UK, Australia, the album was then released in the United States on 24 January 2012. The first and lead single, Loverboy was released on 23 September 2011 and their third single from the album, titled, No One Does It Better was released on 8 April 2012. The fourth and last single to be released from the album, titled, the album was recorded in Los Angeles in early 2011 with producer Garth Richardson, known for his production work with band such as Biffy Clyro and Rage Against the Machine. The album was mixed and mastered by long time collaborators Matt OGrady and John Mitchell at Matt OGradys home studios in Woking, the album is also to feature guest vocalists Oli Sykes and Winston McCall respectively. The band set up a five-day countdown timer as a page on their website alluding to the release of information about their new release. On 1 August 2011 at 1pm UK time the timer expired revealing the artwork, title, despite having recorded 19 tracks the album has been confirmed to have 12. The deluxe edition will include a documentary which follows the recording of Sinners Never Sleep. The deluxe edition was released on iTunes LP and featured the bonus track Takes One To Know One, the video for Loverboy. You Me at Six had to delay the shoot for Loverboy due to the London Riots 2011. The Loverboy video was premiered on 28 August on their YouTube channel, the video continues the Prison theme on this album. On 30 August, Track 4 on the album This Is the First Thing was leaked on to Tumblr, the Loverboy single has three additional tracks which are the instrumental and acoustic versions of the single, also an exclusive B-side titled Moon Child. Bite My Tongue, featuring a guest appearance from Bring Me the Horizon vocalist Oli Sykes, was released on 28 November. On 19 October, You Me At Six took to Twitter to announce they would be shooting the Bite My Tongue video in Los Angeles the same day. Artwork for Jaws On The Floor was leaked onto the internet creating speculation that it will be the single from the album. The band shot the video playing their LA date of their American tour and has appeared in various music media. The fourth and last single from Sinners Never Sleep has been revealed by You Me At Six on their Twitter to be Reckless, Sinners Never Sleep peaked at No.3 on UK Charts and was certified Gold in the UK. By December 2016, the album had sold over 100,000 copies in the UK, the following personnel contributed to Sinners Never Sleep, Citations Sources Sinners Never Sleep at YouTube
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Loverboy (You Me at Six song)
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Loverboy is the first single by British rock band You Me at Six, taken from their third studio album, Sinners Never Sleep. The single was released on 23 September 2011 as a download in the United Kingdom. The single reached #39 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the bands third Top-40 UK single, a music video to accompany the release of Loverboy was first released onto YouTube on 29 August 2011, at a total length of three minutes and twenty-three. The clip, which was shot over 15 hours, sees the Surrey-based rock group under interrogation after being arrested for being a band, josh Franceschi said, The whole concept of our album is being under arrest. Whether it be body arrest or not being able to say what you want to say, throughout the video were getting interrogated by these two guys. Basically weve been arrested for being a band
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The Swarm (song)
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The Swarm is a single by British band You Me at Six. The single was released on 18 March 2012 as a download in the United Kingdom. The single has peaked to number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, in March 2012, Thorpe Park announced they contacted You Me at Six to create the worlds first roller coaster single for the launch of The Swarm. The song was released to iTunes on March 18,2012, a few days after the opening of the coaster
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The Swarm (roller coaster)
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The Swarm is a steel Wing Coaster at Thorpe Park, a theme park in the United Kingdom. The Swarm was the worlds second Wing Coaster designed by Swiss roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, construction commenced in May 2011, and the coaster opened on 15 March 2012. Starting in 2013, the last two rows of each train face backwards, while the first five rows face forward and this was removed in 2016, with all riders facing forward once again. The 775-metre-long ride stands 38.7096 metres tall and features four inversions, on the one-minute twenty-five second ride, riders experience speeds of up to 59 miles per hour and 4.5 times the force of gravity. A marketing campaign for the ride began 11 months before The Swarm was opened to the public, the ride has generally been well received, ranking highly amongst other roller coasters of its type. In 2010, planning for The Swarm began behind closed doors, the ride was codenamed Project LC12 in the early process of its planning and construction. On 31 January 2011, Thorpe Park submitted an application for their 2012 ride to the Runnymede Borough Council. The website gave information about the new rides theme, that of an apocalyptic battle. At the time of the rides announcement construction was already underway, the track for The Swarm was complete by 18 November 2011. Clearance testing started almost immediately, the first operational test run was completed on 17 January 2012, on 15 March 2012, The Swarm officially opened to the public. In January 2013, Thorpe Park announced that the last two rows on The Swarm would be rotated to face backwards for 2013, a first for a Wing Coaster, the parks tag line for this experience is THE SWARM- Brave It Backwards. The park additionally announced that they were adding a damaged, mangled billboard, in 2016 the seats were returned to all facing forwards. The Swarm is located on an island adjacent to the Stealth roller coaster. A bridge links the core of Thorpe Park to an island which hosts the roller coaster station, merchandise outlet, the Swarm features two 28-seat Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Coaster trains. Each train is made up of seven rows of four seats each, one pair of seats in each row is located on either side of the rides track and slightly lower than the track, as with all Wing Coasters. The trains are themed to resemble alien-like creatures, with a number of red LED lights placed across the train, the area is designed to appear as if it has been partially destroyed by explosions associated with a major disaster. The ride recreates the experience of flying through a scene and features a crashed aeroplane, upturned ambulance, half-submerged fire engine. The roller coaster begins in the station, which is built to look like a destroyed church
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Cavalier Youth
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Cavalier Youth is the fourth studio album by English rock band You Me at Six. The album was released on 27 January 2014 through BMG Records, the first single, Lived a Lie was released in September 2013. This was followed up by the second single Fresh Start Fever which was released with a video in December. The album debuted on the UK album chart at number 1 giving the band their first number 1 album in the UK, the album has received positive reviews from critics. On 2 February 2013, You Me at Six begin working on Cavalier Youth, in June 2013, the band announced they would be entering a recording studio at a secret location to record their then upcoming album. On 20 June, vocalist Josh Franceschi announced all lyrics had been written, pre-production subsequently began on a day later. In July and August 2013, the announced they would be recording their album in Los Angeles. The band also worked closely with music photographer by the alias of GetDeluxe, band members also updated their official Instagram profiles with the progress of the new album. Some of the tracks for Win Some, Lose Some were recorded through an iPhone in a basement to acquire a certain distorted sound. On 2 September 2013, the announced and premiered the first single from the album. The albums title was confirmed to be Cavalier Youth. The music video for Lived a Lie was made available on the bands Vevo channel. The album was released on 27 January 2014, the band then embarked onto a tour in which they played shows in cities such as London and Cardiff, as well as exclusive album signings in Hull and Leeds. Room to Breathe impacted US radio on April 8,2014, Cavalier Youth debuted at number one in the UK, selling 32,000 copies in the first week. Franceschi considered it a big moment for the band and the start of something incredible for the cycle, the album was included at number 7 on Rock Sounds Top 50 Albums of the Year list. The album was included at number 15 on Kerrang. s The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014 list
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Lived a Lie
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Lived a Lie is a single by British rock band You Me at Six. The single was released on 3 September 2013 as a download in the United Kingdom. It is the first single from their album Cavalier Youth, following its release on iTunes, it debuted at Number 1 on the iTunes chart, their only song to do so. On 2 September 2013, the announced and premiered the first single to be off the new record. The album was revealed to be titled Cavalier Youth. The album would contain 12 tracks, including an interlude track, the music video to Lived a Lie was made available to the world on the bands Vevo channel and UK fans can download the new track on iTunes shortly after. The song is featured in video game FIFA14 and the 2015 video game Guitar Hero Live
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Warped Tour
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The Warped Tour is a traveling rock festival that has toured the United States annually each summer since 1995. It is the largest traveling music festival in the United States, Warped Tour was conceived in 1995 as an eclectic alternative rock festival, but in 1996 began focusing on punk rock music. Although it has continued to be known primarily as a rock festival. The band times and sets are found on an inflatable lineup, every year there is a BBQ Band. In exchange for the privilege of playing on the tour, the BBQ Band prepares the post-show barbecue held for the bands, past BBQ Bands have included Dropkick Murphys, Art of Shock and The Fabulous Rudies. Similarly, one band, Animo, has permitted for the past four years to play on the tour in exchange for working on the setup crew. The BBQ Band for the 2016 tour is the band Reckless Serenade, the tour started as a skate punk and third-wave ska tour, but later began to feature mostly pop punk and metalcore acts. It is set up early in the morning during the set up crews arrival, when heading into Canada, there is a bus that loads the supplies that heads into Canada while the other bus contains the equipment that stays in the U. S. until the next show. In 2013, Kevin Lyman decided to allow free admission to the Warped Tour. Parents have their own day care. It is called Reverse Day Care, grown-ups can spend the day waiting for their children in the Reverse Day Care tent. There is ample seating and often fans or cooling devices to keep the parents occupied during the festival, the Warped Tour was created in 1995 by Kevin Lyman, in production with the short lived Warp Magazine and Creative Artists Agency. The tour began June 21 at the Idaho Center in Boise, Idaho, the tour has always been held at outdoor venues though on a rare occasions that has not always been the case. In 1996, due to problems with the venue where the event was to be held,1996 was the first year for Vans as a sponsor and they have been the main sponsor ever since carrying their name in the title. In 1998, the tour went international, including venues in Australia, Japan, Europe, Canada, in 1999, the tour started off in New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii in the New Year. It then started up again in the United States for the northern hemisphere summer before ending up in Europe, the Vans Warped Tour has turned eco-friendly by using biodiesel for the production buses. In 2009, the two stages were condensed into one and bands were given 40-minute sets, as opposed to the traditional 30 minutes across the previous two stages. Despite this, the decided to bring back the two main stages concept with 35-minute sets instead for the 2012 tour and beyond
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Soundwave (Australian music festival)
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Soundwave was an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia. The festival originated in Perth, Western Australia and began travelling to the other Australian capital cities in 2007 and it features a number of international and Australian music acts, from various genres including rock, metal and punk. The festival was run and promoted by Soundwave Touring, who also run Harvest Festival and promote tours for bands, on 17 December 2015, the Soundwave founder, music promoter AJ Maddah, announced that the 2016 Soundwave festival was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. This was announced two days after the announcement that 2016 would be the final Soundwave festival, the Soundwave festival originated in Perth, as a smaller festival known as Gravity Soundwave within the Gravity Games. The Gravity Games were held in South Perth along the Swan River, being based mainly on water-based, the event was sponsored by Vodafone in its first year, with the company reportedly committing one million dollars to the event. Gravity Soundwave provided the side of the festival, which took place at McCallum Park alongside the Swan River. Gravity Soundwave was first introduced in the festivals first year, which was held on 14 and 15 October 2004, American pop punk band Good Charlotte effectively became the first headline act of Soundwave, when they performed in the festivals first night along with Gyroscope and One Dollar Short. The following night featured Unwritten Law, Regurgitator, MxPx, Lagwagon, the 2005 festival was again presented by Vodafone, being held on the night of 8 October. Gravity Soundwave was headlined by Grinspoon, with it also featuring American acts Unwritten Law, Reel Big Fish, the third and final year of the Gravity Games festival in Perth was moved to December 2006, instead of October. Gravity Soundwave featured American act Aiden, local Australian bands Gyroscope, Kisschasy, Parkway Drive, The Getaway Plan, in 2007 the festival expanded to include Sydney and Brisbane, and increased the number of bands performing. A number of the featured in the 2007 Festival had previously played at the Soundwave Festival in Perth, including Unwritten Law, MxPx. The expanded Festival featured five stages compared to three the previous year, presenters of British reality stunt TV show Dirty Sanchez and Finnish stuntmen The Dudesons were masters of ceremonies at Soundwave 2009. This festival featured 55 acts across six stages and this festival featured 46 acts across six stages. The lineup also included The Starting Line, who reunited for the festival and this festival featured 71 acts across eight stages. The 2012 Soundwave lineup featured System of a Down, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and this was the first time Limp Bizkit had toured Australia in eleven years. Their previous tour was the 2001 Big Day Out festival, which was marred by the death of 16 year old Jessica Michalik during their performance at the Sydney show, Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst paid tribute to Michalik at each Soundwave date and openly criticised Big Day Out organisers. The festival also featured a reunited Coal Chamber, who played their first shows since 2003 and this festival featured 95 acts across eleven stages. Barker survived a crash in 2008 and suffers from aerophobia
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Thirty Seconds to Mars
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Thirty Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević, the bands debut album,30 Seconds to Mars, was produced by Bob Ezrin and released to positive reviews but only to limited commercial success. The band achieved fame with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie. Their next release, This Is War, showed an evolution in the bands musical style. The recording process of the album was marked by a dispute with record label EMI that eventually became the subject of the documentary film Artifact. Thirty Seconds to Mars then moved to Universal Music and released the album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams. As of September 2014, the band had sold over 15 million albums worldwide, Thirty Seconds to Mars has consistently enjoyed sold out tours and numerous headlining festival slots. The band is noted for its live performances and for fusing many music genres. They have been compared to the sounds of such as Pink Floyd, The Cure, Tool. Thirty Seconds to Mars has received awards and accolades throughout their career, including a Guinness World Record. List of best artists of the 2000s, Thirty Seconds to Mars started in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, as a collaboration between brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, who had been playing music together since their childhood. The duo later expanded to a four-piece when they added guitarist Solon Bixler, additional guitarist Kevin Drake, who first auditioned for the position of bassist, also joined the band as a touring musician. The band played its first concerts under different names, before settling on the name Thirty Seconds to Mars. Jared Leto spoke of the name as a reference, a translation from the book. I think the idea is interesting, its a metaphor for the future, Thirty seconds to Mars—the fact that were so close to something thats not a tangible idea. Also Mars being the God of War makes it really interesting and you could substitute that in there, but whats important for my brother and I, is that it be imaginative and really represent the sound of our music in as unique a way as possible. He described it as a name that works on different levels, a phrase that is lyrical, suggestive, cinematic. When Thirty Seconds to Mars first started, Jared Leto did not allow his vocation as a Hollywood actor to be used in promotion of the band, by 1998, the group performed gigs at small American venues and clubs
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Paramore
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Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York, the group released its debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, with the album reaching number eight on the UK Rock Chart and number thirty on Billboards Heatseekers Chart. While it only had a commercial performance initially, the album. The bands second album, Riot. was released in 2007, due to the success of the singles Misery Business, crushcrushcrush, and Thats What You Get, Riot. was a mainstream success and was certified Platinum in the United States. They then received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards and their 2009 follow-up, Brand New Eyes, is the bands second-highest charting album to date, landing at number two on the Billboard 200 with 175,000 first week sales. It produced the top-forty single The Only Exception and went platinum in Ireland and the UK, as well as gold in the US, Canada, Australia, following the departure of Josh and Zac Farro in 2010, the band released their self-titled fourth album in 2013. It gave the band their first career number one on the US Billboard 200 and was also the one album in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina. The bands lineup changed again after this album cycle with bassist Jeremy Davis leaving the band near the end of 2015. Shortly after arriving, she began taking lessons with Brett Manning. The other members of what was soon to be Paramore had been edgy about the whole thing of having Williams as vocalist. Williams said of the members when she first met them, They were the first people I met who were as passionate about music as I was. The band was formed by Josh Farro, Zac Farro, Davis and Williams in 2004. When Davis showed up, he was stunned to find out the drummer was only twelve years old and he admitted I had very, very, very, little faith in everyone in the band because of their age. I remember thinking, This is not going to work because this kid is way too young, I knew we were on to something. According to Williams, the name Paramore came from the name of the mother of one of their first bass players. Once the group learned the meaning of the homophone paramour, they decided to adopt the name, Williams was originally signed to Atlantic Records as a solo artist in 2003. Steunebrink and Richard Williams had originally discovered and signed her to a deal that was later bought out by Atlantic. The original plan of the label was to turn her into a pop singer, in an interview with HitQuarters the bands A&R at Atlantic, Steve Robertson, said, She wanted to make sure that we didnt look at her as some straight to Top 40 pop princess
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Fall Out Boy
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Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, the band originated from Chicagos hardcore punk scene, with which all members were involved at one point. The group was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop side project of the members respective hardcore bands. The group went through a succession of drummers before landing Hurley and recording the debut album. The album became a success and helped the band gain a dedicated fanbase through heavy touring. Take This to Your Grave has commonly cited as an influential blueprint for pop punk music in the 2000s. Fall Out Boy received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2006 Grammy Awards, the bands 2007 follow-up, Infinity on High, landed at number one on the Billboard 200 with 260,000 first week sales. It produced two hit singles, This Aint a Scene, Its an Arms Race and Thnks fr th Mmrs. Folie à Deux, the fourth album, created a mixed response from fans. Following the release of Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits, the took a hiatus from 2009 to 2012 to decompress. The band regrouped and recorded Save Rock and Roll, which gave the band its second number one. 1, making it the bands third No.1 album, Fall Out Boy was formed in 2001 in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois by friends Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman. Wentz was growing dissatisfied with the mores of the community. With enthusiasm in Arma Angelus waning, he created a pop side project with Trohman as an easy. Trohman met Patrick Stump, then a drummer for grindcore band Xgrinding processX, while discussing Neurosis with a friend, Stump interrupted the conversation to correct their classification of the band in a conversation that soon shifted to the new band. Stump, viewing it as an opportunity to try out with local hardcore celebrity Wentz, directed Trohman to his MP3. com page, which contained sung-through acoustic recordings. Stump intended to try out as a drummer, but Trohman urged him to bring out his acoustic guitar, while Wentz wanted Racetraitor bandmate Andy Hurley in the group as drummer, Hurley appeared uninterested and too busy. The bands first public performance came in a cafeteria at DePaul University alongside Stilwell, Wentz and Stump argued over band names, the former favored verbose, tongue-in-cheek names while the latter desired to reference Tom Waits in name
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All Time Low
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All Time Low is an American rock band from Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, formed in 2003. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zack Merrick, the bands name is taken from lyrics in the song Head on Collision by New Found Glory. The band consistently tours year-long, has headlined tours, and has appeared at music festivals including Warped Tour, Reading and Leeds. Beginning as a school band, the band released their debut EP The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End EP in 2004 through local label Emerald Moon. Since then the band has released six albums, The Party Scene, So Wrong, Its Right, Nothing Personal, Dirty Work, Dont Panic. All Time Low released their first live album, Straight to DVD, in 2010, on February 17,2017, the band announced a new single entitled Dirty Laundry on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show - their first single since their move from Hopeless Records to Fueled by Ramen. Formed while still in school in 2003, All Time Low started covering songs by pop punk bands such as Blink-182. The bands line-up consisted of Alex Gaskarth on vocals, Jack Barakat on guitar, TJ Ihle on lead guitar and backing vocals, Chris Cortilello on bass and Rian Dawson on drums. Cortilello and Ihle left the band, resulting in the band laying dormant until Zack Merrick joined on bass and they released a four-song EP in November before signing to Emerald Moon Records in 2004. They released their second EP, titled The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End EP later that same year, the band released their debut studio album, The Party Scene, in July 2005. Before graduating from school in 2006, All Time Low scored another record deal. The band said in an interview that they were starting to get serious about music while in their year of high school. The EP entered the Independent Albums chart at No.20, All Time Low began a busy tour for the EP in late 2006. After the tour, the band began writing material for their studio album. In the summer of 2007, All Time Low played the Vans Warped Tour on the Smartpunk Stage and they made their live debut in the UK in late 2007 supporting Plain White Ts. All Time Low released their studio album So Wrong, Its Right in September 2007. It peaked at No.62 on the Billboard 200 and No.6 on the Independent Albums chart. The second single from the album, Dear Maria, Count Me In, in 2011, the single was certified Gold for 500,000 shipments
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Blink-182
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Blink-182 is an American rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992. The band currently consists of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker, Blink-182 was initially known as Blink until an Irish band of the same name threatened legal action, in response, the band appended the meaningless number -182. In its early years, Blink-182 toured heavily behind the bands debut, the group signed with major label MCA Records to co-distribute its second album, Dude Ranch. Raynor was fired midway through a 1998 tour and replaced by Barker, the groups next two releases, Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, were enormous successes on the strength of radio and MTV airplay. The eponymously titled Blink-182 followed in 2003 and marked a shift for the group. DeLonge quit in 2005, sending the band into what was termed an indefinite hiatus and they reunited in 2009, producing the trios sixth album, Neighborhoods. In 2015, DeLonge again exited and was replaced by Alkaline Trio guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba, the bands seventh studio album, California, was released on July 1,2016. Blink-182 is considered a key group in the development of pop punk, the trio has sold over thirteen million albums in the United States, and over 50 million albums worldwide. Blink-182 was formed in Poway, California, a suburb outside of San Diego, tom DeLonge was expelled from Poway High for attending a basketball game drunk and was forced to attend another local school for one semester. At Rancho Bernardo High School, DeLonge performed at a Battle of the Bands competition and he also befriended Kerry Key, who too was interested in punk music. Keys girlfriend, Anne Hoppus, introduced her brother Mark Hoppus—who had recently moved from Ridgecrest to work at a record store, the two clicked instantly and played for hours in DeLonges garage, exchanging lyrics and co-writing songs—one of which became Carousel. Hoppus, in trying to impress Delonge, managed to fall from a lamppost in front of DeLonges garage and crack his ankles, the trio began to practice together in Raynors bedroom, spending hours together writing music, attending punk shows and movies, and playing practical jokes. Hoppus and DeLonge would alternate singing vocal parts, the trio first operated under a variety of names, including Duck Tape and Figure 8, until DeLonge rechristened the band Blink. Shortly thereafter, DeLonge and Raynor borrowed a four-track recorder from friend and collaborator Cam Jones and were preparing to record a demo tape, Hoppus promptly broke up with his girlfriend and returned to the band. Flyswatter—a combination of songs and punk covers—was recorded in Raynors bedroom in May 1993. Southern California had a large population in the early 1990s, aided by an avid surfing, skating. In contrast to East Coast punk music, the West Coast wave of groups, Blink included, New York is gloomy, dark and cold. The Californian middle-class suburbs have nothing to be that bummed about, San Diego at this time was hardly a hotbed of activity, but the bands popularity grew as did California punk rock concurrently in the mainstream
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Incubus (band)
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Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. Incubus has attained success, reaching multi-platinum sales, as well as releasing several successful singles. After their first two albums, Fungus Amongus and S. C. I. E. N. C. E, the band earned mainstream recognition with the release of their 1999 album Make Yourself which spawned several hits, including the bands highest charting song Drive. Success continued with the albums Morning View and A Crow Left of the Murder, Incubus also released the EP Trust Fall in 2015 and will release their eighth studio album, titled 8, on April 21,2017. Incubus has sold over 23 million albums worldwide, Incubus was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, guitarist Mike Einziger, bassist Alex Katunich and drummer Jose Pasillas, while the members were in high school. They existed as a band for some time before they gave themselves a name, the bands early shows were frequently at nightclubs on Los Angeles Sunset Strip, including such well-known venues as the Whisky a Go Go, The Roxy and the Troubadour. Incubus produced many of their recordings with Jim Wirt and Chillum Records in a Santa Monica studio. In 1995, Incubus added Gavin Koppell to the band and recorded their first two song EP, Let Me Tell Ya Bout Root Beer and this was followed by the debut album Fungus Amongus, also recorded with Wirt and released on Incubus own label Stopuglynailfungus Music. In the following year, Incubus signed a deal with Sonys Immortal Records. The 1997 six-track EP Enjoy Incubus was the bands first major-label release and was created so the band could present a recording while touring with Korn in Europe, Incubus second studio album, was released on September 9,1997. After their album release, they started opening for such as Korn and 311. This album marked somewhat of a departure from the bands more funk influenced early material. In February 1998, Incubus dismissed Koppell and they decided that with him in the band they could no longer be a productive family. A friend recommended Chris Kilmore to fill the position, the band enjoyed Kilmores style and attitude to life and asked him to join the band. Incubus participated in the Ozzfest and Family Values metal festivals and toured with System of a Down, Chris Kilmore, also known as DJ Kilmore, replaced DJ Lyfe. After constant touring throughout 1998, and after selling over 100,000 copies of S. C. I. E. N. C. E. Without the support of radio or television exposure, Incubus took a break for two years and then released their critically acclaimed third album Make Yourself. After just 2 weeks in the studio with producer Jim Wirt, according to the band, Litts involvement in the record came mostly during the mixing process
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Thrice
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Thrice is an American post-hardcore band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998. The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school, early in their career, the band was known for fast, hard music based in heavily distorted guitars, prominent lead guitar lines, and frequent changes in complex time signatures. This style is exemplified on their album, The Illusion of Safety. Their fourth album Vheissu made significant changes by incorporating electronic beats, keyboards and their fifth effort was a double album entitled The Alchemy Index, released as two sets of two CDs that together make a 4-part, 24-song cycle. The bands sixth album, entitled Beggars, was released on August 11,2009, the most recent albums feature a refined combination of the bands different experiments and explorations. On May 27,2016, Thrice released their studio album. Each album released by Thrice has had a portion of its sales proceeds donated to a new charitable organization, Dustin Kensrue and Teppei Teranishi knew each other from school and had played in a band called Chapter 11. Teppei recruited his skate park friend Eddie Breckenridge to play bass, in 1998, before their first show, they realized they needed a name. Hard-pressed for time, they decided to go with the name Thrice out of desperation, Thrice was initially an inside joke between the band members, and they were going to use it only temporarily for their first show. However, they began to gain fans with the name, and people started to associate them with it, in 1999, the band self-released an EP titled First Impressions which was the product of a two-day session at A-Room Studios with Brian Tochilin. Only 1,000 copies were made and the members sold them out of their cars. Working with Death by Stereos Paul Miner, the quartet recorded 12 tracks, and by April 2000, a portion of the albums proceeds were donated to a local charity called Crittenton Services for Children and Families. More support gigs and local buzz followed, and Thrice sparked the interest of Hopeless/Sub Citys Louis Posen, in 2001, Posen signed with the band, reissued Identity Crisis, and sent the group out on tour with Samiam. Tours with Midtown and Hot Rod Circuit followed, Thrice re-entered the studio with producer Brian McTernan to record its Hopeless/Sub City debut, The Illusion of Safety. The band again donated a portion of the proceeds, this time choosing a non-profit youth shelter in South Central Los Angeles. The bands donations were matched by their label, the album received generally positive reviews and garnered the attention of several major labels. The band eventually signed with Island Records, who had agreed to match Thrices charitable donations in the manner that Hopeless/Sub City had. That fall, the band toured with Hot Water Music and Coheed, in 2003, the band released its Island Records debut, The Artist in the Ambulance
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Drive-Thru Records
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Drive-Thru Records, established in 1996, was a California-based record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. The label was responsible for popularizing the pop-punk/emo sound of the early to mid-2000s. After facing financial obstacles in getting their bands music into stores, MCA was dissolved and changed into Geffen Records. One of the clauses of that agreement was MCA/Geffen being able to sign any band of their choosing from Drive-Thrus roster, once the Universal deal ended, they signed a contract with independent label Sanctuary Records. Starting with a new roster, the label garnered a top 10 platinum hit with Here In Your Arms by Hellogoodbye, however, Sanctuary was on the verge of bankruptcy, and sold their assets to Universal Music. Drive-Thru Records got trapped in that deal, and were stuck with UMD, the labels last release was in 2008, when Richard and Stefanie Reines decided to concentrate on artist management and put Drive-Thru Records on indefinite hiatus. The independent label sold over 7 million CDs, Love Minus Zero Recordings was the second subsidiary record label created by the Reines siblings, who along with Drive-Thru also own Rushmore Records. This label was intended to comprise artists of a stronger singer-songwriter genre, only two acts were ever signed to Love Minus Zero, Roark and Biirdie. This imprint was soon reabsorbed back into Drive-Thru Records, Drive-Thru Records have earned several silver, gold, and platinum albums and singles, that have been certified by RIAA, CRIA and BPI. † denotes former Rushmore Records signee. This is the release list of Drive-Thru Records in order of release number, cousin Oliver – Various Artists – Wheres the Beef
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Bullet for My Valentine
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Bullet for My Valentine, often abbreviated as BFMV or B4MV, are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matthew Tuck, Michael Paget, Michael Thomas, former members include Nick Crandle and Jason James, both were on bass. They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their career by covering songs by Metallica. Jeff Killed John recorded six songs which were not released, two of these tracks were reworked later in their career as Bullet for My Valentine, financial difficulties dictated the name change, which was followed by a change in music direction. In 2002, the secured a five-album deal with Sony BMG. The band has stated that their music is influenced by metal acts such as Metallica, Iron Maiden. The band is part of the Cardiff music scene, the album entered the U. S. Billboard 200 at number 128. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, the band made appearances at the Download Festival and Kerrang. XXV, and undertook a U. S. tour with Rob Zombie, Bullet for My Valentines second studio album, Scream Aim Fire, was released on 29 January 2008 and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. The bands third album, Fever, was released on 26 April 2010, on February 8,2013, the band released their fourth studio album, Temper Temper, which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200. The band has sold one million albums in the United States. Awards category of Best British Band with three wins and they started playing Nirvana and Metallica cover songs. In 1999, the released their first ever EP, Better Off Alone. They released another two-track EP in 2002, You/Play with Me, the EP was financed through the Pynci scheme for new Welsh musicians and the release garnered radio airplay on BBC Radio 1s broadcast at Newports T. J. s. Jeff Killed Johns music followed the nu metal trend set by such as Korn. Shortly after, the band released another two-track EP titled Eye Spy, in 2003, their second EP was released titled Dont Walk Away. This was a promotional CD and was shipped to different record companies, bassist Crandle left the band on the eve of entering the recording sessions for the bands self-titled EP and was replaced by Jason James. In late 2003, they released their final EP before record labels began to notice their potential
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John Mitchell (musician)
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John Mitchell is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist who predominantly sings and plays guitar, Mitchell is best known as the current frontman for British prog-pop band It Bites. Mitchell has also played guitar for a number of progressive rock bands including Arena, The Urbane, Kino, Frost*. In 2012, Mitchell toured with Martin Barre in his band New Day, mitchells latest music project is a solo project called Lonely Robot, whose album Please Come Home was released on 23 February 2015. It features a number of guest artists including Peter Cox, Steve Hogarth, Jem Godfrey, Nik Kershaw, neon Glitter The Cry Welcome To The Stage The Visitor Immortal. He also plays an Alvarez Yairi acoustic guitar in the studio, johns rack setup consists of a Marshall JMP1 Preamp with effects being produced by a vintage Korg A3 effects unit. This signal is amplified by a Marshall Valvestate 80/80 power amp to a 4 x 12 Marshall cab. It Bites Official Website Outhouse Studios Website Official Facebook page
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UK Albums Chart
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The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company on Fridays and it is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and published in Music Week magazine, and on the OCC website. To qualify for the Official Albums Chart the album must be the correct length and it must be more than three tracks or 20 minutes long and not be classed as a budget album. A budget album costs between £0.50 and £3.75, additionally, various artist compilations – which until January 1989 were included in the main album listing – are now listed separately in a compilations chart. Full details of the rules can be found on the OCC website. In the 1970s the new chart was revealed at 12,45 pm on Thursdays on BBC Radio 1. Since October 1993 it has included in The Official Chart show from 4,00 –5,45 pm on Fridays. A weekly Album Chart show was licensed out to BBC Radio 2 and presented by Simon Mayo,2005 saw a record number of artist album sales with 126.2 million sold in the UK. In February 2015, it was announced that, due to the sales of albums and rise in popularity of audio streaming. Under the revised methodology, the Official Charts Company takes the 12 most streamed tracks from one album, the total of these streams is divided by 1000 and added to the pure sales of the album. This calculation was designed to ensure that the chart continues to reflect the popularity of the albums themselves. The final number one album on the UK Albums Chart to be based purely on sales alone was Smoke + Mirrors by Imagine Dragons, on 1 March 2015, In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith became the first album to top the new streaming-incorporated Official Albums Chart. The most successful artists in the charts depends on the criteria used, as of February 2016, Queen albums have spent more time on the British album charts than any other musical act, followed by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, U2 and ABBA. By most weeks at one, however, The Beatles lead with a total of 174 weeks. The male solo artist with the most weeks at one is Presley with a total of 66 weeks. Presley also holds the record for the most number one albums by a solo artist and most top ten albums by any artist. Madonna has the most number one albums by a female artist in the UK, though this includes the Evita film soundtrack which was a cast recording, Adele is the female solo artist with the most weeks at number one, with a total of 37 weeks. Queens Greatest Hits is the album in UK chart history with 6 million copies sold as of February 2014
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You Me at Six
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You Me at Six are an English rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Their second album Hold Me Down debuted at number 5 in the UK, while third album Sinners Never Sleep peaked at number 3, was certified Gold, and spawned the bands fifth top 50 single Loverboy. The Swarm was released as a single for the launch of the roller coaster of the same name. Cavalier Youth was released as their album to a number 1 debut in 2014. You Me at Six has toured extensively, with appearances on Warped Tour, Soundwave and you Me at Six won the award for Best British Band at the Kerrang. The bands influences include American rock bands Blink-182, Incubus and Thrice and you Me at Six formed in Weybridge, Surrey in 2004. The bands line-up consisted of vocalist Josh Franceschi, guitarists Max Helyer and Chris Miller, bassist Matt Barnes, the group released an EP, We Know What It Means to Be Alone in 2006, after which, Phillips left the band. He was replaced by Dan Flint, who the band had gone to college with, Flint was initially asked to fill in on drums for a tour, before being asked to join the band. The band then released another EP later in 2007, during summer 2007, the owner of Drive-Thru, Richard Reines, had arranged a meeting with the band. The band were ecstatic about the prospect and proceeded to wait in London for three hours, only for Reines to fail to show up and their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, came out in October 2008 on Slam Dunk Records. Six singles were released from the album, Save It for the Bedroom, If I Were in Your Shoes, Gossip, Jealous Minds Think Alike, Finders Keepers and Kiss and Tell. Take off Your Colours was re-released as a version, with added tracks. They were nominated for Best British Band at the 2008 and 2009 Kerrang, awards, but lost both times to Bullet for My Valentine. The band released album, Hold Me Down, on Virgin Records in January 2010. The album was preceded by a digital download of song The Consequence. Recorded at Outhouse Studios in Reading, produced and engineered by Matt OGrady and mixed by John Mitchell, Hold Me Down, follow-up singles, the Underdog EP and Stay With Me, were also released. You Me At Six again lost out to Bullet For My Valentine in the Best British Band category at the 2010 Kerrang, awards and collaborated with American rap duo Chiddy Bang on a track titled Rescue Me that was released in February 2011. You Me At Six recorded an album, Sinners Never Sleep, at Sound Factory studio in Los Angeles
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Chiddy Bang
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Chidera Anamege, now known by his stage name Chiddy Bang is an American hip hop recording artist. Prior to its breakup, Chiddy Bang was an American hip hop duo consisting of Anamege, under the stage name Chiddy, the duo was introduced by former band member Zachary Sewall in late 2008 while the two were studying at Drexel University, in Beresins hometown of Philadelphia. Anameges sound is based on the fusion of hip hop and alternative using samples from artists such as Ellie Goulding, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Passion Pit, MGMT, Matt and Kim, and Yelle. In 2013, Beresin left the group to focus on producing and Anamege became a solo artist, since departing from the group, Beresin has changed his stage name to Noah Breakfast. In late February 2009, the music blog Pretty Much Amazing showcased five songs by the duo that were on their Myspace account. Shortly after, the group gained some following in the underground among music blogs, Pretty Much Amazing continued to occasionally release new songs from the duo and in November 2009 debuted the groups first free mixtape entitled The Swelly Express. Anamege had also beat Canadian rapper D. O. for Longest Marathon Rapping session and their single Opposite of Adults was featured in the racing game Need For Speed, Hot Pursuit as well. The single Happening and Shine were featured as soundtracks in the movies Sex Tape, the song Opposite Of Adult was chosen as the goal song for team North America in the hockey world cup,2016. The Swelly Express was the mixtape from the duo. The mixtape quickly gained a following from its online hit Opposite of Adults. The Swelly Express tells the story of the rise in the music business and their experiences with record labels. The mixtape was praised by fans for the style, including samples from Passion Pit, Tinie Tempah. It also contains a guest appearance from Black Thought of The Roots, the songs Opposite of Adults, Truth, Fresh Like Us, All Things Go, and Dream Chasin have been re-released for download via iTunes since the release of the mixtape. On 8 April 2010, the duo followed up The Swelly Express with the mini-mixtape Air Swell. As the duo had a following in the UK, many popular UK artists were featured on the mixtape, including La Roux, Kate Nash, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah. The UK-based EMI subsidiary Parlophone had heard about the group through their online following, the duo signed to Parlophone/EMI with plans to release a full-length album in 2011. The duo signed exclusively with Jesse Kirshbaum of NUE Agency 29 April 2010 for booking representation and that same year the band headlined their first tour, The Swelly Life Tour featuring Donnis and XV. The duo also opened up for Tinie Tempah on his UK Disc-Overy tour, peanut Butter and Swelly is the third mixtape by the duo
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Bite My Tongue
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Bite My Tongue is the second single from You Me at Sixs third studio album Sinners Never Sleep. The single was released on 4 December 2011 as a download in the United Kingdom. The single reached #124 on the UK Singles Chart, the song features vocals from Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon. A music video to accompany the release of Bite My Tongue was first released onto YouTube on 6 November 2011 at a length of three minutes and forty-five seconds
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Oliver Sykes
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Oliver Scott Oli Sykes is a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Bring Me the Horizon. He also founded the apparel company Drop Dead clothing, Sykes has also created the graphic novel Raised By Raptors with Drop Dead Clothing artist Ben Ashton-Bell. Oliver Sykes was born 20 November 1986 in Ashford, Kent, as a baby, he moved to Australia with his parents, Ian and Carol Sykes, moving between Adelaide and Perth during a period of about six years. The family returned to the United Kingdom when Sykes was about eight, settling in Stocksbridge in Sheffield, as a teenager, he attended Stocksbridge High School. In late 2000, while still in school, he began crafting compilation CDs, in 2004, Sykes formed Bring Me the Horizon, a band which rose to fame very quickly. The band released their debut album Count Your Blessings in 2006 and their second album Suicide Season was released on 29 September 2008 and their third studio album There is a Hell. He is also featured on a video of American rock band A Day to Remembers All I Want. The song Deathbeads by Bring Me the Horizon features vocals by Sykes ex-wife Hannah Snowdon, in 2017, Sykes featured as guest vocalist in the music video Silence Speaks with English metalcore band While She Sleeps. Sykes has also collaborated with DJ Skrillex as the vocals of a Bring Me the Horizon song Visions off the Bring Me the Horizon album There is a Hell. There is a Heaven, Lets Keep It a Secret, Skrillex has also remixed a Bring Me the Horizon song The Sadness Will Never End off Suicide Season which the remix was featured on the Cut Up. In addition to his vocal and song writing contributions in Bring Me the Horizon, on 1 February 2013, Sykes launched a Kickstarter project to fund a graphic novel created by him and Drop Dead Clothing artist Ben Ashton-Bell, entitled Raised By Raptors. With a £15,000 goal, the project exceeded its target within weeks of launching, attaining a total of £39,223. Sykes has cited Pantera, Black Flag, Misfits, Simple Plan, Every Time I Die, Skycamefalling, Poison the Well, Norma Jean and he also stated that Brand New has been a huge influence on my life between music and personal. Bring Me the Horizons latest album Thats the Spirit was heavily influenced by Brand New. While at the Download Festival 2014, Sykes revealed to Linkin Park that he attended some of their shows, after watching them perform, he was inspired to write music. Musicians such as Sam Carter of Architects have also cited Sykes as his biggest influence, Bring Me the Horizons debut album has been described as deathcore, while their other albums have been described as metalcore. Their latest album, Thats the Spirit has been described as various types of rock including alternative rock, electronic rock, emo, and pop punk. Bring Me the Horizon has been described as metalcore, alternative metal, electronicore, pop punk, pop rock, emo and alternative rock and sometimes metal, post-hardcore
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Thorpe Park
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Thorpe Park, styled THORPE PARK Resort, is a theme park with a hotel in between the towns of Chertsey and Staines, Surrey, England, UK. It is operated and owned by Merlin Entertainments, after demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s, the site became a gravel pit. Thorpe Park was built in the 1970s on the pit which was partially flooded. This essentially allows guests to view the park as an island and it was officially opened to the public by the late Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1979. Major attractions include Tidal Wave, Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, Stealth, SAW - The Ride, The Swarm, the park is mainly geared towards a young adult/teenage audience due to the vast majority of signature attractions being roller coasters and thrill rides. The tallest of these being Stealth, an Intamin Accelerator Coaster, as well as this, The Swarm, which is the only B&M wing coaster in the UK, has a total of 5 inversions and is 127 feet tall. The demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s saw the site transform into a gravel pit, in the late 1970s they decided to flood part of the site and create an educational theme park. The park opened as an attraction, building slowly up to RMCs first large installation of X. In 1998, The Tussauds Group bought the park, from the outset the park started opening key attractions such as Tidal Wave in 2000, Colossus in 2002, Nemesis Inferno in 2003 and Stealth in 2006. Thorpe Park is split into themed areas, Port & Basecamp, Amity, The Jungle, Old Town, Lost City, Swarm Island, Angry Birds Land. Amity, previously Amity Cove and also Amity Beach, is themed as a 1950s fishing village that has been devastated by a tidal wave. The attractions in this area are, Tidal Wave, Stealth, Flying Fish, Storm in a Teacup, Depth Charge, Wet Wet Wet, Amity Beach, Old Town, previously Canada Creek and SAW Island, opened in 1989 and 2009 respectively. It is themed around the Canadian Rockies, the main attraction of the area, is Saw - The Ride a Gerstlauer Eurofighter with three inversions. It is the coaster in the world themed around a horror film. This area also has the UKs tallest water ride, called Loggers Leap, the worlds only Sky Swat, Slammer, Old Town is also home to the now defunct Canada Creek Railway, which closed in late 2011. The Jungle, previously Calypso Quay, is an area in the park themed around a tropical caribbean jungle, four rides reside within this area, Nemesis Inferno, Mr Monkeys Banana Ride, Rumba Rapids and the Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Maze. Lost City opened in 2001 and is themed around an ancient Aztec land, main attractions include, Colossus, Quantum, Rush, X, Samurai, Vortex, Zodiac. Swarm Island was the new area for 2012, the land was reclaimed from the water that surrounds the island and it paints a picture of an apocalyptic end to the world with the roller coaster The Swarm
