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Aurora (Antiskeptic Album)
''Aurora'' is the second album by Melbourne-based band Antiskeptic. Prior to the album's recording, bassist Sean Daly departed the band, but returned to play on the band's recording sessions for the album after his replacement also quit. The album marked a slight stylistic change for the group, who developed a more hard-rock and melodic sound, in contrast to the fast-paced and pop-punk sound of its predecessor Memoirs of a Common Man ''Memoirs of a Common Man'' is the debut album by Melbourne-based band Antiskeptic. Proceeded by two EPs, the recording is the band's first full-length album and captured the group's early pop-punk sound. In 2002, lead single ''Called'' featured .... Lead single ''Nothing to Say'' featured in rotation on radio stations Triple M and Triple J, while the video was featured on national music video programs. Follow-up single ''Clear to Pass'' was released as a free, digital only single, and received radioplay on Triple J and FBI. Daly returned to the ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiskeptic
Antiskeptic is a rock band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band has enjoyed over ten years of successful touring nationally, releasing three full-length albums, three EPs and two DVDs. The band have toured with many successful groups, including Midnight Oil, Jimmy Eat World, Unwritten Law, Millencolin, MxPx, Jebediah, Bodyjar and Dashboard Confessional.http://alternativemusichub.com/2012/01/11/interview-with-andrew-kitchen-from-antiskeptic/ Antiskeptic are known for their energetic live shows and powerful performances as much as the uplifting and encouraging lyrical content of their songs. History Early years & ''Memoirs of a Common Man'' (1999–2003) Formed in Melbourne in 1999, the band was originally only a side project for guitarist/singer Andrew Kitchen and bassist/singer Sean Daly. At the time, the men were performing in another band named Dispersia. Dispersa later broke up and gave way to Antiskeptic. Initially named TSP (an acronym for the Side Project), Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88 Records
88 may refer to: * 88 (number) * one of the years 88 BC, AD 88, 1888 CE, 1988 CE, 2088 CE, etc. * "88", a song by Sum 41 from '' Chuck'' * "88", a song by The Cool Kids from '' The Bake Sale'' * The 88, an American indie rock band * ''The 88'' (album), the 2003 debut album by New Zealand band Minuit * Highway 88, see List of highways numbered 88 * The 88 (San Jose), a residential skyscraper in San Jose, California, USA * The 88, a nickname for the piano derived from the number of keys it typically has * A Morse code abbreviation meaning "Love and kisses" * 88 Generation Students Group, a Burmese pro-democracy movement * 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41, known as ''the eighty-eight'', a German anti-tank and anti-aircraft gun from World War II * ''88'' (film), a 2015 film directed by April Mullen, starring Katharine Isabelle * Atomic number 88: radium * The butterfly genus '' Diaethria'', which has an 88-like pattern on its wings * The butterfly genus '' Callicore'', which has an 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoirs Of A Common Man
''Memoirs of a Common Man'' is the debut album by Melbourne-based band Antiskeptic. Proceeded by two EPs, the recording is the band's first full-length album and captured the group's early pop-punk sound. In 2002, lead single ''Called'' featured on high rotation on national radio stations Triple J and Triple M, with the track and video clip also featuring on Triple J's famous Hottest 100 compilation (CD and DVD, Volume 10) after being voted number 92 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2002. The success of ''Called'' took the band to new heights, and saw them performing at the ''MOne'' and Homebake Homebake was an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand). The festival was first held on 3 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New Sou ... festivals in Sydney. Follow-up single ''Four Seasons'' received radio play on Triple J, and the video clip received rotation on music video sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
