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Alex Pardee
Alex Pardee is an American freelance artist, apparel designer, and comics creator writer, best known for illustrating the Used's album artwork. Career He has also done works for Hurley International, Twenty Twenty Skateboards, Bay Area rapper TopR, Upper Playground, Street Drum Corps, Aiden, Kid Robot, and lately the cover of In Flames's ninth studio album, ''A Sense of Purpose'', and its first single, " The Mirror's Truth". He is a member of the groups Cardboard City and Zerofriends. He runs the website EyeSuck Ink which includes links to his blog and store. Through his art he has admitted to overcoming depression and anxiety disorders along with emotional struggles. He uses pens, ink, watercolors, and dye, and is trying to use more acrylics, oils, and latex. Pardee is currently working on a motion picture for Chadam (often confused with Chadam Mihlberger) as well as various art shows and products. Pardee released his first official art book, titled '' Awful Homesick'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. History The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of Reed Exhibitions and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment. ReedPop is involved with other events, including Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) and PAX Dev/PAX East/PAX Prime. ReedPop and New York Comic Con were founded by Greg Topalian, former senior vice president of Reed Exhibitions. The first con was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Due to Reed Exhibitions' lack of experience with comic conventions (they primarily dealt with professional trade shows prior to 2006), attendance was far more t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awful Homesick
Awful may refer to: * Awful (song), "Awful" (song), a 1999 single by the band Hole * ''Awful Orphan'', a 1949 cartoon * Awful Gardner, a notorious gambler * ''Awful End'', a 2002 children's novel * "Awful, Beautiful Life", a song by Darryl Worley * ''Awful Mess Mystery'', a Wolfie album * The Awful DYNNE, a character from ''The Phantom Tollbooth'' * ''The Awful Truth'', a 1937 comedy * Something Awful, a comedy website, The Good Earth See also * The Awful Truth (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Love And Death
''In Love and Death'' is the second studio album by American rock band the Used. It was released on September 28, 2004, and was later certified platinum in the United States, indicating over 1,000,000 copies shipped. It is their most commercially successful album to date. The title and music reference a number of tragic events that surrounded vocalist Bert McCracken during the album's production, notably the death of his pregnant girlfriend. ''In Love and Death'' is the final studio album to feature drummer Branden Steineckert. Background The Used released their self-titled debut album in June 2002 through major label Reprise Records. Frequent touring across the United States helped the band build their fan base. Soon afterwards, the band appeared at Warped Tour and Ozzfest, and was included in larger-sized package tours. In an interview with ''Billboard'' in February 2003, vocalist Bert McCracken said the group was aiming to record their second album at the end of the year. McCrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take It Away (The Used Song)
"Take It Away" is the first single from the Used's second studio album ''In Love and Death''. "Take It Away" was released to radio on August 31, 2004. This song, as well as video, was played during the commercials to promote the album. Track listings *All songs written by the Used The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah, that formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalist Bert McCracken, bassist Jeph Howard, drummer Dan Whitesides, and guitarist Joey Bradford. Former members include Quinn Allman, Branden Stei .... CD single 1 CD single 2 7-inch vinyl Personnel The Used * Bert McCracken - vocals * Quinn Allman - guitar * Jeph Howard - bass * Branden Steineckert - drums Charts Notes The Used songs 2004 singles 2004 songs Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by John Feldmann Songs written by Quinn Allman Songs written by Jeph Howard Songs written by Bert McCracken Songs written by Branden Steineckert {{2000s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah, that formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalist Bert McCracken, bassist Jeph Howard, drummer Dan Whitesides, and guitarist Joey Bradford. Former members include Quinn Allman, Branden Steineckert, and Justin Shekoski. The group signed to Reprise Records and rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, '' In Love and Death'', in September 2004 and their third album, ''Lies for the Liars'', in May 2007. ''Shallow Believer'', an EP that featured most of the band's B-sides, was released in February 2008. Their fourth studio album, '' Artwork'', was released in August 2009. A fifth album, '' Vulnerable'', was released in March 2012 through the independent label Hopeless Records. In July 2013 they released another EP: '' The Ocean of the Sky''. Their sixth album, '' Imaginary Enemy'', released in April 2014. Their seventh studio album, ''The Canyon'', was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are Machines
Street Drum Corps is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2004 by Bobby Alt, of S.T.U.N. and Faculty X; Adam Alt, of Circus Minor; and Frank Zummo, of TheStart. To date the group have released four albums and have been part of tours such as Van's Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, Thirty Seconds to Mars's Into the Wild Tour and Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution. The group uses instruments such as drum kits, garbage cans, hand drums, acoustic, buckets, kitchenware, recycled aluminium, rain barrels, marching band equipment, and even power tools to produce a grinding effect during live shows and have performed with the likes of Thirty Seconds to Mars, Stomp, No Doubt, Bad Religion, Good Charlotte, Linkin Park, Atreyu, Strung Out, Alexisonfire and Deftones. Bert McCracken of The Used and Airin Older of Sugarcult have performed with Street Drum Corps several times, and shared the stage with them for the song "Flaco 81". History ''Street Drum Corps'' (2004–2006) Street Drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Drum Corps (album)
Street Drum Corps is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2004 by Bobby Alt, of S.T.U.N. and Faculty X; Adam Alt, of Circus Minor; and Frank Zummo, of TheStart. To date the group have released four albums and have been part of tours such as Van's Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, Thirty Seconds to Mars's Into the Wild Tour and Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution. The group uses instruments such as drum kits, garbage cans, hand drums, acoustic, buckets, kitchenware, recycled aluminium, rain barrels, marching band equipment, and even power tools to produce a grinding effect during live shows and have performed with the likes of Thirty Seconds to Mars, Stomp, No Doubt, Bad Religion, Good Charlotte, Linkin Park, Atreyu, Strung Out, Alexisonfire and Deftones. Bert McCracken of The Used and Airin Older of Sugarcult have performed with Street Drum Corps several times, and shared the stage with them for the song "Flaco 81". History ''Street Drum Corps'' (2004–2006) Street Drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conviction (Aiden Album)
''Conviction'' is the third studio album by American rock band Aiden, released on August 20, 2007 by record label Victory. The album was produced by John Goodmanson and exhibits a lighter, more melodic musical style for the band. ''Conviction'' reached number 54 in the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, whilst receiving a generally negative reaction from music critics. Recording and composition On January 15, 2007, the band began pre-production, which lasted into mid-February. By this point, the band had 14 songs written. Francis revealed that the album would be "our biggest and most ambitious record to date." From mid-February to early April, the band participated in the Taste of Chaos tour. Following this, further pre-production took place at Sleepy Hollow Studios in Day Creek, Washington. These sessions were done with Dave Schiffman, who was assisted by Robert Bicknell II. In May, ''Conviction'' was recorded at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington with producer John Goodmanson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impossible Kid (album)
''The Impossible Kid'' is the seventh studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released on April 29, 2016 through Rhymesayers Entertainment. The production was handled by Aesop Rock himself. The cover art was created by Alex Pardee. To accompany the release of the album, Rob Shaw directed an abridged shot-for-shot remake of '' The Shining'' using small figurines, which was set to the album in its entirety. Additionally, music videos were created for "Rings", "Blood Sandwich", "Lazy Eye", "Dorks", "Kirby", "Shrunk", and "Get Out of the Car"; released eight years after the death of the song's subject and Aesop's good friend, Camu Tao. Reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''The Impossible Kid'' received an average score of 85 based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Kyle Mullin of ''Exclaim!'' gave the album an 8 out of 10 and said: "For years, Aesop Rock has been beloved for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aesop Rock
Ian Matthias Bavitz (born June 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American rapper and producer from Long Island, New York. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label until it went on hiatus in 2010. In a 2010 retrospective, betterPropaganda ranked him at number 19 at the ''Top 100 Artists of the Decade''. He released his first album, ''Music for Earthworms'', in 1997, with ''Float'' following 3 years later. ''Labor Days'', his third studio album, was released on September 18, 2001. His next release came two years later, titled '' Bazooka Tooth'', released on September 23, 2003. His fourth studio album, ''None Shall Pass'', was released on August 28, 2007. Its titular song became one of Ian's most popular and well-known songs. His seventh record, ''Skelethon'', was released on July 10, 2012. His seventh release, '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Bua
Justin Bua is an artist, author, speaker and entrepreneur. He currently lives in Texas and is best known for his lyrical narrative paintings of musicians, DJs and similar characters who help define the urban landscape. As an artist "for the people, by the people, of the people," Bua's fan base is diverse and ranges from former presidents, actors, musicians, professional athletes, dancers, to street kids and art connoisseurs. Early life and education Bua grew up on the Upper West Side of New York City during the height of the graffiti movement and was fascinated by the raw, visceral street life of the city. Justin attended Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts and complemented his education on the streets by writing graffiti and performing worldwide with breakdancing crews. Bua went on to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he earned a B.F.A in illustration and taught figure drawing at the University of Southern Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digging Up The Marrow
''Digging up the Marrow'' is a 2014 American horror comedy film written and directed by Adam Green. It stars Green as a fictionalized version of himself who, in the process of making a documentary about monsters, is contacted by a man, played by Ray Wise, who insists that he can prove monsters are real. Plot Filmmaker Adam Green begins a documentary about artwork that features monsters. Green is surprised when William Dekker, a retired detective, contacts him and claims to have proof of the existence of monsters. Green's wife reacts skeptically, but he reworks his documentary to focus on Dekker and his efforts to expose the monsters' underground home, which he calls "The Marrow". Green interviews Dekker at his house, who claims that he has seen many monsters and identified some of them through sketches. Dekker mentions his son once but diverts from the topic when Green inquires. The shooting crew of Green and his cameraman wait at the Marrow's entrance; a dug-up hole in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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