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All Star United
''All Star United'' is a Christian rock band that was formed by solo artist Ian Eskelin in 1996. The band is known for clever and sometimes sarcastic lyrics, as they frequently use their songs as vehicles to lampoon perceived excesses in Western culture. Their musical style combines elements of alternative rock and Britpop, anchored by melodically powerful choruses. All Star United has released five full-length albums, a collector's EP, and a "best of" collection that included two previously unreleased songs. Their latest full-length project (''The Good Album'') was released internationally in 2009, but the US release was delayed until early 2010 and includes an additional radio single "Beautiful Way." The band has had several No. 1 charting songs in the United States, including the songs "Smash Hit" and "Superstar". They also had a No. 1 single in Singapore titled "If We Were Lovers". Band leader and founder, Eskelin has also released three solo projects and currently w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Star United (album)
''All Star United'' is the debut album of the band of the same name. The album was released in 1997. The song, "Beautiful Thing", was featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 movie ''Saved! ''Saved!'' is a 2004 American independent satirical black comedy film directed by Brian Dannelly, and starring Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker. Its plot follows a teenage ...''. Track listing # "La La Land" # "Bright Red Carpet" # "Angels" # "Drive" # "Torn" # "Smash Hit" # "Savior of My Universe" # "Beautiful Thing" # "Tenderness" # "Lullaby" References 1997 debut albums All Star United albums {{christian-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Album (album)
''The Good Album'' is the fifth studio album from Christian rock band All Star United. It was originally released exclusively on iTunes and online in 2009. On January 12, 2010, the album was released to retail stores under the label E1 Entertainment E1, E01, E.I or E-1 may refer to: Transportation Aircraft * Azcárate O-E-1, Azcárate E-1, a Mexican sesquiplane trainer * Fokker E.I, a German fighter aircraft * Grumman E-1 Tracer, an American airborne early warning aircraft * Hydra Technolog .... This is All Star United's first release with E1 Entertainment. Track listing # "Surface Of The Sun" (3:25) # "Is This The Moment?" (3:51) # "The Blame" (2:45) # "Lights Out" (2:10) # "Once Again, With Feeling" (3:21) # "Crashing Cars" (2:34) # "Dude... That's Freaking Awesome!" (4:36) # "Pretty Famous" (2:51) # "Good Luck With The Girls" (2:42) # "I'm A Killer" (3:34) # "Good Times" (3:47) # "Beautiful Way" (2:38) References 2010 albums All Star United albums {{2010s-Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Radiation (album)
''Love and Radiation'' is the fourth studio album from Christian rock band All Star United. It was released in 2006 after a four-year hiatus from the studio. During this break, band leader Ian Eskelin released his second solo album titled '' Save the Humans'' in 2004. (Eskelin had previously released a solo album, '' Supersonic Dream Day'' mononymously as Ian in 1995 before the founding of All Star United.) The album was released by Furious in the UK and by 7 Spin Music in the US on May 26, 2007. Track listing # "Love And Radiation" (3:40) # "You You You (Yeah Yeah Yeah)" (3:20) # "Before You Break My Heart" (3:27) # "We Could Be Brilliant" (3:23) # "Let's Rock Tonight" (3:13) # "Jesus On The Radio" (3:35) # "There's Gotta Be Something" (2:39) # "The Song Of The Year" (3:12) # "In A World Where Nothing's Wrong (You're Alright)" (3:16) # "Like Hallelujah" (3:02) # "Take Me A Way" (4:31) Personnel * Christian Crowe - Drums * Ian Eskelin Ian Eskelin (born October 17, 1969), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica, or both. Techniques The guitarist may employ any of several methods for sounding the guitar, including finger picking, depending on the type of strings used (either nylon or steel), and including strumming with the fingers, or a guitar pick made of bone, horn, plastic, metal, felt, leather, or paper, and melodic flatpicking and finger-picking. The guitarist may also employ various methods for selecting notes and chords, including fingering, thumbing, the barre (a finger lying across many or all strings at a particular fret), and guitar slides, usually made of glass or metal. These left- and right-hand techniques may be intermixed in performance. Notable guitarists Rock, metal, ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HM Magazine
''HM Magazine'' is a monthly, digital and print on demand publication focusing on hard music and alternative culture of interest to Christians. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas. The magazine states that its goal is to "honestly and accurately cover the current state of hard music and alternative culture from a faith-based perspective." It is known for being one of the first magazines dedicated to covering Christian metal. The magazine's content includes features; news; album, live show and book reviews; culture coverage and columns. HM's occasional "So and So Says" feature is known for getting into artists' deeper thoughts on Jesus Christ, spirituality, and politics. History In 1985, Doug Van Pelt started ''Heaven's Metal'' as a fanzine. It was Van Pelt's friend who would later place a classified ad in the 100th issue of ''Kerrang!,'' a British magazine focused on covering rock musicians and bands. During that time, Christian Metal as a genre began to gain more attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Rhythms (magazine)
''Cross Rhythms'' was the eponymously titled music magazine, produced by the Christian media organisation of the same name. It was founded under the name ''Cross Rhythms Magazine'' by editor Tony Cummings, and printer Mark Golding in April 1989, with the first issue being made available in May 1990. Two years later, publication of the magazine was taken over by Cornerstone House, a publishing company owned by Chris Cole. After partnering with Christian radio station United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) in 1995, the magazine was given more financial stability. Around this time, ''Cross Rhythms'' had a circulation of approximately 15,000. Around 2000, ''Cross Rhythms'' official website was launched, which continued online after the paper magazine ceased publication in the summer of 2005 with its 85th issue. , the website is the sixth most viewed Christian website in the UK. ''Cross Rhythms'' centered almost exclusively on contemporary Christian music, with only the occasional rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution ASU (album)
''Revolution'' is the third studio album from Christian rock band All Star United. It was released in 2002 after the band signed up with Furious Records. The album features an almost entirely new band, with Ian Eskelin still heading them. The number 27018036090 is featured on the cover and throughout the album's packaging. No explanation is given for the reason for this number. One possibility is that it is geographic coordinates. The coordinates 27.0180 36.090 maps to a spot along Highway 5 in Saudi Arabia east of the Red Sea and 100 miles south east of the Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a l ... but the significance of this location as it relates to the band or the album is unknown. Track listing # "We Are the Future" (3:28) # "Let It Rain" (I'm Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delirious?
Delirious? (formerly known as The Cutting Edge Band) were an English contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian band. For the majority of their career, the lineup featured Martin Smith (English musician), Martin Smith on vocals and guitar, Stu G (full name Stuart Garrard) on guitar and backing vocals, Jon Thatcher on bass guitar, Tim Jupp on keys and piano, and Stew Smith on drums and percussion. During their final two years, drumming duties were assumed by Paul Evans. They are perhaps best known for their modern worship songs "Rain Down (song), Rain Down", "Majesty", "Lord You Have My Heart", "Thank You for Saving Me", "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?", "What a Friend I've Found" and their 1994 song "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever", which has been called a "contemporary worship music, modern worship classic" and is their most popular song in the United States. The Cutting Edge Band had various members from 1992 to 1996 before the decision was made to take the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smash Hits (All Star United Album)
''Smash Hits'' is a compilation album of Christian rock band All Star United ''All Star United'' is a Christian rock band that was formed by solo artist Ian Eskelin in 1996. The band is known for clever and sometimes sarcastic lyrics, as they frequently use their songs as vehicles to lampoon perceived excesses in Western .... The album was released in 2000 and featured songs from the band's two previous releases. Track listing # "Smash Hit" # "Bright Red Carpet" # "Saviour of My Universe" # "Beautiful Thing" # "Tenderness" # "Welcome to Our Big Rock Show" # "Superstar" # "Theme from Summer" # "Thank You, Goodnight" # "Popular Americans" # "If We Were Lovers" # "Hurricane Baby" # "Hang On" # "Baby Come Back" # "Saviour of My Universe" (acoustic mix) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smash Hits (All Star United Album) All Star United albums 2000 greatest hits albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Anthems For The Human Race
''International Anthems for the Human Race'' is the second album of Christian rock band All Star United ''All Star United'' is a Christian rock band that was formed by solo artist Ian Eskelin in 1996. The band is known for clever and sometimes sarcastic lyrics, as they frequently use their songs as vehicles to lampoon perceived excesses in Western .... The album was released in 1998. Track listing # "Welcome to Our Big Rock Show" # "Popular Americans" # "International Anthems" # "Thank You, Goodnight" # "If We were Lovers" # "Worldwide Socialites Unite" # "I Need You Now" # "Theme from Summer" # "Everything Will Be Alright" # "Superstar" # "Put Your Arms Around Me" References {{DEFAULTSORT:International Anthems For The Human Race 1998 albums All Star United albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or trombone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments. Since the 1960s, the electric bass has been the standard bass instrument for funk, R&B, soul music, rock and roll, reggae, jazz fusion, Heavy metal music, heavy metal, Country music, country and pop music. The double bass is the standard bass instrument for European classical music, classical music, Bluegrass music, bluegrass, rockabilly, and most genres of jazz. Low brass instruments such as the tuba or sousaphone are the standard bass instrument in Dixieland and New Orleans-style jazz bands. Despite the associations of different bass instruments with certain genres, there are exceptions. Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
