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Bitter Forces And Lame Race Horses
''Bitter Forces and Lame Race Horses'' is an EP by the rock band Fiction Plane, released on 11 July 2005. Critical reception In a review for AllMusic, Mark Morton wrote that the EP is "darker in nature" than Fiction Plane's debut album, '' Everything Will Never Be OK'' (2003), and described it as a "soulful, somber, and acidic ... successful hybrid of alternative rock balladry and singer-songwriter affectation." Track listing Personnel ;Fiction Plane * Seton Daunt – guitar, piano, background vocals * Joe Sumner – vocals, bass, guitar * Pete Wilhoit – drums, background vocals ;Additional personnel * Paul Corkett – engineering, mixing, production * Nick Joplin – engineering * Mark "Spike" Stent Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, ... – mixing * Dan K. Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction Plane
Fiction Plane are an English rock band consisting of lead vocalist and bass player Joe Sumner, guitarist Seton Daunt, and drummer Pete Wilhoit. History When Sumner was a teenager in England, he was inspired to write songs after he heard Nirvana's album ''Nevermind''. Sumner, having grown up around the music industry with his father Gordon “Sting” Sumner, already knew how to play guitar and drums, so he started a band with Dan Brown, a friend from school who played bass. Fiction Plane began to form in 1999 when they were joined by guitarist Seton Daunt. At a live performance a few years later, they attracted the attention of David Kahne, a producer who escorted them into a studio to record their debut album, '' Everything Will Never Be OK''. Lacking a full-time drummer, they invited Abe Laboriel Jr., a session musician who had played with them before. After the album was released, they hired Pete Wilhoit, a drummer from Bloomington, Indiana, and Fiction Plane was launched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s with the likes of the grunge subgenre in the United States, and the Britpop and shoegaze subgenres in the United Kingdom and Ireland. During this period, many record labels were looking for "alternatives", as many Arena rock, corporate rock, hard rock, and glam metal acts from the 1980s were beginning to grow stale throughout the music industry. The emergence of Generation X as a Culture, cultural force in the 1990s also contributed greatly to the rise of alternative music. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or arena rock, commercial rock or pop. 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, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geffen Records
Geffen Records (formerly The David Geffen Company from 1980 to 1992 and Geffen Records Inc. from 1993 to 2004) is an American record label, founded in late 1980 by David Geffen. Originally a music subsidiary of the company known as Geffen Pictures, it is owned by the Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), a unit of Interscope Capitol Labels Group, owned by Universal Music Group. Geffen has been a part of IGA since 1999 and has been used by Universal Music as a syndicating division of Interscope Records, serving its purpose to operate as a premier label for many new releases since 2003 and its 2017 reboot. History Formation (1980–1990) Geffen Records began operations in 1980. It was created by music industry businessman David Geffen who, in the early 1970s, had co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts. Geffen stepped down from Asylum in 1975, when he crossed over to film and was named a vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures. He was fired from Warner , but still rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Corkett
Paul Corkett is a British record producer, engineer and arranger. Biography Corkett got his start as an engineer in the mid-1980s, engineering singles and albums for bands as varied as ABC, the Chameleons, Twelfth Night and the Heart Throbs. He landed his first big engineering gig in 1992, recording the single "China" for Tori Amos's debut album '' Little Earthquakes''. In 1994, he produced his first full album, the second album ''Fake'' by Adorable. His engineering work on the Cure's 10th album ''Wild Mood Swings'' led to him producing the band's next album, ''Bloodflowers'', released in 2000. After engineering Placebo's second album '' Without You I'm Nothing'', in 1999 Corkett was invited to produce the band's third album '' Black Market Music''. The early 2000s saw him producing albums for small alternative British bands the Cooper Temple Clause, Biffy Clyro and Queenadreena. In 2012, he teamed up with Love Amongst Ruin frontman Steve Hewitt to engineer albums for French b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Will Never Be OK
''Everything Will Never Be OK'' is the debut album by the rock band Fiction Plane. The track "Wise" contains the hidden track "Bongo" after five minutes of silence (making the track's total running time 15:50). Track listing All songs written by Fiction Plane. # "Listen to My Babe" – 2:43 # "Everything Will Never Be OK" – 3:20 # "Cigarette" – 3:28 # "Hate" – 3:35 # "Soldier Machismo" – 2:39 # "I Wish I Would Die" – 3:38 # "Fallow" – 4:09 # "Real Real" – 3:57 # "Everybody Lies" – 3:24 # "Sickness" – 3:53 # "Silence" – 3:21 # "Wise" – 4:00 / "Bongo" (hidden track) – 6:50 Personnel * Joe Sumner – vocals, guitar, additional drums * Dan Brown – bass, backing vocals, keyboards * Seton Daunt – guitar * Abe Laboriel Jr. Abraham Laboriel Jr. (born March 23, 1971) is an American session musician best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of Paul McCartney's touring band since 2001. He is the son of Mexican bass guitarist Abraham Laboriel, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Side Of The Brain
''Left Side of the Brain'' is the second album by the rock band Fiction Plane. The band supported the album in 2007 when it was the opening act for The Police Reunion Tour The Reunion Tour was a 2007–2008 worldwide concert tour by the Police, marking the 30th anniversary of their beginnings. At its conclusion, the tour became the third (now 19th) List of highest-grossing concert tours, highest-grossing tour of .... Two singles were released from the album: " Two Sisters" and "It's a Lie". Track listing All songs written by Fiction Plane except 4, 8, 9, and 11 by Fiction Plane and Dan Brown. Charts References 2007 albums Fiction Plane albums Bieler Bros. Records albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seton Daunt
Seton Daunt is an English guitar player and songwriter, best known as lead guitarist for the British rock band Fiction Plane. Guitarist At 19 years old, Daunt met Dan Brown, who introduced him to Santa's Boyfriend. The band was playing the club circuit in London, and he was invited to join them for a few songs. He joined the band several years later. In 1998, Daunt was a member of the London-based indie band Bok, which featured Matt Crutchlow (guitar, vocals), Andrew Holdsworth (bass, keyboards), and Richard Young (drums). The band released an EP called "Alarm in the Beehive", which received praise from BBC Radio jockey Steve Lamacq, as well as some positive reviews. ''Kerrang!'' gave the album three out of five stars, saying, "'Alarm in the Beehive' boasts the muscular exuberance of Ash with shed-loads of unconventional artistry, head-spinning high velocity twists and turns, and a gnashingly delivered lyric of utter lunacy. In short, this is a mind-warp of soul-stinging gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sumner
Joseph Sumner (born 23 November 1976) is an English singer-songwriter and bassist for the rock band Fiction Plane, and co-founder of the company Vyclone, which made an app for recording video from multiple angles. Career Music Sumner learned to play guitar and drums when he was a teenager, and was inspired to write songs when he heard Nirvana's album ''Nevermind''. He formed a band with a school friend, bassist Dan Brown, which eventually became Fiction Plane when it was joined by British guitarist Seton Daunt. Fiction Plane recorded its first album, ''Everything Will Never Be OK'' (2003), without a full-time drummer, relying instead on session musician Abe Laboriel Jr. Soon after, Fiction Plane hired drummer Pete Wilhoit, a native of Indiana. After that album, Fiction Plane released ''Bitter Forces and Lame Race Horses'' (2005), ''Left Side of the Brain'' (2007), '' Paradiso'' (2009), '' Sparks'' (2010), and ''Mondo Lumina'' (2015). The band received much attention when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Wilhoit
Pete Wilhoit is an American drummer and a member of the band Fiction Plane. Musical career Wilhoit grew up Bloomington, Indiana and attended Indiana University, where he studied jazz and percussion. His teachers included David Baker, Shawn Pelton, and Kenny Aronoff. In 1991 he started his first band, The Cutters, with friends from Bloomington. The band was signed to BMG, lasted for eleven years, and released two albums and two EPs. He was also a session musician during this time and contributed to over thirty albums by other musicians. In 2003 Wilhoit drove from Indiana to New York City to audition for the band Fiction Plane, which impressed Joe Sumner, the band's founder, lead singer, and bassist who hired him. Fiction Plane toured with Sting in 2005 and in 2007 became the opening band for The Police Reunion Tour. Wilhoit has also played or recorded with Mike Doughty, Sharon Corr, Ari Hest, Declan O'Rourke, Carrie Newcomer, Laura Critchley, Michael McDonald, Bob Doro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Stent
Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Beth Orton, Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Vince Staples, Selena Gomez, All Saints, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mansun, Gorillaz, Maroon 5, Muse, Lily Allen, Peter Gabriel, Gwen Stefani, Moby, No Doubt, Lenka, Usher, Kaiser Chiefs, Linkin Park, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, Bastille, Diana Vickers and Take That.Tingen, Paul (January 1999)"Spike Stent: The Work Of A Top-flight Mixer" ''Sound on Sound''. Retrieved 3 May 2025. Career Stent grew up in Hampshire, England and first gained experience as an engineer at Jacobs Studios as a teenager before a two-year stint at Trident Studios. After Trident, Stent worked at Olympic Studios in Barnes, South London. While at Olympic, Stent worked with artists such as Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
