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Blackheart Records
Blackheart Records is an American record label founded by rock musicians Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna. Artists include The Eyeliners, Girl in a Coma, the Cute Lepers, the Dollyrots, The Vacancies, Fea, Jackknife Stiletto, L7, and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. History Six of Jett's Top 40 hits were released on Blackheart Records. "I Hate Myself for Loving You" from 1988 placed highest in the charts. During most of the 1990s, while it was under distribution by Mercury/PolyGram Records, the label ventured into hip hop music and released albums by artists including Big Daddy Kane and Professor Griff Richard Griffin (born August 1, 1960), better known by his stage name Professor Griff, is an American rapper, spoken word artist, and lecturer currently residing in Atlanta. He was a member of the hip hop group Public Enemy, serving as the gro .... Studio albums released References External links *Joan Jett and the Legend of Blackheart Records {{Authority control American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PolyGram Records
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a holding for their record companies, and was renamed "PolyGram" in 1972. The name was chosen to reflect the Siemens interest Polydor Records and the Philips interest Phonogram Records. The company traced its origins through Deutsche Grammophon back to the inventor of the flat disc gramophone, Emil Berliner. Later on, PolyGram expanded into the largest global entertainment company, creating film and television divisions. In May 1998, it was sold to the alcoholic distiller Seagram which owned film, television and music company Universal Studios. PolyGram was thereby folded into Universal Music Group, and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment was folded into Universal Pictures, which had been both Seagram successors of MCA Inc. When the newly forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Stig
''Evil Stig'' is a 1995 studio album by Evil Stig, which was a new band formed by Joan Jett and members of The Gits for a series of benefit concerts to fund the investigation into the 1993 murder of Gits singer Mia Zapata. The name Evil Stig is developed from Gits Live in reverse. The album was released in 1995. Track listing All tracks composed by Andy Kessler, Matt Dresdner, Steve Moriarty, Mia Zapata; except where indicated #"Sign of the Crab" - 2:22 #"Bob (Cousin O.)" - 2:53 #"Drinking Song" - 2:47 #"Spear and Magic Helmet" - 2:42 #"Last to Know" (Jett, Dresdner, Moriarty, Kessler, Kenny Laguna, Jim Vallance) - 3:44 #"Guilt Within Your Head" - 2:23 #"Whirlwind" - 3:05 #"Another Shot of Whiskey" - 2:37 #"Second Skin" - 2:43 #"Activity Grrrl" * (Jett) - 3:28 #"You Got a Problem" * (Jett, Kathleen Hanna, Desmond Child) - 3:17 #"Crimson & Clover" (Tommy James Tommy James (born Thomas Gregory Jackson; April 29, 1947), also known as Tommy Tadger, is an American musician, singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Church
Metal Church is an American heavy metal band. They originally formed in San Francisco, California in 1980 and then relocated to Aberdeen, Washington the following year and briefly using the name Shrapnel. Led by guitarist and songwriter Kurdt Vanderhoof, the band has released twelve studio albums, and is often credited as a formative influence on the thrash metal subgenre, melding the aesthetics of the new wave of British heavy metal and American hard rock with "incredibly tight musicianship" and "piercingly screeched" vocals. They are also considered to be an integral part of the Seattle heavy metal music scene of the 1980s, and achieved considerable popularity that decade, with two of their first three albums entering the Top 100 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. The band's early lyrical topics such as conflict and paranoia later expanded into philosophical and social commentary. Metal Church has had a revolving door of vocalists, guitarists, bassists and drummers throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanging In The Balance
''Hanging in the Balance'' is the fifth album by American heavy metal band Metal Church, released in 1993. It was Metal Church's last album before their two-year break up from 1996 to 1998, and the last to feature vocalist Mike Howe for more than two decades until his return to the band in 2015. It is also their last studio album with longtime guitarist Craig Wells and drummer Kirk Arrington (until his return on 2004's '' The Weight of the World''). Track listing Personnel ;Metal Church *Mike Howe – vocals *Craig Wells – lead guitar * John Marshall – rhythm guitar *Duke Erickson – bass *Kirk Arrington – drums ;Additional musicians * Kurdt Vanderhoof – additional guitars *Jerry Cantrell – lead guitar on "Gods of Second Chance" *Randy Hansen – lead guitar on "Conductor" *Joan Jett, Allison Wolfe, Kathleen Hanna – backing vocals on "Little Boy" ;Production *Thom Panunzio – producer, engineer, mixing at The Hit Factory, New York *Kenny Laguna – producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notorious (Joan Jett Album)
''Notorious'' is the eighth studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The album was released in 1991. "Backlash" was the label's first choice for a single, but the resulting one-track CD was only available as a promotional item sent to DJs. "Don't Surrender" was released in the US as a CD single accompanied by a remix ("The Most Excellent Mix") and the non-LP track "Misunderstood". "Wait for Me", a song Jett wrote when she was just 16, was a cover of The Runaways' version from their 1977 album ''Waitin' for the Night''. "I Want You" was a revised version of a song from 1979 that Jett and Kenny Laguna had written for a movie she was set to star in. The original lyrics (which can be heard on the fan-club only CD ''1979'') were nihilistic and raw, whereas the version heard on ''Notorious'' is politically correct. Several editions of the album feature "Machismo" before "Goodbye", but this is the only difference. "I Want You", as well as other songs by Joan Jett and the Blackhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Your Alley (album)
''Up Your Alley'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released on May 23, 1988 by Blackheart Records and CBS Records in the United States, and by Polydor Records in Europe and Japan, a year and a half after their previous album ''Good Music'' (1986). This album contains the single "I Hate Myself for Loving You", which peaked at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and had been used as the theme song for '' Sunday Night Football'' NFL games in America (with altered lyrics, by two singers) during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. The follow-up single "Little Liar" continued Jett's chart success, peaking at No. 19 on the Hot 100 in late 1988/early 1989. ''Up Your Alley'' peaked at No. 19 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and has since been certified Platinum. Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor played the guitar solo on "I Hate Myself for Loving You". "I Hate Myself for Loving You" was released as the first single, backed with a liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Music (Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Album)
''Good Music'' is the fifth studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released in 1986. The album's working title was ''Contact'', after the final song off the album (hence the contact sheet of photographs on the cover), but it was changed to ''Good Music'' in its final stages. "Fantasy" was also recorded for this album but was instead featured as the non-LP B-side to the "Good Music" single, which peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also appeared on Jett's odds-and-sods album, '' Flashback''. The song "This Means War" also appeared on the concurrently released soundtrack to Joan Jett's debut movie, ''Light of Day''. A video was shot for the shortened single mix of "Good Music", following Joan Jett around New York City. Jett is seen in her limo throwing 'bad music' tapes out the window, as well as playing guitar in her loft and even washing her hair in the shower. It climaxed with an in-concert appearance with her band at CBGB, however the video was rarely played on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth
''Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth'' is the fourth studio album by Joan Jett and the third to feature her backing band The Blackhearts. The album was released in 1984 and reissued in 1998 with seven bonus tracks. The title of the album was taken from a line of dialogue in an episode of ''The Honeymooners''. MCA Records had trouble pulling a successful single from the album. They released two music videos for the songs "I Need Someone" and "I Love You Love Me Love" (its title shortened to "I Love You Love"), but only "I Love You Love" was released in the 7-inch format (backed with a live version of "Talkin' 'Bout My Baby"). In the UK, "I Need Someone" was released as a 12-inch single, but the vocal differed from the album version. "Cherry Bomb" was remixed by Mark S. Berry and released as a promotional 12-inch single in the US on red vinyl, coupled with an instrumental titled "Bombs Away". The record sleeve featured Jett firing up a large plastic cherry with a Bic lighter. "H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album (Joan Jett Album)
''Album'' is the third studio album by Joan Jett and the second to feature her backing band the Blackhearts. It was released in July 1983. Background and recording Unlike Joan Jett's two previous albums, only two tracks are cover songs, and a re-recording of a the Runaways "I Love Playing With Fire", though this had not been the original plan. During the recording of the album, Jett commented, "I know what's going to happen. When we included lots of covers, people would call us on it. If we don't they'd say, 'Where's the covers?'" Release The cassette tape version had 2 different issues, one issued in a regular black plastic case ( MCA MCAC-5437) and one issued in a red plastic case (MCA MCAC-5445). The initial version contained The Rolling Stones song " Star Star" on it as a hidden track at the end of side one. The second version deleted the song and was designated as "Album Version Only". The album was re-released in 1992 with six more bonus tracks. The first single released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song "Cherry Bomb". With The Blackhearts, Jett is known for her rendition of the song " I Love Rock 'n Roll" which was number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett's other notable songs include " Bad Reputation", "Light of Day", "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and her covers of "Crimson and Clover", "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" and " Dirty Deeds". Jett has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. She has three albums that have been certified platinum or gold. She has been described as "the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". In 2015, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jett lives in Long Beach, New York, and has been a New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Reputation (Joan Jett Album)
''Bad Reputation'' is the debut solo studio album by American recording artist Joan Jett. It was originally released independently on May 17, 1980 as a self-titled album after her previous band The Runaways disbanded. After Jett signed with Boardwalk Records, the album was re-released worldwide with the new title on January 23, 1981. The album was positively received by critics and reached number 51 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Background Record producer Kenny Laguna financed the album's recording sessions using borrowed studio credits. Recorded before Joan Jett formed The Blackhearts, the majority of the album featured Jett backed by members of the Roll-Ups, with Lea Hart on guitar, Jeff Peters on bass and Paul Simmons on drums. Other tracks include well known musicians, such as the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones and Paul Cook, and Blondie's Clem Burke and Frank Infante. After independently recording the album with Laguna, Jett took the record to a number of major record labels, none of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
