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Bootstrappers (band)
Bootstrappers was a band originally composed of guitarist Elliott Sharp, bassist Mike Watt, and drummer George Hurley. After their first album, bassist Mike Watt was replaced by bassist Thom Kotik and drummer George Hurley was replaced by drummer Jan Jakub Kotík Jan Jakub Kotík (October 22, 1972 – December 13, 2007) was a Czech artist and rock drummer. Life ''Jan Jakub'' was the son of composer Petr Kotík and curator of contemporary art ''Charlotta Kotík,'' who emigrated to the United States in .... Discography *'' Bootstrappers'' (1989) *'' Gi=Go'' (1992) References American alternative rock groups {{US-alternative-rock-band-stub ... [...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] |
Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp (born March 1, 1951) is an American contemporary classical composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer. A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from contemporary classical, avant-garde, free improvisation, jazz, experimental, and orchestral music to noise, no wave, and electronic music. He pioneered the use of personal computers in live performance with his ''Virtual Stance'' project of the 1980s. He has used algorithms and fibonacci numbers in experimental compositionAmbrose, PElliott Sharp's Instrumental Vision The Morning News, October 4, 2005 since the 1970s.Tessalation Row, Elliott Sharp with the Soldier String Quartet All Music Guide He has cited literature as an inspiration for his music and often favors improvisation. He is an inveterate performer, playing mainly guitar, saxophone and bass clarinet. Sharp has led many ensembles over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Watt
Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Watt co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo career with the 1994 album ''Ball-Hog or Tugboat?'', he has since released three additional solo albums, most recently in 2010 with ''Hyphenated-man''. He is also the frontman for the supergroup Big Walnuts Yonder (2008–present), a member of the art rock group Banyan (1997–present) and is involved with several other musical projects. From 2003 until 2013, he was the bass guitarist for The Stooges. Watt has been called "one of the greatest bassists on the planet." ''CMJ New Music'' called Watt a "seminal post-punk bass player." Readers of ''NME'' voted Mike Watt one of the "40 Greatest Bassists of All Time" and ''LA Weekly'' awarded him the number six spot in "The 20 Best Bassists of All Time." In November 2008, Watt received the ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hurley
George Hurley (born September 4, 1958) is a drummer noted for his work with Minutemen and fIREHOSE. Music career Early years Originally from the East Coast, Hurley and his family moved to San Pedro, California, when he was six years old. Hurley was a surfer before devoting himself to music. A self-taught musician, Hurley created his own drumsticks out of Plexiglas and wood at the Boys Club in his youth. He got his first drumkit when he was nineteen after trading a motorcycle for it. Although he is known as a punk drummer, Hurley's musical influences are primarily jazz-based. Even though he went to the same high school as D. Boon and Mike Watt he did not meet them until around 1978. That same year, Hurley formed The Reactionaries with Boon, Watt, and Martin Tamburovich. Watt asked Hurley to join repeatedly but Hurley was reticent because they traveled in different circles and Watt was deemed "a geek". Eventually, Hurley threw caution to the wind and joined up with Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Media Guide
RhythmOne , previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel. Blinkx was founded in 2004, went public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and began trading as RhythmOne in 2017. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and London, England. RhythmOne acquired All Media Network and its portfolio of web properties in April 2015. In April 2019, RhythmOne merged with Taptica International (renamed Tremor International in June 2019), an advertising technology company headquartered in Israel. History Blinkx was named after blinkx.com, an Internet Media platform that connects online video viewers with publishers and distributors, using advertising to monetize those interactions. Blinkx has an index of over 35 million hours of video and 800 media partnerships, as well as 111 patents related to the site's se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Jakub Kotík
Jan Jakub Kotík (October 22, 1972 – December 13, 2007) was a Czech artist and rock drummer. Life ''Jan Jakub'' was the son of composer Petr Kotík and curator of contemporary art ''Charlotta Kotík,'' who emigrated to the United States in 1970. His paternal grandfather was the artist Jan Kotik and his maternal great-grandfather was Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk — first president of Czechoslovakia. ''Jakub'' was a musician and a visual artist. He played drums with the Mommyheads, Beekeeper and Church of Betty, among many other bands in New York City at the time. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Cooper Union. In 2000, he moved to Prague, where he became a highly acclaimed visual artist. In 2007, he received the prestigious Jindřich Chalupecký Award The Jindřich Chalupecký Award ( cs, Cena Jindřicha Chalupeckého) is a prize awarded annually to young visual art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bootstrappers (album)
''Bootstrappers'' is the first release by the Bootstrappers, which at the time featured guitarist Elliott Sharp and the Reactionaries/Minutemen/ Firehose rhythm section of bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. On the album, Watt used a Guild Ashbory electric bass, an instrument the approximate size of a mandolin with rubber-band-like silicon strings. After this album, bassist Mike Watt was replaced by bassist Thom Kotik and drummer George Hurley was replaced by drummer Jan Jakub Kotík. Track listing #The Memory Is A Muscle – 3:36 #Spider Baby – 2:30 #New Boots – 1:05 #Taxista – 1:14 #Flicker – 1:39 #Third Rail – 2:08 #Media Dub – 8:00 #D-I-A-L-C-A-S-H – 4:10 #X/Delta – 2:52 #Their Faces Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue – 1:49 #Presidential Apology – 4:51 #Mud – 1:28 #Indeed – 1:31 #Empty-Vee – 3:39 #Long Beach Dub/Feen – 7:04 #Maneuvers – 4:59 :All songs composed/credited to George Hurley, Elliott Sharp, and Mike Watt. Musical Person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gi=Go
GI=Go is the second album of the trio '' The Bootstrappers''. Track list # Optimize My Hard Disk, Baby # Command Z # RTFM # System Crash # Garbage In, Garbage Out # Zero Divide # Heapfix # Meat Companion # 8-Bit Living Personnel * Elliott Sharp: Guitar * Thom Kotik: Bass * Jan Jakub Kotík Jan Jakub Kotík (October 22, 1972 – December 13, 2007) was a Czech artist and rock drummer. Life ''Jan Jakub'' was the son of composer Petr Kotík and curator of contemporary art ''Charlotta Kotík,'' who emigrated to the United States in ...: Drums External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gi Go Bootstrappers (band) albums 1992 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
