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Born To Rock (film)
Born to Rock may refer to: * ''Born to Rock'' (novel), a 2006 novel by Gordon Korman * ''Born to Rock'' (album), a 1989 album by Carl Perkins * ''Born to Rock'', a 2005 album by the Dangerfields * "Born to Rock", a 2008 song by Brant Bjork from the album ''Punk Rock Guilt ''Punk Rock Guilt'' is the eighth solo album by stoner rock musician Brant Bjork. The album was released on May 13, 2008, after having initially been recorded and shelved in 2005 under the title ''The New Jersey Sessions''. Track listing Cre ...
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Born To Rock (novel)
''Born to Rock'' is a 2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ... novel by Gordon Korman. The Plot This book centers on the life of 18-year-old teen Leo Caraway, a member of the "Young Republicans" group at his school. He discovers that his biological father is not the man he thinks he is, but a punk rocker named King Maggot (real name: Marion X. McMurphy). Leo's scholarship to Harvard University is revoked after "cheating" by helping a classmate. He joins Maggot's band, Purge, as a roadie, to convince Maggot to pay his tuition. He has many adventures working as a roadie. Further on in the novel, however, he discovers that King Maggot is not in fact, his biological father. It is instead Bernie, the man Leo considered up until that point to be his cousin. Even though Magg ...
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Born To Rock (album)
''Born to Rock'' is an album by the American musician Carl Perkins, released in 1989. It was considered to be an attempt to replicate Roy Orbison's late-career success. Production The album was produced by Brent Maher and Don Potter. Some of its songs were cowritten by Perkins's sons, Greg and Stan. The title track is an autobiographical song. The Jordanaires contributed to the album. ''Born to Rock'' included a few prototypical country songs. Perkins later expressed displeasure with the album, commenting that he wished it had a stronger rockabilly sound. Critical reception '' Rolling Stone'' wrote that, "unlike many early rockers who coast through contractual-obligation records with glazed indifference, Perkins sounds feverishly interested in the ten tracks here." The '' Los Angeles Times'' thought that the album "covers the old rockabilly style with jumping, humorous numbers delivered in a cottony, amiable voice that is an obvious influence for such younger performers as Joh ...
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The Dangerfields
The Dangerfields are a punk rock/ heavy metal band based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2000. Fronted by drummer and lead vocalist Andrew Griswold, the band has gone through many line-up changes. They have released one album and four EPs, and played more than 800 live gigs, including playing their 666th gig on 06/06/06. They have toured with many notable bands, including The Dwarves, Zeke, The Damned, Misfits, The Exploited, Flogging Molly and Stiff Little Fingers. In May 2004, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden invited them to perform with him at his BBC 6 Music Road Show at Belfast's Mandela Hall alongside Therapy?. Bands to have played their debut gigs opening for The Dangerfields include And So I Watch You from Afar and Black Spiders. Fellow Irishmen and former touring partners Gama Bomb recorded a cover version of the Dangerfields' song ''Maniac'' on their ''Zombi Brew'' EP. The Dangerfields stopped touring in 2011, but never officially split up. They returned to ...
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