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Dredg Albums
Dredg (stylized as dredg) is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Los Gatos, California. The band's lineup consists of vocalist Gavin Hayes, guitarist Mark Engles, bassist Drew Roulette and drummer and pianist Dino Campanella. Originally starting out as an alternative metal outfit, Dredg established themselves in the indie scene with their debut album ''Leitmotif'' (1999), which showed the band stylistically moving into progressive rock and art rock; the album's success landed them a deal with Interscope Records in 2001, who re-released the album later in the year. Dredg's major label debut, '' El Cielo'' (2002), was lauded by critics and helped establish a wider cult following for the band. The band experienced mainstream success with ''Catch Without Arms'' (2005), which became the band's first album to chart in the United States, and the band received exposure on MTV with the single "Bug Eyes". Following their departure from Interscope in 2009, Dredg independently released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Gatos, California
Los Gatos (, ; ) is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population is 33,529 according to the 2020 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area just southwest of San Jose in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Los Gatos is part of Silicon Valley, with several high technology companies maintaining a presence there. Notably, Netflix, the streaming service and content creator, is headquartered in Los Gatos and has developed a large presence in the area. Etymology ''Los Gatos'' is Spanish for "The Cats". The name derives from the 1839 Alta California land-grant that encompassed the area, which was called '' La Rinconada de Los Gatos'' ("The Corner of the Cats"), where the ''cats'' refers to the cougars (mountain lions) and bobcats that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located. The pronunciation is often anglicized to , although one also hears pronunciations truer to the original Spanish, . History Ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Following
A cult following refers to a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The lattermost is often called a cult classic. A film, book, musical artist, television series, or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fanbase. A common component of cult followings is the emotional attachment the fans have to the object of the cult following, often identifying themselves and other fans as members of a community. Cult followings are also commonly associated with niche markets. Cult media are often associated with underground culture, and are considered too eccentric or anti-establishment to be appreciated by the general public or to be widely commercially successful. Many cult fans express their devotion with a level of irony when describing entertainment that falls under this realm, in that something ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Apex Theory
Mt. Helium, formerly known as the Apex Theory, was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, that was known for playing Mediterranean music mixed with progressive rock. The band has released three studio albums and three extended plays to date. Morrissey was a follower of the band. History The Apex Theory was formed in 1999 by Armenian-American musicians Ontronik "Andy" Khachaturian, Art Karamian and David Hakopyan (first drummer and bass player of Soil / System of a Down respectively), following Khachaturian's injury and subsequent departure from System of a Down. Sammy J. Watson joined the band after they were unable to find a committed drummer. The band released its first extended play, ''Extendemo'', in 2000. The following year, they signed with DreamWorks Records, releasing their second EP ''The Apex Theory'' on October 9, 2001. The band performed at the main stage during the 2001 Warped Tour, and as co-headliners at the 2002 MTV2 tour. On April 2, 2002, the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pressure 4-5
Pressure 4-5 was an American rock band hailing from Santa Barbara, California. The band released one studio album, '' Burning the Process'', in October 2001 and toured into the following year. They soon after broke up upon many of the band members leaving for lifestyles not relating to music. Although often categorized under the alternative and nu metal genres popular at the time, Pressure 4-5, not wanting to be pigeonholed with current trends, insisted they were not metal but rather a "heavy rock band with introspective and somewhat intelligent lyrics" and "not chanting the next rap rock tech phrases in our songs."Rock Interview - Pressure 4-5 Rock Publication (2002). Retrieved on 3-28-10. Band history Formed in January 1998 by vocalist Adam Rich (born 1979) and guitarist Mark ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Ant Farm
Alien Ant Farm is an American Rock music, rock band that formed in Riverside, California in 1996. They have released five studio albums and sold over 5 million units worldwide. The band's cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth_Criminal#Alien Ant Farm version, Smooth Criminal" topped the Alternative Songs, ''Billboard'' Alternative songs charts in 2001, and was featured in the film ''American Pie 2''. They released their debut album ''Greatest Hits'' independently in 1999, then signed to DreamWorks Records in 2000. Their second album ''Anthology (Alien Ant Farm album), ANThology'' was released in 2001 and has been Recording Industry Association of America certification, certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over one million copies and reaching number 11 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Following up that was their third album, ''Truant (album), TruANT'', released in 2003. The album was produced by brothers Robert DeLeo, Robert and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots, and made it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kludge (magazine)
''Kludge'' was a Los Angeles-based online music magazine devoted to long-form music journalism, album reviews, music news and interviews. It included a media section and a discussion forum. Founded in 2000 by editor-in-chief Arturo Perez, the magazine developed a reputation for its extensive coverage of underground and independent music. ''Kludge'' had a combined staff of over twenty writers, editors, graphic designers, and photographers. It included writers from various backgrounds, ranging from academics and professional journalists to first time writers. After its establishment, the site rapidly expanded to include live reviews, interviews, streams of albums, and year-end features. ''Kludge'' had frequently partnered with Virgin Megastores for presenting new works and promoting new artists. While the site's readership numbers never reached the levels of Pitchfork Media's, it did receive many notices in the press for the quality of its writing. It has been quoted by publicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Governments to include the nine counties that border the aforementioned estuaries: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and San Francisco. Other definitions may be either smaller or larger, and may include neighboring counties that do not border the bay such as Santa Cruz and San Benito (more often included in the Central Coast regions); or San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus (more often included in the Central Valley). The core cities of the Bay Area are San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. Home to approximately 7.76 million people, Northern California's nine-county Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks, connected by a complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitmotif
A leitmotif or leitmotiv () is a "short, recurring musical phrase" associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical concepts of ''idée fixe'' or ''motto-theme''. The spelling ''leitmotif'' is an anglicization of the German ''Leitmotiv'' (), literally meaning "leading motif", or "guiding motif". A musical motif has been defined as a "short musical idea ... melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic, or all three", a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition: "the smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity." In particular, such a motif should be "clearly identified so as to retain its identity if modified on subsequent appearances" whether such modification be in terms of rhythm, harmony, orchestration or accompaniment. It may also be "combined with other leitmotifs to suggest a new dramatic condition" or development. The technique is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orph (EP)
''Orph'' is a three-song demo that was released by the band Dredg in 1997. About the album Drummer Dino Campanella says, "Our first two recordings were written to be rhythmically aggressive. We did the third one, ''Orph'', because we wanted to grow up the right way, from our roots with harmony and melody." Singer Gavin Hayes explains the heavier sound of ''Orph'' compared to later releases: "Heavy music back then to me was a little more rebellious. It wasn't so mainstream at the time. You used to have to wait for MTV's ''Headbanger's Ball ''Headbangers Ball'' is a music television program that consisted of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV and its global affiliates. The show began on MTV on April 18, 1987, playing heavy metal music videos from both well-known and more obs ...'' to see anything of the sort. It's just different now, and that's kind of why we steered away from it. This was just a natural progression." Track listing Personnel *Dredg – producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School (LGHS) is a high school in Los Gatos, California. It was founded in 1908 and is part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, which in 2021 was ranked the best high school district in Caliifornia The school enrolls approximately 2,100 students and employs about 100 teachers. Los Gatos High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and has regularly received six-year accreditations, the highest possible. It has been recognized twice as a National School for Excellence. LGHS is also notable for its sports programs, most recently winning a Central Coast Section football title in 2019. The Los Gatos Wildcats are part of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League of the CIF Central Coast Section. History Los Gatos High School, originally Los Gatos Union High School, was founded in 1908 and remains the only high school in Los Gatos. From the late 1880s until then, high school age students were taught at Los Gat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
