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Farmclub.com
''Farmclub.com'' is an American TV show, which aired on USA Network. It was broadcast from January 31, 2000 to June 15, 2001. The show's content featured "it" musical artists of the moment and promoted unsigned bands through national exposure and website interaction, with such featured moments as the return of N.W.A., in which Snoop Dogg substituted for the late Eazy-E. ''Farmclub.com'' signed artists to real record deals and put their albums out through partnerships with Interscope, Def Jam, Universal, and other labels. The unsigned artists were selected from viewer votes from their website of the same name. Hosted by model/actress and former Miss USA 1996 Ali Landry and former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield, the show's label signed artists such as: British DJ Sonique, and rock bands Dynamite Hack and Sev. The exposure also helped other bands obtain mass audience appeal leading to subsequent record deals such as Dog Fashion Disco and heavy metal band Chimaira. ''Farmclub.com'' had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Iovine
James Iovine ( ; ; born March 11, 1953) is an American entrepreneur, record executive, and media proprietor best known as the co-founder of Interscope Records. In 2006, Iovine and rapper-producer Dr. Dre founded Beats Electronics, which produces audio products and operated a now-defunct music streaming service. The company was purchased by Apple Inc. for $3 billion in May 2014. Prior to the Apple acquisition of Beats in 2014, Iovine became chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M, an umbrella unit merged by the then-newly-reincarnated Universal Music Group in 1999. Early life and training James Iovine was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Italian working-class family. His mother was a secretary and his father, Vincent "Jimmy" Iovine, worked on the docks as a longshoreman. His father's death and his love for Christmas inspired Jimmy to record ''A Very Special Christmas'' in 1985. Iovine attended Catholic school in Brooklyn, graduating from the since-closed Bishop Ford Central Catholic H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Lewis
Susie Lewis is an American writer and producer who co-created the MTV animated series ''Daria''. Personal life Lewis attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from New York Institute of Technology in New York City. Career Lewis's career began after she applied for an internship at MTV and then began working on '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' producing the music video segments. She chose and edited the videos that the duo watched and oversaw the writing and recording of their comments. She and Glenn Eichler were later asked to become co-creators for a spin-off of the show called ''Daria'', built around the character Daria Morgendorffer Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional character from the MTV animated series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and its spin-off ''Daria''. She was voiced in both productions by Tracy Grandstaff. In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the ''Top 50 ..., who originally appeared as the intelligent, sarcastic foil to B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimaira
Chimaira () is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in August 1998, the group was a member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene. The band's name is derived from the word Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology. Throughout its history, the band had numerous line-up changes, leaving vocalist Mark Hunter as the only constant member. The band dissolved in 2014, but announced a one-off reunion in late 2017 wherein most of the group's longtime members rejoined. History Early days (1998–1999) Prior to Chimaira, vocalist Mark Hunter and bassist Jim LaMarca were part of a previous band known as Skipline, which lasted 2 years from 1996 to 1998. Shortly before Skipline's first ever Rhode Island show, the group were carjacked of their van (along with all of the inside equipment), which left the 4-piece band to find their way back to Ohio and effectively ended Skipline. Soon after the experience, Hunter was contacted by guitarist Jason Hager, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Fashion Disco
Dog Fashion Disco is an American heavy metal band from Rockville, Maryland, that was originally active from 1995 to 2007 before disbanding. The band officially reunited on October 10, 2013. History Combining many different music styles (1960s psychedelic, jazz, piano recital, heavy metal, circus music and vocals, among others) Dog Fashion Disco is primarily considered an avant-garde metal and alternative metal band. The band's lyrical content is often highly esoteric and satirical, with constant tongue-in-cheek references to the occult, drug use, and mutilation. Their sound has often been compared to the Northern California genre-defying act, Mr. Bungle. The band members themselves have cited their collective influences as being Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More), Clutch, Tool, System of a Down and Frank Zappa. Early years (1995–2000) Dog Fashion Disco, or ''DFD'' as many fans refer to them as, was formed in 1995 by Todd Smith, Greg Combs, and John Ensminger, who all wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Landry
Ali Germaine Landry (born July 21, 1973) is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1996. She played Rita Lefleur on the UPN sitcom ''Eve'' and was the Doritos Girl in a 1998 Super Bowl commercial. In 1998, she was named by ''People'' magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world."Ali Landry," ''People'', May 11, 1998. Early life Landry was named after Ali MacGraw after her mother had seen the 1970 film '' Love Story''. Landry grew up in Cecilia, Louisiana, the daughter of Renella (Ray) and Gene Allen Landry. Landry is of French (Cajun) descent. She attended Cecilia High School, graduating in 1991. In high school, she was captain of the cheerleaders. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and majored in mass communication. She is a member of Kappa Delta sorority. Pageantry Her first foray into pageantry came in 1990 when she was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA. She r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Pinfield
Matthew Pinfield (born May 28, 1961) is an American television host, disc jockey, and music executive. He first reached national prominence as VJ on MTV. He served two stints as the host of the alternative music program '' 120 Minutes'', from 1995 to 1999 on MTV and from 2011 to 2013 on MTV2.MTV Brings Back "120 Minutes" '''' July 28, 2011 Starting in the early 1980s, he began working as both a radio and club DJ in the |
Glenn Kaino
Glenn Akira Kaino (born 1972 in Los Angeles) is an American conceptual artist based in Los Angeles. Early life, education and artistic training Kaino grew up in Cerritos and East Los Angeles; he is fourth-generation Japanese-American. He attended UC Irvine and received a BA in 1993 after which he attended UC San Diego where he completed an MFA in 1997. Trained as a sculptor, Kaino came of age in the late 1980s – early 1990s, at the height of the culture wars. Working closely with teachers and mentors who at the time were engaged in a critically important reevaluation about the role of identity and politics in contemporary art, Kaino emerged as a member of the first generation of artists of color in the U.S. to begin to consider the ways through which contemporary art could be responsive to the conceptual turn while remaining faithful to the political project of artists and activists of prior decades. Early career Developing his practice at the height of the Internet b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Tragedy
The American Tragedy is a rock and roll band from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Touring The American Tragedy has shared the stage with Staind, Thursday, Godsmack, Saliva, Flaw, L.A. Guns, and Bowling For Soup. They have also done 4 tours from coast to coast in the United States performing at notable venues such as: House of Blues New Orleans, Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, The Mason Jar Phoenix, The Milk Bar in San Francisco, The Big Fish Pub in Tempe, CBGB in Manhattan, Classic Rock Cafe in Oklahoma City, Fitzgerald's in Houston, Howlin' Wolf in New Orleans, Tipitina's in New Orleans, Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a British-based multinational chain of theme restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and rol ... in Orlando and also have sold over 8,000 CDs from touring alone. Reviews "The American Tragedy's exquisite CD is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold (band)
Cold is an American rock band, from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1986 by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Scooter Ward, drummer Sam McCandless, bassist Jeremy Marshall and lead guitarist Matt Loughran. The band has gone through numerous lineup changes during its existence, with Ward being the band’s only constant member. After signing to Flip Records/A&M Records, Cold released their debut album ''Cold'' (1998), which sold poorly due to the closure of A&M shortly after its release, resulting in the band moving to Geffen Records. Cold found mainstream success with ''13 Ways to Bleed on Stage'' (2000) and its follow-up '' Year of the Spider'' (2003), which saw the band incorporate influences of post-grunge and alternative rock into their sound; both albums were certified Gold by the RIAA, with the latter reaching number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and producing the band's only single to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, " Stupid Girl". However, Cold would soon pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cash Money Millionaires
The Cash Money Millionaires (also known as The Millionaires) were a supergroup of Cash Money recording artists from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2001. The group was composed of the Big Tymer$ ( Birdman and Mannie Fresh) and the Hot Boy$ ( B.G., Juvenile, Lil Wayne and Turk). The Cash Money Millionaires went on numerous tours, including tours with the Ruff Ryders Ruff Ryders Entertainment is an American hip hop record label and management company founded by siblings and record executives Joaquin "Waah", Darin "Dee" and Chivon Dean. It operated as a subsidiary of Universal, and distributed by Fontana Dist ... and Nelly. In September 2000, the Millionaires released a soundtrack album to '' Baller Blockin''' in which they starred. In 2001, the group disbanded due to monetary issues. Discography Soundtrack albums * '' Baller Blockin''' (2000) Instrumental albums * ''Platinum Instrumentals'' (2000) Singles * "Baller Blockin'" with E-40 (2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busta Rhymes
Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. He has received 12 Grammy Award nominations for his work, making him one of the most-nominated artists without winning. Busta Rhymes was an original member of Leaders of the New School, a group that attracted national attention when they opened on tour for Public Enemy. He gained exposure for their guest appearance on A Tribe Called Quest's track "Scenario". Shortly thereafter, the group broke up, leading Rhymes to become a sought after solo artist, appearing on numerous tracks for other artists before his solo debut album, ''The Coming'' (1996). The album reached the top ten on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and earned him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
