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Greatest Hits Vol. 16
''Greatest Hits Vol. 16'' is a compilation album by the American rock band The Donnas, released in 2009 through Purple Feather Records, the band's independent record label. Despite its title, it is neither a greatest hits album nor the sixteenth volume in a series; rather, it is a collection of new material, B-sides, live recordings, previously unreleased tracks, and alternate versions and new recordings of songs from the band's back catalog, which together form a retrospective look at their career. The "Vol. 16" in the title refers to the album being released in the band's sixteenth year, the group having formed in 1993. Background The oldest material on the album are the tracks "Teenage Rules" and "I Don't Wanna Break Your Head", which are previously-unreleased outtakes from the recording sessions for the band's debut album, ''The Donnas'' (1997). "Teenage Rules" was recorded and produced by Darin Raffaelli, who ghostwrote most of The Donnas' early material and released their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Donnas
The Donnas were an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1993. The band consisted of Brett Anderson (lead vocals), Allison Robertson (guitar, backing vocals), Maya Ford (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Torry Castellano (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Amy Cesari replaced Castellano, who left the band in 2009 due to tendonitis. They drew inspiration from the Ramones, The Runaways, Girlschool, AC/DC, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Kiss. ''Rolling Stone'' has stated that "the Donnas offer a guileless take on adolescent alienation; they traffic in kicks, not catharsis, fun rather than rage". MTV has stated that the band offers "a good old-fashioned rock & roll party". After gathering a cult following in the punk scene since their 1997 debut, the band achieved major label commercial success in the early 2000s and afterward as their music mixed punk, metal and classic rock sounds. History Origins and early years: 1993–2001 All four founding band members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retrospective
A retrospective (from Latin ''retrospectare'', "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, ''retrospective'' has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popular culture and the arts. It is applied as an adjective, synonymous with the term '' retroactive'', to laws, standards, and awards. Medicine A medical retrospective is an examination of a patient's medical history and lifestyle. Arts and popular culture A retrospective exhibition presents works from an extended period of an artist's activity. Similarly, a retrospective compilation album is assembled from a recording artist's past material, usually their greatest hits. A television or newsstand special about an actor, politician, or other celebrity will present a retrospective of the subject's career highlights. A leading (usually elderly) academic may be honored with a Festschrift, an honorary book of articles or a lecture series relating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical movements such as hip hop, riot grrrl, and the import of African popular music in the West. Christgau spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for ''The Village Voice'', during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. He has also covered popular music for ''Esquire'', ''Creem'', ''Newsday'', ''Playboy'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Billboard'', NPR, ''Blender'', and ''MSN Music'', and was a visiting arts teacher at New York University. CNN senior writer Jamie Allen has called Christgau "the E. F. Hutton of the music world – when he talks, people listen." Christgau is best known for his terse, letter-graded capsule album reviews, composed in a concentrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Skintight
''Get Skintight'' is the third studio album by the American rock band The Donnas, released in 1999 (See 1999 in music) on Lookout!. As of 2005 it has sold 58,000 units in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Track listing All songs written by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson except as noted. #"Skintight" – 2:36 #"Hyperactive" – 2:15 #"You Don't Wanna Call" – 4:01 #"Hook It Up" – 2:36 #"Doin' Donuts" – 1:36 #"Searching the Streets" – 2:58 #"Party Action" – 2:22 #"I Didn't Like You Anyway" – 3:57 #"Get Outta My Room" – 2:21 #"Well Done" – 2:35 #"Get You Alone" – 2:21 #"Hot Boxin'" – 2:31 #"Too Fast for Love" ( Nikki Sixx) – 3:29 #"Zero" – 2:28 Personnel * Donna A. ( Brett Anderson) – vocals * Donna R. ( Allison Robertson) – guitar, vocals * Donna F. (Maya Ford) – bass guitar * Donna C. (Torry Castellano) – drums, percussion, vocals Production *Producers: Jeff McDonald, Steve McDonald *Engineer: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine
''American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine'' is the second studio album by American rock band The Donnas, released in 1998 on Lookout!. As of 2005 it has sold 32,000 units in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Track listing all songs by The Donnas #"Rock 'n' Roll Machine" – 2:53 #"You Make Me Hot" – 2:20 #"Checkin' It Out" – 3:13 #"Gimmie My Radio" – 2:09 #"Outta My Mind" – 2:15 #"Looking for Blood" – 1:54 #"Leather on Leather" – 2:17 #"Wanna Get Some Stuff" – 2:18 #"Speed Demon" – 2:01 #"Shake in the Action" – 3:03 Personnel * Donna A. – vocals * Donna R. – guitar, vocals * Donna F. – bass guitar * Donna C. – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ..., percussion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Doo Ron Ron
"Da Doo Ron Ron" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. It first became a popular top five hit single for the American girl group The Crystals in 1963. American teen idol Shaun Cassidy covered the song in 1977 and his version hit number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. There have also been many other cover versions of this song, including one by the songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich themselves, performing as The Raindrops. Composition The song is the first collaboration in songwriting by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. The song was composed over two days in Spector's office in New York. The title "Da Doo Ron Ron" was initially just nonsense syllables used as dummy line to separate each stanza and chorus until proper lyrics could be written, but Spector liked it so much that he kept it. Phil Spector did not want lyrics that were too cerebral and would interfere with a simple boy-meets-girl story line. The rhymes of the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
North Hollywood is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, the El Portal Theatre, several art galleries, and the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. The North Hollywood Metro Rail station is one of the few subway-accessible Metro Rail stations in Los Angeles. North Hollywood was established by the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company in 1887. It was first named "Toluca" before being renamed "Lankershim" in 1896 and finally "North Hollywood" in 1927. History Before annexation North Hollywood was once part of the vast landholdings of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España, which was confiscated by the government during the Mexican period of rule. A group of investors assembled as the San Fernando Farm Homestead Association purchased the southern half of the Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. The leading investor was Isaac Lankershim, a Northern California stockman and grain farmer, who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remix
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new. Most commonly, remixes are a subset of audio mixing in music and song recordings. Songs may be remixed for a large variety of reasons: * to adapt or revise a song for radio or nightclub play * to create a stereo or surround sound version of a song where none was previously available * to improve the fidelity of an older song for which the original master has been lost or degraded * to alter a song to suit a specific music genre or radio format * to use some of the original song's materials in a new context, allowing the original song to reach a different audience * to alter a song for artistic purposes * to provide additional version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spend The Night (The Donnas Album)
''Spend the Night'' is the fifth studio album and major label debut by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2002 on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first charting record on the ''Billboard'' 200, peaking at number 62, and features their most successful single, "Take It Off", which peaked at 19 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. In November 2016 Cherry Red Records re-released the album to feature six bonus tracks, which consist of B-sides and songs from previous albums. As of 2005 it has sold 450,000 units in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Track listing All songs by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson. Personnel The Donnas *Brett Anderson – vocals *Allison Robertson – guitar, vocals *Maya Ford – bass guitar *Torry Castellano – drums, percussion, vocals Additional personnel * The Hellacopters – background vocals Production *Producer: Jason Carmer, Robert Shimp (Record) *Producer: Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Donnas Turn 21
''The Donnas Turn 21'' is the fourth studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2001 on Lookout!. Their last release on Lookout!, the album marks their transition away from their previous pop punk sound and towards a more hard rock sound. As of 2005 it has sold 65,000 units in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Track listing All songs by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson, except where noted. #"Are You Gonna Move It For Me?" – 2:31 #"Do You Wanna Hit It?" – 2:57 #"40 Boys in 40 Nights" – 2:32 #"Play My Game" – 3:02 #"Midnite Snack" – 2:45 #"Drivin' Thru My Heart" – 2:38 #"You've Got a Crush on Me" – 2:30 #"Little Boy" – 1:59 #"Don't Get Me Busted" – 2:55 #"Police Blitz" – 1:39 #"Hot Pants" – 2:36 #"Gimme a Ride" – 1:58 #"Living After Midnight" (KK Downing, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton) – 3:28 #"Nothing to Do" – 7:26 (including hidden track) #"Drivin' Thru My Heart" (alternate version) (hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. One can be released for sale to the public in a variety of formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. Despite being referred to as a single, in the era of music downloads, singles can include up to as many as three tracks. The biggest digital music distributor, the iTunes Store, accepts as many as three tracks that are less than ten minutes each as a single. Any more than three tracks on a musical release or thirty minutes in total running time is an extended play (EP) or, if over six tracks long, an album. Historically, when mainstream music was purchased via vinyl records, singles would be released double-sided, i.e. there was an A-side and a B-side, on which two songs would appear, one on each si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, memoirs, magazine articles, or other written material. Memoir ghostwriters often pride themselves in "disappearing" when impersonating others since such disappearance signals the quality of their craftsmanship. In music, ghostwriters are often used to write songs, lyrics, and instrumental pieces. Screenplay authors can also use ghostwriters to either edit or rewrite their scripts to improve them. Usually, there is a confidentiality clause in the contract between the ghostwriter and the credited author that obligates the former to remain anonymous. Sometimes the ghostwriter is acknowledged by the author or publisher for their writing services, euphemistically called a "researcher" or "resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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