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Hunx And His Punx
Hunx and His Punx is an American punk band from San Francisco, California. History Origins Hunx, real name Seth Bogart, started the band in 2008 after years of performing in a pop group called Gravy Train!!!! The group's sound has been compared to girl groups and is a mix of punk and bubblegum music. The band played its first national tour of the United States alongside Jay Reatard and Nobunny in 2009. The band officially released its debut singles compilation album ''Gay Singles'' in 2010 on True Panther Sounds in the U.S. and Born Bad in France. New line-up In January 2010, Hunx began a tour featuring an all-girl backing band. The new line-up has been identified on the tour and in new songs such as "Lovers Lane" as Hunx and His Punkettes. In March 2010, the band played in a tribute concert for the recently deceased Jay Reatard. In May 2010, LensCrafters began airing a commercial featuring a short audio clip of "Gimmie Gimmie Back Your Love." In October 2010, Hunx and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon And The Clams
Shannon and the Clams is an indie garage punk quartet based in Oakland, California. Known for a vintage sound that incorporates elements of doo-wop, classic R&B, garage psych, and surf, Shannon and the Clams has drawn comparisons to both Buddy Holly and 1960s girl groups. They are also said to love "music from '50s oldies to '80s punk". History The band includes vocals from bassist Shannon Shaw, guitarist Cody Blanchard, and keyboardist Will Sprott, along with drums by Nate Mahan. Shaw and Blanchard met at the California College of the Arts, where they began performing together. Shaw is also a member of queercore punk outfit Hunx and His Punx. Shannon and the Clams' debut album, ''I Wanna Go Home'', was released in 2009. In 2011, the group followed up with their sophomore effort, ''Sleep Talk''. Their third album, ''Dreams in the Rat House'', was released in May 2013. Their album ''Gone by the Dawn'' is described by Still in Rock as "the most beautiful manifestation in rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garage Punk Groups
A garage is a covered structure built for the purpose of parking, storing, protecting, maintaining, and/or repairing vehicles. Specific applications include: *Garage (residential), a building or part of a building for storing one or more vehicles *Automobile repair shop, also called a garage, where vehicles are serviced and repaired *Bus garage, a building or complex used for storage of buses when not in use *Filling station, an automotive service station where vehicles take on fuel or recharge *Multistorey car park, or parking garage, a building serving as a public parking facility Other meanings of garage may include: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Garage'' (film), a 2007 film by Lenny Abrahamson * ''The Garage'' (1920 film), a film by Roscoe Arbuckle * ''The Garage'' (1980 film), a film by Eldar Ryazanov Video game * ''Garage'' (video game), a 1999 Japanese horror adventure video game Music Groups and genres * Garage (band), a Czech rock band * Garage house, a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Rock Groups From California
Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture such as: ** Punk fashion ** Punk ideologies ** Punk literature ** Punk visual art Writing genres * Cyberpunk derivatives, subgenres of speculative fiction with universes built on one particular technology that is extrapolated to a highly sophisticated level, a gritty transreal urban style, or a particular approach to social themes ** Cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre with a computers-focused setting *** Biopunk *** Nanopunk *** Postcyberpunk ** Steampunk, a science fiction subgenre that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery *** Atompunk *** Clockpunk *** Dieselpunk ** Splatterpunk, a movement within horror fiction in the 1980s, distinguished by its graphic, often gory, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Urbani
Samantha Urbani ( ; born September 18, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, visual artist, filmmaker and producer from Mystic, Connecticut. She formed Friends; after three years, a trio of singles, and the album ''Manifest!'' on Fat Possum records the group disbanded. Urbani went on to collaborate and tour with Dev Hynes for several years before embarking on a solo career. Early life Urbani was born in New London, Connecticut to Robin and Bob Urbani on September 18, 1987, the younger of two siblings. The Urbani children were homeschooled by their mother, an experience Samantha recalls fondly, "She taught us about whatever we wanted to learn. We were interested in botany in second grade, so she took us on hikes around the woods to identify mushrooms. She wanted to expose us to different cultures and ideas, so when I was 10 she took us to live in Belize for a while". Her older brother, Robert "Bobby" Joseph Urbani died from complications of a congenital heart defect when she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob's House
Rob's House Records is an American record label based out of Atlanta, Georgia. It was created in 2005 by Trey Lindsay to cater to the unique, but underexposed growing underground music scene in Atlanta, Ga. Rob's House Records caters to many genres of music including punk, indie rock, math rock, folk, and electronic. Its primary release format is 7-inch records. History The name Rob's House Records comes from the record label designation on a split 7-inch record released by Atlanta bands The Orphins and The Liverhearts in 2003. At the time of the release, neither band had any record label affiliation, and it was decided that the record would be self-released. Being that all the members of the bands lived in rented properties at the time of the release, it was decided that a more permanent address needed to be printed on the back of the label. A mutual friend of both bands, named Rob, owned a house in Atlanta and agreed to loan his address for the purpose. The name Rob's House Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Punk (album)
''Street Punk'' is the second studio album from American punk rock band Hunx and His Punx Hunx and His Punx is an American punk band from San Francisco, California. History Origins Hunx, real name Seth Bogart, started the band in 2008 after years of performing in a pop group called Gravy Train!!!! The group's sound has been comp .... It was released in July 2013 under Hardly Art Records. Track listing References 2013 albums Hunx and His Punx albums {{2010s-punk-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavi Gevinson
Tavi Gevinson (born April 21, 1996) is an American actress, writer, and magazine editor. She came to public attention at the age of 12 due to her fashion blog Style Rookie. By the age of 15, she had shifted her focus to pop culture and feminist discussion. She started to take acting roles regularly beginning in 2013, and currently stars in the rebooted version of HBO's ''Gossip Girl''. Gevinson was the founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine ''Rookie'', aimed primarily at teenage girls. Early life Gevinson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in the suburban town of Oak Park, Illinois. Her father, Steve Gevinson, is an English high school teacher. Her mother, Berit Engen, is a weaver and part-time Hebrew instructor who grew up in Oslo, Norway. Gevinson's father was born to an Orthodox Jewish family; her mother, who was raised Lutheran, converted to Judaism in 2001. Gevinson and her two older sisters, Rivkah and Miriam, were raised in the Jewish faith; she had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician, artist, feminist activist, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as the Julie Ruin. In 2009, Hanna made her zines, art pieces, photography, video, music, journals, and other material which focus on the early formation of the Riot Grrrl movement available at the Fales Library at New York University. A documentary film about Hanna was released in 2013 by director Sini Anderson, titled ''The Punk Singer'', detailing Hanna's life and career, as well as revealing her years-long battle with Lyme disease. Hanna is married to Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys. Life and career 1968–1988: Early life and feminism Hanna was born November 12, 1968, in Portland, Oregon. At age three, her family moved to Calvert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Young To Be In Love
''Too Young to Be in Love'' is the first studio album from American punk rock band Hunx and His Punx. It was released in 2011 under Hardly Art Records. Track listing Personnel ;Hunx and His Punx * Seth Bogart Seth Bogart (born February 28, 1980) is an American multidisciplinary artist. As a musician, he is known for his solo career, as well as Hunx and His Punx and Gravy Train!!!!. As a visual artist, Bogart's paintings and sculptures have been exhi ... (Hunx) – Guitar, organ, vocals * Erin Emalie – Vocals, drums * Shannon Shaw – Vocals, bass * Michelle Santamaria – Vocals, lead guitar * Amy Blaustein – Guitar, organ, vocals ;Others * Produced and mastered by Ivan Julian * Art by Hunx * Photos by Amos Mac, painted by Brande Bytheway and Hunx References 2011 albums Hunx and His Punx albums {{2010s-punk-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LensCrafters
LensCrafters is an international retailer of prescription eyewear and prescription sunglasses. Its stores usually host independent optometrists on-site or in an adjacent store. The company has its corporate headquarters in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati in the US. LensCrafters has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Luxottica, the largest eyewear company in the world, since 1995. At the end of 2018, Luxottica operated 1,158 LensCrafters stores, of which 1,050 are located in North America and 108 are located in China, Hong Kong and India. History LensCrafters was founded in March 1983 by E. Dean Butler, who had been a manager with Procter & Gamble. Butler first developed the idea for a "while you wait" eyeglass retailer after helping a Procter & Gamble colleague produce television commercials for a family optical business in the late 1970s. LensCrafters achieved sales of $2 million in its first year of operation before Butler sold the company to the United States Shoe Corp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
