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Heavy Load (other)
Heavy Load may refer to: Music * ''Heavy Load'' (album), 1993 album by New Kingdom * Heavy Load (band), a Swedish heavy metal band * Heavy Load (punk band), a British punk band composed of members suffering from various disabilities ** ''Heavy Load'' (film), a British documentary about the punk band Heavy Load * "Heavy Load", a song by Free from the album '' Fire and Water'' Other uses * Heavy Load (Transformers), several fictional characters in the Transformers universes See also * Load (other) * Overloading (other) The term overloading may refer to: *Function overloading, a software engineering process whereby multiple functions of different types are defined with the same name *Operator overloading, a software engineering process whereby operators (e.g. + o ... * Haulage * Freight {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Load (album)
''Heavy Load'' is the first album by the musical duo New Kingdom, released in 1993. The singles "Good Times" and "Cheap Thrills" made the top 100 on the UK Singles Chart. Production The album was produced by Scott Harding, New Kingdom, and the Lumberjacks. It was recorded in Manhattan. Critical reception ''Vibe'' called the album "a celebration of the black-light world of the subconscious," noting the "drug-induced lyrics swimming through a jazzmospheric haze." ''Spin'' thought that the group "could be Cypress Hill's geeky, inward-peeking younger brothers." The ''Calgary Herald'' deemed the album "a happenin' hip-hop funky fury." ''The Province'' considered it "a record that favors low, thick, swinging rhythms over big beats, storytelling over boasting, characterization over gangsta posturing." The ''Boston Herald'' wrote that the group "turn a pop-music grab bag, with samples of Miles Davis, Grand Funk and others, into ... metallic R&B." AllMusic wrote that "songs like 'Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Load (band)
Heavy Load is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm. The band is often hailed as the first Swedish heavy metal band, and were known for their Viking themes. The Wahlquist brothers, who founded the band in 1976 along with Michael Backler, were later producers and owners of Thunderload Records in Sweden, were at one point producing Veni Domine, and also were considering releasing a new album, though that never occurred. Various touring and demo line-ups of the band have included UFO and The Damned bass player Paul Gray, Treat guitarist Leif Liljegren, and renowned architect Eero Koivisto. Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy played on one of the band's released songs. Misfortune struck when Thunderload Studios got severely damaged due to a water leakage in the 2000s, which meant a halt to its official existence. After the breakup, the members then went on and performed with other bands. The band reformed in October 2017 and announced a series of shows for 2018, including an appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Load (punk Band)
Heavy Load were an English punk rock band, described by ''The Sunday Times'' in 2009 as "possibly the most genuinely punk band touring today". Its members met at Southdown Housing, a non-profit assisted-living community for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities, and were a mix of service users and staff. The band composed the theme for the BAFTA-nominated film '' Cast Offs'' and is itself documented in the film ''Heavy Load''. The band were also the founders of the charity Stay Up Late, a campaign seeking to improve the social lives of people with learning difficulties by calling for more flexible staff hours. Stay Up Late is a national charity promoting full and active social lives for people with learning disabilities. Heavy Load split in September 2012 with a final gig in London's Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square ( ) is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, laid out in the early 19th century around the area formerly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Load (film)
''Heavy Load'' is a 2008 British docudrama film directed by Jerry Rothwell. The documentary tells the story of Heavy Load, a British punk band which includes disabled musicians. The film captures the band over two years, as they record their first album and take their show to bigger venues, and has been described by Mark Kermode Mark James Patrick Kermode (, ; ; born 2 July 1963) is an English film critic, musician, radio presenter, television presenter and podcaster. He is the chief film critic for ''The Observer'', contributes to the magazine ''Sight & Sound'', prese ... as "a really, really fine music documentary". Band members * Simon Barker, vocals * Jimmy Nichols, guitar and vocals * Paul Richards, bass * Mick Williams, guitar and vocals * Michael White, drums References External links * Independent Film Channel Heavy Load Page 2008 films British independent films Documentary films about punk music and musicians Documentary films about people with disabilitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire And Water (Free Album)
''Fire and Water'' is the third studio album by English rock band Free, released in 1970. It became the band's breakthrough album, achieving widespread commercial success as the band's first two studio albums were not successful. With the "tremendous" acclaim of ''Fire and Water'' at their backs, in the words of AllMusic, Free headlined the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival with an estimated audience of 600,000 to 700,000 attendees and "appeared destined for superstardom". ''Fire and Water'' reached No. 2 on the U.K. album chart, being listed on it for a total of eighteen weeks. In contrast, neither of the band's prior two studio albums had charted at all. ''Fire and Water'' additionally reached No. 17 on the U.S. chart. The album spawned the band's signature hit song "All Right Now", praised by publications such as AllMusic as a hard rock "smash powered by aulRodgers' gritty, visceral vocals". The song became a top five rock hit in the group's native United Kingdom, and also did wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Load (Transformers)
''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'', originally known as , is a Japanese anime television series based on the ''Transformers'' franchise. The series was produced by Nihon Ad Systems and Studio Gallop, in cooperation with Korean company Dongwoo Animation, aired in Japan in 2000. Conceived as a reboot to the franchise, with a self-contained continuity separate from any previous incarnation, A localized English adaptation aired as part of the Fox Kids programming block in the United States from September 8, 2001 to March 30, 2002. Plot While attempting to stop the Predacons from stealing Earth's energy, the Autobots ally themselves with Koji Onishi after Predacon leader Megatron captures the boy's father, Dr. Kenneth Onishi. Amidst their battles, the Autobots and Predacons discover the location of a crashed spaceship from their home planet, Cybertron, containing six Autobot protoforms. Megatron reaches it first and reprograms the protoforms into the evil Decepticons. In light o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
