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Joey Ammo
Birdbrain was an American post-grunge band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts, by neighborhood friends in 1992 and dissolved in 1997. They had some success with their song " Youth of America", which appeared in the 1996 film '' Scream'', as well as a contribution to the soundtrack for the 1995 film '' The Last Supper'' with a cover of Paul McCartney's "Jet". They were formed by guitarist/singer/songwriter Joey Ammo and drummer Mike Benway and signed to TVT Records in 1995. With two CD albums and two soundtrack contributions they broke up in 1997. History The Boston band was formed in the early 1990s after a chance meeting in a Roslindale, MA bar between Ammo and Benway. They rented a rehearsal studio, began funding some recording projects and started setting up bookings. Eventually they hired local manager Jeff Hudson. Hudson successfully shopped the recordings to contacts at TVT Records in 1995 with their tape "Princess", their contribution to ''Boston Rock n' Roll Anthology ... [...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] |
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range, and musical eclecticism, exploring styles ranging from pre–rock and roll pop to classical and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon remains the most successful in history. Born in Liverpool, McCartney taught himself piano, guitar and songwriting as a teenager, having been influenced by his father, a jazz player, and rock and roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the cute Beatle", McCartney later invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Of America
''Youth of America'' is the second studio album by American punk rock band Wipers. It was released in 1981 by record label Park Avenue. Content The album marked a distinctive change in the band's sound. Compared to its predecessor, ''Is This Real?'', which was composed mostly of raw, sleek and relatively traditional songs, ''Youth of America'' featured much longer and more complex compositions; the title track alone clocks in at over 10 minutes. According to frontman Greg Sage, this change of pace was a deliberate counter-reaction against the trend of releasing short songs, which many punk bands did at the time. ''The Quietus'' noted the album's genre as post-punk and further described its style as "a six track set of lowly garage rock which traverses the cosmos irrespective. Secondly, it's a gothic downer but leavened by motion and momentum thanks to its krautrock influences. And lastly it's a grittily real punk record defined by an unerring air of unreality – as unromanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glue/Jet
Birdbrain was an American post-grunge band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts, by neighborhood friends in 1992 and dissolved in 1997. They had some success with their song " Youth of America", which appeared in the 1996 film '' Scream'', as well as a contribution to the soundtrack for the 1995 film '' The Last Supper'' with a cover of Paul McCartney's "Jet". They were formed by guitarist/singer/songwriter Joey Ammo and drummer Mike Benway and signed to TVT Records in 1995. With two CD albums and two soundtrack contributions they broke up in 1997. History The Boston band was formed in the early 1990s after a chance meeting in a Roslindale, MA bar between Ammo and Benway. They rented a rehearsal studio, began funding some recording projects and started setting up bookings. Eventually they hired local manager Jeff Hudson. Hudson successfully shopped the recordings to contacts at TVT Records in 1995 with their tape "Princess", their contribution to ''Boston Rock n' Roll Anthology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bliss (birdbrain)
''Bliss'' is Birdbrain's debut studio album. It was recorded in 1995 at Newbury Sound, Boston, Massachusetts and released by TVT Records on August 15, 1995. Before ''Bliss'', the band's only other releases was a demo tape, the song "Violence" on an anthology of Boston rock. It was their only album to have James Dennis on it. Despite a tour and promotion from TVT, the album was not successful. After the tour, on the eve of starting pre-production for the second album "Let's Be Nice" guitarist James Dennis was driven from the band over creative differences. Track listing All songs written by Joey Ammo, except where noted. # " Confession" - 4:58 # "Drown" - 3:56 # "Hometown" - 4:05 # "Rosslindale" - 5:03 # "Booga" (Ammo, James Dennis) - 3:25 # "Gash" - 3:04 # "Circlejerk" - 2:40 # "Soundking" - 3:51 # "Friends" - 6:31 # "Pervert" (Ammo, Berzerk) - 0:51 # "Jena" - 3:47 # "Roses" - 8:02 Personnel * Joey Ammo Birdbrain was an American post-grunge band, formed in Boston, Massachu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masterminds (1997 Film)
''Masterminds'' is a 1997 American action comedy film directed by Roger Christian, written by Floyd Byers and starring Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser, Brenda Fricker, Brad Whitford, and Matt Craven. It tells the story of a computer engineering prodigy who matches wits with a security consultant who has taken over his stepsister's school that he used to go to as a ransom is demanded for their release. The film was met with mixed reviews with some praise towards Stewart's performance. Plot Oswald "Ozzie" Paxton (Vincent Kartheiser) is a computer engineering prodigy and expert hacker whose actions often have his father Jake (Matt Craven) threatening to send him to military school if he does not shape up. One day, he begins an unauthorized download of a soon-to-be-released movie. His download is interrupted when his younger stepsister Melissa Randall (Katie Stuart) enters his room without permission. The resulting squabble between them results in Jake and Melissa's mother Hele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Be Nice
''Let's Be Nice'' is the second album by Boston post-grunge band Birdbrain released on February 18, 1997, on TVT Records. The album features their song "Youth of America" that was featured in the films ''Scream'', and '' Masterminds''. It received positive reviews, but failed to launch the band into the mainstream. "(She's Always) Glowing" was later featured on the TVT compilation ''Got TVT?''. Singles The only single released from the album was "Youth of America", which had been released from the album the year before. A video was released for the song which contained parts of the film ''Scream''. Track listing Personnel * Joey Ammo – vocals, guitar, production * Mikel Benway – drums, vocals * Joe McCarthy – bass guitar * Tim Patalan – production * Jack Joseph Puig – mixing * Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long View Farm Studios
Long View Farm Studios was a music recording studio located in North Brookfield, Massachusetts which was founded in 1974 by Gilbert Scott Markle, a professor at Clark University, on his farm property. It was the location of recordings from many well-known musicians and bands, and it was used by the Rolling Stones as a rehearsal studio in 1981. Markle died on March 20, 2015, aged 74. Recordings Songs *”Centerfold” *" Chip Away the Stone" *"I Will Follow You into the Dark" *" Working Too Hard" Albums *''American Garage'' *''As Daylight Dies'' *'' Beggar's Oil'' *''Break The Cycle'' *'' Children of Chaos'' *'' The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me'' *'' Feed My Soul'' *'' Freeze Frame'' *''Home'' *''I Against I'' *'' It's Blitz!'' *''LCD Soundsystem'' *'' Let's Be Nice'' *'' Love Stinks'' *'' Lunch for the Sky'' *'' Mind on the Moon'' *'' Misery is a Butterfly'' *''Pandora's Box'' *''Plans'' *''Right Back'' *'' Sky Like a Broken Clock'' *''Slip'' *''Sound of Silver'' *''Stain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bliss (Birdbrain Album)
''Bliss'' is Birdbrain's debut studio album. It was recorded in 1995 at Newbury Sound, Boston, Massachusetts and released by TVT Records on August 15, 1995. Before ''Bliss'', the band's only other releases was a demo tape, the song "Violence" on an anthology of Boston rock. It was their only album to have James Dennis on it. Despite a tour and promotion from TVT, the album was not successful. After the tour, on the eve of starting pre-production for the second album "Let's Be Nice" guitarist James Dennis was driven from the band over creative differences. Track listing All songs written by Joey Ammo, except where noted. # " Confession" - 4:58 # "Drown" - 3:56 # "Hometown" - 4:05 # "Rosslindale" - 5:03 # "Booga" (Ammo, James Dennis) - 3:25 # "Gash" - 3:04 # "Circlejerk" - 2:40 # "Soundking" - 3:51 # "Friends" - 6:31 # "Pervert" (Ammo, Berzerk) - 0:51 # "Jena" - 3:47 # "Roses" - 8:02 Personnel * Joey Ammo Birdbrain was an American post-grunge band, formed in Boston, Massachu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet (song)
"Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from their third studio album ''Band on the Run'' (1973). It was the first British and American single to be released from the album. The song's title was inspired by the name of a pony Paul came across while writing the song on a farm in Scotland. The song peaked at number 7 on both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974, also charting in multiple countries in Europe. It has since been released on numerous compilation albums, and has since become one of the band's best-known tracks. Background Reviewers have reported that the song's title was inspired by the McCartneys' Labrador Retriever dog named "Jet". McCartney has substantiated this claim: Also confirmed by an interview with Paul Gambaccini, broadcast on BBC Radio in December 1978, However, in a 2010 interview on the UK television channel ITV1 for the programme ''Wings: Band on the Run'' (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Supper (1995 Film)
''The Last Supper'' is a 1995 American spoof political satire black comedy film directed by Stacy Title. It stars Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner and Courtney B. Vance as five liberal graduate school students who invite a string of extreme conservatives to dinner in order to murder them. The film premiered at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot The film centers on five graduate school students in Iowa who live together in a rustic home: Jude, Pete, Paulie, Marc, and Luke. After Zack, a Desert Storm veteran, helps move Pete's car, the group invite him to have dinner at their home. However, Zack turns out to be a racist and Holocaust denier who praises Adolf Hitler, leading to a tense political debate with the liberal students. The evening takes a turn for the worse when the veteran snaps and holds a knife to Marc's throat, threatening to kill him and rape Paulie. Zack releases Marc, then Pete holds a knife to his throat, but he easily in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
