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Killing Floor (video Game Series)
Killing Floor may refer to: Music * “Hard Times Killing Floor Blues” ( Skip James song), 1931 * "Killing Floor" (Howlin' Wolf song), 1964 * "Killing Floor", a song on Bruce Dickinson's 1998 album '' The Chemical Wedding'' * "Killin' Floor", a song on Body Count's 1992 album '' Body Count'' * "Killing Floor", a song on Black Stone Cherry's 2011 album '' Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea'' * "Killing Floor", a song on Redgum's 1978 album ''If You Don't Fight You Lose'' * ''Killing Floor'', an album by Vigilantes of Love * Killing Floor (British band), a British blues rock band * Killing Floor (American band), an American electro-industrial group ** ''Killing Floor'' (album), 1995 Literature * ''Killing Floor'', a novel by Lee Child * ''Killing Floor'', a poetry collection by Ai Films * ''The Killing Floor'' (1984 film), a 1984 film by director Bill Duke * ''The Killing Floor'' (2007 film), a 2007 thriller film by director Gideon Raff Other media * ''Killing Floo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip James
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: "This emotional, lyrical performer was a talented blues guitarist and arranger with an impressive body of work." His guitar playing is noted for its dark, minor-key sound, played in an open D-minor tuning with an intricate fingerpicking technique. James first recorded for Paramount Records in 1931, but these recordings sold poorly, having been released during the Great Depression, and he drifted into obscurity. After a long absence from the public eye, James was rediscovered in 1964 by blues enthusiasts including John Fahey, helping further the blues and folk music revival of the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, James appeared at folk and blues festivals, gave concerts around the country, and recorded several albums for various record labels. His songs have influenced generations of musicians and have been adapted by num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Floor (album)
''Killing Floor'' (or ''/dev/null'') is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Killing Floor, released on March 14, 1995, by Re-Constriction Records. Reception AllMusic gave ''Killing Floor'' a mixed review, crediting the quality of the Killing Floor's work even although noting that the band was adding nothing new to the industrial rock genre. ''Aiding & Abetting'' called it an effective debut for the band, saying "the production is superb, bringing the proper feel to each tune" and "nothing in the sound shrinks from exposure; all components are properly acknowledged." Fabryka Music Magazine gave the album four out of four called it the band's greatest merging of guitar driven industrial rock, electronic and coldwave music, saying "genius songs like "In Decline", " Two Dimes", " What Is the Truth?" and " Glass" should be put amongst the classic songs of industrial rock and coldwave styles." ''Sonic Boom'' commended the originality of the band and called the album o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Floor (video Game)
''Killing Floor'' is a Cooperative video game, cooperative first-person shooter video game developed and published by Tripwire Interactive. It was originally released as an ''Unreal Tournament 2004'' mod in 2005. A full retail release followed on May 14, 2009, for Microsoft Windows, and for OS X on May 5, 2010. The Linux version was released on the Steam (service), Steam platform in November 2012. A sequel, ''Killing Floor 2'', was announced on May 8, 2014, and released on November 18, 2016, worldwide. Gameplay ''Killing Floor'' is a first-person shooter with two game modes: ''Killing Floor'' and ''Objective''. In Killing Floor mode, the player fights waves of zombie-like specimens - or ZEDs - with each wave becoming successively more difficult, until it concludes with a battle against a "boss" specimen called ''the Patriarch''. In Objective mode players complete different challenges while earning in-game money, which they can spend between waves at a trader. The trader buys and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killing Floor (2007 Film)
''The Killing Floor'' is a 2007 American thriller film. It was directed by Gideon Raff, and stars Marc Blucas, Shiri Appleby, and Reiko Aylesworth. Plot David Lamont, a book publisher who is known to be ruthless toward friends, foes, and clients alike, moves into his new penthouse apartment. There he meets his mysterious and beautiful neighbor, Audrey Lavine, who lives on the third floor. Shortly thereafter, he receives a visit from an investigator and a man who claims that the penthouse belongs to his father who never sold it. David tells them the apartment is his, everything is in legal order, and if they have a problem to talk with his lawyer. Soon after he starts receiving packages with the crime scene photos that apparently were taken in his penthouse. Later he begins to receive video tapes documenting his every move and believes someone is after him. With his assistant, Rebecca Fay, David begins to discover who or what is behind everything that is occurring. Cast * Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killing Floor (1984 Film)
''The Killing Floor'' is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Bill Duke which highlights the plights of workers fighting to build an interracial labor union in the meatpacking industry in the years leading up to the Chicago race riot of 1919. The film debuted on PBS via the ''American Playhouse'' series on April 10, 1984 and was produced by Public Forum Productions, an independent company founded by the film's writer Elsa Rassbach. The teleplay was later adapted by Leslie Lee. In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Based on real individuals and actual events, the film focuses on two poor black sharecroppers who leave Mississippi for the Chicago stockyards to seek out employment opportunities vacated by soldiers who had departed for World War I. Frank Custer (played by Damien Leake) and Thomas Joshua (Ernest Rayford) eventually secure jobs working in the infamous meatpacking industry, where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai (poet)
Ai Ogawa (born Florence Anthony; October 21, 1947 – March 20, 2010)"Ai." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Biography In Context. Web. Retrieved 2011-03-26."Ai." Contemporary Women Poets. Gale, 1998. Gale Biography In Context. Web. Retrieved 2011-03-26."Ai." Contemporary Poets. Gale, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. Web. Retrieved 2011-03-26.Obituary ''The New York Times'', March 28, 2010; page A26. was an American poet and educator who won the 1999 National Book Award for Poetry for ''Vice: New and Selected Poems''. Ai is known for her mastery of the dramatic monologue as a poetic form, as well as for taking on dark, controversial topics in her work. About writing in the dramatic monologue form, she's said: "I want to take the narrative 'persona' poem as far as I can, and I've never been one to do things in halves. All the way or nothing. I won't abandon that desire." Early life Ai, who described herself as 1/2 Japanese, 1/8 Choctaw-Chickasaw, 1/4 Black, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Child
James Dover Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his ''Jack Reacher'' novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher, who wanders the United States. His first novel, '' Killing Floor'' (1997), won both the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel. Early life and education Grant was born in Coventry. His Northern Irish father, who was born in Belfast, was a civil servant who lived in the house where the singer Van Morrison was later born. He is the second of four sons; his younger brother, Andrew Grant, is also a thriller novelist. Grant's family relocated to Handsworth Wood in Birmingham when he was four years old so that the boys could receive a better education. Grant attended Cherry Orchard Primary School in Handsworth Wood until the age of 11. He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. In 1974, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Floor (novel)
''Killing Floor'' is the debut novel by Lee Child, first published in 1997 by Putnam. The book won the Anthony Award and Barry Award for best first novel. It is also the first book to feature the character Jack Reacher. It is written in the first person. The novel has three prequels: '' The Enemy'' (set eight years before ''Killing Floor'' and published in 2004), ''Night School'' (set one year before ''Killing Floor''; published in 2016), '' The Affair'' (set six months before ''Killing Floor''; published in 2011). Plot summary Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in the town of Margrave, Georgia, because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. Much to his surprise, shortly after his arrival, he is arrested in a local diner for murder on the orders of the sheriff, Morrison, who falsely claims he saw Reacher leave the scene. While in custody, Reacher meets Finlay, the chief of detectives, and Roscoe, a female officer who bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Floor (American Band)
Killing Floor were an American electro-industrial group based in San Francisco. The original incarnation consisted of keyboardists John Belew and Christian Void before guitarist Marc Phillips, percussionist James Basore and bassist Karl Tellefsen were added to the line-up. They released two albums on Re-Constriction Records: '' Killing Floor'' in 1995 and '' Divide by Zero'' in 1997. The band ceased activities shortly after the release of their 1998 EP ''Come Together''. History Killing Floor was formed in San Francisco by John Belew and Christian Void, with Void on both vocal and keyboard/sampler duties. The band is named after the sonic torture chamber in William Gibson's cyberpunk short-story ''Johnny Mnemonic''. Their music was characterized by heavy use of samples and electronics over dance beats. Guitarist Marc Phillips joined the band in 1991, followed by percussionist James Basore and bassist Karl Tellefsen in early 1994. They caught the interest of the electro-industri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Floor (Howlin' Wolf Song)
"Killing Floor" is a 1964 song by American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Howlin' Wolf. Called "one of the defining classics of Chicago electric blues", "Killing Floor" became a blues standard with recordings by various artists. It has been acknowledged by the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, which noted its popularity among rock as well as blues musicians. English rock group Led Zeppelin adapted the song for their "The Lemon Song", for which Howlin' Wolf is named as a co-author. Original song Howlin' Wolf recorded "Killing Floor" in Chicago in August 1964, which Chess Records released as a single. According to blues guitarist and longtime Wolf associate Hubert Sumlin, the song uses the killing floorthe area of a slaughterhouse where animals are killedas a metaphor or allegory for male-female relationships: "Down on the killing floorthat means a woman has you down, she went out of her way to try to kill you. She at the peak of doing it, and you got away now ... You k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Floor (British Band)
Killing Floor are a British blues rock band, who formed in 1968. They released two albums and four singles before initially disbanding in 1972. They have issued another two albums since their reformation in 2002. The band name came from the title of Howlin' Wolf's 1964 track, " Killing Floor". Career Originally performing in a blues band known as The Loop, Killing Floor founder members Mick Clarke (lead guitar) and Bill Thorndycraft (vocals/harmonica) formed the band in 1968 in London, England, after placing an advertisement in '' Melody Maker''. From this, they recruited Lou Martin (piano), Stuart McDonald (bass guitar) and Bazz Smith (drums). After undertaking their maiden gig, former Wonderful Radio London DJ and agent, John Edward, offered to manage the fledgling outfit. Edward led them to signing a recording contract with Spark Records and, in 1969, their self-titled debut album was recorded in less than two weeks at the Pye Recording Studios. Edwards was listed as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilantes Of Love
Vigilantes of Love is an American rock band fronted by Bill Mallonee, with many secondary players drawn from the musician pool in and around Athens, Georgia, United States. In its later manifestations in the later 1990s and early 2000s, Mallonee usually sang, played lead and rhythm guitar and harmonica, although in earlier bands he played drums. The band takes its name from the New Order song "Love Vigilantes," although their sound tends more to folk, Americana, and country rock than new wave. Their 2001 album ''Summershine'' also showed some movement toward Britpop and R.E.M.-style college rock, which would be more fully explored in Mallonee's solo career. History The band formed in 1990 in Athens, Georgia, where Bill Mallonee attended the University of Georgia. The act developed as a mostly acoustic, side-project of The Cone Ponies, the last in a long series of line-ups beginning in the mid-1980s with Windows and Walls, and Bed of Roses. For their first two recording pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
