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Lock Up (American Band)
Lock Up was a rock band that featured Tom Morello on guitar before Rage Against the Machine was formed. The band was founded by the original guitar player Mike Livingston (formerly of The Mau-Mau's) and Kevin Wood on bass. They had previously played together in the band Ella and the Blacks, which also included Brian Grillo and Brendan Mullen (founder of The Masque, the first L.A. punk rock club). Grillo became Lock Up's lead singer. Grillo had worked several years before with Martin Atkins in the latter's Brian Brain project, and then was known in Los Angeles for fronting Brian Grillo's Wild Coyote Review. The original drummer was Michael Lee, (later drummer with Sylvia Juncosa and with The Homebillies), who quit and was replaced briefly by D. H. Peligro, formerly of the Dead Kennedys and later in Red Hot Chili Peppers. After Peligro left, he was replaced by Vince Ostertag . In early 1987, Lock Up signed a production deal with Third Story Music, which was the company associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Knox
Jon Knox is an American session drummer who has been a member of the bands White Heart, Adam Again, Future User and is currently the drummer for The Union of Sinners and Saints. He is also a producer, beatmaker and composer. Background Knox was the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1992 to 1997, and concurrently the drummer of the alternative funk rock band Adam Again. He reunited with White Heart in 2006 for the Soul2Soul Awards show and again in 2014 for the Easterfest concert in Australia. Knox is now the drummer for The Union of Sinners and Saints. The Union features members from two best-selling Christian Rock bands, Petra and White Heart. Jon is responsible for helping form Rage Against the Machine and when bassist, Tim Commerford started a side project in 2013, he tapped his longtime friend, Knox to play drums for his electronic progressive rock outfit Future User for their debut release. The band is composed of bassist, Commerford, along with multi-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)
''Something Wicked This Way Comes'' is a 1962 dark fantasy novel by Ray Bradbury. It is about two 13-year-old best friends, Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, and their nightmarish experience with a traveling carnival that comes to their Midwestern home, Green Town, Illinois, on October 24th. In dealing with the creepy figures of this carnival, the boys learn how to combat fear. The carnival's leader is the mysterious "Mr. Dark", who seemingly wields the power to grant the townspeople's secret desires. In reality, Dark is a malevolent being who, like the carnival, lives off the life force of those they enslave. Mr. Dark's presence is countered by that of Will's father, Charles Halloway, the janitor of the town library, who harbors his own secret fear of growing older because he feels he is too old to be Will's dad. The novel combines elements of fantasy and horror, analyzing the conflicting natures of good and evil that exist within all individuals. Unlike many of Bradbury's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury wrote many works and is widely known by the general public for his novel ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1953) and his short-story collections ''The Martian Chronicles'' (1950) and ''The Illustrated Man'' (1951). Most of his best known work is speculative fiction, but he also worked in other genres, such as the coming of age novel ''Dandelion Wine'' (1957) and the fictionalized memoir ''Green Shadows, White Whale'' (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including ''Moby Dick'' and ''It Came from Outer Space''. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. ''The New York Times'' called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989. __TOC__ Specific locations * 1989 in British music * 1989 in Norwegian music * 1989 in American music Specific genres *1989 in country music * 1989 in heavy metal music *1989 in hip hop music * 1989 in Christian Events *January 14 – Paul McCartney releases '' Снова в СССР'' (''Back in the USSR'') exclusively in the USSR. Bootleg copies sell for as much as US$1,000 in the United States. *January 23 – James Brown is sentenced in Georgia, USA, to six years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states. *January 27 – Michael Jackson ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, USA. *February 12 **Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the Billboard charts. ** Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, USA. *February 17 – Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Bitchin' This Way Comes
''Something Bitchin' This Way Comes'' is the sole album by Lock Up, released in 1989. It is the first label-released album to feature Tom Morello. The album was re-released in 1997 by Manifesto Records. Track listing # "Can't Stop the Bleeding" (Lock Up) – 4:11 # "Nothing New" (Grillo, Livingston) – 3:10 # "Punch Drunk" (Lock Up) – 3:37 # "Everywhere I Go It Looks Like Rain" (Grello, Grillo) – 4:14 # "24 Hour Man" (Lock Up) – 4:46 # "Don't Wanna Talk About It" (Lock Up) – 3:47 # "Half Man, Half Beast" (Lock Up) – 3:45 # "Tell Me When It's Over" (Lock Up) – 5:32 # "Kiss 17 Goodbye" (Grillo, Livingston) – 4:14 # "Where the Sky Meets the Street" (Lock Up) – 3:19 # "Maniac" (Grillo, Morello) – 3:34 # "Peacekeeper" (Lock Up) – 3:47 Personnel ;Lock Up * Brian Grillo - lead and backing vocals, percussion, artwork * Tom Morello - guitars, backing vocals * Chris Beebe - bass, backing vocals * Vince Ostertag - drums, backing vocals, percussion ;Technical *Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slash Records
Slash Records was an American record label originally specializing in local punk rock bands, active from 1978 to 2000. It was notable as one of the first and most successful independent record labels in alternative rock, alternative music, before its eventual acquisition by Warner Music Group. History The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a Lexicon Devil, seven-inch single from the Germs (band), Germs in 1978. A full album from that band was released the next year, and X (American band), X's ''Los Angeles (X album), Los Angeles'' followed in 1980. The label was distributed through Jem until 1981 when that company went bankrupt. Slash then entered into a distribution deal with Warner Bros., a move that was among the first collaborations between a self-started indie and a major label. During the time of this arrangement, the label released albums by prominent Los Angeles punk and rock and roll bands, including Fear (band), Fear, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manifesto Records
Manifesto Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California that has released records by Dead Kennedys, Tim Buckley, Cinerama, Concrete Blonde, Cranes, The Czars, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Lilys, The Rugburns, Sing-Sing, Ken Stringfellow, Tom Waits, and The Wedding Present. Manifesto released the entire catalogue of Dead Kennedys in 2001 after the band obtained the rights from Alternative Tentacles. Manifesto is also the home of an imprint of Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of The Turtles, called FloEdCo; this imprint has released albums by The Turtles and Flo & Eddie. In November 2015, Manifesto re-released the entire catalogue of Lee Michaels that had been on A&M Records. Manifesto is headed by Evan Cohen, a music-business and copyright lawyer and nephew of Herb Cohen, the late former manager of Frank Zappa, Tim Buckley, Linda Ronstadt, and Tom Waits. In August 2015, the label announced that it was signing several new artists, including Puro Instinct, Drink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Cohen
Herbert Cohen (December 30, 1932 – March 16, 2010) was an American personal manager, record company executive, and music publisher, best known as the manager of Judy Henske, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Zappa, Tim Buckley, Odetta, Tom Waits, George Duke, The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, and many other Los Angeles-based musicians in the 1960s and 1970s. Life and career Cohen was born in New York. After a period in the army in 1952, he moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, and started to put on concerts with folk singers such as Pete Seeger and Odetta.Waits Biographer Sued By Waits ExManager He began running coffee bars and folk clubs, such as the Unicorn and Cosmo Alley, during the late 1950s and early 1960s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Juncosa
Sylvia Juncosa is an American punk and metal guitarist, singer, songwriter and keyboardist from Los Angeles. Noted primarily for her guitar work, during the 1980s she was among relatively few women with established aggressive rock guitar credibility. She released four solo albums and three albums with her band To Damascus (band), To Damascus after starting her career as a keyboard player in The Leaving Trains. She was also a member of the band SWA (band), SWA with ex-Black Flag (band), Black Flag bass player Chuck Dukowski. She was active from 1980 to 1995 before taking a hiatus, then started playing guitar again in 2009. Biography Early life Juncosa was born and raised in Los Angeles. She started playing piano and composing instrumental pieces when she was six years old. The Leaving Trains was the first band Juncosa joined, as keyboard player, when she was 16 years old. They released the "Bringing Down the House" / "Going Down to Town" 7" single and appeared on the Keats Rides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lee (musician)
Michael Lee (born Michael Gary Pearson; 19 November 1969 – 24 November 2008) was an English drummer best known for touring and recording in the 1990s with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Biography Born in Darlington, Lee started his professional career as drummer with Little Angels, a band from Scarborough who became one of the primary British rock acts of the early 1990s. Lee was replaced in Little Angels during their ''Young Gods'' tour by Mark Richardson, after it was discovered he had auditioned for the Cult behind their backs. He went on to play the full ''Ceremony'' world tour with the Cult in 1991 and 1992. After playing with the Cult, he would go on to work with Echo & the Bunnymen and the reformed version of Thin Lizzy. Lee also worked with many other bands including Holosade (with whom he received his first album recording credit as "Damian Lee"), Alaska, and Sweet Janes. Ultimately, it would be his work with Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant that garnered him t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Atkins
Martin Clive Atkins (born 3 August 1959) is an English drummer and session musician, best known for his work in post-punk and industrial groups including Public Image Ltd, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Pigface, and Killing Joke. He also works as a consultant, has written books, and is the music business program coordinator at Millikin University in Decatur, IL. Atkins is an honorary board member of the Chicago-based nonprofit organisation Rock For Kids. Early life Atkins was born in Coventry, England. Career 1979–1981 Atkins' first major exposure as a drummer was with John Lydon's post-Sex Pistols band, Public Image Ltd. He joined in 1979, just in time to contribute to the song "Bad Baby" on the album ''Metal Box''. Atkins' first live show with PiL was recorded and released as a live album '' Paris au Printemps'' and his first year with the band included appearances on The John Peel Sessions for the BBC, ''American Bandstand'' and the BBC's live ''Old Grey Whistle Test'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
