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Paul Matthews (musician)
Paul Michael Matthews (born 24 October 1978) is a New Zealand musician, songwriter, and record producer based in London (UK). He co-founded I Am Giant in 2008 and is the band's bass guitarist and songwriter. He was also the bass guitarist for New Zealand bands Stylus and Tadpole. Matthews also began producing records in 2002 with Blindspott's Self-titled Triple Platinum debut album. Matthews has since produced music for Six 60, Opshop and Setting Fire to Stacey among others. Life and career Early life He was born in England, and his family moved to New Zealand when he was years old. Matthews attended Rutherford High School (Now known as Rutherford College). It was here that Matthews began playing bass in a high school band called Rigmarole which would later evolve into the band Stylus. Matthews studied Audio Engineering at SAE Institute and Contemporary Music Performance at Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (MAINZ) Stylus Stylus was born from Matthews' high school b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Wycombe
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, south-southeast of Aylesbury, southeast of Oxford, northeast of Reading and north of Maidenhead. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, High Wycombe's built up area has a population of 127,856, making it the second largest town in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire after Milton Keynes. The High Wycombe Urban Area, the conurbation of which the town is the largest component, has a population of 140,684. High Wycombe is mostly an unparished area. Part of the urban area constitutes the civil parish of Chepping Wycombe, which had a population of 14,455 according to the 2001 census – this parish represents that part of the ancient parish of Chepping Wycombe which was outside the former municipal borough of Wycombe. There has been a market he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Poutini Polytechnic
Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP) provides tertiary education aimed to meet the needs of West Coast students and businesses. TPP's West Coast programmes include, among others, tourism and hospitality training across the retail and service sector, outdoor education training, agriculture, extractive/mining, and specialist jade and hard stone carving programmes. Established in 1989, the Polytechnic now trains around 6,000 students every year in full or part-time study options. TPP's aim is to get their students into jobs in the local community, so they work with industry partners and local employers to ensure the training is suited to the needs of the West Coast. Training is provided local campuses in Greymouth and Westport, with on-site training at various locations across the region to ensure the students face real world work requirements. In addition to their West Coast-based programmes, TPP also offers a range of national niche programmes at sites from Wanaka to Auckland, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Medusa
''The Medusa'' is the second studio album released by New Zealand rock group, Tadpole on September 15, 2002. It was recorded over late 2001-early 2002 and was produced by Malcolm Welsford via Antenna Recordings. Cover art The cover art features Greek mythology's Medusa designed by Geoff Smith at Outer Aspect, with additional artwork by Monique Facon. The 2002 pressings of the album cover were innovative, due to the use of a 3D hologram cover design. To save on costs, the cover from 2003 onward did not have the hologram, instead it included a booklet with lyrics. Chart performance ''The Medusa'' entered the New Zealand Top 40 Albums chart and peaked at #10 on September 15, 2002. The album spent a total of nine weeks on the chart and became Tadpole's second album to reach the top 10. Track listing Track listing adapted from Spotify. All tracks are written by Renée Brennan, Dean Lawton, and Chris Yong. Personnel Personnel are adapted from the album's liner notes and Audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buddhafinger
''The Buddhafinger'' is the debut album by New Zealand rock group, Tadpole A tadpole is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some fish-like features that may not be found i ..., released on June 1, 2000. The album debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums chart on August 20, 2000, and peaked at #2. The album spent a total of 44 weeks in the chart. Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Buddhafinger Tadpole (band) albums 2000 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annisokay
Annisokay (stylized as annisokay, pronounced ''Ann is okay'') is a German post-hardcore band from Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. Currently consists of scream vocalist Rudi Schwarzer, guitarist/clean vocalist Christoph Wieczorek, bassist Norbert Rose and drummer Nico Vaeen. Up to date Annisokay released two demo-CDs, two EP and five studio albums: ''The Lucid Dream r' was originally self-released in 2012 (2013 via Radtone Records in Japan) and was re-released in 2014 when the band signed a label deal with SPV GmbH. The follow-up record ''Enigmatic Smile'' was released in March 2015 and peaked at no. 68 in the German albums charts. Annisokay toured Germany several times and played alongside acts like Silverstein, Callejon and Electric Callboy. They played at 2014s edition of Summer Breeze Open Air and at Mair1 Festival in Montabaur. Band history 2007–2013: Beginnings and ''The Lucid Dream r' The band was founded in 2007 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 2008 and 2009 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Post-hardcore began in the 1980s with bands like Hüsker Dü and Minutemen (band), Minutemen. The genre expanded in the 1980s and 1990s with releases by bands from cities that had established hardcore scenes, such as Fugazi from Washington, D.C. as well as groups such as Big Black and Jawbox that stuck closer to post-hardcore's noise rock roots. In the early- and mid-2000s, achieved mainstream success with the popularity of bands like My Chemical Romance, Dance Gavin Dance, AFI (band), AFI, Underoath, Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein (band), Silverstein, The Used, At the Drive-In, Saosin, Alexisonfire, and Senses Fail. In the 2010s, bands like Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil achieved main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departure Of Dave Grunewald And Aurora
Departure, Departures or The Departure may refer to: Literal meaning * Departure, also called takeoff, the phase of flight from moving along the ground to flying in the air * Departures, the section of a transport hub designated for outgoing passengers, freight, and vehicles Arts, entertainment, and media Paintings * ''Departure'' (Beckmann), a 1932–1935 triptych by German painter Max Beckmann Films * ''Departure'' (1931 film), a French drama film * ''Departure'' (1938 film), a 1938 Italian comedy film * ''Departure'' (1986 film), an Australian film * ''Departures'' (2008 film), a Japanese drama film * ''Departures'' (2011 film), a Turkish short film * ''Departure'' (2015 film), a British film starring Juliet Stevenson * ''The Departure'' (1967 film), a Belgian film * ''The Departure'' (2017 film), a 2017 American film * ''Then Came You'' (2018 film), a 2018 American film also known as ''Departures'' * ''Unfinished'' (film), a 2018 Korean film previously known as ''Departur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arms
Arms or ARMS may refer to: * Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to: People * Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader Coat of arms or weapons *Armaments or weapons **Firearm *Coat of arms **In this sense, "arms" is a common element in pub names Enterprises *Amherst Regional Middle School *Arms Corporation, originally named Dandelion, a defunct Japanese animation studio who operated from 1996 to 2020 *TRIN (finance) or Arms Index, a short-term stock trading index *Australian Relief & Mercy Services, a part of Youth With A Mission Arts and entertainment *ARMS (band), an American indie rock band formed in 2004 * ''Arms'' (album), a 2016 album by Bell X1 * "Arms" (song), a 2011 song by Christina Perri from the album ''lovestrong'' * ''Arms'' (video game), a 2017 fighting video game for the Nintendo Switch *ARMS Charity Concerts, a series of charitable rock concerts in support of Action into Research for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise Up 2
Rise or RISE may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * '' Rise: The Vieneo Province'', an internet-based virtual world * Rise FM, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto 3'' * Rise Kujikawa, a video game character from ''Persona 4'' Films *''Rise'', a 2011 film with Andrew Stevens * ''Rise'' (2014 film), an Australian film * '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'', often abbreviated as "Rise" in promotional material * '' Rise: Blood Hunter'', a 2007 horror/thriller film directed by Sebastian Gutierrez * ''Rise'' (2022 film), an American biographical sports-drama film Music Albums * ''Rise'' (Herb Alpert album), 1979 * ''Rise'' (Annabelle Chvostek album), 2012 * ''Rise'' (The Answer album), 2006 * ''Rise'' (Army of Me EP), a 2006 EP by Army of Me * ''Rise'' (Bad Brains album), 1993 * ''Rise'' (Daryl Braithwaite album), 1990 * ''Rise'' (Building 429 album) * ''Rise'' (Danny Gokey album), 2017 * ''Rise'' (Gabrielle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Place To Land (album)
Michael Sean D'Arcy Murphy (born 4 September 1986) is a New Zealand singer. He was runner-up of New Zealand Idol (NZ Idol) in 2004, behind Ben Lummis Ben Lummis (born Isileli Junior Brown on (1 June 1978) is a New Zealand R&B/Pop/Gospel recording artist who rose to musical fame as the winner of the First season of ''New Zealand Idol'' in 2004. He is of Māori ( Ngati Porou) and Pākehā (E ..., who became his friend over the course of the contest. After NZ Idol, Michael Murphy had signed to BMG records. Murphy's first single debuted at No. 1 and stayed a while at the top of radio charts. He gained a gold status for '' No Place to Land'', his debut album. He then toured New Zealand, singing to sold-out audiences. With 5star Fallout, Michael toured New Zealand, the U.S. and English pubs. He is now working on his solo project, with multi national management by ACTS Agency. 5star Fallout In 2006, Murphy joined his 4 former Deadset bandmates to form the band 5star Fallout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Damn Beautiful (Michael Murphy Song)
"So Damn Beautiful" is a single by New Zealand Idol season one runner-up, Michael Murphy Michael, Mick, or Mike Murphy may refer to: Artists and entertainers * Michael Murphy (actor) (born 1938), American actor * Mike Murphy (musician) (1946–2006), American drummer for the Bee Gees and Chicago * Michael Bryan Murphy, lead singer ..., released in 2004. It was a #1 hit on the RIANZ charts. Charts Certifications In New Zealand, the song was certified gold during 2004. Track listing #''So Damn Beautiful'' #''All We Are'' References 2004 songs 2004 singles Number-one singles in New Zealand {{2000s-pop-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Idol (season 1)
The first season of '' New Zealand Idol'' was produced by Fremantle Media subsidiary Grundy Television in association with UK company 19TV, and was broadcast on TVNZ in the early half of 2004. The judges were Paul Ellis, Fiona McDonald and Frankie Stevens. Auditions The auditions were held at the following locations: * Trentham Racecourse, Trentham, Upper Hutt * Riccarton Racecourse, Riccarton, Christchurch * Ellerslie Racecourse, Ellerslie, Auckland Those who were successful would proceed to the "Top 60" theatre rounds held at the Maidment Theatre in Auckland. Theatre Week The successful contestants who made it through to the "Top 60" rounds would spend a gruelling three days at the theatre. * Day One: Contestants, in groups of six, were to sing in turn, a cappella, a song of their own choice. At the end of the day, twelve were sent home, leaving 48 remaining. :Eliminated: ''Faith, Petia, Darryl, Kasanita, Ria, George, Dominic, Naomi, Charli, Hiwi, Ruth, Matthew'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
