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Powertrip
''Powertrip'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released on June 16, 1998. The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, achieving mainstream success due largely to the hit single, "Space Lord". Other hit songs on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell". The album itself, reached #1 on the Heatseekers Charts, #21 in the German Charts, #65 in the UK Charts, and #97 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on January 25, 1999. Music videos were made for the songs "Space Lord", "Powertrip", and "See You in Hell". Recording After the Dopes to Infinity tour, Dave Wyndorf flew to Las Vegas to work on the group's next album. He got a hotel room outside the city, where he would write one song a day for twenty-one days. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet is an American rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar) and Tim Cronin (vocals and drums); they have since gone through several lineup changes, leaving Wyndorf as the only constant member. Monster Magnet has released ten studio albums to date, and they are best known for their 1990s hits "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" and "Space Lord". The band has also been credited for developing and popularizing the stoner rock genre, along with Masters of Reality, Kyuss, Fu Manchu and Sleep. Career Beginnings and ''Spine of God'' (1989–1992) Original names for the band were Dog of Mystery, Airport 75, Triple Bad Acid and King Fuzz before finally settling on Monster Magnet, taken from the name of a 1960s toy made by Wham-O, which Wyndorf liked when he was a child. In 1989, Monster Magnet released two demo cassettes: ''Forget About Life, I'm High on Dope'' and ''I'm Stoned, What Ya Gon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Lord
"Space Lord" is a 1998 single by American rock band Monster Magnet from the album ''Powertrip''. The song is in the key of C minor. It brought them mainstream success, with its accompanying music video directed by Joseph Kahn. The song peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and number twenty-nine on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart. A remixed version of the song was also made, and was featured (along with the original) on their compilation album ''Greatest Hits''. The music video is notable for being the first video ever aired on MTV's ''Total Request Live'' on September 14, 1998. It appeared on the countdown five times climbing no higher than the No. 7 position. The line "Space lord, motherfucker" was truncated and an echo added to make the song more radio- and TV-friendly (the lyric is heard as "Space lord, mother, mother"), but the vocal rhythm is unchanged, and a band version with the original lyric has never been released. The original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Wyndorf
David Wyndorf (born October 28, 1956) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for rock band Monster Magnet. He is the frontman and only remaining original member of the band. Career Commercial success In the early 1980s, Wyndorf fronted a punk band called Shrapnel, who recorded two 45 singles ("Combat Love" and "Go Cruisin'") and a five-song self-titled EP on Elektra Records. During most part of the 1990s, Wyndorf and Monster Magnet struggled for commercial success which they could not obtain because of their unfashionable retro-rock style. This changed in 1998, when Wyndorf took a 21-day trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, from which he drew inspiration to write the songs for ''Powertrip'', which would be Monster Magnet's breakthrough album. His life following the release of ''Powertrip'' was his inspiration for '' God Says No''. ''Monolithic Baby!'' Wyndorf traveled to Los Angeles to work for the soundtrack of the movie ''Torque'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Hyde
Matt Hyde (born June 19, 1964) is an American producer, engineer, mixer and musician. From 1982 to 1985 he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. While still at Berklee in 1984, he obtained an internship at Pyramid Recording Studio in Boston. After two semesters at Berklee, Hyde took a break from classes to tour for the Department of Defense overseas entertainment program, playing guitar and keyboards in several top 40 cover bands that played shows at U.S. military bases in foreign countries throughout Europe and the Pacific. When he returned to the U.S., he began working at recording studios, first in Boston and from 1989 in Los Angeles. While working as a staff engineer at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, Hyde worked with Cypress Hill in preparation for their debut album. He produced several other notable hip hop acts including Freestyle Fellowship, Boo Yaa T.R.I.B.E., and Daddy Freddy. Matt Hyde met Perry Farrell and produced (with Perry) tracks on the debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Says No
''God Says No'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet. It was released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US. It was a commercial failure compared to their previous album, ''Powertrip''. It was their last release recorded for A&M Records, due to problems with promotion of the album but it reached #17 in Germany. musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010) It would also be the last release with bassist Joe Calandra and drummer Jon Kleiman. The track "Medicine", which appears on the US release, is a re-recording of a track which originally appeared on the band's 1991 album '' Spine of God''. A music video was made for the 1991 version. Two different music videos were produced for the song "Heads Explode" and one fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bride Of Chucky
''Bride of Chucky'' is a 1998 American black comedy slasher film written by Don Mancini and directed by Ronny Yu. The fourth installment in the ''Child's Play'' franchise, it stars Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Ritter, Katherine Heigl, and Nick Stabile. Unlike the first three films, ''Bride of Chucky'' takes a markedly humorous turn towards self-referential parody. It also departs from the Andy Barclay storyline of the first three films, focusing mainly on series villain Chucky, a doll possessed by a serial killer, and his former lover and accomplice Tiffany, whose soul is also transferred into a doll. ''Bride of Chucky'' was released on October 16, 1998. The film grossed over $50 million worldwide on a budget of $25 million, and received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, ''Seed of Chucky'', was released in 2004. Plot Tiffany Valentine, a former lover and accomplice of serial killer Charles Lee Ray, bribes a police officer into giving her the dismembered parts of a chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dopes To Infinity
''Dopes to Infinity'' is the third album by American rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995. Overview The song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" became the band's first hit single, after having appeared the previous year in different form in the American movie '' S.F.W.''. Other tracks, such as the title track and "Dead Christmas" however, received little or no airplay, resulting in sales of the album being only slightly better than their previous album, ''Superjudge''. The album did reach #51 on the UK Charts and #30 in the German Charts. A music video was made for the song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead," directed by Gore Verbinski. In 2011, Monster Magnet revisited the album when they embarked on "Dopes To Infinity 2011: The European Tour", performing the album live in its entirety at several European locations. Reception In 2005, ''Dopes to Infinity'' was ranked number 406 in ''Rock Hard'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Way Out 2007
The 2007 No Way Out was the ninth No Way Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown! brand division. The event took place on February 18, 2007, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view of the first brand extension, as following WrestleMania 23 the following month, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued and then in August 2011, the brand extension ended. Another brand-exclusive PPV would not be held until Backlash in 2016, as the brand split was reintroduced in July that year. The main event was an interpromotional tag team match between Batista and The Undertaker (from SmackDown!) and John Cena and Shawn Michaels (from Raw). Cena and Michaels won the match after Cena pinned Undertaker following an FU. The main match on the undercard was an interpromotional Six-man tag team match between the team of Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldier (1998 American Film)
''Soldier'' is a 1998 American science fiction action film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, written by David Webb Peoples, and starring Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee and Gary Busey. The film tells the story of a highly skilled and emotionally distant soldier who is left for dead, befriends a group of refugees, then faces his former superiors who are determined to eliminate them. The film was released worldwide on October 23, 1998. Upon its release, ''Soldier'' received generally negative reviews, although many praised the action sequences and Russell's performance. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $14 million worldwide against a production budget of $60 million. Plot In 1996, as part of a new military training program, a group of orphaned infants are selected at birth and raised as highly disciplined soldiers with no understanding of anything but military routine. They are trained to be ruthless professionals, and anyone cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the Westerns on television, western series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he starred as Dexter Riley in films, such as ''The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes'' (1969), ''Now You See Him, Now You Don't'' (1972), and ''The Strongest Man in the World'' (1975). According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, he became the studio's top star of the 1970s.Introduction by Robert Osborne to the Turner Classic Movies premiere of ''The Barefoot Executive'', April 13, 2007. Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Mike Nichols' ''Silkwood'' (1983). In the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Legend (film)
''Urban Legend'' is a 1998 slasher film directed by Jamie Blanks, written by Silvio Horta, and starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Tara Reid, and Michael Rosenbaum, and is the first installment in the ''Urban Legend'' film series. Its plot focuses on a series of murders on the campus of a private New England university, all of which appear to be modeled after popular urban legends. In addition to its younger cast, the film features supporting performances from Robert Englund, Loretta Devine, John Neville, and Brad Dourif. Filmed in Toronto in the spring of 1998, ''Urban Legend'' was released in the United States on September 25, 1998. It grossed $72.5 million worldwide on a budget of $14 million, and received generally negative reviews from critics, with chief criticisms being that the film was a blatant rip-off of ''Scream'' (1996). The film has been credited by both cinema and folklore scholars as being one of the first major films to redistribute the urban leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
