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Piggy D
Matthew Montgomery (born November 16, 1975), also known as Piggy D., is an American musician most famous as a guitarist in horror punk band Wednesday 13 and bassist for Rob Zombie. Career history He first took over bass duties with Rob Zombie from current Ozzy Osbourne bassist Blasko, playing " American Witch" live on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' right before picking up the second leg of the ''Educated Horses'' tour in mid 2006. To this day, he maintains a successful solo career while playing with Zombie. Piggy co-directed a short 10-minute promo video entitled ''Along Came a Spider: the Movie'' for Alice Cooper's album which was released on the Cooper's official YouTube-page on October 2, 2008. The movie featured three songs from the album: "Vengeance is Mine," "(In Touch with Your) Feminine Side", and "Killed by Love." The video stars Alice Cooper, Slash, Roxxi Dott, Howie Pyro, and Dave Pino. Piggy D. also contributed all the graphic design for the album including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have been praised for their elaborate shock rock theatricality. He has sold an estimated 15 million albums worldwide. Zombie initially rose to fame as a founding member and the frontman of heavy metal band White Zombie, with whom he released four albums. His first solo effort, the 1996 song " Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)", was written and performed with Alice Cooper and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. His debut solo studio album, ''Hellbilly Deluxe'', was released in 1998; White Zombie disbanded a month later. ''Hellbilly Deluxe'' sold over 3 million copies worldwide and spawned three singles. Zombie directed the horror film ''House of 1000 Corpses'' in 2000, though the controversial project was not released unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spunk (band)
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Spunk may in colloquial English mean either courage or semen. It may otherwise refer to: Music * ''Spunk'' (Sex Pistols bootleg album), a 1977 bootleg album by the Sex Pistols * Spunk/This Is Crap, a 1996 re-issue of ''Spunk'' by the Sex Pistols * ''Spunk!'', a 1993 album by Swamp Zombies * ''Spunk'' (play), a 1989 play by American playwright George C. Wolfe Internet * Spunk Library, an anarchist internet archive * Spunk.nl, a Dutch e-zine Other * ''Spunk'' (candy), a brand of salty liquorice and wine gums from Denmark * Spunk Creek, a stream in Minnesota * The pseudonym of Joan Stark, an ASCII artist * A 1927 short story by Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on Hoodoo (spirituality), hoodoo. The most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem (John 5 Album)
Requiem is the fourth studio album by John 5, released on July 3, 2008. It is essentially an instrumental metal album, but it also has some bluegrass elements. The album is notable for having the majority of its songs named after medieval torture devices. The first single, "Sounds of Impalement", was released via John 5's official website. Reception The album received generally positive reviews, the album received a 3/5 on Sputnik Music and a 10/10 on FPM102, the highest rating the site had ever given to a metal album. Track listing Personnel *John 5 – lead guitar, banjo, bass. Also co-producer album *Tommy Clufetos – drums *Chris Baseford Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ... – producer John 5 (guitarist) albums 2008 albums Instrumental albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remixploitation
Remixploitation is the first remix album from guitarist John 5 (ex- Marilyn Manson/ Rob Zombie) released on February 14, 2009. Track listing Credits *John 5 – guitars, bass, banjo *Tommy Clufetos – drums *Jeff Mc Donogh – remixed tracks 1, 4 *Bob Marlette – remixed tracks 2, 5, 7, 9 *Chris Baseford – remixed tracks 3, 6 *Sid Riggs – remixed tracks 8, 10 *Neil Zlozower – cover photo *Piggy D – graphic design *Gabrielle Geiselman – additional photos *Mark Friedman – management *VQPR Nancy Sayle – publicity Trivia * The cover for Remixploiation is based on the artwork for The Jimi Hendrix Experience's ''Electric Ladyland''. This was one of several covers that was released, although not the original idea from Hendrix. John 5 has long been a fan of Jimi Hendrix, citing him as one of his influences. In fact John 5 contributed a track to the Jimi Hendrix tribute album '' Hazy Dreams'' back in 2003. *"Eat It Up" was claimed to be the only original, new track on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John 5 (guitarist)
John William Lowery (born July 31, 1970), best known by the stage name John 5, is an American guitarist. His stage name was bestowed on him in 1998 when he left David Lee Roth's solo band and joined the rock group Marilyn Manson as their guitarist, taking over for Zim Zum. Still going by the name John 5, Lowery became the guitarist for Rob Zombie in addition to his continued collaborations with musical artists across many genres. In 2022, John 5 left Rob Zombie and became the touring lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe. He is also a solo artist having recorded ten guitar albums: ''Vertigo'' (2004), '' Songs for Sanity'' (2005), ''The Devil Knows My Name'' (2007), ''Requiem'' (2008), ''The Art of Malice'' (2010), ''God Told Me To'' (2012), '' Careful With That Axe'' (2014), '' Season of the Witch'' (2017), ''Invasion'' (2019), and '' Sinner'' (2021). He also has a remix album, ''Remixploitation'' (2009), and live albums ''It's Alive'' (2018) and ''Live Invasion'' (2020). As a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pino
Dave Pino is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the songwriter/guitarist and co-founder of the bands Damone and Waltham. Life and career Pino was born in 1977 to immigrant parents in Massachusetts. In 1999, his band Waltham was recognized by the Boston Music Awards as Best New Artist. In 2002 Pino's side project band Damone signed a record deal with RCA Records and released the album "From The Attic". Pino performed in Powerman 5000 from 2007 to 2012, and is currently performing with Andrew W.K. and PPL MVR. He resides in Burbank, California. He co-owns Pino Bros. Ink, a tattoo parlor in Cambridge, MA with his brother Frank Pino Jr. Other bands Pino has played in various other bands including: *Jetfuel (Jet and Ben Crandell of Sam Black Church) * Piggy D. And The Evacuation Plan (Piggy D. of Rob Zombie) *Ankla (Ramón Ortíz of Puya) *Seemless (Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage) *Burn Your Wishes (Adam D. of Killswitch Engage and Ken Susi of Une ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howie Pyro
Howie Pyro (born Howard Kusten, June 28, 1960 – May 4, 2022) was an American bass player. He was a founding member of The Blessed, Freaks, D Generation, and PCP Highway. Pyro was also the bass player in Danzig from 2000–2003. Biography Pyro was a DJ at Green Door parties. He was the host of ''Intoxica Radio with Howie Pyro'', an internet radio show where he played "50s and 60s rock and roll, psycho surf, garage, rockabilly, hillbilly horrors, voodoo r & b, insane instrumentals, religious nuts, and teenage hell music." Pyro was also friends with Sid Vicious and was one of the last people to see the former Sex Pistols bassist alive; Pyro was there the night he died from a heroin overdose. In December 2021, it was announced that Pyro was fighting for his life and in recovery following a liver transplant. His longtime friend and D Generation bandmate Jesse Malin announced a benefit concert for Pyro in January 2022, with all funds raised going to Pyro's medical and living expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known as Slash, is a British-American musician who is best known as the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest guitarists in history. Born in Hampstead, London, Slash moved to Los Angeles with his father when he was five years old. His parents were both active in the entertainment industry; he was given the nickname "Slash" as a child by actor Seymour Cassel. In 1983 he joined the glam metal band Hollywood Rose, then in 1985 he joined Guns N' Roses (which was composed of former members of Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns), replacing founding member Tracii Guns. In 1994, amid growing tensions within Guns N' Roses, Slash formed the supergroup Slash's Snakepit, and in 1996 he left Guns N' Roses. In 2002, he co-founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver with vocalist Scott Weiland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Along Came A Spider (album)
''Along Came a Spider'' is the eighteenth solo studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released in July 2008 by Steamhammer/SPV. A hard rock/heavy metal concept album, it chronicles the activities of a psychopathic serial killer known as 'Spider' and the eventual undoing of his plans. A commercial success, it ended up becoming Cooper's highest-charting studio effort in the United States since ''Hey Stoopid'' (1991). Background and release The story-line for the concept album was first revealed on Cooper's radio show ''Nights with Alice Cooper''. The theme of the album revolves around a "cool, calm and collected" serial killer known as 'Spider'. The police are baffled by the bodies of Spider's victims, which are cocooned in a silk web, and are each missing a leg. Spider's task is to collect eight legs to complete the construction of his own spider. However, things get complicated when he falls in love with his eighth victim. At the end of the album an internal vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educated Horses
''Educated Horses'' is the third studio album by American musician Rob Zombie, released on March 28, 2006, by Geffen. A streaming "listening party" was held on MP3.com starting March 22, 2006, which caused advance copies to spread throughout P2P software programs. It is the first album to feature guitarist John 5 and drummer Tommy Clufetos, and the last to feature bassist Blasko. In response to questions about what the album's title means, Rob Zombie said: "It was a weird kind of phrase, like, that I remembered as something as a kid. You know, my parents, my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, the whole family, were involved in carnival business and, like, circus business, so as a kid, we would get dragged to these things, and we'd have to spend all this time there. And that was just one of the attractions I remember, what they would call the trained animals, you know, educated horses." Production ''Educated Horses'' can be described as Zombie's most experimental album to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Show With David Letterman
The ''Late Show with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the The Late Show (franchise), ''Late Show'' franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, Worldwide Pants Incorporated, and CBS Studios, CBS Television Studios. The show's music director and leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, was Paul Shaffer. The head writer was Matt Roberts and the announcer was originally Bill Wendell, then Alan Kalter. In most U.S. markets the show aired from 11:35 p.m. to 12:35 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, Pacific Time, and recorded Monday to Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The second Thursday episode usually aired on Friday of that week. In 2002, ''Late Show with David Letterman'' was ranked No. 7 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Witch
"American Witch" is the second promotional single off Rob Zombie's third solo album ''Educated Horses''. The song is about the "witch" massacre of the Salem Witchcraft trials in 1692. The music video of the song features several live performances of the song filmed at Corpus Christi, Denver, Salt Lake City and Mesa. There is also an animated version created by David Hartman. Both of these videos can be found on the bonus DVD included with ''The Best of Rob Zombie''. It has been featured as part of the soundtrack to EA Sports Big's 2006 football game, NFL Street 3. Personnel * Tom Baker - Mastering * Chris Baseford - Engineer * Blasko - Bass, Background Vocals * Tommy Clufetos - Drums, Background Vocals * Scott Humphrey - Producer * John 5 - Guitar, Background Vocals * Will Thompson - Assistant Engineer * Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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