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Robert Roth (musician)
Robert Roth (born 1966) is a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of 1990s Sub Pop and Capitol Records band Truly. The band reunited with all original members to play in shows in Seattle, London and Azkena Rock Festival 2008 alongside Ray Davies, the Sex Pistols, Dinosaur Jr. and the Sonics. Roth received much international critical acclaim for his 2004 solo debut '' Someone Somewhere...''. Throughout the nineties he had an ongoing collaboration with poet rocker Jim Carroll, resulting in two songs on Carroll's ''Pools of Mercury'' and Carroll's EP '' Runaway''. Roth also collaborated on Carroll's ''Kill Rock Stars'' in 2000, which coincided with a sold-out show at the Seattle Opera House. Their song "Falling Down Laughing" was added to the soundtrack to the 2008 film ''Obscene'' alongside Bob Dylan, the Doors and Patti Smith. Roth also played Mellotron on Built to Spill's ''Perfect from Now On''. Roth is working on the first new Truly record in over ten years as well as new solo m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the U.S. state, state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Carroll
James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work '' The Basketball Diaries'', which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band. Early life Carroll was born to a working-class family of Irish descent, and grew up in New York City's Lower East Side. When he was about 11 (in the sixth grade) his family moved north to Inwood in Upper Manhattan. He was taught by the LaSalle Christian Brothers. In fall 1963, he entered Rice High School in Harlem, but was soon awarded a scholarship to the elite Trinity School. He attended Trinity from 1964 to 1968. Carroll was a basketball star in high school, but also developed an addiction to heroin. He financed his drug habit by engaging in prostitution in the vicinity of 53rd Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Musicians From Washington (state)
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who write both music and lyrics for songs, conductors who direct a musical performance, or performers who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer who provides vocals or an instrumentalist who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians specialize in a musical style, and some musicians play in a variety of different styles depending on cultures and background. A musician who records and releases music can be known as a recording artist. Types Composer A composer is a musician who creates musical compositions. The title is principally used for those who write classical music or film music. Those who write the music for popular songs may be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Curtains
''Twilight Curtains'' is a rarities compilation album by Truly. It was released only in the UK, on May 22, 2000. Track listing # "Twilight Curtains" - 4:41 # "Leatherette Tears II" - 3:31 # "Aliens on Alcohol" - 4:51 # "Wait Til' the Night" - 4:52 # "I Hit Ignition" - 5:32 # "Our Lips Are Sealed" - 2:45 (The Go Go's) # " Girl Don't Tell Me You'll Write" - 2:30 (The Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and frie ...) # "Queen of the Girls" - 3:54 # "20th Century Voluntary Slaves" - 5:21 # "Mellotronica Symphonica" - 3:10 References Truly albums 2000 compilation albums Grunge compilation albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feeling You Up
''Feeling You Up'' is the second and most recent studio album to date by the American rock band Truly, recorded from 1995 to 1997 and released November 1997 on 12" vinyl and CD. "It's On Your Face" was used in its entirety in Francis Ford Coppola's TV series ''First Wave'' episode 16 "The Undesirables". Track listing All songs written by Robert Roth and Truly. # "(Intro) Public Access Girls" - 4:31 # "Twilight Curtains" - 5:23 # "Wait 'til the Night" - 6:00 # "Air Raid" - 4:49 # "It's On Your Face" - 4:52 # "EM7" - 4:34 # "Come Hither" - 2:57 # "Leatherette Tears" - 4:02 # "The Possessions" - 5:29 # "Repulsion" - 7:14 # " ntitled ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Stories
Fast or FAST may refer to: * Fast (noun), high speed or velocity * Fast (noun, verb), to practice fasting, abstaining from food and/or water for a certain period of time Acronyms and coded Computing and software * ''Faceted Application of Subject Terminology'', a thesaurus of subject headings * Facilitated Application Specification Techniques, a team-oriented approach for requirement gathering * FAST protocol, an adaptation of the FIX protocol, optimized for streaming * FAST TCP, a TCP congestion avoidance algorithm * FAST and later as Fast Search & Transfer, a Norwegian company focusing on data search technologies * Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool, software to develop work schedules * Features from accelerated segment test, computer vision method for corner detection * Federation Against Software Theft, a UK organization that pursues those who illegally distribute software * Feedback arc set in Tournaments, a computational problem in graph theory * USENIX Conference on File ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart And Lungs
''Heart and Lungs'' is an EP by the American rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ... band Truly. "Heart and Lungs" was featured in the 1992 film '' Singles''. Track listing # "Heart and Lungs" - 4:20 # "The Color Is Magic" - 4:26 # "Truly Drowning" - 4:47 # "Married in the Playground" - 3:30 References 1990 EPs Truly albums Sub Pop EPs {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect From Now On
''Perfect from Now On'' is the third full-length album released by Built to Spill, and the band's first major label (Warner Bros.) release. It was recorded at the Avast! Recording Company in Seattle, Washington by Phil Ek. Stylistically, the album was marked by its experimentation with longer song structures and philosophical lyrics. The album was recorded three times. The first time, frontman Doug Martsch attempted to play all the instruments except drums. He and Ek were dissatisfied with the results, so Martsch brought in bassist Brett Nelson and drummer Scott Plouf and recorded the album again. However, these tapes were destroyed by heat when Ek was driving from Seattle to Boise to record additional overdubs. The band rehearsed some more, then recorded the album a third time. According to a February 1999 Spin Magazine article, the album had sold 43,000 copies up until that point. In September 2008, the band embarked on a three-month tour to perform the album in its entire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album '' Horses''. Called the "punk poet laureate", Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is " Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1978 and number five in the UK. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir ''Just Kids''. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time partner Robert Mapplethorpe. She placed 47th in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doors
The Doors were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, partly due to Morrison's lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona. The group is widely regarded as an important figure of the counterculture of the 1960s, era's counterculture. The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book ''The Doors of Perception'', itself a reference to a quote by William Blake. After signing with Elektra Records in 1966, the Doors with Morrison recorded and released six studio albums in five years, some of which are generally considered among the greatest of all time, including The Doors (album), their self-titled debut (1967), ''Strange Days (The Doors album), Strange Days'' (1967), and ''L.A. Woman'' (1971). They were one of the most successful bands during that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and " The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which comprised mainly traditional folk songs, Dylan made his breakthrough as a songwriter with the release of ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' the following year. The album features "Blowin' in the Wind" and the thematically complex " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall". Many of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
