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Rockit (music Site)
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Rockit may refer to: * ''Rockit'' (album), a 1979 album by Chuck Berry. * Rockit (instrumental), a 1983 composition by Herbie Hancock. * "Rockit", a 2004 song by Gorillaz. * Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival, a 2000s music festival. See also * Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, a steel roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando * Rockit Mountain, a version of the indoor roller coaster Space Mountain at Disneyland in Anaheim, California * Rock It (other) * Rocket (other) A rocket is a vehicle, missile, or aircraft propelled by an engine that creates thrust from a high speed exhaust jet made exclusively from propellant. Rocket or Rockets may also refer to: Projectiles *Rocket (firework), a firework that propels i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockit (album)
''Rockit'' is the nineteenth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1979 by Atco Records. It was his only release for the label, following Berry's departure in 1975 from Chess Records and his last studio album for 38 years, until ''Chuck (Chuck Berry album), Chuck'' in 2017. Title and packaging The album cover depicted Berry's guitar in the image of the ''Millennium Falcon'' starship, from the 1977 film ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars''. According to Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the artwork bizarrely (and somewhat appealingly)" capitalized on "the post-''Star Wars'' wave as it features Chuck's Gibson ES-335, signature Gibson orbiting the Earth (which also nicely plays into the pun of the title, a pun so slight that it's possible to not realize it's a pun without the artwork)". Critical reception Reviewing ''Rockit'' in 1979 for ''The Village Voice'', Robert Christgau gave the album a B-plus grade and was surprised by its quality: Along with 1964's ''St. Louis to Liverpool'', Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockit (instrumental)
"Rockit" is a composition recorded by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and produced by Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn. Hancock released it as a single from his 1983 album ''Future Shock.'' The selection was composed by Hancock, Laswell, and Beinhorn. The track was driven by its deejay scratch style, performed primarily by DXT, and its music video created by Godley & Creme, which was put in high rotation on MTV. "Rockit" won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance in 1983, and it won five MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. Recording "Rockit" was constructed and composed during the recording process, first at BC Studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn, with additional overdubs at RPM Studios in Manhattan, then Hancock's home studio in West Hollywood, and finally at Eldorado studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The production duo of Material (bassist Bill Laswell and synth player Michael Beinhorn) were based at Martin Bisi's BC Studio, recording experimental, no wave and und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Sides
''D-Sides'' is a 2007 compilation album by the British virtual band Gorillaz. The album contains B-sides and remixes from singles and bonus tracks for the band's second studio album ''Demon Days'', as well as previously unreleased tracks recorded during the same sessions. It was released on 19 November 2007 in the UK and on 20 November in the United States and is available in standard and deluxe editions. The Japanese deluxe edition includes three extra tracks, plus the video for 'Rockit'. ''D-Sides'' performed similarly to its 2002 predecessor, '' G Sides'', reaching No. 63 on the UK Albums Chart, while it reached No. 166 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Background In an interview with ''Verbicide Magazine'', band members were asked if a new remix album would be produced for ''Demon Days'' as there was for ''Gorillaz''. They answered that it was a possibility and that might involve the Spacemonkeyz again. In the same interview, they were asked if there might also be another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival
Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival was held each autumn from 2003 to 2006 in Hong Kong's Victoria Park. The event was created by Nimal Jayawardena (AKNJ Fujii and Didier Li of Matrix Entertainment Group. 2003 The first Rockit festival, 25–26 October 2003, was headlined by Japanese Metal Band Electric Eel Shock and Australia's Regurgitator. * Electric Eel Shock * Regurgitator * The Feelers * Finley Quaye * Mark Gardener * Gold Rush * Six by Seven * DJ Marky & XRS * Stamina MC * A Guy Called Gerald * DJ Suv Live Showcase * Leslie Loh * Spanish Harlem Orchestra * DJ Bodhi * Simon Pang * Uncle Joe * Audiotraffic * White Label * Whence He Came * P.N.S. * Boombox Soundsystem * SemIQ * Buddhiston 2004 In 2004 the event coincided with a three-day weekend (22–24 October) so the organisers extended the event to the Friday afternoon. The headliners were The Cooper Temple Clause on the Saturday and Regurgitator on the Sunday. * The Cooper Temple Clause * Regurgitator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit is a steel roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida. With a height of , a length of , and a top speed of , it is the largest X-Coaster ever built by German manufacturer Maurer Söhne. Announced on March 19, 2008, the coaster officially debuted on August 19, 2009, despite original plans to open several months earlier in the spring. Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit features on-ride music LED lighting, and on-ride photos and videos captured from cameras mounted in each passenger row. History During the second week of January 2008, Universal Parks & Resorts filed a Notice of Commencement with Orange County, Florida indicating that they were to construct a ride system that they had code-named "Project Rumble." The notice also stated that the contractor was "Maurer Rides GmbH," located in Munich, Germany. The new attraction was officially announced by Universal Studios on March 19, 2008. Although the layout was not revealed, the original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockit Mountain
Space Mountain is an indoor, space-themed roller coaster in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Opened on May 27, 1977, it was the second roller coaster built at Disneyland, and was the second of the five versions of Space Mountain built by The Walt Disney Company. Its exterior façade is one of Disneyland's four "mountain" structures that serve as park landmarks. Walt Disney originally conceived the idea of a space-themed roller coaster for Disneyland following the success of the Matterhorn Bobsleds, which opened in 1959. However, a number of factors including lack of available space, Walt Disney's death, and the Disney company's focus on building what would become Walt Disney World led to the project's postponement in the late 1960s. After the early success of the Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World, Disney revived the Space Mountain project and opened the first Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom in 1975. Soon after, Disney began plans to build a smaller ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
