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Slow Charm
''Slow Charm'' is the seventh studio album by the American rock band The Figgs The Figgs are a rock ‘n’ roll band formed in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1987. Originally known as The Sonic Undertones, their output includes thirteen studio albums and multiple EPs and singles. They’ve served as the backing band for rock .... It was released on September 10, 2002 by Hearbox/Good Land. Slow Charm was recorded and mixed between May 2001 and March 2002 at Peligro Audio-NYC, Green St. House-NH, Bricktown-Norristown, PA, and The Amazing Barn-Conshaken, PA. It was produced by Tim O’Heir, Pete Donnelly, and The Figgs and mixed by Donnelly, Dave Minehan, and Mike Gent at Minehan's Wooly Mammoth-Boston, MA. Track listing References 2002 albums The Figgs albums {{2002-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Figgs
The Figgs are a rock ‘n’ roll band formed in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1987. Originally known as The Sonic Undertones, their output includes thirteen studio albums and multiple EPs and singles. They’ve served as the backing band for rock and roll legend Graham Parker on and off since 1996 and also toured with Tommy Stinson of The Replacements fame. Background The original lineup of Mike Gent (guitar), Pete Donnelly (bass), and Guy Lyons (drums), all went to high school together. Lyons temporarily left the band in 1989 and was replaced by Pete Hayes. When he returned in 1992, Hayes remained on drums and Lyons moved to lead guitar. Lyons left for good in 1997 after the recording of ''Couldn't Get High''. The band has continued recording and touring steadily and in 2017 celebrated their 30th anniversary with shows featuring Lyons sitting in on some of their earliest tunes. In May 2013 Lexus used The Figgs' ''Je T’Adore'' in a commercial entitled ''First Sight'' f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garage Rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is characterized by basic chord (music), chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments, sometimes distorted through a distortion (music), fuzzbox, as well as often unsophisticated and occasionally aggressive lyrics and delivery. Its name derives from the perception that groups were often made up of young amateurs who rehearsed in the family Garage (residential), garage, although many were professional. In the US and Canada, surf rock—and later the Beatles and other beat music, beat groups of the British Invasion—motivated thousands of young people to form bands between 1963 and 1968. Hundreds of acts produced regional hits, and some had national hits, usually played on AM radio stations. With the advent of psyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, early pop rock was influenced by the beat, arrangements, and original style of rock and roll (and sometimes doo-wop). It may be viewed as a distinct genre field rather than music that overlaps with pop and rock. The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick, commercial product and less authentic than rock music. Characteristics and etymology Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and "power pop" have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or the form of, rock music. Writer Johan Fornas views pop/rock as "one single, continuous genre field", rather than distinct categories. To the authors Larry Starr and Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Donnelly (musician)
Pete Donnelly (born October 11, 1972) is an American bass player, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Figgs. Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, Donnelly is based in Philadelphia. In November 2007 Donnelly began playing with keyboardist Terry Adams, a founder of NRBQ, in the Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet. Adams rechristened the band NRBQ in March 2011. Donnelly played in the group until September 2012. Donnelly has also worked with Soul Asylum, Tommy Stinson, Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers and others. In 2015, Grammy Winning artist Shelby Lynne released her album, ''I Can't Imagine'', the title track was co-written by Donnelly. Donnelly released his first solo album ''Another Day On You'' in 1999, reissued in 2016 as an expanded edition. He released his second solo album ''When You Come Home'', in December 2011 featuring guest appearances from Britta Phillips, Dave Pirner David Anthony Pirner (born April 16, 1964) is an American songwriter, singer, and produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gent
Mike Gent (born September 17, 1971 in New Jersey, United States) is an American songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist in The Figgs, in which he has performed since 1987. Gent grew up in Saratoga Springs, NY and attended Saratoga Springs High School. Gent also played with Graham Parker and Candy Butchers.David Malachowski"The Figgs at Valentine's, Putnam Den" ''Times Union'' (Albany), December 18, 2013- Solo discography *1999 ''Received'' *2003 ''The Intake'' *2009 ''Mike Gent'' *2013 ''Long After Stan'' *2013 ''The Rapid Steve'' *2017 ''Headphone Music'' *2020 ''Singles 2018'' *2020 ''Archives Vol.1 - NYC 1997/1998'' The Figgs discography * 1992 ''Ginger'' (Cassette/LP/CD) - Absolute A Go Go / Peterwalkee / Stomper * 1993 ''Ready Steady Stoned'' (Cassette) - Absolute A Go Go * 1994 ''Low-Fi At Society High'' (CD/LP/Cassette) - Imago * 1994 ''Hi-Fi Dropouts'' (CD) - Imago * 1996 ''Banda Macho'' (CD/LP/Cassette) - Capitol Records * 1998 ''The Figgs Couldn't Get High'' (CD/LP) - Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
