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The Better Life
''The Better Life'' is the debut studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, released on February 8, 2000. It has become 7× Platinum since release. This is the only album on which lead singer Brad Arnold played drums. "Kryptonite", " Loser", and " Be Like That" all reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at 3, No. 55, and No. 24, respectively. ''The Better Life'' sold over six million copies worldwide. It is the band's best-selling album to date, with sales of over 5,653,000 copies in the United States, as of July 2014. Background In 1997, 3 Doors Down released a self-titled demo CD that garnered attention locally. Only 2,000 copies of the demo are known to exist and its track listing is mostly shared with ''The Better Life''. Six songs from the demo were later re-recorded and polished for commercial viability on ''The Better Life''. The final demo track, "Sarah Yellin' 86," was re-recorded as "Sarah Yellin'" on the band's second studio album, ... [...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] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at the age of 19, he was offered a janitor position at Studio 55, record producer Richard Perry's Los Angeles recording studio. At Studio 55, Marcussen received an education in all facets of music recording and sound production. By the end of his Studio 55 tenure, he had earned his first album credits as an assistant engineer, working on The Manhattan Transfer's ''Pastiche'', Boz Scaggs's ''Middle Man'', and The Pointer Sisters's ''Special Things''. Marcussen began his mastering career in 1979 at a newly opened mastering facility, Precision Lacquer (later renamed "Precision Mastering"), in Los Angeles. He spent almost 20 years (1979 – February 1999) at Precision Lacquer/Mastering mastering albums for artists that included Stevie Wonder, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Wright
Toby Wright is an American record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with artists such as Alice in Chains, Metallica, Sevendust and Korn. Credits Producer * 3rd Strike - '' Lost Angel'' *8stops7 - ''In Moderation'' *Alice in Chains - ''Alice in Chains'' *Alice in Chains - ''Unplugged'' *Arcane Saints - ''Turning the Tide'' *Biohazard - '' Reborn in Defiance'' *Brad Gillis – ''Gilrock Ranch'' * Brighton Rock - '' Love Machine'' *Brown Brigade - ''Into the Mouth of Badd(d)ness'' *Burn to Shine - ''Signs (of what’s to come) *Chris Whitley - ''Terra Incognita'' *Chris Whitley - '' Long Way Around'' *Craving Lucy - ''Craving Lucy'' *Deity's Muse - ''TBA'' *Fear Factory - '' Transgression'' *Fishbone - '' Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay'' * Grade 8 - '' Grade 8'' *Jerry Cantrell - ''Boggy Depot'' *Kiss - '' Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions'' *Korn - '' Follow the Leader'' *The Letter Black - '' Hanging On by a Thread'' *Linea 77 - '' Horror Vac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a song by American rock band 3 Doors Down. The power ballad was released on July 28, 2003, as the third single from the band's second studio album, ''Away from the Sun'' (2002). The song reached 5 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in November 2003 and was certified double platinum in the US for shipping over 2,000,000 units. It was also successful around the world, peaking at No. 2 in Australia and reaching the top 10 in Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Background and meaning Brad Arnold stated that the main inspiration for the song was his now ex-wife. Arnold has also explained that the song was written about their lonely nights spent on the road promoting their band and how tough it was to be away from their significant others. "Here Without You" gives the listener a look into the mind of a man that is missing his girlfriend. Arnold explained the story behind the song: "The song's about being away from someone, or missing them. And it really do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When I'm Gone (3 Doors Down Song)
"When I'm Gone" is a song by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released on September 23, 2002, as the lead single from their second album, ''Away from the Sun''. It peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in April 2003. The song also spent seventeen weeks atop the ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart from November 2002 through March 2003, becoming one of the longest-running number-one singles on that chart. The song also peaked at number two on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart almost reaching number one by one spot from Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows" on the issue dated February 15, 2003. It spent one week atop the Top 40 Mainstream chart for one week on May 3, 2003, and also peaked at number three on the Adult Top 40 chart. The song has been featured in the crime drama series ''Third Watch'', in the episode "A Ticket Grows in Brooklyn" (2003). Background and meaning "When I'm Gone" was written by Brad Arnold, Matth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Away From The Sun (song)
"Away from the Sun" is a song by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released on January 12, 2004, as the fourth single from their second studio album of the same name. It topped the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in March 2004 and peaked at 62 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in August of the same year. Composition In an interview with SongFacts, lead singer Brad Arnold spoke about the song's meaning:"'Away from the Sun' is just about those days. A really important little phrase is at the beginning of the chorus, it says, 'Now ''again'' I found myself so far down.' It's like, yet ''again'' I've fallen. It's not like just ''once'' you're in a hole, it's like, here I am ''again''. You watch the kid in the usicvideo, it's over and over he's at the bottom again. It's like every time he crawls back up someone just pushes him down. And for about a two-to-three year period in my life, I really felt like that. I didn't even feel like climbing up the hill anymore, becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road I'm On
"The Road I'm On" is a song by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released on March 17, 2003, as the second single from their second studio album, ''Away from the Sun'' (2002). The song reached number eight on the US '' Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. Music video The music video was directed by the Malloys and shows the band performing on a checker-flag pattern stage at night. NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, team owner, author, and an analyst for '' NASCAR on NBC''. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving ... are shown racing through the streets in custom Chevrolet Tahoes. Both drivers eventually end up on a local short track where a race is underway. The scorekeeping girl begins to name them on the chart. The two eventually bust out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Republic Records
Republic Records is a New York City–based American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an imprint of the Universal Motown Records, Universal/Motown Records Group, and was renamed Universal Republic Records after a reorganization in 2006 before going back to its original name in 2012. History Foundation and Universal Records: 1994–2005 According to Avery Lipman, he and his brother Monte Lipman, Monte conceived the idea for Republic Records at their apartment in New York City, New York. Lipman stated that both had previously been employed by record companies and were in between jobs at the time. They began putting records out as a hobby, the first of which was the Bloodhound Gang's ''Dingleberry Haze''. Republic Records was formed in 1995 as a subsidiary of MCA Inc., MCA's Geffen Records, but soon after its foundation, the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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