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The Rats (other)
The Rats may refer to: * The Rats (American band), a garage punk band from Portland, Oregon * The Rats (British band), a rock band from Hull, England * ''The Rats'' (2002 film), a television film * ''The Rats'' (novel), a horror novel by James Herbert ** ''The Rats'' (video game), a text adventure survival game based on the novel ** ''Deadly Eyes'', a Canadian film adaptation (released as ''The Rats'' in the United Kingdom) * The Rats, the fictional backing group of Curt Wild in '' Velvet Goldmine'' * The Rats, the 2009 revival of the Boomtown Rats * A short story in the Argentine anthology film Wild Tales (film) * The Rats (play), a five-act stage drama by Nobel laureate Gerhart Hauptmann See also *The Rat (other) *Rat (other) A rat is a rodent of the genus ''Rattus''. Colloquially, rat may refer to a muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus''), a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America. Rat, RAT, or Rats may also refer to: Places * Rat, Novi Travnik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (American Band)
The Rats were an American garage punk band from Portland, Oregon, formed by Fred Cole previously of the garage rock band, The Lollipop Shoppe. Cole played guitar and sang, his wife, "Toody" played bass and sang, and initially Rod Rat played drums. Their sound was a raw mix of punk rock with occasional country touches. Their self-titled debut album appeared on Cole's Whizeagle label in 1980. Soon after, Rod Rat left the band, though he guested on the 1981 follow-up ''Intermittent Signals'' before his death by suicide. (Prior to his suicide Rod Rat (aka Rod Hibbert) also played drums in 1980-81 for Portland power pop band Domino Theory). Sam Henry, formerly of the Wipers, played drums on this LP but left to join another Portland band, Napalm Beach. Louis Samora was on the drum throne for the 1983 album ''In a Desperate Red'', still on Whizeagle. Samora left in 1984 to concentrate on his rockabilly band, The Jackals. The band broke up, but Bill Barker of Profile Studios in Vancouv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (British Band)
The Rats were an English rock band, first established in 1963, from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 1966, Mick Ronson joined The Rats, then including singer Benny Marshall, bassist Geoff Appleby, and drummer Jim Simpson (who was subsequently replaced by Clive Taylor and then John Cambridge). The group played the local circuit, and made a few unsuccessful trips to London and Paris. In 1967, The Rats recorded the one-off psychedelic track, "The Rise and Fall of Bernie Gripplestone" at Fairview Studios in Willerby, Hull Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affi ..., and can be heard on the 2008 release ''Front Room Masters – Fairview Studios 1966–1973''. 1968 saw the band change their name briefly to Treacle and book another recording session at Fairview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (2002 Film)
''The Rats'' (working title: ''The Colony'') is a 2002 American made-for-TV horror film written by Frank Deasy and directed by John Lafia. The plot follows a clan of rats transformed, as part of a DNA research trial, into man-eating killers who take over a Manhattan department store and threaten to overrun New York City. Originally intended to be air on September 17, 2001, its release was delayed until after the September 11 attacks to remove shots of the World Trade Center towers World Trade Centers are sites recognized by the World Trade Centers Association. World Trade Center may refer to: Buildings * List of World Trade Centers * World Trade Center (2001–present), a building complex that includes five skyscrapers .... Plot In Manhattan, when a client is bitten by a rat in the dressing room of Garsons Department Store and contracts Weil's disease, the manager Susan Costello is assigned to hire and help the best exterminator in New York, Jack Carver. Jack and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (novel)
''The Rats'' (1974) is a horror novel by British writer James Herbert. This was Herbert's first novel and included graphic depictions of death and mutilation. A film adaptation was made in 1982, called ''Deadly Eyes''. A 1985 adventure game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum based on the book was published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd and produced by GXT (Five Ways Software). ''The Rats'' was followed by three sequels, ''Lair'' (1979), ''Domain'' (1984) and ''The City'' (1993) (the last one was a graphic novel). All three books were sold as a trilogy and were very well received by the public and horror fans. Background Herbert became inspired to write ''The Rats'' in early 1972, while watching Tod Browning's ''Dracula''; specifically, after seeing the scene in which Renfield describes his recurring nightmare about hordes of rats. Linking the film to childhood memories he had of rats in London's East End. Herbert stated in later interviews that he wrote the book primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (video Game)
''The Rats'' is a survival horror text adventure for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers. It is based on the 1974 novel '' The Rats'' by James Herbert. The game was programmed by GXT (Five Ways Software), and published by Hodder & Stoughton, who were the publishers of James Herbert's book '' The Rats''. An Amstrad CPC version was planned, but was never released. Gameplay The game is a simulation that allows the player to strategically send emergency forces (rat exterminators, police men, fire men and eventually army troops) to areas where the rat threat has spread and provide them with equipment. Also the player can get ten available researchers to develop addition weapons, defences and super weapons to keep the rats at bay and to provide useful information to progress in the game. Should the rat threat reach beyond the London limits, the Research centre, the Government centre or Harris' apartment or if all emergency forces are lost, the game is over. In between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadly Eyes
''Deadly Eyes'' (also known as ''The Rats'', ''Rats'' and ''Night Eyes'') is a 1982 Canadian horror film directed by Robert Clouse, very loosely based on the 1974 horror novel '' The Rats'' by James Herbert. The story revolves around giant black rats who begin eating the residents of Toronto after ingesting contaminated grain. Plot The plot and subplots center on the movie's leading man, Paul Harris, a divorced high school teacher and basketball coach and his interactions during a killer rat infestation with a health department inspector, Kelly Leonard, a high school cheerleader, Trudy White, his friend a professor and rat expert, Dr. Louis Spenser, and his students. Giant rats the size of small dogs living in mountains of grain full of steroids are rendered homeless when Kelly orders it to be burned down. The Rats migrate to a suburban home occupied by unsupervised high school students. The rats begin to kill a toddler left unattended in a high chair. Henry Younger, a senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Goldmine
''Velvet Goldmine'' is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s, and tells the story of fictional bisexual pop star Brian Slade, who faked his own death. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and won the award for the Best Artistic Contribution. Sandy Powell received a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film utilizes non-linear storytelling to achieve exposition while interweaving the vignettes of its various characters. Plot In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart is writing an article about the withdrawal from public life of 1970s glam rock star Brian Slade following a death hoax ten years earlier, and is interviewing those who had a part in the entertainer's career. As each person recalls their thoughts, it becomes the introduction of the vign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. Between 1977 and 1985, they had a series of Irish and UK hits including "Like Clockwork", "Rat Trap", "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Banana Republic". The original line-up comprised five musicians from Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin; Gerry Cott (rhythm guitar), Simon Crowe (drums), Johnnie Fingers (keyboards), Bob Geldof (vocals) and Garry Roberts (lead guitar), plus Fingers' cousin Pete Briquette (bass). The Boomtown Rats broke up in 1986, but reformed in 2013, without Fingers or Cott. Garry Roberts died in 2022. The band's fame and notability have been overshadowed by the charity work of frontman Bob Geldof, a former journalist with the ''New Musical Express''. History 6 piece band Five of the six members originate from Dún Laoghaire, Ireland; Pete Briquette was originally from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland. Having been booked for their first gig under the name The Nightlife Thugs, the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Tales (film)
''Wild Tales'' ( es, Relatos Salvajes) is a 2014 Spanish-language black comedy anthology film that was written and directed by the Argentine filmmaker Damián Szifron. The film, which is a co-production between Argentina and Spain, is composed of six standalone shorts with a common theme of catharsis, violence and vengeance. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Ricardo Darín, Oscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg, and Darío Grandinetti. Because of Szifron's desire to work with Darín and Martínez, these actors were allowed to choose the role they wanted. Four of the film's stories were partly based on Szifron's real-life experiences and were all planned either as thrillers or dramas. ''Wild Tales'' was co-produced by three Argentine studios, and Agustín's and Pedro Almodóvar's Spanish company El Deseo. The brothers joined Kramer & Sigman Films, Telefe Productions and Corner Contenidos after seeing Szifron's previous fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (play)
''The Rats'' is a stage drama in five acts by Gerhart Hauptmann, which premiered in 1911, one year before the author received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Unlike other Hauptmann plays, such as '' The Weavers'' (1892) and '' The Assumption of Hannele'' (1893), this one does not seem ever to have been performed on Broadway. Characters * Harro Hassenreuter, former theatrical manager * Mrs. Harro Hassenreuter * Walburga, their daughter * Pastor Spitta * Erich Spitta, postulant for holy orders, his son * Alice Ruetterbusch, actress * Nathanael Jettel, court actor * Kaeferstein, Dr. Kegel, pupils of Hassenreuter * John, foreman mason * Mrs. John, charwoman to Hassenreuter * Bruno Mechelke, her brother * Pauline Pipercarcka, a servant girl * Mrs. Sidonie Knobbe * Selma, her daughter * Quaquaro, house-steward * Mrs. Kielbacke * Policeman Schierke * Two infants Summary Setting: Berlin, late 19th or early 20th century. Mrs Jette John, housekeeper to Harro Hassenreuter, an ex-thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rat (other)
The Rat may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Rat'' (play), a 1924 play written by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier * ''The Rat'' (1925 film), a film by Ivor Novello based on his play of the same name * ''The Rat'' (1937 film), another film adaptation of the play * "The Rat" (''Beavis and Butt-Head''), an episode of the American television show ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * "The Rat" (''Prison Break'' episode), an episode of the American television show ''Prison Break'' * "The Rat" (song), a 2004 song by The Walkmen from their album ''Bows + Arrows'' * "The Rat", a song by Dead Confederate from their album Wrecking Ball * ''The Rat'' (novel), a book by Günter Grass published in German in 1986 as ''Die Rättin'' * The Rat, a character from Haruki Murakami's 'Trilogy of the Rat' '' Hear the Wind Sing'', ''Pinball, 1973'' and ''A Wild Sheep Chase'' Nickname * Niki Lauda (born 1949), Austrian former Formula One race car driver * Ken Linseman (born 1958), former National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rat (other)
A rat is a rodent of the genus ''Rattus''. Colloquially, rat may refer to a muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus''), a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America. Rat, RAT, or Rats may also refer to: Places * Rat, Novi Travnik, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Rat, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Rat Island (other) * Rat Islands, Alaska, United States * Rat Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota), United States * Rat Lake (Cottonwood County, Minnesota), United States * Rat Portage, the former name of Kenora, Ontario, Canada * Rat River (other) People * Rat (Ned's Atomic Dustbin), a band member of Ned's Atomic Dustbin * Rats (footballer) (born 1977), nickname of former Angolan footballer Ambrósio Pascoal * Blek le Rat (born 1952), French graffiti artist * Răzvan Raț (born 1981), Romanian footballer * Vasiliy Rats (born 1961), Ukrainian footballer Technology Computing * Radio access technology * RATS (software), regression analysis of ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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