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William Roy "wiL" Francis (a.k.a. William Control) (born January 8, 1982) is an American rock musician, record producer, author, and artist. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the horror punk band Aiden. Biography Francis joined the original lineup of Aiden in 2003 as their bassist and replaced Steve Clemens as lead vocalist later that year. He became the creative force behind Aiden and, for the 2015 final album and tours, was the only member of the original lineup still in the band. During Aiden's hiatus from 2012 to 2015, Francis' primary musical output was William Control, and he has returned to this project full-time. He has also released four albums ('' Hate Culture'', '' Noir'', ''Silentium Amoris'', and ''The Neuromancer'') under the name William Control, featuring a synthesizer driven darkwave, synth-pop style, as well as two live albums ('' Live in London Town'' and '' Babylon'', two acoustic albums (''Skeleton Strings'' and '' Ske ...
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Kent, Washington
Kent is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan area and had a population of 136,588 as of the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest municipality in greater Seattle and the sixth-largest in Washington state. The city is connected to Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma via State Route 167 and Interstate 5, Sounder commuter rail, and commuter buses. Incorporated in 1890, Kent is the second-oldest incorporated city in King County, after Seattle. It is generally divided into three areas: West Hill (mixed residential and commercial along Interstate 5), Valley (primarily industrial and commercial with some medium-density residential; significant parkland along Green River), and East Hill (primarily residential with retail). History The Kent area was first permanently settled by European Americans in the 1850s along the banks of what was then the White River. The first settler was Samuel Russell, who sailed the ...
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Silentium Amoris
''Silentium Amoris'', the third studio album by William Control, was released on April 2, 2012 through Control Records. It was produced and engineered by William Control, and mixed by Justin Armstrong. Recording and mixing took place at the Control Room in January/February 2012. videofor the only single, ''Kiss Me Judas'', was released on YouTube, although videowas also released for ''The Velvet Warms And Binds''. A portion of the proceeds from the album was donated to the Ryther Treatment Center, where Francis lived for a time as a teenager. Track listing Trivia * The title of track 1 is German for 'attention', while the titles of tracks 9 and 13 are Latin for 'love conquers all' and 'silence of love', respectively. * ''Achtung'' is actually dialogue taken from the 2000 film '' Quills'', inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade. * ''Kiss Me, Judas'' is the first novel in a trilogy by American author Will Christopher Baer, and the storyline for thvideofor ' ...
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Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson is a rock photographer known for her work with bands such as Reel Big Fish, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins. In 2014, "Decades: Warped Since 1995-Through The Lens of Lisa Johnson Rock Photographer" was displayed on the entire Warped Tour. The mobile gallery was a retrospective of Lisa Johnson's two decades documenting the tour. She has also earned the title of Official Warped Tour Photographer. The Warped Tour Johnson began documenting the Vans Warped Tour The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running tourin ... through photographs in 1995, the tour's inaugural year. Through her ongoing efforts and consistency of quality, she was eventually awarded the title of "Official Warped Tour Photographer." In 2014, "Decades: Warped Since 1995 – Through The ...
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Kerrang!
''Kerrang!'' is a British weekly magazine devoted to rock, punk and heavy metal music, currently published by Wasted Talent (the same company that owns electronic music publication ''Mixmag''). It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the ''Sounds'' newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar, ''Kerrang!'' was initially devoted to the new wave of British heavy metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s, it became the best-selling British music weekly. History ''Kerrang!'' was founded in 1981. The editor of the weekly music magazine ''Sounds'', Alan Lewis, suggested that Geoff Barton edit a one-off special edition focusing on the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon and on the rise of other hard rock acts.
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FVK (band)
Fearless Vampire Killers (FVK) are a five-piece English theatrical alternative rock band formed in Beccles in 2008. Their line-up consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Laurence Beveridge, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Kier Kemp, bassist Drew Woolnough, lead guitarist Cyrus Barrone (Shane Sumner) and drummer Luke Illingworth (Pilnahn). The name of the band originated from the 1967 Roman Polanski comedy horror film ''The Fearless Vampire Killers''. Their debut studio album Militia of the Lost was set for release on 7 May 2012 through Goremount Records, but the physical release was pushed back to 14 May 2012. The digital release went ahead as planned. A deluxe version of the CD, containing more exclusive artwork, was released at the same time. In 2014, they were an opening act for Black Veil Brides' tour. They released a mini-album, ''Bruises'' in 2015. The band announced their breakup on July 4, 2016 in a Facebook post, due to Kier Kemp's decision to leave. The band briefly ...
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The Red (EP)
''Revelations: The Pale EP'' is the third in a series of four EPs that make up ''Revelations'', the fifth studio album by William Control. The other three EPs are ''The Pale'', '' The Black'' and ''The White'', after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was released by Control Records on July 14, 2017 and peaked at 179 on the '' ''Billboard'' 200'' chart, at number 5 on the '' Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and at number one on the Heatseekers Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as "heat-seekers" since infrared is rad ...chart. videofor ''Let Her Go'' was released on September 6, 2017. The EP was recorded at Control's Hell's Half Acre studio and was produced and engineered by Kenneth Fletcher, and engineered and mixed by Axel Otero of the band Lay Your Ghost. It was mastered by John Troxell. ...
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The Black (EP)
''Revelations: The Black EP'' is the third EP by American group William Control. It is the second in a series of four EPs that make up the fifth studio album, ''Revelations'', the other three being ''The Pale'', '' The Red'' and ''The White'', after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was released by Control Records on February 17, 2017, and peaked at number six on the '' Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart and number one on the Heatseekers chart. The first single was ''Analog Flesh In A Digital World'', released on February 10, 2017. It was accompanied by a musivideoshot and directed by Jacob Johnston in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ... in January 2017. Johnston also directed the Knife Play' video, released on April 1. ''All I Need''was ...
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The Pale (EP)
''Revelations: The Pale EP'' is the first in a series of four EPs that make up ''Revelations'', the fifth studio album by William Control. The other three are '' The Black'', '' The Red'' and ''The White'', after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was released by Control Records on October 14, 2016 and peaked at number one on both the '' Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart and the Heatseekers chart. videofor ''The Monster'' was shot by Terry Matlin in New York City in July 2016 and released on September 4.''Confess''was filmed by Kenneth Fletcher in an Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ... cemetery during the band's September 2016 UK Synths and Sinners Tour and released on October 26.''When The Love Is Pain''followed on November 12, and it was di ...
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Remix (William Control Album)
''Remix'' is an album of remixes of various William Control William Control is an American electronic music project founded in 2008 in Seattle, Washington. It was the side project of Aiden's William Francis before Aiden's hiatus, and he later operated as William Control full-time. 'William Control' th ... tracks. It was released for free download through NoiseTrade. Track listing References {{Reflist 2014 remix albums Control Records albums William Control albums ...
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Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78
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Skeleton Strings 2
''Skeleton Strings 2'' is William Control's second acoustic album and is again a mixture of his own tracks and covers. It was released on Christmas Eve 2014, and, like the '' Skeleton Strings'' album, was download only. Pre-orders went live on December 12 through Control'websiteand came with a bonus video of ''Disconnecting'' performed acoustically.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine Track listing Trivia * ''Love Will Tear Us Apart'' is a cover of a Joy Division track. * ''Enjoy The Silence'' is a cover of a Depeche Mode track. * ''Love Me Tender'' is a cover of an Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ... track. * ''Subculture'' is a cover of New Order track. * ''The Fields of Athenry'' is an old Irish folk ballad. * ''Sunday Bloody Sunday ...
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Babylon (William Control Album)
''Babylon'' is the second live DVD by William Control. It was filmed at Bar Sinister in Hollywood on April 26, 2014 on a night off from Combichrist's We Love Tour, and released on August 14, 2014 through Control Records as a limited run of 500 DVDs and 100 USB flash drives. Pre-orders began on June 27 through Control'Control Merch website The audio soundtrack is available as a download through iTunes and Amazon. Tracks from the newly released ''The Neuromancer'' naturally featured heavily, and there were guest appearances from Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides and Ash Costello of New Years Day. Onstage performance art came from Isabella Garcia, Andrea Draven and Dorian Dane. Track listing Personnel * William Control William Control is an American electronic music project founded in 2008 in Seattle, Washington. It was the side project of Aiden's William Francis before Aiden's hiatus, and he later operated as William Control full-time. 'William Control' th ...: ...
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