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Arena Rock Recording Co.
Arena Rock Recording Company ("Arena Rock" or "ARRCO") is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon. Albums are distributed by Redeye in the United States and Koch in Canada. Arena Rock was formed in 1995 in Brooklyn, New York, by Greg Glover and Dan Ralph as a hobby label. Glover later began working on the label full-time after leaving London Records. In 2004, Arena Rock moved to Portland, Oregon. Roster * Actionslacks * The Album Leaf * Jon Auer * The Autumn Defense * The Boggs * Calla * Creeper Lagoon * Daniel Amos * The Ecclesia * Elf Power * Germans * The Gloria Record * Grand Mal * Harvey Danger * Hem * Home * Illyah Kuryahkin * Liars * The Life And Times * Luna * Mink Lungs * Minus the Bear * Mitch Mitchell's Terrifying Experience * Mono * Larry Norman * On! Air! Library! * Oneida * Pilot to Gunner * Sabertooth * The Sheila Divine * Solex * Ken Stringfellow * Superdrag * Swords * Talkdemonic * Wroom Compilations * '' Fuel Soundtrack'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koch Entertainment Canada
Entertainment One Ltd., trading as eOne, is an American-owned Canadian multinational entertainment company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of films and television series. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange before it was acquired by Hasbro on December 30, 2019. History Establishment The company has its origins in the music distributor Records on Wheels Limited (which was established in 1970), and the music retail chain CD Plus. The chain was in the process of acquiring other companies to bolster its wholesale operations in music and home video, leading to its purchase of ROW in 2001. Its vice president of operations, Darren Throop, had joined the company after CD Plus acquired his Halifax-based record store chain Urban Sound Exchange. The combined company later became known as ROW Entertainment, with Throop as president and CEO. The company listed itself on the Toronto Stock Excha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gloria Record
The Gloria Record was an American rock band from Austin, Texas, a side-project of former Mineral vocalist Chris Simpson and bassist Jeremy Gomez. The group was formed it in 1997, together with guitarist Brian Hubbard and drummer Matt Hammon. They released two EPs through Crank! A Record Company, a self-titled EP (1999) and ''A Lull in Traffic'' (2000), before issuing their debut album ''Start Here'' through Arena Rock Recording Company in 2002. While working on its follow-up, the group disbanded in May 2004. History After disbanding Mineral in 1997, frontman Chris Simpson and bassist Jeremy Gomez formed a new band. Guitarist Brian Hubbard and drummer Matt Hammon were brought into the fold sometime after. Hammon and Simpson were in a bar when the former asked " en are we going to get some songs together and do the Gloria record?" Instead of simply going with Gloria, Simpson opted for the Gloria Record as he felt it was a better name and less likely to confuse them with a Latin- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Norman
Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Christian rock music and released more than 100 albums. Early life Larry Norman was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the oldest son of Joe Hendrex "Joe Billy" Norman (December 9, 1923 – April 28, 1999), and his wife, Margaret Evelyn "Marge" Stout (born in 1925 in Nebraska). Joe Norman had served as a sergeant in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and worked at the Southern Pacific Railroad"Larry Norman Down Under But Not Out", ''On Being'' (1985/1986):4. while studying to become a teacher. After Norman's birth, the family joined the Southern Baptist church. In 1950 the family moved to San Francisco, where they attended an African American Pentecostal church and then a Baptist church, where Norman became a Christian at the age of five. In 1959, Norman performed on the syndicated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mono (Japanese Band)
Mono (stylised as MONO) is a Japanese instrumental band, formed in 1999 in Tokyo. The band consists of Takaakira "Taka" Goto (electric guitar, glockenspiel), Hideki "Yoda" Suematsu (electric guitar, glockenspiel), Dahm Majuri Cipolla (drums), and Tamaki Kunishi (bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, glockenspiel). Mono have released eleven studio albums. The band spent their early years, from 1999 to 2003, touring Asia, Europe, and America continuously, and released two studio albums, ''Under the Pipal Tree'' (2001) and ''One Step More and You Die'' (2002) on the Tzadik Records and Music Mine Inc. record labels, respectively. From 2004 to 2007, Mono signed to Temporary Residence Limited, released two more studio albums, ''Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined'' (2004) and ''You Are There'' (2006), and toured worldwide in their support. In 2008, the band took a break, returning one year later with a new studio album, ''Hymn to the Immortal Wind'' (2009), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minus The Bear
Minus the Bear was an American indie rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2001, and comprising members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep Moving. Their sound was described as " Pele-esque guitar-taps and electronics with sophisticated time signature composition." Minus the Bear released six albums and four EPs. The band's final line-up consisted of Jake Snider (vocals, guitar), Dave Knudson (guitar), Cory Murchy (bass guitar), and Alex Rose (synthesizers, vocals). On July 17, 2018, the band announced their retirement and accompanying farewell tour. Their final live performance was December 16, 2018, at The Showbox in Seattle. History Minus the Bear formed in 2001, and played its first gig three days after 9/11 at the Seattle venue The Paradox. Suicide Squeeze Records released their debut full-length album '' Highly Refined Pirates'' on November 19, 2002. On January 2, 2006, Matt Bayles, keyboard player and producer for Minus the Bear, announced that he would be le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mink Lungs
The Mink Lungs were a Brooklyn-area band began in 1993. Jennifer Hoopes and Gian Carlo Feleppa met while working at a diner in the Hamptons. Both adoring music and influenced by Michael Siegel and Gert Wilden, the pair began composing and writing music with Gian's half-brother Tim Feleppa. Gian had also studied guitar and composition at the Berklee College of Music. Drummer Tom Galbraith relocated from San Francisco to New York and the band started recording on a four-track recorder, each contributing to the songwriting process. In April 1999, the Mink Lungs performed its first show in New York but were soon performing in famous venues such as Brownies and the Mercury Lounge. Opening slots for Luna and Delta 72 soon followed. Prior to gaining recognition for their dynamic live performances, Mink Lungs were signed to the Arena Rock Recording Co., appearing on the label's '' This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation''. In 2002, the band released its debut album ''The Bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luna (1990s American Band)
Luna is an American rock band formed in 1991 by singer and guitarist Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500. Described by ''Rolling Stone'' as "the best band you’ve never heard of," Luna combine intricate guitar work, traditional rock rhythms, and poetic lyrics. The earliest edition of the band also included drummer Stanley Demeski and bassist Justin Harwood (Demeski formerly of The Feelies and Harwood formerly of New Zealand band The Chills). The original line-up was expanded with the addition of guitarist Sean Eden for their second album, 1994's ''Bewitched''. Lee Wall replaced Demeski on drums in time for 1997's Pup Tent and Britta Phillips of Ultra Baby Fat and The Belltower (also known as the singing voice of animated character Jem) joined when bassist Justin Harwood departed in 2000. Phillips and Wareham became romantically involved and eventually married in 2007. History In 1991, after the end of Galaxie 500's US tour supporting the Cocteau Twins, Dean Wareh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life And Times
The Life and Times is an American indie rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, United States, active since forming in 2002. History Since August 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release ''Suburban Hymns'' (DeSoto) on US tours with bands like The Appleseed Cast, Murder by Death, Pelican, Mono, Sparta, Pinback, Engine Down, and William Elliott Whitmore. In June 2006, they headlined a two-week tour of Spain in support of an eponymous split CD/10", both of which with urgent post-rockers from Barcelona, Nueva Vulcano (ex-Aina). ''The Magician EP'' (Stiff Slack) is their fourth overall release. In October 2006 they headlined a successful Japanese tour in support of ''The Magician'' for Stiff Slack Records (Mercury Program, 31 Knots, Shiner, Mates of State Mates of State are an American indie pop duo, active since 1997. The group is the husband-and-wife team of Kori Gardner (born June 16, 1974) (vocals, organ, synthesizer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liars (band)
Liars is an Australian-American experimental rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000. Angus Andrew is the founding and only constant member of Liars, currently joined by multi-instrumentalist Cameron Deyell and drummer Laurence Pike. Aaron Hemphill played with the band from its inception until his amicable departure from the project in 2017. Julian Gross joined the band for their second album '' They Were Wrong, So We Drowned'' in 2004, and played with the band until his departure in 2014. Liars have released ten studio albums and are signed to Mute Records. They combine elements of punk-rock with electronica,"Loud and Quiet feature" Daniel Dylan Wray, 'At Home with the Liars', ''Loud and Quiet magazine'', February 22, 2014.(issue 56) with Andrew inspired by artists such as |
Home (American Band)
Home is an experimental pop band formed in Tampa, Florida in the early-1990s, before relocating to New York in 1996. The band released eight self-produced, sequentially numbered, ultra-low-distribution albums on cheap Radio Shack cassettes before signing to Sony's Relativity Records label, which distributed its ninth album (appropriately titled ''IX'') in 1995. This album, Home's only release on a major label, received favorable reviews in publications such as '' Spin'', ''The Village Voice'' and ''Magnet''. Subsequent Home albums have appeared on independent record labels, also to generally positive reviews. Dave Fridmann of The Flaming Lips was the producer behind at least two of Home's albums. Though Home was originally regarded as a lo-fi band due to its primitive recording techniques, its releases starting with ''IX'' have largely featured a cleaner sound highlighted by guitars and various electronic keyboards. In reviewing ''IX'', ''The Village Voice'' observed that Home' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
