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Black 'n Blue
Black 'N Blue is an American glam metal band from Portland, Oregon. The current members are lead vocalist Jaime St. James, bassist Patrick Young, drummer Pete Holmes, and guitarists Brandon Cook and Mick Caldwell. The band is best known for their song " Hold On to 18" from their eponymous debut studio album, '' Black 'n Blue'', released in August 1984. History Black 'N Blue was formed in November 1981 by high school friends Jamie St. James and Tommy Thayer in Portland, Oregon. Originally calling themselves Movie Star, the band later chose the name Black 'N Blue based on their 'in-your-face' sound and denim and leather look. The band got their first break in 1982 when heavy metal fanzine editor Brian Slagel heard their song demo of "Chains Around Heaven" and subsequently added the track to his first edition of '' Metal Massacre'' — an independent compilation album that also introduced newcomers Metallica, Ratt, and Malice. Early success Black 'N Blue moved to Los An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. Portland's population was 652,503, making it the List of United States cities by population, 28th most populous city in the United States, the sixth most populous on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast, and the third most populous in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle and Vancouver. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, Portland metropolitan area, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th most populous in the United States. Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. Named after Portland, Maine, which is itself named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratt
Ratt (stylized as RATT) was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum and multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. The group is perhaps best known for hit singles such as "Round and Round (Ratt song), Round and Round" and "Lay It Down (Ratt song), Lay It Down", tracks that ranked on Billboard (magazine), Billboard's top 40 at No. 12 and No. 40, respectively, as well as other songs such as "Wanted Man (Ratt song), Wanted Man", "You're in Love (Ratt song), You're in Love" and "Dance (Ratt song), Dance". Along with bands such as friendly rivals Mötley Crüe, Ratt has been recognized as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles glam metal scene, also known as "hair metal" or "pop metal". The band toured and recorded sporadically from the 1990s to 2021 with many extended breaks and line-up changes. They released their final studio album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Heat (Black 'N Blue Album)
''In Heat'' is the fourth studio album by the American glam metal band Black 'n Blue. It was produced by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons. Track listing ;Side one # "Rock On" ''(Gene Simmons, Jaime St. James, Tommy Thayer)'' – 3:45 # "Sight for Sore Eyes" ''(Simmons, St. James, Thayer, Pat Regan)'' – 3:31 # "Heat It Up! Burn It Out!" ''(St. James, Thayer, Jeff Warner)'' – 4:21 # "Suspicious" ''(St. James, Thayer, Regan)'' – 3:42 # "The Snake" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:41 ;Side two #"Live It Up" ''(Simmons, St. James, Warner)'' – 3:37 # "Gimme Your Love" ''( Adam Mitchell, St. James, Thayer)'' – 3:45 # "Get Wise to the Rise" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:36 # "Great Guns of Fire" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:37 # "Stranger" ''(Simmons, St. James)'' – 4:33 Personnel ;Black 'n Blue * Jaime St. James – vocals * Tommy Thayer – lead guitar * Jeff Warner – rhythm guitar * Patrick Young – bass * Pete Holmes – drums ;Additional musicians *John Purdell, Pat Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasty Nasty
''Nasty Nasty'' is the third studio album by the American glam metal band Black 'n Blue. It was produced by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, with the exception of the song "I'll Be There for You" which was written and produced by The Babys/Bad English/ Journey rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Jonathan Cain. Background The title track is the basis of the Kiss song "Domino", and also contains the ending riff from "Only You", both Kiss songs credited to Simmons. Black 'n Blue guitarist Tommy Thayer would later join Kiss in 2002. ''Nasty Nasty'' saw the band move away from the more polished approach of '' Without Love'' as it did not appeal to their metal fans. As a result, the production is much more raw and the album has a much more aggressive feel than ''Without Love'', as the band sticks with hard rockers with the exception of "I'll Be There for You." I'll Be There for You The band had originally intended a song titled, "Promise the Moon" to be on the album, but it was replaced by "I'll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; ; born August 25, 1949) also known by his stage persona "The Demon", is an Israeli-born American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss in the early 1970s until their retirement in 2023. Simmons was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss. Early life and education Simmons was born Chaim Witz on August 25, 1949, at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel, to Jewish refugees from Hungary. His mother, Flóra Kovács (later Florence Klein then Lubowski) (1925–2018) was born in Jánd, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary, and survived internment in Nazi concentration camps from November 1944 to her liberation from the Mauthausen concentration camp, Mauthausen camp in Austria on May 5, 1945. She and her brother, Larry Klein, were the only members of the family to survive the Holocaust. Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss (band)
Kiss (commonly styled as KISS) was an American rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals). Known for their face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s with shock rock–style live performances which featured fire-breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits and pyrotechnics. The band went through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons remaining the only consistent members. The final lineup consisted of them, Tommy Thayer (lead guitar, vocals) and Eric Singer (drums, vocals). With their makeup and costumes, the band members took on the personas of comic book-style characters: the Starchild (Stanley), the Demon (Simmons), the Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley), and the Catman (Criss). During the second half of the 1970s, Kiss became one of America's mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambler (Madonna Song)
"Gambler" is a song by American singer Madonna from the soundtrack album to the 1985 film ''Vision Quest''. The song was written solely by Madonna, while the production was handled by John "Jellybean" Benitez at her request. It was released as the second single from the film's soundtrack album on October 3, 1985, by Geffen Records. "Gambler" was never released as a single in the United States, at the request of Madonna's own Sire Records. The music video of the song is an excerpt from the film. Musically, "Gambler" is an upbeat synth-pop and post-disco song, featuring instrumentation from drums, electronic handclaps and percussion, which is accompanied by a bass synth and keyboards. The lyrics talk about Madonna asserting her self-independence. Critics gave a mixed review of the song, but it was commercially successful, reaching the top-ten in the charts of Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. Madonna has performed the song only once, on her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vision Quest (film)
''Vision Quest'' (released in the United Kingdom and Australia as ''Crazy for You'') is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic drama/sports film starring Matthew Modine, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox and Linda Fiorentino in her first film role. It is based on Terry Davis's 1979 novel of the same name. Modine plays a Spokane high school wrestler who falls in love with an older woman, an aspiring artist from Trenton, New Jersey, on her way to San Francisco. The film includes the first major motion picture appearance by Madonna, who plays a singer at a local bar, where she performs the songs " Crazy for You" and "Gambler". In some countries, the title of the film was changed to "Crazy for You" to capitalize on Madonna's emerging fame and the popularity of her song of that name. The film has become a cult classic. Plot Louden Swain is a wrestler at Thompson High School who has just turned 18 years old. He has decided that he needs to do something truly meaningful in his life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Dierks
Dieter Dierks (born 9 February 1943) is a German record producer, sound engineer, music publisher, studio owner and musician. He became well known as producer of the rock band Scorpions (band), Scorpions who were signed to him between 1975 and 1988. Before that time, he had already successfully established Hamburg-based band Atlantis in the US. Between 1969 and 1975, numerous albums of the "Krautrock" era were produced at Dierks Studio. From 1975 onwards, more and more international artists started booking his state-of-the art sound and TV studios. Personal life Dierks is the son of a Jewish mother and a Catholic father. The latter was an orchestra conductor, violinist, sax player and composer. His mother Ursula ran a grocery store. Dieter Dierks was married twice and has four children with four different women. His second wife, Corina Fortmann is the sister of Swiss composer Thomas Fortmann and for many years she was an instrumental part in building the "Dierks Empire". Thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black 'N Blue (album)
''Black 'N Blue'' is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Black 'n Blue, released in 1984. The album includes the band's only song to chart as a single, '' Hold On to 18''. In 2015, the album was ranked 28th at ''Rolling Stone'''s "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". The track "Chains Around Heaven" had previously appeared on both the second and third pressings of the compilation album ''Metal Massacre'' (1982). Track listing ;Side one # "The Strong Will Rock" ''( Jaime St. James, Tommy Thayer)'' – 4:06 # "School of Hard Knocks" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 3:58 # "Autoblast" ''(St. James, Thayer, Jeff Warner)'' – 3:53 # " Hold On to 18" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:12 # "Wicked Bitch" ''(St. James)'' – 4:17 ;Side two #"Action" ''(Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker)'' – 3:36 (Sweet cover) # "Show Me the Night" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:01 # "One for the Money" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:19 # "I'm the King" ''(St. James, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
