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Duke Diamond
Gareth Michael "Gaz" Coombes (born 8 March 1976) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Supergrass. He first entered the music scene aged 14 as the lead singer of the band The Jennifers which featured Supergrass bandmate Danny Goffey. Early life Born on 8 March 1976 in Oxford, Coombes is the son of Eileen and John Coombes. His father was a food scientist, who enjoyed playing jazz piano, and his mother was an English teacher. Although he was born in England, he lived with his family in San Francisco, California, from around the age of 5 up until the age of 9, at which point in 1985 they moved to Oxford in England. Coombes played classical piano at this age, but gradually moved on to an interest in playing guitar. He began to attend Wheatley Park School in Holton, Oxfordshire, but found himself being picked on for being 'girly'. His elder brother Rob was friends with Nic Goffey at the time, and one day on the school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford
Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of Architecture of England, English architecture since late History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, science, and information technologies. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and River Cherwell, Cherwell. It had a population of in . It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the History of Anglo-Saxon England, Saxon period. The name � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvester (restaurant)
Harvester is a casual dining restaurant chain in the United Kingdom. The first, The George Inn, opened in 1983 in Morden, Morden, South London. The chain, set up by Courage Brewery to compete with Whitbread's Beefeater (restaurant), Beefeater restaurants and Grand Metropolitan's Berni Inns, is currently run by Mitchells & Butlers. Early history Courage Brewery, who were owned by Imperial Tobacco had expanded the Harvester brand by converting 70 sites. Imperial were purchased by Heidelberg Materials UK, Hanson Trust plc in 1986, and Courage was sold as part of Hanson's divestment of Imperial's non tobacco interests, with the company being purchased by Elders Limited, the Australian brewer of Foster's Lager. Elders sold the Harvester brand onto Forte Group, Trusthouse Forte. Bass On 21 July 1995, Bass Brewery, Bass bought the seventy eight restaurants of Harvester for £165 million from the Forte Group. Whitbread had offered £150 million to acquire the chain. Most Harvesters were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supergrass Is 10
''Supergrass Is 10'' is a compilation album celebrating the first 10 years of the band Supergrass. It includes singles from their first release, " Caught by the Fuzz" (1994), to their then latest release, " Kiss of Life" (2004). The compilation was released on CD, DVD and double 10" clear vinyl record. The DVD release contains two discs. The first disc is a documentary of the band's first 10 years. The second disc contains videos of all of the singles (with the exception of " Cheapskate") with the option of director's commentary and karaoke lyrics. The song compilation managed to reach No. 4 in the UK charts. In the US, the CD version came with a bonus live CD featuring 12 live and acoustic songs. John Cornfield recorded and mixed the two new tracks featured on the album at Sphere Studios. ''The Guardian'' newspaper said of the DVD compilation, "Once you've sat through the in-depth, career-spanning documentary on disc one, it's hard to come to any conclusion other than being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Hoo Ha
''Diamond Hoo Ha'' is the sixth and final studio album by British alternative rock band Supergrass, released in the UK on 24 March 2008, and offers a return to punchier Supergrass songs, in comparison to the more mellow '' Road to Rouen'', their previous album released in 2005. Several songs appearing on the album were performed at Guilfest 2007. In November 2007, the track "Diamond Hoo Ha Man"—one of the songs debuted at Guilfest—was distributed as the first single on a limited vinyl release, restricted to 1500 copies. " Bad Blood" followed as the second single on 17 March 2008, peaking in the top 75 at number 73. The third single, "Rebel in You" with B-side "Car Crash", was limited to 1500 copies on 7" white vinyl only and released on 30 June 2008 via Supergrass Records (the release date and distribution, however, were delayed past 30 June due to a problem at the record pressing plant). The single is only available for mail order purchase from the Supergrass Records websit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Rouen
''Road to Rouen'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Supergrass. The album was released in the UK on 15 August 2005 by Parlophone, and in the US on 27 September 2005 by Capitol Records. The title refers to the city in northern France where the album was recorded, as well as the 1978 album '' Road to Ruin'' by punk rock band the Ramones. ''Road to Rouen'' was a difficult album for the band for personal reasons, including Danny Goffey's tabloid ordeal and the death of Gaz and Rob Coombes' mother. The album reflected a rough period for the band and was oriented towards longer, looser, more orchestral material. The record was highly acclaimed and well received by most fans of the band; it reached a respectable number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. Three singles were released from the album: " St. Petersburg" in August 2005, which peaked on the UK singles chart at number 22; " Low C" in October 2005, which peaked at number 52; and "Fin" in January 2006, which failed to enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life On Other Planets
''Life on Other Planets'' is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Supergrass. It is the first album that includes Rob Coombes as an official member of the band, and originally went under the working title of ''Get Lost''. The American edition of the album included many bonus tracks and rare live editions. One of these live editions became infamous when it was discovered you can hear a gunshot in the background of the song. It peaked at #9 in the UK charts. Background The band hired an outside producer, Tony Hoffer, for the record, having felt that their last release, ''Supergrass (album), Supergrass'', lacked some of the urgency of their previous albums: "He helped us keep the takes quite short and sweet", says Danny Goffey. "We really didn't mess around because he kept us moving. If we had done it on our own again, we'd just get really analytical and start crying and trying to mend things that weren't broken." Composition and lyrics The naming of the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supergrass (album)
''Supergrass'' is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Supergrass. It was released in the UK on 20 September 1999 and reached #3. It is often referred to as "the X-ray album", due to the picture on the sleeve. In Australia a free CD was included with some live tracks. In 2022, the album was remastered and reissued as a 2CD deluxe edition, which includes new remixes of several of the songs created by John Leckie and John Cornfield among other bonus tracks. Track listing All tracks written by Supergrass/Rob Coombes. CD 5220562 / TC 5220564 / 12" 5220561 / MD 5220569 #" Moving" (4:26) #"Your Love" (3:27) This features a harpsichord in the outro. #"What Went Wrong (In Your Head)" (4:05) #"Beautiful People" (3:22) #"Shotover Hill" (3:43) #"Eon" (3:44) #" Mary" (4:00) #"Jesus Came from Outta Space" (4:10) #" Pumping on Your Stereo" (3:20) #"Born Again" (3:38) #"Faraway" (5:05) #"Mama & Papa" (2:30) LTD. ED. CD 5220560 This was free with a limited number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In It For The Money
''In It for the Money'' is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Supergrass, released in 1997. ''NME'' called it "more fun than watching a wombat in a washing machine" and named it the 10th best album of the year. In 1998, ''Q'' readers voted it the 68th greatest album of all time, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 57 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Recording and conception Only two songs were written before entering Sawmills Studio, so most of the tracks were penned during recording itself.Supergrass Discothèque – Navigate to "''In It for the Money''" Recording was often disrupted by the drummer im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Should Coco
''I Should Coco'' is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Supergrass, released on 15 May 1995 by Parlophone. The title of the album is Cockney rhyming slang for "I should think so". Supergrass were formed in 1993 by Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey, and they released their debut single, "Caught by the Fuzz", in October 1994 on the small independent local label Backbeat Records. Success of the single brought a major label record deal. ''I Should Coco'' was recorded in Cornwall and produced by Sam Williams, who had been impressed by the band while scouting in Oxford. At the height of the Britpop era, the album became the band's most successful release when it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and subsequently gained platinum status, selling over a million copies worldwide and 500,000 in the UK. The most successful single released from ''I Should Coco'' is " Alright", which peaked at number two on the UK singles chart, and gained platinum stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff University
Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed University College, Cardiff in 1972 and merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology in 1988 to become University of Wales College, Cardiff and then University of Wales, Cardiff in 1996. In 1997 it received Academic degree, degree-awarding powers, but held them in abeyance. It adopted the trade name, operating name of Cardiff University in 1999; this became its legal name in 2005, when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees. Cardiff University is the only List of universities in Wales, Welsh member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities. Academics and alumni of the university have included four heads of state or government and two Nobel laureates. the university's academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrophysics
Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline, James Keeler, said, astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the heavenly bodies, rather than their positions or motions in space—''what'' they are, rather than ''where'' they are", which is studied in celestial mechanics. Among the subjects studied are the Sun ( solar physics), other stars, galaxies, extrasolar planets, the interstellar medium, and the cosmic microwave background. Emissions from these objects are examined across all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the properties examined include luminosity, density, temperature, and chemical composition. Because astrophysics is a very broad subject, ''astrophysicists'' apply concepts and methods from many disciplines of physics, including classical mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Coombes
Robert Joseph Coombes (born 27 April 1972) is an English musician and composer, best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Supergrass, fronted by his younger brother Gaz. Since 2022, he has also toured with the punk rock supergroup Wingmen, consisting of members from bands such as The Stranglers, Johnny Moped, The Damned and Ruts DC. Career Supergrass From the start of the band's career, Coombes frequently collaborated with the group as both a session and touring musician and songwriter and arranger. He later joined the band as a permanent member in 2002, making his official debut on the album '' Life on Other Planets''. Wingmen In 2022, Rob joined the supergroup Wingmen which features members of The Stranglers, Johnny Moped, The Damned and Ruts DC. They played their first gig at the Colchester Arts Centre on 18 January 2023. Their debut self-titled album was released on 27 January 2023. Personal life Coombes is the older brother of Supergrass frontman Gaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
