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Danko Jones (musician)
Danko Jones, is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist and composer. He is the main singer and guitarist of his self-titled rock trio, which was formed in 1996. Also he contributes as a music journalist for ''The Huffington Post'', ''Close-Up Magazine'', ''Rock Zone Magazine'' and ''Burning Guitars''. Biography Born and raised in Toronto. When he was six, he played for the first time on an acoustic guitar, and later, when he got into rock music, he got for Christmas a new electric guitar. While studying at high school, he was the bassist in his first music group 3 Reasons to Puke (3RP) along with guitarist KongDuro. In 2004 he released a spoken word album. A book about Jones authored by Stuart Berman was released in October 2012: ''Too Much Trouble: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones''. On 12 June 2018 was published his book ''I've Got Something to Say''. In September 2020 he announced vocal noise project Throat Funeral, which has released album ''OU812112''. Gear and equipmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a rock music, rock music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and subgenres of hard rock and heavy metal music, metal are represented and hosted. It is now one of the largest heavy metal festivals in the world and one of the largest open-air festivals in Germany. Between 2011–2018, the number of attendees was around 85,000, 75,000 of whom were paying visitors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no 2020 and 2021 editions of Wacken Open Air. History Background The idea for Wacken Open Air was conceived in 1989 when Thomas Jensen and Holger Hübner visited a restaurant together. Both lived in Wacken and were friends, Jensen played the electric bass with Rock music, Rock cover band Skyline. From its beginnings until 1992, the band was composed of Ines Jeske from Vaale (vocals), Thomas Jensen from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
