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Dave Spitz
Dave "The Beast" Spitz (born February 22, 1958) is an American musician best known for having played bass guitar for the heavy metal group Black Sabbath from 1985 to 1987, appearing on the albums ''Seventh Star'' and being credited for (but not playing on) ''The Eternal Idol''. Dave also helped discover Ray Gillen, the vocalist who joined Black Sabbath mid-tour in 1986, following the sudden exit of Glenn Hughes. Spitz was born in the Forest Hills neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. He is the older brother of musician Dan Spitz, former lead guitarist of the American thrash metal band Anthrax. Spitz has also been a member of Great White, having recorded the albums ''Psycho City'' and '' Let it Rock'' with the Californian hard rock band during the 1990s. He played with White Lion and on albums by Americade, Slamnation, Insomnia, Nuclear Assault, Purple Heart, Kuni, Deepset, War Pigs and others. He is also a member of McBrain Damage, featuring Iron Maiden d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Hills, New York
Forest Hills is a mostly residential neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is adjacent to Corona to the north, Rego Park and Glendale to the west, Forest Park to the south, Kew Gardens to the southeast, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east. The area was originally referred to as "Whitepot".About Forest Hills at QueensNewYork.com The current name comes from the Development Company, which bought in central Queens in 1906 and renamed it after Forest Park. Further development came in the 1920s and 1930s with the widening of |
Dan Spitz
Daniel Alan Spitz (born January 28, 1963) is an American musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Anthrax from 1983 to 1995 and from 2005 to 2008. Spitz also founded the Christian music group Red Lamb, which was known for lyrics on autism awareness. Spitz has earned Swiss and American degrees in luxury mechanical watchmaking and micro-mechanical engineering, certified as watchmaker instructor for the North American operations of Swiss watch company Chopard. Career Dan Spitz was an early member of Overkill in 1981 and joined Anthrax in 1983. From 1983 to 1995, he was lead guitarist and backing vocalist on the Anthrax albums '' Fistful of Metal'', '' Armed and Dangerous'', '' Spreading the Disease'', ''Among the Living'', '' State of Euphoria'', '' Persistence of Time'' and '' Sound of White Noise''. Anthrax sold more than 30 million albums worldwide during this period. In 1995, Spitz left Anthrax to pursue a career in luxury Swiss watchmak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SUNY Geneseo
The State University of New York College at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo State College or, colloquially, "Geneseo") is a public liberal arts college in Geneseo, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The college was founded in 1867 as the Wadsworth Normal and Training School before it became part of the new State University of New York system as a state liberal arts college in 1948. Academics Geneseo is a four-year public liberal arts college. Noted to be among the top SUNY schools, it has 48 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs (Master's only) and 25 interdisciplinary minors. The most popular majors, in descending order, are education, business, the social sciences, biology, and psychology. The student population is 5,588, with a student/faculty ratio of 19:1 and an average class size of 25. Nearly 90% of Geneseo's full-time faculty holds a Ph.D. or other terminal degree. Geneseo ranks number one in the nation for four-year gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicko McBrain
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1952) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982. Having played in small pub bands since 1966 from the age of 14, McBrain paid his bills after graduating from school with session work before he joined a variety of artists, such as Streetwalkers in 1975, Pat Travers, and the French political band, Trust. He joined Iron Maiden (replacing Clive Burr), in time to debut on their fourth album '' Piece of Mind'' (1983), and has remained with them since, contributing to a total of fourteen studio releases, as well as being the third-longest serving member of the band. Biography McBrain was born in Hackney, London, and first wanted to learn the drums at a young age after watching Joe Morello performing with The Dave Brubeck Quartet on television. At the age of ten, he started to play drums with pots, pans and other kitchen utensils, before, to his parents' dismay, he began drumming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harris, lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers. The band have released 41 albums, including 17 studio albums, 13 live albums, four EPs and seven compilations. They have also released 47 singles and 20 video albums. Two electronic games have been released with Iron Maiden soundtracks, and the band's music is featured in a number of other video games. As pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s. After several lineup changes, the band went on to release a series of UK and US Platinum and Gold albums, including 1980's eponymous debut album, 1981's '' Killers'', 1982's '' The Number of the Beast' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warpigs (band)
Warpigs is a Hungarian rock band formed in 1993 . History After several member changes, the classic lineup from 1997 consisted of the two Eszenyi brothers, György Újhelyi and Bálint Gátos. They split in 1999 with singer Peter Eszenyi leaving the band. Several singers were drafted to replace him, including Marci Lombos and Chris Alexander, but none of them stayed for long. In 2006 they started playing together again with Eszenyi as singer, having one or two gigs every year since. Bassist Bálint Gátos has been replaced with Péter Szabó (Igor, HAW) at concerts since 2010. They played at several high-profile gigs and festivals including Sziget Festival in Budapest and Volt Festival in Sopron, as well as opening for Dog Eat Dog, Bon Jovi, Biohazard and KISS. The band took their name from the song War Pigs by British heavy metal rockers Black Sabbath from their 1970 album, '' Paranoid''. Faith No More, which influenced the music of Warpigs, also did a cover of this song on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuni (band)
Kuni or KUNI may refer to: People * Kuni-no-miya (久邇) ''ōke'' (princely house), the second oldest branch of the Japanese Imperial Family created from branches of the Fushimi-no-miya house * Kuni Nagako (1903–2000), member of the Imperial House of Japan * Kuni, an alias of the music artist, DJ, and music producer Kuniyuki Takahashi * Kuni, a character played by Gedde Watanabe in ''UHF'', who also appeared in an episode of ''The Weird Al Show'' Geography * Kuni (woreda), Ethiopia * Kuni, Gunma, a former village in Gunma, Japan * Kuni-kyō, an 8th-century capital of Japan * Provinces of Japan * Kuni, Eastern Cape, a township in Buffalo City, South Africa Other uses * KUNI (FM), a radio station belonging to the University of Northern Iowa, U.S. * KUNI, the ICAO designation for Gordon K. Bush Airport Ohio University Airport or Gordon K. Bush Airport , also known as Snyder Field, is a public-use airport located on State Route 32/ U.S. 50 in the village of Albany, ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purple Hearts (British Band)
Purple Hearts are an English mod revival band, formed in 1977 in Romford, eastern Greater London. They were often considered one of the best English mod revival groups, the '' NME'' calling them "one of the few mod bands to actually cut it on rock 'n' roll terms". Career Purple Hearts started in 1977, when teenagers Jeff Shadbolt, Simon Stebbing, Bob Manton, and Nick Lake formed the band in Romford as The Sockets, before they even knew how to play their instruments. They formed for the purpose of getting a support slot at a Buzzcocks gig at the East London Polytechnic, to debut their tongue-in-cheek rock opera, ''Reg''. In 1978, their drummer Nick Lake broke his leg. He was replaced by Gary Sparks from Romford punk outfit, 1348. The band switched their name to Purple Hearts, after an amphetamine-barbiturate mixture popular with the mods of the 1960s. Accordingly, they changed their sound from the rough-edged punk rock, to a more mod-influenced sound, which, thanks largely to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuclear Assault
Nuclear Assault was an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984. Part of the mid-to-late 1980s thrash metal movement, they were one of the main bands of the genre to emerge from the East Coast along with Overkill, Whiplash, Toxik, Carnivore, and Anthrax, the last of which was co-founded by Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker, who left Anthrax shortly after the release of their first album. Nuclear Assault released five full-length albums and toured relentlessly throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, and broke up in 1995. The band reunited briefly in 1997 and then permanently in 2002 before subsequently breaking up again in 2022. Nuclear Assault had released six studio albums to date, in addition to two live albums, four EPs and one compilation album. Their most successful records are '' Survive'' (1988) and '' Handle with Care'' (1989), which peaked at Nos. 145 and 126 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, respectively. Other than four new songs in 2015 on the EP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insomnia (band)
Insomnia ( bn, ইনসমনিয়া) was the first psychedelic rock band from Kolkata, West Bengal. The band's repertoire included both English and Bengali songs. The band has an album each in English (''Cry of the Spirit'' - self released) and Bengali (''Proloyer Shomoye'' – Asha Audio). Insomnia were also quite adept at executing live music for theatre, being part of the act itself, in plays such as ''Peacewards'' (directed by Jayant Kripalani, produced by Red Curtain Productions, based on monologues written by Manjula Padmanabhan), a 3rd theatre version of ''Rokto Korobi'' (written by Rabindranath Tagore, conceptualised by Badal Sarkar, directed bParnab Mukherjee starring Sudipta Chakraborty) and numerous other plays. "Opekkha" from their Bengali album ''Proloyer Shomoye'' was part of the original soundtrack of the first Bengali sex comedy movie '' Aamra'' (produced by Venkatesh films, directed by Mainak Bhaumik, cast – Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Rud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slamnation
''SlamNation'' is a documentary film by director Paul Devlin. The film follows the National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon. It follows the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team (Saul Williams, Beau Sia, muMs da Schemer and Jessica Care Moore) as they competed at the 1996 National Poetry Slam held in Portland, OR. The film also features performances by Marc Smith, Patricia Smith, Taylor Mali, Alexandra Oliver and Bob Holman, among many others. The film is one of the first films to document the art and competition of the poetry slam: a spoken word competition where judges, randomly chosen from the audience, score poets on a scale from one to ten and the poet with the highest score at the end of the evening wins. ''SlamNation'' premiered at the 1998 SXSW Film Festival and was awarded Best Documentary at the 1998 Northampton Independent Film Festival. ''SlamNation'' was broadcast on Cinemax/HBO and Starz/Encore, 2000–2002. Though it would only enjoy a limited theatrical run, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let It Rock (Great White Album)
''Let it Rock'' is the eighth studio album by the American hard rock band Great White, released in 1996. It was recorded after their split with long-time manager and co-writer Alan Niven. After the acoustic sound of 1994's '' Sail Away'', the band was determined to return to their hard rock roots. Track listing #"My World" ''(Don Dokken, Matthew Johnson, Mark Kendall, Michael Lardie, Jack Russell)'' – 5:28 #"Lil Mama" ''(Kendall, Lardie, Russell, Dave Spitz)'' – 4:27 #"Where is the Love" ''(Lardie, Russell)'' – 4:22 #"Hand on the Trigger" ''(Lardie, Russell)'' – 5:17 #"Easy" ''(Kendall, Lardie, Russell)'' – 4:26 #"Pain Overload" ''(Audie Desbrow, Kendall, Lardie, Russell)'' – 4:41 #"Lives in Chains" ''(Kendall, Lardie, Russell, Spitz)'' – 6:20 #"Anyway I Can" ''(Teddy Cook, Desbrow, Kendall, Lardie, Russell)'' – 6:07 #"Man in the Sky" ''(Todd Griffin, Russell)'' – 4:38 #"Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" ''( Floyd D. Rose, Scott Palmerton)'' – 2:45 #"Mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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