Thursday, January 11, 2007
Breaking Benjamin - Sooner Or Later
| In September of 2004, drummer, and founding member of Breaking Benjamin, Jeremy Hummel was relieved of his duties in the band. Subsequently, on September 28, 2005, Hummel filed a federal lawsuit against the remaining members of Breaking Benjamin, as well as its management, claiming he was not paid for songs he helped write. Hummel's lawsuit asked for more than $8 million in damages. A message was released October 25, 2006 on the bands official website stating that the band and Hummel had come to agreement on the lawsuit. | |
Deftones - Passenger (ft. Maynard James Keenan)
| A home made music video made for the song Passenger by the Deftones. Deftones have often been praised as one of the more innovative and unique rock bands of recent years. Johnny Loftus writes, "Rock critics usually reserve a special place for Deftones above or at least away from the rest of the turn-of-the-century metal movement... Deftones have always seemed more curious, more willing to incorporate traditionally revered sounds like dream pop or D.C. hardcore into their Northern California alternative metal." Moreno's poetic lyrics—described by a Time magazine critic as "furiously intelligent"—are often evocative, yet sparse enough to allow for multiple interpretations. Moreno has cited Morrissey, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, The Cure's Robert Smith, Bad Brains' H.R., and Depeche Mode's David Gahan among his favorite singers, and, beyond an occasional similarity in vocal technique, these singers' sweeping sense of drama is often evident in Moreno's vocals. | |
A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless
| A Perfect Circle (often referred to as APC) was an alternative rock band, formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel. Howerdel had worked as a guitar tech for bands such as Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, Fishbone, Guns N' Roses and Tool. He played demos of his music to Tool's singer, Maynard James Keenan. Maynard offered himself as vocalist should Howerdel form a band. Howerdel was initially hesitant about this as he originally wanted a female singer. | |
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun.mpg
| "Black Hole Sun" is a song by 1990s grunge band Soundgarden. It originally appeared on their 1994 album Superunknown and was the second single released from it (the previous one being "Spoonman"). It would later appear on the band's greatest hits album A-Sides. In many respects it is clearly the band's most recognizable song, and it was the most popular grunge song of 1994. In 1995 it won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. | |
Rammstein - Sonne
| "Sonne" (German for "Sun") is a song by the German Tanz-Metall group Rammstein. According to Till Lindemann, the song was originally written as an entrance song for the boxer Vitali Klitschko, which was also the working title of the song. . The song is very powerful and heavy. Many artists (such as Rob Zombie) are uncertain how the band created such a heavy guitar sound. Instead, the video features the band as dwarves working for a gold-addicted Snow-White. Apparently, this came about while several of the band members were watching the old Disney film, Snow White, and had Sonne playing in the background, giving them the idea for the video. The band supposedly went through nearly 200 different ideas for the video before choosing the Snow White theme. One of the other ideas was a video about the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Lady Snow-White (German "Schneewittchen") is played by the Russian soap actress Joulia Stepanova. | |
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Tool - Sober
The meaning of the song is ambiguous, as the lyrics ask the question: "Why can't we not be sober?" This double negative allows for multiple interpretations, depending on which other parts of the lyrics are focused on. Adam Jones has stated in an interview that the song is about a friend of the band whose artistic expression only comes out when he is under the influence. "A lot of people give him shit for that," Jones explains. "
The meaning of the song is ambiguous, as the lyrics ask the question: "Why can't we not be sober?" This double negative allows for multiple interpretations, depending on which other parts of the lyrics are focused on. Adam Jones has stated in an interview that the song is about a friend of the band whose artistic expression only comes out when he is under the influence. "A lot of people give him shit for that," Jones explains. "
Olivia Newton John & ELO - Xanadu (Film Version)
Xanadu or Zanadu (Chinese: 上都; pinyin: Shàngdū) was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire, which covered much of Asia. It is in Inner Mongolia, 275 km north of Beijing, northwest of Duolun and northeast of Lanqui/Zhenglan Banner/Dund Hot. The capital consisted of the square-shaped "Outer City" (2,200 metres square), "Inner City" (1,400 metres square), and the palace, where Kublai Khan stayed in summer. The palace is 550 metres square, 40% the size of Forbidden City in Beijing (China). The most visible modern-day remnants are the earthen walls though there is also a (ground-level) circular brick platform in the centre of the inner enclosure.
Xanadu or Zanadu (Chinese: 上都; pinyin: Shàngdū) was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire, which covered much of Asia. It is in Inner Mongolia, 275 km north of Beijing, northwest of Duolun and northeast of Lanqui/Zhenglan Banner/Dund Hot. The capital consisted of the square-shaped "Outer City" (2,200 metres square), "Inner City" (1,400 metres square), and the palace, where Kublai Khan stayed in summer. The palace is 550 metres square, 40% the size of Forbidden City in Beijing (China). The most visible modern-day remnants are the earthen walls though there is also a (ground-level) circular brick platform in the centre of the inner enclosure.
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1969 in Skåne, Sweden) is an American-Swedish musician. His sister Neneh Cherry, father Don Cherry and halfsister on his Swedish side Titiyo are also musicians.
Soon after he was born, he moved to New York with his father, where he began acting and playing music. After his father's death in 1995, Eagle-Eye moved to Stockholm with his girlfriend, and began to focus on songwriting. He recorded Desireless, which was commercially successful in Europe and was released in the United States in 1998.
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1969 in Skåne, Sweden) is an American-Swedish musician. His sister Neneh Cherry, father Don Cherry and halfsister on his Swedish side Titiyo are also musicians.
Soon after he was born, he moved to New York with his father, where he began acting and playing music. After his father's death in 1995, Eagle-Eye moved to Stockholm with his girlfriend, and began to focus on songwriting. He recorded Desireless, which was commercially successful in Europe and was released in the United States in 1998.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Meatloaf Paradise By The Dashboard Light
* Meat Loaf once picked up Charles Manson hitchhiking, not realizing who he was until he heard about him in the news.
* Meat Loaf was a vegetarian at one time. He claims to have renounced it after k.d. lang, another vegetarian, refused to speak with him because of his name.
* He is a big fan of the English football club Hartlepool United F.C. and is looking to buy a home in Hartlepool
* He coached softball at his daughters' Connecticut high school Joel Barlow High School, including while his daughters were on the team.
* During the 1990s, Meatloaf studied Tai Chi extensively with legendary Grandmaster Liang.
* He coached a little league baseball team in Stamford, Connecticut in the 1980's. That team, in the "majors" did not bear his name, but he sponsored a team in the "minors" which bore the name "Meat Loaf."
* On August 26 to August 28, 2006, Meat Loaf took part in an annual celebrity golf version of the Ryder Cup called The All*Star Cup in South Wales, UK. August 26 was practice day, August 27 and August 28 were the two days of competition. Europe won the Cup for the second consecutive year. Meat lost his two games, but was a massive hit with the crowds, entertaining them with lots of laughs and fun as he made his way round the course. Alice Cooper was a fellow member of the US team. The event was a big success, with large crowds attending, and the two main days of competition were shown live on UK television. Meat clearly enjoyed the event and hopefully will return to play again in future years of The All*Star Cup.
* Meat Loaf is said to have cheated death on numerous occasions, having crashed in a car which rolled over,[13] been hit on the head with a shot put,[14] and being struck by Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.[15] More recently, in October 2006, his private jet was almost forced to crash land at London's Stansted Airport after his plane's forward landing gear failed temporarily.
* Meat Loaf appears as Jack Black's father in the 2006 film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny. He also provides vocals on the film's opening song Kickapoo.
* Meat Load performed with Katherine McPhee on American Idol. The song called "It's all coming back to me".
* Meat Loaf once picked up Charles Manson hitchhiking, not realizing who he was until he heard about him in the news.
* Meat Loaf was a vegetarian at one time. He claims to have renounced it after k.d. lang, another vegetarian, refused to speak with him because of his name.
* He is a big fan of the English football club Hartlepool United F.C. and is looking to buy a home in Hartlepool
* He coached softball at his daughters' Connecticut high school Joel Barlow High School, including while his daughters were on the team.
* During the 1990s, Meatloaf studied Tai Chi extensively with legendary Grandmaster Liang.
* He coached a little league baseball team in Stamford, Connecticut in the 1980's. That team, in the "majors" did not bear his name, but he sponsored a team in the "minors" which bore the name "Meat Loaf."
* On August 26 to August 28, 2006, Meat Loaf took part in an annual celebrity golf version of the Ryder Cup called The All*Star Cup in South Wales, UK. August 26 was practice day, August 27 and August 28 were the two days of competition. Europe won the Cup for the second consecutive year. Meat lost his two games, but was a massive hit with the crowds, entertaining them with lots of laughs and fun as he made his way round the course. Alice Cooper was a fellow member of the US team. The event was a big success, with large crowds attending, and the two main days of competition were shown live on UK television. Meat clearly enjoyed the event and hopefully will return to play again in future years of The All*Star Cup.
* Meat Loaf is said to have cheated death on numerous occasions, having crashed in a car which rolled over,[13] been hit on the head with a shot put,[14] and being struck by Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.[15] More recently, in October 2006, his private jet was almost forced to crash land at London's Stansted Airport after his plane's forward landing gear failed temporarily.
* Meat Loaf appears as Jack Black's father in the 2006 film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny. He also provides vocals on the film's opening song Kickapoo.
* Meat Load performed with Katherine McPhee on American Idol. The song called "It's all coming back to me".
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