Early Days: Slipknot was formed in Des Moines, Iowa in September 1995 when drummer Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray started a band named The Pale Ones. Slipknot changed their name when Joey Jordison suggested it in late 1995. In December, Slipknot began recording material at SR Audio, a studio in the band's hometown. After a complicated time with mixing and mastering, the band self-released the demo album Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. on Halloween, October 31, 1996. In early 1998, Slipknot produced a second demo featuring 5 tracks exclusively for record labels. In late June 1998, Slipknot received a $500,000 seven-album deal from Roadrunner Records. The band signed the deal publicly on July 8, 1998.
Slipknot: Slipknot released their self-titled album on June 29, 1999. The 2 singles, "Wait & Bleed" and "Spit It Out" received some airplay, but Slipknot developed a large following very quickly mainly from touring and word of mouth.
Iowa: Anticipation for Slipknot's sophmore effort was intense and in early 2001, the band began recording their second album. Iowa was released on August 28, 2001, peaking at #3 on the Billboard album charts and #1 on the UK album charts. The album, like it's predecessor, produced two singles; "Left Behind" and then "My Plague" which appeared on the soundtrack for the film Resident Evil.
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses): Slipknot's third album, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), was released on May 24, 2004, peaking at #2 on the Billboard album charts.
All Hope Is Gone & Gray's Death: Slipknot's fourth album, All Hope Is Gone, was released on August 20, 2008, debuting at #1 on the Billboard album charts. On May 24, 2010, Gray was found dead in a hotel room in Urbandale, Iowa. Circumstances surrounding his death at the time were not immediately known. An autopsy suspected that his death was not caused by intention of anyone, but still did not reveal the cause of it. On June 21, the cause of death was confirmed as an accidental overdose on morphine and fentanyl, the latter being a synthetic morphine substitute. Regarding the band's afterthoughts on the incident of Gray's death, Taylor explained to NME that Gray would want them to continue and in that spirit he feels they should. Slipknot confirmed that they will complete and release their fifth studio album.
Band Members:
*(#0) Sid Wilson - Turntables
*(#1) Joey Jordison - Drums
*(#3) Chris Fehn - Custom Percussion, Backing Vocals
*(#4) Jim Root - Guitar
*(#5) Craig "133" Jones - Sampling, Media
*(#6) Shawn "Clown" Crahan - Custom Percussion, Backing Vocals
*(#7) Mick Thomson - Guitar
*(#8) Corey Taylor - Lead Vocals
Slipknot - Circle <-- One of my all time fav. Slipknot songs.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
FFDP.
Ivan Moody!! :Q__ Anyway...
Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2006, the group's name is derived from classic oriental martial arts cinema. They achieved commercial success rapidly.
The Way Of The Fist: On July 31, 2007, FFDP released The Way Of The Fist, selling 5,800 copies in its first week. It debuted at #199 on the Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "The Bleeding", was released on July 13, 2007 and quickly charted in the top ten and received much radio airplay.
War Is The Answer: War Is The Answer was announced as FFDP's second studio album in May 2009. The album was debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200, selling over 44,000 copies in its first week of release. The first single from the album, "Hard To See", was released on July 21, 2009 and entered US rock radio's top 10 after only a couple of weeks on the charts.
The band entered the studio to record their third album in November 2010. The album has a tentative release date for April or May 2011.
Band Members:
*Zoltan Bathory - Guitar
*Jason Hook - Guitar, Backing Vocals
*Ivan Moody - Vocals
*Matt Snell - Bass, Backing Vocals
*Jeremy Spencer - Drums
FFDP - The Bleeding
Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2006, the group's name is derived from classic oriental martial arts cinema. They achieved commercial success rapidly.
The Way Of The Fist: On July 31, 2007, FFDP released The Way Of The Fist, selling 5,800 copies in its first week. It debuted at #199 on the Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "The Bleeding", was released on July 13, 2007 and quickly charted in the top ten and received much radio airplay.
War Is The Answer: War Is The Answer was announced as FFDP's second studio album in May 2009. The album was debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200, selling over 44,000 copies in its first week of release. The first single from the album, "Hard To See", was released on July 21, 2009 and entered US rock radio's top 10 after only a couple of weeks on the charts.
The band entered the studio to record their third album in November 2010. The album has a tentative release date for April or May 2011.
Band Members:
*Zoltan Bathory - Guitar
*Jason Hook - Guitar, Backing Vocals
*Ivan Moody - Vocals
*Matt Snell - Bass, Backing Vocals
*Jeremy Spencer - Drums
FFDP - The Bleeding
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Oh my GOD!
Just found out yesterday that Five Finger Death Punch has been working on their third studio album since November 2010 and it has a tentative release date for April or May 2011.
*SCREAMMMMMMMMMMMS!!!!* >.>
Those of you that read this and know me know that I'm a BIT obsessed with Ivan Moody!
Anywho, my next update will be a litttle bit of info on FFDP and a link to one of their songs. :D
Edit* Also, Slipknot will start working on a fifth studio album. YAY COREY TAYLOR!
*SCREAMMMMMMMMMMMS!!!!* >.>
Those of you that read this and know me know that I'm a BIT obsessed with Ivan Moody!
Anywho, my next update will be a litttle bit of info on FFDP and a link to one of their songs. :D
Edit* Also, Slipknot will start working on a fifth studio album. YAY COREY TAYLOR!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
A little update.
So I posted a bit of a biography on Vayden and was thinking of doing more on other bands. With that being said, the next few updates may be a bit of info. on my favorite bands or just bands I've discovered or whatever. It's fun, for me at least, to read stuff about bands and find out things I *never* knew.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Vayden.
Vayden is a 4-piece melodic hard rock band originally from Phoenix, Arizona. They formed in 2002 by vocalist Curtis Casey and drummer Bruce Weitz, renaming the band after Weitz's deceased son, Vayden Zoe Weitz, in 2005. The current lineup includes Armin Peterson on guitar and Matt McMoots on bass guitar.
Children Of Our Mistakes
Vayden's first full-length release, Children Of Our Mistakes, was originally released independently in 2006 and then re-released in 2008 by Silent Majority Group. Their first single, 'Anthem Of The Used', spent 16 weeks in rotation on KUPD, WIIL, WXQR, KQXR, WYBB, WZBH and several others. Their second single, 'The One You Left Behind', enjoyed similar success with 13 national adds and is currently in rotation on Octane (Sirius XM) Radio.
Vayden has shared the stage with label-mates Candlebox, Tantric and Framing Hanley along with other artists including Drowning Pool, Authority Zero, Matchbox 20, Three Days Grace, 30 Seconds To Mars, Alien Ant Farm and Slightly Stoopid. Vayden has also participated in radio festivals such as 98KUPD's 'Ufest', as well as international festivals such as the Dithmarscher Rockfestival in Marne, Germany. Vayden is currently the resident band at the world famous Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles and opened for Slash at his Autobiography book singing at the Whisky in 2007.
Vayden - Painted Face
Children Of Our Mistakes
Vayden's first full-length release, Children Of Our Mistakes, was originally released independently in 2006 and then re-released in 2008 by Silent Majority Group. Their first single, 'Anthem Of The Used', spent 16 weeks in rotation on KUPD, WIIL, WXQR, KQXR, WYBB, WZBH and several others. Their second single, 'The One You Left Behind', enjoyed similar success with 13 national adds and is currently in rotation on Octane (Sirius XM) Radio.
Vayden has shared the stage with label-mates Candlebox, Tantric and Framing Hanley along with other artists including Drowning Pool, Authority Zero, Matchbox 20, Three Days Grace, 30 Seconds To Mars, Alien Ant Farm and Slightly Stoopid. Vayden has also participated in radio festivals such as 98KUPD's 'Ufest', as well as international festivals such as the Dithmarscher Rockfestival in Marne, Germany. Vayden is currently the resident band at the world famous Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles and opened for Slash at his Autobiography book singing at the Whisky in 2007.
Vayden - Painted Face
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sleepy time music.
Enigma - Why!...
I love laying in bed and just listening to music before I fall asleep. Yes, I love rock, but sometimes it's just nice to wind down with something that could easily put me to sleep. As I write this, I'm listening to the above song and am completely in a trance and it feels amazing.
At this moment, life is good.
I love laying in bed and just listening to music before I fall asleep. Yes, I love rock, but sometimes it's just nice to wind down with something that could easily put me to sleep. As I write this, I'm listening to the above song and am completely in a trance and it feels amazing.
At this moment, life is good.
Just some music quotes.
I am absolutely addicted to quotes and I love finding ones about music.
"Swim for the music that saves you when you're just not sure you'll survive." - Jack's Mannequin
"The best lyrics are the ones that give you goosebumps or make you cry in public or help you realize the answers."
"By the time our generation hits the age of 50, we're all going to be deaf. Funny thing is, no one cares. We blast our music to drown out today's psychotic society."
"I love the part of the song that moves you. That really, truly moves you. That part that you just can't explain why you love it so much. That single part that you play over and over again. It's unexplainable and people call you crazy for it, but it's that one part of a song that you adore. It's that part that inspires you, gives you hope, moves you. That part you scribble the lyrics to everywhere you go. It's the part that lets you know you're not alone. The part that makes you feel invincible. That's my favorite part."
"Music can save you. All you have to do is close your eyes, listen to the melody and let it take you away."
"I sink into the lyrics with a sigh. The music, at least for a little while, fills a sweet sort of ache. When one song is done, another takes its place. An endless stream of comfort and distraction to help me for a while."
"Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong, visceral connection to it. Because a song can instantly take you back to a moment or a place or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment." - Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
"She sat listening to the music. It was a symphony of triumph. The notes flowed up. They spoke of rising and they were the rising itself. They were the essence and the form of upward motion. They seemed to embody every human act and thought that had ascent as its motive. It was a sunburst of sound, breaking out of hiding and spreading open. It had the freedom of release and the tension of purpose. It swept space clean and left nothing but the joy of unobstructed effort. Only a faint echo within the sounds spoke not of that from which the music had escaped, but spoke in laughing astonishment at the discovery that there was no ugliness or pain and there never had to be. It was the song of an immense deliverance."
"One thing she discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held for her more than just pleasure. There was meaning to it. The grouping of sounds, their forms in the air as they rang out and faded, said something comforting to her about the rule of creation. What the music said was that there is a right way for things to be ordered so that life might not always be just tangled, but have a shape, an aim. It was a powerful arguement that life did not just happen."
"I love that feeling of first discovering a band that sings everything I've ever wanted to speak."
"Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favorite songs. The ink would turn the water blue, or red, or green and the music would run down my legs."
I really hope you enjoy these.
"Swim for the music that saves you when you're just not sure you'll survive." - Jack's Mannequin
"The best lyrics are the ones that give you goosebumps or make you cry in public or help you realize the answers."
"By the time our generation hits the age of 50, we're all going to be deaf. Funny thing is, no one cares. We blast our music to drown out today's psychotic society."
"I love the part of the song that moves you. That really, truly moves you. That part that you just can't explain why you love it so much. That single part that you play over and over again. It's unexplainable and people call you crazy for it, but it's that one part of a song that you adore. It's that part that inspires you, gives you hope, moves you. That part you scribble the lyrics to everywhere you go. It's the part that lets you know you're not alone. The part that makes you feel invincible. That's my favorite part."
"Music can save you. All you have to do is close your eyes, listen to the melody and let it take you away."
"I sink into the lyrics with a sigh. The music, at least for a little while, fills a sweet sort of ache. When one song is done, another takes its place. An endless stream of comfort and distraction to help me for a while."
"Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong, visceral connection to it. Because a song can instantly take you back to a moment or a place or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment." - Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
"She sat listening to the music. It was a symphony of triumph. The notes flowed up. They spoke of rising and they were the rising itself. They were the essence and the form of upward motion. They seemed to embody every human act and thought that had ascent as its motive. It was a sunburst of sound, breaking out of hiding and spreading open. It had the freedom of release and the tension of purpose. It swept space clean and left nothing but the joy of unobstructed effort. Only a faint echo within the sounds spoke not of that from which the music had escaped, but spoke in laughing astonishment at the discovery that there was no ugliness or pain and there never had to be. It was the song of an immense deliverance."
"One thing she discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held for her more than just pleasure. There was meaning to it. The grouping of sounds, their forms in the air as they rang out and faded, said something comforting to her about the rule of creation. What the music said was that there is a right way for things to be ordered so that life might not always be just tangled, but have a shape, an aim. It was a powerful arguement that life did not just happen."
"I love that feeling of first discovering a band that sings everything I've ever wanted to speak."
"Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favorite songs. The ink would turn the water blue, or red, or green and the music would run down my legs."
I really hope you enjoy these.
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