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Rob Schnapf
Rob Schnapf is an American record producer. He was the co-producer (along with Tom Rothrock) of Elliott Smith's albums '' Either/Or'', '' XO'' (on which he also played guitar on the song " Baby Britain"), '' Figure 8'' and ''From a Basement on the Hill'', for which he was recruited by Smith's family to complete after Smith's death. Schnapf runs the Mant Sounds studio. Background Schnapf, along with Rothrock and partner Bradshaw Lambert, started Bong Load Custom Records in the early 1990s which is notable for releasing Beck's " Loser" single. Schnapf first heard Beck as he was playing on the street during the annual Sunset Junction Fair. A week later Rothrock saw Beck jump onstage to play in between bands during a show at Jabberjaw and approached him afterwards about recording his songs. Together Rothrock, Schnapf, Beck and Karl Stephenson recorded the bulk of what would become "Loser", and subsequently ''Mellow Gold'', Beck's first major label album. Rothrock and Schnapf w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Rothrock
Tom Rothrock is an international musician, composer, record producer, and owner of Bong Load Records. Tom Rothrock has worked with James Blunt, Foo Fighters, Moby, Beck, Badly Drawn Boy, R. L. Burnside, Athlete, Sloan, Gwen Stefani, Motörhead, Elbow, Stevie Nicks, Poison, Elliott Smith, Richard Thompson, and Yonder Mountain String Band. Rothrock has also composed or contributed to soundtracks for notable motion pictures such as '' About A Boy'', '' Good Will Hunting'', '' Collateral'', and '' The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie''. Rothrock started Bong Load Custom Records in the early 1990s enlisting former Record Plant Recording Studios co-workers, Bradshaw Lambert and Rob Schnapf. Bong Load Records is notable for developing and releasing Beck's " Loser" single which became the first number one, non-major label single since FM radio became mainstream. Together Rothrock, Schnapf, Beck, and Karl Stephenson recorded '' Mellow Gold'', Beck's major label debut. In film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guided By Voices
Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio. It has made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard. The most well-known lineup of the band consisted of Pollard (lead vocals), his brother Jim (guitar, bass), Mitch Mitchell (lead guitars), Tobin Sprout (vocals, rhythm guitars), Kevin Fennell (drums), and bassist Greg Demos. Noted at first for its lo-fi aesthetic and Portastudio four-tracks-to-cassette production methods, Guided by Voices' music was influenced by early post– British Invasion garage rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, punk rock and post-punk. The band has had a prolific output, releasing 41 full-length albums along with many other releases, and has garnered a dedicated cult following. Their songs are known for their frequent brevity and for ending abruptly or intertwining with homemade sound effects. Guided by Voices initially disbanded in 2004. In 2010 the " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Control (album)
''Mission Control'' is the second full-length album by Athens, Georgia-based garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock music that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is ... band The Whigs. It was released on January 22, 2008, by ATO Records, on CD and vinyl simultaneously. Track listing All songs written by Parker Gispert. #"Like a Vibration" – 2:36 #"Production City" – 3:01 #"I Never Want to Go Home" – 2:49 #"Right Hand on My Heart" – 4:14 #"Sleep Sunshine" – 4:26 #"1000 Wives" – 3:10 #"Hot Bed" – 3:05 #"Already Young" – 3:18 #"I Got Ideas" – 3:25 #"Need You Need You" – 2:44 #"Mission Control" – 4:33 {{Authority control The Whigs (band) albums 2008 albums Albums produced by Rob Schnapf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whigs (band)
The Whigs are an American garage rock band from Athens, Georgia, consisting of lead singer and guitarist Parker Gispert, drummer Julian Dorio and bassist Timothy Deaux. Biography Formed in Athens, Georgia in 2002, The Whigs have released five studio albums and have toured the world with acts such as Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Drive-By Truckers, The Hold Steady, Band of Skulls, Dead Confederate, and Wax Fang. They have become Late Night television regulars, having appeared on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' twice, the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' four times, ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', and ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' twice. Early days (2002–2004) The band was formed in 2002 by Parker Gispert, Julian Dorio, and original bass player Hank Sullivant. Gispert and Dorio both attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta together, but didn't start playing together until they were both at the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put Your Ghost To Rest
''Put Your Ghost To Rest'' is Kevin Devine's fourth studio album. It was released on October 17, 2006 through Capitol Records. It was his first and only major label release as of 2009. It was produced by Rob Schnapf, who had previously produced records by Elliott Smith, of whom Devine is a fan. In regards to the album's political and social themes, Devine said that "''I was always very abstractly political. I listened to punk rock records and thought I could punch my time card. And then all this shit in the world made me have to sit up and pay attention – and that’s a good thing. It’s a scary time, so why ignore it?”'' After being dropped by Capitol Records due to a merger with Virgin Records in early 2007, ''Put Your Ghost to Rest'' had become increasingly hard to find in retail locations. In late 2007, Kevin had hinted at a re-release of the album with the aid of Brand New's record label, Procrastinate! Music Traitors and was officially released on April 20, 2008. Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine (born December 19, 1979) is an American songwriter and musician from Staten Island, New York City, who is associated with acts such as Brand New, Manchester Orchestra, and The Front Bottoms. He is a contemporary member of the underground indie rock and indie folk musical scenes, and his influences range from older indie artists such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith and Pavement to more mainstream and well known acts such as Nirvana and Bob Dylan. In 2013, Kevin Devine rejoined his previous band, Miracle of 86, for a series of reunion shows. History Beginnings Kevin Devine grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island and has spent significant time in Manhattan and Queens. Devine graduated from Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 2001, majoring in journalism and writing for the school newspaper, ''The'' ''Fordham Observer''. He first played in the band Delusion, which later changed its name to Miracle of 86 (referring to the 1986 New York Mets). At Fordham he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream Days At The Hotel Existence
''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'' is the sixth studio album by Australian music, Australian Rock music, rock band Powderfinger, released by Universal Music on 2 June 2007 in Australia, 19 November 2007 in the United Kingdom, and 11 November 2008 in the United States on the Dew Process label. It was released in Australia with a limited edition bonus DVD, titled ''Powderfinger's First XI'', featuring eleven music videos spanning the band's career, from the first single, "Tail" to "Bless My Soul", the band's latest single before the release of the album. A special edition, collector's edition, including a CD and DVD, was released on 18 April 2008. Powderfinger reunited in late 2006, after a three-year hiatus, to write songs for ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'', which was recorded in Los Angeles, California, in early 2007 by producer Rob Schnapf. The first single from the album, "Lost and Running" was released on 12 May 2007, and reached number five on the ARIA Charts, ARIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powderfinger
Powderfinger were an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins (Australian musician), John Collins and drummer Jon Coghill. The group's third studio album ''Internationalist (album), Internationalist'' peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Chart in September 1998. They followed with four more number-one studio albums in a row: ''Odyssey Number Five'' (September 2000), ''Vulture Street (album), Vulture Street'' (July 2003), ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'' (June 2007) and ''Golden Rule (album), Golden Rule'' (November 2009). Their top-ten hit singles are "My Happiness (Powderfinger song), My Happiness" (2000), "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" (2003) and "Lost and Running" (2007). Powderfinger earned a total of eighteen ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, making them the second-most-award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Is (album)
''Everything Is'' is the debut album by English rock band Nine Black Alps released on 13 June 2005 under Island Records. The album generally received favourable reviews among critics, and heralded acclaim from portions of the British music press, earning the band a loyal fanbase following in the United Kingdom. Five singles were released from the album; "Cosmopolitan," "Shot Down," "Not Everyone," "Unsatisfied" and "Just Friends". Track listing Popular culture * "Unsatisfied" was featured in episode 20 of the third season of the television series '' One Tree Hill''. * "Shot Down" appeared in the video games ''Burnout Revenge'', '' Burnout Legends'' and ''SSX on Tour'' in 2005. * "Cosmopolitan" is featured on FlatOut 2, ''FIFA 06'' and ''Madden NFL 06'' * "Not Everyone" appeared on '' Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix''. Personnel ;Nine Black Alps * Sam Forrest – vocals, guitar * David Jones – bass, guitar * Martin Cohen – bass, guitar * James Galley – dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Black Alps
Nine Black Alps were an English alternative rock band, formed in 2003 in Manchester. From 2011 until their split, the band consisted of vocalist-guitarist Sam Forrest, guitarist David Jones, drummer James Galley and bassist Karl Astbury. Prior to becoming Nine Black Alps the band was originally called The Chelsea Girls, with Ilana Xup on bass duties. Once Xup moved to London in 2003, Martin joined the band as the bass player and the band then became Nine Black Alps. Xup's bassline features on 'Ilana Song', from the ''Shot Down'' EP, released in 2005. Taking their name from "The Couriers" poem by Sylvia Plath, the band came to prominence with the release of their debut album, '' Everything Is'' in 2005. Following the release of the band's second album, '' Love/Hate'' (2007), the band parted ways with Island Records, and self-released their third studio album, '' Locked Out from the Inside'' in 2009. In 2011, founding bassist/guitarist Martin Cohen departed the band to pursue a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
