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The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe is an American rock band from Michigan. It was formed in 1992 in East Lansing by Brian Vander Ark, Brian Stout and Donny Brown. History In November 1992, Brian Vander Ark of the band "Johnny with an Eye" signed a production deal with producer/engineer Thomas Jansen, owner of Station C Studios Inc. After Jansen produced, recorded and mixed all "Johnny with an Eye" tracks, Jansen was looking for a little more from the band. During this same period of time Jansen was courting Don Brown's "Water for the Pool" band to come over and record the rest of their album at Station C Studios. Frazer was then given the job of engineering the rest of their album project. In a conversation with Vander Ark, Jansen advised Vander Ark to call Brown to join the band with one guitar member of "Water for the Pool". Frazer then engineered Brown's drums and vocals, and Stout's guitars and vocals, on "Johnny with an Eye" songs, and Vander Arks's guitar and vocals on "Water for the Pool" s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lansing, Michigan
East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 Census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capital of Lansing, East Lansing is well-known as the home of Michigan State University. The city is part of the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area. History East Lansing is located on land that was an important junction of two major Native American groups: the Potawatomi and the Fox. By 1850, the Lansing and Howell Plank Road Company was established to connect a toll road to the Detroit and Howell Plank Road, improving travel between Detroit and Lansing, which cut right through what is now East Lansing. The toll road was finished in 1853, and included seven toll houses between Lansing and Howell. Michigan State University was founded in 1855 and established in what is now East Lansing in 1857. For the first four decades, the student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Freshmen (song)
"The Freshmen" is a song by American alternative rock band the Verve Pipe. Released in January 1997 as the third single from their second studio album ''Villains'', the song became the band's breakthrough hit and is the group's highest-charting single, peaking at number five on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100, number six in Canada, and number 28 in Australia. Background and content In an interview with ''Exclusive'', lead singer and songwriter Brian Vander Ark stated that the incident which inspired the song was when his pregnant girlfriend had an abortion. In a 2018 interview with Songfacts, Vander Ark said: Vander Ark told the ''Boston Globe'' in 2022 that he hadn’t originally intended to write a song about abortion, but that once he’d keyed in on the grounding phrase—"stop a baby’s breath, and a shoe full of rice”—it allowed him to tap into his ambivalence over the experience: “Growing up in a very conservative Reform Christian home, I struggled with guilt. It j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platinum & Gold Collection (The Verve Pipe)
''Platinum & Gold Collection'' is a 2004 compilation album by The Verve Pipe released by their record company RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ... in their ongoing Platinum & Gold Collection series. There are no songs from '' I've Suffered a Head Injury'' and no new songs overall; the song "Spoonful of Sugar" from '' Pop Smear'' is a live version. The album was repackaged in 2007 as ''Super Hits''. Track listing #" Photograph" #" The Freshmen" #"Hero" #"Never Let You Down" #"Villains" #"Cup of Tea" #"Penny Is Poison" #"Kiss Me Idle" #"La La" #"Happiness Is" #"Colorful" #"Spoonful of Sugar" (live) References The Verve Pipe albums 2004 greatest hits albums {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Homemade Holiday
''A Homemade Holiday'' is a Christmas EP by The Verve Pipe The Verve Pipe is an American rock band from Michigan. It was formed in 1992 in East Lansing by Brian Vander Ark, Brian Stout and Donny Brown. History In November 1992, Brian Vander Ark of the band "Johnny with an Eye" signed a production dea ..., released in 2007. Track listing Personnel * Brian Vander Ark – lead vocals, guitar * Dan Matheny – guitars * Doug Corella – keyboards, percussion * Donny Brown – drums, background vocals * Joel Ferguson – bass * Jake Bartlett – drums on This Christmas Time 2007 EPs 2007 Christmas albums The Verve Pipe albums Christmas albums by American artists Christmas EPs Rock Christmas albums {{2007-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of July 2022, Facebook claimed 2.93 billion monthly active users, and ranked third worldwide among the most visited websites as of July 2022. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablet computer, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Family Album
''A Family Album'' is a children's album and fifth studio album by the Verve Pipe. It was released in 2009 on Big Sky Recording. Track listing All songs produced by Donny Brown. Personnel The Verve Pipe Band members Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown and John Connors play throughout. A host of additional musicians contributed to the album. * Brian Vander Ark – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on tracks 3–6, 8 and 9; classical guitar on "Go to Sleep Now" * Donny Brown – drums, background vocals, percussion, synthesizer; keyboards on "When One Became Two" and "Only One of You" * John Connors – bass * Lou Musa – electric guitar on "Wake Up", "Cereal", "Only One of You" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Wake Up" * Craig Griffith – harmonica on "Be Part of the Band" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Suppertime!" Additional Musicians * Keith Axtell – rhythm guitar and licks on "Only One of You" * Mark Byerly – trumpet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Star (2001 Film)
''Rock Star'' is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek from a script by John Stockwell and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer who ascended to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band. The script was inspired by the real-life story of Tim "Ripper" Owens, singer in a Judas Priest tribute band who was chosen to replace singer Rob Halford when he left the band. After optioning the filming rights to a ''New York Times'' profile of Owens by Andrew Revkin, Warner Bros. hired Stockwell to write the script. Brad Pitt was initially signed to play the lead role but left due to creative differences, and Wahlberg was eventually hired for the part. ''Rock Star'' garnered mixed reviews from critics and was a box office flop, grossing $19 million worldwide against a production budget of $57 million. Plot In the mid-1980s, Pittsburgh resident Chris Cole is a fanatical admirer of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underneath (The Verve Pipe Album)
''Underneath'' is the fourth studio album by The Verve Pipe, released in 2001. Produced by Adam Schlesinger, the album's power-pop sound was a departure from the darker, textured sonics of ''The Verve Pipe'' and ''Villains''. "Never Let You Down", the album's lead single, was one of the Top 50 Most Played songs for Adult Top 40 and Modern A/C radio in 2001. The song "Colorful" appears in a 2001 movie ''Rock Star'' in which lead singer Brian Vander Ark provided a singing voice for Mark Wahlberg's title character with this song and portrayed as Ricki Bell, a bassist for a fictional band Blood Pollution. Critical reception '' Billboard'' praised the album's turn to "power-pop territory," and wrote that singer Brian Vander Ark "has never sounded more like Peter Gabriel, and we mean that in a good way." The '' South Bend Tribune'' wrote that "Vander Ark writes five of the songs on ''Underneath'', and drummer Donny Brown writes four of them, and the differences between them help to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Verve Pipe (album)
''The Verve Pipe'' is the third studio album by Michigan rock band the Verve Pipe, released on July 27, 1999. The band's second release for RCA Records, the album followed the platinum-selling ''Villains'' and its mammoth single, " The Freshmen". The band worked with Soundgarden producer Michael Beinhorn and created a generally dark, sonically textured grunge-pop album. The lead single "Hero" received sporadic airplay on alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ... radio and its video was in rotation on MTV2 in late summer 1999. Throughout the album, primary songwriter and singer Brian Vander Ark comments on the fleeting nature of fame with tracks such as "Supergig" and "Headlines". The song "The F Word" serves as a bittersweet response to the band's succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
