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Atom And His Package
Adam Goren (born January 14, 1975), known by his stage name Atom and His Package, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and teacher. He has released more than 18 albums under various aliases. His music is identifiable by its heavy use of music sequencers, nasally, high vocal tone and frequent borrowing or referencing of lyrics from other bands and musicians. Biography Background and music career Goren was born on January 14, 1975, in The Bronx, and grew up in Oreland, Pennsylvania with his friend Brian Sokel, an inspiration for many of his songs. He played in several local bands as a youth. In 1991, Goren joined the punk band Fracture, and he remained with them until 1995. While Goren was still in school, friend and musician Andrew Dick introduced him to music sequencers, and he began writing music with one in his spare time. Later he started performing shows under the moniker Atom & His Package, consisting of himself, a B.C. Rich guitar, and his QY700 music sequencer, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Making Love (album)
''Making Love'' is an album by Atom and His Package, composed of B-sides, EP exclusives, and rarities originating from various artist compilations. Track listing # "(Lord It's Hard to Be Happy When You're Not) Using the Metric System" - 2:50 # "Nutrition" - 2:12 (''The Dead Milkmen'' cover) # "Hats Off to Halford" - 1:40 # "Pumping Iron For Enya" - 2:45 # "Bloody Lip" - 0:18 (''I Hate You'' cover) # "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Lib" - 1:59 # "Thresholds to Adult Living" - 2:47 (''Fracture'' cover) # "He Kissed Me (Rock Version)" - 1:47 # "Avenger (Rock Version)" - 2:41 # "Atom and His Package (Rock Version)" - 2:27 # "Head (She's Just A...) (Rock Version)" - 1:51 # "Head of Septa, Nose of Me" - 2:04 # "Karpathia" - 1:40 # "Son of Poop and George" - 0:45 (''Sockeye'' cover) # "Getaway Car" - 1:28 # "What WE Do On Christmas" - 2:30 # "Polythene Pam, P.P. (Doo-Doo)" - 3:12 References * 1999 compilation albums Adam Goren albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Chris
Christopher Brendan Ward IV (born September 2, 1975), better known by the stage name MC Chris (stylized in all lower case), is an American rapper, voice actor, comedian, and writer. He is recognized for his high-pitched voice and for blending his "geek” background with a “gangsta rap” persona, contributing to the popularization of the nerdcore genre. He has released ten albums, five EPs, one re-release, and a tenth-anniversary edition of his recordings with the Lee Majors. Early life Ward was born in Libertyville, Illinois. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Career Voice acting Ward contributed to several Williams Street Studios shows on Adult Swim, with his most notable work being on ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''. He served as a production assistant and voiced the character MC Pee Pants in multiple episodes, including "MC Pee Pants," "Sir Loin," "The Last One," and "Little Brittle". He also voiced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopeless Records
Hopeless Records is an American independent record label in Van Nuys, California. History Hopeless Records was founded in 1993 by Louis Posen. The label's artists are generally considered to fall under the genres of punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, and alternative rock, but some also include elements of Heavy metal music, heavy metal. Some of their best-known artists include All Time Low, Sum 41, Neck Deep, Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Yellowcard (band), Yellowcard, Anarbor, Taking Back Sunday, Silverstein (band), Silverstein, Amber Pacific, We Are the In Crowd, Bayside (band), Bayside, the Used, The Wonder Years (band), the Wonder Years, The Human Abstract (band), the Human Abstract and Enter Shikari. In July 2008, Hopeless Records announced that it had launched a new imprint, P Is for Panda. It was originally started in 2007 as a clothing line by The Militia Group founder Chad Pearson. The P Is For Panda label released its first album, a various artists compilation in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redefining Music
''Redefining Music'' is the fourth album by American synthpunk musician Atom and His Package. It was released on April 3, 2001 on Hopeless Records. Track listing # "Undercover Funny" - 2:09 # "Trump" - 2:22 # "Shopping Spree" - 3:12 # "Seed Song" - 1:48 # "Anarchy Means I Litter" - 2:40 # "Mission 1: Avoid Job Working With Assholes" - 3:18 # "For Franklin" - 3:06 # "Going to Georgia" - 2:01 # "Cross Country Atom and His Package Tour Via Bicycle" - 1:52 # "Atari Track and Field / New Controller Conspiracy" - 2:55 # "If You Own the Washington Redskins You're a Cock" - 1:47 # "Before My Friends Do" - 2:41 # "Alpha Desperation March" - 2:35 # " Open Your Heart" - 2:34 # "Upside Down From Here" - 2:26 *The songs "Seed Song", "Going to Georgia" and "Alpha Desperation March" are covers of songs by The Mountain Goats. *The song "Open Your Heart" is a Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone ( ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom & His Package (album)
Adam Goren (born January 14, 1975), known by his stage name Atom and His Package, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and teacher. He has released more than 18 albums under various aliases. His music is identifiable by its heavy use of music sequencers, nasally, high vocal tone and frequent borrowing or referencing of lyrics from other bands and musicians. Biography Background and music career Goren was born on January 14, 1975, in The Bronx, and grew up in Oreland, Pennsylvania with his friend Brian Sokel, an inspiration for many of his songs. He played in several local bands as a youth. In 1991, Goren joined the punk band Fracture, and he remained with them until 1995. While Goren was still in school, friend and musician Andrew Dick introduced him to music sequencers, and he began writing music with one in his spare time. Later he started performing shows under the moniker Atom & His Package, consisting of himself, a B.C. Rich guitar, and his QY700 music sequencer, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is an American online music distribution platform founded in 2008 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with an office and record store in Oakland, California. Acquired by Epic Games in March 2022, the company was sold to Songtradr in 2023. History Bandcamp was founded in 2008 by Ethan Diamond (CEO) and programmers Shawn Grunberger (CFO), Joe Holt and Neal Tucker. In 2019, Bandcamp opened its first office and record store in Oakland, California. In 2010, the site enabled embedding in other websites and shared links on social media sites. , half of Bandcamp's revenue was from sales for physical products. In November 2020, Bandcamp launched Bandcamp Live, a ticketed live-streaming service for artists. The service is an integrated feature of the Bandcamp website. Fees on tickets were waived until March 31, 2021, and became 10% from then. Bandcamp provides vinyl records, vinyl pressing services for artists. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Linnell
John Sidney Linnell ( ; born June 12, 1959) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist, and is one half of the Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and songwriting, he plays accordion, Baritone saxophone, baritone and bass saxophone, clarinet, and Electronic keyboard, keyboards for the group. Linnell's lyrics include strange subject matter and word play. Persistent themes include aging, delusional behavior, bad relationships, death, and the personification of inanimate objects. Conversely to some of these dark themes, the accompanying melodies are usually cascading and upbeat. Early life John Linnell was born in New York City, to father Zenos Linnell, (1925–2011), a psychiatrist, and mother Kathleen (née Glenn; 1926–2008). When Linnell was a child, Walt Kelly's ''Songs of the Pogo'' album made a strong impression on his musical sensibilities. The album contained lyrics that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chris Gethard Show
''The Chris Gethard Show'' is a phone-in comedy and variety talk show created and hosted by Chris Gethard. Initially a live show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, the show debuted on public-access channel Manhattan Neighborhood Network on June 22, 2011. In 2015, it moved to the cable channel Fusion, where it ran for two seasons before moving to truTV in 2017. The show moved to truTV for its third season, with 16 live hour-long episodes beginning in August 2017. truTV later ordered an additional 10 episodes, bringing the third season total up to 26. The new batch of episodes premiered on March 20, 2018. On August 6, 2018, Chris Gethard announced via Facebook that the show was canceled by truTV. Premise ''The Chris Gethard Show'' takes calls in a comedy and variety talk show format around a theme, like "The Dumbest Thing You Ever Did". It bills itself as "the most bizarre and often saddest talk show in New York City." The show has been noted for its unpre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer (often referred to as simply Zolof) were an American pop rock band that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through core members Vince Ratti and Rachel Minton alongside Anthony Green. Their music, defined by the band members as " spunk rock", is heavily structured and influenced by pop music by way of catchy rhythms and bright lyrics. The band competed in 2006's Mountain Dew Circuit Breakout challenge on MTV2, but was beaten by California band Halifax. The Band played its most recent concert in 2009 and has presumably since broken up as the members have moved on to other projects.Rachel Minton now works in the education industry. https://www.learning.com/blog/ta-teks-standards-change/ Discography *'' Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer'' (LP) (2002) *''Jalopy Go Far'' (LP) (2003) *''The Popsicle EP'' (EP) (2004) *'' Unicorns, Demos, B-Sides, And Rainbows'' (Self Released) (2005) *"Set the Ray to Jerry" **''Set the Ray to Jerry - Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locas In Love
Locas In Love is a German indie rock band. It was formed in the fall of 2001 in Cologne by Björn Sonnenberg and Stefanie Schrank, Jan Niklas Jansen joined a few months later. They have been touring and releasing ever since, though mostly in Germany and bordering European countries. In 2006 they played shows in the US for the first time when they were mixing their second album 'Saurus' with Peter Katis in Bridgeport, CT. The name 'Locas In Love' is taken from a comic by Los Bros Hernandez (as is the title of their first EP 'Río Veneno', Poison River). They are one of Germany's best-known unknown bands. They are championed by other artists such as The National or Malcolm Middleton who plays guitar on 'Saurus' and his former band Arab Strap (band), Arab Strap that took Locas In Love as a special guest on their last two tours in Germany. Locas In Love is influenced by a wide variation of musical styles. They can be compared to bands like The Good Life (band), ''The Good Life'', H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worm Quartet
Worm Quartet is a comedy music project created by Timothy F. Crist who uses the stage moniker ShoEboX and performs fast, synth-driven, pseudo-metal punk/pop. The band was formed in 1991 and its name is a reference to cartoons Crist used to draw. Worm Quartet's ''I Bit William Shatner'' was featured as a Top 5 song on the Dr. Demento Show in 2001, ''Frank's Not In The Band Anymore'' was Dr. Demento's 2nd most requested song of the year in 2002, ''Great Idea For A Song'' was the most requested song in 2004, ''You Were Wrong Cabinet Sanchez'' reached #15 in 2006, and ''Fueled By Angst'' reached #7 in 2014. ''The Ballad of Doctor Stopp'' was nominated for a Logan Award in 2013 after having previously won the Outstanding Original Comedy Song award in 2011, ''Fueled by Angst'', and ''Math is Bulls**t'' (featuring Insane Ian) were both nominated in 2015, and ''I Don't Matter'' (featuring Chris Mezzolesta) was nominated in 2017. History Pre-Music While in high school, Crist created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Lars
Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982), known professionally as MC Lars, is an American rapper, producer, educator, and founder of Horris Records. A graduate of Stanford University and the University of Oxford, he is credited as a pioneer of "lit-hop", a genre blending hip-hop with themes from classical and American literature. He is also known for coining the term "iGeneration" in 2003, and has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall and multiple TEDx events. His work frequently references authors like William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville, and he is considered a key figure in the early nerdcore movement. Education Lars attended Stevenson School, a high school in Pebble Beach, California. For college and graduate school, he attended Stanford University and Oxford University. Career and Live Performances Lars has toured and performed alongside a wide range of artists across genres, including mainstream acts such as Snoop Dogg, Nas, Lupe Fiasco, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
