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CexCells
''CexCells'' (pronounced "Sex Sells") is the debut studio album by the American electronic music duo Blaqk Audio. It was initially scheduled to be released on August 7, 2007, however, it was rescheduled and released a week further on August 14, 2007 through Interscope Records. It debuted at number 18 on the '' Billboard'' 200, selling more than 29,000 copies within its first week. It received mixed reviews from music critics. It spawned one single: " Stiff Kittens". Background and recording Before Davey Havok and Jade Puget formed Blaqk Audio, the two began including more synthesized elements into AFI's songs, notably in the albums '' Sing the Sorrow'' and '' Decemberunderground''. In the August 2006 issue of '' Guitar World'', Puget revealed that " Love Like Winter" and "37mm" from '' Decemberunderground'' were initially intended to be a part of the side project. According to Havok, the concept of Blaqk Audio began at some point between 2001 and 2002, with "Snuff on Digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaqk Audio
Blaqk Audio is an American electronic music duo, formed by current AFI (band), AFI members Davey Havok and Jade Puget under Interscope Records. Their debut album, ''CexCells'', was released on August 14, 2007, and reached number eighteen on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The band's second album, ''Bright Black Heaven'', was released on September 11, 2012, under Superball Music's imprint Big Death. The first single from ''Bright Black Heaven'', "Faith Healer", was released August 14, 2012. Their third album, ''Material (Blaqk Audio album), Material'', was released on April 15, 2016, and became their third consecutive album to debut at number one on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Three additional albums, ''Only Things We Love'', ''Beneath the Black Palms'', and ''Trop d'amour'' were released in 2019, 2020, and 2022 respectively. History Origins Havok and Puget started writing music for Blaqk Audio around 2001, but they were too busy with AFI to devote en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stiff Kittens (song)
"Stiff Kittens" is the first track on Blaqk Audio's debut album ''CexCells'', released on August 14, 2007. On June 13, 2007, "Stiff Kittens" was released on the band's MySpace profile. It is the only single from ''CexCells''. The title is a tribute reference to the band Joy Division. Music video The music video was done and directed by Marc Webb. Webb previously worked with Blaqk Audio members Davey Havok and Jade Puget for AFI's "The Days of the Phoenix", " The Leaving Song Pt. II", "Miss Murder", and "Love Like Winter". In an interview Davey Havok said the video was shot in Marc Webb's basement. While on the talk show Loveline on April 30, 2009, Havok mentioned that it just "didn't work out" and will not be released. Some of the footage was shown during one of their shows while they were on tour and featured Havok in a dark small tunnel-like room. In early 2010 Jade Puget said that the video was never finished. Track listing Hot Topic single # "Stiff Kittens" – 3:47 # "Stif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Black Heaven
''Bright Black Heaven'' is the second studio album by American electronica band Blaqk Audio, consisting of Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI, released on September 11, 2012, under Superball Music's imprint Big Death. The album title was first revealed in October 2009 in an interview with Jade on myYearbook, and the album itself had been completed as of December 2, 2011. The first single, "Faith Healer", was released on August 14. Background information The album is a follow-up to 2007's ''CexCells'', and it was ready before AFI's '' Crash Love'' (2009), but Puget said that he and Havok felt that "if all of a sudden we're doing two Blaqk Audio records in a row people will think AFI is not happening or something." They continued to write new songs for the album since they finished ''Crash Love'', so ''Bright Black Heaven'' may have undergone some changes before its eventual release. Since February 2010 the California-based radio station Live 105 had been playing a Blaqk Audio s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Puget
Jade Errol Puget (born November 28, 1973) is an American musician and producer, best known as the guitarist for the rock band AFI (joined in 1998), the guitarist/writer for the straight edge hardcore band XTRMST, and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. Puget is vegetarian and straight edge. Career Before joining AFI on November 2, 1998, Jade Puget played in various bands, including Loose Change and Redemption 87. His first album with AFI was 1999's '' Black Sails in the Sunset''. The first song he wrote for the band was "Malleus Maleficarum". Puget's addition to the band introduced fans to a more melodically acute and dynamic sound that was vastly different from earlier material. AFI next released the '' All Hallow's E.P.'' in October 1999, which featured various elements of horror punk and a sound disparate from much of the band's earlier material. The EP's single was " Totalimmortal". The song received some airplay on television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davey Havok
David Paden Marchand (born David Paden Passaro, November 20, 1975), known professionally as Davey Havok, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band AFI (band), AFI, the synth-pop band Blaqk Audio, the hardcore punk band XTRMST, and the New wave music, new wave band Dreamcar. Among various other ventures, he performed lead vocals for Son of Sam (band), Son of Sam's Songs from the Earth, debut album and for fictional band My Purple Agony in the animated series ''Harvey Girls Forever!''. Havok is an advocate of the straight edge lifestyle and veganism. Early life Havok was born David Paden Passaro,Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine in Rochester, New York on November 20, 1975. He is of Italian ancestry. When Havok was age 5, his father died,''Metal Hammer'' interview, February 2003 and he and his mother moved from Rochester to Sacramento, California to be closer to family. His mother remarried and Havok took on the surname of his stepfathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzznet
BuzzNet is a photo, journal, and video-sharing social media network that is currently owned by Hive Media. The network was owned by SpinMedia (formerly Buzz Media) from its inception until September 2016, when it was sold to Hive Media. Like other social networking services, Buzznet is a platform for members to share content based on their personal interests. Unlike other social networking services that focus primarily on messaging and profile pages, Buzznet members participate in communities that are created around ideas, events and interests, most predominantly music, celebrities, and the media. History Founding The company was established in March 2003 in Los Angeles, California, by Marc Brown, Steve Haldane, Kevin Woolery and Anthony Batt (CEO). The site was officially launched in 2005 when the company received private funding from Anthem Venture Partners. Facilitating users posting their own photographs quickly, particularly camera-phone photographs from live concerts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Like Winter
"Love Like Winter" is a song by American rock band AFI. It was released as the second single from their seventh studio album ''Decemberunderground''. "Love Like Winter" was released to radio on September 26, 2006. A music video for the song premiered on '' TRL'' on September 26, 2006, and was directed by Marc Webb, who has also directed previous music videos for the band: " The Days of the Phoenix", " The Leaving Song Pt. II", and " Miss Murder". The short version of the music video was released on iTunes along with the live video from '' I Heard a Voice – Live from Long Beach Arena'' in December 2006 as an EP called the ''Love Like Winter EP''. The song charted at number four on the Alternative Songs chart, number 68 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number 71 on the ''Billboard'' Pop 100. The song also charted in the United Kingdom, Australia and Portugal. It is available as a downloadable track for the video game ''Rock Band''. Track listing #"Love Like Winter" – 2:45 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar World
''Guitar World'' is a monthly music magazine for guitarists and fans of guitar-based music and trends. The magazine has been published since July 1980. ''Guitar World'', the best-selling guitar magazine in the United States, contains original artist interviews and profiles, plus lessons and columns with tablature and associated audio files or videos, gear reviews, news, and exclusive tablature for guitar and bass of three songs per issue. The magazine is published 13 times per year, including 12 monthly issues and a holiday issue, by Future plc. Damian Fanelli has been ''Guitar World''s editor-in-chief since June 2018. History 20th century Stanley Harris, a New York magazine publisher, launched ''Guitar World'' magazine in July 1980. The magazine's debut issue featured bluesman Johnny Winter on the cover and included pieces on the Allman Brothers Band, George Thorogood and pedal steel guitars. ''Guitar World''s debut issue was only 82 pages, had a very small staff and budget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamWorks Records
DreamWorks Records (often referred in copyright notices as SKG Music, LLC) was an American record label founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Mo Ostin, his son Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker as a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures. The label operated until January 9, 2005, when it was sold to Universal Music Group. The label itself also featured a Nashville, Tennessee-based subsidiary, DreamWorks Nashville, which specialized in country music and was shut down in 2005 then moved to MCA Nashville. The company's logo was designed by Roy Lichtenstein and was his last commission before his death in 1997. DreamWorks Pictures's DreamWorks Records catalogue is managed by Music Corporation of America, while its DreamWorks Nashville catalogue is managed by MCA Nashville. History In October 1994, four years after David Geffen sold his former record label Geffen Records to MCA Music Entertainment, he joined Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg to form DreamWorks SKG. SKG stood for Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decemberunderground
''Decemberunderground'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band AFI, released on June 6, 2006, through Interscope Records. The album was supported by three singles, " Miss Murder", " Love Like Winter", and " The Missing Frame". Recording Over 120 songs were written for the album, the majority of them never finished or released. Recording took place at Conway Recording Studios and Sage & Sound Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. Sessions were produced by Jerry Finn with Joe McGrath handling recording. They were assisted by engineers Seth Waldmann, Jason Gossman, Kevin Mills, Eric Weaver, Dimitar Krnjaic and Keith Armstrong. In addition to Puget's programming and keyboards, Ronan Harris of VNV Nation and Dave McCracken contributed additional programming and keyboards. Finn and Chris Lord-Alge mixed the recordings at Conway Studios and Resonate Music. Ted Jensen mastered the recordings at Sterling Sound in New York City. Music Mainly described as a post-hardc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
