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Closer (band)
Closer was an American four-piece rock band from New York City. The band's members were Harley Di Nardo (vocals, guitars), Derrek Hawkins (guitars), David Cartategui (bass) and Jonathan Nanberg (drums). The band was founded in the late 1990s as Velour. The band played in numerous music venues within New York City, such as The Continental, Coney Island High, CBGBs, Mercury Lounge and The Spiral Lounge. They then caught the attention of Revolution/ Giant Records, a Warner Bros Records imprint label. After performing for Revolution/Giant Records, record producer Ed Buller produced their debut release. Recording started in late 1996 at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California and, in September 1997, ''Don't Walk'' was released. ''Don't Walk'' reflects the band's musical influences, such as British glitter rock artists of the 1970s and Britpop acts of the 1990s. Shortly after releasing ''Don't Walk'', the band toured with Love Spit Love, Supergrass and Chumbawamba Chumbawamba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |