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Derek Fudesco
Pretty Girls Make Graves is a post-hardcore band formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths' song of the same name (which itself was named after a quote from Jack Kerouac's ''The Dharma Bums''). Andrea Zollo and Derek Fudesco had played together previously in The Hookers, as well as The Death Wish Kids and Area 51 along with Dann Gallucci, with whom Derek had formed Murder City Devils. Not long before the Murder City Devils disbanded, Derek and Andrea formed Pretty Girls Make Graves along with Jay, Nick and Nathan. They played the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2004. The band announced its split on January 29, 2007,Pretty Girls Make Graves Split. Posted January 29, 2007. with their final two shows taking place in Seattle that June. History ...
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The Smiths
The Smiths were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (musician), Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the band's songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from 1980s British independent music. The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records in 1983 and released their debut album, ''The Smiths (album), The Smiths'', in 1984. Their focus on a guitar, bass and drum sound, fusing 1960s rock and post-punk, was a rejection of the synth-pop sound predominant at the time. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK singles chart, and all their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album ''Meat Is Murder'' (1985). The band achieved mainstream success in Europe with ''The Queen Is Dead'' (1986) and ''Strangeways, Here We Come'' (1987), which both ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Romance
''The New Romance'' is the second studio album from Pretty Girls Make Graves, released on September 9, 2003 on the label Matador Records. Composition Musically, ''The New Romance'' has been aligned with the post-punk revival, as well as emo, indie rock, post-hardcore, math rock, and punk rock. Critical reception and legacy In recent years, ''Romance'' has been seen as an overlooked record in several genres. In a 2010 '' Drowned in Sound'' article, Robert Cooke glowingly wrote of its place in the post-punk & new wave revivals occurring at its time of release. He wrote that it predated the revivals' mid-2000s popularity, which groups like Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand would receive. However, he believed that "near perfection adalready been achieved" through ''Romance'' before either of their debut works came out. Though noting their significance, Cooke dubbed ''Romance'' "so bold, so beautiful, ndso much better than its acclaimed successors". In 2012, Punknews.org's Joe P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Groups Disestablished In 2007
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) Musica (Latin), or La Musica (Italian) or Música (Portuguese and Spanish) may refer to: Music Albums * '' Musica è'', a mini album by Italian funk singer Eros Ramazzotti 1988 * ''Musica'', an album by Ghaleb 2005 * ), a German album by Giov ... * Musicality, the ability to perceive music or to create music * {{Music disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are often credited with helping popularize grunge music. The label's roster includes Fleet Foxes, Tad (band), Tad, Beach House, The Postal Service, Sleater-Kinney, Flight of the Conchords, Foals (band), Foals, Blitzen Trapper, Father John Misty, Clipping (band), clipping., Shabazz Palaces, Weyes Blood, Guerilla Toss, Bully (band), Bully, La Luz (band), La Luz, Low (band), Low, Metz (band), METZ, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Kiwi Jr., TV Priest and The Shins. In 1995, the owners of Sub Pop sold a 49% stake of the label to the Warner Music Group. History Formation The origins of Sub Pop trace back to the early 1980s, when Bruce Pavitt started a fanzine called ''Subterranean Pop'' that focused exclusively on American i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Pretty Girls Make Graves is a post-hardcore band formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths' song of the same name (which itself was named after a quote from Jack Kerouac's ''The Dharma Bums''). Andrea Zollo and Derek Fudesco had played together previously in The Hookers, as well as The Death Wish Kids and Area 51 along with Dann Gallucci, with whom Derek had formed Murder City Devils. Not long before the Murder City Devils disbanded, Derek and Andrea formed Pretty Girls Make Graves along with Jay, Nick and Nathan. They played the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2004. The band announced its split on January 29, 2007,Pretty Girls Make Graves Split. Posted January 29, 2007. with their final two shows taking place in Seattle that June. History |
The Showbox
The Showbox (originally known as the Showbox Theater) is a music venue in Seattle, Washington, United States. It has been owned by AEG Live since 2007. History and usage Founded in 1939, the Showbox has hosted a diverse offering of music over the decades. From the Jazz Age to the Grunge Era, the ballroom has featured shows by Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, and the Ramones — as well as local artists such as burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee, and grunge bands Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, TAD and Screaming Trees. After many years of operating as the Improv Comedy Club, restaurateur Tony Riviera and Barry Bloch purchased The Improv with the intent of continuing operating the venue as The Improv. Riviera and Bloch discovered old photos, historical information and articles about the Showbox and decided to recreate the venue as its original look and reopened New Year's Eve, 1995 as The Showbox Comedy and Supper Club which they operated for several years before deciding to sell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When We Were Young (festival)
When We Were Young is an annual music festival currently held at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Winchester, Nevada. It is typically scheduled for the third weekend of October. The most recent event took place from October 19–20, 2024. History The first incarnation of the festival took place at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California on April 8 and 9, 2017. It was headlined by Morrissey. In 2022, the festival was moved to Winchester, Nevada at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The event was first announced on January 18, 2022, as a one-day event on October 22, 2022, headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore. Tickets sold out quickly, leading to the addition of second and third dates on October 23 and 29, 2022. Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio asserts that the festival lineup was announced before bands were committed but that all bands would agree to play. The first day was canceled due to weather. The band Car Seat Headrest was scheduled to play as part of the 2022 lineup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cave Singers
The Cave Singers is an American band from Seattle, Washington. Composed of former members of Pretty Girls Make Graves (PGMG) after its disbandment in 2007, former PGMG member Derek Fudesco teamed up with Pete Quirk (of Hint Hint) and Marty Lund (of Cobra High) and began playing in the Seattle area. Soon after the band's conception, The Cave Singers signed with Matador Records on June 11, 2007.ArtistThe Cave Singers Matador Records, retrieved September 2, 2008 The band spent time recording in Vancouver with music engineer Colin Stewart, who quickly produced the band's first full-length LP. The band released the limited edition single 7" " Seeds Of Night" including b side "After The First Baptism" on August 2, 2007. ''Invitation Songs'', the first LP, was released on September 25, 2007 to critical acclaim. The second single, " Dancing On Our Graves", was released on February 25, 2008. On August 18, 2009, The Cave Singers released their second album, '' Welcome Joy'', featuring g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody Votolato
Cody Votolato (born 20 May 1982) is a musician from Redmond, Washington, best known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle. Cody attended Redmond High School with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed, graduating Spring of 2000. His accomplished thrashy and discordant style, exhibited in early Blood Brothers albums and in Head Wound City, has evolved into a more melodic and experimental sound in recent year Votolato's older brother Rocky Votolato is a folk musician and solo artist who played in the band Waxwing with his brother, as well as with Rudy Gajadhar, the older brother of The Blood Brothers' drummer Mark Gajadhar. Votolato also contributed artwork to The Blood Brothers' album '' ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn''. On 4 September 2012, it was announced that Cody has joined Cold Cave as touring guitarist. Bands * Cold Cave * Telekinesis * The Blood Brothers * Head Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Whitney
Johnny Whitney (born June 28, 1981) is a singer, author and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle. He is known for being one of two vocalists in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers and in the post-punk band Jaguar Love. Career Whitney met fellow Blood Brothers vocalist Jordan Blilie in the seventh grade, and the two would form the band in 1997. The Blood Brothers released four albums before breaking up in June 2007, although this was not publicly announced until November of that year. Following The Blood Brothers' breakup, Whitney and the band's guitarist Cody Votolato formed a new band, Jaguar Love, along with Pretty Girls Make Graves drummer Jay Clark. Jaguar Love released two albums before going inactive in 2010. Whitney has also remixed songs from other artists including "Positive Tension" by Bloc Party and "Maps" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He is also featured on Daryl Palumbo's remix of Cage's song "Shoot Frank". Dating back to his days in The Blood Brothers, Whitney also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
