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Fireball Ministry
Fireball Ministry is an American stoner metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1999. History Formed in Cincinnati in the late 1990s by James A. Rota II and Emily Burton, Fireball Ministry relocated to New York City before eventually settling in Los Angeles. In 2000, the band performed at the two-day "November Dismember" metal music festival in San Bernardino, California, playing on the second day. The festival took place at the National Orange Show fairgrounds in two hangars. After spending several years performing alongside prominent bands in the genre, such as Danzig, Anthrax, Motörhead, and Slayer, but without achieving significant album sales, the band refined their sound to broaden their audience. The tracks "King" and "Flatline" were featured in the big wave surfing documentary ''Billabong Odyssey'' (2003). Additionally, the track "King" was selected by Bam Margera for inclusion on his ''Viva La Bands'' compilation. The band collaborated with Margera's broth ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ...
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Motörhead
Motörhead () were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Kilmister was the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal music, heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Though several guitarists and drummers have played in Motörhead, most of their best-selling albums and singles feature drummer Phil Taylor (musician), Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke. From 1995 until the band's break-up in 2015, the group consisted of Kilmister, guitarist Phil Campbell (musician), Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee. Motörhead released 23 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years. Usually a power trio, they had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful sing ...
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Their Rock Is Not Our Rock
''Their Rock Is Not Our Rock'' is the third studio album by American stoner metal band Fireball Ministry, released via Liquor and Poker Music Liquor and Poker Music is an American rock music record label based in Hawthorne, California. Bands on the label are generally in the punk, stoner rock and heavy metal genres. Current artists * American Heartbreak * Backyard Babies * Black Hal ... in 2005. The album features the song "The Broken", which is recognized for its use in the video game '' WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006''. Track listing References Fireball Ministry albums 2005 albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub ...
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Systematic (band)
Systematic was an American rock band from Oakland, California. They were one of the first signings to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich's record label, The Music Company, via Elektra Records. The band released two studio albums before disbanding in 2004. History After signing with The Music Company, Systematic recorded their debut album, '' Somewhere in Between''. Released in late 2001, it reached number 143 on the Billboard album chart. Systematic toured on Ozzfest the same year. In addition, the band appeared in HBO's live concert program ''Reverb In acoustics, reverberation (commonly shortened to reverb) is a persistence of sound after it is produced. It is often created when a sound is reflected on surfaces, causing multiple reflections that build up and then decay as the sound is a ...'' alongside Papa Roach and Beautiful Creatures. During the music video shoot for the song "Deep Colors Bleed", drummer Shaun Bannon injured his arm, forcing him to step down fro ...
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L7 (band)
L7 is an American punk rock band founded in Los Angeles, California, first active from 1985 to 2001 and re-formed in 2014. Their longest standing lineup consists of Suzi Gardner (guitars, vocals), Donita Sparks (vocals, guitars), Jennifer Finch (bass, vocals), and Demetra Plakas, Dee Plakas (drums, vocals). L7 has released seven studio albums and has toured widely in the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, and South America. "Pretend We're Dead" was heavily played on US alternative radio and entered the top 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, ''Billboard'' Modern Rock chart in 1992. Due to their sound and image, L7 is often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and as an all-female band, L7 has, at times, been linked to riot grrrl; although they preceded and are outliers of both the grunge and riot grrrl movements. L7 has been supportive of political causes, and formed Rock for Choice in 1991. A documentary film about the band, ''L7: Pretend We're ...
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Fu Manchu (band)
Fu Manchu is an American stoner rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1985. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout the 80s and 90s, but has remained consistent since 2001. The band currently consists of founding guitarist turned lead vocalist Scott Hill, bassist Brad Davis, lead guitarist Bob Balch and drummer Scott Reeder. Fu Manchu have been long associated with the Palm Desert Scene, alongside bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss and Mondo Generator. ''Monster Riff'' has described the band as "one of the most loved and revered... bands in the stoner rock world." History Fu Manchu originally formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band called Virulence. The lineup was vocalist Ken Pucci, guitarist Scott Hill, bassist Mark Abshire, and drummer Ruben Romano. In 1987, Abshire left the band and was replaced by Greg McCaughey. They recorded their debut LP record, LP ''If This Isn't a Dream...'' in 1988, which was released on Alchemy Records (US), Alch ...
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Où Est La Rock?
''Où est la Rock?'' (French for "Where Is the Rock?") is the first studio album by the American heavy metal band Fireball Ministry. It was released in 1999 on the independent Bong Load Records. Nick Menza contributed to the album. Critical reception ''LA Weekly ''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. The paper covers music, arts, film, theater, culture, and other local news in the Los Angeles area. ''LA Weekly'' was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin (among others), ...'' wrote: "The Fireball Ministry sound is dry, heavy and stripped-down, brutal enough to match modern metal mutants like Queens of the Stone Age and Machine Head, but sufficiently song oriented to click with anyone enamored of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden or any other classic hard-rock band you’d care to name." Track listing References 1999 albums Fireball Ministry albums Albums produced by Doug Boehm {{1990s-metal-album-stub ...
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PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October, in Europe on 24 November, in Australia on 30 November, and other regions thereafter. It is the successor to the PlayStation (console), original PlayStation, as well as the second instalment in the PlayStation brand of consoles. As a sixth generation of video game consoles, sixth-generation console, it competed with Nintendo's GameCube, Sega's Dreamcast, and Microsoft's Xbox (console), Xbox. Announced in 1999, Sony began developing the console after the immense success of its predecessor. In addition to serving as a game console, it features a built-in DVD drive and was priced competitively with standalone DVD players of the time, enhancing its value. Full backward compatibility with original PlayStation games and accessories gave it access to a vast launch libra ...
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WWE SmackDown! Vs
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor (company), Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into fields outside of wrestling, including WWE Studios, film, XFL (2001), football, and #Expansion beyond wrestling, other business ventures, such as licensing its intellectual property to other companies to produce List of WWE video games, video games and WWE action figures, action figures. As in other professional wrestling promotions, WWE does not promote a legitimate sporting contest but rather entertainment-based performance theatre, theater, featuring Angle (professional wrestling), storyline-driven, Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Work (noun), scripted, and partially choreographed matches; however, matches often include moves that put performers at risk of serious injury or deat ...
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CKY (band)
CKY (abbreviation of Camp Kill Yourself) is an American Rock music, rock band from West Chester, Pennsylvania. Formed in early 1998, the group was originally centred around the trio of Deron Miller on guitar and lead vocals, Chad I Ginsburg on lead guitar and Jess Margera on drums. The band debuted in 1999 with ''Volume 1 (CKY album), Volume 1'', gaining underground recognition from its association with the CKY (video series), ''CKY'' video series produced by Margera's brother, skateboarder Bam Margera. After signing with The Island Def Jam Music Group, CKY released its second album ''Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild'' in 2002, which reached the top half of the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. The 2005 follow-up ''An Answer Can Be Found'' reached the US top 40, after which the band (with bassist Matt Deis) released ''Carver City'' on Roadrunner Records. In late-2011, following many years of tensions between himself and the other members, Miller left CKY. Following Mill ...
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Jess Margera
Jesse Margera (born August 28, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band CKY, which he co-founded in 1998. Prior to CKY, Margera performed in the band Foreign Objects with former CKY vocalist and guitarist Deron Miller, and he has since worked with Gnarkill, Viking Skull, The Company Band, Fuckface Unstoppable, and Sovereign Eagle. Margera has also appeared in the ''CKY'' video series and the '' Viva La Bam'' and '' Jackass'' television series alongside his brother Bam. Early life Margera was born on August 28, 1978, and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania to April and Phil Margera. He is the older brother of professional skateboarder and TV personality Bam Margera, alongside whom he is considered a founding member of the CKY crew, which worked on the video series of the same name. He chose to play the drums as he had two uncles who played the instrument, one of whom later worked as a drum technician on a CKY tour. His "biggest inf ...
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Viva La Bands
''Viva La Bands'' is a music compilation album by professional skateboarder and television personality Bam Margera, released on June 21, 2005. It features songs from some of Margera's favorite artists. A second volume, '' Viva La Bands, Volume 2'', was released in September 2007, coinciding with a US tour headlined by bands like Cradle of Filth, Gwar, CKY and Vains of Jenna. Track listing #"The King of Rock 'n Roll" - Daniel Lioneye #"Soul on Fire" – HIM #"Lost Boys" – The 69 Eyes #"Cold Black Days" – Atrocity #" Guilty" – The Rasmus #"Rock'n Roll" – The Sounds #"In My Heaven" – Negative #"King" – Fireball Ministry #"All My Friends Are Dead" – Turbonegro #" Blacken My Thumb" – The Datsuns #"Mice and Gods" – Clutch #" Familiar Realm" – CKY #" Sleeping My Day Away" – D-A-D #"I Don't Care as Long as You Sing" – Beatsteaks #"Big Shot" – Kill Hannah #"English Fire" – Cradle of Filth #"Skull Heaven" – Viking Skull #"Route 666" – Helltra ...
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