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Jay Gordon (singer)
Jay Gordon is an American singer and voice actor. He is best known as the lead singer and original member of the rock band Orgy, which he founded in 1994. Career 1994–2000 Orgy's first release, 1998's ''Candyass'', would prove to be a huge success and earned a platinum certification in sales, which was primarily fueled by the popularity of their cover of New Order's " Blue Monday", as well as that of their first single, " Stitches". The band would release singles of both during this period, which would contain numerous remixes of the songs, some of which were created by Gordon himself, a trend which would continue to occur throughout all of Orgy's subsequent single releases. In 2000, Orgy released their second full-length album, '' Vapor Transmission'', which, despite gaining a quite respectable sales performance, did not repeat the wild success of its predecessor. 2000–present The period following the release of ''Vapor Transmission'' proved to be a tumultuous period fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Metal
Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Godflesh, and Fear Factory. Industrial metal developed in the late 1980s, as industrial and metal began to fuse into a common genre. Industrial metal did well in the early 1990s, particularly in North America, with the success of groups such as Nine Inch Nails, but its popularity began to fade in the latter half of the 1990s. History Early innovators Though electric guitars had been used by industrial artists since the early days of the genre, archetypal industrial groups such as Throbbing Gristle displayed a strong anti-rock stance. British post-punk band Killing Joke pioneered the crossing over between styles and was an influence on major acts associated with industrial metal such as Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Statik Paranoia
''Punk Statik Paranoia'' is the third album by the industrial metal band Orgy. It was released on February 24, 2004, their first independent recording. The album's style is a big departure from the electronic rock sound that was present in ''Candyass'' and ''Vapor Transmission'', leaning more to an aggressive nu metal sound similar to bands like Korn and Linkin Park. It is also the first Orgy album to feature occasional screaming vocals Screaming is an extended vocal technique that is popular in "aggressive" music genres such as heavy metal, punk rock, and noise music and others. It is common in the more extreme subgenres of heavy metal, such as death and black metal as wel .... Sales and chart performance ''Punk Statik Paranoia'' debuted at #11 on the ''Billboard'' Independent Albums chart. The album sold 5,353 copies during its first week of release. Track listing References Orgy (band) albums 2004 albums {{2000s-alt-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man (2002 Video Game)
''Spider-Man'' is a 2002 action-adventure game based on the 2002 film of the same name. It was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Game Boy Advance on April 16, 2002, in North America (two weeks before the film's release), and June 7 in Europe. The Game Boy Advance version was later re-released and bundled on Twin Pack cartridge with ''Spider-Man 2'' in 2005. Published by Activision, the console versions were developed by Activision's then recently acquired subsidiary Treyarch, who had previously ported Neversoft's 2000's '' Spider-Man'' to Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast. LTI Gray Matter developed the Microsoft Windows version and Digital Eclipse developed the Game Boy Advance version. While the game directly adapts the plot of the film it is based on, it also builds upon it by including scenes from the film and villains don't appear in the movie. Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe reprise their roles from the film, as Spider-Man and the Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxoflux
Luxoflux Corp. was an American video game developer founded by Peter Morawiec and Adrian Stephens in January 1997, and based in Santa Monica, California. History Luxoflux had a relatively small team size for its first few titles. The two founders plus Jeremy Engelman, David Goodrich and Edvard Toth created Luxoflux's first title '' Vigilante 8''. The game was successful and was ported to the Nintendo 64, and it was followed by a sequel '' Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense'' in 1999. In October 2002 Activision announced it had purchased Luxoflux, which at the time was working on '' True Crime: Streets of LA''. The studio delivered the game and its sequel, '' True Crime: New York City'', before working on licensed titles ''Kung Fu Panda'' and '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''. On February 11, 2010, Activision announced it was time to shut down the studio as part of a widespread staff reduction that also included the shuttering of Underground Development. Games Cancelled: King (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or simply NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each of which is coextensive with a respective county. It is a global city and a cultural, financial, high-tech, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care, scientific output, life sciences, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy, and is sometimes described as the world's most important city and the capital of the world. With an estimated population in 2022 of 8,335,897 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
