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Motograter
Motograter is an American nu metal band formed in Santa Barbara, California in 1995. They are best known for their homemade, namesake instrument, designed with industrial cable and guitar pieces that creates a unique bass sound, and painting themselves in tribal-style body paint for live concerts. Under the band's original lineup between 1998 and 2001, they released two EPs, ''Hugh Chardon'' and ''Indy''. In 2002, Ivan "Ghost" Moody took over from original singer Zak Ward and released their debut studio album '' Motograter'' in 2003. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2005, disbanded after playing a one-time reunion show in 2006, and then reformed in 2008 with a new lineup featuring singer Michael "Angel" Woodruff. They released the EP ''Pre-Release'' in 2009, and toured until they again disbanded in 2011. In 2013, the band reformed once again and performed at Slipknot's Knotfest the next year. In December 2014, Woodruff left Motograter and was replaced with James Anthon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desolation (Motograter Album)
''Desolation'' is the second studio album by American metal band Motograter. After years of delays and lineup changes, the album was released on August 17, 2017 through EMP Label Group. Unlike its previous album, it has a raw metalcore style, with added elements of nu-metal. Background The band's last release was the 2009 EP '' Pre-Release'' with the group's last studio album, ''Motograter'', being released in 2003. The band had experienced lineup instability since their debut studio release, breaking up in 2005 then having a one-off reunion in 2006 at the Delicious Rox Festival. Motograter would reform in 2008, but would disband in 2011. Motograter reformed in November 2013 with Michael "Angel" Woodruff on vocals, Matt "Nuke" Nunes, and Mylon Guy on bass returning from the previous incarnation in addition to new members Noah "Shark" Robertson on drums, Kery "Venom" Glennon on guitar, and Michael "The Kidd" Stewart on the Motograter; Angel and Venom left the band in December 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motograter (album)
''Motograter'' is the debut album by American nu metal band Motograter, released on June 24, 2003. Although the album has a total of 22 tracks, half of them are short, static tracks, which are all the names of the tracks reversed. For instance, "Eman On" is a reversed version of "No Name", and a message can clearly be heard in the last five seconds. It is the only album released during the band's original run, as the band dissolved in 2005. After the band reunited, by the release of the band's following album, '' Desolation'' (2017), none of the members who recorded the self-titled album remained except for guitarist Matt Nunes. Release The song "Suffocate" was released in 2003 as the first single from the album. It was featured in the 2003 remake to ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre''. The song was accompanied by a music video showing footage of the band performing the song inter-cut with footage from the film ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre''. The second single, "Down" was accomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Moody
Ivan L. Moody (born Ivan Lewis Greening on January 7, 1980) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP). He performed for several other bands including Motograter and Ghost Machine before joining FFDP. Moody was known by the pseudonym "Ghost" during his time with Motograter. Early life Moody was born Ivan Lewis Greening in Denver, Colorado. Growing up, he lived in several smaller cities in the area, including Arvada, Castle Rock, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and Northglenn. He said he spent a few summers with his grandmother in Wisconsin. "My grandmother put me in choir when I was about seven years old. I was only in it about two or three years. Music's always been real close to my heart. Like anybody else, there were ups and downs in my life and music just always seemed to be consistent, so it was easy to latch on to. I started singing in bands when I was 16 years old. They used to kick me out of bars after m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Robertson
Noah "Shark" Robertson (born July 28, 1983) is an American drummer, comedian, and writer. He is one of the founding members of The Browning. He is also the drummer for Motograter and Jeffrey Nothing, former vocalist and founding member of Mushroomhead. In July 2011, he founded Swimming With Sharks Records. On August 29, 2016, Robertson launched Zombie Shark Records and announced his first signings as Keychain from Montreal and Darkc3ll from Australia. In 2018, Robertson officially began his stand-up comedy career. He made his The Comedy Store debut in Hollywood, California on June 4, 2018. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Noah Living people American industrial musicians 1983 births American heavy metal drummers Comedians from Te ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 Film)
''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel (in his feature directorial debut), written by Scott Kosar, and starring Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, and R. Lee Ermey. Its plot follows a group of young adults traveling through rural Texas who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family. It is a remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 film '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', and the fifth installment in ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' franchise. Several crew members of the original film were involved with the project: Hooper and writer Kim Henkel served as co-producers, Daniel Pearl returned as cinematographer, and John Larroquette reprised his voice narration for the opening intertitles. The film was released in the United States on October 17, 2003, received mostly negative reviews from critics, and grossed $107 million at the box office on a budget of $9.5 million. A prequel was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMP Label Group
EMP Label Group, also known as Ellefson Music Productions, is an American record label formed in October 2015, which was founded by former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson. History In October 2015 it was announced that Ellefson had launched a record label and production company, Ellefson Music Productions, also known as EMP Label Group, and would release ''In Your Face'', the debut EP from Phoenix-based all-girl Pop-Punk group Doll Skin, a band Ellefson also produced, in conjunction with Megaforce Records in North America, and Cargo Records in Europe. The EP was released October 30 in North America, and December 18 in Europe, and re-released as an LP titled In Your Face (Again) in March 2016 via eOne Distribution. The singles from the LP received airplay on many prominent stations in the US and Europe, including Rodney Bingenheimer's weekly show on influential LA Rock station KROQ. It was also announced, via social media, that Ellefson had tapped former major label A&R Scout, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily Syncopation, syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are guitar tunings, down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming (music), screaming and sometimes death growl, growling. Turntablism, DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as Sampling (music), sampling, turntable scratching and electronic musical instrument, electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knotfest
Knotfest is a music festival created in 2012 by American rock band Slipknot and their longtime manager and CEO of 5B Artist Management, Cory Brennan. The event has been held both as a destination festival and touring festival in several countries including the United States, Canada and Mexico in North America; Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia in South America; Finland, France, Germany, United Kingdom* in Europe, Japan in Asia; and Australia. Aside from Slipknot, Knotfest has featured a diverse alumni of past performers including metal acts Korn, Deftones, Bring Me the Horizon, Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit, Lamb of God, Gojira, Judas Priest, Bad Omens; Hardcore bands Turnstile and Knocked Loose; Hip-Hop acts $UICIDEBOY$ and Ghostface Killah and many more History Creation Knotfest was officially announced on June 4, 2012. Among the activities, the festival offered as part of its "dark carnival experience" were circus big-top tents, pillars of fire, amusement park rides, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily Syncopation, syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are guitar tunings, down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming (music), screaming and sometimes death growl, growling. Turntablism, DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as Sampling (music), sampling, turntable scratching and electronic musical instrument, electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nascar Thunder 2004
''NASCAR Thunder 2004'' is a racing simulator by EA Sports, released on September 16, 2003 and available in separate versions for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows. This was the last NASCAR game for the PlayStation. It was succeeded by '' NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup''. It features the 2002 champion Tony Stewart on the cover with a scowling look to represent the new Grudges and Alliances feature. It was the only game as of 2002 to feature the previous Winston Cup Champion on the cover. The game had the most extensive soundtrack of the series up from four songs from the previous game. The game also has a career mode, season mode, Lightning Challenge mode, SpeedZone, as well as a tutorial mode featuring Richard Petty. The game is an EA Sports Bio game, and is compatible with other EA Sports Bio games like ''Madden NFL 2004'' and '' NCAA Football 2004''. Gameplay Game modes * Career mode returns from previous games in the series. The player takes control of a cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Luis Obispo, California
; ; ; Chumashan languages, Chumash: ''tiłhini'') is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly halfway between the San Francisco Bay Area in the north and Greater Los Angeles in the south. The population was 47,063 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. San Luis Obispo was founded by the Spanish in 1772, when Junípero Serra, Saint Junípero Serra established Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. The town grew steadily through the Mexican period before a rapid expansion of San Luis Obispo following the American Conquest of California. San Luis Obispo is a popular tourist destination, known for its historic architecture, California wine, vineyards, and hospitality, as well as for being home to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. History The earliest human inhabitants of the local area were the Chumash people. One of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
