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Negative Theater
''Negative Theater'', a European-only CD, is the fifth solo album released by Ric Ocasek. ''Negative Theater'' was originally intended to be Ocasek's fourth solo effort, consisting of a double CD and a book of poetry. However, in North America, Reprise Records declined to release the CD in Ocasek's original form. Instead, the company took 7 tracks from Ocasek's project, and had him record 7 additional tracks with producer Mike Shipley. The resulting record was issued as ''Quick Change World'' in North America only. For European release, ''Negative Theater'' was issued as a 15-track CD. It included 7 tracks that were issued on ''Quick Change World'', and 8 tracks that are exclusive to this album. Track listing All tracks composed by Ric Ocasek, except where indicated. Tracks listed with an asterisk (*) were previously released on ''Quick Change World'' in North America. # "I Still Believe" * # "Come Alive" * # "Quick Change World" * # "Ride with Duce" # "What's on TV" * # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ric Ocasek
Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was the primary co-lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the rock band the Cars. In addition to his work with the Cars, Ocasek recorded seven solo albums, and his song " Emotion in Motion" was a top 20 hit in the United States in 1986. Ocasek also worked as a record producer for artists such as Motion City Soundtrack, Suicide, Bad Brains, Weezer, Nada Surf, Guided by Voices, and No Doubt. In 2018, Ocasek was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cars. Early life Ocasek was born on March 23, 1944,Following Ocasek's death, there was some confusion about his date of birth. He had claimed to be five years younger than he actually was. and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. When he was 16 years old, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where his father worked as a systems analyst wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Wave Music
New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many popular music styles of the era, including power pop, synth-pop, ska revival, and more specific forms of punk rock that were less abrasive. It may also be viewed as a more accessible counterpart of post-punk. Common characteristics of new wave music include a humorous or quirky pop approach, the use of electronic sounds, and a distinctive visual style in music videos and fashion. In the early 1980s, virtually every new pop/rock act – and particularly those that employed synthesizers – were tagged as "new wave". Although new wave shares punk's do-it-yourself philosophy, the artists were more influenced by the styles of the 1950s along with the lighter stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels. Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael Bublé, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young, Deftones, Mastodon, Lindsey Buckingham, Josh Groban, Disturbed, Idina Menzel, My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way, Green Day, Dwight Yoakam, and Never Shout Never. Company history Beginnings Reprise Records was formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. Soon thereafter, he garnered the nickname "The Chairman of the Board". Because of dissatisfaction with Capitol Records, and after trying to buy Norman Granz's Verve Records, the first album Sinatra released on Reprise was ''Ring-a-Ding-Ding!'' As CEO of Reprise, Sinatra recruited several artists for the fledgling label, such as fellow Rat Pack members Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. The origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Change World
''Quick Change World'' is the fourth solo album released by Ric Ocasek, who was the lead singer and songwriter for The Cars. This was his second and final release for Reprise Records. Ocasek's fourth solo album was originally intended to be ''Negative Theater'', an album consisting of a double CD and a book of poetry. However, in North America, Reprise Records declined to release the CD in Ocasek's original form. Instead, the company had him record 7 additional tracks with producer Mike Shipley, and added them to 7 tracks from Ocasek's ''Negative Theater'' project. The resulting 14-song record was issued as ''Quick Change World'' in North America only. (The Shipley-produced tracks comprise the "Right Side" of ''Quick Change World''; the "Left Side" consists of Ocasek-produced ''Negative Theater'' tracks.) Stylistically, the right side represents pop rock in the vein of The Cars (the song "Hard Times" was initially intended for the Cars' album ''Heartbeat City'') while the lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Shipley
Michael Shipley (6 October 1956 – 25 July 2013) was an Australian mixing engineer, audio engineer, and record producer. Shipley's music career spanned more than 30 years – mostly working in Los Angeles. At the Grammy Awards of 2012 he won the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical category for his joint work on '' Paper Airplane'' (April 2011), by Alison Krauss and Union Station. Shipley died in July 2013, aged 56, of an apparent suicide. Biography Michael Shipley was born on 6 October 1956, in Sydney, Australia; as a teenager he moved with his family to London. He became interested in a recording career while at school in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. Note: to access further information, user may have to click on a tab, e.g 'Credits' or 'Awards' He later recalled, "One of my teachers at grammar school there was a musician who asked me to come down and sing on a record he was making. I walked into this thing called the recording studio, and it just blew my m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Change World (Ric Ocasek Album)
''Quick Change World'' is the fourth solo album released by Ric Ocasek, who was the lead singer and songwriter for The Cars. This was his second and final release for Reprise Records. Ocasek's fourth solo album was originally intended to be ''Negative Theater'', an album consisting of a double CD and a book of poetry. However, in North America, Reprise Records declined to release the CD in Ocasek's original form. Instead, the company had him record 7 additional tracks with producer Mike Shipley, and added them to 7 tracks from Ocasek's ''Negative Theater'' project. The resulting 14-song record was issued as ''Quick Change World'' in North America only. (The Shipley-produced tracks comprise the "Right Side" of ''Quick Change World''; the "Left Side" consists of Ocasek-produced ''Negative Theater'' tracks.) Stylistically, the right side represents pop rock in the vein of The Cars (the song "Hard Times" was initially intended for the Cars' album ''Heartbeat City'') while the lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Vega
Boruch Alan Bermowitz (June 23, 1938 – July 16, 2016), known professionally as Alan Vega, was an American vocalist and visual artist, primarily known for his work with the electronic protopunk duo Suicide. Life and career Boruch Alan Bermowitz was raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Until the announcement of the 70th birthday release of his recordings in 2008, Vega was widely thought to have been ten years younger; the 2005 book ''Suicide: No Compromise'' lists 1948 as his birth year and quotes a 1998 interview in which Vega talks about watching Elvis Presley on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' (1956) as a "little kid". A 1983 ''Los Angeles Times'' article refers to him as a 35-year-old, and several other sources also list 1948 as his birthdate.Buckley, Peter (2003) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', Rough Guides, , p. 1131Thompson, Dave (2000) ''Alternative Rock'', Miller Freeman Books, , p. 667 Two 2009 articles confirmed his 1948 birth date, one in ''Le Monde'' about the Lyon exhibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Schermerhorn
Eric Schermerhorn is an American guitarist and composer. He played with Iggy Pop on the ''American Caesar'' and ''Naughty Little Doggie'' albums, and David Bowie on the Tin Machine '' It's My Life Tour'' (as background vocalist and guitarist), and appeared in the video and live record ''Oy Vey Baby''. He later played with They Might Be Giants on ''Factory Showroom'', '' Severe Tire Damage'' and Mono Puff's ''It's Fun To Steal''. He also played with Seal and appeared in the video release '' One Night to Remember''. He also has recorded with Melissa Etheridge and Ric Ocasek. He also wrote and recorded with Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs. Since 1995, starting with the work on the album ''Hanky Panky'', he became the guitarist for the band The The, replacing Johnny Marr. In 1998 he wrote and recorded ''Living in the Present Future'' with Eagle Eye Cherry, son of jazz trumpeter Don Cherry. He played with A1, ''María Gabriela Epúmers band, in 1996, recorded the album '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl Jenifer
Darryl Jenifer (born October 22, 1960) is an American musician, widely known as the bassist for the hardcore punk band Bad Brains and for the rap-rock group The White Mandingos. He appeared in ''TV's Illest Minority Moments presented by ego trip'' and the three-part '' ego trip's Race-O-Rama'' on VH1. Jenifer released his first solo album entitled ''In Search of Black Judas'' on October 26, 2010. The album had been in development for nearly a decade.Sacha Jenkins liner notes on Bad Brains album 'The Omega Sessions' References External linksDaryl Jenniferat Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online audio distribution platform founded in 2007 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with headquarters in Oakland, California, US. On March 2, 2022, Bandcamp ...Darryl Jenifer Talks Bad Brains, Artwork In New Interview 1960 births African-American rock musicians American punk rock bass guitarists American male bass g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Hawkes
Gregory A. Hawkes (born October 22, 1952) is an American musician best known as the keyboardist for the rock band The Cars. Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, United States, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth. He then attended Berklee College of Music for two years, majoring in composition and flute. He left to play in various bands, including Martin Mull and his Fabulous Furniture, where he played flute, saxophone, and clarinet. He also played in a band called Richard and the Rabbits, which included future Cars bandmates Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr. He was the last member to join the Cars. Hawkes was also in the New Cars with original Cars member Elliot Easton, along with vocalist/guitarist Todd Rundgren, bassist Kasim Sulton, and drummer Prairie Prince. In 2018, Hawkes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cars. The Cars Hawkes's most notable involvement is with The Cars. Hawkes pushed the limits of ava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
