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OK, I'm Sick
''OK, I'm Sick'' is the debut studio album by the American rock band Badflower, released on February 22, 2019. The album debuted at number 140 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. ''Loudwire'' named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019. History Badflower released the album's lead single, "Ghost", on June 8, 2018. On November 1, 2018, Badflower announced the album with a release date of February 22, 2019. The second single, "x ANA x", was released on November 16, 2018, with the third single, "Heroin", following on December 6, 2018. The fourth single, "Promise Me", was released on February 15, 2019. Track listing All tracks are written by Badflower and Noah Shain except "Heroin", written by Badflower. All tracks are produced by Noah Shain except "Heroin", produced by Josh Katz. Personnel Adapted credits from the liner and inlay notes of ''OK, I'm Sick''. Badflower * Josh Katz – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Joey Morrow – lead guitar, backing vocals * Alex Espiritu – bass * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badflower
Badflower is an American Rock music, rock band founded in Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of singer/guitarist Josh Katz, lead guitarist Joey Morrow, bass guitarist Alex Espiritu and drummer Anthony Sonetti. The band is signed to Big Machine / John Varvatos Records and was named Artist of the Week by Apple Music after the release of their EP ''Temper'' in 2016. Their debut studio album, ''OK, I'm Sick'', was released on February 22, 2019. Their second album, ''This Is How the World Ends'', was released on September 24, 2021. History Formation and indie label releases (2010s–2014) Badflower's earliest incarnation, the Cartunes, formed in 2015, when music school students, Northridge CA born Josh Katz, and Gilroy CA transplant, Joey Morrow, met at their Hollywood CA apartment building. The pair moved in together, and began writing songs for their 5 piece band. They released a self produced EP in 2011 but after losing their bass player and rhythm guitarist, reform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank had a Census-estimated population of 102,755 as of 2023. The city was named after David Burbank, who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Burbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and the flatland section. Numerous media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank—often called the "Media Capital of the World" and only a few miles northeast of Hollywood—including Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, The Burbank Studios, Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network, and Insomniac Games. Universal plays a key role in attractions and entertainment in Burbank, with its theme park Universal Studios Holl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Machine Records
Big Machine Records is an American record label, distributed by Universal Music Group. Big Machine is based on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee. The label was founded in September 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta and became a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith. The purchase of Big Machine Records by Scooter Braun's company, Ithaca Holdings, in 2019 resulted in a highly-publicized dispute and controversy with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift regarding the ownership of the masters to her albums for the label. History Big Machine Records was founded by Scott Borchetta, a former punk rock bass guitar player who had worked in the mailroom of his father Mike's music company and became a promotions staff member in 1991 for Universal Music Group's MCA Records. According to ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', Borchetta was an "involved manager" at MCA, "choosing singles and dispensing advice." After he was fired from MCA in 1997, Bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Borchetta
Scott Borchetta (born July 3, 1962) is an American record executive and founder of the Big Machine Records#Imprints, Big Machine Label Group. He started the label in 2005 with Taylor Swift as its first signed artist and 13 employees, he served as its president/CEO, encompassing four imprints: Big Machine Records, Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment, The Valory Music Co. and Nash Icon Records. In 2015, he became an in-house mentor on ''American Idol'' in the program's 14th and 15th seasons. He is also a sports car racing driver in the Trans-Am Series and owner of NASCAR Xfinity Series team Big Machine Racing. Before Big Machine, Borchetta was a race car driver and executive at the Nashville divisions of DreamWorks Records and MCA Records as well as MTM Records. Early life Borchetta was born in Burbank, California to parents Shari and Mike Borchetta. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California in the 1970s. His father, Mike Borchetta, worked in record promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Shain
Noah Shain is an American record producer and musician. Shain was dubbed "one of the most prominent young producers in the United States” by Mute. He notably produced early work by Grammy Award winning Skrillex "Sonny Moore," as well as albums by As Tall as Lions, Jordan Zevon, Atreyu, The Chevin, and Dead Sara. Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), cong ... recording artist Dead Sara stated that Noah was instrumental in making their album sound "As raw as possible." The album has peaked at No. 16 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart. Works as a producer (partial list) References External links noahshain.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Shain, Noah Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Los Angeles Record producers from Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost (Badflower Song)
"Ghost" is a single by American rock band Badflower. It is the lead song off of their debut studio album, ''OK, I'm Sick''. The single was released on June 8, 2018, through Big Machine Records. Background and recording The song is about suicide and attempting suicide. When describing the song in an interview with ''Forbes'', Josh Katz said "What I've learned is to prioritize my own personal life and stop taking the career so seriously. It's a job that I love and I get to connect with people and it's a really, really special thing I get to do". Initially, the song was written not be a single, although according to Katz, Big Machine Records, encouraged the band to release the song as a single, to Katz's reluctance. Katz's said in an interview with ''Loudwire'' that he wrote the song when he would have panic attack Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear and Comfort, discomfort that may include palpitations, otherwise defined as a Tachycardia, rapid, Arrhythmia, irre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsday
''Newsday'' is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and formerly it was "Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper". The newspaper's headquarters are located in Melville, New York. Since its founding in 1940, ''Newsday'' has won 19 Pulitzer Prizes. Historically, it penetrated the New York City market. As of 2023, ''Newsday'' is the eighth-largest circulation newspaper in the United States with a print circulation of 86,850. History 20th century Founded by Alicia Patterson and her husband, Harry Guggenheim, the first edition of ''Newsday'' was September 3, 1940, published from Hempstead. Until undergoing a major redesign in the 1970s, ''Newsday'' copied the '' Daily News'' format of short stories and numerous pictures. Patterson was fired as a writer at her father's ''Daily News'' in her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loudwire
''Loudwire'' is an American online media magazine that covers news of hard rock and heavy metal artists. It is owned by media and entertainment business Townsquare Media. Since its launch in August 2011, ''Loudwire'' has secured exclusive interviews with high-profile artists such as Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Suicidal Tendencies and many others. ''Loudwire'' has also exclusively premiered new material from Judas Priest, Anthrax, Jane's Addiction, Stone Sour, Phil Anselmo, and many more of rock and metal's notable acts. ''Loudwire Nights'' and ''Loudwire Weekend'' are Townsquare's nationally syndicated radio programs, airing on its rock stations throughout the country. One of ''Loudwire''s web series is ''Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?''. ''Loudwire'' Music Awards The magazine organizes the ''Loudwire'' Music Awards, an annual awards ceremony. The first ceremony and concert, hosted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsquare Media
Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting with the acquisition of the MOG Music Network. Townsquare was the third-largest AM–FM operator in the country, owning 349 radio stations in 74 markets. History As Regent Communications Townsquare Media was established as Regent Communications by Terry Jacobs in 1994. Jacobs was formerly the CEO of Jacor Communications, a radio broadcasting company which he created in 1979. Bill Stakelin later shared chief status in the company with Jacobs, and the two established JS Communications, later selling Regent to Jacor in 1997. Stakelin and Jacobs resurrected the Regent name to replace JS, with approval by Jacor. Jacobs left the company in 2005. On October 27, 2008, Regent Broadcasting joined Radiolicious and began streaming on the iPhone and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other countries. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded in 1962 by brothers Sam Walton and Bud Walton, James "Bud" Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. Walmart has 10,586 stores and clubs in 24 countries, operating under 46 different names. Walmart is the List of largest companies by revenue, world's largest company by revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500, ''Fortune'' Global 500 list in October 2022. Walmart is also the List of largest United States–based employers globally, largest private employer in the world, with 2.1 million employees. It is a publicly traded family-owned business (the largest such business in the world), as the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
