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OVERKILL
Overkill may refer to: * Overkill (term), the use of excessive force or action to achieve a goal * Surplus killing, when a predator kills more prey than it can eat * Overexploitation, depletion of a natural resource through overharvesting ** Overfishing ** Overkill hypothesis, a proposed cause of Quaternary extinction Characters * Overkill (''G.I. Joe''), a character in the G.I. Joe universe * Overkill (Transformers), a character in the Transformers universe * Overkill, a character in the Marvel Comics O-Force team * Scarlet Overkill, main antagonist in '' Minions'' (2015 film) Literature * ''Overkill'' (comic book), a British comics anthology * ''Overkill'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Vanda Symon * ''Overkill'', a 1966 spy novel by William Garner * ''Overkill'', a 2001 true crime book by Lyn Riddle about the 1991 murder of Laurie Show Music * Overkill (band), an American thrash metal band from New Jersey ** ''Overkill'' (EP) an EP by the New Jersey band, or the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (band)
Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many lineup changes, leaving bassist D.D. Verni and lead vocalist Bobby Ellsworth, Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth as the only remaining original members. The band's current lineup includes Verni, Ellsworth, Dave Linsk on lead guitar, Derek "The Skull" Tailer on rhythm guitar, and Jeramie Kling as a touring drummer. Along with Nuclear Assault and Anthrax (American band), Anthrax, the latter of whom would feature one-time Overkill lead guitarist Dan Spitz, the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal bands, and they are often called "the Motörhead of thrash metal", due to their unique playing style, which was influenced by punk rock and the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM). The band has a notable mascot named "Chaly" (a skeletal bat with a skull-like face, horns, bony wings and green eyes) who has appeared on many of their album covers. Overkill has released twenty st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (Motörhead Album)
''Overkill'' is the second studio album by English rock band Motörhead, released on 3 March 1979. It was the band's first album with Bronze Records. ''Kerrang!'' magazine listed the album at number 46 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". American thrash metal band Overkill was named after this album. Background Bronze Records signed Motörhead in 1978 and booked them time in London's Wessex Studios to record a single consisting of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie" and a new song by the band called "Tear Ya Down". The band toured to promote the single "Louie Louie", which became a modest hit, while Chiswick released the ''Motörhead'' album in white vinyl, to keep the momentum going. In the ''Classic Albums'' documentary on the making of ''Ace of Spades'', Gerry Bron of Bronze Records admits: Sales of the single brought the band their first appearance on BBC Television's ''Top of the Pops'', which gave Bronze the confidence to get the band back into the studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (EP)
''Overkill'' is the first EP recorded by thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an Extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, ... band Overkill released in 1985 on Azra/Metal Storm records. It is also considered by the band as their "first album", making their debut '' Feel the Fire'' their second record and so forth. Released only on vinyl, the EP has been seen as a rare collector's item amongst Overkill fans, and all tracks are included on the '' !!!Fuck You!!! And Then Some'' compilation. All of the songs from this EP (except for "The Answer") would be re-recorded for the band's future albums; "Rotten to the Core" and "Overkill" were re-recorded for '' Feel the Fire'', while "Fatal If Swallowed" was re-recorded for '' Taking Over''. Track listing Personnel * Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – vocals * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill Software
Overkill Software is a Swedish video game developer based and founded in Stockholm in 2009 by Ulf Andersson (video game designer), Ulf Andersson, Bo Andersson, the founders and owners of defunct game developer Grin (company), Grin, along with Simon Viklund. In 2012, Swedish game studio Starbreeze Studios acquired Overkill. The company is known for their ''Payday'' series, consisting of ''Payday: The Heist'', ''Payday 2, and Payday 3.'' History Brothers Bo and Ulf Andersson had founded Grin (company), Grin in 1997, which had some successful titles including ''Bionic Commando (2009 video game), Bionic Commando''. However, when a deal with Square Enix to make a ''Final Fantasy''-based game fell through, Grin went bankrupt and was shut down in 2009. The Anderssons launched Overkill Software that same year after Grin gets shut down due to bankruptcy, with their first project being ''Payday: The Heist'', released in 2011. ''Payday'' was a success for Personal computer, PC and PlayStati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (Motörhead Song)
"Overkill" is a song by English rock band Motörhead. It was released in 7" and 12" vinyl pressings in 1979. It is backed with B-side "Too Late Too Late" which appears on the CD re-issues of the '' Overkill'' album. Early copies came with an "Overkill" badge. The single reached number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. Background and release On 9 March 1979, the band played this song on the BBC TV show ''Top of the Pops'' to support the release of the single. The song was a live favourite and was frequently featured at Motörhead concerts, often in an extended version. On 13 April 2019, Motörhead re-released the original single edit of ''Overkill'' along with "Bomber" on picture disc as a celebration of the album's 40th anniversaries on Record Store Day. The single edit was made available digitally on 8 March 2019. Music The track is notable for Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor's use of two bass drums. Artwork The artwork on the sleeve was created by Joe Petagno, based on his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Cheung
Michael Cheung Tin-fu (born 1 December 1996), better known by his stage name MC Cheung Tin-fu, is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He rose to fame as the runner-up in the 2019 talent competition reality show '' King Maker II''. He subsequently signed a record deal with Warner Music Hong Kong and made his debut with the single "Good Time" in 2021. He won various new artist awards, including 2021 Ultimate Song Chart Best Male Newcomer (Gold). Early life and education Cheung was born in Hong Kong on 1 December 1996. At a young age, he emigrated to Canada to pursue studies, where he subsequently graduated. Career Cheung gained prominence as a runner-up in the 2019 Hong Kong reality competition show, '' King Maker II''. He rejected an offer from ViuTV to join a boyband in order to pursue a solo career. In December 2020, Cheung signed a record label deal with Warner Music Hong Kong and released his debut EP ''Have a Good Time'' (2021) a year later. His 2021 single "Pillow Talk" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (Men At Work Song)
"Overkill" is a song by the Australian New wave music, new wave band Men at Work. It was released in March 1983 as the second single from their second album ''Cargo (album), Cargo''. Written by lead singer Colin Hay, the song reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, No. 5 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart, and the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, and Norway. Background "Overkill" was written by Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, who described the song as being about "stepping into the unknown." He elaborated: Hay said that the song reflected his fear that he might be consumed by success, especially with regard to his tendency toward addiction and how he must avoid the pitfalls of fame. Hay was proud of the song after composing it; he recalled, "That was the first song that I wrote where I thought that maybe I could actually make a living as a songwriter, perhaps. I thought that was a good song that I'd written, one that w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Humberstone
Holly Ffion Humberstone (born 17 December 1999) is an English singer-songwriter from Grantham, England. In 2021, she signed a recording contract with Interscope and Polydor Records. Her first extended play (EP) following the signings, '' The Walls Are Way Too Thin'', was released in November 2021. Afterwards, she won the Brit Award for Rising Star at the 2022 Brit Awards. She released her debut studio album, '' Paint My Bedroom Black'', in October 2023. Her work ''Haunted House'' was nominated for the Best Song Musically and Lyrically Ivor Novello Award. Early life Humberstone is from Grantham and is one of four sisters. Her parents are NHS doctors. She studied at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' Grammar School and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Humberstone started writing songs at a young age. She has discussed growing up in a small town, stating there was "no music scene growing up in rural Lincolnshire, so I just really did my own thing" in an interview with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damage (Kosheen Album)
Damage is any change in a thing, often a physical object, that degrades it away from its initial state. It can broadly be defined as "changes introduced into a system that adversely affect its current or future performance".Farrar, C.R., Sohn, H., Park, G.,Converting Large Sensor Array Data into Structural Health Information, in Andrew Smyth, Raimondo Betti, ''The 4th International Workshop on Structural Control'' (2005), p. 67. Damage "does not necessarily imply total loss of system functionality, but rather that the system is no longer operating in its optimal manner". Damage to physical objects is "the progressive physical process by which they break",Jean Lemaitre, ''A Course on Damage Mechanics'' (2013). and includes mechanical stress that weakens a structure, even if this is not visible. Physical damage All physical damage begins on the atomic level, with the shifting or breaking of atomic bonds, and the rate at which damage to any physical thing occurs is therefore la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulli Lommel
Ulli Lommel (21 December 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a German Film actor, actor and Film director, director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. Lommel spent time at The Factory and was a creative associate of Andy Warhol, with whom he made several films and works of art. He moved to the United States in 1977, where he wrote, directed and starred in over 50 films. Early life Born in Sulęcin, Zielenzig in 1944, a few weeks before the arrival of the Red Army, Lommel's family fled the city, wrapping the infant Ulli in a roll of carpet. His father, Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Ludwig, was a popular radio personality. His mother was the actress Karla van Cleef. While living in Bad Nauheim as a teenager, Lommel performed with Elvis Presley. Career Lommel started his cinematic career as an actor in the early 1960s. One of his first film roles was in Russ Meyer's ''Fanny Hill (1964 film), Fanny Hill'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (Murder Most Horrid)
''Murder Most Horrid'' is a British black comedy anthology series starring Dawn French. It was broadcast on BBC Two for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999. Created by Paul Smith, who also co-created ''Colin's Sandwich'' (with Terry Kyan, as noted below) and has written for ''The Brittas Empire'', among other programmes, the series starred French as a different character in each episode. Many episodes were directed by Bob Spiers, who also worked with French on '' The Comic Strip Presents...'' and ''French and Saunders''. Format Most episodes parodied the thriller and murder mystery genres with one episode lampooning the trials and tribulations of being a children's presenter in general, and ''Blue Peter'' in particular. In 1998, this episode ("Murder at Tea Time") was repeated to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ''Blue Peter'', as part of a section entitled "Spoof Peter", which also featured (among others) the ''Python'' skit "How to Do It". Each episode was stand- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (Flying Buffalo)
''Overkill'' is a role-playing game adventure for ''Tunnels & Trolls'' published by Flying Buffalo. Plot summary ''Overkill'' is an adventure for ''Tunnels & Trolls''. Unusually for solo adventures it allows for a party of characters to be used. The party has a maximum combined level of 12, so the player can choose a higher solo character or multiple lower level characters. Any character can only navigate this adventure once, and on completion has conditions placed on taking other adventures. In some circumstances, the character is compelled to start other adventures (e.g. as punishment following court-martial). Publication history ''Overkill'' was written in 1977 by Mike Brines and was redesigned in 1980 by Michael Stackpole. Reception Gerald E. Giannattasio reviewed the Stackpole version of ''Overkill'' in ''The Space Gamer'' No. 31. Giannattasio commented that "The Stackpole ''Overkill'' is a sound solo adventure. The excessive difficulty of some routes will involve frust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
