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Pure And Simple (Joan Jett Album)
''Pure and Simple'' is the ninth studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released in 1994. The album includes several tracks co-written with Kathleen Hanna, including "Go Home", a response to the murder of Mia Zapata. ''Pure and Simple'' was the first album to feature a new line up of Blackheart band members since the departure of longtime guitarist Ricky Byrd and bassist Kasim Sulton after the release of Jett's last album, '' Notorious''. This new line up consisted of bassist Kenny Aaronson and lead guitarist Tony "Bruno" Rey. ''Pure and Simple'' would be the last Joan Jett & the Blackhearts release until 2006's '' Sinner''. In 1995, both Aaronson and Rey went on to other projects. Aaronson would eventually become a member of the reunited New York Dolls – coincidentally taking over for bassist Sami Yaffa, his replacement in the Blackhearts and Rey became the musical director for Enrique Iglesias and Rihanna. The CD and other versions feature collaborations with p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979 as a conjunction of lead musician, singer and songwriter Joan Jett and the backup band. It has undergone many lineup changes since its inception, with founders Jett and producer Kenny Laguna being its only consistent members. Three albums by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have been certified platinum or gold. Their hit singles include " Bad Reputation", "Fake Friends", "Good Music", " Light of Day", "Little Liar", " I Hate Myself for Loving You", and the covers " Crimson and Clover", " Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)", " Dirty Deeds", " Everyday People", and " I Love Rock 'n Roll". In 2015, the lineup consisting of Jett, Laguna, bassist Gary Ryan, drummer Lee Crystal, and guitarist Ricky Byrd were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. History Formation In 1979, while fulfilling an obligation of the Runaways to complete a film based on the band's career, guitarist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Media Network
RhythmOne , a subsidiary of Nexxen, is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel. Blinkx was founded in 2004, went public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and began trading as RhythmOne in 2017. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and London, England. RhythmOne acquired All Media Network and its portfolio of web properties in April 2015. In April 2019, RhythmOne merged with Taptica International (renamed Tremor International in June 2019), an advertising technology company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. History Blinkx was named after blinkx.com, an Internet Media platform which connects online video viewers with publishers and distributors, using advertising to monetize those interactions. Blinkx has an index of over 35 million hours of video and 800 media partnerships, as well as 111 patents related to the site's search engine technology, which is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Yaffa
Sami Yaffa (born Sami Lauri Takamäki; 4 September 1963) is a Finnish bass guitarist best known for his work in New York Dolls, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Pelle Miljoona Oy, Michael Monroe's bands, and Hanoi Rocks. He is currently the bassist for the Michael Monroe band and is also concentrating on his solo career. Biography Yaffa first began playing music in 1977, when he was fourteen years old, with a band called The Bablers. He went along with another member of the Bablers (Pepe Seivo) and formed a punk rock band, Suopo, in 1979. They did not record any material and stayed relatively unknown even in the Finnish punk rock scene. Around this time Yaffa also played with another Finnish punk rock band, Pohjanoteeraus. Hanoi Rocks In 1980 Yaffa joined future Hanoi Rocks bandmate Andy McCoy in Finnish punk rock band Pelle Miljoona Oy. The two of them took part in the band's most successful album "Moottoritie on kuuma". Both left the group after 9 months to join Hanoi Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Dolls
New York Dolls were an American rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground, the MC5, and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes. Although the band never achieved much commercial success and their original line-up fell apart quickly, the band's first two albums—''New York Dolls (album), New York Dolls'' (1973) and ''Too Much Too Soon (album), Too Much Too Soon'' (1974)—became among the most popular cult following, cult records in rock. The line-up at this time consisted of vocalist David Johansen, guitarist Johnny Thunders, bassist Arthur Kane, guitarist and pianist Sylvain Sylvain, and drummer Jerry Nolan; the latter two had replaced Rick Rivets and Billy Murcia, respectively, in 1972. On stage, they donned an androgynous wardrobe, wearing high heels, eccentric hats, satin, makeup, spandex, and dresses. Nolan described the group in 1974 as "the Dead End Kids of today". After reuniting, they rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinner (Joan Jett Album)
''Sinner'' is the eleventh studio album by the American hard rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released June 13, 2006, by Blackheart Records Group. While most of the contents previously appeared on the Japan-only release ''Naked'' (2004), some in different mixes, it is her first record of new material released in the United States since '' Pure and Simple'' in 1994. Singles released include "A.C.D.C." (originally by Sweet) and "Riddles" (Jett's first-ever political song), which is a new version of "Right in the Middle" from ''Naked'' with different lyrics. An edited "clean" version was also released. The CD also includes enhanced content, consisting of a lyrics sheet (in PDF format) and a video of the recording of "A.C.D.C.". Track listing Personnel The Blackhearts *Joan Jett - rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Dougie Needles - lead guitar, backing vocals *Enzo Penizzotto - bass, backing vocals * Thommy Price - drums *Kenny Laguna - keyboards, backing vocals Production * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony "Bruno" Rey
Tony "Bruno" Rey is an American guitarist, writer, producer and arranger who has worked with bands including Saraya, the Mike Pont Band, Danger Danger, Billy Joel, Janet Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, Joan Jett & the Black Hearts, Kathie Lee, Taylor Dayne, Anastacia and Rihanna. In Danger Danger, he replaced guitarist Al Pitrelli and was replaced by guitarist Andy Timmons. He played almost all of the guitar work on Danger Danger's self-titled album, with his replacement Andy Timmons playing the rest. Rey started with Iglesias in 1999 and is the guitarist and musical director. He is responsible for all facets of Iglesias' live shows, TV shows, and award shows. Rey also writes and produces for Iglesias. One song he co-wrote was "Roamer" from Iglesias' album, ''7''. at |
Kenny Aaronson
Kenny Aaronson (born April 14, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American bass guitar player. He has recorded or performed with several notable artists such as Bob Dylan, Rick Derringer, Billy Idol, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Foghat, Sammy Hagar, Billy Squier, New York Dolls, and Hall and Oates. Since 2015, he has been the bass player for The Yardbirds. Early life and career Following in his older brother's footsteps, he started playing drums at 11. Enamored by the bass on Motown records - and influenced by James Jamerson - Aaronson switched to an electric bass at 14. As a teenager he played bass for Brooklyn-based hard rock band Dust, which included Marc Bell (a.k.a. Marky Ramone) and Richie Wise, which released two albums in 1971 and 1972 on the Kama Sutra Records label. In 1973, Aaronson joined the New York band Stories, whose single, "Brother Louie", reached #1 on the ''Billboard'', '' Cashbox'' and ''Record World'' charts. From 1976 to 1979, Aaronson played bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notorious (Joan Jett Album)
''Notorious'' is the eighth studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The album was released in 1991. "Backlash" was the label's first choice for a single, but the resulting one-track CD was only available as a promotional item sent to DJs. "Don't Surrender" was released in the US as a CD single accompanied by a remix ("The Most Excellent Mix") and the non-LP track "Misunderstood". "Wait for Me", a song Jett wrote when she was just 16, was a cover of The Runaways' version from their 1977 album ''Waitin' for the Night''. "I Want You" was a revised version of a song from 1979 that Jett and Kenny Laguna had written for a movie she was set to star in. The original lyrics (which can be heard on the fan-club only CD ''1979'') were nihilistic and raw, whereas the version heard on ''Notorious'' is politically correct. Several editions of the album feature "Machismo" before "Goodbye", but this is the only difference. "I Want You", as well as other songs by Joan Jett and the Blackhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasim Sulton
Kasim as a given name, a variant of Qasim. It may refer to: People known only by the given name Kasim *Kasım Pasha, Ottoman general and governor *Kasım of Karaman, the last bey of the Karaman Beylik, a Turkish principality in Anatolia *Şehzade Kasım, Ottoman prince (''Şehzade'') People with the given name Kasim * Kasim Edebali (born 1989), American football player * Kasim Nuhu (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer *Kasim Reed Mohammed Kasim Reed (born June 10, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 59th List of mayors of Atlanta, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia's state capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), ..., American lawyer and politician * Kasim Sulton, American musician See also * Bosnian masculine given names {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Byrd
Ricky Byrd (born Richard Scott Bird; October 20, 1956) is a rock and roll guitar player, singer, songwriter and producer. He spent over a decade as a member of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, where he contributed music and background vocals to two platinum albums, '' I Love Rock 'n Roll'' and '' Up Your Alley'', the gold certified ''Album,'' and four others for the band. Byrd has performed, recorded or toured with The Who's Roger Daltrey, Ian Hunter, Southside Johnny, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Alice Cooper, Mavis Staples, Billy Squier, Darlene Love, Smokey Robinson, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Jimmy Page, Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller, Steven Van Zandt, John Waite, Ronnie Spector, Graham Nash, Don Felder, Bruce Springsteen, Dion DiMucci, Dion, Elvis Costello, Paul Shaffer, Bonnie Bramlett, Bobby Whitlock, Sam Moore, Billie Joe Armstrong, Gary Clark Jr., Peter Wolf, Stevie Wonder, among others. He has co-written or had his songs covered by numerous artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Zapata
Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist for the punk rock band The Gits. After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was raped and murdered in Seattle in 1993 while walking home from the Comet Tavern at the age of 27. The crime went unsolved for a decade before her killer, Jesus Mezquia, was arrested in 2003. The following year, Mezquia was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 36 years in prison. Life and career Mia Zapata was raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended high school at Presentation Academy. She was of Mexican descent and was distantly related to Emiliano and Eufemio Zapata. Zapata learned how to play the guitar and the piano by age nine, and was influenced by punk rock as well as jazz, blues, and R&B singers such as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, Hank Williams, and Sam Cooke. In 1984, Zapata enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio as a libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill and fronted the electropunk band Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as the Julie Ruin. In 2009, Hanna made her zines, art pieces, photography, video, music, journals, and other material which focus on the early formation of the Riot Grrrl movement available at the Fales Library at New York University. A documentary film about Hanna was released in 2013 by director Sini Anderson, titled '' The Punk Singer'', detailing Hanna's life and career, as well as revealing her years-long battle with Lyme disease. Hanna is married to Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys. Life and career 1968–1988: Early life and feminism Hanna was born November 12, 1968, in Portland, Oregon. At age three, her family moved to Calverton, Maryland; as Hanna's father ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
