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Rich Beddoe
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1990. They have released seven studio albums (six as Finger Eleven and one as Rainbow Butt Monkeys), with their album '' The Greyest of Blue Skies'' bringing them into the mainstream. Their 2003 self-titled album achieved Gold status in the United States and Platinum in Canada, largely from the success of the single " One Thing", which marked the band's first placing on the US Hot 100 Chart at number 16. Their 2007 album, '' Them vs. You vs. Me'' launched the single "Paralyzer", which went on to top the Canadian Hot 100 and both US rock charts, as well as reaching No. 6 on the US Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Australian Singles Chart. They won the Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year in 2008. The same album was later certified gold in the US and multi-platinum in Canada. They released their sixth studio album, ''Life Turns Electric'', on October 5, 2010; it was nominated as Best Rock Album of the Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burlington, Ontario
Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is a city and List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region at the west end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton Census geographic units of Canada, census metropolitan area, and the Golden Horseshoe urban region. History Before the 19th century, the area between the provincial capital of York and the township of West Flamborough was home to the Mississaugas, Mississauga nation. In 1792, John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, named the western end of Lake Ontario "Burlington Bay" after the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The British purchased the land on which Burlington now stands from the Mississaugas in Upper Canada Treaties 3 (1792), 8 (1797), 14 (1806), and 19 (1818). Treaty 8 concerned the purchase of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Thing (Finger Eleven Song)
"One Thing" is a song by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, released on September 8, 2003, as the second single from their self-titled third album (2003). It reached number 16 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and entered the top 10 on three other ''Billboard'' charts. In Canada, it became a top-10 hit on contemporary hit radio. Release The band Finger Eleven had thought their single "Stay in Shadow" from their 2003 album ''Finger Eleven'' would become a popular hit, but strong success fell on "One Thing" instead, although the track didn't find wide mainstream attention until several months after its 2003 release. "One Thing" reached number five on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and stayed there for 26 weeks. It also peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number two on the ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40 chart, and number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart. Music video The song won the 2004 MuchMusic Video Award for Best Video. The music vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a Concert tour, touring Rock music, rock music festival that toured the United States and Canada each summer from 1995 until 2019, and returned in 2025 for its 30th anniversary. By 2015, Warped was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running touring music festival in North America. Internationally, the festival stopped in Australia from 1998–2002 and again in 2013, as well as the United Kingdom in 2012 and 2015. Following the first Warped Tour, the skateboard shoe manufacturer Vans became the festival's title sponsor, when it then became known as the Vans Warped Tour. Warped Tour was conceived by Kevin Lyman as an electric alternative rock festival, but later began focusing on punk rock music. Although it was primarily a punk rock festival, it covered diverse genres over the years. Lyman said that the 2018 Vans Warped Tour would be the final, full cross-country run. On December 18, 2018, Lyman revealed details for the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgefest
Edgefest was an annual outdoor rock festival in Canada. It was founded by staff members of Toronto radio station CFNY-FM. From 1987 to 2015, the festival was held every year in the summer (except for 2007). The festival was most frequently held on Canada Day at Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario or a venue in Toronto. The festival featured predominantly Canadian rock bands. During its 29-year operation, the festival featured more than 300 performers. As of 2015, it was the longest running rock festival in Canada. History Creation, early years (1987–1989) The festival was created in 1987 by CFNY-FM staffers Scot Turner, Kneale Mann, Alan Cross, Earl Veale, and Phil Evans to celebrate the station’s tenth anniversary and the 120th Canada Day. A lineup, including Blue Rodeo, The Pursuit of Happiness, Teenage Head, and the first foreign act, The Saints, was soon arranged, but finding an appropriate location proved to be difficult. A farmer's field in Oakville, Ontario was consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guitars, and Jason Pierce (drummer), Jason Pierce on drums. The band has sold several million albums worldwide, won four Juno Awards, and won ten MuchMusic Video Awards—the most MMVAs ever awarded to a band (tied with Billy Talent). Nineteen of their singles have reached the Top Ten on one of Canada's singles charts (those being the overall Singles Chart, the Rock Chart and the Alternative Rock Chart). Between 1996 and 2016, Our Lady Peace was the third best-selling Canadian band and the ninth best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada. Our Lady Peace has released ten studio albums, one Live (Our Lady Peace album), live album, and two compilation albums, with their debut album, 1994's ''Naveed (album), Naveed'', having reached quadruple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Lanni
Arnold David Lanni (born May 4, 1956) is a Canadian record producer and former member of Frōzen Ghōst and Sheriff. He wrote Sheriff's most successful song, " When I'm with You." History Lanni was a founding member of Canadian rock band Sheriff in 1979. The band only released one album (their 1982 self-titled effort, which included "When I'm with You" and another minor hit, "You Remind Me") before breaking up in 1985. Sheriff members Lanni and Wolf Hassel then formed Frozen Ghost, which existed from 1985 to 1993. Lanni was a guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist for this project. In 2000 Lanni was nominated as producer of the year at the Juno Awards. Lanni has produced Canadian rock groups Finger Eleven, Simple Plan, the first four Our Lady Peace albums (including the diamond-certified '' Clumsy''), Hello Operator, Thousand Foot Krutch, Echo Jet, The Waking Eyes and Rev. He has also produced American groups The Gufs and King's X King's X is an American Rock music, rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letters From Chutney
''Letters from Chutney'' is the debut album by the Canadian rock band Rainbow Butt Monkeys, later known as Finger Eleven. It features a different sound than Finger Eleven's subsequent albums, with rock, pop, and metal influences. The album is currently out of print, though available for special order. The album produced three singles, all of which had videos released. The name of the album comes from a dog with a missing eye that the band found on the side of the road. They gave it the name Chutney. The album peaked at No. 45 on the ''RPM'' Canadian Albums Chart. Critical reception ''The Ottawa Citizen'' determined that "this is music that settles firmly on the metal edge of pop." Track listing All songs by Rainbow Butt Monkeys. Personnel Adapted from the liner notes of ''Letters from Chutney''. Rainbow Butt Monkeys * Scott Anderson – vocals * James Black – guitar, vocals * Rick Jackett – guitar * Sean Anderson – bass * Rob Gommerman – drums Production * John Punte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHTZ-FM
CHTZ-FM (97.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, serving the Niagara Region. It is owned by Golden Horseshoe Broadcasting and broadcasts an active rock format, branded as ''97.7 HTZ-FM'' (pronounced "Hits FM"). CHTZ shares studios (nicknamed "The White House of Rock") with its sister stations, CKTB and CHRE-FM, in "Oak Hill Mansion", the former home of William Hamilton Merritt, at 12 Yates Street in downtown St. Catharines. CHTZ-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is on Cataract Road in Thorold, sharing its tower with CHRE-FM. History The station launched on February 1, 1949 as an FM simulcast of the city's CKTB. The station later launched distinct programming, and adopted a country format with the new callsign CJQR-FM on April 30, 1979. Niagara District Broadcasting, the owner of CKTB and CJQR-FM, was acquired by Standard Broadcasting in 1980.The Canadian Communications Foundation. "History of CH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester B
Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname and given name. People Given name * Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic * Lester Oliver Bankhead (1912–1997), American architect * Lester W. Bentley (1908–1972), American artist from Wisconsin * Lester Bird (1938–2021), second prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1994–2004) * Lester D. Boronda (1886–1953), American painter, furniture designer, sculptor * Lester Cotton (born 1996), American football player * Lester del Rey (1915–1993), American science fiction author and editor * Lester Ellis (born 1965), Australian former professional boxer * Lester Flatt (1914–1979), American bluegrass musician * Lester Gillis (1908–1934), better known as Baby Face Nelson, American gangster * Les Gold (born 1950), American pawnbroker and reality TV star * Lester Holt (born 1959), American television journalist * Lester Charles King (1907–1989), English geomorphologist * Lester Lanin (1907–2004), American j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Crooked Lines
''Five Crooked Lines'' is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, released July 31, 2015. It is their first without drummer Rich Beddoe, after his departure in 2013, replaced by Chris Powell. Writing and recording On April 5, 2013, Finger Eleven tweeted: "The official inertia of our new album is growing." Toward the end of the year, they parted ways with longtime drummer Rich Beddoe. In November 2014, they announced via Facebook that Chris Powell will drum on the album. They recorded the album between November 8, 2014 and November 28, 2014. By January 29, 2015, the album was in the final stages of production. On April 25, 2015, an open casting call was made for the album's first single's music video. "Wolves and Doors" premiered on Finger Eleven's VEVO page in June and was seen 100,000 times by July 31. Critical reception ''Fives Crooked Lines'' received mixed reviews. James Christopher Monger of allMusic thought it "doesn't deviate too much from the band's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Awards Of 2011
The Juno Awards of 2011 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2009 and in most of 2010. The awards were presented in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during the weekend of 26 and 27 March 2011. A week of related events began on 21 March 2011. This occasion marked 40 years since the 1971 Juno Awards, the first year the ceremonies were conducted by that name. The primary ceremony on 27 March was televised nationally by CTV. Deane Cameron, president of EMI Music Canada since 1988, was designated the 2011 recipient of the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Shania Twain was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Neil Young was presented with the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his work in such causes as Farm Aid. Drake received six nominations. Arcade Fire earned five nods. Broken Social Scene, Justin Bieber and Hedley each received four nominations. Johnny Reid and Sarah McLachlan each earned two nods. Die Mannequin and Neil Young rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Turns Electric
''Life Turns Electric'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Finger Eleven. It was released by Wind-up Records on October 5, 2010 and was the last studio album to feature drummer Rich Beddoe. It was nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards. The track " Living in a Dream" was the official theme song for the 2011 WWE Royal Rumble. Track listing All songs written by Finger Eleven; track 4 written by Finger Eleven and Gregg Wattenberg. Chart positions Personnel Band * Scott Anderson – vocals * James Black – guitar, vocals * Rick Jackett – guitar * Sean Anderson – bass * Rich Beddoe – drums Production * James Black – production, art direction * Rick Jackett – production * Ross Petersen – engineering, editing, production * Chris Lord-Alge – mixing * John Alicastro – assistant engineering * Keith Armstrong – assistant engineering * Nik Karpen – assistant engineering * Brad Townsend – mixing * Andrew Schubert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
