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Shock (Tesla Album)
'' Shock ''is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Tesla. Produced and co-written by Phil Collen, the work was released on 8 March 2019 via UMe. and recorded at J Street Recorders. Background In January 2019, the ensemble released the title track for the album. ''Shock'' is also the final album to feature drummer Troy Luccketta. The following month, the group published "California Summer Song". Critical reception Robert Rheubottom of AXS stated that "The song 'Shock' opens with an insistent retro-80s sounding backbeat, supplied by drummer Troy Luccketta. Bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon climb aboard to set up the ominous groove for the song's first verse as lead vocalist Jeff Keith sings, “Clock is ticking I feel it/Ain't no stopping it now.”" Lauryn Schaffner of ''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 Townsquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesla (band)
Tesla is an American Rock music, rock band from Sacramento, California. In late 1981, bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon formed a band named City Kidd, which evolved into Tesla. By 1984, vocalist Jeff Keith, guitarist Tommy Skeoch, and drummer Troy Luccketta had joined the band, forming their classic lineup that appeared on all of the albums and live shows during their initial run. The band adopted the Tesla moniker shortly before recording their first album, as another band with a name similar to City Kidd already existed. Tesla rose to fame during the Glam metal, hair metal boom of the 1980s. Their debut album, ''Mechanical Resonance (album), Mechanical Resonance'', was released in 1986, which produced two hit singles, "Modern Day Cowboy" and their cover of "Little Suzi" (originally by Ph.D. (band), Ph.D.). The band's second album, ''The Great Radio Controversy'' (1989), peaked at 18 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and produced the top-ten singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream (band), Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf, Grand Funk, Free (band), Free, and Deep Purple also produced hard rock. The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss (band), Kiss, Queen (band), Queen, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Enterprises
Universal Music Enterprises (UME, stylized as UMe) is the catalogue division of Universal Music Group. It includes Hip-O Records, Universal Chronicles, and UM3 or UMC (which is the international division of the company). Under various divisions, it reissues many classic albums from the UMG back catalogue, and also various compilation albums, including series such as the ''20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection'' and ''Icon'' budget lines and the 2-disc ''Gold'' compilations. UMe also handles synchronization licenses for films, television and video games. Albums released It also released Billy Ray Cyrus's album '' Wanna Be Your Joe'' and re-released John Cougar Mellencamp's '' American Fool'' and Tom Petty's '' Greatest Hits''. In 2012, UMe took over distribution of Frank Zappa's recorded music catalogue. In December 2016, Round Hill Music signed a distribution deal with UMe, covering The Offspring's Columbia Records albums. In 2017, Styx signed with UMe for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. Collen joined the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Before joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene. Outside of Def Leppard, he has been involved in a number of side projects; those projects include the trio Man Raze, with which he is the lead singer and sole guitarist. Collen has been noted for his shred guitar playing style. Early life Collen was born in Hackney, London. He got his first guitar, a red Gibson SG, on his 16th birthday, and taught himself how to play. He played with several bands including Lucy, Tush, and Dumb Blondes. He left school to work as a motorcycle dispatch rider for a typesetter until his band Girl got their first record contract. During his tenure with Girl, Collen's career began rising, spurred by the relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simplicity (Tesla Album)
''Simplicity'' is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Tesla. It was released on June 10, 2014 in the US and four days earlier in Europe, "Simplicity", sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 24 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on June 10 via Tesla Electric Company Recording's arrangement with Entertainment One Music and distribution. Track listing North American / European / Japanese versions Personnel ;Band * Jeff Keith - lead vocals * Frank Hannon - guitars, vocals, piano, bass * Brian Wheat - bass, vocals, piano * Troy Luccketta - drums, percussion * Dave Rude - guitars, vocals, bass ;Production * Michael Wagener Michael Wagener (born 25 April 1949) is a German retired record producer, mixer and engineer from Hamburg, best known for his work with many popular American hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal bands in the late 1980s. He is particularly ... - mixing & ... [...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] |
AXS (company)
AXS (pronounced access) is an American ticket outlet for sports and entertainment events, founded in 2011 and owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the world's second largest entertainment promoter behind Live Nation Entertainment. AEG operate venues globally, as well as promote events under their AEG Presents banner, meaning these venues and promoted events typically use AXS as their primary ticket outlet. Background The initial AXS deployment was August 2011 and venues and services have been added in a phased roll out. As of August 2013, AXS was the exclusive or primary ticket provider for over 30 US venues and 9 UK venues. The first Staples Center concert available only through AXS was Beyoncé in 2013; both Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers are still using Ticketmaster. The white label technology Outbox developed enables AEG to sell tickets under either the AXS brand name or under local venue name brands, which have considerable local support, while ... [...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] |
Dave Rude
Tesla is an American rock band from Sacramento, California. In late 1981, bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon formed a band named City Kidd, which evolved into Tesla. By 1984, vocalist Jeff Keith, guitarist Tommy Skeoch, and drummer Troy Luccketta had joined the band, forming their classic lineup that appeared on all of the albums and live shows during their initial run. The band adopted the Tesla moniker shortly before recording their first album, as another band with a name similar to City Kidd already existed. Tesla rose to fame during the hair metal boom of the 1980s. Their debut album, ''Mechanical Resonance'', was released in 1986, which produced two hit singles, " Modern Day Cowboy" and their cover of " Little Suzi" (originally by Ph.D.). The band's second album, ''The Great Radio Controversy'' (1989), peaked at 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and produced the top-ten single "Love Song". The band recorded and released their third album, the live acous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesla (band) Albums
Tesla most commonly refers to: * Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), a Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor * Tesla, Inc., an American electric vehicle and clean energy company, formerly Tesla Motors, Inc. * Tesla (unit) (symbol: T), the SI-derived unit of magnetic flux density Tesla may also refer to: Companies and organizations * Tesla a.s., a Czech electronics company * Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing, a former company in Rahway, New Jersey, US Media and entertainment * Tesla (band), an American hard rock band formed in Sacramento, California * ''Tesla – Lightning in His Hand'', a 2003 opera by Constantine Koukias * "Tesla", a song by They Might Be Giants on ''Nanobots'', 2013 * "Tesla" (song), by Lil Yachty, 2023 * "Tesla", a song by the Bosnian band Letu štuke, 2008 * ''Tesla'' (2016 film), by David Grubin * ''Tesla'' (2020 film), by Michael Almereyda Places * Tesla, California, a former coal mining town in Corral Hollow, California, US * Tesla, West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
