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Transformers - The Album
''Transformers: The Album '' is a compilation album of various artists music from the 2007 film ''Transformers''. The official single from the album is " Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" by the Goo Goo Dolls. The first single " What I've Done" by Linkin Park was 6× Platinum certified by RIAA in the United States, 2× Platinum in Germany, and gold in Japan. The soundtrack debuted at number 21 on the U.S ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 32,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 150,000 copies. Each group on the album, except for Julien-K, was signed to a label owned by Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "Record label#M ... at the time of the album's release. Tracks 7, 9, 10, and 12 do not appear in the actual film. Track listing Not incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Various Artists
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If the recordings are from several artists, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien-K
Julien-K is an American electronic rock band based in Long Beach, California, that began as a side project for electronic music created by Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck from Orgy, alongside Anthony 'Fu' Valcic. The band's name comes from the movie ''American Gigolo'', where Richard Gere's character was named Julian Kaye. History After the release of Orgy's third album, '' Punk Statik Paranoia'', internal conflicts within the band caused Shuck and Derakh to find themselves writing songs that lead vocalist Jay Gordon had no interest in working on. The pair opted to continue writing and recording material, with Shuck stepping in on vocals, before deciding to launch their own side project with the addition of drummer Elias 'Bones' Rodriguez and keyboardist Brandon Belsky. Julien-K's webpage was launched in the summer of 2003 with initial demo versions of songs "Look at You", "Kick the Bass", "Someday Soon", "Everyone Knows", and "Technical Difficulties", the latter of which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Amityville, New York, formed by guitarist Eddie Reyes and bassist Jesse Lacey in late 1999. The band's current members are Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Shaun Cooper (bass guitar), accompanied by Nathan Cogan (guitar) for their live performances. The band's former members include Lacey, Reyes, drummer Mark O'Connell, bassist Matthew Rubano, and guitarist-vocalists Fred Mascherino and Matthew Fazzi. Lacey quit Taking Back Sunday in 1999 and in 2000 formed the rock band Brand New, with whom Taking Back Sunday would become embroiled in a highly publicized feud. Lazzara joined prior to the release of the band's 2002 debut album ''Tell All Your Friends,'' while Nolan and Cooper left the band in 2003 to form Straylight Run before returning in 2010. The band's breakthrough album, 2006's ''Louder Now'', featured the popular lead single "MakeDamnSure", sold over 900,000 copies, and pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HIM (Finnish Band)
HIM (sometimes stylized as H.I.M.) was a Finnish gothic rock band from Helsinki. First formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mige (musician), Mikko "Mige" Paananen under the name His Infernal Majesty, the band broke up after only a few years, only to be reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Linde Lindström, Mikko "Linde" Lindström. After being rejoined by Mige, as well as keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, released its debut album ''Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666'' in 1997. In 2000, now with drummer Gas Lipstick, Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released ''Razorblade Romance'', which reached the number one spot in Finland, Austria and Germany. The first single "Join Me in Death" also charted at number one in Finland and Germany, eventually going Music recording sales certification, platinum and Music recording sales certification, gold, respectively. Following the addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville Valo
Ville Hermanni Valo (; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM (Finnish band), HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish father, Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around the city. In 1991, he co-founded and became the lead singer and main songwriter of HIM, which would go on to become one of the List of best-selling music artists in Finland, most successful Finnish bands of all time and the first to receive a Music recording certification, gold record in the United States. Outside of HIM, Valo has collaborated with various other bands and artists during his career, including Agents (Finnish band), Agents, The 69 Eyes, and Apocalyptica. In 2020, Valo embarked on a solo career under the moniker VV. His debut album ''Neon Noir'' was released in 2023. He is also the creator of the HIM (Finnish band)#Image, heartagram, HIM's trademarked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah, formed in 2000. The group consists of vocalist Bert McCracken, bassist Jeph Howard, drummer Dan Whitesides, and guitarist Joey Bradford. Former members include Quinn Allman, Branden Steineckert, and Justin Shekoski. The band rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, '' In Love and Death'', in September 2004 and their third album, ''Lies for the Liars'', in May 2007. ''Shallow Believer'', an EP that featured most of the band's B-sides, was released in February 2008. Their fourth studio album, '' Artwork'', was released in August 2009. A fifth album, '' Vulnerable'', was released in March 2012. In July 2013 they released another EP, titled '' The Ocean of the Sky''. Their sixth album, '' Imaginary Enemy'', released in April 2014. Their seventh studio album, '' The Canyon'', was released in October 2017. Their eighth studio album, '' Heartwork'', was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert McCracken
Robert Edward McCracken (born February 25, 1982) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band the Used. Early life McCracken was born in Provo, Utah, and grew up in Orem, Utah. He was raised in a Mormon family with three sisters (Katie, Melanie, Rachel) and one younger brother (Joseph Taylor). McCracken has stated that he read quite voraciously growing up, due to the influence of his mother, who was a schoolteacher. At age 12, he started playing the trumpet in a local band called "I'm With Stupid". He attended Timpanogos High School for a brief time, before dropping out at 16. Eldest son of the household, Bert enjoyed a happy home life as a child, but as he grew into a teenager his and his parents' views conflicted. He rebelled against his parents and against their Mormon religion, eventually leaving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He dropped out of high school; soon after, he left his home at the age of 16. For some time h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinn Allman
Quinn Scott Allman (born January 18, 1982) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist, backing vocalist, and a founding member of the rock band The Used. Biography Allman grew up in Springville, Utah, and later moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah. He has an older sister and two younger brothers. He grew up watching his father play in numerous bands as a drummer, originally picking up the drums at age five. Allman picked up the guitar at age 14 and started playing in bands at 15. Allman is influenced by bands such as Face to Face, Goldfinger, Thursday, Kenna, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World and The New Transit Direction. Career In 1999, Allman formed the band Dumb Luck with Jeph Howard, Branden Steineckert, and Ashton Johnson. They released one EP in 2000 titled ''The Naked Truth''. Later in 2000, Allman formed The Used with Jeph Howard and Branden Steineckert, vocalist Bert McCracken joined in January 2001. Allman went on to release six studio albums, two EPs, and mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Handsome Awkward
"Pretty Handsome Awkward" is the second single from the Used's third studio album, ''Lies for the Liars''. The song was released to US alternative radio on August 21, 2007 and released to UK radio on September 3. The song is perhaps best known for being played during a chase scene in Michael Bay's film ''Transformers'' and is also featured on the soundtrack as well as a downloadable track on '' Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''. The single peaked at No. 37 on the US Alternative Airplay. It was rumored that the track was written about My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, but Bert McCracken said that this is not true. Track listings CD single DVD single 7-inch picture disc Music video The video starts with footage from the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards of the band and Chadam walking down the street A street is a public thoroughfare in a city, town or village, typically lined with Building, buildings on one or both sides. Streets often include pavements (sidewalks), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rzeznik
John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik (; born December 5, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the guitarist and frontman of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls, with whom he has recorded several chart-topping hits, including " Iris", " Slide", and "Name". Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Rzeznik grew up in a working-class Polish-American family, heavily influenced by music from a young age. Rzeznik formed the Goo Goo Dolls in 1985 with bassist Robby Takac, and the band achieved success in the 1990s with a series of albums that blended alternative rock, punk, and power-pop influences. The band's breakthrough was the 1998 album '' Dizzy Up the Girl'', whose biggest hit, "Iris", topped the charts after its inclusion on the soundtrack for the 1998 film '' City of Angels''. Rzeznik's other projects include songwriting for film soundtracks and producing music for other artists. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008 and received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disturbed (band)
Disturbed is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Chicago, formed in 1994. The band includes guitarist Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren, lead vocalist David Draiman and bassist John Moyer. Donegan and Wengren have been involved in the band since its inception, with Draiman replacing original lead vocalist Erich Awalt in 1996 and Moyer replacing original bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak in 2004. Disturbed's debut album, ''The Sickness'', was released in 2000 as a commercial success, mainly due to the singles "Down With the Sickness" and "Stupify". The band then released the albums ''Believe (Disturbed album), Believe'' (2002), ''Ten Thousand Fists'' (2005), ''Indestructible (Disturbed album), Indestructible'' (2008), and ''Asylum (Disturbed album), Asylum'' (2010), all of which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Disturbed went into hiatus in October 2011, during which the band's members focused on various side projects, and released ''The Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The band has undergone List of the Smashing Pumpkins band members, several line-up changes since their reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the primary songwriter and sole constant member since its inception. The current lineup consists of Corgan, Iha, and Chamberlin. The band is known for its diverse, densely layered sound, which evolved throughout their career and has integrated elements of gothic rock, heavy metal music, heavy metal, grunge, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegaze, dream pop, and electronica. The band's debut album, ''Gish'' (1991), was well-received by critics and became an underground success. In the advent of alternative rock's mainstream breakthrough, their second album, ''Siamese Dream'' (1993), established the ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
