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Tropidelic
Tropidelic is an American band from Cleveland, Ohio. They infuse multiple genres into a style that's a blend of reggae rock, hip-hop and high energy funk. History Formation (2005–2006) Tropidelic was formed by founding members Matthew Roads (originally from Pittsburgh) and Kyle "Chevontez" Cheuvront while jamming together in the dorms at Kent State University, located in Kent, Ohio, in 2005. After collaborating with rapper Skillzz (Erick Steckel), the two recruited him as their hype man, as well as adding guitarist Andrew Mastrian to the band. In 2006, they found bassist Neal Badolato and drummer Rob Paternite on MySpace. With the band now complete, Tropidelic self-produced their first raw album, ''Funk Love'' the same year. Self-produced EPs and lineup changes (2007–2011) Tropidelic built up a following after they self-distributed over 10,000 free copies of their first self-produced EP, ''Rebirth of the Dope'' and relocated to Cleveland. After the original ensemble ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumpin Uglies
Bumpin Uglies is an American punk reggae band from Annapolis, Maryland. The band's music features a "melody-driven, free-spirited blend of ska, reggae, and punk with a strong focus on lyrics and crowd-pleasing grooves." The band's influences are a mix of ska-punk and reggae drawn from pioneering bands Sublime, Bad Religion, Reel Big Fish, and Goldfinger. History Formation and ''Free Candy'' (2008–2011) The group was founded in 2008 by guitarist and vocalist Brandon Hardesty, and percussionist Zach Pfefferkorn. The band name came from Zach, who threw out the idea of Bumpin' Uglies as they were trying to think of the funniest and most memorable band name possible. Later, Ben McNulty joined as a bass player and Keenan Leader joined as the drummer. Since then the band has refined its sound with complimentary musicians, ending with the current band consisting of Brandon Hardesty, Dave Wolf, T.J. Haslett, and Ethan Lichtenberger. The band's first full-length album ''Free Cand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrub (band)
Shrub is a reggae, rock and rap group from Columbus, Ohio. The band released their debut album, ''Senorita'', a six-song EP in February 2010 and was voted by readers as ''High Times'' magazine's Unsigned Band of the Month in September 2010. History Formation and ''Señorita'' EP (2010) Shrub formed in 2010 when founding member software developer Jay "Shrub" Shawberry who was a student at Bowling Green State University, with his love for reggae and hip-hop, started rapping and producing music in his own basement the year before and wanted to go further in the music industry under his "Shrub Project". The band name is derived from a nickname Shawberry's older brother got in college because their last name sounds like "shrubbery" when you're feeling tipsy, so it's not from marijuana like many fans think. He put an advertisement on Craigslist looking for musicians and teamed up with fellow Ohio-native Blaine Dillinger, at the time the guitarist for reggae band Clear Conscience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyhoo!
Ballyhoo! is an American reggae rock and punk band from Aberdeen, Maryland. The group has sold over 30,000 copies of its five albums and more than 200,000 digital tracks. Ballyhoo! played the House of Marley Stage on the Warped Tour of 2012. The band has opened up for bands 311, Dirty Heads, Tribal Seeds, and Slightly Stoopid on previous tours. The group played over 166 shows in 2012. History Ballyhoo! was formed in July 1995 by brothers Howi Spangler (vocals and guitar) and Donald Spangler (drums) with their friend Josh Farley on bass. In 1997, Farley left the band and Cassius King took over on bass. In 2000, Ballyhoo! released their debut album, ''365-Day Weekend'' around the same time they became a quartet with the addition of Scott Vandrey on keyboard. Next, they released their first EP titled ''The Green'' in 2004. Both were released on Hooligan Records. The band's self-released second album ''Do It For The Money!'' in 2006 (produced by Jerome Maffeo) featured their fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elovaters
The Elovaters are a Boston-based American reggae rock band that formed in 2014. History Formation and ''The Cornerstone'' (2014–2017) Formed in 2014 in their hometown of Marshfield, Massachusetts, The Elovaters were formally The Cornerstone, a 7-piece reggae rock band rising on the Boston concert scene. Under their new name, the Elovaters re-released their debut album now taking their former title ''The Cornerstone''. It was officially released on January 20, 2017 and was recorded by Mike Chaplan at the legendary Lion and Fox Studios in Washington, D.C. ''Defy Gravity'' (2018–2019) Their sophomore album, ''Defy Gravity'' released on October 26, 2018 through Rootfire Cooperative and was produced by Danny Kalb. It debuted #1 on ''Billboard''s Reggae chart and iTunes Reggae chart. It was also voted people's choice "Album of the Year" by Surf Roots TV & Radio. Rootfire defined their music as "warm weather reggae out of one of the coldest places in the country." The band is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs and ''Billboard'' 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echo Movement
Echo Movement is an American reggae band based in New Jersey. As of 2012, they are a seven-piece band. Echo Movement performed on the House of Marley Stage on the Warped Tour 2012, according to the tour's official website. The band released their fifth studio album, "Love and the Human Outreach." The album, which was listed in the "2012 Most Anticipated Albums" on www.ThePier.org., was met with strong enthusiasm as rumors of "space reggae" began to appear on CNN, Wired Magazine and Space.com. The album cover artwork was painted by fine-artist Jay Alders, who also painted the cover of the band's 2009 release, "In The Ocean." History Echo Movement was originally formed in 2004 by brothers Stephen and David Fowler. They recorded and released a self-titled album in June 2005. The album generated regional cult success. In 2006, Drum Corps International veteran CB joined the band. Among the three, plus a series of guest musicians, Echo Movement independently released their secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jul Big Green
Julien Raymond Huntley professionally known as Jul Big Green (born March 25, 1990) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and audio producer. Biography Jul is from Cleveland, Ohio. He performs in diverse styles that range from pop to hip-hop and jazz acoustics. Growing up in a musical family led him to develop a passion for the art at a young age. This passion would later drive him to receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from the University of Akron graduating in 2013 and also to start his solo and group projects under the name Jul Big Green. Jul released his first full-length album ''All Things'' in May 2015. Jul's name is in part a nod to his style of always wearing green in public. He has performed as a solo artist or with his full band at many locations around Cleveland and has also done several tours touching Florida, Michigan, and New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun-Dried Vibes
Food drying is a method of food preservation in which food is dried (dehydrated or desiccated). Drying inhibits the growth of bacteria, yeasts, and mold through the removal of water. Dehydration has been used widely for this purpose since ancient times; the earliest known practice is 12,000 B.C. by inhabitants of the modern Middle East and Asia regions."Historical Origins of Food Preservation". Accessed June 2011. Water is traditionally removed through evaporation by using methods such as air drying, sun drying, smoking or wind drying, although today electric food dehydrators or |
Pepper (band)
Pepper is a three-piece reggae rock band originally from Hawaii, now based in San Diego. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Kaleo Wassman, vocalist/bassist Bret Bollinger, and drummer Yesod Williams. Since the band's formation they have released eight studio albums, as well as two live albums. Band history 1996–2001: Formation Pepper formed in 1996 with singer/guitarist Kaleo Wassman and bassist/singer Bret Bollinger, who had been friends since middle school. The duo was influenced by the Hawaiian artist Three Plus and popular mainland groups like Sublime. The group struggled to find a drummer to be in the band, with Wassman stating, "We were going through drummers like a bottomless pit." Wassman and Bollinger heard about a drummer named Yesod Williams who had gained success around their small town, and later met Williams at a party. The two convinced Williams to join the band, and they had to come up with a band name. In an interview with ''The Pier'', Wassman sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the United States, U.S. U.S. state, state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. Canada–United States border, maritime border with Canada, northeast of Cincinnati, northeast of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, and approximately west of Pennsylvania. The largest city on Lake Erie and one of the major cities of the Great Lakes region, Cleveland ranks as the List of United States cities by population, 54th-largest city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors both the Greater Cleveland, Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and the larger Northeast Ohio, Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area (CSA). The CSA is the most populous in Ohio and the 17th largest in the country, with a population of 3.63 million in 2020, while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Scene
The ''Cleveland Scene'' is an alternative weekly newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio. The newspaper includes highlights of Cleveland-area arts, music, dining, and films, as well as classified advertising. The first edition of the newspaper was published in the 1970s. ''Cleveland Scene'' provides a yearly "Best Of" list for the Cleveland and outlying areas that includes Best Restaurants, Best Clubs, Best Theater, etc. ''Cleveland Scene'' employs regular columnists as well as freelance journalists. In 2002, New Times Media, which published ''The Scene'', agreed to shut down its Los Angeles alternative paper in exchange for an $8 million payment, while Village Voice Media agreed to shut down its competing ''Cleveland Free Times'' for a smaller payment, triggering a federal antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ownership ''Cleveland Scene'' was founded in 1970. In 1998, the ''Scene'' was acquired by New Times Media. In 2005, New Times acquired Village Voice Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
