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Tyler Spencer (actor)
Tyler Spencer (born January 22, 1972), also known as Dick Valentine, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and author. He is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and co-founder of the rock band Electric Six. Career Spencer founded Electric Six in 1996, at which time the band was named the Wildbunch, but this was changed because another band had the same name. He is also one of the two members of the dance group Evil Cowards, is one of the vocalists for hard rock band Bang Camaro, and was temporarily a member of the short-lived band The Dirty Shame. He released his first solo album, '' Destroy the Children'', under the Dick Valentine pseudonym on May 14, 2012. Discography Electric Six The Dirty Shame * ''Smog Cutter Love Story'' (2000) Evil Cowards * '' Covered in Gas'' (2009) * '' Moving Through Security'' (2012) Solo Bite Me Excluding appearances on other artists' songs, Dick Valentine's first solo venture was the soundtrack for Machinima Mach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of United States cities by population, 67th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located in Western Pennsylvania, southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It anchors the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.457 million residents and is the largest metro area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th-largest in the U.S. Pittsburgh is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Music Journal
CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events, online media company and a distributor of up and coming music CDs, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. The company folded around 2017, but it was bought by Amazing Radio in 2019, who announced plans to bring back the CMJ Music Marathon in New York along with other new live and live-streamed offerings. The letters CMJ originally stood for ''College Media Journal'' but was also often considered short for ''College Music Journal''. History and operations The company was started by Robert Haber in 1978 as the ''College Media Journal'', a bi-weekly trade magazine aimed at college radio programmers in Great Neck, New York. The first issue was published on March 1, 1979, and featured Elvis Costello on the cover. Staff would often describe these early issues as "a bunch of photocopies stapled together." A y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shitting Glitter
''Shitting Glitter'' is an American avant-pop band inspired by new wave and electronic rock. The band was formed in 2001 by Amy Crosby (vocals), Devin Tait (synths and vocals) and Yvonne "Mag" Edwards (guitar and vocals). After multiple lineup changes, Brandon Glen replaced Edwards as the guitar player and the trio released their debut album "Post No Bills" in 2003. 2006 saw the release of "Free Alongside Ship" on Decadrisco Records. The band has been labeled queercore, electroclash, and new wave and has played at many queer and gay festivals and events including Christopher Street West (L.A.'s Gay Pride Festival), Folsom Street Fair, and Reykjavik Gay Pride. They performed their single "Mondo di Corpo" on Q Television Network. In 2010, the band released its third album, ''Open For Business'', and announced a new lineup: Crosby and Tait were joined by new guitarist AJ Anderson and drummer Laura Jennings (formerly of the band Ask Alice), and Red Fox on bass (formerly of Mes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Rock
TV Rock were an Australian dance music duo consisting of Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough. Biography TV Rock entered the mainstream in February 2006 with their hit " Flaunt It" featuring Seany B which reached #1 for five weeks, spent 39 weeks in the Australian ARIA Top 50 (including 31 weeks inside the Top 40), and won the 2006 ARIA Music Award for highest-selling single and best dance release. TV Rock collaborated with Melbourne dance team Dukes of Windsor for their third single release "The Others" which reached No.10 in Australia in June 2007 and spent 20 weeks inside the Australian Top 50. ''ACharts.us'', accessed 12 February 2014. Their debut album, '' Sunshine City'', was released on 25 November 2006. The duo founded a dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine City (album)
''Sunshine City'' is the only album by Australian duo TV Rock, released on 25 November 2006 through Sony BMG. Track listing #"It Ain't Easy" (featuring Nancy Vice) – 3:18 #" Bimbo Nation" (featuring Nancy Vice) – 3:13 #"Hip House Is Back" (featuring Seany B) – 3:51 #" Flaunt It" (featuring Seany B) – 3:26 #"Unstoppable" (featuring Tyler Spencer) – 5:10 #"Wild Boys" (featuring Nancy Vice) – 4:50 #"Crank" (featuring Seany B) – 3:19 #"Liftin' Me Up" (featuring Abigail Bailey) – 4:58 #"Speakers Gonna Blow" (featuring Dino) – 3:09 #"New Day" (featuring Nancy Vice) – 5:52 #"The Power" (TV Rock vs. Tom Novy vs. Snap! SNAP! is a German Eurodance group formed in 1989 by producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has undergone several lineup changes over the years, featuring American singers, songwriters, and rappers such as Thea Austin, Turbo ...) – 3:39 Charts References 2006 debut albums TV Rock albums {{2000s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bantam Rooster
Bantam Rooster was an American garage punk band, formed in 1994 in Lansing, Michigan and disbanded in 2003. History Bantam Rooster formed in 1994 as the duo of vocalist and guitarist Thomas Jackson Potter (formerly of Kill Devil Hill) and drummer Eric Cook, who teamed up between working with other bands.DaRonco, MikeBantam Rooster Biography, Allmusic. Retrieved September 23, 2017 According to Potter, they considered adding additional members but by that time had already written songs that worked as a guitar-drum duo, so decided not to.Davidson, Eric (2010) ''We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988 - 2001'', Backbeat Books, According to Potter, the duo were initially attempting to reproduce the sound of Guitar Wolf's ''Wolf Rock!'' album. After playing live around the American Mid-West they signed to Crypt Records for their first release, the "Miss Luxury" single in 1996. Their debut album, ''Deal Me In'' was recorded in late 1996 with Jim Diamond (music producer), Jim Diam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickstarter
Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of April 2025, Kickstarter has received US$8.71 billion in pledges from 24.1 million backers to fund 277,302 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, in which artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. History Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's National Endowment for the Arts, NEA". ''Time (magazine), Time'' named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roulette Stars Of Metro Detroit
''Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit'' is an American mockumentary film starring members of the rock band Electric Six as fictional versions of themselves. The film was written by lead singer Dick Valentine and was crowd-sourced through a Kickstarter Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative project ... campaign. Cast * Dick Valentine as Himself * Da Ve as Himself * as Himself * Tait Nucleus? as Himself * Mike Alonso as Himself Production The project was originally pitched on Kickstarter as a spoof 45-minute pilot for a documentary TV series following fictionalised backstories and exploits of the members of the band. A $30,000 goal was set which was soon reached and surpassed. A total of $63,243 was raised by the end of the campaign. The mockumentary features cameos from some bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Rising 2
''Dead Rising 2'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Blue Castle Games and published by Capcom. It was released between September and October 2010 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to '' Dead Rising'', and is the second entry in the series of the same name. The game features a number of new features and improvements to its predecessor, including multiplayer options. The game's story see players controlling Chuck Greene, a former motocross rider, who finds himself at the center of another zombie outbreak taking place in a casino resort and shopping complex in Nevada, and becomes involved in uncovering the truth behind it. Not only must he survive against the zombies roaming the complex by scavenging weapons and supplies, along with rescuing survivors caught up in the incident and dealing with crazed psychopaths, Chuck must also ensure that his young daughter receives regular treatments of a medication that prevent her from becoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machinima, Inc
Machinima, Inc. was an American independent multiplatform online entertainment network owned by WarnerMedia. The company was founded in January 2000 by Hugh Hancock and was headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It originated as a hub for its namesake, machinima, which uses and manipulates video-game technology to create animation, as well as featuring articles on machinima and content about film and technology. The website initially helped to bring attention to machinima as an art form and to encourage productions based on game engines other than those of id Software's first-person shooter computer game series '' Quake''.Marino, 12–13 Over time, the website's focus shifted to general entertainment programming centered around video game culture, comic books and fandom. In 2016, the company was acquired by Warner Bros. Digital Networks. In turn, Warner Media was acquired by AT&T in 2018. That December, the company would be re-organized into Otter Media and eventually subsume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moving Through Security
Evil Cowards is an American synth-pop band created by Tyler Spencer of Electric Six, and Will Bates of Fall On Your Sword. History Formation and ''Covered in Gas'' (2009) Evil Cowards was formed by Tyler Spencer (also known as Dick Valentine), lead singer of the rock band Electric Six, and William (Will) Bates, music composer and founder of the music production company Fall On Your Sword. Of Evil Cowards compared with Electric Six, Spencer stated that: vil Cowardsis much more synth-pop in nature, in Electric Six we feature the electronic guitar.The band released their debut album, '' Covered in Gas,'' with Metropolis Records Metropolis Records is a record label that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania ... in May 2009, shortly before the release of the sixth Electric Six album, ''KILL''. ''Moving Throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
