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Wasted Days
''Wasted Days'' is an album by the ska/reggae band The Slackers, released on February 21, 2001 on Hellcat Records. Unlike other releases by the Slackers, the songs on the vinyl LP version of the album differ significantly from their counterparts on the CD release; additionally, there are several tracks unique to the vinyl release. The CD edition of the album features a cover of the Bon Jovi song, "Wanted Dead or Alive". Artwork The album concept is that of a comic book. The girl on the cover (Miki Stroman) is reading a comic entitled ''Wasted Days''. The band is featured on the inside jacket speaking with dialog boxes like that of a comic book. With the exception of the song titles, the artwork for both the CD and vinyl versions is the same. Photo credit belongs to Denny Renshaw and the ''Wasted Days'' comic was created by Adrienne Vander Ploeg. CD tracks All songs written by Vic Ruggiero, except where noted. # "Wasted Days" (Marcus Geard) – 4:08 # "Henderson Swamp" – 2:42 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slackers
The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North and South America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records. The members of the Slackers have also been known to perform in other bands and musical projects, including Reggae Workers of the World, David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven, Crazy Baldhead Sound System, Da Whole Thing, The Hall Trees, Stubborn All-Stars, and the SKAndalous All Stars. Vic Ruggiero performs as a solo act performing both original compositions as well as reworked Slackers songs, and has also played keyboards and piano on several Rancid albums. Career The band's second album, ''Redlight'', released on September 23, 1997, was ranked number seven in ''Billboard'' editor Carrie Bell's "The Year in Music (1997)" list. The album's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, who was generally responsible for signing bands. Hellcat published its ''Give 'Em the Boot'' label sampler in multiple volumes starting in 1997. Films In 2005, a ''Give 'Em the Boot'' DVD was released, featuring tour footage of numerous Hellcat bands. On January 15, 2006, the label released '' Live Freaky! Die Freaky!'', a full-length film produced by Tim Armstrong and filmed using marionettes. The plot involves Charlie Manson's story being misinterpreted by a nomad on a post-apocalyptic Earth. It features the voice talents of the members of Rancid, Green Day, AFI and the Transplants. Notable bands Active * Tim Timebomb *Charged GBH *Civet * The Creepshow * Danny Diablo * Devil's Brigade * Grade 2 * HorrorPops * The Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At Ernesto's
''Live At Ernesto's'' is an album by The Slackers released in 2000 by Hellcat Records. The album was recorded live March 8 and 9, 1999 at a restaurant calleErnesto'sin Sittard, the Netherlands. Artwork Interior artwork features two collage Collage (, from the , "to glue" or "to stick together") is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assembly of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pasti ...s. Collages appear to be a collection of tour photos and mementos. The photographs are by Denny Renshaw, and have been assembled and rephotographed by him. The cover features the first departure from the "Wix series" of covers ('' Better Late Than Never'' through '' The Question''). Track listing # "Intro" – 0:16 # "Sooner or Later" – 4:00 # "Married Girl" – 3:15 # "Do You Know" – 3:08 # "Sarah" – 3:46 # "Mush One" – 1:21 # "I Still Love You" – 3:16 # "Soldier" – 2:59 # " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slackers And Friends
''The Slackers and Friends'' is an album by the ska/reggae band The Slackers. It saw limited release in November 2002, and was later re-released with two additional tracks on January 27, 2004. The album consists of collaborations with various figures from the ska and reggae scenes, including Cornell Campbell, Glen Adams of The Upsetters, Ari Up of the Slits, Doreen Schaefer of the Skatalites, and acoustic ska artist Chris Murray.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) 'Caribbean Popular Music'', Greenwood Press, , p. 160''The Beat'', Volume 22, Issues 2-5 (2003), p. 20 The original edition of the album also featured an eight-minute-long hidden track In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a ghost track, secret track or unlisted track) is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record, or other recorded medium, in such a way as t ... (a remix of the album's other songs) by DJ Cris the Reducer. On the re-release, this was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. The band consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists John Shanks and Phil X, percussionist Everett Bradley (musician), Everett Bradley, and bassist Hugh McDonald (American musician), Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such left the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. In 1984, Bon Jovi released Bon Jovi (album), their self-titled debut album, and its single "Runaway (Bon Jovi song), Runaway" managed to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, ''Slippery When Wet'', which included three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, two of which reached No. 1: "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer". Their fourth album, ''New Jersey (album), New Jersey'' (1988), was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Ruggiero
Victor "Vic" Ruggiero, (also known as Rugaroo, Bad Vic or Lord Sluggo) is a musician, songwriter and producer from New York City who has played in reggae, blues, ska and rocksteady bands since the early 1990s, including The Slackers, Stubborn All-Stars, SKAndalous All Stars, Crazy Baldhead and The Silencers (not to be confused with the Scottish rock band The Silencers). He has also performed with punk rock band Rancid, both live and in the studio. He has released four solo acoustic albums and continues to tour and record worldwide. Ruggiero is known primarily as a singer and organist, although he also plays piano, bass, banjo, cigar box guitar, guitar, harmonica and percussion. Ruggiero is known for his deep distinct Bronx accent. His lyrics usually follow several themes, including the apocalypse, dark humor, political distrust, paranoia, murder, irony, romance and loneliness. His songs have ranged from narrative ballads to whimsical tunes inspired by Beat generation po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hillyard
Dave Hillyard is a tenor saxophonist originating from San Diego, California. He has performed in groups such as The Slackers, The Rocksteady Seven, The Donkey Show, Hepcat, Stubborn All-Stars, and has guested with the likes of Rancid, Victor Rice, Skinnerbox NYC and Alexandra Lawerentz. He is a skilled improviser and composer/arranger with more than thirty album credits to his name. Biography Tenor and soprano saxophonist David Hillyard is one of the innovators of the American ska scene and is at the forefront of the jazz and reggae scene. The talented musician-arranger-composer has been instrumental in creating and re-popularizing the sound of " Jamaican Rock n Roll" and "Ska Jazz" and has been a professional musician for over 30 years. At 17 years old, Hillyard played with The Donkey Show, one of California’s pioneering ska bands. He also played with Hepcat, which went on to become one of the biggest ska acts of the 1990s. He has also performed with ska groups like t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Pine
Glen William Pine is an American musician and songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts. He is most known for his role in The Slackers where he plays the trombone and sings. Pine joined the Slackers before the release of The Question on which he contributed with the song Mountainside. Glen was an original member of Boston-based reggae outfit The Pressure Cooker. Along with Vic Ruggiero, he has performed under the name the Redlights. Pine's lyrics usually touch upon lost love and other sad themes, although there are exceptions like the above-mentioned Mountainside. His songs often take the shape of ballads, but his range of styles also includes soul and ska. Pine has covered the Sam Cooke song Cupid on several occasions, including the album '' Upsettin' Ernesto's'' and live on a wedding gig in Colorado.Wedding gig He is also a well-known fan of Horace Andy, something that is apparent in the cover version of The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out", found on the Slackers' ''Lost and Found'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bon Jovi Song)
"Wanted Dead or Alive" is a power ballad by American band Bon Jovi. It is from their 1986 album '' Slippery When Wet''. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was released in 1987, as the album's third single. During a February 20, 2008 encore performance in Detroit, Jon Bon Jovi told the crowd about running into Bob Seger at a Pistons game. As he introduced his song "Wanted Dead or Alive", he said it was inspired by Seger's " Turn the Page" hit and called the song the band's anthem. The song peaked at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number 13 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it the third single from the album to reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100. As a result, ''Slippery When Wet'' was the first glam metal album to have 3 top 10 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora performed acoustic versions of this song and "Livin' on a Prayer". While MTV Unplugged was already in de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Bon Jovi
John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and Lead vocalist, frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He has released 16 studio albums with his band as well as two solo albums. In the 1990s, Bon Jovi started an acting career, starring in the films ''Moonlight and Valentino, The Leading Man, Little City, Homegrown (film), Homegrown'', Pay It Forward (film), ''Pay It Forward'''','' ''U-571 (film), U-571 and Cry Wolf (2005 film), Cry Wolf'' and appearing on television in shows such as ''Sex and the City'', ''30 Rock (season 4), 30 Rock'', ''Ally McBeal'', and ''The West Wing''. Bon Jovi was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2012, he ranked number 50 on the list of ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine's "Power 100", a ranking of "The Most Powerful and Influential People in the Music Business". Bon J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
