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Darkhorse
''Darkhorse'' is the second studio album by American rap rock band Crazy Town. It was released through Columbia Records/Sony Music on November 12, 2002. The album had two singles, "Drowning", which was a minor hit in several countries, and "Hurt You So Bad", which did not chart. ''Darkhorse'' peaked at No. 120 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, and No. 164 in the UK, achieving considerably less success than their debut album '' The Gift of Game''. The band was subsequently dropped by Sony/Columbia in 2003, and went on hiatus. Production The band initially wanted to record the album in 2001, but were undecided on which producer to choose, wanting to work with either Rick Rubin or Don Gilmore. By the time they settled on Howard Benson, it was already into 2002. The album was recorded and mixed from April to August 2002, with additional work on b-sides and remixes lasting into September 2002. The album's working title was ''Nothing Comes from Nowhere'', which are lyrics from the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Town
Crazy Town (sometimes abbreviated as CXT) was an American rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret "Epic" Mazur and Shifty Shellshock (Seth Brooks Binzer). Their 2000 single "Butterfly", reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and helped their debut album, '' The Gift of Game'' (1999), sell over 1.6 million units. Their follow-up album, '' Darkhorse'' (2002), failed to achieve the same level of success, contributing to the band's breakup in 2003. Mazur and Binzer reformed the band in 2007 and released their third album, '' The Brimstone Sluggers'', in 2015. In 2017, Mazur left the band and Binzer changed its name to Crazy Town X. In March 2024, the band released the EP ''Flirting with Disaster''. Binzer died in June 2024, leaving the future of the band unclear. History Formation (1995–1999) Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer, who go by the names of Epic and Shifty Shellshock, respectively, started collaborating under the name of "The Brimstone Sluggers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brimstone Sluggers
''The Brimstone Sluggers'' is the third studio album by American rap rock band Crazy Town. It was released on August 28, 2015 and was Crazy Town's first album in 13 years since ''Darkhorse'' in 2002. It is also the last studio album to feature Shifty Shellshock on vocals, before his death in 2024. According to then Crazy Town member Epic Mazur, the album is a stylistic follow up to their 1999 debut, '' The Gift of Game''. In comparison to ''Darkhorse'', which was more rock oriented, ''The Brimstone Sluggers'' focuses more on hip-hop, and features collaborations from rappers Madchild and Bishop Lamont. Former Crazy Town member DJ AM, who died in 2009, is a featured artist on the track "Born to Raise Hell", and No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont provides guitar and vocals on the track "Ashes". Background and promotion Crazy Town disbanded in 2003 shortly after the release of their 2002 album ''Darkhorse'', citing amongst other things, pressure from their record company for a follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gift Of Game
''The Gift of Game'' is the debut studio album by American rap rock band Crazy Town. It was released on November 9, 1999, in the US by Columbia Records. The album yielded the band its biggest hit with "Butterfly" which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on March 24, 2001. Worldwide the album sold more than 2.5 million units, with more than 1.6 million in the US alone. Background As Crazy Town refused to cede their official website to Columbia Records (as per a contract clause), the record label barred the group from advertising it on the album's artwork. The band circumvented the ban by adding a last-minute outro to the album, titled after the website (www.crazytown.com), and in which the URL is repeating multiple times. The girl licking the lollipop on the cover of the album is a fictional character created by Crazy Town, known as "Little Lolita". Both the album title and the picture of Little Lolita are based on lyrics from the song "Lollipop Porn". The album c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily Syncopation, syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are guitar tunings, down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming (music), screaming and sometimes death growl, growling. Turntablism, DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as Sampling (music), sampling, turntable scratching and electronic musical instrument, electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drowning (Crazy Town Song)
"Drowning" is the first single from Crazy Town's second album, ''Darkhorse''. The song was written by Crazy Town and peaked to No. 24 on Billboard's American Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, No. 45 on Billboard's German Hits of the World Hot Movers Singles chart, and No. 50 in the UK. Music video The music video was directed by The Malloys The Malloys is the working name of music video and film directors and brothers Emmett Malloy and Brendan Malloy. They have been with Superprime Films since 2010. Videography *" DANCE WITH ME" by blink-182 (2023) *"Holiday" by Vampire Weekend .... It features Crazy Town playing in an industrial area intercut with footage showing a story unfold. A young man befriends a girl at a lookout before she is dragged off by an aggressive male. Later the young man sees the girl at a party, and walks off with her alone. As he kisses her on the cheek, the aggressive male and his friends approach and beat the man whilst the girl pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster, California
Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 173,516, making Lancaster the List of United States cities by population, 158th-most populous city in the United States and the List of largest cities in California by population, 30th most populous in California. Lancaster is a twin cities, twin city with its southern neighbor Palmdale, California, Palmdale; together, they are the principal cities within the Antelope Valley region. Lancaster is located approximately north (via Interstate 5 in California, I-5 and California State Route 14, SR 14) of downtown Los Angeles and is near the Kern County, California, Kern County line. It is separated from the Los Angeles Basin by the San Gabriel Mountains to the south and from Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santoor
The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut wood and has 25 bridges. Each bridge has 4 strings, making for a total of 100 strings. It is a traditional instrument in Jammu and Kashmir, and dates back to ancient times. It was called ''Shatha Tantri Veena'' in ancient Sanskrit texts. Development In ancient Sanskrit texts,it has been referred to as ''shatatantri vina'' (100-stringed vina). In Kashmir the santoor was used to accompany folk music. It is played in a style of music known as the ''Sufiana Mausiqi''. Some researchers slot it as an improvised version of a primitive instrument played in the Mesopotamian times (1600–900 B.C.) Sufi mystics used it as an accompaniment to their hymns. In Indian santoor playing, the specially-shaped mallets (''mezrab'') are lightweight and are held between the index and middle fingers. A typical santoor has two sets of bridges, provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starry Eyed Surprise
"Starry Eyed Surprise" is a song by English record producer Oakenfold featuring vocals from Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town. The song was released on 19 August 2002 as the second single from Oakenfold's debut album, '' Bunkka'' (2002), reaching number six in the United Kingdom, number 19 in the Netherlands and New Zealand, number 21 in Ireland, and number 37 in Australia. It also reached the top 50 in Italy and the United States. It was later included on Shifty Shellshock's 2004 album ''Happy Love Sick'' and Oakenfold's 2007 album '' Greatest Hits & Remixes''. Content The line "Freaky deaky, star speckles and pink butterflies", sung by Shifty Shellshock, is sung in a similar manner to that of his band's previous single, "Butterfly". The song also samples "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson, which is a cover version of the original by Fred Neil, hence why Neil received a songwriter credit for "Starry Eyed Surprise" and Got Your Money by Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis. Track li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold (; born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Massive Attack, The Cure, New Order, The Rolling Stones, The Stone Roses and Michael Jackson. Oakenfold was voted the No. 1 DJ in the World twice in 1998 and 1999 by ''DJ Magazine''. Biography Early life Oakenfold was born on 30 August 1963 at Mile End Hospital. His father delivered the ''London Evening News''. He lived in Highbury, Greenhithe, then Croydon, attending Archbishop Lanfranc School, then studied to be a chef for four years and worked at the Army and Navy Club. Early career: 1980–1984 Paul Oakenfold describes his early life as a "bedroom DJ" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's ''24 Hours'', stating he grew up listening to the Beatles. Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he met Trevor Fung and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolving Door (Crazy Town Song)
"Revolving Door" is a song by American rap rock band Crazy Town. It was released in August 2001 as the fourth and final single from their debut album ''The Gift of Game''. It was the followup single to their No. 1 hit ''Butterfly''. Whilst failing to chart in the US, the song became a minor hit in several countries, reaching No. 19 in Finland and No. 23 in the UK. Reception Christian Genze from Allmusic stated that whilst "Revolving Door" was not a bad song by any means, it too closely resembled their previous single "Butterfly" to be a real standout. Genze stated both songs feature similar soft guitar loops, smooth beats and a relaxed mood, and that neither song was reflective of Crazy Town's album, ''The Gift of Game'', on which the majority of songs are much heavier. Timothy Mark from NME gave the song and the band a negative review, criticising the song's premise and sexist lyrics. Bonus tracks Allmusic also stated that the remix of the single by Jay Gordon was better than th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Gordon (singer)
Jay Gordon (born January 30, 1967) is an American singer. He is best known as the lead singer and original member of the rock band Orgy, which he founded in 1997. Career 1997–2000 Orgy's first release, 1998's '' Candyass'', would prove to be a huge success and earned a platinum certification in sales, which was primarily fueled by the popularity of their cover of New Order's " Blue Monday", as well as that of their first single, " Stitches". The band would release singles of both during this period, which would contain numerous remixes of the songs, some of which were created by Gordon himself, a trend which would continue to occur throughout all of Orgy's subsequent single releases. In 2000, Orgy released their second full-length album, ''Vapor Transmission'', did not repeat the success of its predecessor. 2000–present The period following the release of ''Vapor Transmission'' proved to be a tumultuous period for the band. Orgy left Elementree and Reprise Records. Drumm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rize (band)
Rize (stylized as RIZE) is a Japanese alternative metal band formed in 1997, debuting in 2000 and currently signed with Warner Music Japan. The band currently consists of Jesse McFaddin (lead vocals/guitar), Nobuaki Kaneko (drums), and KenKen (bass). Their music style is a mix of nu metal, alternative rock, punk rock, hard rock and even some reggae flavor. Their song "ZERO" from ''Experience'' album has been featured on Coca-Cola commercial in Japan and Asian countries. Their single "Gunshot" has been featured in Resident Evil: Dead Aim credits.Their song "Muppet" from the album 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 was featured in the videogame '' Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō'' as the main theme of the game, and even having an instrumental version as the music that plays in the final boss fight. History 1997–2000: Formation and debut Rize formed in 1997 with members JESSE, Nobuaki Kaneko and TOKIE. They started performing live concerts in the Shimokitazawa. In 2000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
