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The Rentals
The Rentals is an American rock band fronted by vocalist Matt Sharp. Sharp has been the only consistent member since the group's inception. The band's best selling single is "Friends of P." (1995). The Rentals released two albums, ''Return of the Rentals'' (1995) and ''Seven More Minutes'' (1999) on Maverick Records before quietly splitting in 1999 following a world tour. The group reformed in 2005 and have since released several Extended Play, EPs and two more full-length albums, ''Lost in Alphaville'' and ''Q36 (album), Q36''. ''Lost in Alphaville'' released August 26, 2014, on Polyvinyl Records. ''Q36'' was released June 26, 2020. Numerous musicians have appeared with the group on recordings and in live shows. The group's most recent iteration consists of Sharp, Nick Zinner, and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. History Matt Sharp founded the Rentals in early 1994.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 150 They released their debut album ''Return of the Rentals'' the following year, which featured t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of The Rentals
''Return of the Rentals'' is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Rentals, released on October 31, 1995, through Maverick Records and Reprise Records. The album features Matt Sharp—Weezer's bassist at the time—on vocals and bass, as well as Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson.''Return of the Rentals'' booklet and liner notes ''Return of the Rentals'' was well received by critics and produced the successful single "Friends of P.", which peaked at number 7 on ''Billboard''s Modern Rock Tracks chart and received significant airplay on MTV's ''120 Minutes''. Despite this, the album only managed to reach number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseeker Albums chart, and by 1999 the album had sold 96,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In a 2019 Reddit AMA, Matt Sharp revealed that the artwork and the master tapes of ''Return of the Rentals'' have either been lost or destroyed by the record label, meaning a reissue of the album is unlikely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherielynn Westrich
Cherielynn Westrich (born January 21, 1966) is an American musician and politician best known as an founding member of the power pop band The Rentals and contributing to their biggest hit Friends of P. Westrich was born in Missouri in 1966. She resides in Ottumwa, Iowa. Career Prior to politics, Westrich had been involved in the music industry as a vocalist and keyboardist for The Rentals The Rentals is an American rock band fronted by vocalist Matt Sharp. Sharp has been the only consistent member since the group's inception. The band's best selling single is "Friends of P." (1995). The Rentals released two albums, ''Return of t ..., as a vocalist and bassist for Supersport 2000, and also as the singer for The Slow Signal Fade. Westrich has appeared on the television program '' Overhaulin''', where she's worked on cars. She owns MalWood USA LLC, a manufacturer of hydraulic clutch pedals in Ottumwa, Iowa. Westrich announced her candidacy for the vacant senate seat in Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Radle
Sara I. Radle is an American filmmaker/musician and former member of the band The Rentals. Radle was a member of the Rentals for three years, starting in 2005. Radle’s music career began in San Antonio, Texas, fronting the punk/pop band Lucy Loves Schroeder, at the age of 17. After a self-released LP and a 7-inch single on Grade Nine Records, LLS signed to Chicago’s Beatville Records and released another LP and EP. The band toured heavily. In 2003, Lucy Loves Schroeder disbanded. In December 2000, Radle's ''Jellybeans With Belly Buttons'', under the name Fred Savage Fanclub on Denton-based She’s Gone Records, was released. In December 2002, Radle began working on her next solo record with the pAper chAse’s John Congleton. The record, ''You Can’t Make Everybody Like You'', was the first release from Sara’s own Dallas-based Jeez Louise Records in January 2004. She released a five-song EP, ''People You’ve Been Before'', on Jeez Louise Records in March 2004. In June 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyvinyl Records
In polymer chemistry, vinyl polymers are a group of polymers derived from substituted vinyl () monomers. Their backbone is an extended alkane chain . In popular usage, "vinyl" refers only to polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Examples Vinyl polymers are the most common type of plastic. Important examples can be distinguished by the R group in the monomer H2C=CHR: * Polyethylene R = H * polypropylene from propylene, R = CH3 * Polystyrene is made from styrene, R = C6H5 * Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is made from vinyl chloride, R= Cl * Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) is made from vinyl acetate, R = O2CCH3 * Polyacrylonitrile is made from acrylonitrile, R = CN : Production Vinyl polymers are produced using catalysts. Ziegler–Natta catalysts are used commercially for production of polyethylene and polypropylene. Many are produced using radical initiators which are produced from organic peroxides. Still others (polystyrene) are produced using anionic initiators such as butyl lithium. An excep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q36 (album)
''Q36'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rentals, it was self-released on June 26, 2020. It was made available on LP and on digital download. On January 7, 2020, Matt Sharp announced through social media that he would be remixing a collection of tracks from the album titled ''Z36.'' Stating that "The remixes have a more atmospheric approach that focus primarily on Nick Zinner’s guitars and my synthesizers." Background and recording Matt Sharp announced that the band was working on their then-untitled studio album on October 4, 2017 just before the release of the single "Elon Musk is Making Me Sad", which would become the final track on ''Q36''. Later in 2018, Sharp announced on Twitter that Dave Fridmann would be engineering the album, who had also engineered Weezer's 1996 studio album ''Pinkerton''. Furthermore, on December 20, 2018, Sharp had stated that the mastering had been finished in Sterling Sound in Nashville, Tennessee. In an interview with ''The Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In Alphaville
''Lost in Alphaville'' is the third full-length studio album by The Rentals, released on August 25, 2014, through Polyvinyl Records. The album is available on CD, vinyl, cassette and as a digital download. It marks the band's first full-length album since their 1999 release '' Seven More Minutes'' and their first-ever release through Polyvinyl, with whom they signed in December 2013. Background and recording After The Rentals disbanded following the tour for 1999's ''Seven More Minutes'', the band reunited in 2005 and released '' The Last Little Life EP'' as well as four mini-albums as part of their multimedia project '' Songs About Time'' throughout 2009. On December 5, 2013, Matt Sharp announced that The Rentals had signed with Polyvinyl Records for the release of their forthcoming studio album, which would be their first full-length in 15 years. The album, recorded in Los Angeles, Nashville and New Orleans, is mostly made up of newly rerecorded songs from '' Songs About Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven More Minutes
''Seven More Minutes'' is the second studio album by American rock band The Rentals, released on April 13, 1999, and features numerous guests, including Petra Haden (of that dog.; also appeared on The Rentals' first studio album, ''Return of the Rentals''), Donna Matthews (of Elastica), Miki Berenyi (of Lush), Tim Wheeler (of Ash), Kevin March, and Damon Albarn (of Blur). The album reached number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseeker Albums chart. Theme ''Seven More Minutes'' was written by Matt Sharp while in Barcelona, Spain. There is a constant theme on the album about a Spanish girl he met there: *"Getting By" mentions "a girl who lives off the coast of Spain" *"She Says It's Alright" mentions the line "she says it's alright that you don't speak the language" *"Barcelona," which is about the Spanish city and has the line "My sweet angel, Barcelona, hide me safely, give me shelter" *"Say Goodbye Forever", ("Your place is so much different than mine, It's so calm and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends Of P
"Friends of P." is the debut single by American rock band The Rentals. It was first released in 1995 as the lead single for the band's debut studio album ''Return of the Rentals,'' released on October 31, 1995. It was the most successful song by the band, peaking at No. 7 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was positively received by critics, noting the catchiness of the chorus and an overall very disconnected feel. Background Following the song becoming an MTV success, many people had wondered who "P" was in the song. Finally, in 1998 Matt Sharp revealed who "P" was and the inspiration for the song, "That was one of the first songs I ever wrote, in the infancy of the Rentals", going on to say the song is about Paulina Porizkova, the wife of Ric Ocasek, who was the front man of American- new wave band The Cars and produced the debut album of Sharp's former band Weezer. Following this, Sharp would elaborate saying:"I think at the time it came about because she had men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Carney
Patrick James Carney (born April 15, 1980) is an American musician and producer best known as the drummer of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. Early life Carney stated in an interview with '' Modern Drummer'' that he never took drum lessons as a child, but learned by mimicking friends who also were drummers, using a $150 drumset that he bought with money earned from a job as a teenager. Carney grew up in Akron, Ohio. Career In 2001, Carney and Auerbach, lead singer and guitarist, formed the Black Keys, releasing their debut album '' The Big Come Up'' less than a year later. This was followed by '' Thickfreakness'' in 2003 and '' Rubber Factory'' in 2004. The band's fourth album '' Magic Potion'' was released in 2006. '' Attack & Release'', their critically acclaimed fifth album was released in 2008, with a follow-up in 2010 titled '' Brothers''. The band released the albums '' El Camino'' in 2011, '' Turn Blue'' in 2014, '' Let's Rock'' in 2019, '' Delta Kre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryen Slegr
Ryen Slegr is an American musician best known for being a member of the rock band Ozma. He is also affiliated with The Rentals, Weezer, and Rachel Haden. The Rentals In 2006, Slegr performed with The Rentals on their U.S. tour with Ozma. He also engineered and played guitar on The Rentals' 2014 Polyvinyl release ''Lost in Alphaville''. Weezer Slegr co-wrote the song "Eulogy for a Rock Band" on Weezer's 2014 Universal Records release '' Everything Will Be Alright in the End''. Miscellaneous In 2012, Slegr played guitar and keyboards for Rachel Haden at several shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco in a band with Adam Phaler of Jawbreaker and Warren Defever of His Name is Alive. Education Slegr graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in history. He also studied Japanese court music called Gagaku at UCLA and took various music classes at Pasadena City College, including Spud Murphy's Equal Interval System. Discography Ozma * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius (band)
Lucius is an American four-piece indie pop band. The group was founded in 2007 by lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, joined by drummer Dan Molad, guitarist Peter Lalish, and, formerly, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Burri. Originating in Brooklyn, the band relocated to Los Angeles in 2015. They have released four studio albums to date, including their most recent, '' Lucius'', in May 2025. Their music has received critical acclaim from ''The New York Times'', ''Rolling Stone'', '' NPR'' and ''The Village Voice''. ''Paste'' named them as one of the best live acts in 2015. Wolfe and Laessig have also contributed vocals for artists such as Roger Waters, Harry Styles, Jeff Tweedy, Jackson Browne, John Legend, Mavis Staples, John Prine, Sheryl Crow, Grace Potter, Goose, The War on Drugs, Brandi Carlile, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Brandy Clark, and Joni Mitchell. History ''Songs from the Bromley House'' and band formation (2005–2011) Jess Wolfe and Holly La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
