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Around the Sun is an album by R.E.M. released in 2004. This release is notable for its stripped-back production, inciting some reviewers to label it slightly "flat" in sound. Around the Sun generally received lukewarm critical praise and despite hitting #1 in the UK, it became their first studio album to miss the US Top 10 (reaching #13) since 1988's Green and is still awaiting a gold record. In many ways, Around the Sun continues R.E.M.'s trend of refusing to be pressed into a stylistic corner and m ...

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• Around the Sun - Track listing

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Ænima is an album released by Tool on October 1, 1996. It contains a dedication (of sorts) to the late comedian Bill Hicks, proclaiming him "Another Dead Hero"; the final track, the thirteen minute epic "Third Eye", uses a few samples of Hicks' sketches — including "Drugs have done good things for us." Tool also incorporated some of Carl Jung's (a famous Swiss psychologist) work into their album, Ænima. The title Ænima is a combination of the words 'anima' (Latin for 'soul', a term often used by Jung) and 'en ...

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• Ænima - Track listing
• Ænima - Personnel
• Ænima - Trivia
• Ænima - Charting singles

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I Against I - Personnel. HR - vocals Dr. Know - guitar Darryl Jennifer - bass Earl Hudson - drums ...

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I Against I, I Against I - Track listing, I Against I - Personnel, I Against I - Recording details

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Shadows Fall was formed around 1995. The band released its debut album in 1997, Somber Eyes to the Sky on Lifeless Records, the label of guitarist Matt Bachand. The record garnered the band considerable attention in the Massachusetts area, and led to the band securing a recording contract with Californian independent metal record label Century Media. The band's second album, 2000's Of One Blood, featured Brian Fair on vocals. The band embarked on a worldwide tour with a wide range of artists, including the Misfits, King Diamond an ...

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Shadows Fall, Shadows Fall - Music, Shadows Fall - History, Shadows Fall - Band members, Shadows Fall - Former band members, Shadows Fall - Discography, Shadows Fall - Videography

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Streetlight Manifesto - Pre-Streetlight. Tomas, Josh, and Jamie first gained fame as one half of fellow New Jersey band Catch 22. Tomas in particular as he was responsible for writing most of their debut album Keasbey Nights, which is regarded as one of the top albums of the third wave of ska. After Keasbey all three left, at seperate times and for their own reasons, so that when Catch recorded their second album Alone in a Crowd it was with a considerably differ ...

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Streetlight Manifesto, Streetlight Manifesto - Musical influences and style, Streetlight Manifesto - Critical reception, Streetlight Manifesto - Rivalry with Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto - History, Streetlight Manifesto - Pre-Streetlight, Streetlight Manifesto - Recording to touring, Streetlight Manifesto - More line-up changes, Streetlight Manifesto - European tour, Streetlight Manifesto - Robbed, Streetlight Manifesto - Current projects and the future, Streetlight Manifesto - Discography, Streetlight Manifesto - Song samples, Streetlight Manifesto - Members, Streetlight Manifesto - Current, Streetlight Manifesto - Former, Streetlight Manifesto - Crew, Streetlight Manifesto - Tours, Streetlight Manifesto - 2004, Streetlight Manifesto - 2005

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Ryan Downey founded Superhero Artist Management in 2003 while working as a writer/ producer for MTV. His roster of bands make regular appearances on tours like Ozzfest, Sounds Of The Underground and Warped Tour and in magazines like Spin, Revolver and AP. Artists he represents include Bleeding Through, Day Of Contempt, Demon Hunter, Sinai Beach, Sullivan, Throwdown, Tiger Army and Zao. His company is his main focus but he still dabbles in entertainment reporting - covering the 2005 awards season and guest-hosting "Coming Attractions" ...

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Ryan J. Downey, Ryan J. Downey - Biographical Information, Ryan J. Downey - TV Appearances, Ryan J. Downey - Additional Television Credits, Ryan J. Downey - Discography, Ryan J. Downey - Discography As Guest Vocalist, Ryan J. Downey - Activism, Ryan J. Downey - Trivia, Ryan J. Downey - Sources & Links, Ryan J. Downey - Categories

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One Tree Hill TV series - Season 1. It is set in the fictional suburban town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, One Tree Hill began during the beginning of the varsity basketball season for the Tree Hill High School Ravens. The three main characters who were introduced in the pilot were: Lucas Scott: the boy from the wrong side of the tracks who adored the game of basketball. Nathan Scott: Lucas' paternal half-brother who grew up with everything that Lucas didn't, and Peyton Sawyer: Nathan's troubled but talent ...

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One Tree Hill TV series, One Tree Hill TV series - Premise, One Tree Hill TV series - Cast, One Tree Hill TV series - Success, One Tree Hill TV series - Trivia, One Tree Hill TV series - Storylines, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 1, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 2, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 3, One Tree Hill TV series - Upcoming Episodes, One Tree Hill TV series - Episodes, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 1 2003-2004, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 2 2004-2005, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 3 2005-2006

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One Tree Hill TV series - Season 1. Set in the fictional suburban town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, One Tree Hill began during the beginning of the varsity basketball season for the Tree Hill High School Ravens. The three main characters who were introduced in the pilot were: Lucas Scott: the boy from the wrong side of the tracks who adored the game of basketball. Nathan Scott: Lucas' paternal half-brother who grew up with everything that Lucas didn't, and Peyton Sawyer: Nathan's troubled but talented gir ...

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One Tree Hill TV series, One Tree Hill TV series - Premise, One Tree Hill TV series - Cast, One Tree Hill TV series - Success, One Tree Hill TV series - Trivia, One Tree Hill TV series - Storylines, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 1, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 2, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 3, One Tree Hill TV series - Upcoming Episodes, One Tree Hill TV series - Episodes, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 1 2003-2004, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 2 2004-2005, One Tree Hill TV series - Season 3 2005-2006

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Written by Andrew Eldritch. Produced by Eldritch with Larry Alexander except "This Corrosion" produced by Jim Steinman; "Dominion/Mother Russia" produced by Steinman/Alexander/Eldritch; "Torch" produced by Eldritch. Choir vocals on "Dominion/Mother Russia" and "This Corrosion" by The New York Choral Society. Backing vocals on "This Corrosion" by Holly Sherwood; Curtis King; Brenda King; Tawatha Agee; Gina Taylor; Vaneese Thomas. Dominion/Mother Russia (7:01) Flood I (6:22) Lucretia My Reflection (4:57)See also:

Floodland, Floodland - Track listing, Floodland - Singles

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In July of 2001, following the release of The Art of Drowning in late 2000, AFI's final album on Dexter Holland's independent record label Nitro Records, the official AFI website launched a "Name the Fan Club" contest, calling fans to submit possible names for a future fan club in the works. After nearly 4,000 entries, the band settled on the Despair Faction, a play on words from The Art Of Drowning's track The Despair Factor. Nearly one year later, the official AFI website announced the opening of The Despair Faction, the contest winner receiving a free membership and special recognition on the fan club's website. De ...

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Despair Faction, Despair Faction - History, Despair Faction - Membership Benefits, Despair Faction - Staff

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"Iron Gland" is also known as "Intro (Dream Sequence)" and is not mentioned in the tracklisting printed on the album sleeve. Some versions, including the European release, feature "Down in a Hole" as the second last track instead of the fourth one. ...

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Dirt album, Dirt album - Track listing, Dirt album - Personnel, Dirt album - Billboard Charting singles

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Lateralus - Album. Lateralus reached the #1 position on the Billboard charts in its premiere week and the #1 spot on Billboard Music Chart's top Internet Albums chart, top Canadian Albums chart and the Billboard 200 chart (US). Lateralus - Singles. 2001 Schism The Billboard Hot 100 No. 67 2001 Schism Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2 2001 Schism Modern Rock Tracks No. 2 2002 Lateralu ...

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Lateralus, Lateralus - Track listing, Lateralus - Track information & trivia, Lateralus - Personnel, Lateralus - Chart positions, Lateralus - Album, Lateralus - Singles

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Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" was released on his 2002 album, American IV: The Man Comes Around. Rick Rubin, producer of Cash's American series and friend of Trent Reznor, suggested the song to Cash. Cash's time-ravaged voice and sparse arrangement lent weight to the song's lamenting tone. Cash's recording was given the Country Music Award for "Single of the Year" in 2003. In 2005, Cash's rendition appeared prominently in television commercials for the upcoming fifth season of the F/X television drama, The Shield.See also:

Hurt song, Hurt song - The song, Hurt song - NIN videos, Hurt song - Johnny Cash's recording, Hurt song - Cash's video, Hurt song - Reznor's reaction, Hurt song - Eddie Guerrero, Hurt song - Other versions of the song, Hurt song - The NIN single, Hurt song - Track listing

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Part of the reason for Stankonia's acclaim and popularity was the diversity of its musical influences, (which lead to comparisons with Prince). It incorporates many musical genres to create a unique sounding whole. For example, the music opens with a heavy metal-style electric guitar riff on "Gasoline Dreams" before turning to slick P-funk on the second song "So Fresh, So Clean". The album also incorporates influences from gospel, ("Toilet Tisha"), samb ...

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Stankonia, Stankonia - Stankonia's style, Stankonia - Track listing, Stankonia - Personnel

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Due to Tomas' history with Catch 22 and Streetlight's rapid rise to success many fans have speculated that their may be some animosity and rivalry between the two bands. In fact both bands have lyrics on their albums (Everything Goes Numb and Dinosaur Sounds that were both released in late 2003) that could be interpreted as hostile messages to one another. In Streetlight's "A Moment of Silence" one line goes "If you hate me so much then stop singing my songs", which many fans took to be a reference to Catch 22 still performing songs which Tomas wrote on Keasbey Nights. Similarly th ...

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Streetlight Manifesto, Streetlight Manifesto - Musical influences and style, Streetlight Manifesto - Critical reception, Streetlight Manifesto - Rivalry with Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto - History, Streetlight Manifesto - Pre-Streetlight, Streetlight Manifesto - Recording to touring, Streetlight Manifesto - More line-up changes, Streetlight Manifesto - European tour, Streetlight Manifesto - Robbed, Streetlight Manifesto - Current projects and the future, Streetlight Manifesto - Discography, Streetlight Manifesto - Song samples, Streetlight Manifesto - Members, Streetlight Manifesto - Current, Streetlight Manifesto - Former, Streetlight Manifesto - Crew, Streetlight Manifesto - Tours, Streetlight Manifesto - 2004, Streetlight Manifesto - 2005

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Streetlight Manifesto - 2004. They'll Never Tour Tour July 7 - August 29 Support from Big D and the Kids Table Streetlight Manifesto - 2005. Ska is Dead 2 Tour January 29 - March 17 Joint headlining with Voodoo Glow Skulls Support from MU330 Ewerope Tour April 17 - May 13 First tour outside of North America First European tour Support from Phinius Gage Shows in: England, Scotland, Wales, ...

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Streetlight Manifesto, Streetlight Manifesto - Musical influences and style, Streetlight Manifesto - Critical reception, Streetlight Manifesto - Rivalry with Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto - History, Streetlight Manifesto - Pre-Streetlight, Streetlight Manifesto - Recording to touring, Streetlight Manifesto - More line-up changes, Streetlight Manifesto - European tour, Streetlight Manifesto - Robbed, Streetlight Manifesto - Current projects and the future, Streetlight Manifesto - Discography, Streetlight Manifesto - Song samples, Streetlight Manifesto - Members, Streetlight Manifesto - Current, Streetlight Manifesto - Former, Streetlight Manifesto - Crew, Streetlight Manifesto - Tours, Streetlight Manifesto - 2004, Streetlight Manifesto - 2005

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Streetlight Manifesto - Current. Delano Bonner - Trumpet Mike Brown - Alto and Baritone Saxophone Jim Conti - Alto and Tenor Saxophone Tomas Kalnoky - Guitar and Vocals Chris Paszik - Bass Guitar Mike Soprano - Trombone Chris Thatcher - Drums Streetlight Manifesto - Former. (In order of departure) Stuart Karmatz - Drums Pete Sibilia - Tenor Saxophone Paul Lowndes - Drums Josh Ansley - Bass Guitar Jamie Egan - Trumpet ...

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Streetlight Manifesto, Streetlight Manifesto - Musical influences and style, Streetlight Manifesto - Critical reception, Streetlight Manifesto - Rivalry with Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto - History, Streetlight Manifesto - Pre-Streetlight, Streetlight Manifesto - Recording to touring, Streetlight Manifesto - More line-up changes, Streetlight Manifesto - European tour, Streetlight Manifesto - Robbed, Streetlight Manifesto - Current projects and the future, Streetlight Manifesto - Discography, Streetlight Manifesto - Song samples, Streetlight Manifesto - Members, Streetlight Manifesto - Current, Streetlight Manifesto - Former, Streetlight Manifesto - Crew, Streetlight Manifesto - Tours, Streetlight Manifesto - 2004, Streetlight Manifesto - 2005

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Since Kalnoky is responsible for writing most of the music, it is his influences that most affect the songs. He writes them on an acoustic guitar, and then fleshes them out on the computer. The rest of the band then come in and add their parts to the songs, although Kalnoky will sometimes hum the sort of hornline he wants[1]. In an interview he called the Stand by Me soundtrack his biggest musical influence, and says when writing songs that he looks ...

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Streetlight Manifesto, Streetlight Manifesto - Musical influences and style, Streetlight Manifesto - Critical reception, Streetlight Manifesto - Rivalry with Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto - History, Streetlight Manifesto - Pre-Streetlight, Streetlight Manifesto - Recording to touring, Streetlight Manifesto - More line-up changes, Streetlight Manifesto - European tour, Streetlight Manifesto - Robbed, Streetlight Manifesto - Current projects and the future, Streetlight Manifesto - Discography, Streetlight Manifesto - Song samples, Streetlight Manifesto - Members, Streetlight Manifesto - Current, Streetlight Manifesto - Former, Streetlight Manifesto - Crew, Streetlight Manifesto - Tours, Streetlight Manifesto - 2004, Streetlight Manifesto - 2005

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Once described as "death metal on melody pills" [1], Shadows Fall's sound mixes melodic elements with crushing riffs, double bass drum patterns, pinch harmonics and furious screaming-growling or death grunt vocals. The sounds of Shadows Fall reflect both American and European influences. On the one hand, the band's use of "shredding", or fast guitar solos, draws upon the classic American thrash metal heritage of bands such as Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer. Equally, however, its complex single-note riffs and dual-guitar harmonies have ...

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Shadows Fall, Shadows Fall - Music, Shadows Fall - History, Shadows Fall - Band members, Shadows Fall - Former band members, Shadows Fall - Discography, Shadows Fall - Videography

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"Hurt," the conclusion to the The Downward Spiral's tale of self-destruction, presents a man's hindsight view of his own downfall. It is a sobering, harrowing song, the chorus asking "what have I become?" before admitting, "everyone I know goes away in the end." It also acts as an apology to those surrounding the narrator: "I will let you down, I will make you hurt," acknowledging the pain caused to loved ones. The song ends on an ambiguous note, proclaiming: If I could start again A million miles away I would keep myselfSee also:

Hurt song, Hurt song - The song, Hurt song - NIN videos, Hurt song - Johnny Cash's recording, Hurt song - Cash's video, Hurt song - Reznor's reaction, Hurt song - Eddie Guerrero, Hurt song - Other versions of the song, Hurt song - The NIN single, Hurt song - Track listing

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