Jumat, 28 Maret 2008

KISS Band



Kiss (band)

Kiss
Kiss in concert in Boston, 2004; left to right: Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley and Eric Singer
Kiss in concert in Boston, 2004; left to right: Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley and Eric Singer
Background information
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s) Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Years active 1973 — Present
Label(s) Casablanca, Mercury, Sanctuary, Columbia
Associated acts E.S.P., Frehley's Comet, Union, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, White Tiger, Wicked Lester
Website www.kissonline.com
Members
Paul Stanley
Gene Simmons
Tommy Thayer
Eric Singer
Former members
Peter Criss
Ace Frehley
Eric Carr
Vinnie Vincent
Mark St. John
Bruce Kulick
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Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Easily identified by their trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire-breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and pyrotechnics. Kiss has been awarded 24 gold albums to date.[1] The group's worldwide sales exceed 90 million albums.[2][3]

The original lineup of Paul Stanley (rhythm guitar and lead vocals), Gene Simmons (bass and lead vocals), Ace Frehley (lead guitar and vocals), and Peter Criss (drums and vocals) is the most successful and identifiable. With their makeup and costumes, they took on the personae of comic book-style characters: The Demon (Simmons), Starchild (Stanley), Space Ace (Frehley), and The Catman (Criss). The band explains that the fans were the ones who ultimately chose their makeup designs. The "Demon" makeup reflected Gene's cynicism and dark elements. Paul Stanley became the "Starchild" due to his tendency to be referred to as the "starry-eyed lover" and "hopeless romantic." Ace Frehley's "Space Ace" makeup was a reflection of him always being "spaced-out," and supposedly being from another planet. Peter Criss' "Catman" makeup was in accordance with the belief that Peter had nine lives due to his rough childhood in Brooklyn. Due to creative differences, both Criss and Frehley were out of the group by 1982. The band's commercial fortunes had also waned considerably by that point.

In 1983, Kiss abandoned their makeup and enjoyed a commercial resurgence throughout the rest of the decade. Buoyed by a wave of Kiss nostalgia in the 1990s, the band announced a reunion of the original lineup (with makeup) in 1996. The resulting Kiss Alive/Worldwide/Lost Cities/Reunion Tour was the top-grossing act of 1996 and 1997. Criss and Frehley have since left Kiss again and have been replaced by Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, respectively. The band continues to perform, while Stanley and Simmons have remained the only two constant members.


History

Early years and struggles (1971–1975)

Kiss traces its roots to Wicked Lester, a New York City-based rock and roll band led by co-founders Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel on August 25, 1949) and Paul Stanley (born Stanley Harvey Eisen in Queens, New York City on January 20, 1952). Wicked Lester, with their eclectic mixture of musical styles, never achieved any success. They recorded one album, which was shelved by Epic Records, and played a handful of live shows. Simmons and Stanley, feeling that a new musical direction was needed, abandoned Wicked Lester in 1972 and began forming a new group.

In late 1972, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley came across an ad in Rolling Stone placed by Peter Criss, a veteran drummer from the New York club scene, who was previously in bands called "Lips" and "Chelsea". Criss (born George Peter John Criscuola on December 20, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York City) auditioned for and joined the new version of Wicked Lester. The trio focused on a much harder style of rock than Wicked Lester played. Inspired by the theatrics of the New York Dolls, they also began experimenting with their image by wearing makeup and various outfits.In November 1972, the trio played a showcase for Epic Records A&R director Don Ellis, in an effort to secure a record deal. Although the performance went well, Ellis hated the group's image and music. On top of that, as he was leaving, he was vomited on by Criss's brother.

In January 1973, the group added lead guitarist Paul "Ace" Frehley (born April 27, 1951 in the Bronx, New York City). According to the book Kiss & Tell by Ace Frehley's former best-friends, Gordon G.G. Gebert and Bob McAdams (who accompanied Ace Frehley to the audition) the eccentric Frehley impressed the group with his first audition, although he showed up wearing two different sneakers (one red and one orange) and began warming up on his guitar while another guitarist (Bob Kulick) was being auditioned by the band. A few weeks after Frehley joined, the Wicked Lester name was dropped and the band became Kiss.

The Kiss logo

Stanley came up with the name; as he, Simmons, and Criss were driving around New York City. Criss mentioned that he was in a band called Lips, so Stanley said what about KISS (Reminised by Simmons on the KISS video Exposed). Frehley created the now-iconic logo (making the "SS" look like lightning bolts).[10] The runic letters happened to look similar to the insignia of the Nazi SS, or Waffen-SS, a symbol that is now illegal to display in Germany. Therefore, in Germany, after 1979, all of the band's album covers and merchandise used a modified version of the logo, in which the "SS" looks like a backwards "ZZ." The band's name has been rumored to have many hidden meanings, among them an acronym for Knights In Satan's Service or acronym for Keep It Simple Stupid. None of these rumors have any basis in fact, and the band has consistently denied them.

The first Kiss performance was on January 30, 1973, for an audience of three at the Popcorn Club (renamed Coventry shortly afterward) in Queens. In March of that year, the band recorded a five-song demo tape with producer Eddie Kramer. Former TV director Bill Aucoin, who had seen the group at a handful of showcase concerts in the summer of 1973, offered to become the band’s manager in mid-October. Kiss agreed, with the condition that Aucoin get them signed to a recording contract within two weeks. On November 1, 1973, Kiss became the first act signed to former teen pop singer and Buddha Records executive Neil Bogart's new label, Emerald City Records (which was shortly afterward renamed Casablanca Records).

The band entered Bell Sound Studios in New York City on October 10, 1973 to begin recording their first album. On December 31 the band had their official industry premier at the Academy of Music in New York City, opening for Blue Öyster Cult. It was at this concert that Simmons accidentally set his hair (which was coated in hairspray) ablaze for the first of many times while performing his inaugural firebreathing stunt.

Kiss's first tour started on February 5, 1974 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. The band’s self-titled debut album, Kiss, was released on February 18. Casablanca and Kiss promoted the album heavily throughout the spring and summer of 1974. On February 19, the band performed "Nothin' to Lose," "Firehouse," and "Black Diamond" for what would become their first national television appearance, on ABC's Dick Clark's In Concert (aired March 29). On April 29, the band performed "Firehouse" on The Mike Douglas Show. This broadcast included Simmons's first televised interview, a conversation with Douglas in which Simmons declared himself "evil incarnate," eliciting titters from an uncomfortable and largely confused studio audience. Fellow guest Totie Fields, remarked that it would be humorous if, beneath all the make-up, Simmons was "just a nice Jewish boy." Simmons deftly parried this remark with neither a confirmation nor denial, by saying simply, "You should only know." To which she responded, "I do. You can't hide the hook," a sly reference to Simmons's nose.

Despite the publicity and constant touring, Kiss initially sold just 75,000 copies. Meanwhile, the group and Casablanca Records were losing money quickly. The band flew to Los Angeles in August 1974 to begin recording their second album, Hotter Than Hell, which was released in on October 22, 1974. The only single, "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll," failed to chart and the album stalled at #100.

With Hotter Than Hell quickly dropping off the charts, Kiss was pulled from their tour to quickly record a new album. Casablanca head Neil Bogart stepped in to produce the next album, trading in the murky, distorted sound of Hotter Than Hell for a cleaner and slightly poppier sound. Dressed To Kill, released on March 19, 1975, fared slightly better commercially than Hotter Than Hell. It also contained what would later become the band's trademark song, "Rock and Roll All Nite" (sample ).

Although Kiss albums had not proved to be big sellers, the band was quickly gaining a reputation as a top-flight live act. Kiss concerts featured things such as Simmons spitting "blood" (primarily yogurt and food coloring) or "breathing fire" (spitting flammable liquid at a torch); Frehley soloing as his guitar burst into flames (light and smoke bombs placed inside the guitar); Criss's elevating drum riser that emitted sparks; Stanley's Townshend-style guitar smashing; and pyrotechnics throughout the show.

By late 1975, Casablanca was nearly bankrupt and Kiss was in danger of losing their record contract. Both parties desperately needed a commercial breakthrough if they were to survive. That breakthrough came in an unlikely form - a double live album.

MUSE Band


MUSE


Latar belakang
Asal Devon, England
Genre Rock alternatif
Rock progresif
Tahun aktif 1994–seakrang
Perusahaan rekaman Warner Bros. Records
Eastwest Records
Atlantic Records
Helium 3
Situs web MUSE.mu
Anggota
Matthew Bellamy
Chris Wolstenholme
Dominic Howard

MUSE adalah grup musik Inggris yang memiliki jenis musik yang menggabungkan berbagai aliran musik. MUSE memadukan aliran klasik, modern, dan bahkan latin pada lagu-lagu mereka. Band ini dibentuk di Devon pada tahun 1994. Anggota band terdiri dari tiga orang: Matthew Bellamy (vokalis, gitaris, pianis), Dominic Howard (drummer), dan Chris Wolstenholme (bassis). Setelah peluncuran album mereka yang keempat, Morgan Nicholls dan Dan the Trumpet Man juga sering tampil dalam konser MUSE, sebagai keyboardis dan backing vokal dan untuk Dan the Trumpet Man tampil sebagai peniup terompet untuk lagu knights of cydonia dan seterusnya.


Sejarah

(1992-1997) Pembentukkan

Pada tahun 1990-an awal, anggota-anggota MUSE memiliki grup musik masing-masing di sekolah mereka. Pembentukkan MUSE berawal ketika Matthew Bellamy yang berumur 14 tahun berhasil lulus audisi untuk masuk grup Dominic Howard. Ketika bassis mereka memutuskan untuk keluar, mereka meminta teman baik mereka, Chris Wolstenholme, untuk bergabung dan mempelajari gitar bass. Chris sempat menolak, tapi akhirnya memutuskan untuk bergabung. Band baru ini sempat banyak berganti nama, antara lain Gothic Plague, Carnage Mayhem, Fixed Penalty, dan Rocket Baby Dolls, sampai akhirnya menggunakan nama MUSE yang dikenal sekarang. Urutan kronologis pergantian nama band ini tidak jelas, karena MUSE memberikan informasi yang tidak konsisten pada wawancara-wawancara mereka.

Pada tahun 1994, masih dengan nama band Rocket Baby Dolls dan dengan gaya gothic/glam, mereka memenangkan kompetisi battle of the bands lokal. Dan tak lama setelah ini, mereka mengganti nama menjadi MUSE, dan mulai tampil di club-club seperti Cavern di Exeter.

(1998-2000) Breakthrough

Setelah beberapa tahun membangun komunitas penggemar, MUSE memainkan konser-konser pertama mereka di London dan Manchester. Band ini lalu bertemu dengan Dennis Mills, pemilik studio rekaman Sawmills, yang bermarkas di Cornwall, Inggris.

Pertemuan ini akhirnya dilanjutkan dengan rekaman resmi pertama MUSE, yaitu E.P. self-titled (berjudulkan nama band) yang menggunakan label inhouse Sawmills, Dangerous. Lalu E.P. ke-2 mereka, Muscle Museum, mendapat perhatian dari jurnalis musik Inggris yang berpengaruh, Steve Lamacq, serta majalah musik mingguan Inggris, NME. Dennis Mills lalu membantu membangun perusahaan music Taste Media, yang dibuat khusus untuk MUSE (MUSE menggunakan label ini untuk 3 album pertama mereka). Ini merupakan hal yang sangat menguntungkan untuk MUSE karena mereka dapat mempertahankan keunikan musik mereka pada awal karir mereka.

Walaupun E.P. ke-2 mereka sukses dan mendapat pengakuan, banyak perusahaan rekaman Inggris yang enggan mendukung MUSE, dan banyak orang di industri musik menganggap musik MUSE terlalu mirip dengan Radiohead. Namun, perusahaan Amerika Serikat Maverick Records merealisasikan MUSE tampil beberapa kali di Amerika Serikat, dan kemudian mengontrak mereka pada tahun 1998. Sepulangnya dari Amerika, Taste Media mendapatkan kontrak untuk MUSE di perusahaan-perusahaan rekaman di Eropa dan Australia. John Leckie, yang menjadi produser album untuk Radiohead, Stone Roses, "Weird Al" Yankovic dan The Verve, dijadikan produser album pertama MUSE, Showbiz.

Peluncuran album ini diikuti dengan penampilan pendukung pada tur band Foo Fighters dan Red Hot Chili Peppers di Amerika Serikat. Pada tahun 1999 dan 2000 MUSE bermain pada festival-festival musik besar di Eropa, serta tampil juga di Australia, dan mengumpulkan banyak penggemar baru di Eropa Barat.

(2001-2002) Awal ketenaran

Album ke-2 mereka, Origin of Symmetry, dengan Leckie sebagai produser juga, berisi musik yang lebih berat dan gelap, dengan suara bass Wolstenholme, yang berat dan terdistorsi. Dan lagu-lagu seperti Space Dementia yang menggunakan teknik klasik, yang terinspirasikan oleh Rachmaninoff.

MUSE bereksperimen dengan alat-alat musik yang tidak lazim dipakai, seperti organ gereja, Mellotron, dan peralatan drum yang diperlengkap. MUSE lebih banyak memakai suara tinggi Bellamy, dengan alunan arpeggio gitar, dan piano yang terdengar jelas, yang terinspirasi dari gerakan Romantisme, khususnya musikus Rusia Sergei Rachmaninov dan Tchaikovsky. Selain itu, terdengar juga unsur-unsur musik minimalis seperti Philip Glass. Album ini juga menyertakan daur ulang lagu Feeling Good, yang aslinya dibuat oleh Anthony Newley dan Leslie Bricusse.

Secara umum, eksentriknya gaya musik rock MUSE terlihat mirip musik band Queen pada tahun 1970-an.

Album ini mungkin bakal membuat MUSE semakin terkenal di Amerika Serikat, tapi Maverick tidak setuju dengan gaya vokal Bellamy (yang dianggap tidak cocok untuk radio), dan meminta MUSE untuk merubah beberapa lagu mereka untuk dirilis di Amerika. MUSE, yang meresa terhina, menolak dan meninggalkan perusahaan rekaman Maverick, yang mengakibatkan tidak dirilisnya album Origin of Symmetry ini di Amerika (album ini akhirnya dirilis disana pada 20 September 2005).

Setelah album ini, MUSE merilis Hullabaloo Soundtrack, DVD yang berisi penampilan mereka di Le Zenith di Paris,Perancis pada tahun 2001. Lalu secara bersamaan, mereka merilis album ganda yang berisi B-side dan rekaman dari penampilan di Le Zenith. Kemudian album ganda berisi single-single A-side juga dirilis, dengan dua lagu baru, yaitu In Your World dan Dead Star, yang berbeda dengan gaya opera lagu-lagu lain pada Origin of Symmetry.

Pada edisi Februari 2006 majalah Q Magazine, album Origin of Symmetry ditempatkan pada urutan 74 dari 100 album terbaik sepanjang masa menurut penggemar.

Diskografi

Kover album Nama album Tanggal rilis
Showbiz 28 September 1999
Origin of Symmetry 18 Juni 2001
Hullabaloo 1 Juli 2002
Absolution 29 September 2003
Black Holes and Revelations 3 Juli 20

The Rolling Stones



The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones adalah sebuah band rock Inggris yang mulai terkenal sejak tahun 1960-an masih eksis hingga sekarang. Apabila dianalogikan, The Rolling Stones adalah sebuah batu yang hingga kini masih menggelinding, entah sampai kapan.

Dibentuk di London, Januari 1963. Tetapi sesungguhnya cikal bakal Stones sudah ada sejak tahun 1962 dengan formasi awal yang terdiri dari Mick Jagger (Vokal, Harmonika), Keith Richards (Lead Gitar), Brian Jones (Rhytm Gitar), Mick Avory (Drums) dan Dick Taylor (Bass). Kelak sang drummer Mick Avory akhirnya bergabung dengan The Kinks dbp Ray davies, dan Dick Taylor mendirikan bandnya sendiri yaitu The Pretty Things.

Pranala luar

The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger | Keith Richards | Charlie Watts | Ron Wood
Brian Jones | Bill Wyman | Mick Taylor | Ian Stewart | Chuck Leavell | Darryl Jones | Dick Taylor
Andrew Loog Oldham | Allen Klein


Jet Band


Jet

Jet adalah sebuah grup musik (band) Australia yang mengusung aliran rock. Band ini berasal dari kota Melbourne dan terdiri dari empat orang (2006):

  • Cameron Muncey (gitar dan vokal)
  • Nic Cester (gitar dan vokal)
  • Chris Cester (drum)
  • Mark Wilson (bass)

Album pertama Jet, Get Born berhasil terjual lebih dari satu juta kopi di seluruh dunia dan band ini di Australia dianggap sebagai salah satu grup musik lokal yang paling sensasional tahun 2004. Single "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" dari album tersebut digunakan sebagai lagu tema game Madden NFL 2004 serta iklan iPod dan Vodafone yang disiarkan di berbagai negara.

Diskografi

Album

  • Get Born (2003) #26 AS, #14 Britania Raya, #1 Australia (8X Platinum)
  • Shine On (2006) #3 Australia (Platinum), #13 Britania Raya, #16 AS

EP

Single

dari Get Born:

  • "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" (2003) #29 AS, #23 Britania Raya, #20 Australia
  • "Rollover DJ" (2003) #34 Britania Raya, #31 Australia (2004)
  • "Look What You've Done" (2004) #37 AS (2005), #28 Britania Raya, #14 Australia, #22 Kanada
  • "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" (2004 rilis ulang) #16 Britania Raya
  • "Cold Hard Bitch" (2004) #55 AS, #34 Britania Raya, #33 Australia
  • "Get Me Outta Here" (2004) #37 Britania Raya

dari Shine On:

  • "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" (2006)
  • "Bring It On Back" (2006)

Master Of Puppets Album Of Metallica

Master of Puppets

Master of Puppets
Sampul album
Album Metallica
Dirilis pada 21 Februari 1986
Direkam pada Sweet Silence Studios Copenhagen, Denmark September-December, 1985
Ragam Thrash metal
Panjang 54:41
Label rekaman Elektra Records
Produser Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen
Kronologi Metallica
Ride the Lightning
(1984)
Master of Puppets
(1986)
Garage Days Re-Revisited
(1987)

Master of Puppets adalah album ketiga Metallica, diterbitkan pada 21 Februari 1986 oleh Elektra Records. Album ini mencapai peringkat 29 di The Billboard magazine 200. Sampai sekarang album ini telah terjual lebih dari 6 juta keping di Amerika Serikat saja. Ini adalah album terakhir band ini dengan bassist Cliff Burton sebelum ia meninggal dalam kecelakaan bus di Swedia, dan dianggap sebagai salah satu album heavy metal terbaik. Majalah Rolling Stone menempatkannya di nomor 167 dalam The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[1] dan majalah TIME menyebutnya sebagai salah satu dari 100 album terbaik sepanjang masa.[2]

Daftar lagu

  1. "Battery" (Hetfield, Ulrich) - 5:12
  2. "Master of Puppets" (Burton, Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 8:36
  3. "The Thing That Should Not Be" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 6:37
  4. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 6:27
  5. "Disposable Heroes" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 8:16
  6. "Leper Messiah" (Hetfield, Ulrich) - 5:40
  7. "Orion" (Burton, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 8:28
  8. "Damage, Inc." (Burton, Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 5:29

Anggota

James Hetfield Guitars, Arranger, Vocals
Lars Ulrich Arranger, Drums
Cliff Burton Bass, Vocals (background), Lead Bass on "Orion"
Kirk Hammett Lead Guitar
Flemming Rasmussen Producer, Engineer
Metallica Producer, Cover Art Concept
Don Brautigam Ilustrasi
Rob Ellis Fotografi
Ross Halfin Fotografi
George Marino Remastering
Michael Wagener Mixing

Anthrax Band


Anthrax (band)


From left to right: Spitz, Ian, Benante, Belladonna, Bello
Asal New York City, United States
Tahun aktif 1981–present
Jenis musik Thrash/Speed metal
Post-thrash (recent)
Perusahaan rekaman musik Island Def Jam
Elektra
Megaforce
Sanctuary
Anggota Dan Spitz
Charlie Benante
Joey Belladonna
Scott Ian
Frank Bello

Anthrax adalah kelompok thrash metal dari New York, Amerika Serikat yang menerbitkan album pertama mereka pada 1984. Mereka biasanya disebut sebagai salah satu dari "empat besar" thrash metal bersama dengan Metallica, Slayer, dan Megadeth.


Anggota

Sekarang

Mantan

Vocals

Guitar

Bass

Drums

Diskografi

Pranala luar

Anthrax
Joey Belladonna | Scott Ian | Dan Spitz | Frank Bello | Charlie Benante | John Bush | Rob Caggiano
Neil Turbin | Greg Walls | Paul Crook | Dan Lilker | Greg D'Angelo
Albums
Album studio: Fistful of Metal | Spreading the Disease | Among the Living | State of Euphoria | Persistence of Time | Sound of White Noise | Stomp 442 | Volume 8: The Threat Is Real | We've Come for You All
Album live: The Island Years | Music of Mass Destruction | Alive 2
Compilations: Attack of The Killer B's | Return of The Killer A's | Madhouse - The Very Best of Anthrax | The Greater of Two Evils | Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991)
EPs: Armed and Dangerous | I'm The Man | Penikufesin | Inside Out | Summer 2003