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unusual facts about Post-rock


The Ferry Boat Inn

Over the next few years the Ferry Boat became established as one of the most important venues for local bands, catering for all types of alternative music, with a leaning towards punk rock, ska punk, metal, hardcore and Post-rock.


17 Days

Seventeen Days, album by rock band 3 Doors Down, released 2005.

A Classic Case of Cause and Effect

A Classic Case of Cause and Effect is the second album by English rock band Laruso, released in May 2009 on Autonomy Recordings.

Adyar Library

The Adyar library is also used by post-graduate students in Sanskrit and Indology of the University of Madras.

Andrew Rock

In the 2004 Olympic Games, Rock ran for the American 4x400m relay team in the qualifying heats, securing the team a place in the final.

Backbiter

They jammed with drummer Bob Lee (one of the Devo Bob drummers) and the power trio came together, playing local clubs such as the notable post-punk hangout, Raji's.

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1 (trans. Belgrade, Live '97 - 1) is the first disc of the fourth live album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, released in 1997.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1955.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1965.

Billy Minter

He remained on the books as a trainer and following Peter McWilliams' resignation as manager, Minter took over the position on 28 February 1927 and remained as manager for three years before being succeeded by Percy Smith after failing health, brought on by the stress of an unsuccessful reign, including relegation in his first season, caused him to resign the post.

Chris Cillizza

Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza appeared in a series of humor videos called "Mouthpiece Theater" which appeared on the Washington Posts website.

Daniel Victor

He later followed that with the second single "The World is Darker" featuring Melissa Auf der Maur (of The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole and Auf der Maur), and then the driving rock song "Where We Are" featuring Rob Dickinson of the UK band, The Catherine Wheel.

David Francey

His 2004 album, The Waking Hour, is a collaboration with traditional country artists Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin, and includes some of his darker material, including "Wishing Well" about the execution of Timothy McVeigh, and "Fourth of July", a political commentary on the post-September 11 United States.

Deweare

Deweare's music was greatly influenced by the resurgence of French punk cult bands such as Bérurier Noir and Ludwig von 88, as well as by rock musician, comedian and poet Alain Bashung and by American music artist Beck—another musician to whom Deweare's vocals have been compared.

Dusty Saxton

In 2005 Dusty responded to a MySpace ad for a guitarist spot in Dallas, Texas based rock band, Analogue, fronted by eventual Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights bassist, Nick Jay.

Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary

Ira Robbins of Trouser Press lauded the band's single releases as "classy trash", noting that on the better tracks of the album, Tenpole Tudor's "good humor and rock energy are undeniably infectious".

Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story

The film is a biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys.

English Chamber Choir

The English Chamber Choir came into existence in 1972 its earliest engagements included Haydn's Nelson Mass, Fauré's Requiem and Kodály 's Laudes Organi with Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra, and live performances at the old Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, of the rock-opera Tommy with The Who.

Fire and Fame

Fire And Fame is a memoir co-written by Joerg Deisinger, former bassist and founding member of the German hard rock band Bonfire, and Carl Begai, a Canadian writer and music journalist.

George F. Le Feuvre

Unable to find a civil service post in Quebec, George joined the civil service in Ottawa.

Har Gilo

Archaeological excavations in 1998 revealed the remains of two buildings and a rock-cut winepress, both dating back to the Iron age III (586-539 BCE).

Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale

A change of scene being deemed necessary to insure his recovery, he obtained, through Dr. Batty, the post of medical attendant to Edward, fifth earl of Oxford, who was then on a tour in Italy.

Herbert B. Maxson

He moved to Nevada in 1888, where he was elected county surveyor of Washoe County and was later appointed to the federal deputy surveyor post.

Johann Martin Steindorff

In 1722 he applied for the vacant post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, but did not succeed and remained in Zwickau for the rest of his life.

John Tiner

This came after the resignation of Sir Howard Davies as FSA executive chairman, when that post was split into two: chairman (Sir Callum McCarthy) and chief executive (Tiner).

Kathleen Chalfant

They have a son, David Chalfant, who was the bass player for the folk-rock band, The Nields, and a daughter, Andromache, who is a set designer in New York.

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

To these ends, Klosterman engages on an "epic" road trip, visiting the death sites of rock stars such as Duane Allman and Kurt Cobain.

Kiss Symphony: Alive IV

The live versions of "Rock and Roll All Nite", "God of Thunder" and "Lick It Up" were featured on the soundtrack for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground.

League of Lights

Formed around vocalist Farrah West and keyboard player/producer Richard West from British rock band Threshold, League of Lights recorded their debut album with contributions from guitarist Ruud Jolie of Dutch symphonic rock act Within Temptation, drummer Mark Zonder of US progressive metallers Fates Warning, and bassist Jerry Meehan.

Lummis Day

The first event, on Sunday, June 4, 2006, featured East L.A. rock band Quinto Sol, musician Severin Browne, Ann Likes Red, Cuban-born musician Juan Carlos Formell, Danza Azteca Cuahtlehuanitl, the Tongva-Gabrielino Native American Dancers, Pilipino folk ensemble Panama Rondalla and poets B. H. Fairchild, William Archila and Suzanne Lummis.

Marcus Harrison

Harrison played high school football at Mills High School in Little Rock.

Memić

Seid Memić, Bosnian singer and the vocalist for the Yugoslav rock band Teška industrija

National Savings Bank

National Savings and Investments of the United Kingdom which was formerly known as the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings.

Nintendocore

The rock group Minibosses "are one of the most well-established bands in the Nintendocore genre, with an impressive roster of covers including Contra, Double Dragon, Excitebike," and other video game themes.

Pisgah Mountain

The east end of the ridge is named Mount Pisgah and represents a hard rock knob that towers 700–900 feet above Lehigh River towns Jim Thorpe to the east, and Nesquehoning to its north.

Polish rock

Meanwhile, there was second wave of Polish rock called Krajowa Scena Młodzieżowa (Sztywny Pal Azji, Chłopcy z Placu Broni, Róże Europy, Kobranocka, Tilt, Mr Z'OOB, Rezerwat), but with minor market and/or artistic success.

Ramchandra Pant Amatya

In 1698, after Rajaram’s return from Gingee, Ramchandra Pant voluntarily stepped down from the post of Imperial Regent (Hukumat Panah).

Rock 'n' Roll Bolero

"Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" was later included as a bonus track on the remaster of the 1977 album Whatever Happened to Slade, the 2006 Japanese Air Mail Archive remaster of the 1979 album Return to Base, and part of the 2006 four-disc box set The Slade Box.

Ryszard Riedel

Ryszard Henryk Riedel (September 7, 1956 in Chorzów - July 30, 1994 in Chorzów) – was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish for 'jam').

Samuel B. Griffith

After participating in the post-World War II occupation of North China, where he commanded the 3rd Marine Regiment and later the U.S. Marine Forces in Qingdao, he was a student and then a faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport from 1947 to 1950.

Steve Zodiac

Steve Zodiac (pseudonym adopted from the lead character of Fireball XL5) is a rock guitarist and prolific songwriter, who gained recognition in the early 1980s as frontman of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band Vardis.

Sylvia Pankhurst

After the post-war liberation of Ethiopia, she became a strong supporter of union between Ethiopia and the former Italian Somaliland, and MI5's file continued to follow her activities.

Terry Waldo

Against the current tide of rock and roll, the young ragtimer played with Turk Murphy's Jazz Band, and studied with other prominent jazz musicians such as Pops Foster, Lu Watters, Wally Rose, and Clancy Hayes, all the while living in a room above Mcgoon's for one dollar per day.

The Detached Mission

The CIA officers appoints U.S. Army Major Jack Hessalt as a commanding officer of missile launch command post inside a secret U.S. military base in the Pacific Ocean.

The Emerson Theater

The album Live: No Time for Tuning by Indianapolis junk rock band Sloppy Seconds was recorded at the Emerson Theatre on April 15, 1995.

The Folk of the Fringe

Many of the stories take place in, or are connected to, a fictional post-apocalyptic state of Deseret around the former Mormon areas of Utah, which was clearly inspired by the historical State of Deseret.

The Way I Rock My Clothes

"The Way I Rock My Clothes" is a single released by Hip-hop artist/Producer Funkghost.

Time Stands Still

Time Stand Still, the sixth studio album by American rock band The Hooters, released in 2007

Trade Boards Act 1918

The Trade Boards Act 1918 (c 32) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that heavily shaped the post-World War I system of UK labour law, particularly regarding collective bargaining and the establishment of minimum wages.

Volvelle

The rock band Led Zeppelin employed a volvelle in the sleeve design for the album Led Zeppelin III (1970).

Waydowntown

The radio station CJAY 92 that plays "Start A Rumour Day" throughout the film is a real rock station in Calgary, with the station's actual DJs (the DJ "Bob", is Bob Steele, no longer with the station).


see also

16 Horsepower

A post-rock interpretation of "Black Soul Choir" sung by Brandy Bones became a live staple of Canadian band Big John Bates during their 2012 Battered Bones tour.

A Dog Called Ego

In Summer they recorded their debut album "Living Seriously Damages Health" in their own studio in Hamburg and it was described as the best alternative/Post Rock album of the last years by German Rock Hard Magazine.

A Final Storm

A Final Storm is the third studio album by Swedish post-rock band Khoma, released in 2010 by Selective Notes.

A Maze and Amazement

A Maze and Amazement is the debut album by New Zealand post-rock band The Enright House, released in May 2007, on A Low Hum Records.

Ágúst

Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, founding member of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós

Alexander Perls

While studying as an exchange student at University College London in 1997, Perls worked with the post-rock collective Piano Magic.

Autobody

All hail from (or subsequently joined) other arty post-rock/freeform acts like Caroliner, Dymaxion, Fly Ashtray, Job's Daughters, Wharton Tiers Ensemble, Flaming Fire, The Aerosols, Bare Flames, and Drumhead.

Bombhunters

Music was used from the popular Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Four Pests Campaign

The album Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (2006) by US-American Post-Rock band Red Sparowes tells, by way of its song titles, the story of the Great Sparrow Campaign.

Giles Corey

British alternative/post-rock band I Like Trains has a song entitled "More Weight" about the execution of Corey.

Gybe

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a Canadian post-rock band, commonly abbreviated to GY!

Immanu El

Immanu El (often typeset as IMMANU EL) is a Swedish Post-rock band from Jönköping.

Jeniferever / The Next Autumn Soundtrack

The Next Autumn Soundtrack & Jeniferever was a split EP recorded by post-rock bands Jeniferever and The Next Autumn Soundtrack, released on December 1, 2003.

KZFX

The station is currently owned by Post Rock Communications LLC and features programming from ABC Radio, California Headline News , Motor Racing Network (Sprint Cup Series), Classic Rock Live, Timewarp with Bill St. James and The Z 93-7 Classic Disc.

Peter Gzowski

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai use an audio recording of Gzowski's interview with Iggy Pop in the song "Punk Rock", the first song from their album Come on Die Young.

Rich Batsford

In 2007 Batsford collaborated with krautrock/shoegaze band Einstellung, for a concert in which Batsford both supported and accompanied the band, highlighting elements of post-rock shared by both artists.

Rodeo Massacre

Rodeo Massacre is the sixth album released by French post-rock band Ulan Bator.

Sparkle in Grey

In 2010 Black Fading records (of Disciplinatha's ex Singer Cristiano Santini) releases "Whale Heart, Whale Heart", a completely new attempt in the field of acoustic music, where the band collaborates with the pop/folk singer and post-rock artist Tex La Homa (Matt Shaw).

The Appleseed Cast

The band's predominantly guitar-based music has evolved from intense, heavy emo indebted to such acts as Mineral and Sunny Day Real Estate to a unique "post-rock" sound hinging on inventive, intricate drumming, subtle guitar arpeggios, and a vast range of effects.

The Fall of Math

The Fall of Math is the debut album by the instrumental post-rock band 65daysofstatic, released on September 20, 2004 through Monotreme.

The Union Trade

An early and leading member of the Bay Area post-rock scene, The Union Trade is also the founding band of San Francisco independent music label, Tricycle Records.

Designating themselves "cinematic post-rock," the band describes their sound as bridging the typically instrumental rock sounds of influences such as Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You, with the highly effected guitar and vocal sounds of bands like The Appleseed Cast, Ride, Slowdive, and Swervedriver.

The Vulcan Dub Squad

This era saw the band take their sound from its very washy and ambient beginnings into more orchestrated pieces, relying on the whisper-to-a-scream methodology that was used by indie rockers like The Pixies and post-rock sound-sculptors such as Slint and Mogwai.