terça-feira, maio 14, 2024
O baixista Jack Bruce nasceu há 81 anos...
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Marcadores: acid rock, baixo, blues-rock, Cream, hard rock, Jack Bruce, jazz fusion, Mothers of Invention, música, rock psicadélico, Sunshine Of Your Love
Mike Inez nasceu há 58 anos
Michael Allen Inez (Los Angeles County, California, May 14, 1966) is an American rock musician best known for his role as the bassist of Alice in Chains since 1993. He is also recognized for his work with Ozzy Osbourne from 1989–1993. Inez has also been associated with Slash's Snakepit, Black Label Society, Spys4Darwin, and Heart. He is of filipino descent. Inez has earned seven Grammy Award nominations as a member of Alice in Chains.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:58 0 bocas
Marcadores: Alice in Chains, baixo, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, Metal Alternativo, Mike Inez, música, Nutshell, Rock alternativo
quarta-feira, maio 08, 2024
Paul Samwell-Smith celebra hoje oitenta e um anos
Paul Samwell-Smith (born Paul Smith, 8 May 1943, in Richmond, Surrey) is an English musician and record producer. He was a founding member and the bassist of the 1960s English rock band the Yardbirds, which launched leading guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page to fame. As a youth, Samwell-Smith attended Hampton School with Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty.
While in the Yardbirds, he co-produced and engineered much of their music, working with record producers such as Mickie Most, Simon Napier-Bell and Giorgio Gomelsky. Samwell-Smith was a major contributor to the original tracks written by the Yardbirds during his tenure with the band. He left the group in June 1966 to pursue a career as a record producer.
The Yardbirds
In late May 1963, he formed the Yardbirds with Keith Relf, Anthony Topham, Chris Dreja, and Jim McCarty. During this period his primary instrument was a short-scale Epiphone Rivoli bass. He played on the UK albums, Five Live Yardbirds and Yardbirds (also known as Roger the Engineer) and on the US albums For Your Love, Having a Rave Up, and Over Under Sideways Down (which was Roger the Engineer retitled for the US market), all released on Epic Records. He provided background vocals on many songs like "Good Morning Little School Girl", "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Evil Hearted You", and more. He composed the Gregorian chant arrangements and lyrics of the songs "Still I'm Sad" and "Turn Into Earth". While in the Yardbirds he started working on the technical side in the studio. In 1966, becoming tired of touring and wanting to focus on production, he left the Yardbirds and was replaced by Jimmy Page. The last Yardbirds album he played on was Roger the Engineer.
Regarding Samwell-Smith's years with the Yardbirds, a 2020 article in Guitar World opined: "As a bassist, Paul Samwell-Smith was solid and occasionally prominently inventive. No doubt, had he stuck to that he’d have been feted as an influence by many."
In the early 1980s, Samwell-Smith played in the Yardbirds reunion band Box of Frogs with original Yardbird members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty. The Box of Frogs did not tour because Chris Dreja was busy with his photography and Samwell-Smith was busy in the recording studio.
He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992.
He went on to become a successful producer with credits including Cat Stevens' albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970), Teaser and the Firecat (1971) and Catch Bull at Four (1972). An article in The Washington Post praised Samwell-Smith's "deft, understated touch" on these recordings as a primary reason for their commercial success, and commented: "The chamber ensemble palette Samwell-Smith employed, consisting mainly of acoustic guitars, piano, upright bass and hand percussion, and the refined arrangements he crafted, perfectly complement the interior landscapes that Stevens was exploring. Stevens had the pure, raw talent, certainly, but it was Samwell-Smith who seemed to understand how best to transmute and position that talent for maximum artistic impact." Samwell-Smith also produced recordings for Jethro Tull, Carly Simon, Renaissance, Murray Head, Chris de Burgh, Beverley Craven, Toto Coelo, Illusion and Claire Hamill. Other production credits include two of Amazing Blondel's albums for Island Records; the first and second albums by All About Eve for Mercury; and "American Tune" (1973 single) with Paul Simon.
Film
Paul Samwell-Smith was the musical producer for the film Harold and Maude in 1971, with music written by Cat Stevens, which became a cult classic. In addition, two decades later, he produced Postcards from the Edge in 1990, as a music sound recording and recording supervisor.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 08:10 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, blues rock, música, Paul Samwell-Smith, Rock, rock psicadélico, The Yardbirds
terça-feira, maio 07, 2024
İbrahim Gökçek, músico dos Grup Yorum, morreu, durante uma greve de fome, há quatro anos...
Biographie
İbrahim Gökçek, né en 1980 à Kayseri, est bassiste dans le groupe révolutionnaire turc Grup Yorum. Il est marié à Sultan Gökçek, une autre membre de Grup Yorum, détenue en 2020 à la prison de Silivri.
Il est arrêté le 1er mai 2019 et inculpé de «création et direction d'une organisation». En juin, il rejoint la grève de la faim engagée par d'autres membres de Grup Yorum: ceux-ci revendiquent que le gouvernement turc mette fin à la répression contre le groupe, libère ses membres emprisonnés et leur permette de donner des concerts. Le 4 janvier 2020, Helin Bölek et lui annoncent leur décision de prolonger leur jeûne jusqu'à la mort. Le 14, le parquet requiert l'emprisonnement à perpétuité contre Ibrahim Gökçek. Libéré malgré tout en février 2020, il s'installe avec Helin Bölek dans une maison à Küçükarmutlu à Istanbul pour y poursuivre leur grève de la faim.
Le 5 mai 2020, il recommence à s'alimenter - les principaux partis d'opposition lui ont promis de se mobiliser - et est transféré dans un hôpital. Il meurt le 7 mai 2020.
Le lendemain, la police arrête ou disperse aux gaz lacrymogènes les participants à une cérémonie à sa mémoire dans un cemevi du quartier de Sultangazi, et saisit son cercueil. Il est finalement inhumé dans le cimetière de Kayseri, au cours d'une cérémonie qui donne lieu à de nouvelles échauffourées avec la police.
Des membres du Parti d'action nationaliste (MHP) manifestent et menacent de déterrer Ibrahim Gökçek et de brûler sa dépouille, au motif qu'ils le considèrent comme un terroriste. Ces manifestations ont poussé le MHP à fermer les bureaux des Loups gris pendant un certain temps et à licencier son président local.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:04 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, direitos humanos, ditadores, Erdogan, greve de fome, Grup Yorum, İbrahim Gökçek, música, Sevda Türküsü, Turquia
sábado, maio 04, 2024
Mike Dirnt, o baixista dos Green Day, faz hoje cinquenta e dois anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:52 0 bocas
Marcadores: alternative Rock, baixo, Green Day, Holiday, Mike Dirnt, música, punk rock
terça-feira, abril 23, 2024
Glenn Cornick nasceu há 77 anos...
Glenn Cornick (Barrow-in-Furness, 23 de abril de 1947 - Hilo (Havaí), 28 de agosto de 2014) foi um músico britânico. Foi o primeiro baixista e um dos fundadores do Jethro Tull. Ele saiu da banda depois de seu terceiro álbum, Benefit, em 1970. Seu estilo (meio virtuoso, meio performático), fica presente nas primeiras músicas da banda, como "Bouree" e "The Witch's Promisse".
Cornick foi "convidado" a deixar o Tull pelo empresário Terry Ellis, mas recebeu o apoio e encorajamento para formar sua própria banda, Wild Turkey, que obteve certo êxito com alguns álbuns e turnês - em 1972, abriram os shows para a turnê mundial do Black Sabbath.
Ele mudou-se depois para Berlim, onde gravou o álbum "Rock'n Roll Testament" com a banda Karthago. Mais tarde, nos EUA, formou o grupo Paris com Bob Welch, ex-Fleetwood Mac. A parceria durou até 1977, quando Cornick abandonou a música e se tornou gerente de vendas de uma empresa de alimentos.
Depois de dez anos voltou a tocar, participando em vários projetos - inclusive uma reunião dos Wild Turkey, lançando mais três álbuns.
Cornick morreu em Hilo, no Havai, a 28 de agosto de 2014, por causa de insuficiência cardíaca congestiva.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 07:07 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, Glenn Cornick, Jethro Tull, música, My Sunday Feeling
sábado, abril 20, 2024
Mikey Welsh nasceu há 53 anos...
Michael Edward Welsh (Syracuse, New York, April 20, 1971 – Chicago, Illinois, October 8, 2011) was an American artist and musician who played bass for several bands, including the rock band Weezer. During Weezer's hiatus, he played with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo in the band Homie, during Cuomo's time in Boston. Following original bassist Matt Sharp's departure from Weezer, Welsh joined as bassist and played with them from the time that they unofficially regrouped in 1998 until August 2001, when he experienced mental health problems. Shortly afterwards, he retired from music to focus on his art career. Welsh died from a drug overdose on October 8, 2011.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:53 0 bocas
Marcadores: alternative Rock, baixo, emo, indie rock, Island in the Sun, Mikey Welsh, overdose, pintura, pop, punk, Weezer
sexta-feira, abril 12, 2024
Guy Berryman, o baixo dos Coldplay, faz hoje 46 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:46 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, Clocks, Coldplay, Guy Berryman, música, Rock alternativo
quinta-feira, abril 11, 2024
Oliver Riedel, baixista dos Rammstein, celebra hoje 53 anos
Seemann
Komm in mein Boot!
Ein Sturm kommt auf, und es wird Nacht.
Wo willst du hin?
So ganz allein treibst du davon.
Wer hält deine Hand,
Wenn es dich nach unten zieht?
Wo willst du hin?
So uferlos die kalte See.
Komm in mein Boot!
Der Herbstwind hält die Segel straff.
Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne,
Mit Tränen im Gesicht.
Das Tageslicht fällt auf die Seite,
Der Herbstwind fegt die Straße leer.
Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne,
Hast Tränen im Gesicht.
Das Abendlicht verjagt die Schatten.
Die Zeit steht still, und es wird Herbst.
Komm in mein Boot!
Die Sehnsucht wird
Der Steuermann.
Komm in mein Boot!
Der beste Seemann
War doch ich.
Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne,
Hast Tränen im Gesicht.
Das Feuer nimmst du von der Kerze.
Die Zeit steht still, und es wird Herbst.
Sie sprachen nur von deiner Mutter.
So gnadenlos ist nur die Nacht.
Am Ende bleib' ich doch alleine.
Die Zeit steht still
Und mir ist kalt.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:53 0 bocas
Marcadores: Alemanha, baixo, Metal industrial, música, Oliver Riedel, Rammstein, Seemann
terça-feira, abril 02, 2024
Leon Wilkeson, baixista dos Lynyrd Skynyrd, nasceu há 72 anos...
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Leon Russell Wilkeson (Newport, Rhode Island, April 2, 1952 – Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, July 27, 2001) was the bassist of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001.
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Wilkeson died in his sleep on July 27, 2001, at age 49 at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort & Beach Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He was pronounced dead by St Johns County Fire Rescue Paramedic, Charlie Galambos. Galambos reports that leaving the scene moments after pronouncing Wilkeson dead, news had already leaked to the media, as he listened to the report on local FM radio. Wilkeson was in town to address charges of driving under the influence, for which he had been cited earlier that year. A medical examiner reported that Wilkeson was suffering from chronic liver and lung disease and died of natural causes. Wilkeson's death put the group in a difficult position since an agreement with Ronnie Van Zant's widow, Judy Jenness, mandated that at least three of Skynyrd's longtime members would have to appear in order for the band to use the name Lynyrd Skynyrd. Jenness waived this proviso, and the group continued with replacement bassist Ean Evans.
Lynyrd Skynyrd dedicated the song "Mad Hatter" from their 2003 album Vicious Cycle to Wilkeson's memory.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 07:20 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, blues-rock, country rock, hard rock, Leon Wilkeson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, música, Southern Rock, Sweet Home Alabama
domingo, março 31, 2024
Stefan Olsdal, músico dos Placebo, faz hoje cinquenta anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:50 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, guitarra, homossexuais, Placebo, Rock alternativo, Stefan Olsdal, teclista, The Bitter End
quarta-feira, março 13, 2024
Adam Clayton, o baixista dos U2, comemora hoje 64 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 06:40 0 bocas
Marcadores: Adam Clayton, baixo, Irlanda, música, Post-punk, Reino Unido, Rock, Rock alternativo, U2, With Or Without You
domingo, março 10, 2024
Jeff Ament, baixo dos Pearl Jam, celebra hoje sessenta e um anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 06:10 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, grunge, hard rock, Jeff Ament, Just Breathe, Pearl Jam, Rock alternativo
segunda-feira, março 04, 2024
Chris Squire, o baixo já falecido dos Yes, nasceu há 76 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 07:06 0 bocas
Marcadores: art rock, baixo, Chris Squire, música, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Rock Progressivo, Yes
Jason Newsted comemora hoje sessenta e um anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 06:10 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, Jason Newsted, Metallica, música, Nothing Else Matters, punk rock, Rock alternativo, Speed Metal, stoner metal, Thrash metal
domingo, fevereiro 18, 2024
Kelly Groucutt morreu há quinze anos...
Kelly Groucutt (born Michael William Groucutt; Coseley, 8 September 1945 – Worcester, 19 February 2009) was an English musician, and bassist and occasional vocalist for the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), between 1974 and 1983. He was born in Coseley, West Midlands.
Early career
Groucutt began his musical career at 15 as Rikki Storm of Rikki Storm and the Falcons. He sang with multiple outfits during the 1960s, picking up the guitar as he went along. Groucutt was also a member of a band called "Sight and Sound", and later with a band called "Barefoot".
Electric Light Orchestra
While playing with Barefoot in Birmingham, he was spotted by ELO's Jeff Lynne; and after Lynne, Bev Bevan and Richard Tandy had watched him play, he was invited to join ELO, to replace Mike de Albuquerque, who had recently left the band. Upon joining, he was asked to adopt a stage name because ELO had already had several members named Michael, Mike or Mik; he chose Kelly as being a school nickname. ELO then set off on their Eldorado tour. The first Electric Light Orchestra album to feature Kelly on bass guitar and as a backing vocalist was Face the Music (1975). He assumed lead vocal duties on one or two album tracks typically, and his vocals can be heard on later ELO songs, most prominently on songs such as "Nightrider" (1975), "Poker" (1975), "Above the Clouds" (1976), "Across the Border" (1977), "Night in the City" (1977), "Sweet is the Night" (1977) and "The Diary of Horace Wimp" (1979). Groucutt often displayed his operatic vocal talents during live performances of "Rockaria!" (1976), though these were not performed in the studio.
Groucutt continued contributing on the albums A New World Record (1976), Out of the Blue (1977), Discovery (1979), Xanadu (1980), Time (1981), and the early sessions for Secret Messages (1983). By Discovery, Groucutt's role in the band was reduced by Lynne from co-lead vocals to backing vocals exclusively, as well as his duties on bass.
In 1982, he released his self-titled, debut solo album, Kelly. This album featured fellow ELO members Bev Bevan, Richard Tandy, Mik Kaminski and their orchestral co-arranger and conductor Louis Clark.[8] In 2001, the album was remastered for CD.
Groucutt remained with ELO until the onset of the recording sessions for the album Secret Messages in 1982. It was at this juncture that he left the band, unhappy with royalty payments during his tenure, and made the decision to sue management and band leader Jeff Lynne. A settlement for the sum of £300,000 (equivalent to £1,019,700 in 2019) was reached out of court prior to proceedings. He is credited with playing bass on Secret Messages, although the 2018 album liner notes state that he only played on four songs ("Train of Gold" and "Rock n Roll is King" from the single disc release and "No Way Out" and "Beatles Forever") from the original double album.
During the mid-to-late 1980s, Groucutt worked further on his solo career, including the We Love Animals EP in 1985 to benefit the RSPCA.
OrKestra
In the late 1980s, he and former band mate Mik Kaminski formed the group OrKestra. The pair quickly became dissatisfied with the poor promotion and record label the band received, especially as their first album, Beyond The Dream was delayed. Though at least one song was ready for use in the 1989 film Summer Job, the album itself was not released until 1991. By that point, Kaminski and Groucutt, joined by fellow ELO member Hugh McDowell, had guest starred in a tour with ELO Part II. In 1992, Groucutt and Kaminski both joined ELO Part II.
In 1993, the group's second album, Roll Over Beethoven was released under the OrKestra name, though by that point the band was seemingly defunct. It included more material from Groucutt and Kaminski's tenure in the band. It is unknown if OrKestra continued on after the two left.
ELO Part II and The Orchestra
During his time in ELO Part II, Groucutt frequently shared lead vocal duties with Neil Lockwood, Phil Bates, Peter Haycock, and Eric Troyer. However, Haycock and Lockwood both left the band shortly after Groucutt's arrival. When the group released Moment of Truth, Groucutt contributed the song "The Fox", and co-wrote "Blue Violin" and "Twist of the Knife". Groucutt also appeared on the live albums Performing ELO's Greatest Hits Live and One Night - Live in Australia.
While Groucutt was primarily the group's bassist, during some songs he would play guitar instead.
When Bev Bevan sold his half of the rights to ELO back to Jeff Lynne in 1999, Groucutt chose to remain with the group. It was renamed The Orchestra, in an attempt to get past Lynne's refusal to allow this group to bank on the past reputation of Groucutt, Kaminski, and Clark. He again made writing contributions to the group's next album, No Rewind, by co-writing the closing track, "Before We Go".
Personal life
Kelly Groucutt was married twice. His first marriage produced three sons (Christopher, Steven, and Robin) and a daughter (Jenny). The birth of his fourth child was around the same time he began to depart from ELO. In 2006, Groucutt wed Anna-Maria Bialaga. They remained married until his death.
Death
On 18 February 2009, Groucutt returned from a sell-out show with The Orchestra in Berlin. He suffered a heart attack shortly after, and died on the 19th at the Royal Worcester Hospital in Worcester. His family held a small, exclusive concert with members from The Orchestra in his memory.
After a successful crowdfunding campaign was held by his family, a plaque commemorating Groucutt was placed at his childhood home, where his family lived from 1937 to 1992.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:15 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Kelly Groucutt, Last Train to London
terça-feira, fevereiro 13, 2024
Peter Hook, baixo dos New Order e dos Joy Division, comemora hoje 68 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 06:08 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, dance music, Dance Rock, Joy Division, música, New Order, Peter Hook, Pós-punk, Rock alternativo, synthpop, True Faith
sábado, fevereiro 10, 2024
Cliff Burton, o baixo dos Metallica já desaparecido, nasceu há 62 anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 06:20 0 bocas
Marcadores: Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth), baixo, Cliff Burton, Metallica, música, Thrash metal
quinta-feira, fevereiro 08, 2024
Jeremy Davis, baixista dos Paramore, faz hoje 39 anos
Jeremy Clayton Davis, (North Little Rock, Arkansas, 8 de fevereiro de 1985) é um baixista norte-americano, famoso por tocar na banda de rock alternativo Paramore.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:39 0 bocas
Marcadores: baixo, Jeremy Davis, Misery Business, Paramore, pop punk, pop rock, Power pop, Rock, Rock alternativo
segunda-feira, fevereiro 05, 2024
Duff McKagan faz hoje sessenta anos...!
Postado por Fernando Martins às 06:00 0 bocas
Marcadores: Attitude, baixo, Duff McKagan, Guns N' Roses, hard rock, heavy metal, Jerk, música, Neurotic Outsiders, punk rock, Rock alternativo, Seatle