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Friday, 12 October 2012
Wolfmother Biography
Wolfmother Biography
Wolfmother is an Australian rock band from Erskineville, Sydney. Formed in 2000, the group was originally a trio composed of vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. Wolfmother released their self-titled debut album in October 2005, which reached number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. The album was also a critical success, winning the 2005 J Award and 2006 ARIA Awards for Best Breakthrough Album and Best Rock Album. "Woman", a single from the album, won the band their first Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2007.
In August 2008, co-founding members Ross and Heskett left the band
due to "irreconcilable personal and musical differences", after which
Stockdale decided to continue using the Wolfmother moniker with new
musicians. After a brief hiatus, Stockdale returned with a new
four-piece band in January 2009 featuring bassist and keyboardist Ian
Peres, rhythm guitarist Aidan Nemeth and drummer Dave Atkins. The new line-up's first album, entitled Cosmic Egg, was released in October 2009 and reached the same Australian chart peak as Wolfmother. Atkins left the band in April 2010 following extensive touring to be replaced by Will Rockwell-Scott of American garage rock band The Mooney Suzuki, and the follow-up to Cosmic Egg is expected in 2012.
In 2012 it was revealed that both Rockwell-Scott and Nemeth had left the band; they have temporarily been replaced with Hamish Rosser and Vin Steele respectively, and keyboardist Elliott Hammond has also joined the group.
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History
Beginning years and debut album (2000–2006)
Wolfmother formed in 2000[3] and made their way into the public spotlight in 2004 after "years of jamming and anonymity".[4] They were signed to Australian record label Modular Recordings at the beginning of August and throughout the year played a number of dates at various venues (including a tour with Cut Copy and Midnight Juggernauts), before in September they finished recording and released their debut extended play (EP), Wolfmother. The record was relatively successful for such a new band, reaching number thirty-five in the ARIA Singles Chart.[5]
After "6 months of nonstop Australian and overseas chonging",[4] Wolfmother began work on their first full-length album, for which they enlisted the help of David Sardy, producer of Undisputed Attitude (Slayer), Don't Believe the Truth (Oasis), Get Born (Jet) and Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia (The Dandy Warhols). The band moved to Los Angeles in May 2005 and rented Hollywood recording studio Cherokee, recording home of such artists as Aerosmith, Korn and Lenny Kravitz.[6] After six weeks of rehearsals at the studio, work moved to Sound City where the album was recorded in just two weeks.[4] Before the release of the album, the band first released their debut single; double A-side "Mind's Eye/Woman" was released on 16 October 2005 in Australia and managed to reach number twenty-nine in the Singles Chart.[7] On 30 October, Wolfmother
saw release in the trio's home country. The album entered the ARIA
Albums Chart at its peak of number three and remained in the chart until
mid-2007,[8] by which time it had been certified five times platinum.[9]
By the end of the year, Wolfmother had won Triple J's J Award for Australian Album of the Year,[10] and "Woman" had been nominated for Single of the Year and Best Breakthrough Artist (Single) at the ARIA Music Awards.[11]
International success (2006–2008)
The 2005 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 26 January 2006, featured a record six songs by Wolfmother: "Mind's Eye" (number six), "Joker & the Thief" (number nine), "Apple Tree" (number sixteen), "Dimension" (number thirty-seven), "Colossal" (number thirty-nine) and "White Unicorn" (number eighty-four).[12] On 6 March, Rolling Stone
published their Annual Readers' and Critics' Poll results, in which
Wolfmother were featured a number of times, namely in the following
readers' lists: Top 10 Albums (Wolfmother, number one), Top 10
Singles ("Mind's Eye", number one; "Woman", number nine), Artist of the
Year (number two), Best Band (number one), Best Tour (number two), Best
Album Cover (number one), Best Hard Rock/Metal Band (number one), Best
Rock Artist (number one), Best New Artist (number one), Year's Biggest
Hype (number one) and Best Video ("Mind's Eye", number two).[4] Frontman Andrew Stockdale also featured in the poll for Best Dressed (number three).
The band's next single was "White Unicorn", released on 26 February,
which charted lower than its predecessor, at number thirty-three.[13] The band also released a second EP, Dimensions, on 2 March. Wolfmother
was not released outside of Australia until 24 April in the United
Kingdom, 2 May in the United States, and 12 June in Europe. In the UK it
peaked at number twenty-five[14] and in the US at number twenty-two.[15]
Thanks to the success of their album and singles, Wolfmother's music
has been featured in many video games, films and commercials. "Love Train" featured in an iPod commercial; "Woman" was included on such video games as Guitar Hero II, MotorStorm, Pure, Saints Row 2, Tony Hawk's Project 8 and NHL 07; "Dimension" featured in the film School for Scoundrels, House, and in video games FlatOut 2, and Rugby 06; and "Joker & the Thief" appeared in films Jackass Number Two, Shoot 'Em Up, Shrek the Third and The Hangover (2009 film) and video games Need for Speed: Carbon, Rock Band, and MLB 07: The Show, as well as commercials for both Mitsubishi and Peugeot cars.
The band performed at big-name local and international festivals in 2006, including SXSW, Big Day Out, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Roskilde Festival, Lowlands, Splendour in the Grass, Fuji Rock Festival, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds Festivals, V Festival, Download Festival and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival where they were cited as the 'breakout' band of the year.[16] On 25 September, bassist Chris Ross'
wife had a baby, which meant the band had to cancel or postpone many of
their upcoming tour dates. During this break, Wolfmother released their
final single from the self-titled album, "Joker and the Thief",
which peaked at No. 8 in Australia, their highest position to date. The
band resumed touring on 4 November in the United Kingdom. Wolfmother
also won three awards (Best Breakthrough Album, Best Rock Album and Best
Group) from five nominations at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards.[17] On 14 November, when Led Zeppelin were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, they asked Wolfmother to appear as their guests. The band covered Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown", a common song on the band's set lists of previous and subsequent.
The 2006 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2007, in which Wolfmother appeared twice ("Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)", No. 55; "Love Train", No. 80).[18] At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards held in February, Wolfmother won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for "Woman".[19]
On 30 March it was announced that Wolfmother had written a new song
entitled "Pleased to Meet You" especially for upcoming film Spider-Man 3, for which it was featured in the official soundtrack.
On 28 May, the band performed on Pinkpop's main stage. The band played on the first day (8 June) of the Download Festival. On 28 June, the band headlined at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Finishing up their US Tour in Detroit, Michigan on 30 June. On 7 July, they performed on the Australian leg of the Live Earth
concerts in Sydney. Stockdale said in an interview "That will be our
last show for this album. We will find out what a green note sounds like
on the next record."[20]
Wolfmother released their first DVD on 1 September in Australia, 10 September in the UK and 20 November in the US; Please Experience Wolfmother Live features footage from the band's performance at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. Other live shows, music videos and an interview are included in the bonus features.[21]
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Jazz?
Sejarah Musik Jazz
Jazz
adalah sebuah seni ekspresi dalam bentuk musik. Anggapan musik jazz
adalah musik kaum elit dan mapan ternyata salah besar bila dilihat dari
sejarah terbentuknya aliran ini. Jazz disebut sebagai musik fundamental
dalam hidup manusia dan cara mengevaluasi nilai-nilai tradisionalnya.
Tradisi jazz awalnya dari pengaruh tribal drums dan musik gospel
blues serta field hollers (teriakan peladang). Proese kelahirannya telah
memperlihatkan bahwa musik jazz sangat berhubungan dengan pertahanan
hidup dan ekspresi kehidupan manusia dikalangan bawah.
Yang menarik adalah bahwa asal kata “jazz” berasal dari istilah
vulgar yang digunakan untuk aksi seksual. Sebagian irama dalam musik
jazz pernah diasosiasikan dengan rumah-rumah bordil dan perempuan nakal.
Jazz akhirnya menjadi bentuk seni musik, baik dalam komposisi tertentu
maupun improvisasi yang merefleksikan melodi-melodi secara spontan.
Legenda jazz dimulai di New Orleans dan berkembang di sungai
mississippi, Memphis, St. Louis, dan akhirnya Chicago. Tentu saja musik
jazz dipengaruhi oleh musik yang ada di New Orleans, tribal drums Afrika
dan struktur musik ala eropa. Latar belakanG jazz ridak dapat
dilepaskan dari fakta dimana jazz dipengaruhi berbagai musik seperti
musik spiritual, cakewalks, ragtime dan blues.
Salah satu legenda jazz yang dipercaya bahwa sekitar 1891 seorang
pemilik kedai cukur rambut di New Orleans bernama Buddy Bolden meniup
cornetnya dan saat itulah musik jazz dimulai sebagai gebrakan baru di
dunia musik. Setengah abad kemudian musik jazz di Amerika memberi banyak
kontribusi di dunia musik, dipelajari di universitas, dan akhirnya
menjadi aliran musik yang serius dan diperhitungkan.
Musik jazz sebagai seni yang populer mulai menyebar ke hampir semua
masyrakat Amerika pada tahun 1920-an (dikenal sebagai jazz age). Jazz
semakin marak di era swing pada akhir 1930-an dan mencapai puncaknya
pada akhir 1950-an sebagai jazz modern. Diawal tahun 20-an dan 30-an
jazz telah menjadi kata yang dikenal umum.
Pengaruh perkembangan musik blues tidak dapat ditinggalkan saat
membahas musik jazz diawal-awal tahun perkembangannya. Kemampuan untuk
memainkan musik blues menjadi standar bagi semua musisi jazz, terutama
digunakan dalam berimprovisasi dan ber-jam session.
JET
JET
Formation and Dirty Sweet (2001–2002)
Brothers Nic Cester and Chris Cester grew up in Dingley Village, a suburb just out of Melbourne, Victoria, and attended St Bedes College Mentone, listening to their father's classic rock records from the 1960s and 1970s, such as The Who, AC/DC, The Easybeats, Faces, The Loved Ones, and particularly The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and John Lennon.[3]
However, according to Nic, it was Australian band You Am I who had the biggest influence on Jet's developing musical tastes:
"Hi Fi Way was the most important album of my generation ... I think everyone our age, who played guitar, played You Am I songs for the first time in front of their school assembly ... That was the record that made you realise you could be in an Australian band, you didn't have to be a grunge band and you didn't have to be influenced by American bands. It changed everything."[4]
The brothers decided to form a band with Cameron Muncey,
Nic's friend from school and with whom he had previously been in a
band, and with bassist Doug Armstrong whom Nic and Chris met while
working together at their father's spice factory.[5]
During 2001 an old high school friend of Chris' joined the band on
keyboard, and it was at this time that the band took their current name.[citation needed] They wanted a short name so when it showed up on festival advertisements, it would be large and bold in print.[original research?][citation needed] "Radio Song", from their album Get Born, was written about the troubles that the band had getting recognition at this time.[citation needed] Jet got their big break when seminal Melbourne Punk rock band The Specimens
took Jet under their wing and put them on as an opening act at The Duke
of Windsor. This is where Dave Powell first saw the band perform and
went on to sign them to his management firm Majorbox.[citation needed]
The new band met Mark Wilson
one night in 2002 at a concert and, despite already having a bass
player, asked him to play with them. Wilson was then the bassist in a
band called The CA$inos, so he initially declined. However, a few days
later he called the band and said he would like to join them instead.
In 2002 the band, consisting of its current members,[who?] released the Dirty Sweet EP, which drew its name from the T.Rex song "Bang a Gong (Get It On)". While the band only pressed 1,000 copies, there was such a demand that they pressed 1,000 more.[citation needed] The timing of this record coincided with the breakthrough of The Vines, meaning that international interest in Australian rock bands was high.[original research?][citation needed] NME obtained a copy of the single from Dirty Sweet, "Take It or Leave It", and praised it.[vague] Elektra Records offered the band a contract[when?] and re-released Dirty Sweet in 2003.
Get Born (2003–2004)
Jet entered the Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles with Dave Sardy to produce their debut album Get Born. Sardy had previously produced records for Marilyn Manson and The Dandy Warhols. They also enlisted the services of keyboard maestro Billy Preston for two of the songs. The album derived its name from the blockbuster action movie, The Bourne Identity, starring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. Halfway through recording, the band received a call from The Rolling Stones offering them a support slot on the Australian leg of their 2003 tour.[citation needed] Jet played more than 200 shows in 2003.[6]
Their singles "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and "Rollover DJ" were voted number one and number nineteen respectively on the 2003 Triple J Hottest 100. "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" appeared on the soundtracks for the video games Madden NFL 2004, Guitar Hero: On Tour and Rock Band, on Strictly Come Dancing and the 2006 animated film Flushed Away, and the 2008 film What Happens in Vegas. It was also part of two major worldwide advertising campaigns for Apple's iPod and iMac and for Vodafone. "Rollover DJ" features on the soundtrack to PlayStation 2 game Gran Turismo 4. Get Born
also includes the song "Timothy", dedicated to deceased brother of
vocalist/guitarist Cameron Muncey, who died before Cameron was born. Due
to the sensitive nature of the song, the band rarely plays "Timothy"
live.[7]
In early 2004, Jet teamed up with The Vines and The Living End on "the Aussie invasion" tour of US cities. A new Jet song not included on Get Born, called "Hold On", was featured on the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack that year. TV/film producer J. J. Abrams - whose credits include Lost and Felicity - contacted Jet to record a song for the Season 4 premiere to his show Alias. "Cold Hard Bitch" from Get Born was used, and became the soundtrack to a frenetic scene of two CIA agents sprinting down a Hong Kong street, giving Jet further US exposure.
Later the same year, Jet received nominations for the annual Radio Music Awards,
including 'Artist of the Year: Rock Radio', 'Artist of the Year: Rock
Alternative Radio', and 'Song of the Year: Rock Radio' (for "Cold Hard
Bitch"). Still in the U.S. Jet received the 32nd Annual American Music Awards nomination as 'Favorite Artist - Alternative Music', as well as three nominations for the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, held in Miami in August. "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" was nominationed for Best Rock Video, Best New Artist and Best Editing in a video. Jet performed "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" live at the ceremony and picked up the award for Best Rock Video,
dedicating the award to Chris and Nic's late father John Cester.
Following their success in Miami, back home in Australia the band was
nominated in seven categories at the 2004 ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Music Awards,
receiving nominations in a stunning seven categories; 'Album of the
Year', 'Single of the Year' (for "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"), 'Best
Group', 'Best Rock Album', 'Breakthrough Artist - Album', 'Breakthrough
Artist - Single' (for "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"), and 'Highest Selling
Album'. At the awards ceremony on 17 October 2004, Jet dominated the
ceremony receiving six awards out of the seven nominations. Nic Cester
also performed as part of supergroup The Wrights, featuring members of other Australian rock bands Spiderbait (Kram, drums), The Living End (Chris Cheney, guitar), Dallas Crane (Pat Bourke, bass) and You Am I/The Pictures (Davey Lane, guitar).
Shine On (2005–2007)
The debut single from the band's second album Shine On, titled "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is", was released to radio on 7 August 2006. Shine On
was released on 30 September 2006 (2 October in the UK, 3 October in
the US) with a final track listing of 15 songs. It debuted at No. 3 on
the Australian charts. Critical reaction to the album was mixed; British
music magazine NME called the record "another joyfully old-fashioned rock'n'roll album immersed in the classics,"[8]
while the American review site Pitchfork Media posted a totally
anomalous review containing only a video clip of a chimpanzee urinating
in its own mouth.[9] The song also appeared on NME's compilation CD, NME: The Essential Bands - Festival Edition.
Jet played at the MTV Europe Awards in Copenhagen.[when?] It was their first live performance since Nic Cester's laryngitis halted their World Tour.[citation needed] In November 2006 Jet flew back to Australia to perform at the Make Poverty History Concert in Melbourne at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl; upon their return they also held a secret show on a barge floating on the Yarra River.[citation needed] The second singles from the album, "Bring It on Back" (in the UK) and "Rip It Up" (in Australia) were released in November 2006. The album also spawned an EP, the Shine On EP released December 2006.
The title track, "Shine On",
was released on various dates in March 2007 around the world as the
third single (second single in some countries). The song is a tribute to
Nic and Chris Cester's father, who died from cancer in 2004.[10]
It was written by Nic Cester from the perspective of his father
encouraging those who survive him to "shine on" Many songs on the album
("Come On Come On", "Bring It on Back", "Stand Up", "Holiday", "All You
Have to Do") are primarily about overcoming adversity and challenge.
Jet co-headlined a series of shows during the 2007 Big Day Out festival in Australia and New Zealand, with acts Tool, Muse, The Killers, and My Chemical Romance.[11] The band played their Rip It Up Oz tour in late May and June 2007, which was supported by Channel V.[citation needed] Also in 2007, they released a new song for the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack titled "Falling Star".[citation needed] In addition, their song "Rip It Up" appeared on the TMNT soundtrack.[citation needed] It also became the official theme for the wrestling show WWE Summerslam.[citation needed] In August, the band was again asked to support The Rolling Stones on the European leg of their World Tour. Jet played multiple support slots for the Stones in both Spain and London's O2 Arena.[citation needed]
In October 2007, the band returned to Australia to perform at the AFL
Grand Final and to finish the rest of their world tour. They announced
on their website that they would begin production on their third studio
album, due for a 2008 release. However in November, the band announced
they would take "some time off". They stated that after touring for Shine On they needed some "down time".[12] On 24 October Chris and Mark produced a song, under the name "The Vice Lords" for the Japanese former duo Superfly titled "I Spy I Spy".
Shaka Rock and break-up (2008–2012)
In a new video on their website, the band talks about writing and recording songs at Atlantic Sound Studios in New York City. Chris Cester cheated: "We've got to stop writing; we got too many songs." They have also collaborated with Iggy Pop to release a cover of the Johnny O'Keefe single "Wild One".
Jet returned to Australia to play a secret show in Melbourne on 17
December to debut new material, including new songs titled "Goodbye
Hollywood", "Walk", "Start The Show", "Black Hearts", "She's a Genius",
"Seventeen", and "Beat On Repeat". Guitarist Cameron Muncey has
particularly expressed that he "really, really loves the song
'Seventeen'." Says Cameron of the song, "I think is sort of a step
forward for us songwriting-wise. It's sorta got everything wrapped into
one, a storyline, and sad to say melancholy. It's rock and roll, it's
rocking, it's got all these other albums to it, you know, so I find it
really interesting."[13]
Jet played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground on 14 March 2009 for Sound Relief, which was a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian Bushfire Crisis.[14][15] The event was held simultaneously with a concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[14] All the proceeds from the Melbourne Concert went to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire relief.[14][15][16] Half the proceeds from the Sydney concert went to the Victorian Bushfire relief and the other half for Queensland Flood relief.[14][15] Appearing with Jet at the Sydney concert were Coldplay, Eskimo Joe, Hoodoo Gurus, Icehouse, Josh Pyke, Little Birdy, The Presets, Wolfmother, You Am I and additional artists.[16] Jet and Wolfmother were the only bands to perform at both venues.
Jet's song, "She's a Genius" from this album, appeared on a NCIS
episode; Season 7 Episode 2 - "Reunion". In April 2009, a song titled
"K.I.A (Killed in Action)" was made available to listen to on the bands
official website.[16] "Killed in Action" was the 5th most added song to radio in Australia.[17] "She's a Genius" was the first single released from the album on 19 June 2009. The new album is titled Shaka Rock and was released in Australia on 21 August 2009:it has been certified gold in Australia in 2009.
"Black Hearts (On Fire)" was released as the second single from the
album on 2 November 2009 with a music video filmed for the single. On 8
November 2009 She's a Genius was certified Gold by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) for selling more than 35,000 shipments.[18]
Jet is featured on the album Shock Value II by American record producer Timbaland. The title of the song has been called "Timothy (Where Have You Been)".[citation needed]
In December 2009, Jet was the support act for punk rock trio Green Day on the Australian leg of their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour.[19]
"Seventeen" was released as the third single from Shaka Rock
in April 2010, climbing up to No. 31 on the Australian Singles Chart in
its 5th week on the chart. In October 2010 it was certified Gold in
Australia with shipments of over 35 000 copies.[20]
During April 2010, the band also appeared on Hey Hey It's Saturday's first episode since the reunion series, for a broadcasted performance of "She's a Genius" and "Seventeen".[21]
Throughout September to November 2010, Jet extensively toured Australia as the supporting act for Powderfinger's Sunsets farewell tour.[22][23]
Nic Cester and Cameron Muncey are currently vacating the band,
forming a hiatus, whilst Wilson and Chris Cester have formed a
'doom-disco' band named the DAMNDOGS, who released their debut EP
"Strange Behaviour" on 9 August 2011 via iTunes.
On 26 March 2012, Jet announced their 'discontinuation as a group,' via the band's website and Facebook:
"A Message To Our Fans: After many successful years of writing, recording and touring we wish to announce our discontinuation as a group. From the many pubs, theatres, stadiums and festivals all across the world it was the fans that made our amazing story possible and we wish to thank them all. Thank you, and goodnight.
Lokasi:Samarinda, East Borneo
Samarinda, Indonesia
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About the s.i.g.i.t
2002-2004
In 2004, The S.I.G.I.T. signed to Spills Records and released their self titled debut mini album (EP) and performed many bar gigs and venue. Their first single, Soul Sister soon became a local radio hits in Bandung and Jakarta. MTV Trax Magazine described them as “The Hottest Rock N Roll Band in town”.
By contributing on movie soundtrack for Catatan Akhir Sekolah (CAS), their fanbase grew rapidly. Did I Ask Your Opinion, finally became their first single to be broadcasted on MTV Indonesia.
After leaving Spills Records, they begun to spread their stage performance to bigger venue and region by their own.
2005-…
NME described them as “Scorching, gonzo Zep Rock from our hot new Indonesian Friend”. See and read the scanned page Here
2006
Signed to FFWD and released “Visible Idea of Perfection” in December under FFWD’s sister label FFCUTS.
2007
Signed to Australian Caveman! and released “Visible..” which distributed by Reverberation. They toured Australia in June to coincide the release date.
2009
Appearing at SXSW 2009 in Austin Texas. Toured California and Hongkong. Released “Hertz Dyslexia” on June followed with biggest concert of their career attended by more than 3000 enthusiastic fans.