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The Number Of the Beast Album: The Number Of the Beast (1982)
by Iron Maiden
I attended this tour in Charlotte North Carolina.
This song was influenced by the 1978 movie Damien: Omen II, which is about a 13-year-old Antichrist. It was written by Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harris, who explained: "Basically, this song is about a dream. It's not about devil worship."
Before the music starts, this opens with an a cappella quote from The Book of Revelation. The band wanted the horror film actor Vincent Price to read this intro, but he wanted more money than they were willing to pay (a year later, Price lent his voice to Michael Jackson's "Thriller"). The quote was read by an unknown thespian actor who had no interest in the band.
The number of the beast, according to Revelation 13:18 (the quoted scripture), is 666. Interestingly, 6+6+6 is 18, the number of the verse. Elsewhere in that chapter, it is stated that no man will be able to buy or sell without a mark on the right hand or forehead with the number of the beast on it. This has lead to religious zealots "finding" 666 in practically everything...like in every bar code...
The cover art for the album depicted Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie and a devil in vicious combat in Hell. The cover art for single depicted Eddie with a sinister grin on his face holding the devil's head (See also: "Run to the Hills").
During the recording of the album, there were rumors floating about that supernatural occurrences had been going on in the studio, such as lights flipping on and off, strange noises, visions of Satan, etc. This was used as evidence that Satan and the Antichrist had a hand in making this. In a concert at New York's Palladium on June 29, 1982 (which is heavily bootlegged), Bruce Dickinson said: "Just want to say to all the people who play records backwards and burn albums out in the streets, they can go and get... stick their heads up their arse or something like that, 'cause... we ain't interested."
On the cover art, just right of the devil's ankle, is artist Derek Riggs' signature: the unique symbol which contains his initials.
The tour accompanying the album's release was called "The Beast on the Road."
Lead singer Bruce Dickinson said of this song: "We can play with conviction every night, because we totally believe in the music we're performing." This quote, along with the line "666, the one for you and me" led many preachers and enemies of rock music to believe Maiden were Satanists.
The Number of the Beast album surprisingly came top of a survey by music retailer HMV to find the UK public's favourite British album during the Queen's 60 years on the throne. The poll attracted almost 55,000 votes in the month preceding the Queen's Diamond Jubilee via Facebook, including presumably a fair number of Maiden fans. An HMV spokesman commented: "The power of social media means there are one or two surprises."
This was used in the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
This was re-released as a single in the UK in January 2005. This time, it went to #3.
As he explained on the BBC Classic Albums series, Bruce Dickinson's high-pitched scream at the end of the intro was a result of producer Martin Birch forcing the band to replay the intro several times. Dickinson became so fed up with the constant repeats that he emitted the scream out of frustration, and it fit so well that the band decided to keep it.
"Woe to you, oh earth and sea
For the Devil sends the Beast with wrath
Because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding
Reckon the Number of the Beast
For it is a human number
Its number is six hundred and sixty six"
I left alone, my mind was blank
I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind
What did I see? Can I believe
That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy
Just what I saw in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me
'Cause in my dreams, it's always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair
Night was black, was no use holding back
'Cause I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
Was all this for real or just some kind of Hell
666 - the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
As they start to cry, hands held to the sky
In the night the fires are burning bright
The ritual has begun, Satan's work is done
666 - the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
This can't go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream?
But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
Seem to mesmerize, can't avoid their eyes
666 - the Number of the Beast
666 - the one for you and me
I'm coming back, I will return
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I have the fire, I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course
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Tear Away
Bodies Album: Sinner (2001)
by Drowning Pool
Tear Away was originally going to be released as the follow-up to Drowning Pool's breakthrough single "Bodies," but the band's label decided it could be too divisive after 9/11 so "Sinner" was released instead. "This is the most united we've been [as a country] in a while as far as all our differences being put aside and being pretty much together to fight the evil horde across the sea," frontman Dave Williams told MTV News days after the September 11 attacks. "So putting out a song with a chorus that says 'I don't care about anybody else but me' just didn't seem like a good move."
It was eventually released as the band's third single in early 2002.
Though the song's message is clearly self-centered, Williams explained it's not entirely negative. "Everybody at one time or another in their life needs to say, 'Forget everybody else, I need to deal with me. I need to take care of myself,'" he said.
This song was the theme song to WrestleMania X8 in 2002. It was featured prominently in both advertisements and the event itself, and was also played there live.
"Bodies" is a mosh pit anthem. Whenever Drowning Pool played this live, the mosh pit went crazy. The lyrics are very simple, but the song is fun and full of energy. While it may not seem meaningful on the surface, the band has explained that it is about the mosh pit code of honor and the passion of the fans.
Guitarist C.J. Pierce came up with the riff, and lead singer Dave Williams added the line, "Let the bodies hit the floor," which became the basis for the song.
Dave Williams had "Sinner," the name of the album, tattooed on his arm. He had the tattoo before the album came out.
Jared Loughner is a mentally unstable mass murderer who shot dead six people and critically injured US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tuscon, Arizona in January 2011. The killer favored this song on his YouTube channel, leading some media commentators to speculate over whether the killer was influenced by the tune.
In a statement posted at Drowning Pool's website, the band responded: "We were devastated this weekend to learn of the tragic events that occurred in Arizona and that our music has been misinterpreted, again. 'Bodies' was written about the brotherhood of the mosh pit and the respect people have for each other in the pit. If you push others down, you have to pick them back up. It was never about violence. It's about a certain amount of respect and a code."
This got a lot of exposure when Drowning Pool played Ozzfest in 2001. They were a huge hit with the crowd, and quickly moved up from the third to the second stage, even getting the main stage for some shows.
The World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) named this the official theme song of Summerslam. It got a lot of play on the WWF shows.
Although it was popular at the time, most radio stations took this song off their playlists after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the US. The chorus of "Let the bodies hit the floor" would not have been appropriate.
This was used in the 2002 Vin Diesel movie XXX and the 2001 Jet Li film The One.
Drowning Pool lead singer Dave Williams was found dead on August 14, 2002, when the band was touring with Ozzfest. It was determined the Williams, who was 30, had an undiagnosed heart condition.
When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, this was one of the songs they used to break the will of Iraqi soldiers. Heavy metal is not part of their culture, and this was exceptionally offensive and annoying to many of them, especially when played over and over by US forces.
82-year-old former aerospace engineer John Hetlinger auditioned with a performance of this song on the 2016 series of America's Got Talent. Hetlinger's rendition elicited huge cheers from the studio audience, shocked the judging panel and swiftly went viral.
CJ Pierce spoke to Loudwire about Hetlinger's performance shortly afterwards, saying, "I am so entertained by it. It's awesome to just see an 82-year-old man get out there and just belt out some metal - whether it was our song or any song, it was just killer to see him do that."
"Obviously he had a great time with the song and we have a great time with the song every night so it would be awesome to have him onstage with us."
"Bodies" is Drowning Pool's best known song, but its success was unexpected as it came along so naturally. "We were rocking out in the room, drinking a couple of beers and writing what you feel, guitarist C.J. Pierce reflected in Knotfest's Talk Toomey podcast. "And the song 'Bodies' just took on a life of its own, man."
While some artists get weird about their most famous song, claiming to hate it, Pierce is different. When the guitarist is at home, he often plays the tune. "I've got the mandolin over here and I'll do just like a mandolin version of 'Bodies,'" he said. "I'll do my own wacky versions of it 'cause it's just a fun song to mess with."
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Big-Time-Peter-Gabriel
Big Time with Peter Gaberial and Cyberdyne
Peter Gabriel has described "Big Time" as "a satirical story about a basic human urge... success."
Gabriel used a smorgasbord of sounds on this track, some of which were either processed through or generated by his synthesizers (a Fairlight CMI and Prophet 5) or drum machine (a Linn).
The Memphis Horns, who also appeared on "Sledgehammer," played on this one, as did Stewart Copeland of The Police, who contributed drums. The other credits read:
David Rhodes - guitar
Simon Clark - bass
Daniel Lanois - surf guitar
Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin - drumstick bass
Simon Clark - Hammond organ
Coral Gordon, Dee Lewis, PP Arnold - backing vocals
The video is filled with eye-catching special effects and played often on MTV. Gabriel raised the bar earlier that year with his video for "Sledgehammer," which like "Big Time," was directed by Stephen R. Johnson.
On the So tour, Gabriel didn't bring a horn section, so keyboard player David Sancious loaded the horn notes from the recording into an Akai sampler and played them back live. The sampler took floppy discs that had to be changed out between songs, so there were times when Gabriel stretched his stage patter while Sancious loaded the discs.
Daniel Lanois, who co-produced the album, isn't a fan of using computers to replace real-life instruments unless it's done with a specific purpose by someone who is passionate about the technology. "They have been especially useful when people have been really thrilled with them," he told Rolling Stone. "If somebody was to say to me, 'I've got an amazing bass sound on this Fairlight, and I want to use it,' I'd say, 'Terrific.'"
He used this track as an example of how to do it right, saying, "'Big Time,' on Peter Gabriel's record, was based around a Fairlight bass riff. And it had a certain kind of drive and robotic feel that you won't get out of a played bass."
This was used in these TV shows:
Young Sheldon ("A Patch, A Modem, And A Zantac" - 2017)
Everybody Hates Chris ("Everybody Hates Varsity Jackets" - 2009)
Cold Case ("The Lost Soul Of Herman Lester" - 2004)
And in these movies:
Postman Pat: The Movie (2014)
Inside Job (2010)
Perfect Body (1997)
This was used as the official theme song for WWE Wrestlemania 22 in 2006.
Terminator Lore
Cyberdyne initially began as a manufacturing corporation at 18144 El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, California. Founded in the early 1980s, its products were possibly computers or processors, as well as some sort of smaller parts producer for larger manufacturers of high tech equipment. As of 1984, the small company owned a factory.
A T-800 Terminator, which was sent from the future and designed to kill humans, programmed to assassinate Sarah Connor, was crushed in one of the hydraulic presses in Cyberdyne's factory. Thus, the company obtained the machine's wreckage, including its CPU chip and an arm.
Big Time
Written by: Peter Gabriel
Album: So
Released: 1986
Hi there!
I'm on my way, I'm making it (oh)
I've got to make it show, yeah
(Yeah!)
So much larger than life
I'm gonna watch it growing
The place where I come from is a small town
They think so small, they use small words
But not me
I'm smarter than that, I worked it out
I've been stretching my mouth
To let those big words come right out
I've had enough, I'm getting out to the city
The big, big city
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
So much stuff I will own
And I will pray to a big God
As I kneel in the big church
(Big time)
I'm on my way, I'm making it (big time)
Ooh, yes (big time)
I've got to make it show, yeah (big time)
(Big time) so much larger than life
(Big time) I'm gonna watch it growing (big time)
My parties have all the big names
And I greet them with the widest smile
Tell them how my life is one big adventure
And always, they're amazed
When I show them 'round the house to my bed
I had it made like a mountain range
With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
And my heaven will be a big heaven
And I will walk through the front door
(Big time)
I'm on my way, I'm making it (big time)
C'mon (big time)
I've got to make it show, yeah (big time)
(Big time) so much larger than life
(Big time) I'm gonna watch it growing (big time)
(Big time)
My car's getting bigger (big time)
My house getting bigger (big time)
My eyes getting bigger (big time)
And my mouth (big time)
My belly's getting bigger (big time)
And my bank account (big time)
Look at my circumstance (big time)
And the bulge in my
Big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big!
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The-Diary-Of-Jane-I-Will-Not-Bow-Breaking-Benjamin
The Diary Of Jane Album: Phobia (2006)
I Will Not Bow Album: Dear Agony (2009)
by Breaking Benjamin
The band did three versions of The Diary Of Jane. The first version is pretty much the song as you probably know it. The second version is exactly the same, only the ending note is lower than the first version. And the third version is much softer, acoustic rendition of the song featuring Sebastian Davin on backing vocals.
The single moved rapidly up the charts in its first week of official release, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at #55, making it the fastest added single ever in the history of Hollywood Records.
At the time it was released, Breaking Benjamin's 2006 single "The Diary Of Jane" became the fastest added single ever in Hollywood Records history. The song is said to be written about '30s and '40s film star Jane Bryan, who starred in a movie called We Are Not Alone (which the band also chose as an album title.) The video for "The Diary of Jane" featured Sarah Mather from American Idol season 4 in the role of Jane.
Season 4 American Idol contestant Sarah Mather plays Jane in the song's music video. The clip ends with Ben Burnley closing a diary on Jane's tombstone. The name was revealed to be Jane Bryan during the second episode of the band's podcast. Jane Bryan was an American actress whose screen career lasted only four years, but she appeared in prominent roles in a number of memorable films before she married a drugstore magnate in 1940 and retired. Whether or not the band meant for her name to be of significance is unknown, and unconfirmed, however it may be relevant that one of her movies, We Are Not Alone, shares its title with that of Breaking Benjamin's sophomore album.
I Will Not Bow is the first single from American alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin's 4th studio album Dear Agony.
The song was premiered on the radio station 97.9X in Breaking Benjamin's hometown of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on the afternoon of August 11, 2009.
The song features in the 2009 Bruce Willis sci-fi movie Surrogates. The song was not written specifically for the film, but according to drummer Chad Szeliga, "Ben (Burnley, vocalist) sent a few songs to our record label, Hollywood Records," which is owned by Disney, who then decided they "wanted a Breaking Benjamin song for this movie."
The music video was filmed at the World Trade Center building 7. The director Rich Lee (Evanescence) chose the location as he felt it was an eerie location to film. Burnley described the shoot to Weekender magazine as "a great time," before admitting that it wasn't without its difficulties. He explained: "I have issues with heights and stuff, and when I first got up there I started to have a little bit of a panic attack," he says. "And I got over it really, really quick because I put it in my mind that the city was fake, because you're up so high it literally looks like a scale model, so I just kept thinking that, and I got through it. The windows go all the way down to the floor. In the very first shot of the video, where I'm standing looking over, I actually had my eyes shut, because you're so close, and if you're that close to the window, for me, then it kind of gets dizzying I guess? Nauseating? So I had to keep my eyes shut, and I opened them up when I turned around and started singing."
The song was written by Benjamin Burnley and Jasen Rauch, the guitar player and primary songwriter of the Christian alternative metal band Red. (check out "Death of Me").
Breaking Benjamin use a studio in Benjamin Burnley's hometown of Ocean City, New Jersey, which used to be a law office. The frontman told Billboard magazine: "People still come to the door looking for legal assistance. I'm like, 'Sorry, can't help you out.'"
In 2010, Breaking Benjamin went on an indefinite hiatus due to frontman Benjamin Burnley's inability to record and tour due to an unspecified illness. Several reports indicated that Burnley had suffered permanent liver damage after bouts of alcoholism at a young age. Burnley told The Pulse of Radio in 2015. "I used to drink a lot, and I think it must have something to do with that because back in 2007, I stayed up drinking for three days straight — this is after already months and months of drinking heavily — and I woke up and I just felt really sick, like alcohol poisoned, and I was like, I should've probably gone to the hospital but I didn't, and I went onstage and when I went onstage I almost collapsed from being just so sick. And basically that was 2007 and it hasn't gone away."
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Benjamin Burnley Vocals, rhythm guitar 1998-
Aaron Fink Lead guitar 1998, 2001–2011
Nick Hoover Bass 1998–1999
Jonathan "Bug" Price Bass, vocals 1999–2001
Chris Lightcap Drums 1998–1999
Jeremy Hummel Drums 2001–2004
Mark Klepaski Bass 2001–2011
Chad Szeliga Drums 2005–2013
Keith Wallen Guitar 2014-
Jasen Rauch Guitar 2014-
Aaron Bruch Bass 2014-
Shaun Foist Drums 2014-
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