:: wikimiki.org ::

Pacific Drums And Percussion

Pacific Drums and Percussion

Pacific Drums and Percussion is a subsidary company under Drum Workshop established in the year 2000 to cater to the masses who would no longer need to fork out huge sums of money to attain a Drum Workshop standard of workmanship. Apart from crafting near-custom quality drums at reasonable prices, Pacific Drums and Percussion also manufactures drum hardware and accesories, including the Super Rack drum racking systems and the innovative B.O.A. bass drum pedals. The factory is located at Ensenada, Mexico.

Drum Kit Lineup

All PDP drum kits come in a standard 5-piece configuration in F.A.S.T. tom sizes unless specified.
- LXE Series - All-maple shells with Kurillian Birch exotic finish.
- LX Series - All-maple shells with a range of laquered finishes.
- MX Series - All-maple shells with a range of matte finishes.
- CX Series - All-maple shells with a range of laminate wrap finishes.
- FXR Series - Only PDP kit so far in a 4-piece Rock configuration. All-maple shells with a range of laquered finishes.
- FS Series - All birch shells with a range of matte finishes.
- EZ Series - Beginner's kit. Toms come in regular instead of F.A.S.T. sizes. Comes in a range of solid-color wraps. Snares
- SX Series - All-maple snares in natural laquered finishes.
- 805 Series - Secondary snares. Comes in a range of solid-colored wraps, some with powder coated hardware to add to the vibrance.

Notable Endorsing Artists

Although thePacific Drums and Percussion is considered a "budget" brand much like Epiphone is to guitars, many professional performing artists have endorsed this brand. The list includes -
- Mike Cosgrove from Alien Ant Farm
- Joey Castillo from Queens of the Stone Age
- Brain from Guns 'n' Roses
- Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction
- Yael from My Ruin

Drum Workshop

Drum Workshop (also referred to as DW) is a California-based drum and hardware manufacturing company. Their list of endorsers includes many professional drummers. Founded in 1972 as a teaching studio by current President Don Lombardi, it originally only offered private lessons and the occasional workshop. However, Don, along with student (and current Vice President) John Good, began a small drum equipment sales operation to cover the facility's operation costs. This operation soon created the first-ever DW product: The height-adjustable trap seat, which was envisioned by Don. The demand became so great that, after accepting an offer to purchase all of Camco's manufacturing equipment, the primary focus of the DW operation became drum hardware manufacturing. Camco Following this, the next big product introduced by DW was the 5000 series nylon strap bass drum pedal, which was essentially a Camco pedal with the DW name placed upon it. However, this basic design spawned the first double bass drum pedal, which allowed drummers using a single bass drum to take advantage of the bass drum speed formerly reserved to drummers using two individual bass drums. The double bass pedal was soon joined by rotating-base and cable remote hi-hat stands. After additional growth and expansion, the first full DW endorser was found in Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe, after he tried out a prototype DW drumset when he came to the shop to get his pedals adjusted. DW has since expanded into larger facilities in Oxnard, California, and has grown to oversee two new companies: the value-oriented Pacific Drums and Percussion (PDP) and percussion manufacturer Gon Bops. Their lineup now includes 4000, 5000, 7000, and 9000 series pedals; 5000, 6000, and 9000 series hardware; and a nearly infinite spectrum of drums that can be custom-ordered in many unique combinations of wood, color, and size.

Notable Endorsing Artists

- Neil Peart of Rush
- Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe
- Terry Bozzio of Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Missing Persons and as a solo artist.

External Link:

- [http://www.dwdrums.com/ Drum Workshop Official Website] Category:Percussion instrument manufacturers

2000

This article is about the year 2000. For other uses of 2000, see 2000 (number) or 2000 (breakdancing move). 2000 (MM) is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, however, this distinction falls to the year 2001. This is due to the fact that the first century began with the year 1, and there does not exist a year zero. The first century (or first 100 years AD) was from January 1, in the year one (1 AD) through December 31, in the year one-hundred (100 AD). The second century began on January 1, in the year one-hundred and one (101 AD). The year 2000 is also marked as:
- The International Year for a Culture of Peace.
- The World Mathematical Year. See also Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.

Events

January

- January 1 - Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted.
- January 5-January 8 - The 2000 al-Qaida Summit
- January 6 - The last remaining Pyrenean Ibex is found dead.
- January 10 - America On-line announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion. This is the largest-ever corporate merger.
- January 11 - the armed wing of Islamic Salvation Front concludes its negotiations with the government for an amnesty and disbands in Algeria.
- January 11 - The trawler Solway Harvester sinks off the Isle of Man.
- January 14 - A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Bosnian Muslims in a Bosnian village.
- January 16 - In Sacramento, California a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building killing the driver.
- January 24 - God's Army, Karen militia group led by twins Johnny and Luther Htoo, take 700 hostages at a Thai hospital near the Burmese border.
- January 30 - St. Louis Rams 23 defeat the Tennessee Titans 16 to win the Super_Bowl_XXXIV
- January 30 - Off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. Within a day, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.
- January 31 - Dr. Harold Shipman in sentenced to life in prison for murder of at least 15 of his patients out of 365 suspected victims.

February

- February 4 - German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with sabotage of German railway lines.
- February 6 - Tarja Halonen is elected the first Finnish female president.
- February 13 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published.
- February 14 - The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.

March

- March 1 - The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
- March 2 - Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
- March 8 - Tokyo train disaster.
- March 9 - FBI arrests suspected purveyor of art forgeries, Ely Sakhai, in New York City.
- March 10 - The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5048. ([http://dynamic.nasdaq.com/dynamic/IndexChart.asp?symbol=IXIC&desc=NASDAQ+Composite&sec=nasdaq&site=nasdaq&months=84])
- March 18 - 2000 Taiwanese presidential election: Chen Shui-bian is elected President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- March 20 - Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther, is captured after gun battle that left a sheriff's deputy dead.
- March 21 - Pope John Paul II began the first office visit by a Roman Catholic pontiff to Israel.
- March 21 - US Supreme Court ruled the goverment lacked authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug, throwing out the Clinton administration's main anti-smoking initiative.
- March 26 - Presidential elections in Russia: Vladimir Putin elected President.
- March 30 - America's Cup 2000 retained by Team New Zealand near Auckland. Prada Challenge 2000 lost 0-5 in a "best-of-9".

April

April.]]
- April 1 - Japanese prime minister Keizo Obuchi suffers a stroke and falls into a coma.
- April 3 - United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
- April 5 - Yoshiro Mori replaces Obuchi as prime minister of Japan.
- April 7 - Attack submarine ex-Trepang completes being recycled.
- April 16 - Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, Raja of Perlis dies after a reign of 55 years. He was the longest reigning monarch in the world since the death of Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein.
- April 17 - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin becomes Raja of Perlis.
- April 22 - In a predawn raid, federal agents seize six-year old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, DC ending one of the most publicized custody battles in US history.
- April 25 - The State of Vermont passes HB847, legalizing Civil Unions for same-sex couples.

May

- May 3 - A rare conjunction occurs on the New Moon including all seven of the traditional celestial bodies known from ancient times up until 1781 with the discovery of Uranus. The May 2000 conjunction consisted of: the Sun and Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
- May 3 - Computer pioneer Datapoint Corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- May 12 - The Tate Modern opens in London.
- May 13 - In Enschede a heavy fireworks explosion kills 20 and leaves an entire neighborhood in ruins.
- May 18 - Boo.com collapses due to lack of funds after six months.
- May 25 - Israel withdraws IDF troops from southern Lebanon after 22 years.
- May 28 - The volcano Mount Cameroon erupts.

June

- June 1 - Mark Mendlan, professional wrestler known by his ring name "Kid Gorgeous," is killed while wrestling at a show in New Hampshire.
- June 7 - U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of the 4th circuit ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corp.
- June 10 - The New Jersey Devils defeat the Dallas Stars 4 games to 2 to win the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals.
- June 10 - The 2000 European Football Championship begins, hosted jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands.
- June 21 - Section 28, a law preventing the promotion of homosexuality is repealed by the Scottish Parliament.
- June 23 - Palace Backpackers Hostel fire in Childers, Queensland, Australia, kills 15 people.
- June 30 - During a set of the band Pearl Jam at the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, 9 die and 26 are injured in the crowd.

July

July
- July 2 - France beat Italy 2-1 to win the 2000 European Football Championship with a golden goal.
- July 2 - Presidential election of Mexico. Vicente Fox wins the Presidency as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party).
- July 10 - In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline
- July 10 - Death of Denis O Conor Donn, died 10th July 2000, aged 88; succeded by his son, Desmond as The O Connor Donn
- July 18 - Alex Salmond resigns as the leader of the Scottish National Party
- July 25 - A Concorde carrying Air France Flight 4590 crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 5 on the ground.

August

- August 1 - The Santa Cruz Operation announced that it will sell its Server Software and Services Divisions, as well as UnixWare and OpenServer technologies, to Caldera Systems,Inc.
- August 8 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
- August 12 - The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
- August 14 - The first comic of Megatokyo goes online. This webcomic will later become one of the most popular comics on the web (in terms of page views) and spawn numerous imitators.
- August 25 - the Emulex hoax - wire services publish fraudulent bad news about Emulex
- August 27 - The Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.

September

- September 5 - Tuvalu joins the United Nations.
- September 6 - In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.
- September 6 - The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense
- September 7–14 - The UK fuel protests take place, with refineries blockaded, and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.
- September 8 - Albania officially joins the World Trade Organization.
- September 15 - The 2000 Summer Olympics are opened in Sydney, Australia.
- September 16 - Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
- September 24 - The American Family Association begins lobbying the U.S. Congress to eradicate the National Endowment for the Arts for funding the controversial book One of the Guys by Robert Clark Young
- September 26 - Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 15,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- September 28 - Ariel Sharon leads several hundred armed Israelis in a visit to the Temple Mount. Palestinian civil disorder increases into the Al-Aqsa Intifada.
- September 29 - The Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland is closed.

October

- October 2 NBC Today Show expanded it to three hours (7:00–10:00 A.M. Eastern Time/Pacific Time; 6:00–9:00 A.M. Central Time/Mountain Time)
- October 5 - President Slobodan Milošević leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia and the withdrawal of Russian support.
- October 11 - 250 million gallons of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
- October 12 - In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers who placed a small boat laden with explosives along-side the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
- October 21 15 Arab leaders convened in Cairo, Egypt, for their first summit in four years; the Libyan delegation walked out, angry over signs the summit would stop short of calling for breaking ties with Israel.
- October 22 – Mainichi Shinbun exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises of his findings.
- October 26 - Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparently ancient mummy of a persian princess in the province of Baluchistan. Iran, Pakistan and the Taliban all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a forgery in April 17 2001
- October 31 - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport - 83 dead.
- October 31 - The last Jeremy clone has shut down.

November

November
- November - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq rejects new U.N. Security Council weapons inspections proposals
- November 1 - Yugoslavia's new democratic government joined the United Nations after eight years of U.N. ostracism under former strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
- November 3 - Widespread flooding throughout England and Wales after days of heavy rain
- November 4 - President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have criminalized the leaking of government secrets.
- November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 2000: Republican challenger George W. Bush defeats Democrat Vice President Al Gore, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
- November 7 - Criminal gang raids the Millennium Dome to steal The Millennium Star diamond but police surveillance catches them in the act
- November 7 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office
- November 11 - Kaprun disaster, Austria, where 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.
- November 13 - Richard C. Duncan presents his paper, "The Peak Of World Oil Production And The Road To The Olduvai Gorge", on the Olduvai theory (about the collapse of the industrial civilization), at the Summit 2000 Pardee Keynote Symposia of the Geological Society of America)
- November 14 - Netscape version 6.0 is launched following two years of open source development creating a stable Mozilla web browser upon which it is based
- November 16 - Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting US President to visit Vietnam
- November 17 - Catastrophical landslide in Log pod Mangartom,Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophies in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
- November 17 - Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru
- November 27 - Canada - Parliamentary elections - Jean Chrétien re-elected as Prime Minister as Liberal Party increases majority in House of Commons
- November 28 - Ukrainian politician Oleksander Moroz touches off the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.

December

- December 1 - Mexico - Vicente Fox becomes the first opposition President to take office since Francisco I. Madero in 1911. He wins the Presidency as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party).
- December 28 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
- December 30 - Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines, within a span of a few hours killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

Unknown Date

- Limited reintroduction of routinely armed police in the UK for the first time since 1936.
- Scientists at University of Szeged's laboratory were first in the world to produce artificial heredity material.
- Millie I. Webb elected president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Births

- February 23 - Max & Sam Christy, American actors
- March 15- Amy and Emily Walton, English actresses
- April 25 - Jacob & Joshua Rips, American actors
- October 6 - Amanda Pace, American actress
- October 20 - Cooper and Oliver Guynes, American actors
- November 8 - Madison and Marissa Poer, actresses

Deaths

January

- January 2 - Patrick O'Brian, English writer (b. 1914)
- January 15 - Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
- January 19 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
- January 19 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b. 1913)

February

- February 9 - Beau Jack, American boxer (b. 1921)
- February 11 - Roger Vadim, French film director (b. 1928)
- February 12 - Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
- February 12 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
- February 12 - Charles M. Schulz, American comic strip artist (b. 1921)
- February 23 - Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915)

April

- April 6 - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
- April 16 - Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (b. 1920)
- April 25 - David Merrick, American stage producer (b. 1911)
- April 29 - Phạm Văn Ðồng, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)

May

- May 11 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
- May 12 - Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)
- May 14 - Keizo Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
- May 17 - Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909)
- May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut

Drum Workshop

Notable Endorsing Artists

- Neil Peart of Rush
- Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe
- Terry Bozzio of Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Missing Persons and as a solo artist.

External Link:

- [http://www.dwdrums.com/ Drum Workshop Official Website] Category:Percussion instrument manufacturers

Alien Ant Farm

Alien Ant Farm was formed in the USA in 1996 as a grunge and Alternative metal group.

Selected history

In the late 1990s, the band released their underground debut album, Greatest Hits. The album went on to win Best Independent Album in the L.A. Music Awards. In 2000, after forging a friendship with rock band Papa Roach, Alien Ant Farm signed with DreamWorks SKG for their first studio album ANThology. The band began touring in 2001. In this year, their cover of the Michael Jackson song, Smooth Criminal, was a #1 single in Australia and New Zealand and a #3 single in the UK. Their following single Movies was a Top 5 hit in the UK and a Top 20 hit in New Zealand. In May 2002, the band was involved in a bus accident while touring in Spain. The driver was killed, and lead singer Dryden Mitchell suffered a fractured C2 vertebrae, the same injury that crippled actor Christopher Reeve. Alien Ant Farm soon returned to the studio to work on their next album called truANT, which was released in 2003 produced by Stone Temple Pilots' Robert and Dean DeLeo. The video for These Days, the first single from the album, was filmed on top of a nearby building during the Red Carpet at 2003 BET Awards. Glow has been a mainstream radio success, while also achieving long lasting top 20 success in New Zealand. In 2004, guitarist Terry Corso split with the band citing "irreconcilable differences". Joe Hill was named the new guitarist in 2005. They have completed the new album but speculation is that there are issues with Geffen, that prevent the release of the new album.

Group members

- Dryden Mitchell - Vocals
- Joe Hill - Guitar (replaced Terry Corso)
- Tye Zamora - Bass
- Mike Cosgrove - Drum

Discography

- Greatest Hits, 1999
- ANThology, 2001 album
- "Smooth Criminal", 2001 single (#3 UK)
- "Movies", 2001 single (#5 UK on 2002 re-release, failed to enter top 40 on original release)
- "Attitude", 2002 single
- Attitude 2, 2002
- truANT, 2003
- "These Days", 2003 single
- "Glow", 2004 single
- 3rd Draft, 2005 (not commercially released)

External links

- [http://www.alienantfarm.com/ Official website]
- [http://lyrics.activelyrics.com/A/alien%20ant%20farm/index.html "Alien Ant Farm" Lyrics Here]
- [http://www.alienantfans.tk/ Fan community]
- [http://www.alienantfarm.tk/ International Website]
- [http://www.alienantfarm.fora.pl/ Polish message board / Polskie forum] Category:American musical groups

Joey Castillo

Joey Castillo is the current drummer for Queens of the Stone Age. He joined the band in 2002 after the departure of Dave Grohl. Castillo previously played drums for eight years in Danzig. Previous bands: :Wasted Youth :Danzig :Goatsnake

Brian Mantia

Brian "Brain" Mantia is a drummer. He has played with bands like Primus and Guns N' Roses, and with other popular performers such as Buckethead and Tom Waits. Drummer Brian “Brain" Mantia has played with some of rock's more cult/fringe artists (Praxis, Primus, Tom Waits, Buckethead, Godflesh), as well as more mainstream/renown ones (Guns N' Roses). Raised in the South Bay city of Cupertino, CA, Mantia became interested in such ‘groove heavy' artists as James Brown, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix early on, but it wasn't until he was 16 years old that Mantia began playing drums. Shortly thereafter, Mantia acquired the nickname “Brain" while playing in a high school concert band, due to his obsession with the complex Anthony Cirone book, "Portraits in Rhythm." Mantia continued to perfect his drumming skills, by studying at such music schools as the Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood. The mid ‘80s saw Mantia join the San Francisco Bay Area funk-rock band, the Limbomaniacs, who broke up later in the decade, but reformed to issue a lone full-length in 1990, Stinky Grooves. From there, Mantia played with a variety of other outfits, including M.I.R.V. (Cosmodrome, Feeding Time on Monkey Island), MCM and the Monster (Collective Emotional Problems), and Tom Waits (Bone Machine), before co-forming the funk/experimental supergroup, Praxis. Included in the group were Parliament-Funkadelic veterans Bootsy Collins (bass) and Bernie Worrell (keyboards), as well as masked guitarist Buckethead and producer Bill Laswell -- resulting in countless releases throughout the ‘90s (including such standouts as Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis, Transmutation Live, and Warzsawa, among countless others). Mantia continued to work with Buckethead even outside of Praxis -- playing on such solo Buckethead albums as Giant Robot and Monsters and Robots. The late ‘90s saw Mantia appear on releases by Godflesh (Songs of Love and Hate, Love and Hate in Dub), and longtime friends, Primus (whom Mantia was briefly a member of in 1989, before a broken foot led to his exit). His second go-around with Primus proved more fruitful, as Mantia toured extensively with the trio and played on such albums as The Brown Album, Rhinoplasty, and Anti-Pop. Already boasting quite an impressive musical resume, it was about to get even greater, as Axl Rose invited Mantia to join his overhauled version of Guns N' Roses (at the insistence of Buckethead, who was brought onboard as Slash's replacement). Mantia appeared with the group throughout sporadic live dates in 2001 (the Rock in Rio III Festival) and 2002 (the MTV Video Music Awards), while continuing to lay down tracks for the oft-delayed new Guns N' Roses studio release, Chinese Democracy." source: All Music Guide Mantia appears on the song "Circles" on Brian Transeau's 2003 release Emotional Technology. Drums: 26" x 14" Green Ludwig Vistalite Bass drum 14" x 5-1/2" Ludwig Vistalite Black Beauty snare 14" North Floor Tom 6" Morth Tom 13" x 9" Red Ludwig Vistalite Floor Tom 18" x 16" Amber Ludwig Vistalite Percussion: 6" Black LP Cowbell Cymbals: 13" Zildjian A quickbeat hi hats Zildjian A Medium thin crash Zildjian 8" EFX 1 Zildjian 16" A Medium crash Zildjian 8" A splash Zildjian 6" Zil-Bel Zildjian 21" A Rock Ride Zildjian 18" A China Low Electronics: J Technics SL-1210MKZ Turntable with an M44Gs stylus KVestax PMCO5PRO DJMixer

Selected Discography

With Primus

- Brown Album - 1997
- Rhinoplasty - 1998
- Antipop - 1999

With Buckethead

- Colma - 1998
- Monsters and Robots - 1999
- The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell - 2004

With Giant Robot

- Giant Robot NTT - 1996 (NTT Records)

With Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

- The Big Eyeball in the Sky - 2004

With Guns N' Roses

- Rock in Rio III (bootleg) - 2001
- Chinese Democracy - (not yet released) Mantia, Brian

External links

- [http://www.brainmeatsrocco.com Offical Site]
- [http://www.thenewguns.com The New GUNS N' ROSES - Fansite]
- [http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/brianmantiagogobeat.mov Video of Brian]

Stephen Perkins

Stephen Perkins (born September 13, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is a Jewish-American musician and songwriter. He plays drums and percussion. His most famous project is Jane's Addiction. Following the disolution of Jane's Addiction, Perkins continued to play with frontman Perry Farrell in the rock band Porno for Pyros. His own project is called Banyan and in the 1990s he was involved in Lil' Pit with Mike Watt. In 1991, he appeared as percussion player on Rage Against the Machine's first record. In addidtion to Banyan, Perkins is currently working with Ex-Jane's guitarist Dave Navarro, bass player Chris Chaney (Who played bass for the last Jane's Addiction studio album Strays), and singer/guitarist Steve Isaacs on a new project, entitled The Panic Channel. Perkins was also involved with members of Suicidal Tendencies in their Infectious Grooves side project, as well as Hellride, a Los Angeles-based Stooges cover band. His drum style is considered to be exotic because of polyrhythms and African elements.

External links

- [http://www.stephenperkins.com Stephen Perkin's Official Site] Perkins, Stevie Perkins, Stevie

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction was an American band, named in reference to Jane Bainter, a (now ex-) heroin addict who was a housemate of the band. The band formed in the late 1980s, dissolved in the early 1990s, and returned in the early 2000s. The band was influenced by punk, Gothic rock, metal, funk, hard rock, and psychedelic styles; the lead singer once described the band as a cross between Duke Ellington and Bad Brains.

History

Formed out of the ashes of frontman Perry Farrell's previous band, Psi-com, Jane's Addiction are often compared to iconic '70s rockers Led Zeppelin. In the summer of 1985, Farrell was searching for a new bass player for the faltering Psi-com when he was introduced to Eric Avery. Although Farrell and Avery worked well together, Psi-com disbanded before they managed to play live with their new bassist. Later, Eric's sister introduced the duo to Stephen Perkins. Following this fortuitous introduction, Perkins suggested his friend (and Dizastre bandmate) Dave Navarro might be a suitable guitar player for the new band, dubbed Jane's Addiction (in honor of Farrell's housemate, Jane Bainter. With this lineup, the band released three albums: Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking, and Ritual de lo Habitual. Though the band had only released two studio albums and one live (Jane's Addiction), their effect on the rock and alternative music scenes was enormous. They became the poster children for a new wave of artful and thoughtful rockers who were eschewing the confinements of commercial rock music and stretching to express themselves both musically and theatrically. In their hey-day, Farrell created Lollapalooza, the alternative rock festival that revolutionized the North American concert promotion world by bringing together an ecclectic mix of musicians, exhibitors, and attractions for a high energy weekend of music and alternative lifestyles. The "Ripple" single that the band produced for the Grateful Dead tribute album Deadicated was the final studio track for this incarnation of the band. Internal strife and rampant drug usage lead the band to break up in 1991 after playing two nights at Hawaii's Aloha Tower; with Perkins and Farrell performing the final show completely [http://www.notfornothing.net/one-percent/faq/4%7Efaq_details.html naked], without incident. The band members pursued other projects in the 1990s. Farrell and Perkins formed another band Porno for Pyros which had some success. The band briefly reformed in 1997 for the Jane's Relapse tour, with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea replacing Avery, after he declined an invitation to rejoin the band. Four years later, Jane's Addiction rose from the ashes again for a full blown tour. Again, Avery declined involvement. With Flea busy with the Chili Peppers, Porno for Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble was brought in to fill the gap. Following the success of this tour, the band decided to record a follow-up album to 1990's Ritual De Lo Habitual and brought in Chris Chaney to replace LeNoble on bass. They entered the studio with legendary producer Bob Ezrin in 2001, recording as a band for the first time in over ten years. The result was their final album,Strays. The band spent 2003 on an extensive worldwide touring in support of Strays, including, in a homecoming of sorts, a summer headliner slot in a reincarnated Lollapalooza US tour. Following the 2003 tour, Jane's Addiction broke up again, according to guitarist Dave Navarro's site in June 2004. Although details surrounding the band's demise are sparse, Navarro claimed that the reasons for the breakup were essentially the same as they were in 1991. Navarro, Perkins, and Chaney have since formed a new band, The Panic Channel, with singer Steve Isaacs. They are currently recording their debut album. Perry Farrell has also moved onto a new project entitled The Satellite Party and unveiled material at Lollapalooza 2005. In the future, there will be a release of a Best of Jane's Addiction, tentatively scheduled for January 24, 2006.

Members

- Perry Farrell - vocals
- Dave Navarro - guitar
- Stephen Perkins - drums
- Eric Avery - bass (1986–1991)
- Chris Chaney - bass (2002–2004)

Guest members

- Flea - bass (1997)
- Martyn LeNoble - bass (2001)

Discography

Studio albums

Image:Jane's Addition-Nothing's Shocking.jpg|Nothing's Shocking
(August 23, 1988)
Warner Bros.
2x Platinum Image:Jane's Addiction-Ritual de lo Habitual.jpg|Ritual de lo Habitual
(August 21, 1990)
Warner Bros.
2x Platinum Image:Jane's Addiction-Strays.jpg|Strays(July 22, 2003)Capitol
Gold

Live albums

Image:Jane's Addiction album.jpg|Jane's Addiction
(September 20, 1987)
XXX
Gold

Compilations

Image:Jane's Addiction-Live and Rare.jpg|Live and Rare
(January 22, 1988)
Warner Bros. Image:Jane's Addiction-Kettle Whistle.jpg|Kettle Whistle
(November 4, 1997)
Warner Bros.
Gold

Singles

The band also released a video entitled Soul Kiss, which consisted of band interviews, Farrell's home movies, and Jane's Addiction music videos banned by MTV. In addition, Farrell led a movie effort entitled Gift, a modern gothic tragedy.

Announcement of the 2004 break-up

The following was posted on Navarro's site in June 2004: State of the Union OK. We know we can't avoid this anymore so we will give it our best shot. What's the deal? The deal is that it simply didn't work out. Sometimes things just don't work out. In all honesty, we have broken up and rejoined roughly four times over the years. Perhaps that should shed some light as to where we are now. We really don't know. We do know that we really gave it everything we had this time and we actually made a really great record after so many years of silence. That was definitely a great thing and we are all proud of it. We were able to do a lot of shows and travel and see the world again. We had some amazing times. Why didn't it work out? So many reasons. Some of them over 15 years old, some of them new and none of them worth mentioning. Maybe we are just a volatile combination. Maybe that is why we were so great. The bottom line is that we are all extremely creative and motivated people and I know we will all continue to create and work on many different projects. After 20 years, just like in any relationship, you have your highs and lows and some amazing memories that can never be replaced. We were able to create great music together, and for that... We feel blessed. But sometimes relationships don't work, no matter how much time or energy you put into them... and at that point... you realize it is healthier to go your separate ways than to keep trying to recreate the magic of the early years. Sometimes people grow apart in the relationship, it is nobody's fault really... just a fact of life... an inevitable creative dissolution. Sometimes the best creative relationships are the most combustible and they aren't meant to last forever. We know this doesn't answer all of your questions, but hopefully it answers some of them. We would personally like to say, "thank you" for all of the love and support you have shown us over the years, we greatly appreciate it and we love you. Stephen, Dave & Chris

References

- Ruhlmann, William & Prato, Greg. "[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040404011859010937&sql=B51r67uq0h0jw Jane's Addiction]". All Music Guide. Retrieved June 13, 2005.

External links

Band

- [http://www.janesaddiction.com/ Jane's Addiction's official website]
- [http://www.xiola.org/ Xiola.org: Most popular fan site]
- [http://www.notfornothing.net/one-percent One Percent fan site]
- [http://www.musicemissions.com/features/interviews/janes_addiction.php An Interview] with the band for their Strays album

Band members

- [http://www.6767.com/ Dave Navarro's website]
- [http://www.stephenperkins.com/ Stephen Perkin's website] Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction

My Ruin

My Ruin are a Los Angeles based rock metal band. Fronted by Tairrie B (former vocalist of Tura Satana and Manhole and solo rap artist), they have been going through various line-up changes since 1999. They have a dedicated fanbase, most notably in the UK. Their sound consists of passionate vocals set against heavy rock beats. Vocalist Tairrie B and Mick Murphy began a side project known as The Lvrs. Mick Murphy has another side project known as Neanderthal.

Current members

- Tairrie B - Vocals
- Mick Murphy - Guitar
- Chris Lisee - Bass
- Matt LeChevalier - Drums

Previous members

- Yael - Drums (2000-2005)
- Meghan Mattox - Bass (1999-2004)
- Jonny Chow - Bass (2004-2005)

Discography

Albums:
- Speak And Destroy (1999, UK release; 2000, US release)(Spitfire)
- A Prayer Under Pressure Of Violent Anguish (2001)(Spitfire)
- To Britain With Love... And Bruises (2001; only released in the UK) (Live)(Snapper Classics UK)
- The Shape Of Things To Come... (2003) (EP)(Century Media)
- The Horror Of Beauty (2003)(Century Media)
- The Brutal Language (2005)(Rovena)

External links

- [http://www.myruin.com My Ruin Official Website]
- [http://www.myspace.com/myruin My Ruin on Myspace] Category:Heavy metal musical groups

Chungmuro Station

Chungmuro Station (충무로역) is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 3 and Line 4.

Pacific Drums and Percussion

Drum Kit Lineup

Notable Endorsing Artists

Drum Workshop

Notable Endorsing Artists

External Link:

2000

Events

Unknown Date

Births

Deaths

January

February

April

May

Drum Workshop

Notable Endorsing Artists

External Link:

Alien Ant Farm

Selected history

Group members

Discography

External links

Joey Castillo

Brian Mantia

Selected Discography

With Primus

With Buckethead

With Giant Robot

With Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

With Guns N' Roses

External links

Stephen Perkins

External links

Jane's Addiction

History

Members

Guest members

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Singles

Announcement of the 2004 break-up

References

External links

Band

Band members

My Ruin

Current members

Previous members

Discography

External links

Chungmuro Station

Related Links

D