Original slipknot members
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Growing up in poverty in a down-at-heel part of Cleveland, Ohio, Tracy Chapman dreamed of one day becoming a vet. Instead, at age 24, she became the quietly radical voice of America’s working-class Black women and an accidental megastar, selling 20 million copies of her socially critical, self-titled debut.
I don’t remember where I was when I first heard “Fast Car”, or even “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution”, but I know exactly what I was doing when I heard “Behind the Wall” – staring gape-mouthed at the stereo, the hairs on my arms bristling with the invisible electric of Chapman's chilling a cappella. For a while I would skip the song; it hit a bit too close to home.
At the heart of Chapman's debut is a fiery optimism that justice is inevitable, waiting out on some righteous horizon, and I wanted to believe that. Who among the people I knew didn’t? We had no idea what a revolution might look like, but thanks to Chapman we understood it might sound different than expected.
It's important to remember that the protest folk singer label never sat right with Chapman. Her songs weren’t w
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Slipknot
Slipknot is an Americanheavy metal rockband from Des Moines, Iowa. Slipknot has nine members in the band. The current band members are Sid Wilson, Jim Root, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, Corey Taylor, Alessandro, Jeff Karnowski (speculative), and Eloy Casagrande. The first bassist from Slipknot, Paul Gray, died from an accidental drug overdose in 2010. Also, Joey Jordison was forced to leave the band in 2013. Jordison died on July 26, 2021. All of the band members wear masks. Percussionist Chris Fehn also left the band due to suing bandmates Shawn Crahan and Corey Taylor for reportedly keeping money from him. The band has sold almost 15 million records worldwide.
Career
[change | change source]In September 1995, a band was formed called The Pale Ones.[2] The band had Shawn Crahan on drums, Paul Gray on bass, Anders Colsefni on vocals and Donnie Steele on guitar. Later Joey Jordison joined and became drummer, Crahan became a Percussionist. The band also hired guitarist Josh Brainard and moved Colsefini to percussion and vocals. The band performed their fi
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The Shining (film)
1980 film by Stanley Kubrick
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film[7] produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. It is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The film presents the descent into insanity of a recovering alcoholic and aspiring novelist (Nicholson) who takes a job as winter caretaker for a haunted mountain resort hotel with his wife (Duvall) and clairvoyant son (Lloyd).
Production took place almost exclusively in England at EMI Elstree Studios, with sets based on real locations. Kubrick often worked with a small crew, which allowed him to do many takes, sometimes to the exhaustion of the actors and staff. The new Steadicam mount was used to shoot several scenes, giving the film an innovative and immersive look and feel.
The film was released in the United States on May 23, 1980, and in the United Kingdom on October 2 by Warner Bros. There were several versions for theatrical releases, each of w
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