Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Spymob image caption image size years active 1993&ndash present origin Minneapolis, Minnesota , USA background group or band alias genre Pop rock , Powerpop current members John Ostby br Eric Fawcett br Brent Paschke br Christian Twigg past members notable instruments Spymob is a pop rock band, from Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis best known for their appearance on the 2003 Star Trak Entertainment compilation The Neptunes present Clones , with the song Half Steering Half Eating Ice Cream. They also provided backing instruments for N.E.R.D. s 2002 debut In Search Of... N.E.R.D album In Search Of... . Guitarist Brent Paschke and drummer Eric Fawcett provided backing instruments on N.E.R.D. s third album, Seeing Sounds , released in June 2008. Recently they have worked with alternative band Paramore . The band released their major label release Sitting Around Keeping Score on Star Trak Entertainment in 2003. Albums Townhouse Stereo Spymob, Inc, 1996 Basement Tapes Spymob, Inc, 2001 Sitting Around Keeping Score Arista Records Arista Star Trak Entertainment, 2003 Spymob EP Spymob, Inc, 2005 External links http www.rollingstone.com artists spymob Rolling Stone Category American pop rock music groups US rock band stub ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Yukon Kornelius image caption image size background group or band alias origin Toronto , Canada genre Alternative rock years active 2008 Present label associated acts Barenaked Ladies , Guster , Dave Matthews Band , Spymob . website current members Adam Gardner br Ed Robertson br Stefan Lessard br Eric Fawcett past members Yukon Kornelius is a Rock music rock music Supergroup music supergroup . It consists of bassist Stefan Lessard from the Dave Matthews Band the anchor member , ref name skinet singer guitarist Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies , singer guitarist Adam Gardner from Guster , and drummer Spymob Eric Fawcett from Spymob billed for the first show as a special guest, but billed in 2009 as part of the band . The band s name comes from Yukon Cornelius, a character in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer TV special . The band s shows have so far been known for including special guests. ref name warehouse The band was originally put together for charitable purposes when the members were together for a planned ski snowboard trip while filming Warren Miller s Children of Winter , a snow sports film. ref http www.okemo.com okemowinter pressroom newsroom yukonkornelius.asp Okemo Resort Press release ref Debut Performance On January 9, 2008, Yukon Kornelius played its first show at the Killington Road Pickle Barrel in Killington , Vermont . The show benefitted the Vermont and New Hampshire food bank s, as well as Gardner s environmental group Reverb non profit Reverb . ref name skinet http www.skinet.com skiing 2007 12 yukon kornelius to play benefit in okemo jan 9 Skinet article ref The band played several songs, including Yukon Kornelius Theme , ref YouTube http www.youtube.com watch?v 8uzWW5nQ9xM Yukon Kornelius Theme ref Sympathy for the Devil , ref YouTube http www.youtube.com watch?v ZWaU pQQGOM Sympathy for the Devil ref Psycho Killer , ref YouTube http www.youtube.com watch?v IyA1O4D sI4 Psycho Kille ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2008 Infobox single Name Rock Star Cover Rock Star NERD.jpg Artist N.E.R.D N E R D from Album In Search Of... N.E.R.D album In Search Of... Released 2002 Format CD single Recorded Genre Alternative rock , funk rock Length 4 29 small In Search Of... electronic version small br 4 19 small In Search Of... rock version small Label Virgin Records Virgin Writer N.E.R.D N E R D Producer The Neptunes Last single Lapdance song Lapdance br 2001 This single Rock Star br 2002 Next single Provider song Provider br 2002 Rock Star is a song by funk rock music rock hip hop music hip hop group N.E.R.D N E R D from their 2001 album In Search Of... N.E.R.D album In Search Of... . The song, the second single off the album, performed better in the U.K. than their previous single Lapdance song Lapdance , peaking at 15. It also became the group s first single to chart in Australia. The song acted as a second first single of sorts, as it followed the groups debut Lapdance song Lapdance , but however was the first single to be released from the second, more streamlined version of the In Search of... N.E.R.D album In Search Of album that featured a live instrument makeover courtesy of Spymob rather than The Neptunes trademark synths and electronic drum kits. The song originally had a clip shot by famed urban video director Hype Williams , but was shelved and remains unreleased. The song features in the films The Guard 2011 film The Guard , Bringing Down the House film Bringing Down the House and Blue Crush . The Jason Nevins Remix of the song has been featured in numerous video games such as Burnout Dominator , Burnout Paradise , Mat Hoffman Pro BMX 2 , and Forza Motorsport 2 as well as movie trailers for The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift and the 2004 film Taxi 2004 film Taxi , and was featured in an Apple iPod advert. The Jason Nevins Club Blaster Edit has appeared in SSX3 . An edited version of it was also used as the theme song for NFL s 2002 game NFL Fever ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Clones Type Compilation album Artist The Neptunes Cover Clones.jpg Released August 19, 2003 Recorded Genre Hip hop music Hip hop Length 63 34 Label Star Trak Entertainment Star Trak Producer The Neptunes Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 3.5 5 ref Allmusic class album id r647355 pure url yes link ref rev2 RapReviews.com rev2Score 7 10 ref http rapreviews.com archive 2003 08 clones.html link ref rev3 Rolling Stone rev3Score Rating 4 5 ref http www.rollingstone.com artists theneptunes albums album 317364 review 5944512 the neptunes presentclones link ref rev4 Vibe magazine Vibe rev4Score Rating 3.5 5 ref http books.google.com books?id zyYEAAAAMBAJ&pg PA147&dq revolutions&lr &as pt MAGAZINES&hl fr&rview 1&cd 24 v onepage&q revolutions&f false link ref Clones is an album of songs from various artists, produced by the production duo of Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams , known as The Neptunes . It was released on August 19, 2003, and debuted at 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and has been certified gold by the RIAA . The album featured four singles Frontin by Pharrell , Light Your Ass On Fire by Busta Rhymes , Hot Damn song Hot Damn by Clipse and It Blows My Mind by Snoop Dogg . Track listing Intro by The Neptunes 0 26 Light Your Ass On Fire by Busta Rhymes featuring Pharrell 3 39 Blaze of Glory by Clipse featuring Pharrell & Ab Liva 3 51 It Wasn t Us by Ludacris featuring I 20 3 34 Frontin by Pharrell featuring Jay Z 3 56 Good Girl by Vanessa Marquez singer 4 10 If by Nelly 3 40 Hot by Rosco P. Coldchain featuring Clipse Pusha T & Boo Bonic 3 36 It Blows My Mind by Snoop Dogg 4 59 Half Steering... by Spymob 3 34 Fuck N Spend by The High Speed Scene 1 27 Loser by N E R D featuring Clipse 3 11 Rock n Roll by FAM LAY featuring Kelis 4 19 The Don of Dons Put De Ting Pon Dem by Super Cat featuring Jadakiss 4 10 Hot Damn song Hot Damn by Clipse featuring Ab Liva, Pharrell & Rosco P. Coldchain 4 03 Put Em Up by N ... more details
Infobox person name John Edmonds Kozma image caption John Edmonds Kozma birth date birth date and age 1972 01 25 birth place flagicon North Carolina Asheville, North Carolina Asheville , North Carolina USA death date death place occupation Film director , br Film producer , br Actor salary networth spouse children website http www.bangproductionsinc.com footnotes John Edmonds Kozma born January 25, 1972 is an United States American film director director , actor , film producer producer , cinematographer , and founder of Bang Productions. Past Projects Kozma first came to prominence as a producer of music videos, crafting clips for such artists as DEL a remake of the George Michael classic Careless Whisper , N E R D backing band Spymob Walking Under Green Leaves , and rapper Lil B. In 2004, he produced the independent comedy feature Communication Breakdown film Communication Breakdown and appeared in the film as the character Sgt. Jeff Blackman. In 2005, Kozma produced the sports documentary The Enduro at Erzberg, chronicling the world famous motorcycle race in Germany. In 2006, he followed up the success of The Enduro at Erzberg, with a documentary entitled Travis Pastrana s Baja Diaries, looking at motosport superstar, stunt performer, and MTV personality Travis Pastrana . That same year, Kozma completed his trilogy of motosports documentaries by producing Freestyle Prague, which he also directed. In 2007, he produced and directed a documentary called Giant Maximus, focusing on the annual Los Angeles based music festival. The film was narrated by world famous club DJ Armin van Buuren . Upcoming Projects In 2007, it was announced that Kozma, along with Jeff Rice producer of the Emmy nominated Anna Paquin film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler i , would bring an adaptation of the Erin Chandler s play June Bug vs. Hurricane to the screen. Scripted by filmmaker Nick Cassavetes , the film, entitled Kentucky Rhapsody, tells the colorful real life story of Chandler s ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Fly or Die Type Studio album Producer The Neptunes Artist N.E.R.D N E R D Cover NERD Fly or Die.jpg Length 61 01 Released March 23, 2004 small United States U.S. small Recorded 2003 Genre Alternative rock , funk rock , hip hop music hip hop Label Virgin Records Virgin Last album In Search Of... N.E.R.D album In Search Of... br 2001 2002 This album Fly or Die br 2004 Next album Seeing Sounds br 2008 Fly or Die is the second album for rock band N.E.R.D N E R D consisting of Pharrell and Chad Hugo of production team the Neptunes and Shay Haley released on March 23, 2004. Production The band recorded its second album Fly or Die during 2003. The band actually learned the instruments needed to play the tunes, so they could perform live. As Chad Hugo told MTV News on December 9, 2003, We re the ones playing the instruments live this time. I just started playing guitar last year so I m learning as we go. Pharrell s playing drums. Last time, on In Search Of... rock In Search Of... we didn t have time to learn certain instruments so we got Spymob to help us out. The band also recruited some assistance to record the album with Lenny Kravitz and Questlove playing on the track Maybe. Several of tracks concern issues of particular concern to adolescents including Thrasher about bullies, Drill Sergeant about rebellion and conscription, and first love on Backseat Love . Reception Album reviews rev1 PopMatters rev1Score favorable http www.popmatters.com music reviews n nerd flyordie.shtml link rev2 NME rev2Score Rating 8 10 http www.nme.com reviews nerd 7357 link rev3 Slant Magazine Slant rev3Score Rating 3 5 http www.slantmagazine.com music music review.asp?ID 427 link rev4 The Times rev4Score rating 2 5 http entertainment.timesonline.co.uk tol arts and entertainment music cd reviews article1048033.ece link rev5 Allmusic rev5Score rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r681814 pure url yes link rev6 Entertainment Weekly rev6Score A ... more details
Infobox record label image File Star trak logo.jpg 150px parent Universal Music Group founded 2001 founder Pharrell Williams br Chad Hugo distributor Interscope Records Interscope small U.S. small br Polydor Records Polydor small outside U.S. small genre Hip hop music Hip hop , Contemporary R&B R&B country United States location Virginia Beach, Virginia url URL startrakmusic.com Star Trak Entertainment is a record label , founded by record producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo in 2001. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group , and is distributed by Interscope Records . History Beginnings Star Trak Entertainment was formed in 2001 by The Neptunes duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo . The label was partially funded by Arista Records in a joint venture. Pharrell would sign longtime friends, Clipse , a duo of brothers Malice and Pusha T. Their debut album, Lord Willin , was released in 2002 led by the hits, Grindin Grindin , and When the Last Time . After the success of the album, the label would sign Kelis , Vanessa Marquez singer Vanessa Marquez , Fam Lay , N.E.R.D. , and pop rock band Spymob, who provided backing instruments for N.E.R.D s debut album In Search Of... . The label released a compilation album during the summer of 2003, entitled, The Neptunes Present... Clones . In late 2003, Star Trak Entertainment released the highly successful album, Tasty Kelis album Tasty , by Kelis led by the hit single Milkshake song Milkshake . In early 2004, distributor Arista Records dropped their imprint Star Trak Entertainment, which then linked with EMI s Virgin Records for a new distribution deal. The first release from this deal was Fly or Die by N.E.R.D. . Addition of Snoop Dogg In mid 2004, Star Trak signed EMI cousin label, Doggystyle Records to a distribution deal and soared to new heights behind veteran Doggystyle Records rapper, Snoop Dogg . A few months later, Star Trak Entertainment left EMI s Virgin Records before completing a year with t ... more details
. No Doubt Easy Come, Easy Go Junkie For Your Love Get Even Mr. U.F.O. Man feat. Spymob John Otsby ... You Run To The Sun Baby Doll feat. Tammy Lucas Am I High feat. Malice rapper Malice & Spymob .... Pharrell, Clipse Pusha T. & Boo Bonic Snoop Dogg It Blows My Mind feat. Pharrell & Kelis Spymob Half ... By Spymob Brent Paschke The Man Deluxe Bonus Ride That Thang feat. Fam Lay Amazon Bonus Fuego ... more details
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