A megabeat, also known as punk drums, is a drum beat commonly found through out modern punk rock, specifically in (but not limited to) hardcore punk and pop punk music. It is played by hitting consistent eighth notes on the high hat, with one of your hands. The first beat is hit on the bass drum, with a snare hit on "one and", "two and", "three and" and lastly, on "four and".
It is not to be confused with a blast beat, which is where the snare hits start on one as opposed to "one and".
Notable bands
Notable bands that use this beat:
Saves the Day
NOFX
Blink 182
Comeback Kid
It is not to be confused with a blast beat, which is where the snare hits start on one as opposed to "one and".
Notable bands
Notable bands that use this beat:
Saves the Day
NOFX
Blink 182
Comeback Kid
Crowz was the would-be second album released by American band Slipknot. Originally to be released on October 31, 1997, the album stood as a "re-recording replacement" of the songs recorded and released a year prior on the band's 1996 debut Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. Crowz featured songs with current vocalist Corey Taylor, as well as former vocalist Anders Colsefini and former guitarists and drummer Donnie Steele, Josh Brainard and Marshall Parker respectively; Crowz also features input by particular members of the current line-up. The album was never released however, as the recorded material was scrapped and a five-track demo was soon recorded, this being the demo that the band was signed to Roadrunner Records for.
Background information
"'Crowz' refers to a saying started which started following a spooky incident when we where taking Paul home after a studio session, and the road his place was on was covered entirely with crows, or blackbirds, or whatever. Thousands upon thousands of them. When the headlights flashed over them, they all took to the trees as one big, black mass. It was eerie. Then, they all sat in the trees and phone lines watching us. That's where "Crowz" came from. Plus, Shawn found a dead one in his driveway, and kept it in a big, commercial pickle jar, and carried it around at shows until it turned to mush. During shows Shawn would open the jar, this would cause him to vomit all over the place and also cause fans to start vomiting all over the place. It was sick, it was kept in the jar with all the bacteria and flesh eating creatures. It started secreting this brown liquid and became a fine sauce (yum). Some kids broke the jar open and played catch with it for a while and now it's disposed."
Availability
As the album was never released, nearly a decade of inactivity and mystery surrounding the album passed before any public exposition to it. Crowz was copied onto CDs in extremely limited numbers, but these copies presumably no longer exist (although current percussionist Shawn Crahan and former guitarist Josh Brainard are said to own copies). The album's existence was supported slightly throughout the years however due to the appearances of select tracks on peer-to-peer clients, however most of these are a combination of fakes, live performances, and a few real tracks, in addition to tracks from the band's purported "basement sessions."
On April 19, 2007, the Slipknot fansite BlackGoat announced on a forum that Crowz had been uploaded and fans could now attain it. Initially however, the content was not authorised, but the following day the issue was resolved and it was made fully accessible for download. This is not the real Crowz album, but a compilation of live recordings and songs that appear on multiple versions of the Crowz bootleg.
Among the track listing only two songs featured here have ever been released commercially. The 'Apple of My Eye' demo version of "Interloper" was released on the digipak reissue of the band's Roadrunner debut Slipknot, albeit without the interlude at the beginning. "Snap" was released on the now out-of-print soundtrack to the 2003 horror film Freddy Vs. Jason.
Crowz was uploaded onto YouTube in 2007.
Track listing
# "Coleslaw" – 2:51
# "Interloper" – 2:29
# "May 17th" – 2:21
# "Windows" – 3:35
# "Carve" – 4:08
# "Prosthetics" – 4:16
# "Me Inside" – 2:49
# "The Me Inside" – 2:58
# "Only One" – 2:52
# "Gently" – 2:36
# "Interloper" – 2:54
# "Wait and Bleed" – 1:50
# "Snap" – 2:54
# "Coleslaw" – 2:33
# "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" – 5:24
# "Despise" – 3:40
Trivia
* "Carve" is a rough demo of "Before I Forget" from Slipknot's 2004 album '.
* "Prosthetics", "Me Inside", "Only One", "Wait and Bleed", and "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" were later re-recorded for Slipknot's 1999 Roadrunner debut Slipknot, the latter track being retitled and simplified as "Scissors".
* "The Me Inside" is also a demo of "Me Inside" from the band's Roadrunner debut.
* "Gently" was later re-recorded for Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
* "May 17th" is a rough demo of "New Abortion" from Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
Personnel
* Corey Taylor – lead vocals (Tracks 1, 6, 7, 9. 10, 11, 12, 13, 16)
* Anders Colsefini – lead vocals (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15), percussion
* Mick Thompson – lead guitar
* Josh Brainard – guitar, backup vocals
* Craig Jones –sampling
* Paul Gray – bass guitar, backup vocals
* Shawn Crahan – percussion, turntables, backup vocals
* Joey Jordison – drums
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Background information
"'Crowz' refers to a saying started which started following a spooky incident when we where taking Paul home after a studio session, and the road his place was on was covered entirely with crows, or blackbirds, or whatever. Thousands upon thousands of them. When the headlights flashed over them, they all took to the trees as one big, black mass. It was eerie. Then, they all sat in the trees and phone lines watching us. That's where "Crowz" came from. Plus, Shawn found a dead one in his driveway, and kept it in a big, commercial pickle jar, and carried it around at shows until it turned to mush. During shows Shawn would open the jar, this would cause him to vomit all over the place and also cause fans to start vomiting all over the place. It was sick, it was kept in the jar with all the bacteria and flesh eating creatures. It started secreting this brown liquid and became a fine sauce (yum). Some kids broke the jar open and played catch with it for a while and now it's disposed."
Availability
As the album was never released, nearly a decade of inactivity and mystery surrounding the album passed before any public exposition to it. Crowz was copied onto CDs in extremely limited numbers, but these copies presumably no longer exist (although current percussionist Shawn Crahan and former guitarist Josh Brainard are said to own copies). The album's existence was supported slightly throughout the years however due to the appearances of select tracks on peer-to-peer clients, however most of these are a combination of fakes, live performances, and a few real tracks, in addition to tracks from the band's purported "basement sessions."
On April 19, 2007, the Slipknot fansite BlackGoat announced on a forum that Crowz had been uploaded and fans could now attain it. Initially however, the content was not authorised, but the following day the issue was resolved and it was made fully accessible for download. This is not the real Crowz album, but a compilation of live recordings and songs that appear on multiple versions of the Crowz bootleg.
Among the track listing only two songs featured here have ever been released commercially. The 'Apple of My Eye' demo version of "Interloper" was released on the digipak reissue of the band's Roadrunner debut Slipknot, albeit without the interlude at the beginning. "Snap" was released on the now out-of-print soundtrack to the 2003 horror film Freddy Vs. Jason.
Crowz was uploaded onto YouTube in 2007.
Track listing
# "Coleslaw" – 2:51
# "Interloper" – 2:29
# "May 17th" – 2:21
# "Windows" – 3:35
# "Carve" – 4:08
# "Prosthetics" – 4:16
# "Me Inside" – 2:49
# "The Me Inside" – 2:58
# "Only One" – 2:52
# "Gently" – 2:36
# "Interloper" – 2:54
# "Wait and Bleed" – 1:50
# "Snap" – 2:54
# "Coleslaw" – 2:33
# "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" – 5:24
# "Despise" – 3:40
Trivia
* "Carve" is a rough demo of "Before I Forget" from Slipknot's 2004 album '.
* "Prosthetics", "Me Inside", "Only One", "Wait and Bleed", and "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" were later re-recorded for Slipknot's 1999 Roadrunner debut Slipknot, the latter track being retitled and simplified as "Scissors".
* "The Me Inside" is also a demo of "Me Inside" from the band's Roadrunner debut.
* "Gently" was later re-recorded for Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
* "May 17th" is a rough demo of "New Abortion" from Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
Personnel
* Corey Taylor – lead vocals (Tracks 1, 6, 7, 9. 10, 11, 12, 13, 16)
* Anders Colsefini – lead vocals (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15), percussion
* Mick Thompson – lead guitar
* Josh Brainard – guitar, backup vocals
* Craig Jones –sampling
* Paul Gray – bass guitar, backup vocals
* Shawn Crahan – percussion, turntables, backup vocals
* Joey Jordison – drums
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Yeeks are a fictional race of goblin-like humanoids found in the Angband family of roguelike games. Yeeks originated in the game Moria and have been present in every version of Angband as well as all its major variants. Yeeks are described as "Strange small humanoid" and can come in different colours depending upon what tribe they belong to. The most common yeeks are blue or brown but clear and black yeeks exist. The yeeks are ruled by their king Boldor and his son Orfax.
Yeeks are typically very easy monsters to defeat, in Moria at least. Folklore even holds that they are called "yeeks" because that is the sound they make if they are trod upon. Although black yeeks are unusually tough and master yeeks have some magic powers, there are no yeeks that normally require more advanced tactics than a few strokes with one's weapon. In the case of clear yeeks, who are invisible, it is nearly always possible to win by striking randomly or, if one is a mage, by firing an area effect spell at a nearby wall. Note that in Angband and later games yeeks are resistant to acid.
The history of the yeeks:
*Moria. Yeeks are first introduced, and five kinds exist.
*Angband. The king of the yeeks, Boldor and his son Orfax are introduced.
*ZAngband. The kamikaze yeek is added. Later versions also include the possibility to play as a yeek.
*Hengband. The president of the yeeks Noborta Kesyta is introduced. It also allows playing as a yeek.
*Gumband. The queen of the yeeks Dalfax is introduced and described as 8 feet tall, bright pink and the reason why Boldor (King of the Yeeks) and their son Orfax spend so much time in the dungeon. It also allows playing as a yeek.
*DrAngband and ToME. One may play as a yeek. They are bad at everything except gaining levels quickly.
Yeeks are typically very easy monsters to defeat, in Moria at least. Folklore even holds that they are called "yeeks" because that is the sound they make if they are trod upon. Although black yeeks are unusually tough and master yeeks have some magic powers, there are no yeeks that normally require more advanced tactics than a few strokes with one's weapon. In the case of clear yeeks, who are invisible, it is nearly always possible to win by striking randomly or, if one is a mage, by firing an area effect spell at a nearby wall. Note that in Angband and later games yeeks are resistant to acid.
The history of the yeeks:
*Moria. Yeeks are first introduced, and five kinds exist.
*Angband. The king of the yeeks, Boldor and his son Orfax are introduced.
*ZAngband. The kamikaze yeek is added. Later versions also include the possibility to play as a yeek.
*Hengband. The president of the yeeks Noborta Kesyta is introduced. It also allows playing as a yeek.
*Gumband. The queen of the yeeks Dalfax is introduced and described as 8 feet tall, bright pink and the reason why Boldor (King of the Yeeks) and their son Orfax spend so much time in the dungeon. It also allows playing as a yeek.
*DrAngband and ToME. One may play as a yeek. They are bad at everything except gaining levels quickly.
UncleGamer Radio is a video game centered independent podcast and community site. The podcast is part of a larger community called the Gamercast Network, which networks multiple independent podcasts together. As of December 2007, the podcasts normally have two hosts, Parris and Jay.
Humble Beginnings
The podcast initially aired in August of 2006. The first episode was hosted by Parris and Robbie, who at the time referred to themselves by their Xbox Live gamertags, Vicious696, and Liquilife respectively. Jay, one of the current hosts, was not introduced six months later, when he appeared in Episode 20.
In December of 2007, Robbie left the show for reasons unknown. While the two hosts did not go into detail, Jay and Parris mentioned that his departure was due to family and health reasons, although speculation into his quick departure has started many plausible rumors on the site.
During the first episode it is revealed that Paris had worked on a previous podcast, but the name of it wasn't revealed until later in the shows history. After their second podcast, the third episode didn't air until mid October due to complications in scheduling.
In Episode 10 Uncle Gamer announced their merging into the Gamercast Network. They invited JVB from podtacular, and Keith from The Video Game Show to formally bring them in.
Humble Beginnings
The podcast initially aired in August of 2006. The first episode was hosted by Parris and Robbie, who at the time referred to themselves by their Xbox Live gamertags, Vicious696, and Liquilife respectively. Jay, one of the current hosts, was not introduced six months later, when he appeared in Episode 20.
In December of 2007, Robbie left the show for reasons unknown. While the two hosts did not go into detail, Jay and Parris mentioned that his departure was due to family and health reasons, although speculation into his quick departure has started many plausible rumors on the site.
During the first episode it is revealed that Paris had worked on a previous podcast, but the name of it wasn't revealed until later in the shows history. After their second podcast, the third episode didn't air until mid October due to complications in scheduling.
In Episode 10 Uncle Gamer announced their merging into the Gamercast Network. They invited JVB from podtacular, and Keith from The Video Game Show to formally bring them in.