E (; named ''e'', plural ''ees'') is the fifth letter and a vowel in the basic modern Latin alphabet. It is the most commonly used letter in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish languages.

History

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‹E› differs little from its derivational source, the Greek letter epsilon ‹Ε›. In etymology, the Semitic ''hê'' has been suggested to have started as a praying or calling human figure (''hillul'' 'jubilation'), and was probably based on a similar Egyptian hieroglyph that indicated a different pronunciation. In Semitic, the letter represented (and in foreign words), in Greek ''hê'' became epsilon with the value . Etruscans and Romans followed this usage. Although Middle English spelling used ‹e› to represent long and short , the Great Vowel Shift, changed long (as in ''me'' or ''bee'') to while short (as in ''met'' or ''bed'') remains a mid vowel.

Usage

Like other Latin vowels, ‹e› came in a long and a short variety. Originally, the only difference was in length but later on, short ‹e› represented . In other languages that use the ‹e›, it represents various other phonetic values, sometimes with accents to indicate contrasts (‹e ê é è ë ē ĕ ě ẽ ė ẹ ę ẻ›).

Digraphs with ‹e› are common in many languages to indicate diphthongs and monophthongs, such as ‹ea› or ‹ee› for or in English, ‹ei› for in German, and ‹eu› for in French or in German.

In English, the salient phenomenon silent e's, although arising from old inflections that have been dropped, still retain a function as they indicate that certain vowels in the word are long vowels (for example ''rat'' has a short vowel and ''rate'' has a long one).

‹E› is the most common (or highest frequency) letter in the English alphabet (starting off the typographer's phrase ETAOIN SHRDLU) and several other European languages, which has implications in both cryptography and data compression. This makes it a hard and popular letter to use when writing lipograms. Ernest Vincent Wright's ''Gadsby'' (1939) is considered a "dreadful" novel, and that "at least part of Wright's narrative issues were caused by language limitations imposed by the lack of ''E''." Both Georges Perec's novel ''A Void'' (''La Disparition'') (1969) and its English translation by Gilbert Adair omit ‹e› and are considered better works.

Related letters and other similar characters

Ε ε : Greek letter Epsilon

: Latin letter Epsilon

Е е : Cyrillic letter Ye

Є є : Cyrillic letter Ukrainian Ye

Э э : Cyrillic letter E

: Estimated sign (used on prepackaged goods for sale within the European Union).

€ : Euro sign

Computing codes

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |- align=center | align=right | character || colspan=2 | E || colspan=2 | e |- align=center | align=right | Unicode name || colspan=2 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E || colspan=2 | LATIN SMALL LETTER E |- | align=left | character encoding || decimal || hex || decimal || hex |- | align=left | Unicode || 69 || 0045 || 101 || 0065 |- | align=left | UTF-8 || 69 || 45 || 101 || 65 |- | align=left | Numeric character reference || E || E || e || e |- | align=left | ASCII 1 || 69 || 45 || 101 || 65 |- | align=left | EBCDIC family || 197 || C5 || 133 || 85 |} ¹ and all encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 and Macintosh families of encodings.

Other representations

In British Sign Language (BSL), the letter ‹e› is signed by extending the index finger of the right hand touching the tip of index on the left hand with all fingers of left hand open.

References

External links

Category:ISO basic Latin letters Category:Vowel letters

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Name	Vasco Rossi
Background	solo_singer
Born	February 07, 1952
Origin	Zocca, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Genre	Pop rock, rock, pop
Years active	1977–present
Website	VascoRossi.net }}

Vasco Rossi (born February 7, 1952), also known as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco, is an Italian singer-songwriter. During his career, he has published 25 albums (not including unofficial releases) and has written over 150 songs, as well as lyrics for other artists. He calls himself a "provoca(u)tore" (an Italian portmanteau for "provoking author") as throughout his career he has been regularly criticized over his choice of lifestyle and the lyrics in his songs.

Biography

Rossi was born in Zocca, in the province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna). His father, Carlo Rossi, was a truck-driver, and his mother, Novella, a housewife. It was his mother herself who decided to enroll him in singing school when he was a little boy, a choice that must have seemed rather peculiar within the mentality of a small village in the Apennines like Zocca. Nonetheless, Rossi fell in love with music and at the age of 14 began playing with his first band.

Rossi and his family moved to Bologna, Italy, where he studied accounting in high school. Upon graduating he opened a music club, Punto Club, and enrolled in university at the faculty of Economics and Commerce. In the meantime he supported himself by working as a DJ and founding, along with friends, one of the first private radio stations in Italy, "Punto Radio", with which he began slowly and timidly showcasing his own songs.

Encouraged by his friend Gaetano Curreri (now leading member of Italian rock band Stadio), Rossi released his first EP on June 13, 1977, which included the songs "Jenny è pazza" (Jenny is crazy) and “Silvia", and a full-length album in 1978, ''Ma cosa vuoi che sia una canzone'' ("What do you think a song is"). In 1979, he released a second album, ''Non siamo mica gli americani'' ("It's not, like, we are the Americans"), which included, "Albachiara" ("Cleardawn"), one of his biggest hits, and a ballad considered emblematic of Rossi’s poetic style. His most controversial album, ''Colpa d'Alfredo'' ("Alfredo's fault") followed in 1980; its title-track was censored from the radio and let loose bitter criticism because it contained some lyrics referring to women considered too explicit at that time. The controversy actually increased Rossi’s popularity, and he quickly saw himself famous on a national level, particularly after performing live on ''Domenica In'', a popular Italian television program. The performance did not particularly please journalist Nantas Salvalaggio, who published a scathing article against Rossi calling him drug-addict. Rossi argued that Salvalaggio evidently did not understand his music and remarked how easy it is to criticize a still unknown artist who cannot defend himself.

In 1981, the album ''Siamo solo noi'' ("It's only us") was released. The title track, another signature song of his, would become commonly recognized as a generational hymn.

In 1982, Rossi took part for the first time in the Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Vado al massimo" ("I'm taking it to the max"). Here, he once again found himself under the harsh criticism, and came in last place in the festival. In April of the same year the album ''Vado al Massimo'' was released. The following year, he reappeared at the Sanremo Music Festival, this time performing “Vita spericolata" (Daredevil Life), probably his most popular song, and finishing in second-to-last place due to his apparent state of intoxication. The following album, ''Bollicine'' ("Little Bubbles"), published in 1983, was his sixth in seven years, and was the album that consecrated him definitively an idol of the new generation and an icon of Italian rock. The title track, whose lyrics are about Coke (but also demonstrate a clear assonance with cocaine), won the Festivalbar ‘83, and his tour that year was an enormous success.

To celebrate this positive period in his career, Rossi released his first live recording in 1984, ''Va bene, va bene così'' ("It’s alright, it’s alright this way"). In April, however, he was arrested on charges of drug possession. He was immediately granted provisional release from jail, but subsequently sentenced to 2 years and 8 months of probation. Shortly thereafter he released his next album, ''Cosa succede in città'' ("What’s happening in the city"), which became one of his weakest critically and did not reach past sales.

In 1987 Vasco Rossi’s ninth album, ''C'è chi dice no'' ("There Are Those Who Say ‘No’"), was released; the ever-increasing numbers of fans showing up to his concerts forced him to quit performing in clubs and normal-sized venues and begin the era of something for which he is known to this day—playing in and selling out big arenas and stadiums.

His tenth studio album, ''Liberi liberi'' ("Free free"), followed in 1989. The success of his 1989 tour brought the release of the live album ''Fronte del palco'' (a pun of the Italian title of Marlon Brando's film "Waterfront" which was "Fronte del porto", and thus meaning "Stage Front") and the organization of two concerts in 1990, one at the San Siro stadium in Milan and the other at the Flaminio in Rome.

Rossi's next album, ''Gli spari sopra'' ("The shots above"), released in 1993, went platinum ten times. The title track, which was a major hit, is a cover version of ''Celebrate'' by the Irish band An Emotional Fish. In 1994 he gave the unreleased "Senza Parole" ("Without Words") as a gift to members of his official fan-club.

In 1995, Rossi was again the star at San Siro with a double concert, ''Rock sotto l'assedio ''("Rock under siege"), which protested the war in Yugoslavia. Rossi invited a few Serbian and Croatian bands to perform but was heavily criticized by the press because the proceeds weren't given to charity, despite the fact they were never meant to.

In 1996, Rossi recorded a new studio album, ''Nessun Pericolo... Per Te'' ("No Danger... For You"), featured songs “Sally” and "Gli angeli" ("The Angels"), (the video of the latter was directed by Roman Polanski).

In 1998 Rossi rediscovered his singer-songwriter side, recording and releasing the album ''Canzoni per me'' ("Songs for me") with a softer and less “rock” sound, even remaking never-published songs written at the beginning of his career. The nature of the songs, however, did not impede Rossi from winning his second Festivalbar with the song, "Luna per te" ("Moon for you"). Given the low propensity of these songs to fit in his live show with the songs his fans had up to that time become accustomed, he decided to hold just one concert in 1998, accepting the proposal to be a guest star on the first evening of the new Heineken Jammin' Festival in Imola, Italy. The evening is immortalized in both video and in the 1999 live album ''Rewind''. A few days into the tour, Rossi’s inseparable friend, as well as guitarist and writer/cowriter of many songs and lyrics, Massimo Riva, died unexpectedly. He would be remembered and celebrated by Rossi and fans in nearly every concert that followed.

In 2001, ''Stupido Hotel'' ("Stupid Hotel"), was released, and Rossi won his third Festivalbar, this time with the song “Siamo Soli” ("We are alone"). In 2002 Rossi released his first official recording of remastered songs in their original version, ''Tracks'', which was followed by three sold-out performances at San Siro Stadium in Milan. His album ''Buoni o cattivi'' ("Good or Bad Ones") was the most successful album in Italy in 2004.

On May 12, 2005, Milan’s IULM conferred an honorary degree in Communication Sciences to Vasco Rossi.

On September 9, 2005, Rossi released the double DVD ''È solo un Rock'n'Roll show'' ("It’s Only a Rock’n’Roll Show"), launching the concept of the ‘movieclip,’ in which all the songs from ''Buoni o cattivi''’ are used in a 2-hour long music video. Three months later, ''Buoni o cattivi live anthology 04.05'' was released, a comprehensive box-set comprising a double CD and a triple DVD, recorded live from the record-setting ''Buoni o cattivi tour'' of 2004 and 2005. In December 2005 he returned to Zocca, the town of his birth, where his childhood friends and the rest of the community organized a tribute in his honor, including a photo display and other celebrations.

In 2007, he released the "Vasco Extended Play", that contains the hit single "Basta Poco" ("A Little Is Enough"). The EP topped the Italian FIMI Charts for 21 Weeks, making that the Italian best-selling single of 2007 thus far.

In late 2009, SingStar Vasco Rossi was released.

On 4 May 2010 the "Corriere della Sera" reported Vasco Rossi as saying the American and British governments had been responsible for preventing him and other Italian musicians from becoming known in those countries. “Just as Bob Dylan was banned from playing in China, for 20 years I was barred from London. … It’s one of the many ‘presents’ that America left us after World War II. To favour the sale of American and British music to Italy and discourage the export of our talents abroad.”

In June 2011 Rossi announced he would be retiring from touring and live work although would continue to work in the music business.

Official discography

LPs

''Ma cosa vuoi che sia una canzone'' (1978)

''Non siamo mica gli americani'' (1979)

''Colpa d'Alfredo'' (1980)

''Siamo solo noi'' (1981)

''Vado al massimo'' (1982)

''Bollicine'' (1983)

''Va bene, Va bene così'' (1984)

''Cosa succede in città'' (1985)

''C'è chi dice no'' (1987)

''Liberi... Liberi'' (1989)

''10.7.90 San Siro'' (1990)

''Fronte del palco'' (1990)

''Gli spari sopra'' (1993)

''Nessun pericolo... Per te'' (1996)

''Rock'' (1997)

''Canzoni per me'' (1998)

''Rewind'' (1999)

''Stupido Hotel'' (2001)

''Vasco Rossi Tracks'' (2002)

''Buoni o Cattivi'' (2004)

''Buoni o cattivi - Live Anthology 04.05'' (2005)

''Il mondo che vorrei'' (2008)

''Vasco Rossi Tracks 2 (inediti & rarità)'' (2009)

''Vasco London Instant Live'' (2010)

''Vivere o niente'' (2011)

EPs & Singles

"Jenny / Silvia" (1977)

"La nostra relazione / ... E poi mi parli di una vita insieme" (1978)

"Albachiara / Fegato, fegato spappolato" (1979)

"Non l'hai mica capito / Asilo repubblic" (1980)

"Voglio andare al mare / Brava" (1981)

"Splendida giornata Remix" (1982)

"Vado al massimo / Ogni volta" (1982)

"Vita spericolata / Mi piaci perchè" (1983)

"Brava Giulia / Blasco Rossi" (1987)

"Non mi va Remix" (1987)

"Gli spari sopra (Hard Attack Mix) / Delusa (Mode Mix) / Delusa (Club Mix)" (1993)

"Gli spari sopra (Celebrate)/Delusa (Rock Party Mix) /Se è vero o no/ L'uomo che hai di fronte (B. Mix)" (1993)

"Senza Parole Remix" (1994)

"Senza Parole" (1994)

"Vasco Remixed" (1996)

"Gli angeli" (1996)

"Praticamente perfetto Remix / Io Perderò Remix" (1996)

"Quanti anni hai" (1998)

"L'una per te" (1998)

"Io no" (1998)

"Rewind (single)" (1998)

"La fine del millennio" (1999)

"Buoni o Cattivi (single)" (2004)

"Come Stai (single)" (2004)

"Buoni o Cattivi Remix" (2004)

"Un senso (single)" (2004)

"Anymore (single)" (2004)

"E... (single)" (2005)

"Cosa vuoi da me remix" (2005)

"Vasco Extended Play" (2007)

"Basta poco" (2007)

"Il mondo che vorrei (single)" (2008)

"Gioca con me Remix" (2008)

"Colpa del Whisky Remix" (2009)

"Sto pensando a te" (2009)

"Ad ogni costo" (2009)

"Ho fatto un sogno" (2010)

"Eh... già" (2011)

"Manifesto futurista della nuova umanità" (2011)

DVDs

''Rewind'' (1999)

''Vasco Rossi Tracks'' (2002)

''Vasco Rossi @ S. Siro 03'' (2003)

''E' Solo Un Rock'N' Roll Show'' (2005)

''Buoni O Cattivi Live Anthology'' (2005)

''Fronte Del Palco - Live 90'' (2006)

''Gli Spari Sopra Tour'' (2006)

''Vasco@Olimpico.07 27.28 giugno sold out'' (2007)

''Vasco Rossi. Il mondo che vorrei. Live'' (2008)

References

External links

Official website

Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:People from the Province of Modena Category:Italian male singers Category:Italian singer-songwriters

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name	Adriano Celentano
background	solo_singer
birth date	January 06, 1938
origin	Milan, Italy
instrument	Vocals, Guitar
genre	Pop, Rock
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, actor, director, television presenter
years active	1957–present
label	Jolly, Clan Celentano
associated acts	I Ribelli, Mina
website	www.clancelentano.it }}

Adriano Celentano (born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.

Biography

Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street"). His parents were from Foggia, in Apulia, and had moved north for work.

According to urban legend, before beginning his singing career, Celentano was a student of Ghigo Agosti during Agosti's 1955-1956 Northern Italian tour, which was also guitarist Giorgio Gaber's debut.

Heavily influenced by his idol Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock revolution and by the American actor Jerry Lewis, he has retained his popularity in Italy for the last 40 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. In the latter respect, he has also been a creator of a comic genre, with his characteristic walking and his facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful; indeed in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, he was the king of the Italian box office in low budget movies. As an actor, critics point to ''Serafino'' (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best performance.

As a director he frequently casts Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. He and Claudia have three children; Rosita, Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano, most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibson's ''The Passion of the Christ''. He also often works as a host on several Italian television shows.

He has released forty albums, comprising twenty nine studio albums, three live albums, and eight compilations. His most famous songs are "La coppia piu' bella del mondo", which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc; "Azzurro" (1968), with lyrics by Paolo Conte; and "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (1972).

Celentano was referenced in the 1979 Ian Dury and the Blockheads song and single, "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3", as one of the aforementioned "reasons to be cheerful," and in Fellini's 1986 film ''Ginger and Fred''.

Adriano Celentano has been a vegetarian since 2005 and defends animal rights.

Discography

''La festa'' (1965)

''Il ragazzo della via Gluck'' (1966)

''Una festa sui prati'' (1967)

''Una carezza in un pugno'' (1968)

''Adriano Rock'' (1969)

''Il forestiero ''(1970)

''Er più ''(1971)

''I mali del secolo'' (1972)

''Prisencolinensinainciusol'' (1972)

''Yuppi du'' (1974)

''Svalutation'' (1976)

''Tecadisk'' (1976)

''Geppo il folle'' (1978)

''Ti avrò'' (1978)

''Soli'' (1979)

''Me live!'' (1979)

''Un po' artista un po' no'' (1980)

''Deus'' (1981)

''Atmosfera'' (1983)

''I miei americani'' (1984)

''Joan Lui'' (1985)

''I miei americani 2'' (1986)

''La pubblica ottusità'' (1987)

''Il re degli ignoranti'' (1991)

''Super Best'' (1992)

''Quel punto'' (1994)

'' Arrivano gli uomini'' (1996)

''Alla corte del remix'' (1997)

''Mina Celentano'' (1998)

''Io non so parlar d'amore'' (1999)

''Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno'' (2000)

''Il cuore, la voce'' (2001)

''Per sempre'' (2002)

''Le volte che Celentano è stato 1'' (2003)

''C'è sempre un motivo'' (2004)

''L'indiano (single)'' (2005)

''La tigre e il molleggiato'' (2006)

''Dormi amore - La situazione non è buona'' (2007)

''L'animale'' (2008)

Films

''La dolce vita '' (1960)

''Il monaco di Monza '' (1963)

''Super rapina a Milano '' (1965)

''Serafino'' (1968)

''Er Più - storia d'amore e di coltello ''(1971)

'' Bianco rosso e...'' (1972)

'' L'emigrante ''(1973)

'' Rugantino'' (1973)

''The Five Days'' aka ''Le Cinque Giornate'' (1973)

'' Yuppi du ''(1974)

'' Di che segno sei?'' (1975)

'' Culastrisce nobile veneziano'' (1976)

'' Bluff - storia di truffe e di imbroglioni'' (1976)

'' Ecco noi per esempio'' (1977)

'' L'altra metà del cielo ''(1977)

'' Geppo il folle'' (1978)

''Zio Adolfo in arte Führer'' (1978)

''Mani di velluto'' (1979)

''La locandiera'' (1980)

''Qua la mano'' (1980)

''Sabato, domenica e venerdì'' (1980)

''Il bisbetico domato'' (1980)

''Innamorato pazzo'' (1981)

''Asso'' (1981)

''Bingo Bongo'' (1982)

''Grand Hotel Excelsior'' (1982)

''Segni particolari: bellissimo'' (1983)

'' Sing Sing'' (1983)

'' Lui è peggio di me'' (1984)

''Joan Lui ''(1985)

''Il burbero'' (1986)

Jackpot (1991)

See also

List of best-selling music artists

References

External links

Official website

The complete Adriano Celentano discography (from Music City)

Adriano Celentano - Russian Pages Adriano Celentano - International Unofficial fanclub

Youtube movie video

Adriano Celentano Filmography

Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:People from Milan Category:Italian male singers Category:Italian comedians Category:Italian film actors Category:Italian songwriters Category:Italian buskers Category:Italian vegetarians Category:Italian-language singers Category:Sanremo Music Festival winners

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name	Thousand Foot Krutch
background	group_or_band
origin	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
genre	Christian rockNu metalRap metalHard rock
years active	1995–present
label	Tooth & Nail
associated acts	FM StaticThe Drawing RoomHawk Nelson Manafest HeadspaceOddballThree Days Grace
current members	Trevor "Teerawk" McNevanSteve AugustineJoel Bruyere
past members	Dave Smith Pat PedasiukGeoff "Johnny Orbital" Laforet Christian HarveyTim Baxter Mike Harrison }}

Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1997. They have released five major studio albums: ''Set It Off'' (2001), ''Phenomenon'' (2003), ''The Art of Breaking'' (2005), ''The Flame In All of Us'' (2007), and ''Welcome to the Masquerade'' (2009). They also have one live album, ''Live at the Masquerade'' (2011). Singer Trevor McNevan and drummer Steve Augustine are also members of their own side project band called FM Static and Joel Bruyere started his own solo project called ''The Drawing Room'' in 2009. The band has sold over a half a million albums as of 2010.

Overview

Trevor McNevan began the band in Peterborough, Ontario, a city northeast of Toronto, where he went to high school. Joel Bruyere, born in Brantford, Ontario, was McNevan's childhood friend who had moved away but remained in contact with him. Drummer Steve Augustine is from Hamilton, Ontario. Trevor's first band was , which featured Dave Smith on guitar, Tim Baxter on bass and Trevor's good friend, Three Days Grace's Neil Sanderson, on drums. Oddball recorded only one album, ''Shutterbug'', which was released in 1995. McNevan is the founding member of TFK (along with original guitarist Dave Smith), formed in 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario. McNevan came up with TFK's name "symbolizing the point in our lives that we realize we can't make it on our own strength". He has written and released 6 albums with Thousand Foot Krutch to date and another four with his side project FM Static.

TFK has worked with Aaron Sprinkle (Mae/Anberlin/MxPx), Gavin Brown (Three Days Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley), Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven/Simple Plan), and Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D) on their last 3 Tooth and Nail-released records.

History

''Shutterbug'' (1995–1996)

'''' was released in 1995 by Trevor McNevan. Trevor had friends Dave Smith (guitar), Tim Baxter (bass) and Neil Sanderson (of Three Days Grace) (drums), play on the album. There were 27 songs on the album, the first half rock, the second half hip-hop. McNevan recorded it at Barry Haggarty's studio in his home town of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He worked at McDonalds and other jobs to pay for the studio time. The song "Lift It," first appeared here and was later re-recorded for Thousand Foot Krutch's first release That's What People Do and appeared again on Set It Off.

''That's What People Do'' (1997–1999)

''That's What People Do'' was written the year McNevan started TFK in 1997. It was released independently in 1998 and is out of print. It sold over 5000 copies. TFK climbed the ladder of local notoriety throughout Ontario and abroad. Reaching the ears of Ontario commercial radio, CKWF 101.5 FM in their home town of Peterborough took a chance and added "Rhyme Animal", the band's first single from their independent recording, to their rotation. It clicked with listeners and within two months ended up being one of the five most requested songs of the year. In 1999 TFK was chosen by 7 Ball Magazine as one of the top 25 bands in North America. They were also awarded "Best Indie Recording" and Trevor awarded "Vocalist of the Year" by the readers of The Wire Magazine. They were then awarded "Band of the Year" at the 2000 Wire Awards. They were also voted as the #1 band of the millennium on 100.3 FM in Barrie, Ontario.

''Set It Off'' (2000–2002)

''Set It Off'' was released on November 14, 2000. It was the group's first indie label release. The sound of the album was distinct in its heavily hip-hop influenced nu metal, and though a few songs from the record (including "Puppet" and "Supafly") impacted at both secular and Christian radio, the band gained notoriety almost entirely through self-promotion and word of mouth. The band toured it extensively across North America and ended up garnering much label attention by selling 85,000 copies of the indie release out of their van. The band also printed a limited edition "Pre-release" version of "Set It Off" only sold at their release party at The Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough, Ontario for their local fans. TFK toured with Finger Eleven, Econoline Crush, Treble Charger, The Tea Party, Matthew Good Band, Gob, Sum 41 and others. Three Days Grace, which was a cover band at that time, was TFK's regular support act. Trevor helped with recordings of Three Days Grace's demo album. He is also featured on their song "This Movie" from this album. Around this same time, Dave Smith left the group; Making McNevan the only original member. Smith was replaced with Mike Harrison, who parted ways about a year later. After Dave Smith's departure, McNevan began writing all the guitar lines and the band has used a live guitar player instead of officially replacing him.

Track seven from this album, entitled "Unbelievable" - a cover of the EMF song of the same name - is said to appear on the soundtrack for the 2010 movie "Just Wright".

''Phenomenon'' (2003–2004)

In 2003, the band signed with Seattle-based Tooth & Nail Records after long consideration and released their critically acclaimed second full-length CD, ''Phenomenon''. Though something of a departure from the rap-heavy sound of ''Set it Off'', ''Phenomenon'' still relied on McNevan's rhythmic vocals, albeit with a solid modern metal sound. ''Phenomenon'' was well received, and spawned 4 popular radio singles, including the anthemic "Rawkfist." The CD sold 200,000 units making it one of the best-selling albums in Tooth & Nail's history. They continued this success with the 2004 re-release of ''Set it Off'' through Tooth & Nail, allowing for a larger print run and adding 6 songs, including five from "That's What People Do", and one new song "Everyone Like Me", produced by Gavin Brown (Three Days Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley). Now touring majorly, the band needed a guitarist for live shows; because Myke Harrison had not been replaced and Trevor had recorded lead guitars on Phenomenon. So the trio enlisted Jamie Aplin, a member of a fellow Canadian band (h)eadspace who had played drums, as fill in guitarist. Jamie never recorded any records with the band.

In that time McNevan and Augustine started a side band called FM Static, which can be classified as a pop-punk or pop/rock band and is usually much more light-hearted. FM Static scoring two #10 hits for their songs "Crazy Mary", and "Something to Believe in." In 2004, they toured with Kutless on the "Sea of Faces" tour alongside Falling Up and FM Static.

''The Art of Breaking'' (2005–2006)

On July 19, 2005, they released their third full-length album ''The Art of Breaking'', produced by Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven/Simple Plan). This album makes almost a complete break from the nu metal sound of Phenomenon, focusing more on heavy elements. The record is the first to feature short guitar solos as well. The Art of Breaking was received well from fans, although some criticized the album's change of style. The single "Move" peaked at #16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart early 2006. Other singles included "Absolute" and "Breathe You In", which was released to alternative radio and was one of the band's first slower songs. During this time the band toured extensivley.

''The Flame in All of Us'' (2007–2008)

After working in the studio with producer Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D/Mae) they released ''The Flame in All of Us'' on September 18, 2007, with a move to a more mainstream rock sound, with some heavy influences from bands such as fellow Canadian artists Our Lady Peace & other various metal bands. The album features the singles "Falls Apart", "What do we Know?", "Favorite Disease" and "The Flame in All of Us". On January 20, 2008 "The Flame In All Of Us" became the 1000th song to ever make it on the ChristianRock.Net Top 30 Chart. Also on Purevolume.com Thousand Foot Krutch was the favorite artist on the 2nd of July 2007 and 26 August 2007.

In 2006, Trevor became involved with TobyMac and helped him write the song "Ignition" found on Toby's album ''Portable Sounds''. The song has been used in many TV/film placements including ''Monday Night Football'' and ''NASCAR''. Because of this, in the spring of 2007 the band was part of the TobyMac Portable Sounds tour. The tour was such a success that Toby asked them to do the fall tour as well.

The next tour was in the spring of 2008 when the band toured with Skillet and Decyfer Down. TFK performed with P.O.D., Chevelle, Sevendust, 10 Years, Daughtry, Red and many other bands on this album. After a lengthy summer playing festivals and one-offs, they were direct support for the very first Creation Festival: The Tour. The tour consisted of the following nine bands: Kutless, TFK, Pillar, KJ-52, Fireflight, Worth Dying For, Run Kid Run, Esterlyn, and Capital Lights. TFK was asked to headline the tour three shows in, but declined. TFK covered the Christmas song "Jingle Bell Rawk" for the Christmas album X Christmas, put out by Tooth & Nail Records.

''Welcome to the Masquerade'' (2009–2011)

Thousand Foot Krutch's next album, titled ''Welcome to the Masquerade'', first announced in early 2009. In April '09, Trevor appeared in a live chat with fans via TFKTV hosted by Mogulus Live Broadcast, where he revealed several facts about the record. The band reunited with Aaron Sprinkle to co-produce this album (Sprinkle had previously produced the TFK album ''Phenomenon'') with Emery's Matt Carter assisting and Randy Staub (Metallica/Stone Sour/Nickelback/Our Lady Peace) mixing. The song "Fire It Up" will be featured in video games such as EA Sports NHL 10 and a few others and is featured in the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie trailer. The record was released on September 8, 2009 and peaked at #35 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

In summer 2009, McNevan underwent emergency surgery on his appendix, causing TFK to cancel at Creation West Festival (not to be confused with Creation Festival: The Tour). He returned to play shows a week later. The band did appear at many other festivals, including their debut appearance at Soulfest. Thousand Foot Krutch has now announced a fall tour to support Welcome to The Masquerade and during fall 2009, TFK performed again on Creation Festival: The Tour, with Jars of Clay, Audio Unplugged, B.Reith, FM Static, and This Beautiful Republic, and also a Christmas holiday show with 30 Seconds to Mars, Flyleaf, After Midnight Project, and The Veer Union.

On September 8, 2009, TFK's three albums, ''Phenomenon'', ''The Art of Breaking'', and ''The Flame In All of Us'' were re-released as a three-CD set called ''Deja Vu: The Thousand Foot Krutch Anthology''.

Thousand Foot Krutch toured with Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle and Red in March 2010.

The Peterborough Examiner reported on January 29 that an unspecified Thousand Foot Krutch song may be used in Iron Man 2.

In a recent concert video posted on February 1, the band was seen with a new guitarist. His name is Ty Dietzler. He has replaced Nick Baumhardt as the touring guitarist for TFK. He has also played rhythm guitar for Christian hard rock band The Letter Black.

In the first week of April 2010, "Fire it Up" was released for the Rock band music store in Rock Band 2. On April 19, The Detroit Red Wings featured "The Invitation" and "Welcome To The Masquerade" during the pre-game introduction. On May 11, 2010, Trevor announced on his personal Facebook page: "We [TFK] covered "The Heat Miser Song" from the old classic Christmas special, gonna do one with FM too, but that's a surprise..." referring to their upcoming appearance on the album "X-Christmas 2" by Tooth and Nail Records. He has also stated that a live DVD for TFK is planned for the very near future and is being recorded on May 28 at YC Alberta at Rexall Place in Edmonton in front of an audience of 14,000 people. The live DVD is likely to be released in the fall of 2010 according to Trevor. TFK's song "Unbelievable" is to be used in the movie Just Wright. During the 2010 NBA playoffs, TFK's song "Move" is being used by ABC.thumb|TFK on the Music Boat 2010 In 2010, TFK performed at Creation Festival: The Tour Presents the Welcome to the Masquerade Fall Tour. They are headlining the tour, which will also feature Disciple and Ivoryline, with Decyfer Down replacing Disciple during the last week of the tour. The band also stated that they have just started writing tracks for a new record.

In January 2011 TFK joined the Rock And Worship Roadshow national tour headlined by MercyMe.

On March 2, 2011 Ty Dietzler announced via his website that he would be leaving the band at the end of the month. The band was searching for a replacement guitarist for Dietzler. On March 30, 2011 the band announced that Dietzler would be remaining with the band, and canceled the search for a replacement.

On June 7, 2011 the band released a live album/DVD called ''Live at the Masquerade''.

''The End Is Where We Begin'' (2011–2012)

It has been noted that at Soulfest 2011, Thousand Foot Krutch announced that they would be in-studio to start recording the album on August 8. The release is supposedly scheduled for February 2012. Trevor tweeted that the tentative title is "The End Is Where We Begin".

Trevor has been posting daily video diaries of the band's recording of the album, and previewing songs from the album, which include "The End Is Where We Begin", "Light Up The Sky", "Battle Axes","Let The Sparks Fly", "We Are", and "So Far Gone".

Members

;Current

Trevor McNevan - vocals, guitar (studio) (1995–present)

Joel Bruyere - bass guitar, backing vocals (1999–present)

Steve Augustine - drums (2002–present)

;Touring

Jamie Aplin - guitar (2003–2007)

Nick Baumhardt - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (2007–2010) now playing for Stellar Kart

Ty Dietzler - guitar (2010–Present)

;Former

Neil Sanderson - drums (1995–1997)

Tim Baxter - bass guitar (1995–1998)

Dave Smith - guitar (1995–2002)

Christian Harvey - drums (1997–2000)

Pat Pedasiuk - bass guitar (1998–1999)

Geoff "Johnny Orbital" Laforet - drums (2000–2002)

Mike Harrison - guitar (2002–2003)

;Session

Aaron Sprinkle - keyboards and additional guitars (Phenomenon, Welcome to the Masquerade)

Arnold Lanni - keyboards (The Art of Breaking)

Ken Andrews - keyboards (The Flame in All of Us)

Phil X - additional guitars (The Art of Breaking, The Flame in All of Us)

Randy Torres - additional guitars (Welcome to the Masquerade)

Pete Stewart - additional guitar on "Fire it Up" (Welcome to the Masquerade)

Charlotte Martin - backing vocals on "Inhuman" (The Flame in All of Us)

Adam Gontier - additional vocals on "Hurt" and "Go" (The Art of Breaking)

Discography

;As Oddball '''' (1995) ;As Thousand Foot Krutch

''That's What People Do'' (1998)

''Set It Off'' (2001)

''Phenomenon'' (2003)

''Set It Off Re-Released'' (2004)

''The Art of Breaking'' (2005)

''The Flame in All of Us'' (2007)

''Welcome to the Masquerade'' (2009)

''The End Is Where We Begin'' (2012)

Awards and recognition

;Gospel Music Association Canada Covenant Awards

2005 Artist of the Year

2005 Group of the Year

2005 Modern Rock Album of the Year: ''The Art of Breaking''

2006 Video of the Year: ''Move''

2008 nominee, Group of the Year

2008 nominee, Hard Music Album of the Year: ''The Flame In All of Us''

2008 nominee, Hard Music Song of the Year: "Falls Apart"

2010 Rock Album of the Year: ''Welcome To The Masquerade''

2010 Rock Song of the Year: "Forward Motion"

2010 Hard Music Song of the Year: "Bring Me to Life"

;GMA Dove Awards

2010 nominee, Rock Album of the Year: ''Welcome to the Masquerade''

2010 nominee, Rock Song of the Year: "Bring Me To Life"

;Juno Awards

2005 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year: ''Phenomenon''

2006 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year: ''The Art of Breaking''

2008 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year, ''The Flame in All of Us''

2010 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year: ''Welcome to the Masquerade''

;Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards)

2004 Hard Music Album of the Year: ''Phenomenon''

;Other

TFK won Taco Bell's "Feed The Beat" competition in 2008 along with Fireflight and Hit The Lights, they played the Winter X Games in Aspen with ESPN/Taco Bell.

References

External links

Official site

Official Purevolume

Tooth & Nail Records

TFK On Billboard.com

NewReleaseTuesday.com Exclusive Interview with Trevor

Trevor McNevan talks about working at McDonald's with Three Days Grace

Category:Christian metal musical groups Category:Christian rapcore/nu metal artists Category:Nu metal musical groups Category:Musical groups from Peterborough, Ontario Category:Tooth and Nail Records artists Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Category:Rap metal musical groups Category:Canadian Christian rock groups

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