Scorpio Rising

Scorpio Rising may refer to:

Scorpio Rising (film)

Scorpio Rising is a 1963 experimental short film by Kenneth Anger, starring Bruce Byron (whom Anger asserts was "half-crazy") as Scorpio. Themes central to the film include the occult, biker subculture, homosexuality, Catholicism, and Nazism; the film also explores the worship of rebel icons of the era, namely James Dean and Marlon Brando (referred to by Anger as Byron's "heroes"). Like many of Anger's films, the film does not contain any dialogue; it instead features a prominent soundtrack consisting of 60s pop, including songs by Ricky Nelson, The Angels, The Crystals, Bobby Vinton, Elvis Presley, and Ray Charles.

Release

The film premiered in October 1963 at the Gramercy Arts Theater in New York City.

When the film was screened at an art theater in Los Angeles, it was protested by the American Nazi Party on the basis that it insulted their flag. The police were ultimately called to the site and arrested the theater manager for public obscenity and canceled the film's run. The case went to the California Supreme Court, where the case was settled in Anger's favor. Anger explained in an interview:

Scorpio Rising (Death in Vegas album)

Scorpio Rising is the third album by British electronica band Death in Vegas. It was released on 16 September 2002 in the United Kingdom via Concrete Records, and on 17 June 2003 in the United States via Sanctuary Records. The album takes its name from an experimental film by Kenneth Anger.Scorpio Rising features guest vocalists Liam Gallagher, Hope Sandoval, Nicola Kuperus, and Paul Weller, as well as string arrangements by Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam. The album was recorded at Death in Vegas' own studio The Contino Rooms in early 2002, with the strings recorded at Trinity Wave Station in Chennai, India.

The song "Hands Around My Throat" contains samples from the songs "Rock Around the Clock" by Telex (written by Max C. Freedman and Jimmy DeKnight) and "Whitewater" by Tortoise (written by Dan Bitney, Bundy Kien Brown, John Herndon, Doug McCombs, and John McEntire). "23 Lies" includes a sample from "Goin' Back" by The Byrds, written and composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. "Scorpio Rising" takes its main riff from "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo, and is co-credited to songwriter Francis Rossi-

Scorpio Rising (Prong album)

Scorpio Rising is the sixth studio album by the metal band Prong, their first after a gap of seven years. The first copies of the album had a misprint listing "Entrance of the Eclipse" as the 11th track and "Letter to a Friend" as the 12th. The song "Embrace the Depth" first appeared on the 2002 live album 100% Live under the title "Initiation", and was co-written by Pat Lachman.

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Scorpio Rising (band)

Scorpio Rising were an English rock band from Birkenhead active from 1989 to 1994.

History

Scorpio Rising were formed in Birkenhead in 1989. The group's first live performances took place in small clubs in Liverpool, with several shows at Liverpool Planet X and Cosmos Clubs in late 1989. The original line up featured David "Stig" Renton on bass guitar. Scorpio Rising's definitive line up and sound was created when the band were joined by Parliament/Funkadelic influenced bass player Steve Soar in 1990.

Scorpio Rising signed to Chapter 22 Records (UK) and Sire / Elektra (USA).

The Scorpio Rising sound was distinctive for combining breakbeat driven rhythms, strong pop melodies and funk influenced basslines with pychedelic and experimental guitar distortion techniques. Earliest recordings feature heavy use of wah-wah pedals and breakbeat/baggy drum patterns contemporary during the early nineties.

Scorpio Rising came to the attention of the UK music press in 1991 with the release of "Watermelon" their first major backed single on Chapter 22 records. For a brief period, their breakbeat flavoured drums, distorted rock guitars and "new lad superstar" (NME 1991) frontman Mickey Banks was hailed as a new direction for UK indie/rock music. At this time the band recorded the six track mini album If.... It featured a new rock sound different from the bands contemporaries, with funk influenced bass lines, soft pychedelic guitars on the slower tracks and stooges style rock guitars backed with "baggy" rhythms for the first time on the faster tracks. The album was well received by the UK music press, leading to sold out headlining dates across the UK and rave reviews of the live shows, which started to feature stage diving by the audiences.

Aloha Milkyway

Aloha Milkyway is a compilation album from the Filipino alternative rock band Eraserheads in 1998. It was released under Sony BMG Music Philippines Inc. (Formerly BMG Records Pilipinas, Inc.) and contains 14 tracks, five of which were new songs recorded for this album, and the rest were remastered versions of songs from their previously released albums (except the first). The name of this album is a reference to a song from the previous album which repeatedly says it.

An Asian Edition was also released for this album. In Singapore and all over the asia, the initial pressing for the album at 400 copies was soon sold out at the day of launching. In Indonesia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, & Southeast Asia "Julie Tearjerky" was released as a single, where it reached number 1 in the charts.

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