* The Black Lotus

The next morning, they arrive at the villa, where Castafiore introduces them to a number of her friends — the debutante Angelina Sordi, the corrupt industrialists Mr Gibbons ( from The Blue Lotus ) and Mr Trickler ( from The Broken Ear ), Emir Ben Kalish Ezab ( from Land of Black Gold ), Luigi Randazzo ( a singer ), and Ramó Nash.

His most well-known character is known as Teflon Billy, but this was a nickname given by the group to a character originally named Black Lotus ( Black Lotus gives BL which gives Billy, and " Teflon " refers to the uncanny skill of the character at avoiding damage ).

A new album had been planned for the same year but Black Lotus Records went out of business just a few months after Skyclad had signed to it.

He is or has been a member of the demo groups Alcatraz, The Silents, Razor 1911, The Black Lotus and Triton.

The concept originated during 1963 with drawings by Ron Hickman, director of Lotus Engineering ( Designer of the original Lotus Elan, as well as inventor of the Black and Decker Workmate ), for a bid on the Ford GT40 project.

* Black Rain ( Dark Lotus album ), a 2004 Dark Lotus album

Black Emperor, Arctic Monkeys, Kaskade, Miike Snow, Afrojack, Gotye, Justice, Frank Ocean, Flying Lotus, St. Vincent, M83, Bon Iver, Kaiser Chiefs, The Shins, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Squeeze, Zedd, Madness, AWOLNATION, Fitz and the Tantrums, Santigold, Band of Skulls, Azealia Banks, A $ AP Rocky, Childish Gambino, and The Weeknd, as well as unscheduled guest appearances by Eminem, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, Warren G, Kurupt, Rihanna, Usher and Zach de la Rocha.

The original version of the car was designed by Ron Hickman, who also designed the first Lotus Europa as part of Lotus ' GT40 project bid and made his fortune having designed the Black & Decker Workmate.

Black Spiders, Four Year Strong, Lower Than Atlantis, Rival Sons, Kobra and the Lotus, Skindred, Kids in Glass Houses, Gallows, Six Hour Sundown, Refused, The Union, Lawnmower Deth, My Passion, Silent Descent, Don Broco, No Americana, Edguy, Porter Robinson, T. Mills and Fearless Vampire Killers were added to the lineup on 3 April.

Bill liked the Lotus F1 race car " John Player Special " livery and used that Black and Gold paint scheme to create the car.

On 16 – 18 February 1996 the first Pro Tour, very briefly called The Black Lotus Pro Tour, was held in New York.

As the movement matured, the two major locations of Black Arts ' ideological leadership, particularly for literary work, were California's Bay Area because of the Journal of Black Poetry and the Black Scholar, and the Chicago-Detroit axis because of Negro Digest / Black World and Third World Press in Chicago, and Broadside Press and Naomi Long Madgett's Lotus Press in Detroit.

* Black Lotus, a nickname of ISKCON spiritual leader Bhakti Tirtha Swami, and the title of his biography

* Black Lotus, is a drug / narcotic flower in the fantasy world of Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard

* Black Lotus, is a plant in the PC-game World of Warcraft

Marc also formed a group with Black Silver called Live Black, but while five of their tracks were released on a demo CD sold at concerts, Live Black's first album has yet to be released.

Meanwhile, in 2002 material from the band's original 17-track demo tape was released as an EP, Pixies, on Cooking Vinyl in the U. K. and SpinArt Records in the U. S .; Frank Black has also used these labels to release solo work and albums with The Catholics.

Verni, Bobby Gustafson and Bobby Blitz, released the Power In Black demo, a recording that made as much impact in the underground tape trading circuit as demos by up-and-coming Bay area thrash bands like Exodus and Testament.

With their help, Bananarama recorded their first demo " Aie a Mwana " ( a cover of a song by Black Blood, sung in Swahili ).

* The Black Album ( 1996 ), an unreleased demo album by The Dandy Warhols

# " Black Gold Fever " ( Dec 1976 demo )

In the late 1980s, Black delivered a demo of their collaboration " Nobody's Home " to record promoter Sammy Alfano.

As an unofficial member at this time, Fulber partnered with Leeb during the production of Total Terror and was credited for the song " Black Fluid " on the demo.

Additionally, he helped Nevermore on the demo sessions of their 1998 album, Dreaming Neon Black.

In March 1987, the Pixies ( Black Francis, guitar / lead vocals ; Kim Deal, bass / vocals ; Joey Santiago, guitar ; David Lovering, drums ), entered Boston's Fort Apache Studios with Fort Apache owner / record producer Gary Smith to record a demo tape.

The four demo tracks recorded at Fat Music Studios ( Miss Black America, Strobe and Don't Speak My Mind ) were distributed by the band throughout 2000 as the Miss Black America EP.

In December 2005, Good previewed a demo called " Black Helicopter ", which he recorded at home using GarageBand on an Apple Power Mac G5.

Babylon Zoo was signed to Phonogram Records, after A & R man Clive Black heard their first three-track demo tape, in May 1993.

The original demo version of the song is extremely rare, much like the original versions of " Black Fire " which was never released.

After hearing their self-produced cassette demo, Greg Ginn of Black Flag, signed them to SST Records, and the band moved to Brooklyn.

* Untitled 2-track demo ( Black Dollar Bills / Three Days In The West ) ( CDR )

* Powerball ( demo ) and Black Hole Love ( demo ) on Does The Word ' Duh ' Mean Anything To You?

The label then released their demo Demonomancy and 7 " EP Dawn of Satan's Millennium as a compilation, without the band's permission, and named it The Oath of Black Blood, which was originally supposed to be the name of the new album.

* Black Glass 2 — demo ( 1992 )

An early demo version of this song was entitled " F. O. B. D ", because it reminded the band members of the Soundgarden song " Fell on Black Days ," in that the " It grips you ... It stains you ..." refrain is in the same 6 / 4 time signature that " Fell on Black Days " is in.

In 2008, Ice-T and Black Silver toured together as Black Ice, and released an album together called Urban Legends.

* Comedian Paul Shanklin parodied the song with " Ballad of the Black Beret ", referring to the Clinton sex scandal, on his 1999 album Simply Reprehensible.

The term " black metal " was coined by the English band Venom with their second album Black Metal ( 1982 ).

Venom's album, titled Black Metal ( album ) | Black Metal, inspired the name of the genre

When Bathory's Under the Sign of the Black Mark was released, the album was considered a death metal record.

Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler ( also of Irish descent ) wrote the lyrics to the Black Sabbath song " Sabbath Bloody Sabbath " on the album of the same name in 1973.

A new album, Addicted to Black, was released in May 2009 and is available for purchase at his North American concert performances and is available on his website.

* 1970 – Black Sabbath, arguably the very first heavy metal album, is released.

Black Sabbath's 1970 debut album created a dark sound different from other bands at the time and has been called the first ever " Goth-rock " record.

Black Sabbath's " Behind the Wall of Sleep " appeared on their 1970 debut album and is based on Lovecraft's short story " Beyond the Wall of Sleep ".

He continues to inspire other artists: the 2007 album Bluefinger by Black Francis is based on the life and works of Brood.

In 2010, the Catastrophic Theatre Company collaborated with Frank Black on a rock opera based on the Bluefinger album.

Their third album, Black Flower, was rejected by Blackwell, comparing it disparagingly to Francis Lai's A Man and a Woman.

The duo reunited in 1985, touring Europe and releasing a compilation album Black Flower ( Bam-Caruso, 1987 ) which contained some new material.

( Black Flower had been the original planned title of their third album ).

The label's first release was ( Super Numeri member ) Pop Levi's single " Blue Honey " in September 2006, and was followed by Pop Levi's debut album The Return To Form Black Magick Party in February 2007.

The group released the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in 1988, which performed better in the charts than their previous release, and included the hit single " Don't Believe the Hype " in addition to " Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos ".

Unlike previous recordings, the band had little time to practice beforehand, and Black Francis wrote much of the album in the studio.