Initially a vocal and instrumental group, the group focused primarily as a vocal act after signing with Federal.

Initially, NME writers themselves were ill at ease with the new regime, with most signing a letter of no confidence in Alan Lewis shortly after he took over.

Initially assigned to recruiting duties in Kentucky, he proved so adept at signing up soldiers that his superiors were reluctant to release him from his post.

Initially signing to a Dutch record company, SI Records, then forming their own label, Synergy Records, the band have established themselves within the world of progressive rock, though their style may also extend into album-oriented rock, melodic rock, hard rock and even a slightly jazz edge.

Initially signed to Revelation Records, they were hotly pursued by the major labels, eventually signing to Warner Bros. Records.

Initially for a month he stayed for two seasons before returning home in the hope of signing for a MLS club.

Initially a left winger, Cooper was converted to a defensive role by Leeds boss Don Revie on signing at the age of 17.

Initially a loan signing, he was signed permanently in summer 2003 for € 14 million.

Initially signing with Motown Records in 1975, he later moved to ABC Records in 1977 ( which was then purchased by MCA Records in 1979 ).

Initially, the draft succeeded in reducing the value of signing bonuses.

Initially, the M-19 attracted a degree of attention and sympathy from mainstream Colombians that the FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) had found largely elusive earlier due to extravagant and daring operations, such as stealing a sword that had belonged to Colombia's Independence hero Simon Bolívar.

Initially such topics cover most, if not all, of the sub-disciplines of electrical engineering.

Initially, a number of nationwide systems were set up, such as Interlink, which were limited to participating correspondent banking relationships, not being linked to each other.

Initially, this was caused by the revulsion over the summary executions of 16 leaders — some of whom, such as James Connolly, who was too weak to stand from wounds sustained in the fighting — and of other people thought complicit in the rebellion.

Initially, the collection focused on marble sculptures, such as the Venus de Milo.

Initially, civil aviation schools within Germany were used, yet only light trainers could be used in order to maintain the façade that the trainees were going to fly with civil airlines such as Deutsche Luft Hansa.

Initially, Marmite was popular with vegetarians as a meat-free alternative to beef extract products such as Bovril, which were popular in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Initially, the ( AES ) home system was only available for rent to commercial establishments, such as hotel chains, bars and restaurants, and other venues.

Initially, vaulting poles were made from stiff materials such as bamboo or aluminum.

Initially most PLCs utilized Ladder Logic Diagram Programming, a model which emulated electromechanical control panel devices ( such as the contact and coils of relays ) which PLCs replaced.

Initially inspired by Keith Moon, Peart absorbed the influence of other rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham.

Initially, this view was adopted even by the early comparative linguists such as Franz Bopp.

Initially, Somalia tended to support those Arab countries such as Algeria, Iraq, and Libya that opposed United States policies in the Middle East.

Initially created for Sierra On-Line by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy ( who called themselves the " Two Guys from Andromeda "), the games parodied both science fiction properties such as Star Wars and Star Trek ( the theme song itself is a parody of the Star Wars theme ), as well as pop-culture phenomena from McDonald's to Microsoft.

Initially, western ballistic missiles could not even reach such targets, which would be located deep within interior of the Sino-Soviet land mass in Asia.

Initially, the thermodynamics of heat engines concerned mainly the thermal properties of their ' working materials ', such as steam.

Initially, the three-age system as it was developed by Thomsen and his contemporaries in Scandinavia, such as Sven Nilsson and J. J. A.

Initially, there was outcry by national newspapers and some viewers regarding the UK licence fee being used to fund such a potentially high jackpot prize.

Initially, in the days of the SS-50 and SS-50C, bus systems such as SWTPC, Gimix, and Smoke Signal Broadcasting, OS-9 was used more as a general purpose microcomputer operating system, and had a large, active hobbyist user population, and industrial and embedded system users.

Initially only the didanvwisgi adopted and used such materials, which were considered extremely powerful in a spiritual sense.

Initially, third-party software ( such as the Bradford printer enhancement program ) offered a quick fix to the quality issue.

Initially designed to warn of air raids in World War II, they were adapted to warn of nuclear attack and of natural phenomena such as tornadoes.

Initially only Alphonse moved to the court in Cangas, but after the progressive depopulation of the Plateau and the Middle Valley of the Ebro, where the main strongholds of the Duchy of Cantabria such as Amaya, Tricio and City of Cantabria were located, the descendants of Duke Peter withdrew from Rioja towards the Cantabrian area and in time controlled the destiny of the Kingdom of Asturias.

Initially, those closest to the lords and knights adopted arms, such as persons employed as squires that would be in common contact with the armorial devices.

Initially only airing a single game weekly, the modern incarnation airs a weekly double-header, various segments during the intermissions and between games ( such as Don Cherry's Coach's Corner ), and pre and post-game coverage of the night's games.

Initially a synonym for " Satanic metal ", black metal has often been met with hostility from mainstream culture, mainly due to the misanthropic and anti-Christian views of many artists.

Initially developing out of the trad jazz, skiffle and folk club scenes, early artists tended to focus on major blues performers and standard forms, particularly Alexis Korner, who acted as a mentor to members of The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, the Graham Bond Organisation and The Kinks.

Initially, the movie began as a comedy set in an artists cafe, with Purviance as a brightly dressed patron.

Initially, the vocalists consisted of artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Doris Day, and others.

Initially, Rob Zombie was to be one of the artists participating on the tour, but due to the high production costs each Rob Zombie concert would cost $ 125, 000 in bandfees and show production alone.

Initially Paterson drew the vast majority of strips, with the occasional story drawn by Keith Reynolds, but by 2003 other artists such as Leslie Reavey began to ghost the strip due to Tom Paterson's workload.

Initially, art production was relegated to fulltime artists.

Initially specializing in electronic music genres such as alternative dance and industrial, the label also became a powerful player in pop and rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the mainstream success of artists such as The Grapes of Wrath and the label's best-known artist, Sarah McLachlan.

Initially the Polish intelligentsia was targeted by harsh German racial and cultural policies and hundreds of people from the area, most notably priests, teachers and artists, were murdered in mass executions.

Initially innovative, and largely responsible for the new types of painting of the Momoyama period ( 1573 – 1614 ), from the 17th century the artists of the school became increasingly conservative and academic in their approach.

Initially solo artists, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn began collaborating on work in 1914.

Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese association for plastic arts and a platform for the creation and exchange of artistic practices. It was founded by Christine Tohme, Marwan Rechmaoui, Rania Tabbara, Mustapha Yamout and Leila Mroueh Initially, Ashkal Alwan promoted and introduced the work of artists who have been engaged in critical art practices within the context of post-war Lebanon.

Initially, Jopling only supported a small list of artists including Hirst, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Marc Quinn, organising exhibitions in warehouses.

Initially, Simon Berry and the label's artists relaunched under the ' Porcupine Records ' label, but this was superseded by the founding ' Platipus Music ' at the end of 2011.

Initially, Bucy envisioned an arts and media center with studios for artists and some larger spaces for internet and media companies.

Initially " Sol " had emulated the long running format on local public radio station KANW-FM 89. 1 which features New Mexico based Spanish language music artists.

Initially inspired by rock artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter as well as other popular styles of music, she experienced a musical epiphany during her studies from 1974 to 1976 at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Initially appearing in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, the character was created by a team of storywriters at Crystal Dynamics, notably series director Amy Hennig, and conceptualized by various Crystal Dynamics artists, with his in-game appearance directed and designed by Daniel Cabuco.

Initially intended as a one-time CD launch benefit for Victoria Williams, Sweet Relief has evolved into a charity organization that relies on donations from artists and the public as a general fund to all professional musicians in need.

Initially amateur artists dominated the group, and Bird's closest friends included the amateurs John King, who was also Bird's doctor, and George Cumberland.

Initially these artists were concentrated around the temple at Kalighat where there was a demand for religious art.