Although Hole's sound changed over the course of the band's career, the pretty / ugly dynamic has often been noted as a consistent theme in Love's music, most prominently in Hole's first two studio albums.

To keep the " initial " theme of the band's name, Rozonda needed a name starting with C, and so became Chilli, which was coined by Lopes.

They contributed two tracks to the influential Marty Thau Presents 2x5 compilation and their debut album, the self-titled Comateens, ( 1980 ) featured the band's bizarrely original compositions alongside covers of " Summer in the City " ( The Lovin ' Spoonful ), " TVC 15 " ( David Bowie ), and the theme song from TV's The Munsters.

The band's recent albums, i ( 2004 ) and Distortion ( 2008 ), both followed the album theme structure of 69 Love Songs: The song titles on i begin with the letter ( or, in the case of half the songs ' titles, the pronoun ) " I ", whilst Distortion was an experiment in combining noise music with their typically unconventional musical approach.

The album included a re-recording of the theme to the film Midnight Cowboy, and later pressings included a cover of The Commodores classic " Easy ", which in some parts of the world became the band's biggest hit.

Whiteman later adopted the piece as his band's theme song, and opened his radio programs with the slogan " Everything new but the Rhapsody in Blue.

Before the Meddle album released, the lyrics were changed to an aquatic theme, because of the band's concern that they were being labelled as a space rock band.

The number 15 position of the film's main theme song, " How Does It Feel ", was seen as further proof of the band's decline.

He followed the theme for subsequent singles, remaining the band's artistic frontman and creating all their covers and posters throughout their career.

Similar inane concepts are rampant throughout the band's catalogue, and often, the more ridiculous the theme or packaging of a release is, the more sought after it is by collectors.

* Official website-contains individual biographies, sample MP3s, tour dates, and details on SCI's various charitable causes ( known as Gouda Causes, in keeping with the band's cheese theme ).

Although it will not be a power metal album, it will be published under the name of Blind Guardian because it matches the theme of the band's lyrics, according to Hansi.

The band's theme song was " Carry Me Back to Old Virginny ".

Show business excess was a common theme of the band's early work, with Waybill sometimes assuming the onstage persona of " Quay Lewd " ( a pun on Quaalude ), a drunk, drugged out, barely coherent lead singer, wearing flashing glasses and stilt-like tall platform shoes.

According to the band's official MySpace profile, Flashlights was the exclusive theme music of the Phillips Lounge at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Strayhorn composed the band's best known theme, " Take the " A " Train ", and a number of other pieces that became part of the band ’ s repertoire.

" Iridescent " serves as the theme song for the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, continuing the streak of the band's songs serving as the theme songs of the Transformers films.

A distinctive theme is present in the band's work and stage presence ; both their musicianship and their costuming are strongly reminiscent of military music and dress.

Many of the band's recent albums have been concept albums written around a theme, e. g. the antihero Spawn ( The Dark Saga ), horror movies ( Horror Show ), and historical wars ( The Glorious Burden ).

However, Rockville Records refused to pay the band any royalties for the album, a theme that would continue for the remainder of the band's contract.

From 1997 and onwards, some of the band's singles were used as theme songs in television shows, usually drama shows.

Hands All Over continues the band's lost love theme, along with songs about infatuation, and was re-released with the song " Moves Like Jagger ", an electropop song featuring Christina Aguilera which represents a drastic change in the band's sound, with more of a dance feel to it.

This unique sound is the backdrop for the band's message of dignity for indigenous people, all of humanity, and Earth.

The band's debut single, " Smalltown Boy ", the tale of a boy who was cast away by his family for being homosexual, was a hit, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

It was rekindled once, in 1978, for the Hawklords spin-off, but otherwise continued only with design commissions for projects involving the band's saxophonist Nik Turner.

* The Damned-Damned Damned Damned, a limited number of which were deliberately printed with a photo of Eddie and the Hot Rods on the back of the cover, rather than The Damned playing at The Roxy Club, and with an erratum sticker apologising for this " mistake ", and on the front of the LP, on top of the original shrinkwrap, a red food-fight sticker saying ' Damned Damned ', thus completing the LP's title when read underneath the band's name ;

In June 1994, Pfaff died of an apparent heroin overdose, and Love recruited bassist Melissa Auf der Maur for the band's upcoming tour.

" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

The album was released in June 2010, in time for the band's appearance at the West Coast Blues & Roots Festival near Perth, Western Australia.

A deluxe digital version, available for download only, has 32 tracks including a rare 1987 live recording of the band's version of the Hunters & Collectors song " Throw Your Arms Around Me ".

As the primary songwriter for the band, Neil Finn has always set the tone for the band's sound.

The majority of the covers for the band's singles were not designed by Seymour.

" Pull My Strings " was never recorded for a studio release, though the performance at the Bay Area Music Awards, which was the first and only time the song was ever performed, was released on the band's compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

During the recordings for the band's second LP, Wood left the band taking cellist McDowell and horn player Hunt with him to form Wizzard.

Barcus Berry pick-ups, now sported by the band's string trio, allowed them to have proper amplification on stage for their instruments, which had previously been all but drowned out by all the sound of the other electrified instruments.

Barrie would return for the band's next single, " The Power of Love ", imitating Mike Read in a parody of the DJ's banning of their previous single, " Relax ".

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

1998 then saw a further increase of activity, with the signing of Salako, and the release of albums for all three of their signed bands-most notably Belle & Sebastian's ' The Boy With The Arab Strap ', which enjoyed similar approval from reviewers and fans to the band's previous release.

In September 2005, Kid Rock filled in for Johnny Van Zant, the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd on the band's hit " Sweet Home Alabama " at the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert.

In a 2002 story for the Chicago Daily Record, Mark Guarino, the newspaper's music critic, wrote that "' Forever Changes ' is a touchstone for serious pop fanatics ..." He added that, "... the band's first three albums were since rediscovered as visionary classics, all three culminating in ' Forever Changes ' ( Elektra ), the band's 1967 masterpiece of ornate pop.