But while the two men are riding into the country, where they are going to dinner, they are attacked in the dark of the forest by a band of thieves, who strip them of everything, including most of their clothes.

Everywhere there are little touches of humor, and the leader of the on-stage band of musicians is an ebullient comedian who plays all sorts of odd instruments with winning warmth.

The five basic steps are found equally well whether we are talking about an earthquake, a submarine using sonar to locate its foe, or a band playing in a rock concert.

BrE: The Clash are a well-known band ; AmE: The Clash is a well-known band.

Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.

* 991 – Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.

Although they are generally classified as a cappella metal, the band also includes a drummer, and use amplifiers on some songs to distort the voice to sound more like a real guitar.

Arrangers in pop music recordings often add parts for orchestral or band instruments involving new material such that the arrangers may reasonably be considered co-composers, although for copyright and royalty purposes usually are not.

Big band arrangements are informally called charts.

With a near-infrared J band magnitude of-2. 2, only Betelgeuse (- 2. 9 ) and R Doradus (- 2. 6 ) are brighter.

The plot revolves around a sinister construction corporation's plans to depopulate, destroy and redevelop the Bronx, and a band of rebels who are out to expose the corporation's murderous ways and save their homes.

Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996.

Belle and Sebastian are often compared with acts such as The Smiths, The members of the band see this as a landmark event, with Stevie Jackson saying, " This is the biggest thrill of my entire life ".

The “ Pops ” have been Grammy nominated and are the first lower Manhattan all volunteer community band in a century.

Many bands, such as Mayhem and Gorgoroth, are noted for their controversial shows, which have featured impaled animal heads, mock crucifixions, medieval weaponry and band members doused in animal blood.

The Jenerators are a blues-rock band based in Los Angeles, CA featuring Tom Hebenstreit on vocals, electric guitars and keyboards ; Bill Mumy on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion ; Gary Stockdale on vocals and bass ; Miguel Ferrer on vocals, percussion and drums ; David Jolliffe on guitar, percussion and vocals and Chris Ross on drums and percussion.

Sets are generally arranged so they run the length of the hall, with the top or head of the set being the end closest to the band and caller.

Qualified banks borrow from each other within this band, but never above or below, because the central bank will always lend to them at the top of the band, and take deposits at the bottom of the band ; in principle, the capacity to borrow and lend at the extremes of the band are unlimited.

Alt-rock band The Cooper Temple Clause formed a kabbadi team in 2001 and were, at one stage, ranked seventh in the British domestic standings.

The band was ranked No. 29 on VH1's list of the greatest hard rock bands.

On a 2011 update of Rolling Stones " 100 Greatest Artists of All Time ", the band was ranked at No. 100.

The judge also ranked the band members by IQ, with Marr " probably the more intelligent of the four ", Rourke and Joyce " unintellectual ", and Morrissey presumably somewhere in between.

The band were ranked 38th in Classic Rock's " 50 Best Live Acts of All Time " in 2008.

Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and the band was ranked No. 75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

On November 15, 2008, they were ranked as the best high school marching band in the country, placing first during Bands of America Grand Nationals for the first time in the school's history.

Tri-Central's other notable information / achievements are: High Ability / honors instruction at all grade levels, 2012 Tri-Central High School seniors received in excess of $ 750, 000 in awards and scholar-ships, senior trip to Washington D. C. and New York City, musical productions by the school's elite choir, and instrumental performances by the schools state recognized gold rating marching band, and concert band, 8 AP classes with many students scoring 3 and above on AP exams — 10 % more than last year — ranked 13th in the state, state recognition for percentage of students enrolled in AP classes — only 35 schools recognized, state recognized academic team, Dual Credit courses as well as access to many on-line courses, 11 school-wide computer labs and 4 student computers in each elementary classroom, elementary athletic opportunities in youth soccer, cheerleading, football, basketball, and wrestling, Elementary music, art, computer technology and physical education classes each week, Accelerated reading K-12 and operation Drop Everything And Read in the secondary, and this reading program is year-round for the middle and high school.

Since 2009, the band has ranked in the top two at the festival.

" The band was ranked 35th on VH1's " 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock " list.

Originally a progressive rock band, Journey experienced strong resentment from many music critics after they embraced the pop sensibilities of the 1980s with smash hits like " Don't Stop Believin '" and " Open Arms "; Q magazine ranked Escape 15th in its " Records it's OK to Love " in 2006.

They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U. S. The band were ranked No. 31 in VH1's " 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock " and ranked No. 70 in " 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time ".

* The Royal Norwegian Navy Band is a military band ranked among the best in Europe has its home base on Karljohansvern in Horten.

No Angels eventually ranked 23rd place out of the 25 countries that participated with a total of 14 points – taking 12 points from Bulgaria, band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerland only.

The band was also ranked No. 25 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

In April 1973, Record Mirror magazine ranked Slade at number three of top 10 in both the album and singles band chart.

In Billboard's Hot 100, it was ranked as the number one song of that year, the only time a fictional band has ever claimed Billboard's annual Hot 100 top spot.

In 2003, HMV Japan ranked the band at number 40 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.

In 2011, Times Higher Education ranked the University of Iceland in the 276-300 band globally.

* Wang Lung's Uncle — a sly, lazy man who is highly ranked in a band of thieves known as the Redbeards and a burden to Wang Lung ; becomes addicted to opium. Very fat, relies heavily on the tradition of younger generations who care for older generations.

The band were featured on a " Wayne's World " sketch on Saturday Night Live in 1990, which is ranked as the No. 1 moment of all time on the show.

The Alan Parsons Project was an English progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians.

It hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts, topped the RPM national singles chart in Canada for three weeks, and rose as high as number 11 in the U. S. It is also a controversial instrumental, as it combined pipes with a military band.

After 1950, the big band trend declined in number.

The energy bands each correspond to a large number of discrete quantum states of the electrons, and most of the states with low energy ( closer to the nucleus ) are occupied, up to a particular band called the valence band.

Compression of the electron gas increases the number of electrons in a given volume and raises the maximum energy level in the occupied band.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

On modern band and orchestral drums, the drumhead is placed over the opening of the drum, which in turn is held onto the shell by a " counterhoop " ( or " rim "), which is then held by means of a number of tuning screws called " tension rods " which screw into lugs placed evenly around the circumference.

Both sides claim they attempted to resolve the matter without legal action, but the ultimately complicated legal dispute ( involving royalties, publishing rights, and a number of other issues ) soon led to the courts, where Biafra was found liable for the royalties after the jury determined that he had committed fraud and malice, and was ordered to pay damages of nearly $ 200, 000, including $ 20, 000 in punitive damages, to the band members.

A spinning band distillation system uses a spinning band of Teflon or metal to force the rising vapors into close contact with the descending condensate, increasing the number of theoretical plates.

After a number of lineup changes, Benton assumed the additional role of vocals and the band was renamed Carnage.

Due to the efficiency of the rythmo band, the number of retakes can be reduced, resulting in substantial savings in recording time ; although, the time saved in the studio requires a long preparatory process.

The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100, Top 40 hits of any group in US chart history without ever having a number one single.

Depending on the number of different molecules, each lane shows separation of the components from the original mixture as one or more distinct bands, one band per component.

According to a number of sources, it was Emmylou who forced the band to practice and work up an actual set list.

( Hee Haw tapes were later sold using the " 800 " number 1-800-BR54949 ; also, the country music group BR5-49 adopted the number as the name of their band.

New entrants into the band are expected to be knowledgeable in poetry as well as undergo a number of physical tests or ordeals.

He recorded a number of tracks with the Dapps, a white Cincinnati bar band, including the hit " I Can't Stand Myself ( When You Touch Me )".

Plant focused the band in a different direction from Led Zeppelin, playing standards and in a more R & B style, highlighted by their cover of " Sea of Love ", which peaked at number three on the Billboard charts in early 1985.

There are a number of specialist units within the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince, which include a motorcycle section ( for rapid-response and motorcycle outriding ); a bodyguard and protection unit ; a diving unit with military, rescue, and scientific capabilities ; a military first-aid unit which provides first-aid and ambulance cover at public and sporting events ; and a military band, which includes state trumpeters, a brass ensemble, and a small orchestra, as well as being a marching band for ceremonial purposes.