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The Fray is an American pop rock band from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, they achieved success with the release of their. Queen är ett brittisk rockband som bildades 1970 i London av gitarristen Brian May, sångaren Freddie Mercury, och trummisen Roger Taylor. Basisten John Deacon. Dwayne Douglas Johnson, meglio conosciuto come Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson o più semplicemente The Rock (Hayward, 2 maggio 1972), è un wrestler, attore e produttore.

The Fray - Wikipedia. The Fray is an American pop rock band from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 2. 00. 2 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, they achieved success with the release of their debut album, How to Save a Life in 2.

RIAA and platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The Fray achieved national success with their first single, "Over My Head (Cable Car)", which became a top ten hit in the United States. The release of their second single, "How to Save a Life", brought the band worldwide fame. The song charted in the top three of the Billboard Hot 1.

Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The group's self- titled, second album, released in 2. Billboard charts[1] and was certified gold in the United States, Australia and Canada.

It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2. While both the albums were commercially successful, critical reception was mixed. The Fray was ranked No. 8. Billboard's "Artists of the Decade" list.[3] Their third album Scars & Stories, released in 2. Billboard 2. 00. The album again received mixed reviews from critics. The band's fourth album, Helios, was released in February 2.

The band's compilation album, Through the Years: The Best of the Fray, was released in November 2. The Fray's use of the piano as the lead instrument in their music has led critics to compare the band with English piano- driven bands such as Coldplay and Keane.[4][5][6] However, the band lists its influences as the Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Better Than Ezra and U2.[7]History[edit]Formation and early years (2. The band members' lives were largely formed in Denver churches where they helped lead worship, and in the Christian school three of them attended. Isaac Slade and guitarist Joe King were several years ahead of drummer Ben Wysocki at Faith Christian Academy.

Wysocki and guitarist David Welsh played in the same worship band. In the spring of 2. Isaac Slade and Joe King reconnected and began regular two- man jam sessions that led to writing songs. Isaac and Joe later added Mike Ayars on guitar, Zach Johnson on drums, and Slade's younger brother Caleb on bass, though Caleb was later asked to leave. Caleb's departure from the band caused a rift in his relationship with Isaac and this rift later became the inspiration for the song "Over My Head (Cable Car)", which is about the brothers' wanting relationship.[8] Following this Johnson left the band as well to attend an art school in New York.

Ben Wysocki, a former bandmate of Isaac Slade, joined as drummer and later, Dave Welsh, who was another former bandmate of Slade and Wysocki, was added as lead guitarist to the band. The newly formed band was named the Fray. The band members decided on a name after asking people to put band names on a piece of paper from which they picked randomly. The members of the band first claimed that they found the name suitable because they frequently quarreled about the composition of the lyrics in their songs, but they have since stated they are usually on good terms while composing music and acknowledges contributions from all of its members.[9] The band has had no permanent bassist since Caleb, instead employing touring bassists on a temporary basis. The current bassist is Jason Hardin, who has been touring with the band since 2. The band released its first record, Movement EP in 2.

The next year, the band released Reason EP produced by How To Save A Life co- producer Aaron Johnson, which garnered the band local fame and acclaim.[1. Westword, an alternative newsweekly, gave Reason EP a positive review, stating "The music is epic, no doubt, but it's played on a wholly human scale".[1. Despite these reviews, the band struggled to launch a single; Denver radio station KTCL rejected eight of their songs before the band decided to submit a demo of "Cable Car". The song found airplay on a KTCL radio show highlighting local bands, and the radio station received a large number of requests for it soon thereafter.[1.

The band changed the name of the song to "Over My Head (Cable Car)", and as the song's airplay increased alongside their local following, the band was voted "Best New Band" by Westword in 2. Epic Records. A& R man Daniel Davis discovered the band through the article in Westword[1. Epic Records officially signed the band on December 1. How to Save a Life (2. The band's debut album How to Save a Life was released on September 1. Over My Head (Cable Car)" was released as the first single from the album, and it soon became a top 4. Modern Rock Tracks chart in late 2.

No. 3. 7.[1. 6] The single gained airplay nationally, entering the Billboard Hot 1. February 2. 5, 2. Fourteen weeks later, it reached its peak position at No. 8 on the Hot 1. On the Billboard. Adult Top 4. 0 chart, the single reached the No. 2 position.[1. Internationally, the song was a Top 2. Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK.

The song was the fifth- most downloaded single of 2. While "Over My Head (Cable Car)" was rising on the charts, the song "How to Save a Life" was first featured during a second- season episode ("Superstition", aired March 1. Grey's Anatomy, and then on a fifth- season episode ("My Lunch", aired April 2. Scrubs.[2. 0] Despite not having been originally released as a single, "How to Save a Life" entered the Hot 1.

April 1. 5, 2. 00. The song was released as the band's second single. On August 1. 8, 2. ABC announced that the song would be used for the main advertising promotion for the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy.[2. The Fray performing at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2. Only weeks after this promotion started, the song became the Fray's second Top 4.

United States. The song peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 1. Over My Head (Cable Car)".[2. It tied for the seventh longest charting single of all time on the Hot 1.

Santana's "Smooth", at 5. The song also topped the Adult Top 4. How to Save a Life" was a major hit internationally, topping the singles chart in Ireland, Spain and Canada. The song also charted in the top five in Australia, Italy and Sweden and was the band's first hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.[2. Look After You" was released as the third single from the album.

It peaked at No. 5. Hot 1. 00 chart and was the band's first single to miss the Top 4. The song was written by the lead singer of the Fray Isaac Slade. It is about his then girlfriend and future wife. How to Save a Life peaked at No. 1. U. S. Billboard 2.

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK and was certified the best- selling digital album of all time, breaking the record held previously by Coldplay's X& Y.[2. While the album met with commercial success, critical reception from mainstream critics was mixed; Allmusic gave the album a modest review, but stated that the Fray "lacked originality" and the album itself lacked any "inspiration and excitement".[2. Stylus Magazine gave the album a negative review, stating, "The Fray, as a rule, are moribund, emotionally strained, and uninvolving."[2. Rolling Stone and Blender echoed many of these statements while giving the album three stars out of five.[2. However, the album garnered acclaim from Christian music magazines; Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album a glowing review, stating "How to Save Life is nearly perfect" and gave the album a 4.

HM Magazine, another American magazine devoted to Christian music also gave the album a positive review, rating it 4/5 stars.[3. To promote the album, the Fray began a worldwide tour and released a live album, Live at the Electric Factory: Bootleg No. 1, on July 1.

The concert was recorded on May 2. Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On September 1. 9, they re- released How to Save a Life as a CD/DVD set including a documentary on the making of the album.[3. On September 4, 2. Acoustic in Nashville: Bootleg No. 2, which was recorded in late 2.

Dwayne Johnson - Wikipedia. This article is about the American actor and professional wrestler known as The Rock. For other uses, see The Rock (disambiguation). Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1. The Rock, is an American actor, producer and professional wrestler. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship on the 1.

Miami Hurricanes team. After being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of CFL two months into the 1. Johnson began training for a career in professional wrestling, following in the footsteps of various family members, including his grandfather and his father, Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,[8][9][1. Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1.

He returned to WWE part- time from 2. In wrestling, Johnson's accomplishments including being an eight time. WWF/WWE Champion, two time. WCW/World Champion, two time.

WWF Intercontinental Champion and a five time. WWF Tag Team Champion.

He is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE and won the 2. Royal Rumble. Johnson's autobiography The Rock Says.. No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2. Johnson's first leading film role was in The Scorpion King in 2. For this, he was paid US$5.

One of his more prominent roles is Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise. Johnson hosted and produced The Hero, a reality competition series and has since continued to produce TV shows and films through his production company Seven Bucks Productions. In 2. 01. 3, Forbes listed Johnson No. Top 1. 00 Most Powerful Celebrities and has been in the top twenty every year since.[1.

He was the world's highest- paid actor of 2. Time named him one of the 1. In 2. 01. 5, Muscle & Fitness named Johnson their "Man of the Century".[1. Early life and football career. Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1.

Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson (née Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler, and his maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestling's few female promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1. Johnson's father is Canadian, a Black Nova Scotian, while his mother is of Samoan descent.[2. His father was part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team Championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).[2. Through his mother, he is considered a non- blood relative of the Anoa'i wrestling family.[2. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler currently working for WWE.[3. Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand with his mother's family.[3.

He attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents.[3. He spent 1. 0th grade at President William Mc. Kinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii.

As he entered 1. 1th grade, his father's job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Dwayne began playing football at Freedom High School in the East Penn Conference.[2. He was also a member of the school's track and field and wrestling teams.[2. Johnson was a promising football prospect and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs. He decided on a full scholarship from the University of Miami, playing defensive tackle. In 1. 99. 1, he was on the Miami Hurricanes's national championshipteam.[3.

When an injury sidelined him, he was replaced by future National Football League (NFL) star Warren Sapp.[2. While attending Miami, Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who graduated from the university in 1. Board of Trustees.[3.

She also founded a Miami- based wealth management firm. In 2. 00. 6, the couple donated $2 million to build a living room at the University's Newman Alumni Center. Johnson graduated from Miami in 1. Bachelor of General Studies degree in criminology and physiology.[3. He joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1.

He was on the practice roster as a backup linebacker but was cut two months into the season.[2. On November 1. 0, 2. Johnson returned to the Miami Orange Bowl to participate in the festivities surrounding the University of Miami's last home football game at the stadium. Professional wrestling career.

Training (1. 99. 5–1. Like his father and grandfather, several of Johnson's other (non- blood) relatives are or were professional wrestlers, including his uncles, Afa and Sika Anoaʻi (The Wild Samoans) and his cousins, Rodney (Yokozuna), Solofa (Rikishi), Matt (Rosey) and Eddie (Umaga).[3. When Johnson declared his intent to become a wrestler, his father initially resisted, but then agreed to train him himself, warning that he would not go easy on him.[2. Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson got Johnson several tryout matches with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1. Under his real name, he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show[3. Chris Candido and Owen Hart.[3. After wrestling at Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association as Flex Kavana[5] and winning the USWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Bart Sawyer in the summer of 1.

Johnson signed a WWF contract. He received additional training from Tom Prichard, alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry.[6]World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment. Intercontinental Champion (1. Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father and grandfather's ring names, although his real name was acknowledged by the announcers.[3.

He was initially reluctant to take this ring name but was persuaded by Vince Mc. Mahon and Jim Ross.[1. He was given the nickname "The Blue Chipper" and his lineage was played to on TV, where he was hyped as the WWF's first third- generation wrestler.[3] Maivia, a clean- cut face character, was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience. Watch The Great Wall Online Full Movie.

He debuted on Monday Night Raw as a member of Marc Mero's entourage on November 4, 1. Survivor Series on November 1. Crush and Goldust.[4. WWF fans generally rejected him because of his cheesy character.[4. On February 1. 3, 1.

Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw.[4. Maivia successfully defended the title at In Your House 1. Final Four against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and at Wrestle. Mania 1. 3 against The Sultan. He defeated Bret Hart by disqualification in a title defense on March 3. Raw is War.[4. 7] On April 2. In Your House 1. 4: Revenge of the 'Taker, he lost to Savio Vega by countout, retaining the title for the final time.

Audiences became increasingly hostile toward Maivia, with chants of "Die, Rocky, die!" and "Rocky sucks!" being heard during his matches.[2][5][1. The Nation of Domination (1. After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on the April 2. Raw Is War[4. 8] and suffering a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind,[2] Maivia returned in August 1. Faarooq, D'Lo Brown and Kama in the stable called the Nation of Domination.[4.

During this time, he refused to acknowledge the Rocky Maivia name, instead referring to himself in the third person as The Rock, though he would still be billed as Rocky "The Rock" Maivia until 1. As The Rock, he insulted the audience in his promos as well as WWF television interviewers, once calling Kevin Kelly an "ugly hermaphrodite".[4.

At D- Generation X: In Your House, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock in under six minutes to retain the Intercontinental Championship.[5. The next night on Raw Is War, Austin was ordered by Mr. Mc. Mahon to defend the title in a rematch, but forfeited it to The Rock instead, handing him the title belt before hitting him with the Stone Cold Stunner.[5. The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1. On the March 3. 0 episode of Raw is War, The Rock debuted a new Intercontinental Championship belt which was used to represent the title until October 2, 2.