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Knitting Factory

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The Knitting Factory is a nightclub that was opened in New York City and that featured eclectic music and entertainment. [1]

53 relations: Alice in Chains, Anthony Braxton, Bill Ware, Boise, Idaho, CBGB, Cecil Taylor, Charles Gayle, Cormega, Cro-Mags, Curtis Fowlkes, Dan Ilic, Dewey Redman, Don Byron, Downtown music, Experimental music, Hannibal Buress, Houston Street, Instinct Records, Jazz, Joe Morris (guitarist), John Zorn, Knitting Factory Records, Les Savy Fav, List of record labels, Luna Lounge, Manhattan, Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Michael Dorf (entrepreneur), Modest Mouse, New Model Army (band), Pete Davidson, Pollstar, Pop music, Reno Arch, Reno, Nevada, Rob Zombie, Rock and roll, Rock music, Roy Nathanson, Seth Herzog, Skrillex, Spokane, Washington, The Bottom Line (venue), The Lounge Lizards, The New York Times, The Shells, The Smashing Pumpkins, United States, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, ..., Willie Nelson, XM Satellite Radio, Zedd. Expand index (3 more) »

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who then recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley.

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Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist who is known in the genre of free jazz.

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Bill Ware

Bill Ware III born William Anthony Ware III (b. January 28, 1959, East Orange, New Jersey) is an American jazz vibraphonist.

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Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County.

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CBGB

CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village.

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Cecil Taylor

Cecil Percival Taylor (March 15, 1929 - April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet.

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Charles Gayle

Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939) is an American free jazz musician.

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Cormega

Cory McKay, better known by his stage name Cormega, is an American rapper, songwriter and poet.

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Cro-Mags

The Cro-Mags are an American hardcore punk / crossover thrash band from New York City.

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Curtis Fowlkes

Curtis Fowlkes (born March 19, 1950) is an American jazz trombonist and singer.

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Dan Ilic

Dan Ilic (born 20 November 1981) is an Australian presenter, comedian and filmmaker.

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Dewey Redman

Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American jazz saxophonist, known for performing free jazz as a bandleader, and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett.

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Don Byron

Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist.

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Downtown music

Downtown music is a subdivision of American music, closely related to experimental music.

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Experimental music

Experimental music is a general label for any music that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.

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Hannibal Buress

Hannibal Amir Buress (born February 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, activist, writer, and producer.

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Houston Street

Houston Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown Manhattan, running crosstown across the full width of the island of Manhattan, from Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive (FDR Drive) and East River Park on the East River to Pier 40 and West Street on the Hudson River.

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Instinct Records

Instinct Records is a New York City electronic-music record label that first gained prominence in 1989.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Joe Morris (guitarist)

Joseph Francis Michael Morris (born September 13, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist, bassist, improvisor, and composer.

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John Zorn

John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres, including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music.

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Knitting Factory Records

Knitting Factory Records is an independent American music label that is notable for promoting a variety of artists, including the music of deceased Nigerian political activist Fela Kuti.

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Les Savy Fav

Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band.

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List of record labels

For lists of record labels, see.

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Luna Lounge

Luna Lounge was a bar at 171 Ludlow Street, on the west side of Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Marilyn Crispell

Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Mark Dresser

Mark Dresser (born 1952, Los Angeles, California) is an American double bass player and composer.

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Michael Dorf (entrepreneur)

Michael Dorf is an American entrepreneur.

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Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington (a suburb of Seattle), and currently based in Portland, Oregon.

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New Model Army (band)

New Model Army are an English rock band formed in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1980 by lead singer, guitarist and main composer Justin Sullivan, bassist Stuart Morrow and drummer Phil Tompkins.

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Pete Davidson

Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American actor and comedian.

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Pollstar

Pollstar is a trade publication for the concert industry.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Reno Arch

The Reno Arch is an iconic landmark in Reno, Nevada spanning Virginia Street at the intersection with Commercial Row.

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately from Lake Tahoe.

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Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, filmmaker and screenwriter.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Roy Nathanson

Roy Jay Nathanson (born May 17, 1951) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader, actor and teacher.

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Seth Herzog

Seth Herzog (aka The Zog) is an American comedian.

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Skrillex

Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American electronic dance music producer, DJ, singer, songwriter and musician.

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Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States.

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The Bottom Line (venue)

The Bottom Line was a music venue at 15 West 4th Street between Mercer Street and Greene Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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The Lounge Lizards

The Lounge Lizards were an eclectic musical group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother, pianist Evan Lurie, in 1978.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Shells

The Shells were an American doo wop ensemble formed in Brooklyn in 1956.

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The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins (or Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick, East Williamsburg, and Ridgewood, Queens to the east; and Fort Greene and the East River to the west.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.

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XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings.

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Zedd

Anton Zaslavski (Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), better known by his stage name Zedd, is a Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting_Factory

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