- Rock Band
... cnology/ctech_us_videogames_bands_tech_life |title=Virtual battle of the bands rocks on |author=John Gaudiosi |date=2008-10-09 |work=[[Reuters]] |publish ...
... sical "notes" as they scroll towards them on the screen. ''Rock Band'' expands upon the ''Guitar Hero'' series, in that it offers gameplay for drums and ...
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- Electronic Arts
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... y an electronic voice. The sound effects have changed in certain games (sounds of the letters whipping past, for example)
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- Guitar
... her stringed European instruments, the guitar ultimately traces back thousands of years, via the [[Near East]], to a common ancient origin from instrumen ...
... 17-1892), working in [[Seville]] in the 1850s. Torres and Louis Panormo of London (active 1820s-1840s) were both responsible for demonstrating the superiori ...
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- Bass guitar
... and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001)</ref> (also called '''electric bass''',<ref>The New Grove Dictionar ...
... z, G2=98 Hz + optional low B0=30.87 Hz </ref> which also corresponds to one [[octave]] lower in [[pitch (music)|pitch]] than the four lower str ...
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- Rock music
... tal rock]] - [[Garage rock]] - [[Girl group]] - [[Glam rock]] - [[Group Sounds]] - [[Grunge]] - [[Hard rock]] - [[Heartland rock]] - [[Instrumental rock] ...
... ] - [[Mexican rock|Mexico]] - [[Nepali rock|Nepal]] - [[Dutch rock|Netherlands]] - [[Kiwi rock|New Zealand]] - [[Norwegian rock|Norway]] - [[Peruvian roc ...
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- Guitar Hero
... acks from the 1960s to present, many of which are master tracks from the bands. In total, six games have been released for [[video game console]]s, while ...
... transferred to [[Neversoft]], whose first effort, ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'' was released on October 28, 2007 in North America.
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- Tattoo
... g certain tribal groups in the [[Philippines]], [[Borneo]], [[Mentawai Islands]], Africa, North America, South America, [[Mesoamerica]], Europe, Japan, [ ...
... ve had their own tattoo traditions, ranging from rubbing cuts and other wounds with ashes, to hand-pricking the skin to insert [[dyes]].{{Fact|date=June ...
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- Fender Stratocaster
... . As this configuration means that combining the neck and middle pickups sends the signal through two tone potentiometers, resulting in a loss of tone, a ...
... [[1958]]]]The Stratocaster is noted for its bright, clean and 'twangy' sounds. The neck pickup has a mellower, fuller and louder sound compared to the b ...
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- Seattle, Washington
... f 2006|Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm]] in December 2006 brought heavy rain and winds gusting up to {{convert|69|mph|km/h|abbr=on|0}}. One Seattleite drowned in ...
... le Center plays multiple roles in the city, ranging from a public fair grounds to a civic center, though recent economic losses have called its viability ...
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- New York City
Founded in 1624 as a commercial trading post by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]], who called it [[New Amsterdam]], it served as the capital of the ...
... ar=1948}}</ref> European settlement began with the founding of a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[fur trade|fur trading]] settlement, later called "Nieuw Amsterda ...
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- London
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- Sydney
... ck drawings and carvings because of the nature of the rock, [[Hawkesbury sandstone]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Bruce | last=Elder | title=History set in s ...
... has risen to flood deep river valleys ([[ria]]) carved in the hawkesbury sandstone. [[Port Jackson]], better known as Sydney Harbour, is one such ria and ...
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- Rome
... 50_City_Destinations_London_Leads_the_Way |title=Top 150 City Destinations London Leads the Way |publisher=Euromonitor.com |date= Caroline Bremner |accessda ...
... nd, the Gauls offered to deliver Rome back to its people for a thousand pounds of gold, but the Romans refused, preferring to take back their city by for ...
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- The Real World
... ld have enough of a basis on which to interact without scripts. [[Tracy Grandstaff]], one of the original seven picked for "season 0" went on to minor fa ...
... the Eisner-nominated [[graphic novel]] ''[[Pedro and Me]]'', about his friendship with Zamora, as well as high-profile<ref>Winick appeared on [[Phil Dona ...
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- VH1
... in-studio performances by [[smooth jazz]] and [[New Age music|New Age]] bands and performers, including [[Spyro Gyra]], [[Andy Narell]], [[Mark Isham]] ...
... re rock and rap music.<ref name="b and c"/> Old episodes of ''[[American Bandstand]]'' could regularly be seen on the channel. By that time, the channel' ...
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- Best Buy
... ] format, however the company is looking for a flagship store in [[Central London]] in a prominent area such as [[Piccadilly Circus]], [[Oxford Street]] or ...
... University of Minnesota]] and in downtown Minneapolis. The Sound of Music ends its first year with gross sales of $173,000(USD)
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- Wal-Mart
... //www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n4_v27/ai_6348147 Wal-Mart Hands CEO Crown to Glass - David Glass]." ''Discount Store News.'' February 15, ...
... ny.com/news/walmart.cfm "Albany.com: Largest Wal-Mart Supercenter In US Finds Home In Albany NY"] Retrieved on December 23, 2008.</ref>
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- Disturbed
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... l|title=Disturbed Success Disturbing To Some}}</ref> Only six other rock bands have released three number one albums in a row: [[Van Halen]], [[Pearl Jam ...
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- McDonald's
===Playgrounds===
... e USA, with many more being constructed soon after. Some PlayPlace playgrounds have been renovated into "R Gym" areas.
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- The Automatic
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... MOJO |date=2008-03-14 |url= http://www.mojohd.com/mojoseries/londonlive/bands/view/the_automatic |accessdate=2008-05-11}}</ref> they signed a five-album ...
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