Ted Nugent

Bartonella henselae is a proteobacterium that can cause bacteremia, endocarditis, bacillary angiomatosis, and peliosis hepatis. It is also the causative agent of cat-scratch disease (Bartonellosis) which, as the name suggests, occurs after a cat bite or scratch. The disease is characterized by lymphadenopathy (swelling of the lymph nodes) and fever.

Styx

The River Styx (Greek: Στύξ, Stux, also meaning "hate" and "detestation") was a river in Greek mythology which formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld, Hades. It circles the Underworld nine times. The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron, and Cocytus all converge at the center of the underworld on a great marsh. If happen to have a few cents when you visit, you could even get a ride from Charon The ferryman.

Styx is also a band from Chicago.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_%28band%29

Ram Jam

If you didn't look like a pedophile in the 70s, you weren't cool.

Queen

Freddie Mercury was a vocal legend during his time. His voice is said to have covered a four-octave range. According to Wikipedia, the "four or five-octave range" voice claim is a technically a misnomer. I've since edited this statement and flagged it is band geek nonsense. A much better word for Freedie's vocal range is "prepubescent."

PHISH

From 2004 to 2009 PHISH was broken up. It was the only time in my life when I had the free time and was old enough to go to their shows. I did however manage to get to one of their "last" shows while I was in high school and it was amazing. If you haven't been to a phish show or at least smelled a hippie you don't know what you are missing. Going to a phish concert is like going to a all you can eat/ free love fest/ day long tail gate / pre game for an even bigger party. Aside from the rank smell of petrulli oil and a few "college know-it-all" hippies, it was by far one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life. I highly recommend you find your way to a show.

Offspring

If this song doesn't remind you of sitting in your parents basement and playing Magic The Gather on a Saturday night, then you were probably not very cool in high school...

Two weeks till finals...

Dear reader,
I know how much you enjoy reading about musicians and their drug addictions but its time for me to take a short hiatus so I can cram from my pathology final. If you get bored you can always revisit some of the older videos, play balloon monkey, surf the Grilled Cheese Academy, or perfect a new dish.  If you really miss my blatant plagiarism of wikipedia, you could even visit the site directly and read about your favorite artists.  
Sincerly,
Jimmy

N.W.A.

The original lineup consisted of Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, Arabian Prince, Ice Cube, and MC Ren. Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and MC Ren would all become platinum-selling stars as solo artists.

Dr. Dre and DJ Yella composed the beats for each song, with Dre making occasional rapping appearances. Ice Cube and MC Ren wrote most of the group's lyrics, including "Fuck tha Police," perhaps the group's most notorious song, which brought them into conflict with various law enforcement agencies.

Under pressure from Focus on the Family, Milt Ahlerich, an assistant director of the FBI, sent a letter to Ruthless Records and its distributing company Priority Records, advising the rappers that "advocating violence and assault is wrong and we in the law enforcement community take exception to such action." This letter can still be seen at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Policemen refused to provide security for the group's concerts, hurting their plans to tour. Nonetheless, the FBI's letter only served to draw more publicity to the group.

Straight Outta Compton was also one of the first albums to adhere to the new Parental Advisory label scheme, then still in its early stages: the label at the time consisted of "WARNING: Moderate impact coarse language and/or themes" only. However, the taboo nature of N.W.A's music was the most important factor of its mass appeal. Media coverage compensated for N.W.A's lack of airplay and their album eventually went double platinum.


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Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The third wave of ska came over my middle school like The Great Wave off Kanagawa destroying everything in its path. There was little left but my friends, our skateboards, and 10,000 Magic the Gathering cards. Riding the wave (among others) was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

For those of you who managed to escape the third wave you are probably unfamiliar with what a bosstone is. A bosstone, or more specifically Ben the Bosstone was a band member who did not have a instrument, nor did he sing or play a body orifice in a music manor. He just danced on stage the whole time.

L is for Lonely Island

The Lonely Island is an American comedy troupe composed of Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg, best known for its musical parodies. The group is from Berkeley, CA, and is currently based in New York City. The group began creating live comedy skits in junior high school and continued to do so, expanding its repertoire to comedic shorts, music parody (both songs and videos), and one full-length television pilot, before coming to the attention of Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live (SNL). Once on the show, they wrote "Lazy Sunday," a better-produced music parody video much like the group's previous work. It became an instant internet success, and led to the creation of similar digital shorts that also aired on Saturday Night Live. The Emmy-winning "Dick in a Box", "Jizz in My Pants", "Like a Boss" and the Grammy-nominated "I'm on a Boat" have subsequently had huge success both on the show and on the internet and prompted the recording and release of an album, Incredibad, in which the group moves in a more musical direction.

In August 2007, the group premiered its first feature film, Hot Rod.