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Penthouse YouTube Videos

MTV VMA: Incubus rocks out in the Penthouse of Hard Rock

MTV VMA: Incubus rocks out in the Penthouse of Hard Rock (03:22)

www.younghollywood.com We've got a key to the Hard Rock Penthouse as we kick back with the guys of Incubus before for their performance at the Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary at the Hard Rock Summer Stage over VMA...

Penthouse and Pavement

Penthouse and Pavement (03:40)

Original video from 1981, available on Sight & Sound: The Greatest Hits. Heaven 17 online: [w] www.heaven17.com

HEAVEN 17 - PENTHOUSE & PAVEMENT

HEAVEN 17 - PENTHOUSE & PAVEMENT (06:54)

Label: Virgin Catalog#: VS 455 Format: Vinyl,12' Country: UK Released: 1981 Genre: Electronic Style: Electro, Synth-pop Credits: Engineer - Peter Walsh Notes: Composed by Ware / Marsh / Gregory Produced by British...

Penthouse Players Clique - PS Phuck u

Penthouse Players Clique - PS Phuck u (03:16)

Penthouse Players

Automatic riddim 2008 mix - Penthouse Records

Automatic riddim 2008 mix - Penthouse Records (09:32)

Automatic riddim mix tunes include.... Torch - Treat Her Like A Lady Romain Virgo - Love Doctor Marcia Griffiths & Busy Signal - Keeping It Real Peetah Morgan - Bye Bye Richie Spice - Jah Never Let Us Down Mixed by Dj...

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Penthouse Reviews

London Highbury Garage

London Highbury Garage

Roaring incoherently, greaseball bullyboy [B]Charlie Finke[/B] is bent double, clutching the mic white-knuckled, sweating a torrent...

  • May 9, 1999

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Penthouse Biography

Based in Camden, London, England, Penthouse are purveyors of loud and dirty psycho-blues music that has earned them comparisons with the Jesus Lizard and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Formed by Charlie Finke (vocals), John Free (guitar), Tim Cedar (drums) and Graeme Flynn (bass), the band first burst onto the music scene with 1995's limited-edition debut single, "Ript N' Happy". Their debut album for the independent World Domination label was produced by Teo Miller (Placebo). On the occasional slower track, such as "Voyeur's Blues" and "A Deviant Soiree", their sound was reminiscent of the "swamp-blues" of P.J. Harvey's To Bring You My Love. It was the gloriously ramshackle "Road Rash" and lustful "Face Down" that set the tone of the album, however, capturing the band's brutally primal rock 'n' roll at its best. A legal battle with the men's magazine of the same name led to the band being forced to change their name to 50 Tons Of Black Terror in America. They also moved to Beggars Banquet Records following the demise of World Domination. A new single, "Valley Of The Sows", appeared in November 1998, and a new album the following year. The success of rock 'n' roll revivalists the Strokes and the Hives in the new millennium failed to drag Penthouse away from their resolutely cult status, despite the release of the excellent Unt.

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Penthouse Discography

Penthouse albums.

  • Gutter Erotica - 1997 (World Domination)
  • My Idle Hands - 1999 (Beggars Banquet)
  • Unt - 2002 (A Vanity Release)

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