query: Tom Morello worked in rock music for both Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.

pos: Tom Morello Thomas Baptiste Morello ( born May 30 , 1964 ) is an American musician , singer , songwriter , actor and political activist . He is best known for his tenure with the band Rage Against the Machine and then with Audioslave . As of 2016 , Morello is a member of the supergroup Prophets of Rage . Morello was also a touring musician with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band . He is also known for his acoustic solo act called The Nightwatchman , and Street Sweeper Social Club . Morello is also the co-founder ( along with Serj Tankian ) of the non-profit political activist organization Axis of Justice , which airs a monthly program on Pacifica Radio station KPFK ( 90.7 FM ) in Los Angeles .   Born in Harlem , New York , and raised in Libertyville , Illinois , Morello became interested in music and politics while in high school . He attended Harvard University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies . After his previous band Lock Up disbanded , Morello met Zack de la Rocha , and the two founded Rage Against the Machine together . The group went on to become one of the most popular and influential rock acts of the 1990s .   He is best known for his unique and creative guitar playing style , which incorporates feedback noise , unconventional picking and tapping as well as heavy use of guitar effects . Morello is also noted for his leftist political views and activism ; his creation of his side project The Nightwatchman offered an outlet for his views while playing apolitical music with Audioslave . He was ranked number 40 in Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the `` 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time '' .

neg: Rock en español Rock en español ( Spanish-language rock ) is a term used widely in the English-speaking world to refer any kind of rock music featuring Spanish vocals . Unlike English-speaking bands , very few acts reached worldwide success and often not even between different Spanish-speaking countries due to a lack of promotion . Despite rock en español 's origins in the late 1950s , many rock acts achieved at best nationwide fame until the Internet consolidated the listeners . However , some rock en español artists did become internationally popular with the help of a promotional campaign from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s called `` Rock en tu idioma '' ( Rock in your language ) . Some specific rock-based styles influenced by folkloric rhythms have also developed in these regions . Some of the more prominent styles are Latin rock , a fusion of rock music with Latin American and Caribbean folkloric sounds developed in Latino communities ; Latin alternative , an alternative rock scene which blended a Latin sound with other genres like Caribbean ska , reggae , and soca ; or Andalusian rock , a flamenco-influenced style that emerged in Spain .

neg: Carl Restivo Carl Restivo is an American multi-instrumentalist , songwriter , record producer , and audio engineer . He has toured with Rihanna , Tom Morello 's Freedom Fighter Orchestra supporting The Nightwatchman , Perry Farrell 's Satellite Party , and Street Sweeper Social Club , which toured with Nine Inch Nails and Jane 's Addiction .   Restivo co-wrote the song `` Go All the Way ( Into the Twilight ) '' with Perry Farrell which was released on the Twilight soundtrack . The soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy Award and has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide . Restivo also co-wrote the song `` Underground '' which was Jane 's Addiction No. 1 track on their album The Great Escape Artist . He scored projects for FX , including their campaign for the upfronts as well as their advertising for the FX Movie Channel .   Working with Wyclef Jean , he helped develop and record Jean 's album , The Preacher 's Son . He and Jean co-wrote the song `` Linda '' for the record and he was one of the featured artists . Restivo played acoustic ( rhythm and lead ) guitar on the hit `` Hips Do n't Lie '' by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean . He has recorded , produced , and written songs with Tom Morello , Jerry Wonda , 50 Cent , Nuno Bettencourt , Mick Mars , Doug Pinnick , Steve Perry , Patti LaBelle , Big Pun , Kurupt , and Xzibit .   As a guest artist , Restivo has contributed as a lead guitarist and vocalist with Wyclef Jean and the Ed Palermo Big Band , as a bassist and background vocalist with Extreme . He has performed lead vocals and/or guitar or bass with AFI , Ben Harper , Billy Idol , Cypress Hill , Dave Navarro , Deborah Harry , Ed Palermo Big Band , Flea , Gilby Clarke , Graham Nash , Iggy Pop , Jackson Browne , Jason Bonham , Jason Derulo , Jerry Cantrell , Joe Satriani , John Densmore , Mike Keneally , Napoleon Murphy Brock , Peter DiStefano , Ray Manzarek , Robbie Krieger , Sammy Hagar , Slash , Stephen Perkins , Steve Vai , Stewart Copeland , Taio Cruz , Travis Barker , Trent Reznor , and Wayne Kramer ,   Restivo is a graduate of New York University and in 2006 he moved from New York City to Los Angeles to work as the Music Director of the Paul Green School of Rock in Hollywood , California at the request of Paul Green himself . He left the school in 2010 after 100 shows and co-founded The Rock School Scholarship Fund , a 501 ( c ) 3 charity to pay tuition for financially needy students at qualifying rock music schools .   His film and television credits include : Dancing with the Stars , Good Morning America , Last Call with Carson Daly , Late Night with Conan O'Brien , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , Late Show with David Letterman , BBC Radio 1 's Big Weekend , Saturday Night Live , Teen Choice Awards , The Apprentice , The Ellen DeGeneres Show , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , and The View .

neg: List of songs recorded by Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine is an American rap metal band from Los Angeles , California . Formed in 1991 , the group consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha , guitarist Tom Morello , bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk . After a self-issued demo , the band signed with Epic Records and released its self-titled debut album Rage Against the Machine in 1992 , the material for which was written by all four members of the group . After contributing the single `` Year of tha Boomerang '' to the Higher Learning soundtrack in 1995 , the band released its second studio album Evil Empire in 1996 , on which `` Year of tha Boomerang '' was featured as the closing track .   In 1997 the band released a cover version of Bruce Springsteen 's `` The Ghost of Tom Joad '' , and the following year contributed `` No Shelter '' to the soundtrack to the film Godzilla , as well as releasing it as a single . In 1999 the band released its final album of original material , The Battle of Los Angeles , which again credited all four members equally for songwriting . The group disbanded in October 2000 , after de la Rocha departed to focus on producing his first solo album . After the group 's breakup , Epic released Renegades in December 2000 , which featured cover versions of songs originally recorded by several hip hop artists , rock bands and other artists .

neg: The More Things Change... The More Things Change ... is the second studio album by groove metal band Machine Head , released on March 25 , 1997 through Roadrunner Records . It is the band 's last release to feature original lead guitarist Logan Mader , and the first to feature current drummer Dave McClain . The album 's title alludes to the first part of the phrase , `` The more things change , the more they stay the same '' ; the same phrase is mentioned during the chorus of `` Struck a Nerve '' . The More Things Change ... reached # 138 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1997 , and as of 2002 had sold over 115,000 copies in the United States .

neg: Joe's Garage Joe 's Garage is a three-part rock opera recorded by American musician Frank Zappa in 1979 . Originally released as two separate studio albums on Zappa Records , the project was later remastered and reissued as a triple album box set , Joe 's Garage , Acts I , II & III , in 1987 . The LPs initially received mixed to positive reviews , with critics praising its innovative and original music , but criticizing the scatological , sexual and profane nature of the lyrics . Since its original release , Joe 's Garage has been reappraised in a better light by some critics .   Zappa self-deprecatingly described the album as a `` stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music . '' The story is told by a character identified as the `` Central Scrutinizer '' narrating the story of Joe , an average adolescent male who forms a garage rock band , has unsatisfying relationships with women , gives all of his money to a government assisted and insincere religion , explores sexual activities with appliances , and is imprisoned . After being released from prison into a dystopian society in which music itself has been criminalized , he lapses into insanity .   The album encompasses a large spectrum of musical styles , while its lyrics often feature satirical or humorous commentary on American society and politics . It addresses themes of individualism , free will , censorship , the music industry and human sexuality , while criticizing government and religion , and satirizing Catholicism and Scientology . Joe 's Garage is noted for its use of xenochrony , a recording technique that takes guitar solos from older live recordings and overdubs them onto new studio recordings . All of the guitar solos on the album are xenochronous except for `` Crew Slut '' and `` Watermelon in Easter Hay '' , a signature song that Zappa has described as the best song on the album , and according to his son Dweezil , the best guitar solo his father ever played .

neg: Marilyn Manson discography American industrial metal band Marilyn Manson has released nine studio albums , one live album , one compilation album , two EPs , twenty-four singles , nine promo singles , five DVDs , and thirty-four music videos .   After forming in 1989 and signing a contract with Nothing Records and Interscope in 1993 , the band released their first studio album , Portrait of an American Family ( 1994 ) . Although initially not a commercial success , the album would eventually be certified gold by the RIAA for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies . Spurred by their hit single -- a version of the Eurythmics 's `` Sweet Dreams ( Are Made of This ) '' -- the band 's first EP , Smells Like Children ( 1995 ) , became a commercial success , selling over a million copies in the US alone . In 1996 , the band released their second studio album , Antichrist Superstar , which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and has sold over 1.9 million copies in the US . The album went on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide , and was supported by the release of 1997 's Remix & Repent EP . Their third studio album , Mechanical Animals ( 1998 ) , was a commercial and critical success , reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 , as well topping the charts in as Australia and Canada . Mechanical Animals was later followed by their first live album , The Last Tour on Earth ( 1999 ) , which included the promotional single `` Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes '' .   In 2000 , the band released Holy Wood ( In the Shadow of the Valley of Death ) , which managed to sell more than 9 million copies worldwide . Their fifth studio album , The Golden Age of Grotesque ( 2003 ) , was a modest commercial success in their native US , debuting at No. 1 with sales of 118,000 copies . As of November 2008 , the album has sold 526,000 copies in the US . In contrast , the album was , by far , Manson 's most successful internationally , peaking within the top five in most of the major European markets . Their sixth album , Eat Me , Drink Me , was released in 2007 and debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 . The High End of Low ( 2009 ) , reached No. 4 on both the US and Canadian album charts , but was their last album released by Interscope . After signing a deal with Cooking Vinyl , the band released Born Villain in 2012 . Their ninth studio album , The Pale Emperor , was released on January 20 , 2015 , debuting at No. 8 in the US with their highest first week sales since Eat Me , Drink Me in 2007 .

neg: Music for Robots (website) Music For Robots is a mp3 blog written and curated by a collective of friends who originally met at Bates College , who founded the website in April 2004 . The blog made history in 2004 when it hosted a song by the band The Secret Machines provided to them by Warner Bros. . Records , signaling the first time a major label had deliberately encouraged a blog to post an mp3 by one of its artists . The site gained greater notoriety later that year when MTV aired a news feature about the site and one of their discoveries , a band of teenagers from Brooklyn called Hysterics . In 2005 , the `` robots '' branched out , dipping their toes in concert promotion and releasing a compilation CD titled Music For Robots , Vol . 1 , which included music from Hysterics , Avenue D , Death from Above 1979 , Stratageme , and Daedelus . Music ( For Robots ) are well known for their diverse , comprehensive musical tastes and willingness to cooperate with the record industry , and only post music with permission of the artist and/or label .   Music ( For Robots ) has been featured by many publications and programs in the mainstream media including Wired magazine , The New York Times , Rolling Stone , Spin , NPR , the Fresno Bee , The Guardian , The Philadelphia Inquirer , Entertainment Weekly , and was the first MP3 Blog to be featured in primetime TV during MTV 's TRL program in early 2005 .

neg: I Am the Highway `` I Am the Highway '' is a song by the American rock supergroup Audioslave , released in October 2003 as the fifth single from their eponymous 2002 debut studio album Audioslave . It reached number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004 , number 2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart .

neg: Anthony Rossomando Anthony Rossomando is an American writer-producer , composer , and guitarist . He along with Carl Barât was a founding member of Dirty Pretty Things . He previously stood in for Pete Doherty in The Libertines as a touring member . He has also been a live member of British New Rave band Klaxons . He was also a member of Boston-based band The Damn Personals . He also has co-written songs with D'angelo , Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt , Cathy Dennis . Anthony Rossomando 's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing .   After dropping out of university in his first year he relocated to Boston where The Damn Personals were born . Shortly after , The Damn Personals became a mainstay at popular Boston , Providence , and New York indie venues . They released their first album , Driver/Driver , with producer Darron Burke . Their second release , Standing Still in the USA , was produced by Michael Demming . Living hand to mouth , the band toured the US nearly ten times . They shared the stage with the likes of The Walkmen , The Hives , The Strokes , Jimmy Eat World , Piebald , The Brian Jonestown Massacre , the Explosion , Hot Snakes , Dismemberment Plan , Bratmobile and the Make-up . They also toured Europe and UK once with Cave In .   In 2003 , introduced by Isaac Green of Columbia records , Rossomando met Carl Barât in NYC and agreed to fill in for Doherty in an upcoming US tour for The Libertines ; this was followed by a trip to London to play Top of the Pops and Reading and Leeds festival . Eight months later he rejoined The Libertines to help support the entire worldwide touring campaign for their self-titled second album . It was during this time when Rossomando and Barat began to formulate their ideas that would later embody Dirty Pretty Things . During this time , Rossomando moved from a derelict house in Boston to Central London .   In May 2006 , Dirty Pretty Things released Waterloo To Anywhere which reached No. 3 in the UK charts , while the first single `` Bang Bang You 're Dead '' , peaked at No. 4 . The band toured extensively in the UK , US , Europe and Japan .   Anthony also played trumpet on :  • Chisel - `` Set You Free '' ( trumpet )  • Piebald - `` We Are The Only Friends We Have ''  • The Cribs - `` The New Fellas ''   `` Rime Of the Modern Mariner '' , Anthonys first film score , premiered at the East London Film Festival in May 2011 with live orchestral arrangement which also went to several festivals including Lattitude , SXSW , and Toronto . The film and score received high praise from many publications including the Times and the Guardian .   In November 2007 , he played the role of Pete Neon in the first episode of the third series of The Mighty Boosh . He was also featured in the documentary The Mighty Boosh : A Journey Through Time and Space , which aired on BBC Three on March 22 , 2008 .   Anthony has been a longtime supporter of the Love Music Hate Racism Campaign , appearing at numerous gigs , shows and festivals for them . DPT were also supportive of the Make Roads Safe Campaign , and in November 2006 , Anthony appeared on Sky News to promote the cause .

neg: Backing vocalist Backing vocalists are singers who provide vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists . In some cases , a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist 's entry or to sing a counter-melody . Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music , traditional music and world music styles .   Solo artists may employ professional backing vocalists in studio recording sessions as well as during concerts . In many rock and metal bands ( e.g. , the power trio ) , the musicians doing backup vocals also play instruments , such as guitar , electric bass , drums , or keyboards . In Latin or Afro-Cuban groups , backup singers may play percussion instruments or shakers while singing . In some pop and hip-hop groups and in musical theater , the backup singers may be required to perform elaborately choreographed dance routines while they sing through headset microphones .   The style of singing used by backup singers varies according to the type of song and the genre of music the band plays . In pop and country songs , backup vocalists may perform vocal harmony parts to support the lead vocalist . In hardcore punk or rockabilly , other band members who play instruments may sing or shout backup vocals during the chorus ( refrain ) section of the songs .

neg: Sounds Like Violence Sounds Like Violence are a four-piece emo/indie rock group from Angelholm , Sweden . They are currently signed to Deep Elm Records ( within the United States ) and Burning Heart Records ( in the rest of the world ) . Their debut album , With Blood On My Hands , was released on 12th Feb , 2007 to some critical acclaim .  They previously released an EP , titled The Pistol , in 2004 and contributed songs to Deep Elm compilations including `` Emo Diaries No. 10 '' and a `` Split '' EP .

neg: Nothing More Nothing More is an American rock/metal band formed in 2003 from San Antonio , Texas , United States . The current members are vocalist/additional drummer Jonny Hawkins , lead guitarist Mark Vollelunga , bassist Daniel Oliver and their newest drummer , Ben Anderson . The ensemble has released six studio albums to date , including their self-titled album released in 2014 . The lead single off their self-titled debut , entitled `` This is the Time ( Ballast ) '' , hit number 1 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart and number 2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart .

neg: Blink-182 Blink-182 ( often stylized as blink-182 ; pronounced `` blink one eighty two '' ) is an American rock band formed in Poway , California in 1992 . The band currently consists of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus , drummer Travis Barker , and guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba . Founded by guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge , bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus and drummer Scott Raynor , the band emerged from the Southern California punk scene of the early 1990s and first gained notoriety for high-energy live shows and irreverent lyrical toilet humor . Blink-182 was initially known as Blink until an Irish band of the same name threatened legal action ; in response , the band appended the meaningless number '' -182 '' .   In its early years , Blink-182 toured heavily behind the band 's debut , Cheshire Cat ( 1995 ) . The group signed with major label MCA Records to co-distribute its second album , Dude Ranch ( 1997 ) . Raynor was fired midway through a 1998 tour and replaced by Barker . The group 's next two releases , Enema of the State ( 1999 ) and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket ( 2001 ) , were enormous successes on the strength of radio and MTV airplay . The eponymously titled Blink-182 followed in 2003 and marked a stylistic shift for the group . DeLonge quit in 2005 , sending the band into what was termed an `` indefinite hiatus '' . They reunited in 2009 , producing the trio 's sixth album , Neighborhoods ( 2011 ) . In 2015 , DeLonge again exited and was replaced by Alkaline Trio guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba . The band 's seventh studio album , California , was released on July 1 , 2016 .   Blink-182 is considered a key group in the development of pop punk ; the band 's combination of pop melodies with fast-paced punk rock featured a more radio-friendly accessibility than prior bands . The trio has sold over thirteen million albums in the United States , and over 50 million albums worldwide . In 2011 , The New York Times asserted , `` no punk band of the 1990s has been more influential than Blink-182 , '' and even as the band receded after its 2005 split , `` its sound and style could be heard in the muscular pop punk of Fall Out Boy or in the current wave of high-gloss Warped Tour punk bands , like All Time Low and The Maine . ''

neg: Say No More (Badfinger album) Say No More is the last studio album recorded by British rock band Badfinger that contained new material . Issued in January 1981 on Radio Records , the LP was the second and last attempt by Tom Evans and Joey Molland to recapture Badfinger 's earlier market success , which was lost after the death of band founder Pete Ham in 1975 . The album was recorded in Miami , FL by Evans , Molland , keyboardist Tony Kaye ( formerly of Yes ) , guitarist Glen Sherba and drummer Richard Bryans and was co-produced by Jack Richardson .   Rockier than its predecessor Airwaves , this final outing by Badfinger produced one semi-successful single with the song `` Hold On '' , which reached # 56 on the US Billboard charts in 1981 . The album peaked at only # 155 in the US Billboard Album chart .   Evans ' song `` Rock 'N' Roll Contract '' had originally been recorded for the band for the Head First album , but that album was still unreleased at the time of Say No More .

neg: Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine ( frequently shortened to Carter USM ) were an English indie rock band formed in 1988 by singer Jim `` Jim Bob '' Morrison and guitarist Les `` Fruitbat '' Carter . They made their name with a distinctive style of power pop , fusing samples , sequenced basses and drum machines with rock 'n' roll guitars and off-beat wordplay-loaded lyrics . They reached the height of their fame in 1992 . Over the following years the band took on new members , topping out as a six-piece , but struggled to regain their earlier popularity . They initially split up in 1998 after releasing seven albums .

neg: Rage E.P. Rage E.P. is a release by Atari Teenage Riot . Although the title of the release is `` Rage E.P. '' , it only contains versions of the song `` Rage '' , so it is similar to a single . The CD versions are enhanced CDs which contain the single file of the music video `` Too Dead For Me '' in MPEG format . A 12 '' vinyl edition also exists .   The song `` Rage '' was later released on the compilation Atari Teenage Riot : 1992-2000 . The song was also released on the various artist compilations Clear And Present Danger Vol . 1 and DHR LTD12 CD .

neg: Tom Sawyer (song) `` Tom Sawyer '' is a song by Canadian rock band Rush , originally released on their 1981 album Moving Pictures as its opener . The song relies heavily on Geddy Lee 's synthesizer playing and Neil Peart 's drumming . Lee has referred to the track as the band 's `` defining piece of music ... from the early '80s '' . It is one of Rush 's best-known songs and a staple of both classic rock radio and Rush 's live performances , having been played on every concert tour since its release . It peaked at # 25 on the UK Singles chart in October 1981 , at on the US Billboard Hot 100 , and at on the Billboard Top Tracks chart . In 2009 it was named the 19th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1 . `` Tom Sawyer '' was one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28 , 2010 .

neg: Lock Up (American band) Lock Up was a rock band that featured Tom Morello on guitar before Rage Against the Machine was formed .   The band was founded by the original guitar player Mike Livingston ( formerly of The Mau-Mau 's ) and Kevin Wood on bass . They had previously played together in the band Ella and the Blacks , which also included Brian Grillo and Brendan Mullen ( founder of The Masque , the first L.A. punk rock club ) . Grillo became Lock Up 's lead singer . Grillo had worked several years before with Martin Atkins in Atkin 's Brian Brain project , and then was known in Los Angeles for fronting Brian Grillo 's Wild Coyote Review .   The original drummer was Michael Lee , ( later drummer with Sylvia Juncosa and with The Homebillies ) , who quit and was replaced briefly by D. H. Peligro , formerly of the Dead Kennedys and later in Red Hot Chili Peppers . After Peligro left , he was replaced by Vince Ostertag .   In early 1987 , Lock Up signed a production deal with Third Story Music , which was the company associated with Herb Cohen , by Evan Cohen , who later ran Manifesto Records . Cohen brought the band to the attention of Anna Statman , who was an A & R person at Slash Records . In 1988 , Statman moved to a new job at Geffen Records , and Lock Up was her first signing at Geffen , in mid-1988 .   Livingston had left Lock Up in late 1987 . In early 1988 , Livingston was replaced by Morello . Chris Beebe on bass completed the lineup that released Lock Up 's sole album on Geffen Records , Something Bitchin ' This Way Comes , which came out in 1989 . The title of the album was based on Ray Bradbury 's 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way Comes . Vince Ostertag was subsequently replaced by Jon Knox who played drums until the group disbanded .   Following the Lock Up break up , Jon encouraged bassist Tim Commerford and Zack de la Rocha to jam with Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk who unsuccessfully auditioned for Lock Up . This line-up went on to form Rage Against the Machine .   Most of Morello 's guitar with Lock Up is unlike his work with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave . His solos , in contrast to Livingston 's rootsy blues oriented style mainly consist of arpeggios , tapping and overall fast fretwork . Evidence of his experimenting with the toggle switch can be heard in a few tracks ( `` Ca n't Stop the Bleeding '' , `` Nothing New '' , `` Punch Drunk '' ) .   The songs `` Punch Drunk '' and `` Half Man Half Beast '' were featured in the 1991 comedy film Ski School .   In 1997 , Manifesto Records licensed the Lock Up album from Geffen , and released it on compact disc . After the release , Manifesto , Morello , and Morello 's label , Sony , got into a legal dispute over whether Manifesto could place a sticker on the compact disc that read `` Featuring Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine . ''

neg: Inside Out (band) Inside Out was a hardcore punk band from Orange County , California . It was fronted by Zack de la Rocha , later of Rage Against the Machine .

neg: Tommy Victor Tommy Victor ( born September 19 , 1966 ) is the lead singer and guitarist for the heavy metal band Prong that he founded in New York City in 1986 . In the late 1980s Victor worked as a sound engineer at the trendy venue , CBGB in New York City . After the release of Rude Awakening in 1996 , Prong disbanded and Victor moved to Los Angeles but continued to release new Prong records . He took a break from Prong during which Victor worked alongside rock musicians including Rob Zombie , Marilyn Manson , Trent Reznor and Glenn Danzig . Since 2012 's `` Carved Into Stone '' , Prong have been very active again , releasing albums and touring relentlessly . 2013 saw the band release their `` Official Bootleg -- Unleashed In The West '' - album which featured re-recordings of 17 classic Prong tracks . The next studio album `` Ruining Lives '' was released in 2014 and 2015 sees the band release their first ever covers album entitled `` Songs From The Black Hole '' . Victor is also currently working with Glenn Danzig on his upcoming Danzig album . He is also part of the hard rock , heavy metal , hardcore punk and punk rock supergroup Teenage Time Killers .   Victor has toured and recorded with Ministry , and Danzig . He has also provided guest vocals for the Soulfly album Omen . He contributed to the Argyle Park album Misguided , and wrote the main riff for the song `` Doomsayer , '' which he later used on the Prong song `` Controller . '' He has a daughter named Victoria .


query: Sweden is a political entity.

pos: Sweden Sweden ( Konungariket Sverige ) , is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund . At 450295 km2 , Sweden is the third-largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10.0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of 22 PD/km2 , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas .   Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times , emerging into history as the Geats/G ötar and Swedes/Svear and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen . Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural , while the north is heavily forested . Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia . The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence , that in spite of this still retains warm continental summers . Today , Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy , with a monarch as head of state . The capital city is Stockholm , which is also the most populous city in the country . Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag . Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister . Sweden is a unitary state , currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities .   Sweden emerged as an independent and unified country during the Middle Ages . In the 17th century , it expanded its territories to form the Swedish Empire , which became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century . Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries , ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809 . The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814 , when Norway was militarily forced into personal union . Since then , Sweden has been at peace , maintaining an official policy of neutrality in foreign affairs . The union with Norway was peacefully dissolved in 1905 , leading to Sweden 's current borders . Though Sweden was formally neutral through both world wars , Sweden engaged in humanitarian efforts , such as taking in refugees from German-occupied Europe .   After the end of the Cold War , Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995 , but declined NATO membership , as well as Eurozone membership following a referendum . It is also a member of the United Nations , the Nordic Council , Council of Europe , the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) . Sweden maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens . It has the world 's eighth-highest per capita income and ranks highly in numerous metrics of national performance , including quality of life , health , education , protection of civil liberties , economic competitiveness , equality , prosperity and human development .

pos: Country A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless of the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction .   Sometimes the word countries is used to refer both to sovereign states and to other political entities , while other times it refers only to states . For example , the CIA World Factbook uses the word in its `` Country name '' field to refer to `` a wide variety of dependencies , areas of special sovereignty , uninhabited islands , and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states '' . -LSB- Note 1 -RSB-

neg: List of political parties by region This page is a directory to various pages that will list political parties , from around the world , according to their respective regions . All of the pages linked from here include a table listing the sub-pages of countries/jurisdiction in the given region , showing which party system is dominant in each country .   A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power , usually by participating in elections . Individual parties are properly listed in separate articles under the page for each nation .   __ TOC __

neg: Nordic Council The Nordic Council is a geo-political inter-parliamentary forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries . It was formed after the Second World War in 1952 to promote co-operation between the five Nordic countries . Its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market and free movement across borders without passports for the countries ' citizens .   The Council consists of 87 representatives from Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway and Sweden as well as the autonomous areas of the Faroe Islands , Greenland and the Åland Islands . The representatives are members of parliament in their respective country/area and are elected by those parliaments . The Council holds ordinary sessions each year in October/November and usually one extra session per year with a specific theme . Since 1991 Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania participate with observer status , as well as the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 2016 .   In 1971 , the Nordic Council of Ministers , an intergovernmental forum , was established to complement the Council .

neg: Stockholm County Council The Stockholm County Council , or Stockholms läns landsting , is a County Council , a regional municipal body corresponding to the territory of Stockholm County in Sweden . Its main responsibilities are for the public healthcare system and public transport .

neg: Liberal democracy Liberal democracy is a liberal political ideology and a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of classical liberalism . It is also called western democracy . It is characterised by fair , free , and competitive elections between multiple distinct political parties , a separation of powers into different branches of government , the rule of law in everyday life as part of an open society , and the equal protection of human rights , civil rights , civil liberties , and political freedoms for all people . To define the system in practice , liberal democracies often draw upon a constitution , either formally written or uncodified , to delineate the powers of government and enshrine the social contract . After a period of sustained expansion throughout the 20th century , liberal democracy became the predominant political system in the world .   A liberal democracy may take various constitutional forms : it may be a constitutional monarchy ( Australia , Belgium , Canada , Japan , Norway , Spain and the United Kingdom ) or a republic ( France , India , Ireland , the United States ) . It may have a parliamentary system ( Australia , India , Ireland , the United Kingdom ) , a presidential system ( Indonesia , the United States ) , or a semi-presidential system ( France ) .   Liberal democracies usually have universal suffrage , granting all adult citizens the right to vote regardless of race , gender or property ownership . Historically , however , some countries regarded as liberal democracies have had a more limited franchise , and some do not have secret ballots . There may also be qualifications such as voters being required to register before being allowed to vote . The decisions made through elections are made not by all of the citizens , but rather by those who choose to participate by voting .   The liberal democratic constitution defines the democratic character of the state . The purpose of a constitution is often seen as a limit on the authority of the government . Liberal democracy emphasises the separation of powers , an independent judiciary , and a system of checks and balances between branches of government . Liberal democracies are likely to emphasise the importance of the state being a Rechtsstaat , i.e. , a state that follows the principle of rule of law . Governmental authority is legitimately exercised only in accordance with written , publicly disclosed laws adopted and enforced in accordance with established procedure . Many democracies use federalism -- also known as vertical separation of powers -- in order to prevent abuse and increase public input by dividing governing powers between municipal , provincial and national governments ( e.g. , Germany where the federal government assumes the main legislative responsibilities and the federated Länder assume many executive tasks ) .

neg: Swedish general election, 1932 General elections were held in Sweden on 17 and 18 September 1932 . The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party , winning 104 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag . The party returned to government after six years in opposition , marking the beginning of 44 years of near-uninterrupted rule ( the only exception was three months in 1936 ) .

neg: Geography of Sweden Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula . It borders Norway to the west ; Finland to the northeast ; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the east and south .   Sweden has a long coastline on the eastern side and the Scandinavian mountain chain ( Skanderna ) on the western border , a range that separates Sweden from Norway . It has maritime borders with Denmark , Germany , Poland , Russia , Lithuania , Latvia and Estonia , and it is also linked to Denmark ( southwest ) by the Öresund Bridge .  At 450295 km2 , Sweden is the 56th largest country in the world . It is the fifth largest in Europe and the largest in Northern Europe .

neg: Parliament House, Stockholm The Parliament House ( Riksdagshuset ) , is the seat of the parliament of Sweden , the Riksdag . It is located on nearly half of Helgeandsholmen ( island ) , in the Gamla stan ( old town ) district of central Stockholm .

neg: Statens offentliga utredningar Statens offentliga utredningar ( SOU ) , `` Swedish Government Official Reports '' , is the official series of reports of committees appointed by the Swedish Government for the analysis of issues in anticipation of a proposed legislation .   Reports of committees within a Swedish government ministry ( `` departement '' ) are published in another series , called `` Departementsserien '' ( Ds ) .

neg: Norway–Sweden relations Norway -- Sweden relations are foreign relations between Norway and Sweden . The countries have a very long history together . They were both part of the Kalmar Union between 1397 and 1523 . The countries established diplomatic relations in 1905 , after the dissolution of the union between them in 1905 .   Sweden has an embassy in Oslo and 14 consulates , in Ålesund , Arendal , Bergen , Bodø , Hamar , Hammerfest , Kirkenes , Mandal , Moss , Narvik , Porsgrunn , Stavanger , Tromsø and Trondheim . Norway has an embassy in Stockholm and three consulates , in Gothenburg , Malmö and Sundsvall .   Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe and the Nordic Council . There are around 44,773 Swedes living in Norway and around 18,000 Norwegians living in Sweden .

neg: County administrative boards of Sweden A county administrative board ( länsstyrelse ) is a Swedish Government Agency in each of the counties of Sweden , led by a Governor ( landshövding ) appointed by the government for a term of six years . The lists of gubernatorial officeholders , in most cases , stretches back to 1634 when the counties were created by Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna .   The main responsibilities of the county administrative board is to coordinate the development of the county in line with goals set in national politics . In each county there is also a County Council which is a policy-making assembly elected by the residents of the county .   The capital of a county is in Swedish called residensstad ( `` residence city '' ) because it is the seat of residence of the governor . Each county also has a letter code , which is used for identification and forms part of the ISO 3166-2 standard .

neg: Swedish general election, 1982 General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1982 . They saw the return of the Swedish Social Democratic Party to power after six years in opposition , the longest period in opposition by the Social Democrats since the 1910s . The center-right coalition of Thorbjörn Fälldin had earlier suffered a loss upon the breakup of the government in 1981 , the year before the election , when the rightist Moderate Party chose to withdraw from the government , protesting against the centrist tax policies of the Fälldin government . After regaining power , socialist leader Olof Palme succeeded in being elected Prime Minister again , having earlier held power between 1969 and 1976 . He would retain this position successfully until his assassination in 1986 .

neg: Monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in which a group , usually a family called the dynasty , embodies the country 's national identity and one of its members , called the monarch , exercises a role of sovereignty . The actual power of the monarch may vary from purely symbolic ( crowned republic ) , to partial and restricted ( constitutional monarchy ) , to completely autocratic ( absolute monarchy ) . Traditionally and in most cases , the monarch 's post is inherited and lasts until death or abdication , but there are also elective monarchies where the monarch is elected . Each of these has variations : in some elected monarchies only those of certain pedigrees are , whereas many hereditary monarchies impose requirements regarding the religion , age , gender , mental capacity , etc. . Occasionally this might create a situation of rival claimants whose legitimacy is subject to effective election . Finally , there have been cases where the term of a monarch 's reign is either fixed in years or continues until certain goals are achieved : an invasion being repulsed , for instance . Thus there are widely divergent structures and traditions defining monarchy .   Monarchy was the most common form of government until the 19th century , but it is no longer prevalent . Where it exists , it is now usually a constitutional monarchy , in which the monarch retains a unique legal and ceremonial role , but exercises limited or no official political power : under the written or unwritten constitution , others have governing authority . Currently , 47 sovereign nations in the world have monarchs acting as heads of state , 19 of which are Commonwealth realms that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state . All European monarchies are constitutional ones , with the exception of the Vatican City which is an elective monarchy , but sovereigns in the smaller states exercise greater political influence than in the larger . The monarchs of Cambodia , Japan , and Malaysia `` reign , but do not rule '' although there is considerable variation in the degree of authority they wield . Although they reign under constitutions , the monarchs of Brunei , Morocco , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Swaziland appear to continue to exercise more political influence than any other single source of authority in their nations , either by constitutional mandate or by tradition .

neg: Danish Realm The term Danish Realm ( Det Danske Rige ) refers to the relationship between Denmark proper , the Faroe Islands and Greenland -- three countries constituting the Kingdom of Denmark .   The legal nature of the Kingdom of Denmark is fundamentally one of a unitary sovereign state . The Faroe Islands and Greenland have been part of the Crown of Denmark since 1397 ( de jure ) when the Kalmar Union was ratified , and part of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1814 ( de facto ) . However , due to their separate historical and cultural identities , these parts of the Realm now have an extensive type of self-government and have assumed legislative and administrative responsibility in a substantial number of fields .   Legal matters in The Danish Realm are subject to the Danish Constitution . Beginning in 1953 , state law issues within The Danish Realm has been governed by The Unity of the Realm ( Rigsenheden ) . A less formal name for The Unity of the Realm is `` the commonwealth of the Realm '' . In 1978 , The Unity of The Realm was for the first time unofficially referred to as rigsfællesskabet . The name caught on and since the 1990s , both The Unity of The Realm and The Danish Realm itself has increasingly been referred to as simply rigsfællesskabet ( ríkisfelagsskapurin naalagaaffeqatigiit ) in daily parlance .   The Danish Constitution stipulates that the foreign and security interests for all parts of the Danish Realm are the responsibility of the Danish government . The Faroes received home rule in 1948 and Greenland did so in 1979 . In 2005 , the Faroes received a self-government arrangement , and in 2009 Greenland received `` self rule '' , thus leaving the Danish government with virtually no influence over Greenlandic internal affairs .

neg: Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan ( -LSB- ² sværjɛˌtɔpːˌlɪstan -RSB- , lit . `` Sweden top list '' ) is the Swedish national record chart , earlier known as Topplistan ( 1975 -- 1997 ) and Hitlistan ( 1998 -- 2007 ) and known by its current name since October 2007 , based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association ( in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening ) . Before Topplistan , music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen , whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list .

neg: Sweden–Turkey relations Swedish -- Turkish relations are foreign relations between Sweden and Turkey .   Sweden has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate -- general in Istanbul . Turkey has an embassy in Stockholm .

neg: List of Swedish consorts This is a list of Swedish queens consort and spouses of Swedish monarchs and regents . The list covers a large time span and the role of a consort has changed much over the centuries . The first Swedish consorts are spoken of in legends . The consorts until c. 1000 are often semi-legendary , as are the monarchs . Between the 14th and 16th century , during periods of de facto Swedish independence from the formal union with Denmark , the Swedish regents did not have the title of king or queen , nor did the spouses of kings have the title of queen consort , although they had the equivalent position . Due to unions with Finland , Denmark and Norway , many of the Swedish consorts were also consorts of monarchs of these countries . Consorts listed during the period of 1380 -- 1520 were in fact also consorts to monarchs of Denmark . The consorts listed during the period of 1814-1905 were also consorts to monarchs of Norway . Finland was from the Middle Ages a part of Sweden , and although there was no official title , such as `` Queen Consort of Finland '' , from the 16th century until the year of 1809 , the queen consort of Sweden also held the title `` Grand Princess of Finland . ''   Sweden has had three female monarchs , and one of the consorts listed below is a male .

neg: List of wars involving Sweden This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Sweden . There are legendary accounts of Swedish kings well into prehistory and they are mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania , but St. Olof Skötkonung ( 995 -- 1022 ) was the first ruler documented to have been accepted by both the Swedes around Lake Mälaren and by the Geats around Lake Vättern . The modern state of Sweden considers itself to have been established on 6 June 1523 by the acclamation of Gustav Vasa as king which finally ended the Kalmar Union with Denmark , although the current Swedish constitution dates to 1974 .   Military engagements since 1814 have not been formally declared wars .

neg: Croats of Sweden The Croats of Sweden ( Sverigekroater ) today number approximately 28,000 . They mostly follow Catholicism , but a small minority that have been living in Sweden for generations have converted to Evangelicalism . They mostly live in Stockholm , the capital city , and in Malmö , in Rosengård district . The most successful football club of Croats of Sweden is NK Croatia Malmö , that played in 1988 the Swedish 2nd League , declared in 1989 with title `` Best Immigrant Club of Europe '' , winner of Malmö Mästerskap four times ( 1988 , 1989 , 1991 and 2016 ) . Zlatan Ibrahimović , a half-Croat , can be considered a Croat of Sweden , because his mother is a Croat .

neg: Hansson III Cabinet The third cabinet of Per Albin Hansson was the cabinet of Sweden between 13 December 1939 and 31 July 1945 . It consisted of members from the Social Democratic Party , the Farmers ' League , the People 's Party and the National Organization of the Right .   It was a national unity government formed for reasons of national stability during World War II , and its constituent parties represented 219 out of the 230 seats in the Parliament of Sweden since the 1936 general election . Two parties of the 1936 -- 1940 parliament were kept out of the government , the pro-Soviet Communist Party and the Socialist Party , which veered between Communist and Nazi positions , and lost its parliamentary representation in 1940 . After the 1940 general election , the government represented 227 out of the 230 seats in parliament , and after 1944 general election , 215 out of 230 .   After the end of World War II , the coalition government was dissolved on 31 July 1945 , and was replaced by a government consisting only of social democrat ministers , as this party held 115 out of 230 seats in parliament .

neg: Treaty of Stolbovo The Treaty of Stolbovo is a peace treaty of 1617 that ended the Ingrian War , fought between Sweden and Russia .   After nearly two months of negotiations , representatives from Sweden and Russia met at the ( now derelict ) village of Stolbova , south of Lake Ladoga , on .   From the outset , Sweden had gone into the negotiations with very high ambitions , with the hopes of fulfilling the old dream of making all Russian trade pass through Swedish territory . As a consequence of this ambition , the Swedes originally demanded far-reaching territorial gains into western Russia , including the important northern port of Arkhangelsk . At this point , however , James I of England sent a delegation to mediate , and so did the Dutch , mostly to make sure Arkhangelsk did not fall into Swedish hands , which would have made the extensive trade between Western Europe and Russia far more difficult . Arkhangelsk did not change hands in the resulting treaty , partly because of the Dutch and English efforts , but mostly because Russia finally managed to unite under one tsar , Michael Romanov . As word reached Russia that the Swedish war against Poland might soon be over , the Russians were quick to get negotiations going for real -- knowing that they could not afford Sweden 's renewal of the war effort on just one front .   In the resulting peace treaty , the tsar and the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus agreed to the following terms :   Sweden gained the province and fortress of Kexholm ( Käkisalmi ) ( now Priozersk ) , south-west Karelia and the province of Ingria -- including the fortress of Nöteborg , known as `` the key to Finland '' ( now Shlisselburg , Russia )  Members of the upper classes in these conquered areas were allowed to migrate within 14 days , if they wished to , a right not granted to regular priests and farmers  Russia renounced all claims to Estonia and Livonia  Russia would pay Sweden war indemnities of 20,000 rubles  Novgorod and other Swedish territorial gains during the war would be returned to Russia  Sweden had the right to keep all spoils of war collected before 20 November 1616  The Russian city of Gdov was to remain in Swedish hands until the peace had been confirmed and the borders fully established  Sweden recognized Michael Romanov as the rightful tsar of Russia , putting an end to further Swedish claims in Russia  Russia was allowed free trade at normal trade tariffs , making sure Sweden could not cripple Russia completely  Russia was allowed to establish merchant houses in Stockholm , Reval ( Tallinn ) and Viborg in exchange for Sweden being allowed to establish merchant houses in Novgorod , Pskov , and Moscow .   Gustavus Adolphus is known to have said about this treaty , which granted Sweden natural borders to Russia , partly in the form of Lake Ladoga and Lake Peipus : `` jag hoppas att det skall bliva svårt för ryssen att hoppa över den bäcken '' -- `` I hope it will be hard for the Russians to jump across that creek '' .   England is officially credited with brokering this peace , through their mediator John Mericke , though the Dutch efforts were also of great importance . After the war , the leader of the Dutch delegation , Reinoud van Brederode , was granted the title Baron and given the barony of Wesenberg ( Rakvere ) in Estonia by Gustavus Adolphus .