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Rubber Factory is the third studio album by American rock duo the Black Keys. It was self-produced by the band and was released on September 7, 2004, on Fat Possum Records . The album was recorded in an abandoned tire -manufacturing factory in the group's hometown of Akron, Ohio .
The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney ().The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their records, before they eventually emerged as one of the most popular garage rock artists during a second wave of the genre's revival in the 2000s.
The Akron rubber strike of 1936 was a strike by workers against rubber factory owners in Akron, Ohio.. During the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, rubber factory workers, including those who worked for the three major rubber factories in Akron, OH, faced poor working conditions, low wages, and close to no benefits.
Space was added to the school in 1953 and 1967 as population peaked in Akron. Another 7,000 square feet was added in 1981 for more teaching space, a computer room and a new entrance.
The Akron Sound refers to the independent music, largely new wave and punk rock, coming out of Akron, Ohio, in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s, following the international success of local band Devo , talent scouts combed the city.
The Diamond Rubber Company was incorporated in March 1894 in Akron, Ohio by the owner of the Diamond Match Company, O.C. Barber. Barber had moved the match company plant to his adjacent self-named planned town of Barberton, Ohio in order to boost the town's economy which had taken a hit during the Panic of 1893. He decided to use the abandoned ...
Whiskey Myers is bringing its genre-bending sound to the Akron Civic Theatre tonight. Tickets are still available for the show.. Whiskey Myers has played more than 2,500 live shows since 2007. In ...
Their breakout show was opening for the Dead Boys at legendary New York City rock club CBGB in 1977. This led to a split album with the Bizarros, titled From Akron, which was released that year and received praise from Robert Christgau. [2] Firestone and Clic would go on to open The Crypt in Akron, at the time, the only punk rock club in the ...