What is "rock city"

Rock City is an independent music venue and nightclub located in Nottingham, England.

It opened in December 1980, first hosting The Undertones, and has gone on to host some of the biggest names in alternative music, as well as maintaining a number of weekly club nights. It has been described by NME as "sweaty, but truly indie", and has received numerous awards, including Kerrang! magazine's Venue of the Year for ten consecutive years.

Rock City is on Lookout Mountain in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, located near Ruby Falls. It is well known for the many barn advertisements throughout the Southeast and Midwest United States that have the slogan "See Rock City" painted on roofs and sides. Clark Byers painted over 900 barn roofs in nineteen states for Rock City from 1935 to 1969.

Rock City claims that it is possible to see seven states from Lover's Leap, a point in Rock City, but this has not been proven.
* There are major errors in the distance claims made at the site of the telescopes

• No scholarly survey supports the claim.

The states that allegedly can be seen are Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. But the claim assumes that Pinnacle Mountain, the nearest point in Virginia, can be seen. Rock City and Pinnacle Mountain have altitudes of and respectively and are separated by , not as claimed. The intervening line of sight would have to pass over several Tennessee ridges rising to . The curvature of the earth restricts visibility, even on the clearest days with the most powerful telescopes. To get a horizon distance (in km), multiply the square root of the height difference in metres by 3.85. From Rock City in the direction of Virginia, that is sqr(700-350)*3.85 = . From Virginia in the direction of Rock City, that's sqr(758-350)*3.85 = . When these distances are added to calculate intervisibility, the distance falls far short. The distances to Kentucky and the Carolinas claimed at the site are also in error, although a few summits in North Carolina are within the viewshed.

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Rock City was a pop music group in the late 1960s formed by Chris Bell, Terry Manning, Jody Stephens, and Thomas Eubanks. They recorded one album, which was shelved at the time, and not released until 2003. The group was a progenitor to Big Star, and also performed at times under the names "Christmas Future" and "Icewater."

Category:American pop music groups Category:Big Star Category:Musical quartets

Rock City is the name of the first studio album by New York City based heavy metal band Riot released in November 1977.

It was first released independently by Fire Sign Records, run by the band's producers, Billy Arnell and Steve Loeb, who also owned the Greene Street Recording Studio, before the album was picked up for wider distribution by Canada's Attic Records and by VIctor Entertainment in Japan. Vinyl copies of Rock City can be differentiated by the color that frames the front cover artwork. The original Fire Sign pressing is framed in white; later editions are framed in black or lack this feature altogether.

American label Metal Blade Records re-issued the album on CD in early 1993.

Rock City is the only Riot album to feature writing contributions by original bassist Phil Feit who went on to join acts such as Billy Idol, playing on his hits Hot in the City and White Wedding, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, and Adam Bomb, where he briefly crossed paths with another Riot member, drummer Sandy Slavin.

"Rock City" is a song by American rapper Royce da 5'9", released as the third single from his debut studio album, Rock City (Version 2.0), which was released in 2002 through E1 Music (formerly "Koch Records") and Game Recordings, after another record label had turned down his first version of the album. The song also features vocals from rapper Eminem, becoming Eminem's debut appearance on one of Royce's solo records. The single was released on January 5, 2002, the same date as its same titled album was released. "Rock City" charted at #99 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in 2002. Not counting Bad Meets Evil or Slaughterhouse songs, "Rock City" is Royce da 5'9"'s most successful single chart-wise.

Rock City, is an American musical duo formed in 2003, from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The duo, composed of brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas, who use the stage names, A.I. and Uptown AP respectively, and they also are a songwriting and record production team. The duo have also released music under the namesakes R. City and Planet VI. Their debut album, What Dreams Are Made Of, was released in 2015. They are known for their smash worldwide hit "Locked Away" featuring Adam Levine.

In 2007, the duo signed with Geffen Records and American singer Akon's KonLive Distribution. During their time there they released a series of mixtapes with the primary title, PTFAO (Put the F*ckin' Album Out)—a reference to the fact that their then-debut album Wake the Neighbors, had not been given a release date. In 2011, the duo were released from their contract with KonLive and subsequently founded Rebelution Records. In 2014, they signed a record deal with RCA Records and Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records.

The Thomas brothers have written and produced for several prominent artists, including Jamaican singer Sean Kingston (" Take You There"), American singer Miley Cyrus (" We Can't Stop"), Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj (" Only") and Barbadian popstar Rihanna (" Pour It Up"). The duo has also contributed to numerous Grammy-nominated albums including Rihanna's Unapologetic (which won Best Urban Contemporary Album), Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album (which won Best R&B Album), and Ariana Grande's My Everything (which was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album).