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a. 1 (context idiomatic English) Under great pressure to perform. 2 (context poker English) Of, pertaining to, or in the situation of first player to act on the first round of betting. 3 (context obsolete military English) Too close to be subject to artillery fire. adv. (context poker English) When in the situation of being the player who acts first in the first round of preflop betting.
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Under the Gun was a punk rock group founded in New York City in 1997 by Mickey Lee Ambush (vocals, rhythm guitar) Todd Anthony (vocals, lead guitar) Chrisipline (drums) and Keith Allen (bass, vocals). Todd Anthony left shortly after the band's first few shows and was later replaced by Joe Naylor. Naylor took over bass playing duties after Keith Allen left the band in 1999.
Under The Gun, who named themselves after a song by the Circle Jerks, recorded two albums. The first, Nowhere to Run, was produced by Dave Smalley of Dag Nasty and Roger Miret of Agnostic Front, and was released on Mendit Records in 1999. Their second album, One Nation, was produced by Miret and was released in 2000 on Fastmusic Records.
Chrisipline left the band in April 2000 and was replaced by Joe Ferraro. The band only lasted for a few more shows after the new drummer joined and disbanded by the end of the year. In 2002, Under The Gun reunited, this time with Joe back on bass, a new lead guitar player, SEJ, and Chris and Mickey resuming their previous duties. Chris left again shortly thereafter, and Joe moved to the drums. Chuck Francis took over on bass, and after a few shows, Under The Gun gave way to No Class Heroes in 2003.
Category:American punk rock groups
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Under the Gun is the fourteenth album by the American country rock band Poco. Released in July 1980, Under the Gun was the followup to Poco's breakout album Legend. Legend had been released in November 1978 on ABC Records just prior to that label's being bought out by MCA: in a June 7, 2013 interview with Rockin' Rich Lynch of SoundPress.net Radio Network, veteran Poco member Paul Cotton would state that MCA required that Poco audition prior to being allowed to record for MCA. Cotton - "we had to go over to a rehearsal hall and play in front of all the executives" who after hearing Poco perform "Under the Gun", a Paul Cotton composition referencing the pressure attendant on the audition, approved Poco's recording for MCA.
Released at the same time as the album, the "Under the Gun" single failed to reach the Top 40 stalling at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100: another Paul Cotton composition "Midnight Rain" also failed to chart high in its single release with a No. 74 peak. Without the impetus of a major hit single the Under the Gun album failed to match the success of Legend, the former's album chart peak being No. 46.
Under The Gun is a song by The Sisters of Mercy from their album A Slight Case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits Vol.1.
The single reached no. 19 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was co-written by Andrew Eldritch, Billie Hughes, and Roxanne Seeman, co-produced by Andrew Eldritch and Billie Hughes and mostly is a cover of "Two Worlds Apart", an Hughes/Seeman song released (only in Japan) on the album Welcome to the Edge.
"Under The Gun" featured Terri Nunn on vocals. Additional production was credited to Ian Stanley.
Under the Gun is the third album by Boston rock band Tijuana Sweetheart, released on February 18, 2012.
The tracks from this album have already been called "a fresh sonic blend of the Ramones, Rancid and the Go-Go's." Another reviewer in the Boston Phoenix said of their cover of the Misfits Astro Zombies, "compensates for at least a-dozen-or-so of the hundreds of [poor] Misfits interpretations I’ve endured over the years." Further adding "they’ve outgrown any punky sameness, and Under the Gun smacks with stylistic growth. There’s poppy sweetness overlaying “Sunday,” and big honkin’ metal breakdowns on tracks such as “E.A.T.”" Under the Gun is a "pure punk album" with "a very defined and uncompromising sound", with some tracks even being compared to Motörhead.
Under the Gun is a 1995 Australian action film starring Richard Norton. It was also known as Iron Fist.
Under the Gun was Fighting Instinct's second and final work, released on October 28, 2008. Although it was originally an EP consisting of five songs, they released an album issue of the same EP on the very same day, with 4 bonus tracks added to it.