Point Blank (band)

Point Blank is an American rock and roll band hailing from Texas. The band formed in 1974 and recorded six albums between 1976 and 1982. Garnering occasional airplay on AOR radio stations, the band is best known for their 1981 hit single, "Nicole".

History

The band was discovered and managed by Bill Ham's Lone Wolf Productions (ZZ Top, Jay Boy Adams, and Eric Johnson). The original six albums were recorded in Memphis with Engineer/Producer Terry Manning. Point Blank's sound is rooted in southern rock and boogie, but drifted towards hard rock and mainstream AOR by the early 1980s. In 1981 they released their fifth album, American Exce$$ which included the hit single "Nicole". With strong air-play on AOR radio stations the track reached #20 on Billboard Magazine's Rock Tracks chart. Subsequently, "Nicole" was also released as a 45 RPM single and peaked inside the Top 40, at #39 on Billboard's Hot 100. In their heyday they were known for their relentless touring, sometimes playing more than 200 shows per year.

Point Blank (1994 video game)

Point Blank, known as Gun Bullet (ガンバレット Gan Baretto), or Gunvari (ガンバリ Ganbari) in Japan, is a series of First-person shooter games developed by Namco for the arcade, PlayStation and Nintendo DS; the trilogy was first released in arcade in 1994 and was later ported onto the PlayStation. Point Blank DS was released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS featuring 40 challenges from the original series - and the original Point Blank was the sixth lightgun game released by Namco, after both Golly! Ghost!s and Steel Gunners (1990–91) and Lucky & Wild (1992), the last one requiring the first player to drive as well as operate the lightgun.

Gameplay

Point Blank (2010 film)

Point Blank (French: À bout portant) is a 2010 French action-thriller film directed by Fred Cavayé and starring Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, and Elena Anaya. Its style differs from the typical American thriller, in that the hunted (and innocent) main character isn't a heroic figure of any kind, but just an ordinary man who becomes totally exhausted by running.

Plot

Samuel Pierret, a nurse's aide accompanies his pregnant wife Nadia (Elena Anaya) to her sonogram appointment where she is told that she must stay on her back for six weeks to avoid life threatening complications. Meanwhile, Hugo Sartet, a safecracker and hired thief, is running from two hitmen. During the chase, he is hit by a motorcycle and rushed to the hospital where Samuel works. Shortly after, Samuel sees a man leave Hugo's bedside and arrives just in time to reinsert Hugo's respirator which had been unplugged. This prompts the police to set up a protection detail under the command of Captain Catherine Fabre. While discussing the assassination attempt, another captain, Patrick Werner, arranges to have jurisdiction of the case transferred to him, saying that he has been after Sartet for years.

Point Blank (Dub Pistols album)

Point Blank is the first album by Dub Pistols.

Track listing

  • "Unique Freak" (4:45)
  • "Best Got Better" (3:29)
  • "Cyclone" (3:34)
  • "Ghetto" (5:45)
  • "Towerblock Trash" (5:04)
  • "Westway" (7:14)
  • "Keep Movin'" (3:45)
  • "Point Blank" (5:36)
  • "Blaze the Room" (Horn Mix) (5:59)
  • "Anarchy" (6:39)
  • "There's Gonna Be a Riot" (6:34)
  • "Kill the DJ" (6:31)
  • "Cyclone" (Stretch & Vern's Punks Jump Up Mix) (6:41)
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