Weta (band)

Weta are a four piece rock band from Wellington, New Zealand.

The band was formed in 1995, and quickly developed an enviable live reputation, securing support slots for the likes of Everclear, The Foo Fighters and Soundgarden (after a Wellington Town Hall show, Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd presented Clinton Tokona with his Music Man bass guitar after falling out with it on stage).

In 1997 Aaron Tokona temporarily filled in on guitar for Adelaide, Australia band The Superjesus, after guitarist Chris Tennent left the band. When offered the position full-time, Tokona declined in order to concentrate on Weta. Impressed with his abilities as a guitarist, former Superjesus manager Dan Hennessy took a keen interest in the band and when he took over as A&R chief at Warner Bros. Records Australia, Weta were added to their roster and the band moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1998.

The band's first release came in 1999 with the Natural Compression EP, which had been recorded at Marmalade Studios in Wellington, with friend and Shihad drummer Tom Larkin producing.

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Weta (disambiguation)

Weta, Wetas or WETA may refer to:

Things

Weta, an orthopterous insect in one of several genera endemic to New Zealand

Weta Trimaran, a 4.4 meter fibreglass/foam composite trimaran with a boomless main, jib and roller furling gennaker.

Weta Workshop, a special effects and prop company based in Miramar, New Zealand

Weta Digital, a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand

Weta (band) (1995-2001), a New Zealand rock band

WETA-TV, a television station (channel 26 analog/27 digital) licensed to Washington, D.C., United States

WETA (FM), a radio station (90.9 FM) licensed to Washington, D.C., United States

San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority

Places

Weta, Burma, a village in Thanbyuzayat Township, Burma (Myanmar)

Weta, Ghana, a village in Volta Region, Ghana, also known as Wheta

Weta, Malawi, a village in Mangochi, Malawi

Weta, South Dakota, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, South Dakota, United States

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WETA (FM)

WETA (90.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to serve Washington, DC broadcasting a classical music format. Its studios are located in Arlington, Virginia and its broadcast tower is located near Arlington at (38°53′30.0″N 77°07′54.0″W / 38.891667°N 77.131667°W / 38.891667; -77.131667). The station covers the Washington metro area with the highest effective radiated power of any FM station in the area with 75,000 watts, which exceeds the current limit set by the Federal Communications Commission for Class B FM radio stations. It has an HD Radio simulcast at 90.9 FM HD and operates simulcasting stations WGMS/89.1 in Hagerstown, Maryland and at W205BL/88.9 in Frederick, Maryland.

Past formats and format changes

From 1970 through early 2005, WETA featured a mixed radio format of classical music, folk music, jazz, and news. It switched to a predominantly news and talk radio format from February 28, 2005 until January 22, 2007, when it switched to its current all-classical radio format. The switch was part of an unusual deal between the public radio station and commercial station WGMS (FM), which abandoned the classical music format it had aired for decades after an attempt to sell WGMS to Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder failed. The FCC subsequently granted WETA permission to use the WGMS call letters for its Hagerstown, Maryland, repeater station, formerly known as WETH.

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+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.