HEVYDEVY FORUMS

I found a book on Amazon titled "Devin Townsend Albums: Ki, Accelerated Evolution, Synchestra, Addicted, Physicist, Ziltoid the Omniscient, Infinity, Terria"

It doesn't look like it's an offical publication, but does anybody know what it is? It looks like it might be a biography or just a load of Wikipedia articles pasted into a book. The fact that is has a chapter on Z2 seems suspicious. I haven't been able to find much about it. The most I've found is on this site:

http://shop.socialworker.com/BooksGener ... erria.html

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ki, Accelerated Evolution, Synchestra, Addicted, Physicist, Ziltoid the Omniscient, Infinity, Terria, Ocean Machine: Biomech, Deconstruction, the Hummer, Ghost, Z², Cooked on Phonics, Devlab. Excerpt: Accelerated Evolution item Devin Townsend chronology item Terria (2001): Accelerated Evolution (2003): Devlab (2004) Accelerated Evolution is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend . The album, written and produced by Townsend, was a mix of musical styles from alternative and hard rock to progressive metal . Townsend, the lead vocalist and guitarist, assembled a group of Vancouver musicians to perform with him on the album: guitarist Brian Waddell, drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen , bassist Mike Young, and keyboardist Dave Young . This lineup, the Devin Townsend Band, was Townsend's first dedicated lineup for his solo material, and was created as a counterpart to Townsend's extreme metal project Strapping Young Lad . Accelerated Evolution was written and recorded at the same time as Strapping Young Lad's self-titled album , with Townsend dividing his energy between the two. Accelerated Evolution was recorded in Vancouver , British Columbia from September to November 2002, and was released on Townsend's independent label, HevyDevy Records, in March 2003. The album was well received by critics for its blend of genres and influences, its musical accessibility, and its large-scale rock production style. Background During the creation of his early solo albums Infinity (1998) and Physicist (2000), Devin Townsend went through personal struggles that affected his writing ability. These struggles were resolved on Terria (2001), which Townsend described as "a really healing record". After Terria , Townsend felt a newfound enthusiasm for his music, saying, "Bring it on. I'm g...

Fnargl wrote:I found a book on Amazon titled "Devin Townsend Albums: Ki, Accelerated Evolution, Synchestra, Addicted, Physicist, Ziltoid the Omniscient, Infinity, Terria"

It doesn't look like it's an offical publication, but does anybody know what it is? It looks like it might be a biography or just a load of Wikipedia articles pasted into a book. The fact that is has a chapter on Z2 seems suspicious. I haven't been able to find much about it. The most I've found is on this site:

http://shop.socialworker.com/BooksGener ... erria.html

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ki, Accelerated Evolution, Synchestra, Addicted, Physicist, Ziltoid the Omniscient, Infinity, Terria, Ocean Machine: Biomech, Deconstruction, the Hummer, Ghost, Z², Cooked on Phonics, Devlab. Excerpt: Accelerated Evolution item Devin Townsend chronology item Terria (2001): Accelerated Evolution (2003): Devlab (2004) Accelerated Evolution is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend . The album, written and produced by Townsend, was a mix of musical styles from alternative and hard rock to progressive metal . Townsend, the lead vocalist and guitarist, assembled a group of Vancouver musicians to perform with him on the album: guitarist Brian Waddell, drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen , bassist Mike Young, and keyboardist Dave Young . This lineup, the Devin Townsend Band, was Townsend's first dedicated lineup for his solo material, and was created as a counterpart to Townsend's extreme metal project Strapping Young Lad . Accelerated Evolution was written and recorded at the same time as Strapping Young Lad's self-titled album , with Townsend dividing his energy between the two. Accelerated Evolution was recorded in Vancouver , British Columbia from September to November 2002, and was released on Townsend's independent label, HevyDevy Records, in March 2003. The album was well received by critics for its blend of genres and influences, its musical accessibility, and its large-scale rock production style. Background During the creation of his early solo albums Infinity (1998) and Physicist (2000), Devin Townsend went through personal struggles that affected his writing ability. These struggles were resolved on Terria (2001), which Townsend described as "a really healing record". After Terria , Townsend felt a newfound enthusiasm for his music, saying, "Bring it on. I'm g...

As far as I'm aware Dev's never been involved in anything like this, so wouldn't trust it enough to actually buy it without confirmation from HDR or Dev himself that it is an official publication, rather than as you said 'loads of Wikipedia entries collated together. Sounds a bit odd to me.

Sounds like someone's dissertation. 72 Pages. Seems about the right length.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breed-77-Albums ... =8-3-fkmr0

I found this the other day, I think this calls for asking Amazon!

Seeing they sell books of "Farts in a can" I might skip this one.

there was that exact same image for a wildhearts "book" with just a list of the albums too. there was a post about it on their message board. don't know anything about it but i wouldn't trust it.

It's just all the Wikipedia articles for his albums pasted into a book. Look at the product description, it's identical to this.

Since Wikipedia articles aren't copyright-protected anyone can sell a book of them. But who the hell would want it?

gendralman wrote:Since Wikipedia articles aren't copyright-protected anyone can sell a book of them. But who the hell would want it?

I'm not an expert on this but I think Wikipedia content is only free for non-commercial use. Sticking it all in a book and selling it, is obviously not non-commercial.

Biert wrote:I'm not an expert on this but I think Wikipedia content is only free for non-commercial use. Sticking it all in a book and selling it, is obviously not non-commercial.

It's the "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License" which allows commercial re-use (as long as any modified content is released under the same license).