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Paul Van Doren, who played a huge part in making the iconic shoe brand what it is. Photo: Vans
Any skater, surfer, or snowboarder worth his or her salt has likely pulled on a pair of Vans shoes. The brand is iconic, to say the least, and yesterday it announced it had lost one of its founding fathers. Paul Van Doren, who helped create a shoe company synonymous with action sports, has passed away at 90.
Van Doren, who originally hailed from Boston, established the Van Doren Rubber Company in early 1966 in Anaheim, Calif. with his brother Steve and several other partners. At the time, the shoes retailed for about $2.50 and were made to order on the spot. They were extremely tough, thanks to the rubber developed by Van Doren.
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It’s a sentiment Mod Sun who entered the industry as a rapper, releasing his first EP in 2010 and debut full-length in 2015 has only recently realized the full power of. He counts chart-topping artists like Machine Gun Kelly and blackbear as lifelong best friends, and recently collaborated on hits with both. Meanwhile, he formed a friendship with the pop-punk princess herself, Avril Lavigne, who later became the only featured artist on Mod Sun’s February release,
Internet Killed the Rockstar, his fourth album and first on Big Noise.
“I just signed a record deal, but prior to that I was competing with every major label artist as an independent and, that being said, I also didn t have a team around me telling me good or bad,” says Mod Sun. “I ve been able to sustain all the time because I have all of these people who are great artists that support me and without them, I don t know if the world would have ever taken me seriously. It’s crazy because I grew up in what I
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Chicago singer-songwriter and filmmaker Eric Reyes knows he isnât famous yet. âI thought Iâd come so far/The world can make you feel small,â he sings on âto some iâm genius,â the opening track of
suburban indie rock star, his debut EP as Snow Ellet. âYeah, I guess Iâm kinda cool/To some, Iâm genius like I always knew,â he concludes, reminding himself that even the most self-assured among us sometimes require outside validation. After years of performing with fine-print Warped Tour bands and uploading one-off tracks to his SoundCloud, Reyes quietly released
Who is Hayley Williams and how tall is she?
Adriana Diaz, SEO reporter
Updated: May 7 2021, 10:10 ET
HAYLEY Williams is the queen of emo rocking her signature bright orange hair, skinny jeans, and t-shirts throughout the 2000s.
The female rocker has been described as probably the most stalked and obsessed about girl in rock.
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Hayley Williams was a regular performer at Warped Tour, the largest traveling and longest-running music festival in the US.Credit: Jason Sheldon
Who is Hayley Williams and how tall is she?
She was signed to a music deal when she was 14 years old and released her first album with Paramore when she was 16 years old.
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