Culture of the United Kingdom music of Christmas has always been a combination of sacred and secular, and every year in the UK there is highly publicised competition to be the Christmas number one single, which has led to the production of music which provides the mainstay of festive playlists. Responding to a BBC report on the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof created the charity supergroup Band Aid who recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It has been Christmas number one three times. Written by Sarah Flower Adams in 1841, the Christian hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee" is associated with the sinking of
Single Bullet Theory (metal band) Single Bullet Theory (metal band) Single Bullet Theory (SBT) is an American heavy metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are not to be confused with the new wave band called Single Bullet Theory who disbanded in 1984. Single Bullet Theory was founded in 2000 by guitarist Matt DiFabio after the disbanding of Cipher (active again as of Dec. 2015 and renamed "Vedic" as of Aug. 2017). The band's current lineup consists of vocalist/guitarist Matt DiFabio (ex-Pissing Razors), bassist Bill Mez (ex-Seven Witches), guitarist Rich Gulczynski (Solace of Requiem), and drummer Rob Gladden (Burial Mound). The band has released two EP's,