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Mr. Big is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1988. The band was originally composed of Eric Martin (lead vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar), Billy Sheehan (bass), and Pat Torpey (drums). Though primarily a hard rock band, they are also known for softer songs. Their songs are often marked by strong vocals and vocal harmonies. Their hits include "To Be with You" (a number-one single in 15 countries in 1992) and "Just Take My Heart". The band takes its name from a song by Free which it covered on the 1993 album Bump Ahead. Mr. Big remained active and popular for over a decade despite internal conflicts and changing musical trends, releasing four studio albums: Mr. Big (1989), Lean into It (1991), Bump Ahead (1993) and Hey Man (1996). Guitarist Paul Gilbert departed the band in 1999, and Richie Kotzen was brought as a guitarist and vocalist. The band released two more albums with this line-up: Get Over It (1999) and Actual Size (2001). Mr. Big disbanded in 2002. Following requests from fans, Mr. Big reunited with its original line-up in 2009. The band's first post-reunion tour was in Japan. In 2010, Mr. Big released its first album in 15 years with the same line-up: What If.... During the recording of the follow-up album ...The Stories We Could Tell (2014), Pat Torpey was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and participated only marginally as a touring support. The band's ninth album, Defying Gravity (2017), was its last record involving Torpey as drum producer; he died the following year. Not wanting to continue without Torpey, the band went on hiatus, then announced in November 2022 that they were planning to tour in 2023 with the former drummer and lead vocalist of Spock's Beard, Nick D'Virgilio replacing Torpey as a new drummer. Mr. Big is frequently cited as an example of the "Big in Japan" phenomenon, where a musical act is disproportionately more popular in Japan compared to similar groups. Mr. Big are sometimes labeled as a one-hit wonder for "To Be with You", but they have maintained consistent popularity in the Japanese market throughout their career.
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The Royal Order of Protestant Knights, known as The Cross Organization, exist to protect Great Britain from the supernatural who prey upon humans. At the heart of Cross's arsenal is "V", an ancient and powerful vampire bound in servitude to Cross's leader, Lady Eleanor Cross, whose devotion to the Anglican Church and the Queen prompts her to justify using the undead as tools to combat the undead. The same cannot be said of their rival, the fanatical Section XIII Iscariot of the Catholic Church: the Iscariot consider Cross little better than the monsters they hunt, despise the Anglicans of England, and have their own trump card: the paladin Father Gabriel Anderson, who is just as bloodthirsty and nigh-invincible as V. Into this blood feud stumbles Victoria Crane, the lone survivor of a police squad slaughtered by vampires. V offers her choice: death or becoming a vampire. Victoria, chooses the latter and lets V turn her; as a consequence, she goes to work for Cross alongside V. But there's something new out there: a latest designer drugs that give humans vampiric abilities are being sold on the streets of London. With a new wave of evil creatures rising, Cross must rely on its two most unlikely recruits: ancient master vampire V and the newly turned Victoria, but can even they stand in the face of such overwhelming odds?
