Back In Black: Australian Rock Band AC/DC

Freeman and Harold Walker's "Black King Cobras". These are the Fathers of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation

AC/DC’s “Back in Black”, http://youtu.be/HQywr-PBR_o, was release just five months after their lead singer Bon Scott died (“Songfacts”). “Back in Black” was to be a tribute to Bon (“Songfacts”). The lyrics suggest that he’ll never die, because he’ll live on forever through their music (“Songfacts”). Brain Johnson later joined the band after being discovered in a

With the fast rising technology and the closer world community, the music industry has changed dramatically in this modern world. In this case, I will choose an American rock band Paramore as a case study. I will first start with an overview and a brief history of the band, afterwards I will focus on the main four music business areas, which are Artist Management, Record Companies, Music Publishing and Live Performance, examining how they operate in the industry and their relationship between each area and with the band. Finally, I will finish up with a conclusion and my own views.

Hello folks, if you can still hear me, I was a bit lazy finishing this blog up, so in the bottom part will be links to part 1 and part 2. However, life commitments and and “diabetes” (I reversed it in 3 months) can interrupt anyone’s life. Without further ado, part 3 of A Retrospect in Popular Music for 1996

The genre started out as a more instrumental genre, with pioneering bands like Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, usually with leading electric guitars but soon evolved into the more vocal surf pop, commonly associated with the Beach Boys. This then evolved into a genre known as Hot Rod Rock, which is was instrumental surf rock music with lyrics more about cars and girls to appeal to teenaged boys. The influences of the surf music that came out in the 60s can be seen in today’s surf music, with bands such as The Break, Los Fantasticos, and The Sharkskins clearly expressing the likes of 60s surf musician Dick Dale.

The Aucas had no contact with anyone except their own and had killed anyone who neared.  They often murdered members of their own tribe, to the point that the average Auca man didn’t live past age 30.  As a joke, one Auca man killed a mother and her children.   Mothers were known to strangle their own children; and boys as young as the age of six were taken to murder nearby villages.

While many people will not credit punk band Green Day and political influence Malcom X to preach similar beliefs, they do happen to have a great deal in common. Comparing Green Day’s 2004 song “American Idiot” to Malcom X’s speech “God’s Judgement of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost)” as presented on December 4, 1963 prior to his departure of the Nation of Islam, a clearly common variable is prominent throughout the entirety of both mediums: the rapidly deteriorating nature of America.

Let say you were kidnapped, blindfolded, driven to a secret venue, taken through the back door and into the stalls just in time for a show to begin. It’s unlikely I know, but stick with me. The stage is empty, the lights are dimmed and you can just about make out some instruments on the stage. Four men make their way from the side of the stage; they’re black, maybe mid-twenties and dressed in jeans and t-shirt. Before they play a note or even pick up an instrument what genre of music do you expect them to play? Hip Hop? R&B)? Maybe, without the giveaway of a certain style of clothes it is hard to tell. One of the men reaches for his guitar. What genre do you expect now? Funk? Reggae? For very few people rock music would come

In October 1974, the band released its first album, High Voltage, which took only ten days to record. Within few months, Mark Evans replaced Larry Van Kriedt and Phil Rudd replaced Colin Burgess. Later on, the single “It’s a Long way to the Top” became the band perennial rock anthem. Between 1974 to 1977, AC/DC became one of the most popular band in Australia due to regular appearance in the ABC’s nationally broadcast pop-music tv show, Molly Meldrum’s Countdown. The band did a their first Europe tour in 1976, which was called “Lock Up Your Daughter Summer Tour”, and perform in a stadium circuit with Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, KISS, UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, and

The United States is the origin of rock and roll music. It evolved as a popular music in the 1940’s and 1950’s from a combination of Afro-American genres such as jazz, blues, country music, gospel music. Rock and roll music has some elements that are evident in blues and country music of 1920’s. However, Rock music attained its status and name in 1950’s. Saxophone and Piano were the first instruments to be used in the performance of rock and roll music but were later supplemented by the guitar in the late 1950’s (Marvin and Hermann, p56). The music is comprised of blues rhythm and backbeats as well as background snare drum sounds. On several occasions, rock and roll is played using two electric guitars whereby one

I started the discussion session off by asking to ensure everyone had read the assigned readings for the week, including our individual group’s reading. I saw no signs of hesitation in their faces as they nodded, and so continued. I read the questions aloud to the group in hopes that the questions would be in the backs of their mind as I introduced the supplementary materials, giving them time to think about the questions in relation to the supplementary materials presented as well as the readings from the week. The supplementary materials chosen were not works related specifically to education, nor to academia even. The sources chosen were representative of the implementation of many of Hare’s points. “A Tribe Called Red” is the band from which I chose the supplementary materials because they are an Aboriginal music group who works to incorporate traditional music with current music in order to continue on the traditions of their culture, the literacy of their culture, as well as provide a platform for social justice issues; the group has become very famous within Aboriginal communities across Canada. Although the band does not provide music videos to their music, live shows are immersed with dance which is an infusion between traditional dance literacies and current dance styles, much like the concept of their music.

Afro-Punk: The Rock is a documentary film directed by James Spooner, exploring race identity within the punk scene across America and abroad. The film focuses on the lives of four people Matt Davis, Mariko Jones, Moe Mitchell, and Tamar-kali Brown dedicated to the punk rock lifestyle, interspersed with interviews from scores of black punk rockers from all over the United States. My overall impression of the film is that Afro-Punk is a very insightful documentary on the life of black punks. Most people, myself included are not aware of the life experiences of people who participate in subcultures such as Afro punks. I was surprised to see the struggle amongst the black community itself. Some did not want to associate with other blacks

AC/DC consists of five members. Brian Johnson was the lead vocalist. Angus young was the lead guitarist. Malcolm Young and Cliff Williams were backing vocals. Cliff Williams was also the bass guitarist. And finally Chris Slade was AC/CD's drummed. AC/DC was formed December 31, 19973. AC/DC is a very well known band. Some of their other albums include Back in black released July 25, 1980 and Highway to hell released in 1979. Personally the album is very fun and upbeat and is one of their

In my senior year of high-school, I was obsessed with Fleet Foxes. I don’t remember who brought me onto them (most likely a random selection off a Pandora playlist) but I do remember plenty of hours spent listening to their music day after day. So you could say I was pretty excited for their latest album Crack-Up, even more so when I discovered they had partially titled it after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous essay.

Another classic rock song. AC/DC’s “Back in Black” offers hard hitting guitar movements, and the heavy rock vocals drive you to victory.Prior to recording this song, AC/DC’s lead vocalist had passed away and they had to get a new one. This song brought them back to their feet after their a tragic lost, and should bring you back to your feet too.