Bay City Rollers

This book brings you on the journey of each member’s journey. Bassist Nikki Sixx lived a life revolving around girls, drugs, alcohol, and rock and roll. With having his mom arrested at age 14 and attempting to stealing his first bass guitar only to realize it was a regular electric guitar Nikki Sixx grew up challenging the laws. Guitarist Mick Mars was into music from a young age where as time progressed he started writing down all his ideas in a notebook such as there band name Mötley Crüe just in a different form. Drummer Tommy Lee grew up a more comforted childhood receiving a snare drum for Christmas buying the rest on his own later. Tommy joined the school drum line where he learned tricks and stuff to do with drumsticks and drums. After skipping school and misbehaving his parents moved and he met Vince at his new school. Vocalist Vince Neil lived the rock star life even in high school where he was a legend and already in a band. Not only does this book take you on a journey of the members but also it takes you on a journey of their struggles. Mötley Crüe struggled to become famous due to the New Wave music, which they later helped kill off at the US Festival. The band struggled even more with getting a record deal then with becoming famous. No record company wanted to sign this band of degenerates who are playing rock and metal music when what was in was New Wave. Mötley Crüe very often struggled with fights and criticism for what they look like and how they sing. Their other major fight that they constantly battled was girls, with abusive girlfriends like Honey and Bullwinkle. The band in there early days usually used women for four purposes Food, Alcohol, Drugs, and

The purpose of this memorandum is to recognize a new business, the Brunswick Corona Lanes to the City of Corona, CA. Based off a variety of different demographics, a bowling alley is an ideal business to add to the city that would appeal to the majority of residents living in the community.

The Motley Crue is a heavy metal band, with carefree lifestyle, that they spread throughout the world through their music. The members of the band were not only memorable on the stage, but off stage as well. They lived a lifestyle most would not deem socially correct, though it seemed to benefit their career. Selling over 100 million albums worldwide, Motley Crue helped spread the heavy metal brand of music around the world. All of these factors contributed to making them one of the best selling bands of all time. Their style, their life outside of music, and the spread of their music has lead Motley Crue to the top of Rock and Roll.

In the early 1960’s, skateboarding became a popular “after surfing activity”. During this montage, “Sidewalk Surfing” by Jan and Dean play. In the mid 1960’s, skateboarding lost its popularity and “virtually disappeared overnight”. The song scrambles to a stop to symbolize skateboarding’s abrupt end. In the 1970’s, skateboarding was only practised by “the most hardcore enthusiasts”. The addition of skateboarding’s downfall provides context to the Z-Boys’ efforts to revive a “passing kiddy fad”. During the early to mid 1970’s, skateboarding competitions arose after its apparent end in 1965. The older styles were “upright”, and those who performed wore bright colours as if they were not to be taken seriously, especially when Peralta plays “Lollipops and Roses” by Herb Alpert, during their montage. When the Z-Boys performed at these competitions, they were darker clothes. Their low riding styles and aggression, juxtaposed the “classical form”. Peralta plays “Foxy Lady” by Jimi Hendrix, during the Z-Boys’ skateboarding montage and there is a clear change in pace in music and style. During their first competition, the Z-Boys dominated their divisions with their “70’s surfing style”. The team looked so unique, “[the judges] didn’t know how to judge it”. This styles and skills used by the Z-Boys in this

Throughout their years at the top they were shrouded in mystery and intrigue, and seemed to leave behind a trail of question marks wherever they went. They were not a “public” band (they didn’t hire a

In July of 2006, the band let out the news on their popular website falloutboyrock.com, that the band was back in the studios, working on a new album. The general public could not wait for the album to be released. The

After several years of huge success, the Beatles had to come to an end. They had a experienced so much fame in such a short time. Arthur Howes once commented that an artist will be around for five years, but he started to worry when the Beatles only toured for three years. (the end of touring ppt) For some fans, the end of their favorite boy band was unexpected and devastating. As for the Beatles, they saw the end nearing.

Since the dawn of time, it has been commonly said that music is a universal language. The first official venue that housed this language’s development, and connected groups of people is the amphitheatre. These spaces were first established in second century Rome, and added cultural significance in the first moldings of society. Overtime, this specific type of musical establishment transcended to American culture. The first concert was in held in 1952 Cleveland, Ohio and is known as the, “Moondog Coronation Ball”. The mass gathering was due to the large fanbase of rock and roll, illustrating a commonality during these times. This subject highlights that music venues like stadiums, concert halls and arenas allow thousands of people to enjoyably

As the Split Enz era came to an end, Neil went on to form a band with Australian Paul Hester, Nick Seymour, and Craig Hooper called The Mullanes. After the departure of Hooper, the band changed its name to Crowded House, a name that reflected their crowded home in Los Angeles. With a number 2 song hitting the charts in the US, “Don’t Dream It’s Over,,” the band fell into becoming a one hit wonder in the US. Yet in other parts of the world, they managed to release another album that reached critical

Barrett eventually totally left the band, leaving only 3 of the original members. After this, the band released 8 other studio albums, and grew immensely popular thanks to Roger Waters’ ideas. However, Waters eventually became greatly annoyed with the fame, and even went to the point of spitting in the face of some particularly annoying fans during a concert in Montreal.

One such groupie shattered my rosy picture I painted of my musical life encounters. Every time I would come to Philadelphia, which was often, Maxine (last name withheld), would worship the ground I walked on. She displayed loyalty in the face of the “strikers” telling her otherwise. She would grab and beg me to literally fuck her no matter who was present. Mind you, after some time had passed, I thought this woman wanted the man; it’ll become clearer. All this finally gained my confidence and trust. Maxine was my Philly

I met Matt Veltri in 2001. My wife and I were looking for a fitness center in Washington, Pennsylvania. Our schedule was hectic because of our business but Matt's gym hours fit into our busy schedule, giving us a place to work out with monthly payments we could afford. Matt started working in the fitness business in 1996 at a local health club as a membership sales representative. Before long, he moved into management. In 1998, he was hired as a Personal Trainer & Sales Manager for Strive Fitness specializing Circuit Training because of his desire to help and to see positive changes in his clients. He became passionate about health and fitness. He left Strive Fitness to open his own gym in 2001, and with a partner, he opened Fierce Fitness.

Statistically, their music had a huge turnout, especially their junior album “Welcome To The Black Parade”, which sold 240,000 copies in a few hours after performing in Rockefeller Center in 2006 (Anderson). I used to think I’d be alone in the thought

For the purposes of this paper, alternative music culture while has a wide definition will be focused on the music culture that was evident in Los Angeles between about 1985 until it became more mainstream in 1991. This centre of the culture in LA is important because most of the important record companies were and still are, based out of LA, since there was this centre of culture decision makers it’s not surprising that the city became a hot spot for musicians who wanted to become recognized. Also important is the sheer size of LA itself, any time you get a city as large as it is you get a wide variety of people living in a smaller area, communities come together and form various subgroups. One subgroup evident in LA at this time was those who fell outside the dominate music groups of the time, mainly, new-wave, hip-hop and hair metal (Mullen 2005). This subgroup was as varied as those who did not fall under the alternative heading, musically they could prescribe to anything from the funk roots of the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the 70’s influenced rock of Jane’s Addiction.

Their influence was the strongest in the sixties during their active career an d during so-called Beatlemania - term that describes the intense fan frenzy