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The groups first album released after Jimmy Stokley’s forced departure was not one that the group enjoyed recording. All There Is was full of disco influence; a style that was being forced on many groups at the time. As a group that did not even like disco,

Pseudoscience aside, Holst’s The Planets has thrilled audiences around the world for over a century. Mars, Bringer of War’s influence can be witnessed from Hollywood science fiction scores all the way to the birth of heavy metal music. Black Sabbath’s Geezer butler credits Holst’s tri-tone progression as inspiring the main theme from their debut album’s title track, Black Sabbath. This was a sinister sound not originally heard in rock n roll music, beginning the separation of the genre now known as heavy metal from its blues and rock n roll

“If you came here to see spandex and big hair, this ain’t your band”, Metallica’s “war cry” throughout the early eighties. While the rest of the hard rock bands wanted to get rich and a lot of women, Metallica, as in the words of former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, “Our hole existence pretty much was guitar, dominating the world and getting liquored up”.

I spent the first ten years of my life, roughly, homeschooled and constantly around both my parents. During this time, I had no choice but to listen to whatever music they enjoyed playing drying the day, whether it was Seal in the car or Melissa Etheridge on the home stereo. Once I had struck my preteens, and with the help of my then high-school aged sisters, I was introduced to punk rock and hard rock genres of music. This became a new addiction for me; it felt rebellious, cool, in style and new. Eventually, it felt very repetitive and it seemed as if everyone was trying to emulate the same sound. So, after a short time, I began searching for music on my own. I bought Coldplay and Vampire Weekend albums, and was on the lookout for music with a more sophisticated feeling than what I had been listening to previously. I was then hopelessly addicted to music that I was discovering, and was proud to say I found my own style of music to listen to. After I received Coldplay’s album, “A Rush of Blood to the Head” as a Christmas gift, I would play it daily to

accept the diagnosis that their child is Deaf. They are in denial that may last

Dawes explains the critics she got from other blacks who accused her of living like the whites since she had a liking for white’s bands such as The Violent Flame and The Clash. She had emotional attachment to music as she describes in the book. Before globalization and invention of internet technology, she worked hand to ensure she access the kind of music that she found pleasing unlike other kinds of music that other people liked listening to. Her interest led him to become a music journalist, which was a great success to her music interest which resulted in writing of this book. The book contains Dawes’ personal bibliography, an analysis of the culture of the blacks in a perspective of political history, and heavy metal artists especially the black females.

In this paper, I am going to discuss my experiences playing in the WNE, the bass guitar, and the one and only Willie Nelson. In the legendary WNE, I am the bass player. For this project, it took hours on end of studying the bass inside and out to become this legendary player that I dreamt of before this project. The electric bass, a mystical object that is the foundation of every song, was invented by Paul Tutmarc. Since the 1960s the bass guitar has replaced other instruments

The song “Hurt” written by Trent Reznor and originally performed by his band Nine Inch Nails is a melancholy, haunting song. Nine Inch Nails’ version was recorded in 1994 and rerecorded and released by Johnny Cash in 2002. Each of the performers has a style, which some people would argue is at opposite ends of the spectrum of popular music; one is what is referred to as “Industrial Rock”, the other is country. Indeed, the musical genres are diverse; however, the song “Hurt” transcends the boundaries between old and new, hard and soft, and especially the differences and similarities between these men.

Skillet is a Christian rock band that started in 1996 (Cengage Learning, 2005). Their music is a hard rock version of Christian music. On August 25th, 2009, Skillet released their seventh studio album “Awake” (Staples, 2009). Lava Records (owned by Ardent Music LLC) and Ardent Records (owned by Leonard Blavatnik) produced the record. However, there was information that conflicted with that saying that Atlantic Records produced it. Ardent Records and Atlantic Records are both part of Warner Music Group, which is ultimately owned by Leonard Blavatnik (Kafka, 2011). Either way, it all leads back to Blavatnik. The lyrics were mainly written by John Cooper, the band’s lead singer (Price, 2013). Critics said although the lyrics are deep, they expected more hard rock songs. Much of the album is made up of power ballads (Staples, 2009). For the purpose of this essay, “Monster” and “Hero” will be the

In the bands case most of the warped logic came in the form of why the band was not successful on their U.s Tour. One example of the bands problems was that, “Quite simply the stage is to dimple and that is why no one is coming to the show.” This use of warped logic clearly satirizes how the typical 80’s rock band would over do their acts on stage by adding props and other distracting items to the stage. On a more comical note, during one of the interviews with the band they had talked about how all of their past drummers had died doing stupid things. In an interview with the drummer when asked if he was worried if this crazy life style will kill him he replied, “Not all of the drummers can die, the three before me did so I have pretty great odds I’d say.”

“Another popular grunge band from the 90’s, Soundgarden, is infamous for their album, “Supermassive Black Hole”, which included the hit “Black Hole Sun”. This band included members singer Chris Cornell, drummer Matt Cameron (before going to Pearl Jam), lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.”

Swallow the Sun is a band that clearly does not care for genre labels as long as the music is pure and emotional, this had helped push them to the forefront of experimental doom bands within that era. After 2003's release of "The Morning Never Came," Swallow the Sun was honored by media mogul Kerrang! Magazine as "... one of doom metal's finest moments to date," furthering their reach to the pinnacle of fame.

Kenneth began the album in Tokyo and finished it in New York City. The first two tracks “Going” and “Waiting,” and the fourth track “Eve” were all started in Japan. Kenneth said “I like to sample music that makes me feel nostalgia about being in Japan.” He has sampled from Japanese rock, American punk rock, and even children’s cartoons theme songs. This is important as “electronic music is very impersonal,” thus Kenneth’s variety acts as a distinct and personal addition to Exitpost. When asked now about the three songs made in Japan, Kenneth said, “its takes me back to Tokyo, but I won’t necessarily say they are more Tokyo sounding.” Japanese music is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum from typical American tunes, as it holds an “unmatched energy” and is like “getting punched in the face with Pop Rocks.” This raw power of Japanese music has a fascinating influence on Exitpost’s music setting him apart. The powerful and inimitable aesthetic blends into the final product of Sweet Fade creating a crafted mixture of chillwave electronica

Rock music is one of the most well known genres of music throughout the world. It has survived decades and well known bands have never truly died out. You can ask two different generations and can almost guarantee that both will know the greats. In this genre there have been many bands and artists that have influenced not only music but the world around them. U2 is a rock band that is consistent with their message of love and musical structure of their songs. In this essay I will be talking about three different musical performances by the band U2. I will take a look at the tonality, texture, and other musical elements within these works of art.

The first hard rock and heavy metal music was produced by the rock group called Blue Cheer somewhere around 1967. Their music was angry and had a noticeably heavy beat.. At this time, the music of the Rolling Stones, too, became harder and angry, with a negative accent. Many other groups sprang up during this period. In truth, hard drugs, mixed with psychedelics were having an effect. The world was witnessing a new phenomenon: musical groups of young men - opening doors to the psychic world through the use of drugs - were using electrified instruments to bring in a new music that was harmful to the human psyche, destructive, and angry (2).