Tom Delonge's Departure From Blink-182 Analysis

The Dave Matthews Band has been a musical power house for years. They have meshed together almost every type of music together to create their extremely unique sounds and attractiveness towards their music. Dave Matthews, lead singer and guitarist from South Africa has put together a band that no one will ever be able to create again. Dave picked four extremely talented and unique sounding men to join his band and together they have created some amazing music. The members of the band include Stefan Lessard on bass, Boyd Tinsley on violin, Leroi Moore on saxophone and one of the best drummers in the world, Carter Beauford. Together these men will one day leave behind a similar reputation as one of the all time greatest "jam" bands of time.

Every year that One Direction toured in Chicago, my parents gifted me what I considered the equivalent of life, One Direction concert tickets. Always relatively close to the stage, never close enough. Christmas of 2014 rolled around, when tickets would be inevitably gifted to me. However, when they weren't, my world came crumbling down around me. Luckily for me, my parents bought them in January when the only seats left were floor seats. Winter ended... Zayn left the

Former member of the label group know as Funk Volume, Marcus Hopson, or Hopsin for short, had a falling out with the Funk Volume group. There is a lot of speculation over if why he left was justifiable or if he made the right decision. I just want to say that he did the right thing.

“You’ve got to listen to the heavens, you got to try to understand. The greatness of their movement is just as small as it is grand.” Most young adults of my generation do not know who The Grateful Dead are, but they unknowingly dawn the apparels and slang created in the counterculture of the bands following the Deadheads. The band, The Grateful Dead, became popular in the 60s and carried out wide spread recognition and fame into the 80s. Their calming, peace-promoting music became popular because it ‘transported’ people, it took them away from whatever they were going through in their life and set them on a new path. Fans of the band

In May, BREATHEcast published a report on Williams’ decision to quit his rock band and release his debut gospel single “Chain Breaker” in June. The rocker had also released a statement conveying his regret in his past involvement with drugs and alcohol.

I agree with him leaving, i believe it was mainly a thing about finding himself and enjoying time alone. ex: “he’d been in the habit of taking it on extended solo road trips when classes weren’t in session…” (pg. 21)

John Sullivan and Chuck Klosterman are both very skilled and talented journalists, as I have already observed by the few essays that I have read by them. In Sullivan’s “The Final Comeback of Axl Rose,” he is describing his experience at one of Rose's comeback performances in New York with different band members mocking the originals, as well as digging up Axl’s past in Lafayette, Indiana. Klosterman’s piece, “The Pretenders,” isn’t so much about Axl Rose himself, but is focusing on the motivation behind tribute bands, specifically Paradise City, a Guns N’ Roses tribute. Throughout both of these essays, the authors have drastic tone shifts that greatly add to the messages within the pieces.

With John, they made a self-titled album in 1994. The album only reached #7 on the Billboard Top 100, this did not reach commercial requirements. John told the guys they should get Vince back because he will always be the voice of the band. In 1996, John was fired.

Joe Perry leaves and makes his own band. Joe Perry and Steven Tyler had many differences. In 1979 Joe Perry left the group and the true reason is unknown. There were different guesses of why he left such as jealousy or a fight between his and Steven Tyler’s girlfriend (Schlesinger, 2008). Joe Perry formed the band called the Joe Perry Project when he left Aerosmith. The Joe Perry Project band broke up in 1984 and Joe’s manager wanted him to go back and be part of Aerosmith (Schlesinger, 2008). Brad Whitford leaves Aerosmith. Brad left Aerosmith and joined Joe Perry in the Joe Perry Project (Schlesinger,

“In the beginning, rock ‘n’ roll was perceived as a threat to the established order, and of course that is exactly what it was. Sometimes explicitly, sometimes implicitly, rock ‘n’ roll tested limits and questioned authority” (Fornatale, 1). This quote from Pete Fornatale in his book, “The Story of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” states how rebellious rock music is. Through the years, rock music has been a thriving genre of music. Rock is known for its rhythm, influence, and lyrics spanning from politics to depression. Starting from the classic rock ‘n’ roll to heavy metal, rock’s many genres can satisfy anybody’s tastes in music. In this essay, we will discuss rock history, rock genres, and my taste in the genre.

A “blues based rock band” GnR crossed over from rock to popular music, they were labelled as the most dangerous band in the world, but they were also the most popular. While their popularity soared, no one prepared them for superstardom. Substance abuse, power struggles and constantly living under the microscope of the press took its toll on their relationship. Where once they were a family, a gang of five, outside influences took a “divide and conquer

Fall Out Boy (FOB) is an American rock band from Illinois that originated in 2001, from 2001 to present time the band has released a total of nine albums, twenty-one singles. The band has sold a total of 7.5 million albums. Sadly in 2010 the band called a quits as Wentz was becoming a father, and Stump went on to do a solo album “Solo Punk”. In FOB decided just like any other rock band that they could burn out or fade away, so in 2013 they staged a comeback… “Save Rock and Roll”

They were negoniated a deal with Elektra records for the seven album after which they were going to sign to altantic records.

Green Day’s American Idiot is a statement about hopes and dreams, specifically ‘the grass is greener’ mentality. This play was presented by American Theatre Charlotte and directed by Charles Decker. The play follows three teenage boys who have hopes of moving from the suburban life to the big city, but their hope quickly fades. One boy stays behind because of his pregnant girlfriend, another boy is a deadbeat that tries to finds a purpose by joining the military, and the last boy becomes addicted to opiates. American Idiot speaks about how the mentality of the characters and the people they surround themselves with help or help the situation. The play features songs from Green Day’s American Idiot and 20th Century Breakdown albums. The song themselves are the centerpiece of the play, with the majority of the story being told during them by both the lyrics and character’s actions. Due to the nature of the songs performed in the play majority of the time the play had a very fast and upbeat tempo with a few moments of slower songs that portrayed the character’s sadness or struggle.

John and Marsha owned a record store in New Jersey called Rock “N” Roll Heaven. Quickly, John and Marsha got in touch with Metallica and asked them to drive to Queens, New York, expenses paid, to talk about a record contract. After arriving in Queens, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich announced to John Zazula that they were kicking Dave Mustaine out of the band next week.