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    Call of Duty: Black Ops, a high-quality game full of exhilarating and intense combat. The Call of Duty: Black Ops ad is pretty much a mini action film with neverending gun fire and explosions, jumping from one action-packed scene to another. However, instead of soldiers wielding assault rifles, shotguns, handheld missile launchers, etc. there are everyday people, hinting at the title of the ad “There’s a Soldier in All of Us.” It was greatly anticipated that the Call of Duty: Black Ops’ commercial

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    Be Brave I could feel my heart pounding through my chest as I peered over the waterfall. My feet had cuts from standing on the sharp rocks. The lush green trees surrounded me. Water rushed off the edge plummeting thirty feet to the ground. The Screams of people throwing themselves off is unforgettable. I could feel the stream tugging at my feet and pulling me close to the edge. The smell of the sea can be found anywhere on the island. Wind coming from the ocean gave me chills. Listening to the peaceful

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    explaining the color change. Ela was next, she looked at the rock with concentration and slowly brought her hands up. Ela’s magic seemed to already radiate off her, Camira could feel it. It was calming and peaceful, as if Ela’s very presence was what made peace itself. Weird how her magic does that, Camira thought, filing the information away for later. Ela’s fingers twitched and green light sprouted from her fingertips, hitting the Dailiar rock noiselessly. Her magic had an array of different shades

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    The 1960s were the "classic" age of rock music. The main sub-genres were defined in the 1960s. The paradigm of rock music as the "alternative" to commercial pop music was established in the 1960s. Wild experimentation alloweds rock musicians to explore a range of musical styles that few musicians had attempted before 1966. Captain Beefheart and the Velvet Underground also created a different kind of rock music within rock music, a different paradigm within the new paradigm, one that will influence

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    Rock Music Band: The Who

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    your parents. In the meantime, read this. The Who is known as one of the first very successful bands in the style of punk rock music and produced the first rock opera Tommy but there were struggles along the way. Each of the four artists had a different way of getting interested and staying in music. Pete Townshend had a musical family. He was born into a family that listened to rock and all sorts of different music. His parents were very musical too. Pete’s mom was a singer and his father was a professional

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    Rock and roll is a genre that started with groups wanting to try something new, and grunge took that desire to an all new level. Grunge mixed pieces of punk, heavy metal, and some pop in to one all new genre. The effects of grunge brought the subgenres Riot Grrrl, Slacker Rock, and Britpop. All three of these subgenres had their own effects on culture and created a new community around them. Riot Grrrl and Slacker Rock especially had a life style formed around them. Riot Grrrl was a fight against

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    games, workouts, and even restaurants. Rock, Alternative, and Punk music normally have a negative stigma. People tend to think that the bands that play these genres and the people who listen to these genres are violent, misogynistic, and substance abusers. However, those stigmas are far from the truth. Bands in those genres create songs that are against substance abuse, violence, and the unfair treatment of women. Over the years, Rock, Alternative, and Punk music has been inspiring hope in their

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    Caveman music has not defined so many lives, but Rock and Roll has. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the term as “Rock Music”. Urban Dictionary gives a clearer definition, “Gods gift to man on the 8th day”. Rock and Roll is a genre of music which usually incorporates electric guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. Rock and Roll, also known as Rock ‘n Roll or Rock, is known for being catchy and simple. At the time of its birth, in the mid 1950s, Rock ‘n Roll was a brand new sound that differed from

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    acts and artists jumped onto the bandwagon to revise rock “In the 1970s, musicians like KISS, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Alice Cooper (1948–) took hard rock in different directions.” Much of the youth at the time loved this new music that riled up their parents and was much more modern than what was originally on the radio. Not only was rock music becoming more diverse as a genre it inspired popular sub genres like punk and new wave. Punk music went against the conformity that was promoted at

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    One of the most controversial rock artists of all time once said to Larry King in an interview “I have been blamed for 36 school shootings...” (Manson). Marilyn Manson said this bizarre statement. This is just one example of some of the controversy that metal music and rock music attract. Due to the fact that metal music gets all of this controversy, it doesn’t gain as respect as it should. Just because a lot of people like to bring up the flaws in society does not mean that people should act differently

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