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Huey & The Babysitters. Finally she joins the band Ask Rufus whose name is taken from a fishing magazine column. The band is discovered by producer Bob Monaco while he was scouting groups at a Chicago club. She became Chaka Khan when she married bassist Hassan Khan in 1970. After hearing Chaka sing, Monaco proclaims “I thought I’d heard the next Aretha Franklin or coming of Christ. She

Hall of Fame. Rush was inducted in 2013 and Led Zeppelin in 1995. Led Zeppelin though was inducted by Aerosmith, but Rush was inducted by the Foo Fighters. Rush’s and Led Zeppelin’s members are also similar. Both Geddy Lee and John Paul Jones, the bassists of the two bands also play keyboards. Although, Geddy sings and sometimes plays a foot keyboard. Also he uses Synthesizers to create melodies for songs, but John Paul Jones plays electric pianos to add a back up to a sound. Even though both bands

The band is made up of lead vocalist/guitarist, Billie Joe Armstrong; and bassist, Mike Dirnt; lead guitarist, Jason White; bassist guitarist, Sean Hughes; and percussionists,Tré Cool, John Kiffmeyer, and Raj Punjabi. They have currently made over 30 albums and the song, “21 Guns” is in the album labeled, “21st century Breakdown” It was released May

From 1955 to 1958, Miles Davis formed a band known as the Miles Davis Quintet. The band originally included trumpeter Miles Davis, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer “Philly Joe” Jones. Later, Miles Davis added alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. The most notable albums the Mile Davis Quintet recorded before adding Cannonball Adderley were Steamin’, Cookin’, Workin’, and Relaxin’ with

bringing it to the masses. Led by charismatic frontwoman Gwen Stefani, they are one of the top-selling, female-fronted bands of all time. Their 1994 album, Tragic Kingdom, skyrocketed the band into the mainstream, launching the careers of Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young. Though Stefani has had a successful pop music career outside of the band, she and the rest of the guys have never lost their zeal for the music that has made them who they are and earned them

Eddie K. Jazz 219 Charles Mingus Charles Mingus is a very important and influential name in jazz; however he is left out by many historians when talking about the history of jazz. The main reason he is left out by so many historians, Mark Gridley in particular, is because of his attitude and ego. He is clearly not the most pleasant person, and he surely does not display how a real jazz musician should act, at least according to most historians. The way he acts during performances can be

bringing a new style of rock with gritty distortion and new styles of hair and clothing. One band some may know that was a popular grunge band in the 90’s was Nirvana, which consisted of lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl, and bassist Krist Novoselic. This band was most popular for their hit album “Nevermind”. “One of their most popular songs on this album, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, has been and always will be a rebellion anthem for adolescents, empowering them. This message and

This century has brought with it many awesome and powerful rock bands but if I had to only pick one it would have to be my favorite band, Disturbed. They are the creators of many rock anthems such as, “Down With The Sickness”, “Inside The Fire”, and more recently their cover of the song “The Sound of Silence”. Since the release of the band’s first album titled, “The Sickness” in the summer of 2000, Disturbed has been a staple of any metalhead’s playlist. So far, the band has a total of seven full

but my teacher always turned me down telling me that I should just stick with the violin, this of course made me devasted. Then the following school year, the teacher asked if anybody could play Bass because Alex (the bassist) had moved to a different school and we had only one bassist left in the orchestra and at that moment I got my chance to learn an instrument that I not only loved to hear, but also loved to look at, listen to and play. My teacher was skeptical

Claypool was born September 29 1963, in Richmond, California, But was raised in El sobrante, and at the age of fourteen he took up bass guitar. At school he was friends with kirk hammett of Metallica, who encouraged les to audition for Metallica when bassist, Cliff Burton died. During les’ audition he jokingly referenced a thrash metal scene, asking if they wanted to “jam on some isley brothers tunes”. For several years before forming Primus (one of his most popular bands), les worked as a carpenter In