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    Lou Barlow is bassist of the rock band Dinosaur Jr. in the late 1980s . Barlow and leader J Mascis wrote the songs, and Mascis dominated the band's style, Barlow being intimidated by what was guitarist 2 . Barlow will gradually spend more time at home writing his own songs. Barlow and Eric Gaffney publish the cassette Weed Forestin ' in 1987 at Homestead Records under the name of Sebadoh, which is word without meaning in his words Barlow used 3 . Barlow and Gaffney Contribute to The Freed Man(1988)

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    Their A&R man said “I don't hear a single”. This is a line from tom petty's into the great wide open. Eddie just graduated and now he moved to California and got a tattoo and met a girl, who he now lives with. Tom petty's song “Into The Great Wide Open” is the story of Eddie a quick leaning musician and his rise and fall from fame using a shifting tone and unrealistic fashion. In tom petty's “Into The Great Wide Open” Eddie a quick learning musician tries to get into the music industry. Eddie is

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    Frank Zappa as a musician set himself apart in comparison to many other popular artist of his time. Unlike the others, Frank Zappa wasn’t afraid to have lyrics that addressed controversial topics, as well as have orchestrated music that strayed away from the norm. Because of this, many say he was one of the few artist that brought attention to a different style of music; said style is now often referred to as the alternative rock genre. Because of Frank’s eye for originality, many of his songs are

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    Green Day Punk Rock Bands

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    songs about the period in America after Bush, the songs in which young people are last on the list of priorities, and songs about religion and media creators as social consciousness that brainwashes the public. Lyrics are superb, maybe sometimes a bit heavy, but with the quality they are the top of creativity for the band. Billie Joe once again proved to be a very talented poet of the harsh criticism packed in a flawless sarcasm and

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    Coldplay has been around since 1996 and been amongst the most successful British rock bands. Chris Martin, the lead singer and Jonny Buckland, the lead guitarist founded this band at the University College in London. Later on, guy Berryman joined the group, and became their bassist. At that time the band was known as the "Pectoralz", and was renamed "Starfish." Soon after, their drummer Will Champion got onboard the band and the band was once again renamed. This time, they stuck to being known as

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    Pre-Political Dissent

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    Tumultuous Rock: the Culture of Dissent in the Music of Communist Czechoslovakia ”One of the highest aims of art is the creation of unrest” – Ivan Jirous Longhairs, punkers, and the musical underground. In soviet Czechoslovakia, all of these groups were part of a cultural revolution of rejecting societal norms and a movement of pre-political dissent. Music is an emotive response to dissent, a form that is more of a way of being than just ideological. The musical underground allowed citizens of

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    Megadeth

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    Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. The group was formed in 1983 by guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson, shortly after Mustaine's dismissal from Metallica. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, the band is credited as one of the genre's "big four" with Anthrax, Metallica and Slayer, responsible for thrash metal's development and popularization. Megadeth plays in a technical style, featuring fast rhythm sections and complex arrangements. Themes

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    and glassware. Prouvé was surrounded by designers. He was raised in a family that valued art and believe everyone should have the ability to own it or create it. When starting his career he was very interested in metals. He was able to perfect iron skills, while learning about newer metals like aluminium. He was the first blacksmith, and was very interesting in welding. In the 1930’s Prouvé invested in a welding

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    Black Sabbath the English rock band from a small called Birmingham, Was one of the most influential heavy metal bands of its time. Black Sabbath was formed in 1968 going by a few different names until finally concluding on the Black Sabbath after Bob Karloff’s horror movie of the same name. The band consisted of many members but the original four consisted of Ozzy Osbourne (Vocals), Geezer Butler (Bassist), Tony Iommi (Guitarist), and Bill Ward (Keyboardist). The band released its first album Black

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    The significant variations of metal content in species of the same and different trophic levels (Table 3.2) imply that species, more than the trophic category, was the factor which best explained the variability observed in the concentration of metals in terrestrial organisms. This may be bound up their species-specific ability of active excretion of heavy metal ions and/or their ecological characteristics (Van Straalen and Van Wensem 1986; Grodziniska et al. 1987). This find is conforming to Mackay

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