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Rock music
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It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of genres such as electric blues and folk. Musically, rock has centered on the guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse-chorus form, like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of subgenres, including new wave, post-punk. From the 1990s alternative rock began to rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop. Similarly, 1970s punk culture spawned the visually distinctive goth and emo subcultures and this trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, Hammond organ and synthesizers. The basic rock instrumentation was adapted from the blues band instrumentation. A group of musicians performing rock music is termed a rock band or rock group, Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a 4/4 meter, with a repetitive snare drum back beat on beats two and four. Melodies are often derived from older musical modes, including the Dorian and Mixolydian, harmonies range from the common triad to parallel fourths and fifths and dissonant harmonic progressions. Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock, because of its complex history and tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition. These themes were inherited from a variety of sources, including the Tin Pan Alley pop tradition, folk music and rhythm, as a result, it has been seen as articulating the concerns of this group in both style and lyrics. Christgau, writing in 1972, said in spite of some exceptions, rock and roll usually implies an identification of male sexuality, according to Simon Frith rock was something more than pop, something more than rock and roll. Rock musicians combined an emphasis on skill and technique with the concept of art as artistic expression, original. The foundations of music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, debate surrounds which record should be considered the first rock and roll record. Other artists with rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
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Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2006, showing a quartet lineup for a rock band (from left to right: bassist, lead vocalist, drummer, and guitarist).
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Elvis Presley in a promotion shot for
Jailhouse Rock in 1957
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Chubby Checker in 2005
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The Beach Boys performing in 1964
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Music videos
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A music video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. There are also cases where songs are used in tie in marketing campaigns that allow them to more than just a song. Tie ins and merchandising could be used in toys or marketing campaigns for food, although the origins of music videos date back to musical short films that first appeared in the 1920s, they came into prominence in the 1980s when MTV based their format around the medium. Prior to the 1980s, these works were described by terms including illustrated song, filmed insert, promotional film, promotional clip, promotional video, song video. Music videos use a range of styles of contemporary videomaking techniques, including animation, live action filming, documentaries. Some music videos blend different styles, such as animation, music, combining these styles and techniques has become more popular because of the variation it presents to the audience. Many music videos interpret images and scenes from the songs lyrics, other music videos may be without a set concept, being merely a filmed version of the songs live performance. Product placement is a technique in music videos, exemplified by the appearance of the Beats Pill in numerous hip hop videos. In 1894, sheet music publishers Edward B, marks and Joe Stern hired electrician George Thomas and various performers to promote sales of their song The Little Lost Child. Using a magic lantern, Thomas projected a series of images on a screen simultaneous to live performances. This would become a form of entertainment known as the illustrated song. In 1926, with the arrival of many musical short films were produced. Vitaphone shorts featured many bands, vocalists and dancers, early 1930s cartoons featured popular musicians performing their hit songs on-camera in live-action segments during the cartoons. The early animated films by Walt Disney, such as the Silly Symphonies shorts and especially Fantasia, the Warner Brothers cartoons, even today billed as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, were initially fashioned around specific songs from upcoming Warner Brothers musical films. Live action musical shorts, featuring such performers as Cab Calloway, were also distributed to theaters. Blues singer Bessie Smith appeared in a short film called St. Louis Blues featuring a dramatized performance of the hit song. Numerous other musicians appeared in short musical subjects during this period, soundies, produced and released from 1940 to 1947, were musical films that often included short dance sequences, similar to later music videos
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Musicals of the 1950s led to short-form music videos
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The Beatles in Help!
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Michael Jackson in
Thriller.
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MTV
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MTV is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks and headquartered in New York City. Launched on August 1,1981, the originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys. In its early years, MTVs main target demographic was young adults and it has received criticism towards this change of focus, both by certain segments of its audience and musicians. MTVs influence on its audience, including issues involving censorship and social activism, has also been a subject of debate for several years, in recent years, MTV had struggled with the secular decline of music-related cable media. In April 2016, MTV announced it would start to return to its original music roots with the reintroduction of the classic MTV series MTV Unplugged. It was also reported that the series MTV Cribs would be making a return on Snapchat, MTV has spawned numerous sister channels in the US and affiliated channels internationally, some of which have gone independent. As of July 2015, approximately 92,188,000 US households have received MTV, several earlier concepts for music video-based television programming had been around since the early 1960s. The Beatles had used music videos to promote their records starting in the mid-1960s, CBS rejected the idea, but Williams premiered his own musical composition Classical Gas on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where he was head writer. The series featured clips from various popular artists, but was canceled by its distributor in 1971. The channel, which featured video disc jockeys, signed a deal with US Cable in 1978 to expand its audience from retail to cable television, the service was no longer active by the time MTV launched in 1981. The QUBE system offered many specialized channels, One of these specialized channels was Sight on Sound, a music channel that featured concert footage and music-oriented television programs. With the interactive QUBE service, viewers could vote for their favorite songs, the original programming format of MTV was created by media executive Robert W. Pittman, who later became president and chief executive officer of MTV Networks. Pittman had test-driven the music format by producing and hosting a 15-minute show, Album Tracks, the inspiration for PopClips came from a similar program on New Zealands TVNZ network named Radio with Pictures, which premiered in 1976. The concept itself had been in the works since 1966, when record companies began supplying the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation with promotional music clips to play on the air at no charge. Few artists made the trip to New Zealand to appear live. A shortened version of the shuttle launch ID ran at the top of hour in various forms. The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star and this was followed by the video for Pat Benatars You Better Run. Sporadically, the screen would go black when an employee at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR, MTVs lower third graphics that appeared near the beginning and end of music videos would eventually use the recognizable Kabel typeface for about 25 years
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Michael Jackson, whose discography included music videos such as "
Beat It ", "
Billie Jean ", and "
Thriller ".
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1515 Broadway in
Times Square.
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Ken Ober, host of the early MTV game show
Remote Control.
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1989 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6,1989, honoring the best music videos from April 2,1988, to June 1,1989. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles and this years show featured the first major restructuring that was done to the Video Music Awards, as four new genre categories were added alongside the International Viewers Choice awards. Also, the award for Best Concept Video was retired this year, on the other hand, Michael Jackson was the most nominated artist of 1989, receiving nine nominations for two of his videos, six for Leave Me Alone and three for Smooth Criminal. Despite all the nominations, though, Jackson only took one award for Best Special Effects. Unlike The Cars, though, Youngs video did not have any other nominations that night except for Viewers Choice, the Viewers Choice award, however, went to another video that also stirred up controversy, Madonnas Like a Prayer. Def Leppards performance of Tear It Down would be the last live appearance of guitarist Steve Clark before his death on Tuesday January 8,1991. – Orange Crush The Cure – Fascination Street The Escape Club – Wild, Wild West Love and Rockets – So Alive Siouxsie and the Banshees – Peek-a-Boo U2 with B. B
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1989 MTV Video Music Awards
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Aerosmith
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Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as the Bad Boys from Boston and Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues. They were formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970, in 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston. They were signed to Columbia Records in 1972, and released a string of gold and platinum albums, beginning with their 1973 eponymous debut album, followed by Get Your Wings in 1974. In 1975, the broke into the mainstream with the album Toys in the Attic. Two additional albums followed in 1977 and 1979 and their first five albums have since attained multi-platinum status. Throughout the 1970s, the band toured extensively and charted a dozen Hot 100 singles, by the end of the decade, they were among the most popular hard rock bands in the world and developed a loyal following of fans, often referred to as the Blue Army. The band did not fare well between 1980 and 1984, releasing the album Rock in a Hard Place, which was certified gold, Perry and Whitford returned to Aerosmith in 1984 and the band signed a new deal with Geffen Records. After a comeback tour, the band recorded Done with Mirrors, the band also became a pop culture phenomenon with popular music videos and notable appearances in television, film, and video games. Their comeback has been described as one of the most remarkable, additional albums followed in 2001,2004, and 2012. Since 2001, the band has toured every year, except 2008, Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide, including over 70 million records in the United States alone. The band has scored 21 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, nine number-one Mainstream Rock hits, four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, in 2013, the bands principal songwriters, Tyler and Perry, were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1964, Steven Tyler formed his own called the Strangeurs—later Chain Reaction—in New Hampshire. Meanwhile, Perry and Hamilton formed the Jam Band, which was based on free-form, Hamilton and Perry moved to Boston, Massachusetts in September 1969. There they met Joey Kramer, a drummer from Yonkers, New York, Kramer knew Tyler and had always hoped to play in a band with him. Kramer, a Berklee College of Music student, decided to school to join Jam Band. In 1970, Chain Reaction and Jam Band played at the same gig, Tyler immediately loved Jam Bands sound, and wanted to combine the two bands
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Aerosmith performing at
Quilmes Rock in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 15, 2007
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Steven Tyler and Joe Perry performing live in concert.
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Aerosmith appear in a "
Wayne's World " sketch on
Saturday Night Live in 1990.
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The
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith opened at
Walt Disney World in 1999.
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Linkin Park
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Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory. Their following studio album Meteora continued the success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the video era. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No.19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart, in 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang. Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the album topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year. The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their album, A Thousand Suns, layering their music with more electronic sounds. Their fifth album, Living Things, combines elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party, returned to a rock sound. Their upcoming album One More Light is expected to be released May 19,2017, the band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others on the remix albums Reanimation and Recharged. Linkin Park has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards, Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson. The three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. After graduating from school, the three began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave Phoenix Farrell. Though limited in resources, the began recording and producing songs within Shinodas makeshift bedroom studio in 1996, resulting in a four-track demo tape. Tensions and frustration within the band grew however after they failed to land a record deal, the lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the bands vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects. Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax, a Christian punk, Bennington, formerly of a post-grunge band by the name of Grey Daze, became a standout among applicants because of the dynamic in his singing style. The band then agreed on changing its name from Xero to Hybrid Theory, in 1999 the band released a self-titled extended play, which they circulated across internet chat-rooms and forums with the help of an online street team
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Linkin Park performing in Berlin promoting
A Thousand Suns, October 25, 2010. From left to right:
Joe Hahn, Dave Farrell,
Brad Delson,
Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon and
Chester Bennington
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Linkin Park performing at 2007's Novarock Festival
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Linkin Park performing at Sonisphere Festival in Finland.
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Bennington and Shinoda performing live in 2014.
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Metallica
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Metallica is an American heavy metal band based in San Rafael, California. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles when vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield responded to an advertisement posted by drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper, Metallicas current line-up comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band, the bands fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding big four bands of thrash metal, alongside Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. The band expanded its musical direction and achieved commercial success with its eponymous fifth album Metallica. The album was also their first to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, in 2000, Metallica joined with other artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the bands copyright-protected material without consent from the band. A settlement was reached and Napster became a pay-to-use service, the band returned to its original musical style with the release of Death Magnetic, and in 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Metallica has released ten albums, four live albums, five extended plays,26 music videos. The band has won eight Grammy Awards and six of its albums have debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The bands eponymous 1991 album has sold over 16 million copies in the United States, Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 110 million records worldwide. Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, in 2012, Metallica formed the independent record label Blackened Recordings and took full ownership of its albums and videos. The band is currently promoting Hardwired. to Self-Destruct, which was released on November 18,2016, guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement. Although he had not formed a band, Ulrich asked Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel if he could record a song for the upcoming compilation album Metal Massacre. Slagel accepted and Ulrich recruited Hetfield to sing and play rhythm guitar, the band was officially formed in October 1981, five months after Ulrich and Hetfield first met. Ulrich talked to his friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine, Quintana had proposed the names MetalMania and Metallica. A second advertisement was placed in The Recycler for a position as lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine answered, Ulrich and Hetfield recruited him after seeing his expensive guitar equipment. In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song Hit the Lights for the Metal Massacre I compilation, Hetfield played bass on the song and Lloyd Grant was credited with a guitar solo. Metal Massacre I was released on June 14,1982, early pressings listed the band incorrectly as Mettallica, the bands first taste of live success came early, they were chosen to open for British heavy metal band Saxon at one gig of their 1982 US tour. Metallica recorded its first demo, Power Metal, an inspired by Quintanas early business cards in early 1982
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Metallica in
London in 2008. From left to right:
Kirk Hammett,
Lars Ulrich,
James Hetfield and
Robert Trujillo.
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Metallica during the
Damaged Justice tour
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Ulrich, pictured in London in 2008, led the case against Napster.
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Robert Trujillo, pictured in London in 2008, was announced as Metallica's new bassist on February 24, 2003.
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White Zombie (band)
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White Zombie was an American heavy metal band that formed in 1985. Based in New York City, White Zombie was originally a rock band. The group officially disbanded in 1998, in 2000, White Zombie was included on VH-1s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, ranking at No.56. White Zombie was co-founded by writer, vocalist and graphic artist Rob Zombie, Zombies girlfriend at the time, Sean Yseult, was the other co-founder. She had been playing the Farfisa keyboard in the band LIFE with Ivan de Prume, ena Kostabi owned a recording studio, which he would rent out to different bands. When he met Yseult, she asked if he could teach her to play bass and they then recruited Peter Landau to play drums and began to write and record songs. White Zombies first release, Gods on Voodoo Moon, was an EP and was recorded on October 18,1985 and it was released under the bands own label Silent Explosion, under which they would release most of their early work. Only 300 copies were pressed, of which only 100 were sold and it was at this time the band started touring, making their live performance debut at CBGB on April 28,1986. White Zombie released their second EP, Pig Heaven, that year, the release contained two songs, Pig Heaven and Slaughter the Grey. The EP was recorded at 6/8 Studios on Houston St and Bleecker St in NoHo in New York City, other songs that were recorded during the session but never released were titled Follow Wild, Rain Insane, Paradise Fireball and Red River Flow. After touring for a year in the band, Tim Jeffs left and was replaced by Tom Guay, the band released a second pressing of Pig Heaven with different cover art, but retained the same recording with Jeffs on guitar. Only 500 copies of each pressing were released on vinyl, in 1987, the band released their third EP, Psycho-Head Blowout. John Ricci replaced Tom Guay shortly after the release of Soul-Crusher, in 1988, the band signed to Caroline Records, permanently discontinuing their own indie label. Their second album, Make Them Die Slowly, was released in February 1989, the album was a musical shift for White Zombie. While their previous releases had been strictly punk-influenced noise rock, Make Them Die Slowly had more of a metal sound. This is also the first album crediting Rob Zombie instead of his previous stage name, riccis carpal tunnel syndrome severely affected his ability to play guitar, forcing him to leave the band when Make Them Die Slowly was finished. Jay J Yuenger replaced him before the release, affecting their future sound. After searching for a label and being turned down multiple times
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White Zombie
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Sean Yseult
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Sean Yseult is an American rock musician. She has played various instruments with different bands over the years and she married Supagroup musician Chris Lee on January 12,2008, in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she lives. She once owned and ran a bar popular among artists and musicians, The Saint. Yseult played bass in White Zombie for 11 years before they disbanded in 1998, in 1996, she participated along with Jay Yuenger in the tribute band to the Germs called Ruined Eye. After the breakup of White Zombie in September 1998, Yseult started playing bass for the band Rock City Morgue and she formed the Famous Monsters in 1995 which also featured Katie Lynn Campbell, bassist for the Toronto-based Cmon. She plays bass in the band, Star & Dagger, which recorded an album at a studio in Joshua Tree, which was released in 2012. On November 1,2010, Yseult released Im in the Band, before her days as a bassist, Yseult attended North Carolina School of the Arts for high school where she studied ballet and piano. Yseult earned her degree in design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City. It was there that she first met Rob Zombie after he had a friend ask her out for him in the schools cafeteria, recently, Yseult has begun a design line featuring hand drawn graphics with bold colors. Yseult has also recently joined artist Louis St. Lewis in forming the collaborative art duo of Lewis & Yseult, recent shows include exhibitions in New Orleans, North Carolina and Paris as well as CBGBs 315 gallery in NYC to benefit the ailing nightclub. Yseult has also been a member of The Rawk Show – Fine Art by Musicians, in Texas. Sean Yseults official website Rock City Morgue, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Sean Yseult designs New York Times Vows Column, February 3,2008 RockBookShow interview about Seans Book, Im In The Band
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Yseult performing in 2010
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New Zealand
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New Zealand /njuːˈziːlənd/ is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu—and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, the countrys varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealands capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland, sometime between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that later were named New Zealand and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand, in 1840, representatives of Britain and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire, today, the majority of New Zealands population of 4.7 million is of European descent, the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealands culture is derived from Māori and early British settlers. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, New Zealand is a developed country and ranks highly in international comparisons of national performance, such as health, education, economic freedom and quality of life. Since the 1980s, New Zealand has transformed from an agrarian, Queen Elizabeth II is the countrys head of state and is represented by a governor-general. In addition, New Zealand is organised into 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities for local government purposes, the Realm of New Zealand also includes Tokelau, the Cook Islands and Niue, and the Ross Dependency, which is New Zealands territorial claim in Antarctica. New Zealand is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Pacific Islands Forum, and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted New Zealand in 1642 and called it Staten Landt, in 1645, Dutch cartographers renamed the land Nova Zeelandia after the Dutch province of Zeeland. British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand, Aotearoa is the current Māori name for New Zealand. It is unknown whether Māori had a name for the country before the arrival of Europeans. Māori had several names for the two main islands, including Te Ika-a-Māui for the North Island and Te Waipounamu or Te Waka o Aoraki for the South Island. Early European maps labelled the islands North, Middle and South, in 1830, maps began to use North and South to distinguish the two largest islands and by 1907, this was the accepted norm. The New Zealand Geographic Board discovered in 2009 that the names of the North Island and South Island had never been formalised and this set the names as North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui, and South Island or Te Waipounamu
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The Waitangi sheet from the
Treaty of Waitangi
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Flag
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Painting of
Mount Earnslaw by John Turnbull Thomson, oil on canvas, 1888
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John Key,
Prime Minister of New Zealand since 2008
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Lorde
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Ella Marija Lani Yelich-OConnor, better known by her stage name Lorde, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Takapuna and raised in Devonport, Auckland, she became interested in performing as a child, in her early teens, she signed with Universal Music Group and was later paired with songwriter and record producer Joel Little, who has co-written and produced most of Lordes works. Her first major release, The Love Club EP, was released commercially in March 2013, the EP reached number two on the national record charts in both New Zealand and Australia. In mid-2013, Lorde released her debut single Royals and it became an international crossover hit and made Lorde the youngest solo artist to achieve a US number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1987. In late 2013, she released her studio album, Pure Heroine. The record topped the charts in New Zealand and Australia. Its following singles included Tennis Court, Team, No Better and Glory, in 2014, Lorde released Yellow Flicker Beat as a single from the soundtrack for The Hunger Games, Mockingjay – Part 1. Lordes music consists of such as dream pop and indietronica. She has earned two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award and ten New Zealand Music Awards, in 2013, she was named among Times most influential teenagers in the world, and in the following year, she was part of Forbess 30 Under 30 list. Of Croatian and Irish descent, Ella Yelich-OConnor was born in Takapuna to Vic OConnor, an engineer, and Sonja Yelich. She was raised in the suburb of Devonport with her two sisters, Jerry and India, and her brother, Angelo. At age five, she joined a group and developed public speaking skills. At that same time, Lorde was attending Vauxhall School and later Belmont Intermediate School and her mother encouraged her to read a range of genres, which Lorde cited as a lyrical influence, I guess my mum influenced my lyrical style by always buying me books. Shed give me a mixture of kid and adult books too, I remember reading Feed by M. T. Anderson when I was six, and her giving me Salinger and Carver at a young age, Lorde played netball at a young age alongside Vauxhall classmate Eliza McCartney, who later became an Olympic bronze medallist in the pole vault. In May 2009, Lorde and musician friend Louis McDonald won the Belmont Intermediate School annual talent show as a duo, on August 13,2009, Lorde and McDonald were invited in for a chat on Jim Moras Afternoons show on Radio New Zealand. There, they performed covers of Pixie Lotts Mama Do and Kings of Leons Use Somebody, in 2009 Maclachlan signed her to UMG for development. While working on her career, she attended Takapuna Grammar School from 2010 to 2013
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Lorde at the 2014 Sydney Laneway Festival
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Lorde (left) and Louis McDonald (right) performing at The Vic Unplugged in 2010
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Lorde at the
Decibel Festival in
Seattle, September 2013
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Lorde as part of the 2014
Lollapalooza lineup
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Royals (song)
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Royals is a song by New Zealand singer Lorde from her debut extended play album, The Love Club EP. It was later included on her studio album, Pure Heroine. Royals was characterised as art pop and electropop, written by Lorde and Joel Little and produced by the latter, the song lyrically disapproves of the luxurious lifestyle of contemporary artists. Royals was released on 3 June 2013 as Lordes debut single, the song received acclaim from music critics, who praised its minimal production and lyrics. It experienced international commercial success, peaking atop the charts of many countries including Canada, Ireland, New Zealand. In the United States, the single spent nine weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, in doing so, Lorde became the first New Zealand solo act to top the Hot 100, as well as the youngest artist to achieve a number-one single since 1987. As of November 2014, the single has sold 10 million copies worldwide, Lorde performed Royals on numerous television shows, including Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the 2013 New Zealand Music Awards. Two music videos for Royals were directed by Joel Kefali, an international version, the song was listed as one of the best songs of 2013 by publications including Rolling Stone, Time and Spin. Royals also won awards, including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance. A live mashup with Disclosure and AlunaGeorges song White Noise at the 2014 BRIT Awards was released as a charity single in 2014, in the media, it is regarded to be an anthem for the Millennial generation. At the age of 13, Lorde started writing songs herself, macLachlan unsuccessfully tried to set up Lorde with several songwriters and producers to help her with production. Ultimately, he paired Lorde with Joel Little in December 2011, Little was impressed by Lordes vocal performance and songwriting abilities, and he built songs with musical structures based on Lordes lyrics. Lorde wrote the lyrics to Royals in July 2012 at her house, the pair recorded songs at Littles Golden Age Studios in Morningside, Auckland. Within a week, Lorde had finished recording Royals during a school break, Lorde recalled during a 3 September 2013 VH1 interview, It was just that word. More broadly, historic aristocrats were also an inspiration for the song and she also explained the lyric Were driving Cadillacs in our dreams was something she read in a diary she received at the age of 12. Lorde further revealed that she took inspiration from hip hop-influenced artists during the process, yet criticised their bullshit reference to expensive alcohol. I was definitely poking fun at a lot of things that take to be normal. Royals was produced using the software Pro Tools, a writer from Spin described it as an art pop song
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"Royals"
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Lorde performing at the
Laneway Festival in Sydney, 2014
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Selena Gomez performed a cover of "Royals" during her
Stars Dance Tour
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Pearl Jam
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Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the bands line-up has comprised Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, the bands fifth member is drummer Matt Cameron, who has been with the band since 1998. Boom Gaspar has also been a member with the band since 2002. Drummers Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese and Jack Irons are former members of the band, formed after the demise of Gossard and Aments previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten, in 1991. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame, to date, the band has sold nearly 32 million records in the United States and an estimated 60 million worldwide. Pearl Jam has outlasted and outsold many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic referred to Pearl Jam as the most popular American rock & roll band of the 90s. Pearl Jam is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7,2017, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were members of pioneering grunge band Green River during the mid-1980s. Green River toured and recorded to moderate success but disbanded in 1987 due to a division between the pair and bandmates Mark Arm and Steve Turner. In late 1987, Gossard and Ament began playing with Malfunkshun vocalist Andrew Wood, in 1988 and 1989, the band recorded and toured to increasing interest and found the support of the PolyGram record label, which signed the band in early 1989. Mother Love Bones debut album, Apple, was released in July 1990, Ament and Gossard were devastated by the death of Wood and the resulting demise of Mother Love Bone. Gossard spent his time writing material that was harder-edged than what he had been doing previously. After a few months, Gossard started practicing with fellow Seattle guitarist Mike McCready, whose band, Shadow, had broken up, after practicing for a while, the trio sent out a five-song demo tape in order to find a singer and a drummer. They gave former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons the demo to see if he would be interested in joining the band, Irons passed on the invitation but gave the demo to his basketball buddy, San Diego, California singer Eddie Vedder. Vedder was the lead vocalist for a San Diego band, Bad Radio and he listened to the tape shortly before going surfing, where lyrics came to him. He then recorded the vocals to three of the songs in what he described as a mini-opera entitled Momma-Son. Vedder sent the tape with his vocals back to the three Seattle musicians, who were impressed enough to fly Vedder up to Seattle for an audition, within a week, Vedder had joined the band. With the addition of Dave Krusen on drums, the band took the name Mookie Blaylock, the band played its first official show at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on October 22,1990, and soon signed to Epic Records and renamed themselves Pearl Jam. In a 2006 Rolling Stone cover story however, Vedder admitted that this story was total bullshit, Pearl Jam entered Seattles London Bridge Studios in March 1991 to record its debut album, Ten
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Pearl Jam performing in 2012. From left to right:
McCready,
Ament,
Cameron,
Vedder and
Gossard.
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Lead guitarist Mike McCready in
Columbia, Maryland on September 18, 1998
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Pearl Jam in
Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000
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Frontman
Eddie Vedder in
Pistoia, Italy on September 20, 2006
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Soundgarden
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Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the bands drummer in 1986, while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990. Soundgarden was one of the bands in the creation of grunge, a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle. In 1997, the broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. After more than a decade of working on projects and other bands, Soundgarden reunited in 2010 and their studio album. As of 2012, Soundgarden had sold more than 10.5 million records in the United States, vH1 ranked Soundgarden at number 14 in their special 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. Soundgardens origins can be found in a band called The Shemps, which performed around Seattle in the early 1980s, following Yamamotos departure, the band recruited guitarist Kim Thayil as its new bassist. Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by Cornell, Yamamoto, and Thayil, Cornell originally played drums while singing, but in 1985 the band enlisted Scott Sundquist to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals. The band traveled around playing various concerts with this line-up for about a year and their first recordings were three songs that appeared on the 1986 compilation album for C/Z Records called Deep Six. It also featured songs by fellow grunge pioneers Green River, Skin Yard, Malfunkshun, The U-Men, in 1986, Sundquist left the band to spend time with his family, and was replaced by Matt Cameron, the drummer from Skin Yard. KCMU DJ Jonathan Poneman was impressed after seeing Soundgarden perform one night, later saying, Poneman offered to fund a release by the band, so Thayil told him to team up with Bruce Pavitt. Poneman offered to contribute $20,000 in funding for Sub Pop, Soundgarden signed to Sub Pop, and the label released Hunted Down in 1987 as the bands first single. Through Sub Pop, the released the Screaming Life EP in 1987. A combination of the two was issued as Screaming Life/Fopp in 1990, though the band was being courted by major labels, in 1988 it signed to the independent label SST Records for its debut album, Ultramega OK, released on October 31,1988. Cornell said that the band made a mistake with Ultramega OK since they used a producer suggested by SST who didnt know what was happening in Seattle. On that album, Soundgarden demonstrates, according to Steve Huey of AllMusic, the bands first music video, Flower, was directed by Mark Miremont, and aired regularly on MTVs 120 Minutes. Soundgarden supported Ultramega OK with a tour in the United States in the spring of 1989 and a tour in Europe, Ultramega OK earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1990. After touring in support of Ultramega OK the band signed with A&M Records, Thayil said, In the beginning, our fans came from the punk rock crowd
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Soundgarden performing in February 2013. From left to right:
Kim Thayil,
Matt Cameron,
Chris Cornell and
Ben Shepherd.
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Frontman
Chris Cornell performing live at the
Montreux Jazz Festival, 2005.
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Soundgarden performed at
Lollapalooza in 2010. (L-R: Cornell, Cameron, and Shepherd. Not pictured: Thayil.)
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Korn
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Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. Korn was originally formed by three of the members of the band L. A. P. D, Korn released their first demo album, Neidermayers Mind, in 1993. The band later went on to release their debut album in 1994. The band experienced success with Follow the Leader and Issues. The bands mainstream success continued with Untouchables, Take a Look in the Mirror, a compilation album, Greatest Hits Vol.1, was released in 2004, spanning a decade of singles and concluding the bands recording contract with Immortal Records and Epic Records. They signed to Virgin Records, releasing See You on the Other Side in 2005, and an untitled album in 2007. Korns other recent albums, Korn III, Remember Who You Are and The Path of Totality, were released via Roadrunner Records, The Paradigm Shift being released via Prospect Park and their latest album, The Serenity of Suffering, was released on October 21,2016. As of 2012, Korn had sold around 35 million copies worldwide, twelve of the bands official releases have peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200, eight of which have peaked in the top five. Korn has released seven albums and thirty-nine music videos. The band has released singles, twenty-eight of which have charted. Korn has earned two Grammy Awards out of seven nominations and two MTV Video Music Awards out of eleven nominations, before Korn was formed, three of the original members of the band were associated with the band L. A. P. D. – James Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, and David Silveria, originally consisting of Richard Morrill, James Shaffer, and Reginald Arvizu, David Silveria joined when he was 16. When the band moved from Bakersfield, California to Los Angeles, Silveria dropped out of high school, when Shaffer reunited with the band, they found a manager and released an EP entitled Love and Peace Dude in 1989 through Triple X Records. Released their first full-length studio album on May 3,1991 which consisted of eleven tracks, the album was entitled Whos Laughing Now. The logo was designed by vocalist Jonathan Davis, Silveria explained, the music makes the name, because Korns a dumb name. But once we get established, it makes the name cool, Korn rented a studio from Jeff Creath, called Underground Chicken Sound, in Huntington Beach, California. While they were recording at Underground Chicken Sound, a crowd had been loitering outside the studio, the band began playing a prelude to a later song, Clown, resulting in a larger crowd gathering. Arvizu said the crowd gathered because it sounded so different, Korn started performing at gigs in the summer of 1993, with members saying that touring was a pain-in-the-ass
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Left to right:
Reginald Arvizu,
Ray Luzier,
Jonathan Davis,
James Shaffer and
Brian Welch.
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Korn in 2006.
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Korn performing live at the
Metaltown Festival in June 2011
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Korn performing live at the Rock 'n' Heim Rock Festival in August 2014.
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Limp Bizkit
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Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1994. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst, Sam Rivers, John Otto and their music is marked by Dursts angry vocal delivery and Borlands sonic experimentation. Borlands elaborate visual appearance, which includes face and body paint, masks and uniforms, the band has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, have sold 40 million records worldwide and won several other awards. Borland left the group in 2001, but Durst, Rivers, Otto and Lethal continued to record and tour with guitarist Mike Smith. Following the release of their album, Results May Vary, Borland rejoined the band and recorded The Unquestionable Truth with Durst, Rivers, Lethal and they are currently recording their seventh studio album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants. Fred Durst grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he took an interest in breakdancing, hip hop, punk rock and he began to rap, skate, beatbox and deejay. While mowing lawns and working as a tattoo artist, he developed an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip hop. Durst played with three bands, Split 26, Malachi Sage, which were unsuccessful, and 10 Foot Shindig. Durst told Sam Rivers, the bassist for Malachi Sage, You need to quit this band and start a band with me thats like this, rappin and rockin. Rivers suggested that his cousin, John Otto, who was studying jazz drumming at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and playing in local avant garde bands, Durst, Rivers and Otto jammed and wrote three songs together, and Wes Borland later joined as a guitarist. Durst named the band Limp Bizkit, because he wanted a name that would repel listeners, according to Durst, The name is there to turn peoples heads away. A lot of people pick up the disc and go, Limp Bizkit and those are the people that we dont even want listening to our music. Other names that were considered by Durst included Gimp Disco, Split Dickslit, Bitch Piglet, every record label that showed an interest in the band pressured its members to change its name. Limp Bizkit developed a following in the underground music scene, particularly at the Milk Bar. The bands local popularity was such that Sugar Ray, who had a label contract. Milkbar owner, Danny Wimmer, stated that Limp Bizkit had the biggest draw for a local band and they went from playing ten people to eight hundred within months. Fred was always marketing the band and he would go to record stores and get people involved, he was in touch with high schools. However, the band knew that to achieve success, they would have to distinguish themselves in their live performances
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Limp Bizkit performing live at
Rams Head Live! in
Baltimore, Maryland on May 3, 2013
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John Otto studied
jazz drumming and played in local
avant garde bands before joining Limp Bizkit.
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Following the release of Three Dollar Bill, Yall, vocalist Fred Durst was appointed Senior Vice President of A&R at Interscope.
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Beginning with
Significant Other (1999), DJ Lethal expanded his role as
sound designer for the band.
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Green Day
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Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. For much of the career, the band has been a trio with drummer Tré Cool. Guitarist Jason White, who has worked with the band as a member since 1999, was an official member from 2012 to 2016. Green Day was originally part of the scene at the DIY924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley. The bands early releases were with the independent record label Lookout, in 1994, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the U. S. The bands rock opera, American Idiot, reignited the bands popularity with a younger generation, the bands eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released in 2009 and achieved the bands best chart performance to date. 21st Century Breakdown was followed up by a trilogy of albums called ¡Uno, ¡Dos. and ¡Tré. which were released in September, November and December 2012 respectively. The bands twelfth album, Revolution Radio was released on October 7,2016 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Green Day has sold more than 85 million records worldwide, in 2010, a stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway. The musical was nominated for three Tony Awards, Best Musical, Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design, losing only the first, also in 2010, Green Day was ranked no.91 in the VH1 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. On April 18,2015, the band was inducted into the Rock, in 1986, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt,14 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children. The groups first live performance took place on October 17,1987, at Rods Hickory Pit in Vallejo, in 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer John Kiffmeyer, also known as Al Sobrante. As said in the film Punks Not Dead, Armstrong cites the band Operation Ivy as an influence. In 1988, Larry Livermore, owner of Lookout, Records, saw the band play an early show and signed the group to his label. In 1989, the band recorded its debut extended play,1,000 Hours, before 1,000 Hours was released, the group dropped the name Sweet Children, according to Livermore, this was done to avoid confusion with another local band Sweet Baby. The band adopted the name Green Day, due to the fondness for cannabis. Released Green Days debut studio album, 39/Smooth in early 1990, Records re-released 39/Smooth under the name 1, 039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, and added the songs from the bands first two EPs, Slappy, and 1,000 Hours. In late 1990, shortly after the bands first nationwide tour, Kiffmeyer left the East Bay area to attend Humboldt State University in Arcata, California
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Green Day performing in
Cleveland,
Ohio in 2015. From left to right:
Jason White,
Billie Joe Armstrong,
Tré Cool and
Mike Dirnt.
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Armstrong performing in 1994.
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Tré Cool (bottom left) and Mike Dirnt (right) performing on July 27, 2005.
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Green Day live in Germany during the American Idiot tour.
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams is a song by American punk rock band Green Day, recorded for their seventh studio album American Idiot. Reprise Records released Boulevard of Broken Dreams as the single from American Idiot. The songs lyrics were written by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, production was handled by Rob Cavallo and Green Day. Boulevard of Broken Dreams remains one of Green Days signature songs, the song speaks from the point of view of American Idiots main character, Jesus of Suburbia, and is a moderate midtempo song characterized by somber and bleak lyrics. This is in contrast to the track on the album, Holiday. MTVs Green Day Makes a Video described Holiday as a party, the song was ranked the number one on Rolling Stones Readers Choice, Singles of the Decade list in 2009 and number 65 on the 100 Best Songs of the Decade list in the same year. It has sold over 2 million copies in the United States as of 2010, the single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind Candy Shop by 50 Cent and Olivia, making it Green Days most successful song in the United States. The song was the single of the 2000–2009 decade with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies. As of 2017, Boulevard of Broken Dreams remains to be the song in history to win both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. Boulevard of Broken Dreams was written during a respite from pre-production on what would become the seventh album. He spent much of this time taking long walks and participating in jam sessions in the basement of Hi-Fi and he began socializing with songwriters Ryan Adams and Jesse Malin. Armstrong wrote the song about his time in New York City, about feeling alone, Armstrong felt the song fit nicely with the albums storyline, which is about going away and getting the hell out, while at the same time fighting their own inner demons. The songs title is from a James Dean poster in which he is walking through New York with an overcoat on, Boulevard of Broken Dreams is set in common time and composed in the key of F minor, like Holiday, its prelude. The opening features a guitar with tremolo playing the verse progression. The songs distinct tremolo effect on the guitar was achieved by digitally manipulating the recording in ProTools. It was difficult to produce, as it needed to remain in sync with the songs tempo, Armstrong added tracks of acoustic guitar-playing to augment his electric guitar rhythms and Cools drumming. Billie Joes vocals begin, accompanied by acoustic guitar, the bass and drums enter after the first two lines. The pre chorus features a lead guitar melody before seguing into the distorted chorus
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"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
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Alternate single cover
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21 Guns (song)
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21 Guns is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the single from their eighth album. The single was released through Reprise Records on May 25,2009 as a digital download, the song has been a success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 22, which has become their highest charting single since 2005 and it was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals and Best Rock Song in 2010. 21 Guns addresses the topic of patriotism, according to Q, the song is a mammoth power ballad with a chorus like Mott the Hooples All the Young Dudes. William Goodman from Spin agreed, also comparing the song to All The Young Dudes, entertainment Weeklys Simon Vozick-Levinson described it as a sensitive arena rock cut that made us think of Totos Africa. While the chorus sounded more like ELOs Telephone Line, a Rolling Stone article commented that it has a dash of Boulevard of Broken Dreams to it. Spins Goodman agreed, writing, This track covers a lot of territory in its five minutes, but the chorus holds the killer hook, as Armstrong hits highs with his voice in a thrilling moment. The song has received critical acclaim, chris Fallon writing for AbsolutePunk commented that it is arguably the albums highlight, presenting an anti-war ballad that is both monumentally enduring and also sophisticated protest. James Montgomery of MTV News described it as a cell-phones-in-the-air anthem, colin Moriarty from IGN wrote that the track is perhaps the best song on the album as a whole, is a multi-faceted song with a pretty poignant message to boot. Jordan Richardson of Blogcritics commented, Its the album’s anti-war hymn, mayer Nissim gave the song 3 out of 5 stars, writing, It combines verses reminiscent of Neil Youngs Heart of Gold with big power-pop chord changes and choruses that soar in all the right places. The jerky charm of the earlier work may be missing. However, Adam Downer from Sputnikmusic gave a review, commenting that it sounds like a terrible rewrite of something John Lennon never released. 21 Guns was released to modern punk radio stations on May 25,2009, although it had already played on some radio stations. In the radio edit, the song is over forty seconds shorter than the album due to the bridge being shortened. The CD single and clear 7 single were released on July 14,2009, the song is featured heavily in Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen and appears on the soundtrack, which was released on June 12,2009. It became available for download on the video game series Rock Band on July 7,2009, along with the songs East Jesus Nowhere. The song was featured in episode 6 of The Vampire Diaries, the song is featured in the video game Green Day, Rock Band and is downloadable content for the Rock Band series
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"21 Guns"
21 Guns (song)
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21 Guns Live EP
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Thirty Seconds to Mars
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Thirty Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević, the bands debut album,30 Seconds to Mars, was produced by Bob Ezrin and released to positive reviews but only to limited commercial success. The band achieved fame with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie. Their next release, This Is War, showed an evolution in the bands musical style. The recording process of the album was marked by a dispute with record label EMI that eventually became the subject of the documentary film Artifact. Thirty Seconds to Mars then moved to Universal Music and released the album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams. As of September 2014, the band had sold over 15 million albums worldwide, Thirty Seconds to Mars has consistently enjoyed sold out tours and numerous headlining festival slots. The band is noted for its live performances and for fusing many music genres. They have been compared to the sounds of such as Pink Floyd, The Cure, Tool. Thirty Seconds to Mars has received awards and accolades throughout their career, including a Guinness World Record. List of best artists of the 2000s, Thirty Seconds to Mars started in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, as a collaboration between brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, who had been playing music together since their childhood. The duo later expanded to a four-piece when they added guitarist Solon Bixler, additional guitarist Kevin Drake, who first auditioned for the position of bassist, also joined the band as a touring musician. The band played its first concerts under different names, before settling on the name Thirty Seconds to Mars. Jared Leto spoke of the name as a reference, a translation from the book. I think the idea is interesting, its a metaphor for the future, Thirty seconds to Mars—the fact that were so close to something thats not a tangible idea. Also Mars being the God of War makes it really interesting and you could substitute that in there, but whats important for my brother and I, is that it be imaginative and really represent the sound of our music in as unique a way as possible. He described it as a name that works on different levels, a phrase that is lyrical, suggestive, cinematic. When Thirty Seconds to Mars first started, Jared Leto did not allow his vocation as a Hollywood actor to be used in promotion of the band, by 1998, the group performed gigs at small American venues and clubs
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Thirty Seconds to Mars in 2014 (from left to right): Tomo Miličević, Jared Leto, Shannon Leto
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Thirty Seconds to Mars live in Germany during the A Beautiful Lie tour
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Performing in Orlando, Florida during their Into the Wild Tour
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Thirty Seconds to Mars playing in Manchester, England in February 2010
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2012 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by Kevin Hart, took place on Thursday, September 6,2012, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The awards were broadcast from the Staples Center arena at L. A, nominations were announced on July 31,2012. Rihanna and Drake were the most nominated artists this year with five nominations apiece, followed by Katy Perry and Beyoncé, One Direction was the biggest winner of the night winning their three nominations, including Best New Artist, and Rihanna went on to win Video of the Year. Both M. I. A. and Chris Brown won two awards each, the awards ceremony, with an average of 6.1 million viewers, was the least-watched VMA show since 2007. MTV also moved up the telecast to 8pm instead of 9pm and this was somewhat early for MTVs targeted audience. Rihanna – We Found Love Drake – Take Care Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know M. I. A. – We Are Young Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe Frank Ocean – Swim Good The Wanted – Glad You Came One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful Justin Bieber – Boyfriend fun. I. A. I. A
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2012 MTV Video Music Awards
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Coldplay
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Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist and keyboardist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed under the name Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as bassist, will Champion joined as drummer and backing vocalist, completing the performing line-up. Creative Director Phil Harvey is often referred to as the fifth member by the band. The band renamed themselves Coldplay in 1998, before recording and releasing three EPs, Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999, the Blue Room was their first release on a major label, after signing to Parlophone. They achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single Yellow in 2000 and this was followed by their debut album Parachutes released the same year, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The bands second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, was released to acclaim and won multiple awards. Their next release, X&Y, the album worldwide in 2005, was met with mostly positive reviews upon its release. In May 2014, they released their album, Ghost Stories. In December 2015, the released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams. Coldplay have sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making one of the worlds best-selling music artists. In December 2009, Rolling Stone readers voted the group the fourth-best artist of the 2000s, Coldplay have been an active supporter of various social and political causes, such as Oxfams Make Trade Fair campaign and Amnesty International. Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland first met during their week at University College London in September 1996. The pair spent the rest of the university year planning a band, Guy Berryman, a classmate of Martin and Buckland, later joined the group. By 1997, the group, who had renamed themselves Starfish, Martin also had recruited his longtime school friend Phil Harvey, who was studying classics at the University of Oxford, to be the bands manager. Coldplay have since accepted Harvey as the member of the group. The bands line-up was completed when Will Champion joined to take up percussion duties, Champion had grown up playing piano, guitar, bass, and tin whistle, he quickly learned the drums. The band finally settled on the name Coldplay which was suggested by Tim Crompton, by 1997, Martin had met Classics student Tim Rice-Oxley. During a weekend in the English village Virginia Water in Surrey they asked each other to play their own songs on the piano
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Coldplay on stage following a 2009 performance during the Viva La Vida tour. From left to right:
Chris Martin,
Guy Berryman,
Jonny Buckland,
Will Champion
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Live performances during their 2002 tour were noted for their use of
strobe lighting.
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Coldplay performing in Barcelona during their
Twisted Logic Tour in 2005
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Performing live outside the
BBC Television Centre during their
Viva la Vida Tour in 2008
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2015 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards was held on August 30,2015. The 32nd installment of the event was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, taylor Swift led the nominations with a total of ten, followed by Ed Sheeran, who had six. Bringing his total number of mentions to 13, swifts Wildest Dreams music video premiered during the pre-show. Cyrus also announced and released her studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz, during his acceptance speech, Kanye West announced that he would be running for the 2020 U. S. Taylor Swift won the most awards with four, including Video of the Year, the VMA trophies were redesigned by Jeremy Scott. This edition of the MTV VMA were followed by 9.8 million people in the United States through the various channels MTV for broadcast use. According to Nielsen, it logged 5.03 million viewers only on MTV, 39% less than last year, the lowest viewed one was in 1996, since Nielsen began tracking in 1994, with 5.07 million viewers. However, the broke the US Twitter record, being the most tweeted about non-sports program. It was also streamed live through the MTV app for authenticated users on mobile devices and television sets via iOS, Android, through its website, viewers could also get to see un-aired audience shots and backstage coverage. MtvU aired a feed and MTV Hits went dark. – presented Video of the Year Happy Hippie Foundation members – introduced Miley Cyrus The nominations were announced on July 21,2015 via Apple Musics Beats 1, nominees for the social media-driven category, Song of Summer, were announced on August 18,2015
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2015 MTV Video Music Awards
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Fall Out Boy
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Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, the band originated from Chicagos hardcore punk scene, with which all members were involved at one point. The group was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop side project of the members respective hardcore bands. The group went through a succession of drummers before landing Hurley and recording the debut album. The album became a success and helped the band gain a dedicated fanbase through heavy touring. Take This to Your Grave has commonly cited as an influential blueprint for pop punk music in the 2000s. Fall Out Boy received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2006 Grammy Awards, the bands 2007 follow-up, Infinity on High, landed at number one on the Billboard 200 with 260,000 first week sales. It produced two hit singles, This Aint a Scene, Its an Arms Race and Thnks fr th Mmrs. Folie à Deux, the fourth album, created a mixed response from fans. Following the release of Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits, the took a hiatus from 2009 to 2012 to decompress. The band regrouped and recorded Save Rock and Roll, which gave the band its second number one. 1, making it the bands third No.1 album, Fall Out Boy was formed in 2001 in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois by friends Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman. Wentz was growing dissatisfied with the mores of the community. With enthusiasm in Arma Angelus waning, he created a pop side project with Trohman as an easy. Trohman met Patrick Stump, then a drummer for grindcore band Xgrinding processX, while discussing Neurosis with a friend, Stump interrupted the conversation to correct their classification of the band in a conversation that soon shifted to the new band. Stump, viewing it as an opportunity to try out with local hardcore celebrity Wentz, directed Trohman to his MP3. com page, which contained sung-through acoustic recordings. Stump intended to try out as a drummer, but Trohman urged him to bring out his acoustic guitar, while Wentz wanted Racetraitor bandmate Andy Hurley in the group as drummer, Hurley appeared uninterested and too busy. The bands first public performance came in a cafeteria at DePaul University alongside Stilwell, Wentz and Stump argued over band names, the former favored verbose, tongue-in-cheek names while the latter desired to reference Tom Waits in name
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Fall Out Boy performing at
Rock im Park 2014. From left to right:
Joe Trohman,
Patrick Stump,
Andy Hurley and
Pete Wentz.
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Fall Out Boy performing in 2006
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Pete Wentz in May 2007. Wentz became the band's spokesman and a tabloid fixture in the mid-2000s.
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Fall Out Boy on
NBC's The Today Show in Rockefeller Center
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2016 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 28,2016 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Adeles Hello was the most nominated video with seven categories, Beyoncé led the nominations with a total of eleven, followed by Adele, who had eight. Rihanna received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award after performing several numbers during the ceremony. Britney Spears marked her first performance at the show since the heavily-criticized 2007 show nine years prior. Variety reported that over 20 million people watched the show via MTVs Snapchat feed. 3.3 million viewers saw the show via MTV, blige — introduced Rihannas final performance Drake — presented Video Vanguard Award This years nominees were presented on July 26,2016, on MTVs Facebook page live. I. L. F. $ Beyoncé — Formation Adele — Hello David Bowie — Lazarus Fergie — M. I. L. F
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The 1983-1984 Video of the Year "Moonman" award.
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Madonna has won 20 VMAs, the most for any artist.
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West taking the microphone from Swift at the
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Twenty One Pilots
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Twenty One Pilots is an American musical duo originating from Columbus, Ohio. The band was formed in 2009 by lead vocalist Tyler Joseph along with former members Nick Thomas and Chris Salih, who left in 2011. The duo rose to fame in the mid–2010s after several years of touring and they put out two self-released albums, Twenty One Pilots in 2009 and Regional at Best in 2011, before being signed by Fueled by Ramen in 2012. Their label debut, Vessel, was released in 2013, the duo achieved breakthrough success with their fourth album, Blurryface, which produced the successful singles Stressed Out and Ride. In addition, the single Heathens, recorded for the soundtrack of the film Suicide Squad, the duo have been nominated for five Grammy Awards, and have won one for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The band was formed in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio by college friends Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, Joseph explains that the storys theme of moral dilemma and choosing between the easy and the right decision inspired the name and formation of the band. On December 29,2009, they released their debut, self-titled album, Twenty One Pilots, in 2010, the band released two officially unreleased tracks to their SoundCloud account. These included a spinoff of Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman. Salih left on May 8,2011, and Thomas left the month on June 3,2011. Joseph was then joined by Josh Dun, former touring drummer of House of Heroes and their second self-release, Regional at Best, was released on July 8,2011, with the new lineup consisting of only Joseph and Dun. The album was accompanied by a free CD release show on the grounds of New Albany High School, in November 2011, they played a sold out show at Columbus Newport Music Hall, attracting the attention of a dozen record labels. That same year, the duo put out two free, otherwise unreleased songs via their newsletter, the original version of House of Gold. On February 11,2012, the released a music video on YouTube for an unreleased song titled Goner. Goner was rewritten and again recorded for its release on Blurryface in 2015, in April 2012, they announced their signing to Atlantic Records subsidiary label Fueled by Ramen during a sold out show at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion. On July 17,2012, they released their debut Fueled by Ramen recording in the form of a three song EP, Three Songs, the next month, the band embarked on a short tour with Neon Trees and Walk the Moon. They worked with Greg Wells, producer of Adele and Katy Perry, on their first full-length album on the record label Fueled by Ramen,67, respectively, on the Japan Hot 100 after Lovely was released as a promotional single for the bands trip to Japan. On November 12,2012, the music video for Holding On to You was released on YouTube. Sequentially in 2013, music videos for Guns for Hands and Car Radio were uploaded on January 7 and April 19
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Twenty One Pilots in Bangkok in 2015
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Lead singer Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots in a concert in "Gebäude 9",
Cologne, on February 12, 2014
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Twenty One Pilots official band logo as of 2015.
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Rag Doll (Aerosmith song)
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Rag Doll is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It is from the 1987 album Permanent Vacation and it was released as the final single from the album in 1988. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance, the songs lyrics were primarily written by Tyler and Vallance, Perry originating the guitar riff, and Vallance writing the bass line. The song was originally titled Rag Time but John Kalodner did not like that and she suggested Rag Doll, which was actually another title Tyler and Vallance had considered. In 1989, it peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, #12 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #42 on the UK charts. The song is notable for drummer Joey Kramers 1-2-1-2 lead beat in the beginning of the song, Joe Perrys slide guitar, and a horn section arranged by Tom Keenlyside. The music on the single differed from the album version in having a more urgent, driving beat, fueled by Tom Hamiltons bass. This version had an earlier fadeout, omitting the classic clarinet and trumpet duet behind Tylers scat singing, the video is based on the album version of the song. The B-Side of the Maxi for Rag Doll contains a version of the main song and this is a much sought-after version of the song, with a lot of the instruments missing from the track, and just an occasional bass drum. The music video flashes back and forth between an Aerosmith concert at Freedom Hall Civic Center and the Sigma Nu Fraternity house, both in Johnson City, TN, other locations include Bourbon Street and Ryans Irish Pub, both in New Orleans. In the videos closing moments, Steven Tyler is driving a Shelby Cobra down Hamilton Street in Johnson City, ted Nugent, Tony Franklin, Vinnie Colaiuta and Derek Sherinian covered the song for the Aerosmith tribute album Not the Same Old Song and Dance. Backing vocals were by David Glen Eisley, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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"Rag Doll"
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Def Leppard
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Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Rick Allen, Phil Collen and this is the bands longest-standing line-up. The bands strongest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s, the bands next studio album, Pyromania in January 1983, with Photograph and Rock of Ages as the lead singles, turned Def Leppard into a household name. In the U. S. Pyromania was certified diamond, in 2003, the album ranked number 384 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Def Leppards fourth album Hysteria, released in 1987, topped the UK and U. S. album charts. As of 2009, it has reached beyond the success of Pyromania, having been certified 12× platinum for sales of over 12 million in the U. S. and has gone on to sell over 25 million copies worldwide. The album spawned seven hit singles, including the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 number one Love Bites, alongside Pour Some Sugar on Me, Hysteria, Armageddon It, Animal, Rocket, and Women. Their next studio album, Adrenalize, reached number one in the UK and U. S. charts in 1992, and contained several hits, including Lets Get Rocked and Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad. Their 1993 album, Retro Active, contained the hit song Two Steps Behind, while their greatest-hits album Vault, released in 1995. As one of the worlds best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide and they are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U. S. The band were ranked No.31 in VH1s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, Rick Savage, Tony Kenning, and Pete Willis, all students at Tapton School in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, formed a band called Atomic Mass in 1977. The band originally consisted of Willis on guitar, Savage on bass, only 18 at the time, Joe Elliott tried out for the band as a guitarist following a chance meeting with Willis after missing a bus, in November 1977. During his audition it was decided that he was suited to be the lead singer. Their first ever gig was in the hall in A Block in Westfield School in Mosborough. The band adopted a name proposed by Elliott, Deaf Leopard, at Kennings suggestion, the spelling was slightly modified in order to make the name seem less like that of a punk band. In January 1978, Steve Clark joined the band, according to Elliott, he successfully auditioned for the band by playing Lynyrd Skynyrds Free Bird in its entirety. In November, just prior to recording sessions for what would be a three-song release known as The Def Leppard E. P, Kenning abruptly left the band, he would later form the band Cairo. He was replaced for those sessions by Frank Noon, by the end of the month, Rick Allen, then only 15 years old, had joined the band as its full-time drummer
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Def Leppard playing an acoustic set at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on 19 July 2012 Left to right:
Phil Collen,
Vivian Campbell,
Rick Savage,
Rick Allen,
Joe Elliott.
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Pour Some Sugar on Me
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Pour Some Sugar on Me is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 23 July 1988, Pour Some Sugar on Me was ranked #2 on VH1s 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s in 2006. Near the end of recording the album Hysteria, during a production break, producer Mutt Lange, expressing great liking of it, suggested that it be developed into another song. Although already behind schedule, Lange felt that the album was missing a strong crossover hit. Within two weeks the song was completed, smoothed out, and included as the track on Hysteria. By the spring of 1988, Hysteria had sold 3 million copies, thus, the band edited footage from an upcoming concert film to make a new promo clip for Pour Some Sugar on Me and finally released it as the third single in North America. Joe Elliott got the name of the song when he was sitting in the basement of his London flat and he asked Mutt Lange for some sugar to put in his tea. Lange, in return, asked Elliott if he wanted one lump or two and Elliott said, I dont care, just pour some sugar on me and the name stuck. The somewhat delayed success of Pour Some Sugar on Me sent sales of Hysteria higher than the band ever imagined and it reached number 1 on the Top Pop Albums chart a year after release, and sold four million copies during the singles run. The song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 18 in the UK Singles Chart, MTV ranked Pour Some Sugar on Me number 1 in its Top 300 Videos of All Time countdown in May 1991. In 2006, VH1 ranked the song number 2 on its list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s, AVN ranked the song as the #1 song used by strippers during their set of all time. Two different music videos for the song were produced, the first version shows the band playing inside a derelict Irish stately home while it is being demolished by wrecking-balls and a burly, sledgehammer-wielding, female construction worker. The American video was edited from the band’s full-length 1989 video release, “Live, In the Round in Your Face”, recorded at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, CO, in February 1988. The music video for the song had an extended, distortion-laden intro in lieu of the album version’s “Step inside, most compilations use the extended music video-style intro. There are two intros to the song, singer-songwriter Emm Gryner performed an acoustic version of the song on her 2001 covers album Girl Versions. The band The Maine covered the song for the Fearless Records compilation Punk Goes Classic Rock in 2010, Guns covered the song for their 2010 cover compilation, Covered in Guns. Sugarland has covered the song during their live shows, tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx in the 2012 film Rock of Ages Pop-rock band R5 covered this song during their live shows. It was sung by sister Rydel Lynch, the song has been sampled in One Directions song Midnight Memories
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"Pour Some Sugar on Me"
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One (Metallica song)
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One is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third and final single from their studio album. And Justice for All. His only hope is to devise a way to communicate with the hospital staff, production of the song was done by the band alongside Flemming Rasmussen. The song was the bands first top 40 hit single in the U. S. reaching number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it was also a number-one hit in Finland. A video for the song was introduced in January 1989 on MTV, shot in black and white by director Michael Salomon, the videos story is intercut with scenes taken from the 1971 anti-war film Johnny Got His Gun. Due to routinely being required to pay royalty fees to continue showing the music video, the video was ranked at number one on MTV soon after its introduction. Metallica performed One for the 31st Annual Grammy Awards show broadcast from Los Angeles in 1989, the next year, the song won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, the first ever win in that category. The band also performed the song alongside pianist Lang Lang at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. The song is one of the bands most popular pieces and has remained a staple since the release of the album. One was written in November 1987 by Metallicas principal composers James Hetfield, the song was released in 1989 as the third and final single from the album. Ulrichs drums come in and continues until each chorus, when the guitars become heavy, the song begins in 4/4 time, and later 3/4 as well as 2/4. In 1991, James Hetfield told Guitar World that he wrote the songs opening B-G chord change based on an idea prompted by the Venom song Buried Alive from their studio album. The song is based on the idea of a soldier losing all of his limbs and being unable to hear, speak, or see, set to a World War I backdrop. In an interview in New Zealand in 1989, Ulrich describes the movie Johnny Got His Gun as having a theme. One was the first Metallica song for which a video was created. The music video, directed by Bill Pope and Michael Salomon, the video, shot in Long Beach, California, is almost entirely in black and white, and features the band performing the song in a warehouse. It features dialogue and several scenes from the 1971 film adaptation of Johnny Got His Gun, timothy Bottoms can be seen starring as Joe Bonham, the main character in the novel. Three versions of the One music video were made, the first contained scenes of both the band and scenes from the movie, the second was simply a shortened version of the first and the third, often known as the jammin version, lacked scenes from the movie
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"One"
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One (Live) cover
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Faith No More
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Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979. Before settling on their current moniker in 1982, the band performed under the names Sharp Young Men, bassist Billy Gould and drummer Mike Bordin are the longest remaining members of the band, having been involved with Faith No More since its inception. The band underwent several lineup changes early in their career, along with major changes later on. The current lineup of Faith No More consists of Gould, Bordin, keyboardist Roddy Bottum, guitarist Jon Hudson, after releasing six studio albums, Faith No More officially announced their breakup on April 20,1998. They have since reunited, embarked on The Second Coming Tour from 2009 to 2012, Faith No More was originally formed as Sharp Young Men in 1979 by bassist Billy Gould, drummer Mike Bordin, vocalist Mike Morris, and keyboardist Wade Worthington. Mike Morris described the name as a piss-take on all the groups at the time. Later on Morris proposed the name Faith In No Man but eventually the band settled on Bordins suggestion Faith No Man and they recorded Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty, released in 1983. They changed their name to Faith No Man for the release of the single, Bottum, Gould and Bordin quit the band shortly after and formed Faith No More. They chose the name to accentuate the fact that The Man was No More and they didnt have any constant guitarists or vocalists until they eventually settled on Chuck Mosley in 1983 and later Jim Martin. After the name change, the band started recording We Care a Lot without backing from a record label and, after pooling their money. It was the first official release for both the band and the label, in late 1986, Faith No More was signed to Los Angeles label Slash Records by Anna Statman. The label had recently sold to the Warner Music Group subsidiary London Records. Introduce Yourself was released in 1987, and a version of their debut albums title track We Care a Lot saw minor success on MTV. Mosleys behaviour had started to increasingly erratic, particularly during a troubled tour of Europe in 1988. Mosley was eventually fired after the band returned home from Europe, Billy Gould reflected There was a certain point when I went to rehearsal, and Chuck wanted to do all acoustic guitar songs. It was just so far off the mark, the upshot was that I got up, walked out and quit the band. I Just said, ‘I’m done – I can’t take this any longer, the same day, I talked to Bordin, and he said, ‘Well, I still want to play with you’. It was another one of these ‘firing somebody without firing them’ scenarios, Chuck Mosley was replaced with singer Mike Patton in 1988
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Faith No More performing in Portugal in 2009
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Epic (Faith No More song)
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Epic is a song by the American rock band Faith No More. It was released as the single from their third album The Real Thing in 1989 in US and in 1990 in the UK. The song was a breakthrough hit and it peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, and their first Number One single on the Australian charts. It is among the bands most popular songs and a staple in their concerts, there are also stories of Björk giving the fish to the keyboardist Roddy Bottum after a poetry reading in San Francisco. This was confirmed by the singer who defended the group, saying that I know those guys, but I know, if I had gone home with MY fish, which was given to ME, none of this would have ever happened. Guitarist Jim Martin was a schoolmate, close friend and fan of the late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, in the video he can be seen wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Cliff with the words A Tribute to Cliff Burton. In addition, Mike Patton can be wearing a Mr. Bungle shirt that reads Theres A Tractor In My Balls Again. Epic was the bands most successful single in U. S and was generally well-received, according to Rolling Stone, both the Philadelphia Daily News and Los Angeles Times praised the song, citing the song as radio-ready and radical, respectively. However, the New York Times also cited Faith No More as style-crunching, using Epic as their example. The Village Voices Pazz & Jop annual year-end critics poll ranked Epic at number five on their poll of the best singles of 1990, anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers would later accuse Patton of stealing his style in the form of this video and numerous performances. The song appears in the video games Burnout Paradise, Rock Band, Saints Row, The Third, Epic appeared in a commercial for the console versions of Street Fighter IV with the announcer stating about the games epic return. Since the mid-1990s, the Penrith Panthers rugby league team in the NRL competition uses a version of Epic as the run out song for the second half of the match. The initial release of Epic, released in the UK, Germany, Japan, the 7 editions only had Tracks One, Two, and occasionally Three. Track Five was exclusive to Japanese issues and this version was released in America as a Slash sticker labelled 7 and as a cassette with a Burning Splash sleeve. The 7 and cassette versions of release only had tracks 1 &2. Reissue version of the single Epic, the 7 vinyl and cassette versions only had the first two tracks. Epic -4,18 - Epic - Promotional CD, PRO-CD-3913, Epic -4,51 - Epic - Promotional CD, PRO-CD-3913. Epic -4,54 - The Real Thing Epic -3,59 - Epic - Promotional CD, Epic -4,48 - Ricochet CD Single, LACDP53 /850 105-2
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"Flying Mike" reissue cover
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Kickstart My Heart
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Kickstart My Heart is a song by the American hard rock band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. In a 2015 interview, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx related the origins of Kickstart My Heart, Sixx was playing acoustic guitar in his house while scribbling words on a piece of paper. When the group’s former manager read the words, he encouraged Sixx to share it with the rest of the band, Sixx was reluctant, but eventually did show the band and the track came together quickly. The video clip was shot in the Whisky a Go Go on October 5,1989 during Mötley Crües warm up show before embarking on the Dr. Feelgood Tour, sam Kinison is featured at the start of the video in a short cameo as the bands driver. In 2011 Mötley Crüe made a new video for the song which included clips from their US tour with Poison. This one is just for the fans, from us, on February 5,2012, Kickstart My Heart was featured in a commercial for Kia Motors during halftime at Super Bowl XLVI. This commercial also featured Brazilian model Adriana Lima, Pittsburgh Steeler Brett Keisel, released as the albums second single in 1989, Kickstart My Heart reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The catchy guitar riff that immediately follows bears a resemblance to 1970s glam rock band Sweets intro to their 1973 song. The songs ending features a prominent example of talkbox effects, vince Neil – vocals Mick Mars – guitar Nikki Sixx – bass Tommy Lee – drums Great Whites version was featured on their 2009 album, The Essential Collection. Asking Alexandria recorded a cover for their EP Under the Influence, a country Mötley Crüe tribute album Nashville Outlaws, A Tribute to Mötley Crüe included a cover by Rascal Flatts. Between the Buried and Me recorded a version for their covers album The Anatomy Of
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"Kickstart My Heart"
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Slaughter (band)
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Slaughter is an American hard rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. The band reached stardom in 1990 with their first album Stick It to Ya, the album reached double platinum status in the United States. The band remains an act in national tours, mainly in the Rock Never Stops Tour which features several bands of the same era. Slaughter formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late-1988, out of the ashes of lead vocalist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strums previous band, by 1989, Slaughter and Strum completed the lineup by recruiting lead guitarist Tim Kelly and drummer Blas Elias. Slaughters debut album Stick It to Ya had three hit songs in the Billboard Hot 100, Fly to the Angels, Up All Night, during this time, they were signed by Orion Pictures to record a song for the film Bill and Teds Bogus Journey. The song, titled Shout It Out, was accompanied by a music video, in 1992, they released their second album, titled The Wild Life. It had the Billboard Hot 100 hit Real Love and was certified gold, the band planned to record their third album in early 1994. However, in 1993 guitarist Tim Kelly was arrested for charges of drug trafficking, the delayed album was completed in February 1994 and a video for the first single Searchin was financed by Chrysalis. The band negotiated to be released from their label and signed with CMC Records, in 1995, they finally released Fear No Evil. Despite little success in the United States, the album did well in Japan, guitarist Dave Marshall had to fill in for Kelly at times, due to his legal problems. Kellys legal troubles ended and the band committed to their next album, in 1997, they followed it with Revolution. The album featured an eclectic and psychedelic sound, but failed to make an impact. On February 5,1998, tragedy struck when guitarist Tim Kelly was killed in an accident in the Arizona desert. This deeply affected the band, but they were committed to continue with the band, Dave Marshall briefly performed as a touring guitarist for Slaughter in Japan. In 1998, they hired Jeff Blando as Kellys replacement and began working on their next album, a live album titled Eternal Live was released featuring some of the bands last performances with Kelly. In 1999, they resurged with Back to Reality, featuring Blando as the new guitarist, Blando was previously in Left For Dead and Saigon Kick. Slaughter continues to play many rock package tours with acts that saw prominence during the glam era of the 1980s. In 2001, Slaughter was a part of the Voices of Metal tour featuring Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe, Ratt, and Vixen
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Slaughter performing on June 21, 2008 in West Fargo, North Dakota
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1991 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 1991 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 5,1991, honoring the best music videos from June 2,1990, to June 15,1991. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. This year saw the introduction of a new category, Best Long Form Video, however, meanwhile, the award for Best Post-Modern Video was renamed Best Alternative Video. R. E. M. led the night both in awards and in nominations and their video for Losing My Religion not only won Video of the Year, but it also took home a total of six awards, making them the biggest winners of the night. Furthermore, R. E. M. s ten nominations also made them the most nominated artist that night and Losing My Religion the most nominated video of the night. 90 Janet Jackson – Love Will Never Do Paula Abdul – Rush Rush Neneh Cherry – Ive Got You Under My Skin Amy Grant – Baby Baby Madonna – Like a Virgin R. E. M. E. M. E. M. – Losing My Religion Deee-Lite – Groove Is in the Heart Enigma – Sadeness Seal – Crazy R. E. M, – Losing My Religion Chris Isaak – Wicked Game George Michael – Freedom. E. M. – Losing My Religion Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – Mama Help Me C+C Music Factory – Things That Make You Go Hmmm, faith No More – Falling to Pieces Janet Jackson – Love Will Never Do Jellyfish – The King Is Half-Undressed George Michael – Freedom. – Losing My Religion C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat Deee-Lite – Groove Is in the Heart Chris Isaak – Wicked Game George Michael – Freedom,90 Seal – Crazy Chris Isaak – Wicked Game LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out George Michael – Freedom. – Losing My Religion Queensrÿche – Silent Lucidity C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat Deee-Lite – Groove Is in the Heart Divinyls – I Touch Myself Chris Isaak – Wicked Game R. E. M. W. C
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1991 MTV Video Music Awards
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The Other Side (Aerosmith song)
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The Other Side is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith, and written by Jim Vallance and Steven Tyler. It was released in 1990 as the single from the bands highly successful 1989 album Pump. A music video was produced to promote the single, the video was directed by Marty Callner, and featured John Kalodner. The video includes the intro piece Dulcimer Stomp, peaking at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song marked a first for Aerosmith, as it became the fourth song from a single album of theirs to chart in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Only Get a Grip has equaled this feat, the live footage was filmed during part of the bands swing through the south. Clips from their shows in Tallahassee, Jackson, New Orleans, additionally, the song reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, the third single from Pump to do so. It was used in Tony Scotts 1993 film True Romance, with Christian Slater, the song won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video in 1991. All tracks written by Steven Tyler and Jim Vallance, except where noted, all tracks written by Steven Tyler and Jim Vallance
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"The Other Side"
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AC/DC
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AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. A hard rock/blues rock band, they have also considered a heavy metal band, although they have always dubbed their music simply rock. AC/DC underwent several changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975, Malcolm. Membership subsequently stabilised until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album Powerage, within months of recording the album Highway to Hell, lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group considered disbanding, but buoyed by support from Scotts parents, decided to continue, ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the released the new album, Back in Black. The album launched them to new heights of success and became their all-time best-seller, the bands next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, was their first album to reach number one in the United States. Drummer Phil Rudd was fired in 1983 and replaced by ex-A II Z drummer Simon Wright, the band experienced a resurgence in the early 1990s with the release of The Razors Edge. Phil Rudd returned in 1994 after Chris Slade, who was with the band from 1989 to 1994, was asked to leave in favour of him, Stiff Upper Lip, released in 2000, was well received by critics. The bands line-up remained the same until 2014 with Malcolm Youngs retirement, in 2016, Johnson was advised to stop touring on account of worsening hearing loss and Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose stepped in as the bands vocalist for the remainder of that years dates. Long-term bass player Cliff Williams subsequently indicated that he would retire from the band on the completion of their current world tour, Back in Black has sold an estimated 50 million units worldwide, making it the second-highest-selling album by any artist – and the highest-selling album by any band. The album has sold 22 million units in the US alone, AC/DC ranked fourth on VH1s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and were named the seventh Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time by MTV. In 2004, AC/DC ranked No.72 on the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Producer Rick Rubin, who wrote an essay on the band for the Rolling Stone list, referred to AC/DC as the greatest rock, in 2010, AC/DC were ranked number 23 in the VH1 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Brothers Malcolm, Angus, and George Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland, George was the first to learn to play the guitar. He became a member of The Easybeats, one of Australias most successful bands of the 1960s, in 1966, they became the first local rock act to have an international hit, with the song Friday on My Mind. Malcolm followed in Georges footsteps by playing with a Newcastle, New South Wales and their oldest brother Alex Young chose to remain in Britain to pursue musical interests. Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the name after their sister, Margaret Young
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AC/DC, from left to right:
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Phil Rudd,
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Former vocalist
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Bronze statue of Bon Scott, unveiled in
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Thunderstruck (song)
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Thunderstruck is the lead single on the 1990 album The Razors Edge by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The song was released as a single in Germany, Australia, and Japan, in 2010, Thunderstruck topped Triple Ms Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Melbourne, Australia. The top five were all AC/DC songs, angus Young stated in the liner notes of the 2003 re-release of The Razors Edge, It started off from a little trick I had on guitar. I played it to Mal and he said Oh, Ive got a rhythm idea that will sit well in the back. We built the song up from that and we fiddled about with it for a few months before everything fell into place. Lyrically, it was really just a case of finding a good title and we came up with this thunder thing and it seemed to have a good ring to it. The video which accompanied the single was filmed at Londons Brixton Academy on 17 August 1990, the song has sold over a million digital copies since it became available for digital download. The song is composed in the key of B major, the main riff is built of notes in the mixolydian mode. Released a remixed version of the song, which reached number 30 on the ARIA singles charts. Bagpiper Gordon Duncan arranged the tune for solo pipes, and recorded this on his album Thunderstruck, finnish country band Steve N Seagulls covered the song, which went viral on YouTube, with over thirty million views. The Croatian cello duo, 2Cellos, covered this song on their 2015 album Celloverse, the song was part of the payload of a computer worm which attacked the Iranian nuclear program. This was not the Stuxnet worm which was more destructive The song is played on the Atlético Madrid team bus just before the team arrives at the stadium for a match. The song is played before the start of home game the Florida Gators football team plays at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The song is used as on opening song for home games of the Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals, respectively at Guaranteed Rate Field, elsewhere in Major League Baseball, Thunderstruck is used entrance music by Arizona Diamondbacks J. J. Putz, and a clip of the song is played when he strikes out a hitter. The song had previously used as entrance music for John Smoltz, when he was the closer for the Atlanta Braves. The introduction to the song is played prior to tip-off of Marquette Golden Eagles mens basketball home games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The student section accompanies the song with a side-to-side clap in unison with the beat, in the NHL, the song is played during player introductions by the Los Angeles Kings and Tampa Bay Lightning
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Alice in Chains
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Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr, although widely associated with grunge music, the bands sound incorporates heavy metal elements. Since its formation, Alice in Chains has released five studio albums, the band is known for its distinctive vocal style, which often included the harmonized vocals of Staley and Cantrell. Alice in Chains rose to fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam. The band was one of the most successful acts of the 1990s, selling over 20 million records worldwide. In 1992 the bands album, Dirt, was released to critical acclaim and was certified quadruple platinum. Their third album, Alice in Chains, was released in 1995 and has been certified double platinum and it achieved No.1 position on the Billboard 200 chart. The band has had 14 top ten songs on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, although never officially disbanding, Alice in Chains was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onwards due to Staleys substance abuse, which resulted in his death in 2002. The band reunited in 2005 for a benefit show, performing with a number of guest vocalists. They toured in 2006, with William DuVall taking over as lead vocalist full-time, the new line-up released the bands fourth studio album, Black Gives Way to Blue, in 2009. The album received gold certification by the RIAA, in 2013, the band released The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, its fifth studio album. The band has toured extensively and released videos in support of these albums. Alice in Chains is currently working on their studio album. Other members of this group at that time were guitarists Johnny Bacolas and Zoli Semanate, drummer James Bergstrom and this was prompted by a conversation that Bacolas had with a singer from another band about backstage passes. Staley met guitarist Jerry Cantrell while working with Alice N Chains at Music Bank rehearsal studios, the two struggling musicians became roommates, living in a rehearsal space they shared. Alice N Chains soon disbanded, and Staley joined a band that also required a guitarist at the time. Staley asked Cantrell to join as a sideman, Cantrell agreed on condition that Staley join Cantrells band, which at the time included drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr. Local promoter Randy Hauser became aware of the band at a concert, however, one day before the band was due to record at the Music Bank studio in Washington, police shut down the studio during the biggest cannabis raid in the history of the state
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Alice in Chains in September 2007. (l-r): William DuVall, Sean Kinney and Jerry Cantrell.
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Original vocalist
Layne Staley formed Alice in Chains along with guitarist
Jerry Cantrell.
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Guitarist
Jerry Cantrell, a co-founder of the band, is credited, along with Staley, with creating their notable sound.
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Bassist
Mike Inez joined Alice in Chains in 1993
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Man in the Box
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Man in the Box is a single by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released as a single in 1991 after being featured on the groups debut full-length album Facelift, the song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe, Best of the Box, Music Bank, Greatest Hits, and The Essential Alice in Chains. The song makes use of a box to create the guitar effect. The original Facelift track listing credited only vocalist Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell with writing the song, all post-Facelift compilations credited the entire band. It is unclear as to why the songwriter credits were changed, jesus Christ, deny your maker and He who tries, will be wasted with Cantrells drier, less-urgent voice. Along with harmonies provided by both Staley and Cantrell in the lines Wont you come and save me and he also made it a point to ensure that all fans knew the song was not about veal, Layne Staley loved to eat veal. Man in the Box was released as a single in 1991, the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1992. The song was number 19 on VH1s VH140 Greatest Metal Songs and it was number 50 on VH1s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s in 2007. Steve Huey of Allmusic called the song an often overlooked but important building block in grunges ascent to dominance and a meeting of metal theatrics and introspective hopelessness. Professional wrestler Tommy Dreamer used the song as his music from 1995 to 2001. The song appeared as a track in the video games Rock Band 2. Man in the Box played in the film The Perfect Storm, the music video was nominated for Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Video at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. The video is available on the video releases Live Facelift and Music Bank. The video shows the band performing in what is supposedly a barn, where throughout the video, a mysterious man wearing a black hooded cloak is shown roaming around the barn. At the end of the video, the man finally pulls his hood down off of his head. This part of the video depicts on the line of the song, Feed my eyes, the music video was shot on 16mm film and transferred to tape using a FDL60 telecine. At the time this was the device that could sync sound to picture at film rates as low as 6FPS. This is how the motion was obtained
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"Man in the Box"
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The Black Crowes
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The Black Crowes were an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes eight albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their album, Shake Your Money Maker. The follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, reached the top of the Billboard 200 in 1992, after a hiatus between 2002 and 2005, the band released Warpaint, which hit number 5 on the Billboard chart. After the release of a greatest hits/acoustic double album Croweology in August 2010, the band announced that they would return in early 2013 but that December they returned to hiatus status with no specific return date. They announced their break-up in 2015, the band has sold over 30 million albums, and is listed at number 92 on VH1s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. They were also labeled by Melody Maker as The Most Rock n Roll Rock n Roll Band in the World, the first incarnation of the band, Mr. Crowes Garden, named after Leonard Leslie Brookes childrens book Johnny Crows Garden, began in 1984 in Marietta, Georgia. Influenced by contemporary local acts like R. E. M, 1960s psychedelic pop and classic southern rock, they gradually evolved into a revivalist band dedicated to 1970s-era blues rock. The first professional demo the Robinson brothers did was for A&M Records in 1987. The bands manager at the time, Dave Macias, got in touch with A&M rep Aaron Jacoves, from Los Angeles and it was held at Steve Gronbacks studio in Carrboro, North Carolina. They were paid $2000 by Jacoves to cover production costs, Jeff Sullivan played drums on the first demo, while subsequent demo recordings had Steve Gorman on the drums. Steve Gorman played on the subsequent A&M demos in Carrboro, N. C. during mid and late 87, the band was originally offered a record deal in 1987 under the label Dog Gone by Jefferson Holt but they held out. They eventually met George Drakoulias through A&M, when the band was playing as a later in New York City at a club called Drums. The band also played at CBGBs in N. Y. later in 1988, George turned the band on to new music they had not heard before like The Faces and Humble Pie. Up until then the band did not cover Stones songs and Rich did not play in open-G tunings for Mr. Crowes Garden songs, the band released its first studio album, Shake Your Money Maker, in 1990. Their cover of Otis Reddings Hard to Handle and their acoustic ballad She Talks to Angels both achieved top 30 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991. The band opened for ZZ Top on a tour sponsored by Miller Beer, the band launched its own tour that May and later took part in a Monsters of Rock tour in the Soviet Union, where they opened for Mötley Crüe and Queensrÿche, among others. After replacing guitarist Jeff Cease with Marc Ford from blues-rock power trio Burning Tree, the album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200
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The Black Crowes in 2008
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The Black Crowes playing at the
Hammerstein Ballroom, 2005
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Falling to Pieces
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Falling to Pieces is the third single on Faith No Mores first studio album with Mike Patton on vocals, The Real Thing. It is one of their best known hits, peaking at #92 on the Billboard Hot 100, during Second Coming Tour the band picked up the song again and performed it at least once, at a concert in Rio de Janeiro in 2009. The song was performed at the Opener Festival in 2014 for the first time since 2009, the bass-driven song spawned a video in which lead singer Mike Patton portrays a series of odd characters, including one dressed like Alex from the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange. The video is notable for using a different mix of the song featuring more prominent background vocals, keyboards. Two distinctly different versions of the video exist, the song can be heard in the 2002 film Black Hawk Down while the Rangers and Delta Force operators are preparing for their assault. The song was performed again for the first time in years on the Rio de Janeiro show, part of the song serves as epigraph for the 1993 novel Mala Onda, by Chilean writer Alberto Fuguet. The song can be heard in the 2007 film Towelhead, which was set in the year 1991, the song was again performed at the 2014 Opener Festival in Poland
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"Falling to Pieces"
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You Could Be Mine
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You Could Be Mine is a song by American rock band Guns N Roses, featured on their 1991 fourth studio album Use Your Illusion II. It was released as the seventh single, and the first from the Use Your Illusion albums. Backed with Civil War from Use Your Illusion II, the reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was released as the theme song for director James Camerons 1991 film, Terminator 2. Contrary to popular belief, You Could Be Mine was not originally going to be the theme of Terminator 2. As it would turn out, You Could Be Mine was selected to be included in the film, arnold Schwarzenegger had the band members over for dinner at his own home to negotiate the deal. The lyric With your bitch slap rappin and your cocaine tongue you get nothin done from the chorus appeared on the sleeve of Guns N Roses debut album Appetite for Destruction. This tradition was followed by the line Aint It Fun on the Use Your Illusion albums released in 1991 - two years later GNR cover of the song Aint It Fun appeared on The Spaghetti Incident. The end of first verse, weve seen that movie too, is a reference to Elton John song Ive Seen That Movie Too, Slash states that the songs writing began at the first preproduction session for Appetite for Destruction. The song has a drum and guitar intro. It was played during the credits of Terminator 2 and was heard in the film itself in early scenes with John Connor. The song is appeared in another part of the Terminator series. However, the script for Terminator 2 instead called for The Ramones song I Wanna Be Sedated. The concert version has a line with your ass in the air. The song talks about band member Izzy Stradlins failed relationship with his girlfriend, the official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan, Stan Winston and Jeffrey Abelson. Schwarzenegger appears in the video as the T-800 Terminator from the film who arrives at a Guns N Roses concert, having mission orders to assassinate the band members. When the song is finished, the Terminator confronts the band and individually assesses each member except for Izzy Stradlin and he gets to Axl and assesses that killing him would be a waste of ammo. He then stares at Axl Rose for a while, gives a brief smirk, as the video features clips from the movie, it could not be put on the DVD Welcome to the Videos due to licensing issues
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"You Could Be Mine"
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Silent Lucidity
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Silent Lucidity is a single by the American progressive metal band Queensrÿche from the 1990 album Empire. The song was the biggest hit for the band, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was composed by lead guitarist Chris DeGarmo. Queensryche performed the live at the Grammy Awards of 1992, for being nominated in the category of Best Rock Song. The song did not win the Grammy, it did win the MTV Viewers Choice Award for its music video. Because of the content, and the title of the song. During the middle eight, a distorted voice even explains a method for this, record it in the present tense. Put it into a paramental form, if you persist in your efforts, you can achieve dream control. The song was recorded with sweeping orchestrations, often the orchestra is not relegated to the background but instead is very prominent such as during the second half of the instrumental section. At the end of the song, a cello or double bass plays the theme from the traditional Brahms Lullaby - the typical English translation words being Lullaby, silent Lucidity is ranked #21 on VH1s list of Greatest Power Ballads. This song was used in the first episode of the television show The Hat Squad
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"Silent Lucidity"
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Warrant (American band)
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The band continued its success in the early 1990s with the Double Platinum album Cherry Pie which provided the hit album titled song and music video. The band also changed their direction with the release of the grunge influenced Belly to Belly in 96. Into the new decade former lead singer and main songwriter Jani Lane died, after over 30 years, the band is still recording music and performing, now with ex-Lynch Mob lead vocalist Robert Mason. Warrant was formed in 1984 by guitarist Erik Turner who had previously been a member of Knightmare II, the first line up included lead vocalist Adam Shore, drummer Max Asher, guitarist Josh Lewis, and bassist Chris Vincent, who was quickly replaced by Jerry Dixon. The band gigged hard in California opening for the likes of Hurricane, Ted Nugent, Stryper, in September 1986, Shore and Asher quit to create Hot Wheelz. The recruitment of Lane proved pivotal in the future, with the singer quickly assuming the role of songwriter. After achieving fame on the L. A. club scene, the recorded a demo tape in September 1987 for Paisley Park Records. With major labels taking an interest and after recording tracks for A&M Records the band also put in a showing on the soundtrack to Bill. Eventually it was announced that Columbia had snapped up the band, Lane immediately spent his advance on a black Corvette which he promptly crashed. Warrant opened their campaign in September billed with DMOLLS followed by dates with Britny Fox, the label immediately arranged for them to work with the in demand Beau Hill as producer on what would become the bands debut album. In January 1988 Warrant signed a contract with Columbia Records, the album was released January 31,1989 and was a significant success charting at number 10 on the Billboard 200. Image-wise, Warrant became a hit instantly and slotted right into the trend for big-haired, leather-wearing hard rock bands. The band toured heavily with the likes of Paul Stanley, Poison, Mötley Crüe, Queensrÿche, Cinderella, the band was featured in Screamer Magazine several times before finally landing the cover of its June 1989 issue. Warrant, Live – Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich which was the first Warrant video album was released in 1990 on VHS and Laserdisc, the video was certified Platinum The bands momentum at this point carried them to further success with the much anticipated second album Cherry Pie in 1990. Once more produced by Beau Hill, the title track was released as the first single. The album had tentatively been titled Uncle Toms Cabin after the opening track. However, the label wanted a track, resulting in Lane coming up with Cherry Pie. The video for the song employed model actress Bobbie Brown, whom Lane would later marry, the album charted at No.7 on The Billboard 200 and featured guest appearances by Poisons C. C
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From left to right: Steven Sweet, Jani Lane, Erik Turner, Joey Allen, Jerry Dixon.
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1992 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 1992 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 9,1992, honoring the best music videos from June 16,1991, to June 15,1992. The show was hosted by Dana Carvey at UCLAs Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, the nights biggest winners were Van Halen and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as each group earned three moonmen that night. Particularly, Van Halens video for Right Now took home the award of the night, Video of the Year. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, meanwhile, won the award for Viewers Choice, six of the Peppers nominations were for Give It Away, and the remaining three went to Under the Bridge. The show was notable for a feud between Axl Rose and members of Nirvana as well as Courtney Love and it began backstage before the awards show, when Love jokingly offered to make Rose the godfather of Frances Bean Cobain. Rose threatened Cobain if he didnt quiet his wife, and barbs were exchanged between Love and Roses then-girlfriend Stephanie Seymour, bassists Krist Novoselic and Duff McKagan almost came to blows over the incident, just before Nirvana were to take the stage. The spat went public onstage immediately after Nirvanas performance of Lithium, Cobain then raised the dispute in post-show interviews at the VMA. Along with Nirvana and Guns N Roses, the performers included the likes of Bryan Adams, En Vogue, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam. Also, there was a performance by U2 via satellite. English band The Cure was slated to perform, too, but they had to cancel their appearance, citing illness and exhaustion from the band. Williams – Running Back to You Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge Def Leppard – Lets Get Rocked Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit Van Halen – Right Now Christina – Jing Mai Klua Artists R. A. P. – Ordinary Angels Nenhum de Nós – Ao Meu Redor Guilherme Arantes – Taça de Veneno Biquini Cavadão – Zé Ninguém Capital Inicial – O Passageiro Djavan – Se
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Kurt Cobain (front) and
Krist Novoselic of
Nirvana performing at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Enter Sandman
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Enter Sandman is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the first single from their eponymous fifth album, the music was written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Hetfield wrote the lyrics, which deal with the concept of a childs nightmares, acclaimed by critics, the song is featured in all of Metallicas live albums and DVDs released after 1991 and has been played live at award ceremonies and benefit concerts. Enter Sandman was the first song Metallica had written for their 1991 eponymous album, ulrichs house in Berkeley, California was used for this purpose. Enter Sandman evolved from a riff that Hammett wrote. Originally, the riff was two bars in length, but Ulrich suggested the first bar be played three times, the instrumental parts of the song were quickly finished, but Hetfield did not come up with vocal melodies and lyrics for a long time. For the first time in Metallicas history, however, Ulrich, nevertheless, according to Ulrich, the song was the foundation, the guide to the whole record even before it had lyrics. An instrumental demo was recorded on August 13,1990, Enter Sandman had what Hetfield described as a wall of guitars— three rhythm guitar tracks of the same riff played by himself to create a wall of sound. According to engineer Randy Staub, close to 50 takes of the drums were recorded because Ulrich did not record the song in its entirety, because it was difficult to get in one take the intensity that the band wanted, numerous takes were selected and edited together. The simpler songs in the album Metallica, including Enter Sandman, are a departure from the bands previous, Ulrich described Enter Sandman as a one-riff song, in which all of its sections derive from the main riff credited to Kirk Hammett. Enter Sandman moves at a tempo of 123 beats per minute for 5,32 and it begins with a clean guitar intro similar to the main riff, an E minor chord on a guitar using the wah-wah pedal is then introduced, followed by heavy use of tom-tom drums. Distorted guitars then build up to the riff, which starts 56 seconds into the song. P. J. Howorth, in The Wah Wah Book, the song then follows a common structure, playing two iterations of a verse, a pre-chorus, and a chorus. On the chorus and pre-chorus, the song modulates one whole tone, up to F♯, and after the chorus, Hammett plays a guitar solo with the main, pre-chorus. Hammett makes use of the pedal and a wide range of scales, including e minor pentatonic, B minor, F♯ minor, E minor. One of the licks of the solo was inspired by the Heart song Magic Man as used in Ice-Ts Personal. Its just the beasts under your bed, in your closet, after building again to a chorus, the song starts to fade out while the band plays the same riffs as the buildup intro in reverse order. Lyrically, the song is about nightmares and all come with them
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"Enter Sandman"
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Screenshot of the music video in which a child is seen reciting a prayer while being watched by Sandman.
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Ugly Kid Joe
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Ugly Kid Joe is an American rock band from Isla Vista, California, formed in 1987. The bands name spoofs that of band, Pretty Boy Floyd. Ugly Kid Joes sound includes a range of styles, including rock, hard rock, funk metal, to date, Ugly Kid Joe have released four full-length albums, two compilation albums and two EPs. Their best selling records are As Ugly as They Wanna Be and Americas Least Wanted, the band broke up in 1997, but announced a reunion in 2010. Childhood friends Whitfield Crane and Klaus Eichstadt took an interest in music growing up in Palo Alto. In 1990 Eichstadt joined Cranes band in Isla Vista, California, after the two recorded a demo with another Palo Alto native, record producer Eric Valentine. After several band changes, the band signed with Mercury Records in 1991. By this time the As Ugly as They Wanna Be line-up was formed, consisting of Crane, Eichstadt, Mark Davis, Roger Lahr, and Cordell Crockett. The band got its name Ugly Kid Joe as a parody of L. A. glam band Pretty Boy Floyd, Pretty Boy Floyd would pull out of the show and have the gig cancelled, but the band decided to keep the name. The band became popular in the early 1990s, mixing satirical humor and its logo was a cartoon embodiment of an ugly kid wearing a backwards baseball hat and giving the finger. Heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, Ugly Kid Joe covered several of the bands songs, including Sweet Leaf. The group toured the United States several times, making its second tour in support of Scatterbrain, and later opening for former Black Sabbath lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. As Ugly As They Wanna Be in October 1991, garnering success in 1992 with the single Everything About You, later in the year, the song would be used in the movie Waynes World. As Ugly As They Wanna Be went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies in the U. S. alone, the band spent 2 months in the studio to record Americas Least Wanted. During the process, Roger Lahr left the band due to differences and was eventually replaced by Sugartooth guitarist Dave Fortman in April 1992. Rob Halford of Judas Priest was a guest vocalist on the song Goddamn Devil, the band sped up the recording process for their album in order to get a spot as a supporting act for Ozzy Osbournes No More Tears tour. The band eventually landed a spot for the tour, only to have Crane to fly back to L. A. several times to finish edits on the album. The band decided to have a cover made with the bands mascot chained and gagged showing it is the cleaned version of the album
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Ugly Kid Joe at Sofia Rocks Fest 2012.
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Everything About You (Ugly Kid Joe song)
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Everything About You is rock band Ugly Kid Joes first hit. It originally appeared on their 1991 EP, As Ugly as They Wanna Be and it gained popularity after being featured in the 1992 hit film Waynes World and was later included on the bands full-length debut album Americas Least Wanted, which was also released in 1992. Everything About You was also featured in the Band Hero Nintendo DS soundtrack, the song describes, with an uptempo hard rock beat, a list of things the lead singer hates or doesnt care about, the weather, your family, and everything about you. In the bridge, the singer admits that he has a bad attitude, the song closes with the well-known couplet Shave and a Haircut. Is this some sort of hip music that I dont understand, the music video for the song was directed by Thomas Mignone and features the band playing on a beach in Isla Vista, CA. Mignone spend the entirety of the budget on an assortment of inflatable love dolls purchased on the morning of the video shoot from a Hollywood Blvd adult shop en route to the beach location. A large tank of helium was borrowed from a dentists office. A sheepdog appears in scenes, although filming had to be cut on repeated occasions as the dog would not refrain from urinating on the drum kit. The song found its greatest success in the United Kingdom, where it reached #3 in May of the same year, the group became more acclaimed for their cover of Harry Chapins Cats in the Cradle. 7 single Everything about You —4,06 Whiplash Liquor —3,40 CD maxi Everything about You —4,06 Whiplash Liquor —3,40 Sin City —5,05 Everything about You —4,14 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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"Everything About You"
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Van Halen
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Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. From 1974 until 1985, the band consisted of guitarist Eddie Van Halen, vocalist David Lee Roth, drummer Alex Van Halen, the band went on to become major stars, and by the early 1980s they were one of the most successful rock acts of the time. 1984 was their most successful album, the lead single, Jump, became an international hit and their only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The following singles, Panama and Ill Wait, both hit number 13 on the U. S. charts, the album went on to sell over 12 million copies in the U. S. alone. In 1985, the band replaced lead singer David Lee Roth with former Montrose lead vocalist Sammy Hagar, with Hagar, the group would release four U. S. number-one albums over the course of 11 years. Hagar left the band in 1996 shortly before the release of the bands first greatest hits collection, former Extreme frontman Gary Cherone was quickly recruited as lead singer to replace Hagar, and Van Halen III was released in 1998. Cherone left the band in frustration in 1999 after the due to the poor commercial performance of the album. Van Halen went on hiatus until 2003 when they reunited with Hagar for a worldwide tour, the reunited band released a second greatest hits collection the following year, The Best of Both Worlds. Like Volume I before it, The Best of Both Worlds included material from both the Roth and Hagar eras but omitted any Cherone era tracks, the album featured three brand new tracks recorded by the reunited band, two of which were released as singles. Hagar again left Van Halen in 2005, and in 2006 Roth returned as lead vocalist for their highest-grossing tour, Anthony was not invited to participate in the tour and was essentially fired from the band, replaced by Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddies son. In 2012, the released the commercially and critically successful. According to the RIAA, Van Halen is the 19th-best-selling band/artist in United States history and they were also revealed at number 4 on the Billboards top moneymakers list in 2013. Controversy surrounded the band following the exits of Roth, Hagar, and Anthony, in 2007, Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. VH1 ranked them 7th on their list of the top 100 hard rock artists of all time, the Van Halen brothers were born in The Netherlands, Edward Van Halen in Nijmegen and Alex Van Halen in Amsterdam, sons to musician Jan Van Halen. The family moved to Pasadena, California in 1962, young Edward first began studying classical piano, and became quite proficient. Eventually the brothers started playing together in the 1960s – Eddie on drums. While Eddie was delivering newspapers to pay for his new set, Alex would sneak over. Eventually Eddie found out about it, and out of frustration he told Alex, OK, you play drums, the Van Halen brothers formed their very first band called The Broken Combs in the early 1970s
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Current line-up: David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen
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Van Halen at
La Cañada High School 1975
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Flyer handed out at
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Vocalist Gary Cherone (pictured in 2008) joined the band briefly in the late 1990s
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