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Rock And Roll John Lennon
884 words
There has been more books published about one 20
th-century icon than any other, this band that is
said to have broken down barriers in all ways, is
the Beatles. Their music was said to have driven
that younger generation mad. Perhaps it was
because they were one of the first bands ever play
real rock and roll music. Or maybe it was just
because they were foreigners in the world of
music, yet seemed to fit right in with the young
people. Whatever reason was, the Beatles were a
band that shaped a...
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Tells The Story Symphony Orchestra
1,694 words
Metallica has not always been the talented group
of rock musicians that they are today. It took
many years and many albums to bring the band to
its current standing as the kings of rock.
Metallica has undergone changes in its lineup and
its musical writing style. Comparing and
contrasting the musical and lyrical content of
each Metallica album shows exactly how much they
have changed from the early 1980 s to 2000.
Metallica was founded in the early 1980 s when a
young man from Denmark named Lars...
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Metal Blade Records Angel Of Death
1,774 words
Slayer came to life in the LA. Suburb of the
Huntington Beach Area. Soon they won the
reputation of the Huntington Hooligans. The band
was started by Kerry King, a guitarist who was
looking for other musicians to start a band. Prior
to that, he had been in another band, with Tom
Araya. Kerry met Jeff Hanneman, another guitarist,
who was very interested in the punk movement that
was going on at the time. Later the two teamed up
with a very skilled drummer by the name of Dave
Lombardo. Slayer beca...
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Los Angeles California Ozzy Osbourne
1,731 words
Randall William Rhoads was born on December 6,
1956 at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica,
California. With one brother (Doug) and one sister
(Kathy), Randy was the youngest of three. When
Randy was 17 months old his father, William Arthur
Rhoads, a public school music teacher, left and
all three children were raised by their mother,
Delores Rhoads. William Rhoads would later
remarry, producing Dan and Paul, ... "half"
brothers to Randy. Randy started taking guitar
lessons around the age of 6 or...
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Couple Of Years Haile Selassie
1,738 words
Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley) was born on 6
February 1945 in Nine Miles in the parish of St.
Ann, Jamaica. His father (Normal Sinclair Marley)
was a English marine-officer and his mother
(Cedella City Malcom) was a native Jamaican who
lived in Rhoden Hall. After Bob was born, his
father left his mother. When Bob was five, his
father took him to Kingston. One year later Bob
saw his mother again. A couple of years later Bob
and his mother moved to Trench Town
(West-Kingston) because his mother ...
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Rock And Roll George Harrison
2,305 words
Final paper; The Beatles Break-up The End of a
Legend As they walked off the plane, thousands of
people stood there to welcome them. They were
screaming their names and singing their songs.
Everyone had heard of them, they were the true
meaning of rock and roll; they defined it. They
were the biggest sensation since Elvis; they
called themselves The Beatles. They had never
expected to be the next sensation. No one ever
expects to become a great legend in national or
world history. It had taken t...
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Ed Sullivan Show Brian Epstein
1,055 words
The The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles started
out in the British city, Liverpool where music was
a way of life for many people. The Beatles were
preceded by a John Lennon fronted band called the
Quarry men. The group invited a 15 year old boy
named Paul McCartney to see them perform a show.
The then 16 year old John Lennon took to
McCartney, that? s when a unique and amazing song
writing partnership began. The Quarry Men ended up
falling apart at the seams. John Lennon and Paul
McCartney kept ...
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Bloody Sunday Peace Accord
1,729 words
Jack Sheehan March 25, 1999 Mr. Howard Period 7
During the early eighties there was social and
political turmoil all over the world. At the same
time a band was forming in Northern Ireland. The
band was U 2, and they used all of the problems
around them in their music. U 2 is one of the most
politically involved groups of the eighties, and
it showed in their music. U 2 was not only
influenced by the events around them. They also
took part in helping the cause. U 2 is an Irish
rock group that con...
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U S Department Department Of State
699 words
A man with brown eyes, and black hair, weighing
162 pounds, at five feet nine inches tall, and
winner for the best trumpeter of 1956 in the Down
Beat poll must be Dizzy Gillespie. Dizzy was born
on October 21, 1917 as John Birks Gillespie from
Cheraw north Carolina. He was the ninth and last
child of John and Lottie Gillespie. Dizzy was
given early instrumental training by his father,
who was the teacher and director of a local band.
This in turn meant there was many instruments in
their home. D...
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Dave Matthews Band Carpe Diem
3,791 words
Imagine standing on a stage, overlooking 69 tiered
rows in what is possibly the most beautiful
amphitheater in the world. As Dave Matthews and
his fellow band mates walk on stage, the crowd
cheers wildly. They do this throughout the opening
song, Seek Up, and, for the most part, through the
whole show. Recorded on August 15, 1995, this was
at the height of the bands musical talent and at
the bottom step of their climb to fame. It was
shows like this that left fans mesmerized by the
funky, jazz-i...
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Louis Armstrong King Oliver
924 words
Known as the King of Jazz, Louis Stachmo Armstrong
was one of the most important figures in early
jazz. He was said to have defined jazz music. Only
Charlie Parker comes close to having as much
influence on jazz as Louis Armstrong. Armstrong
was born on July 4, 1900 in New Orleans. He grew
up singing on the streets of New Orleans at a
young age and had a troubled childhood. At the age
of twelve he was placed in the Waifs Home For Boys
for firing a gun into the air. However, at this
home for boys...
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Board Of Education Radio Stations
1,414 words
The old 45 MHz FM broadcast band In 1945 the FCC
decided that FM would have to move from the
established 42 49 megahertz pre-war band to a new
band at 88 108 megahertz, to make way for
television. Both in frequency spectra and consumer
dollars. Therefore, all radios with an FM band of
88 to 108 MHz are post-war. Rca's David Sarnoff in
particular wanted FM to go away so the public
wouldnt be distracted from buying his latest up
and coming product: televisions. Maybe if
Armstrong said to Sarnoff i...
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Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia
1,512 words
The Grateful Dead was a band that toured
continuously for 30 years until the death of lead
man Jerry Garcia. They were known for free flowing
jams and bluegrass roots. Phish is a band that has
toured consistently for the last 17 years and has
in time made themselves into stealth
multi-millionaires. Both are very talented bands,
who have and in the Dead's case, had, created big
names for themselves. Many people make wrongful
association with these two groups of musicians. It
is said that Phish is...
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Rock N Roll End Of The Year
2,482 words
Probably the most popular, influential and
enduring rock group of all time, the Beatles
almost single-handedly reshaped rock n roll from a
genre of throwaway singles by faceless stars to an
artistic medium with memorable images and idols.
The Beatles placed the emphasis on a group, rather
than a single individual, like Frank Sinatra or
Elvis. They also set an example for all rock n
roll bands to follow with their strong sense of
self-determination, going against their record
company and manageme...
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Jerry Garcia Pied Piper
2,143 words
Jerry Jerry Garcia Alex Walker Jerry Garcia and
the Grateful Dead Rock Legends of the 60 s and 70
s Walker 2 Jerry Garcia s life was filled with
wonderful things, many of which he never expected
in the first place. After an almost fatal heroin
overdose in 1986, Garcia philosophically stated, I
m 45 years old, I m ready for anything, I didn t
even plan on living this long so all this shit is
just add-on stuff. (Garcia) This attitude shows
why Garcia did all of the things he did and even
how some ...
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Kurt Cobain Donald Cobain
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Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain was born to Wendy
and Donald Cobain on February 20, 1967 in the
small logging community of Aberdeen Washington and
his life ended on April 5, 1994. Kurt fronted one
of the greatest bands of our time called Nirvana.
In this report I hope to inform you about the life
and mysterious death of Kurt Cobain. Kurt had a
good childhood, but a troubled adolescence. Partly
because of his parents splitting up in 1975 when
Kurt was eight years old. Kurt chose to live with
his m...
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Johnny Got His Gun Heavy Metal
1,789 words
If you came here to see spandex and big hair, this
ain t your band, Metallica s war cry throughout
the early eighties. While the rest of the hard
rock bands wanted to get rich and a lot of women,
Metallica, as in the words of former lead
guitarist Dave Mustaine, Our hole existence pretty
much was guitar, dominating the world and getting
liquored up. During the late 1970 s and early 1980
s, there was a new wave a British Heavy Metal
entering the cassette and 8 -track decks of people
everywhere. O...
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Met The Band Jason Newstead Metallica
597 words
Metallica was a Metallica Introduction Metallica
was a band that that started out in the garage of
one of the members when they were in high school.
The band went through many changes and tragedies
and found solutions for them and somehow remained
playing. They started in 1980 as one of the first,
if not the first Black/Metal band. Their
popularity decreased in 1987 and form there they
went on to become really popular later on. Summary
Metallica started playing in 1980 and are still a
band to th...
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Im Gonna Lead Singer
1,994 words
I believe that it is the music of our time that
will be remembered long after we are gone, and it
is bands like Oasis that led the revolution which
took place recently. Oasis, headed by brothers
Liam and Noel Gallagher was the first band after
The Beatles to lash out against what had become
the normal way a band should be, and that is why
they will be known for years to come as the band
who changed rock music. Noel Gallagher was born on
May 29, 1967 in Manchester, he was the second son
of Thomas...
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Swing Era Sing Sing
1,270 words
SING SING SING I used to always go over to my
grandparents house and watch my grandfather go
crazy over this Jazz music. He explained to me
that it wasnt Jazz unless it swung like the
greats. I listened to a song Sing Sing Sing the
other day from one of my Jazz collections that my
grandpa gave to me and realized that their was so
much energy and pizzazz in this music. He
explained to me that it was all put together by a
guy named Benny, and I understood why. Benny
Goodman, born Benjamin David in...
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