In 1957, John Lennon met Paul McCartney in grammar school; they instantly became friends over a shared love of music. Within the next 5 years, they would form the most successful band of all time: The Beatles. The world was about to change musically and culturally. Soon, other bands began to rise to fame: Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and The Who. All bands would one day be inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and Black Sabbath, all major British rock bands, have changed the American pop culture, specifically American rock music and the culture of America. George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr landed in America after a flight from
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Those who rebelled liked Led Zeppelin. The band was a super group made up of The Yardbirds, Band of Joy, and the local go-to drummer John Bonham. Led Zeppelin’s first album, Zeppelin I, was a kind of rock music that had never been heard before. High pitched, screaming vocals, distorted guitar, and drums that were louder than the engine of an airplane were what non-Beatle teens and young adults listened to. The press demoralized Led Zeppelin (Szatmary 125). Fans did not care. The band had begun to sell out arenas around the world. While The Beatles held album sale records, Led Zeppelin was destroying concert attendance records. Their fans remained loyal, listening to the lyrics of Robert Plant, and somehow connecting with the anger of the music. Led Zeppelin songs promoted sex and long hair, and almost all fans followed their likings (Led Zeppelin Project). This was nothing The Beatles could have …show more content…
Never say die! Black Sabbath was the heaviest of four major British rock bands that invaded America. Ozzy (Jonathan) Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, and Geezer Butler created a sound that never seemed imaginable, but it did seem as though the music would never gain success. Black Sabbath, while recording their second album (the first one to become popular), had to quickly write one song in a day to record on the album so it had one more track, as requested by the record company. The song they wrote: Paranoid. This song would be their first step to American dominance. “None of us could believe how well the album was doing in America. It was a monster. Warner Bros. was so pleased” (Osbourne
Those who rebelled liked Led Zeppelin. The band was a super group made up of The Yardbirds, Band of Joy, and the local go-to drummer John Bonham. Led Zeppelin’s first album, Zeppelin I, was a kind of rock music that had never been heard before. High pitched, screaming vocals, distorted guitar, and drums that were louder than the engine of an airplane were what non-Beatle teens and young adults listened to. The press demoralized Led Zeppelin (Szatmary 125). Fans did not care. The band had begun to sell out arenas around the world. While The Beatles held album sale records, Led Zeppelin was destroying concert attendance records. Their fans remained loyal, listening to the lyrics of Robert Plant, and somehow connecting with the anger of the music. Led Zeppelin songs promoted sex and long hair, and almost all fans followed their likings (Led Zeppelin Project). This was nothing The Beatles could have …show more content…
Never say die! Black Sabbath was the heaviest of four major British rock bands that invaded America. Ozzy (Jonathan) Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, and Geezer Butler created a sound that never seemed imaginable, but it did seem as though the music would never gain success. Black Sabbath, while recording their second album (the first one to become popular), had to quickly write one song in a day to record on the album so it had one more track, as requested by the record company. The song they wrote: Paranoid. This song would be their first step to American dominance. “None of us could believe how well the album was doing in America. It was a monster. Warner Bros. was so pleased” (Osbourne