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and the general progression of the music throughout the song to capitalize on the meaning of the song that the artists are trying to portray to the audience. Using techniques of many artists previous to this time period in which Journey came about, this four and a half minute song sheds a different light on what many people stereotypically think of when the genre of rock is mentioned. When talking about a song and the general progression of events within the music, it is important to try to…

Norman Greenbaum Norman Greenbaum is best known for his song, “Spirit in the Sky” the song was written and released in 1969 and reached number three on the top 100 rock songs in the year of 1970. Norman Greenbaum wrote many songs but “Spirit in the Sky” was the most popular off all, being his first and only hit throughout the decades. Norman Greenbaum’s album is also named spirit in the sky, it was released after the hit single “Spirit in the Sky”. The album included songs such as “Canned Ham”…

pedalboard. However, the drummer and bassist seemed to use no extra effects. The audience was significantly more energetic, singing along to the songs and banging their heads to the music. This was my first time hearing Cayetana, let alone a female punk group. To say the least, I was blown away by the quality of their music and their stage presence. Like Chastity, they talked to the audience between songs and made comments about equality, diversity, and acceptance. Both the singer and the…

The Black Parade (2006) and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) are two albums made by New-Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance. My Chemical Romance has gone through many different phases in music and style. Each album created and curated a new era in their career. Each era to this day has cult followings with definitive styles and interests. “The Black Parade” and “Danger Days” are arguably the two most well-known My Chemical Romance Records, and they both have a large…

The Origins of Electric Guitar By: Pierce Bradley The electric guitar, an invention that’s not even a century old yet that has an intrinsic role in the history of music, especially the last 40 to 50 years having turned the guitar into an iconic figurehead and institution for musicians old and new. An though the electric guitar is less than a hundred years old it has ancestry in older, classical acoustic instruments built as early as 1779. The first electric guitar was dated in 1931. It’s a…

Music has been around since the dawn of time. It has gone through many changes. "The whole idea of music from the beginning of time was for people to be happy." Quoted by Robert Plant lead singer of Led Zeppelin, who was one of the first to introduce the world to heavy rock. When Robert Plant was a teenager he was obsessed with rawest blues and always wished for for the painly whiny blues voice and ended up getting something more. Robert Plant began his early life in West Bramwich,…

(nee Prichard; bass, backing vocals) and Tré Cool (nee Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, backing vocals) grew into masters of the rock music game. Not only did they make rock history once with 1994s ‘Dookie,’ but they did it again 10 years later with 2004s ‘American Idiot.’ The latter inspired a groundbreaking musical, launching Green Day into a new stratosphere. Their music has influenced countless bands and fans throughout the world. In 2015, their place in rock history was set as they were…

front seat, and you should never let anyone take advantage of you. “I'm bigger than my body, I’m colder than this home, I’m meaner than my demons, I’m bigger than these bones,” are the lyrics in the chorus. Coupled with a passionate performer and heavy music, the song can make anyone who connects with it…

my stomach, as I waited in anticipation of our last show. I flash back to the start of the season, the beginning of band camp. Though it was three months ago, I remember the heat and the pain as if it were yesterday. We woke up early and learned music until our hands cramped. Then in the afternoon we went outside. Heat beat on our faces, and our bodies ached as we stayed set. No movement. Cautious breathing. Head held high, but we waited to relax. For hours we marked the ground with chalk and…

The church gym has never been this packed before, of that I'm sure, but this is New Year's Eve. The room is dark, lit only by the big colorful lights set up on either side of the DJ's table. The colors turn off and the strobe light turns on, turning the swarming mass of dancing teenagers into something out of an old movie. One of the ones where there's a flicker of darkness between each frame, giving things a stop motion kind of feel. Up close like this the light is painful and makes my head…