John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

imfromcleveland.com imfromcleveland.com The Weeknd has quickly become a household name over the course of the past few years. Though a lot of Abel Makkonen Tesfaye's life has been placed beneath the public eye, there are still some facts about this secretive singer that many people do not know. Here, we present our list of 15 things you probably didn't know about The Weeknd. Check out part one below, and stay tuned for part two, coming soon! Number Fifteen: He Used to Cover Boyz II Men Songs.…

music that came out when he was in high school. Although, The Rolling Stones are unfading, new, urbane bands have come out such as One Direction. In fifty years, the adolescent may be listening to One Direction. The Stones perpetuated their success which inspires bands like One Direction to use them as an exceptional precedent. The Rolling Stones and One Direction are both extremely successful bands that would be nowhere without their frontmen, Mick Jagger…

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 proudly inducted into…

The American rock band - Puddle Of Mudd, that released four albums and made a healthy six million record sales, has unveiled their UK tour dates for 2016. Puddle of Mudd, with lead singer Wesley Scantlin, has established firmly its reputation in the rock 'n' roll world. According to Viagogo, Puddle Of Mudd has been amongst the US's most impressive live acts with hit songs like "'Blurry," and "She Hates Me." The American post-grunge band lead vocalist - Scantlin, stated "The last time we were…

1. The Beatles were a legendary English rock band that took Americans by storm. According to an article from Rolling Stone, “The Beatles’ first night in Hamburg, Aug. 17, 1960, was 20 years ago, to the day, since the Germans launched their first attack on Liverpool [England], when Nazi planes dropped bombs on the docks at Toxteth, Aug. 17, 1940. Rock and roll music was taken to Hamburg by the children of the survivors, to be heard in turn by children who’d outlived the Allies’ revenge blitz of…

In Kindergarten In kindergarten we had a sub. There were two mackenna´s in the class and the sub called me the other mackenna. And I know that seemed childish but it really changed me because after that I really felt like someone else like some other person and now I just want to go by Makenzie because of what happened. And I want to be called that for the rest of my life because, when people call me mackenna I feel like i'm not me.I don't feel like i am myself anymore. The reason I felt that…

Twenty-seven years ago today John Lennon's life was taken from him in front of his New York City apartment with his wife Yoko by his side. Like millions of others, I remember to this day exactly where I was when I heard the news (in my case, in the cold, dark parking lot of Mt. Hood Community College following a late night jazz rehearsal on campus). We were all shocked. Stunned. Deeply saddened. John Lennon was only 40. Today we are reminded what a great loss and a tragic waste his death was.…

The Beatles’ 1969 Abbey Road album. The Beatles were considered the most important rock and roll band of the twentieth century and the British Invasion. They demonstrated early innovations and lyrical expansion. George Harrison wrote this piece beginning in 1968, although was not finished until the following year. Harrison wrote “Something” on the piano during a recording of the White Album when the band had some downtime to finish some personal matters. The song’s first line comes from an…

raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. Dylan’s parents Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice “Beatty” Stone were part of a tight local Jewish community. As a child, he learned how to play the guitar and harmonica, forming a rock & roll band named the Golden Chords when he was in high school. The band covered songs by Little Richard and Elvis Presley. After graduation in 1959, Zimmerman moved to Minneapolis and…

that they present can vary greatly in how they are presented. To effectively present their arguments, many songwriters resort to including their arguments in the songs that they compose. John Lennon, one of the founders of The Beetles, was no exception. An example of this is the song “Imagine.” In “Imagine” Lennon presents arguments for world peace, for people to live unselfishly, and makes an anti-war argument. “Imagine” presents an argument for world peace through the lyrics found in the…