Mick Jones

The Blues and the British Boom Many of the most popular and best-selling musicians of the twentieth century were part of a movement called the British Invasion. The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones, most notably, are all household names to those with any interest in popular music since the 1960s. Past the initial Invasion, artists such as Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd also had immense success after traveling across the pond to perform in the United States. Even with the…

members. Yes, thirteen!! Two actual members, four virtual members, and seven live members. The actual members or the co-creators are Hewlett and Albarn; the current virtual members are Russel, Noodle, Murdoc and 2D; the live members are Cass Brown, Mick Jones, Gabriel Wallace, Jesse Hacket, Paul Simonon, Jeff Wootton and Mike Smith. However, Albarn is the only permanent member. Another intriguing fact is the virtual members have their personalities and are not associated with any real members’…

During the 1960's J.F.K was elected. John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated in the 1960s. Meanwhile in the 60's, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Rolling Stones were famous for their music/movies. Fashion was also popular in the 1960's for all kind of people such as man, women, and children. The 1960's is a decade known for its barbaric politics, revolutionary music, and fashion. John F. Kennedy was a very well known man. Born May 29,1917, in Brookline Massachusetts. Kennedy…

pop” (Hawkins, 2009, pg. 93). The sexualities and love lives of celebrities are a common topic of interest and discussion among both the journalists who write about them and the fans that read about them. Artists like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger, and Annie Lennox queered their image, which generated a lot of questions about gender and sexuality as early as the 1970s. In the United Kingdom, these displays of queerness were generally more accepted because of the nation’s history with…

Rock and roll is one of the genres of popular music, which originated in the 1950s in America and which was the early stage of development of rock music. It is also the dance, performed by the music of rock and roll and musical composition in the style of rock and roll. This music is fast-paced; great use of slang (mostly of Afro-Americans) and freedom of musical performance are typical for it. The main instruments are the electric guitar, bass, drums and piano. It is believed that the musical…

Introduction 1. Background This study will explain about women’s adaptation to masculinity in a rock subculture that operates under a patriarchal context. Patriarchy itself is a system positing that men are socially superior to women (Firestone, 1970; Glasberg & Shannon, 2010). Firestone (1970) further expounded that patriarchy is a sex-based oppression, which relies on female’s biological capacity to experience pregnancy and child birth. As such, patriarchy impedes women’s participation in all…

There are certain times of crisis that occur in every country and in every society and when the United Kingdom was struck by an economic crisis during the 1970s, it resulted in a dramatic change in thinking and way of life of a large group of youths, living during that time. In order to understand this issue thoroughly, we need to look on the most important aspects that triggered these changes in society of the United Kingdom in 1970s, most importantly, we need to revise the economic situation…