Paint Rock

Def Leppard is an English-based rock band that originated in 1977 in Sheffield, England. Three teenage boys, Rick Savage, Pete Willis and Tony Kenning, created Def Leppard which was originally called Atomic Mass in the year 1977. Rick Savage played bass, Pete Willis played guitar and Tony Kenning played the drums. Later, Joe Elliot auditioned for the role of guitarist for the band but, the other members believed his skills would be better suited as the lead singer. With the newest addition to…

On 9/25/16 at 2157 hours, Officer Acosta and I were working patrol assigned to unit 3A22. We were traveling west bound on Claremont St, just west of Fair Oaks Ave, when we heard approximately 8 to 10 gunshots coming from the north of us. Officer Acosta and I responded to the area of Pepper St, east of Sunset Ave, in the Cul de sac. As I started canvassing the area, searching for any possible Suspects, Witnesses, Victims and or evidence, I observed possible blood splatter in the parking lot…

STRAIGHT-EDGE PUNK MOVEMENT Chris Spears MU332: Music History II March 3, 2017 Thesis and Credible Bibliographic Sources 1.1 Thesis The “straight edge punk” categorization within contemporary musical history is a subculture of hardcore punk rock which celebrates the musical themes of the 1970s and early-1980s hardcore punk scene but does so in a way that steers clear of the traditional “excesses” of the punk subculture, such as alcohol, recreational drug use, and oftentimes promiscuous…

Pop music has been around for a longtime, and it has become a very popular genre around the world. In 1958, in the city of Bay City, Michigan, a girl was born, who grew up to be a Pop sensation, and become a legend in the genre. She was a straight A student in high school, and was part of the cheerleading squad. She then was offered a full scholarship to the University of Michigan to the dance program because of the outstanding job she did in high school. While going to Michigan, Madonna was…

structure made it permissible to be crafted into decorative pieces. The thickness of the Jacobsville Sandstone ranges from 5 to over 15,000 feet total. The location of the sandstone is on the Keweenaw Peninsula to the east of the Keweenaw Fault line. This rock is found along the shoreline of Lake Superior in both Michigan and Ontario but many stratigraphers believe that the Jacobsville stretches out under a good deal of Lake Superior as well. Many geologists believe that the sandstone was…

Craig Werner’s A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race, and the Soul of America, serves as an overview of the post-war history of recorded music by and influenced by African Americans. In addition to a historical analysis of post-war African American music, Werner focuses on how music both effects and is effected by society and provides a running dialogue between artists and eras. Music’s significance transcends its commercial and aesthetic value and does not simply serve as a soundtrack to a…

BANG!BANG! Two shots ring out from the drug dealers safehouse. THUMP!THUMP! The bullets land. A young police officer looks over and notices that Detective Dan is lying in a pool of blood behind a cop car. “Sir are you okay?” Dan thought about his son, his wife, and all the good things in life, before he passed out from blood loss. The young police officer quickly called the ambulance and Detective Dan was transported to the ICU, nearly dead. Earlier that night, Thomas, Detective Dan’s son was…

A moody teenager enters a wakeboarding competition, but first must overcome his personal obstacles to compete. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: MAHI RASHEED, a teenager, lives with his grandmother JEEG. Mahi also lives in the shadow of his father, who was once a great water skier. Mahi enters a water slalom skiing competition cheered on by his best friend CHIP CONLEY. SHIK LEE bullies Mahi. Shik competes in wakeboarding against BLAKE BOSS, a local legend. Blake’s sister, NILLY BOSS (teen), watches.…

As I drove through Belden Village on what was a very pleasant February night, there was a different atmosphere than that of the previous months. Excitement filled the air as it was the beginning of a new era. As I passed the Chick-fil-a parking lot, I noticed that it was not filled to its usual capacity. I had finally arrived at my destination that I had longed for many months. Cars were filed around the building twice and occupied the entire parking lot down to Value City Furniture, as police…

Elvis Presley born on January 8, 1935 at 4:35am (Watson 14). Elvis Presley gave birth to rock and roll (Watson 10). Growing up Elvis’s parent did not have a lot of money. American singer Elvis Presley exploded onto the music scene in the mid-19502 (Elvis). But on August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died but died a hero. To truly understand Elvis Presley, one must understand his early life. Presley was born on January 8, 1935, at, 4:435, in Tupelo, Mississippi (Watson 14). Elvis was the child of…