Paint Rock

influential, helped renew interest in punk rock in the U.S., and has sung a variety of different music types that appealed to a large audience. Billie Joe Armstrong’s band was very influential to the music industry. A Times UK article states about the American band, “their influence has been all over British carts” and that bands from Sum 41 and Blink 182 had been weaned on Green Day and Billie Joe Armstrong. Armstrong also helped bring renew in interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 1990s…

( I know it’s weird, and not totally present: but, Les’s strum patterns show it all ), and slap bass. Claypool began his bass journey in high school where his friend Kirk Hammett ( the lead guitarist for Metallica ) dragged Les into the wonders of rock. Les was inspired by bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin. He soon found his love for the bass when Rush’s Geddy Lee, Paul McCartney, and Yes’ Chris Squire really inspired him to pick up bass and play. As he learned to play, he formed a band called…

The event that I attended for my essay two humanities experience was the AC/DC concert at Wrigley field in Chicago Illinois. I consider this a humanities experience because AC/DC is a rock band and rock music is a form of art. Rock music was developed in the 50’s and 60’s and was a huge element to the humanities movement of the 20th century. Through its expression of “youth culture” dancing, sexual freedom, and rebellion made one of the greatest musical movements in history. My experience at…

ELO, The second Beatles ELO or Electric Light Orchestra’s music is known by the way they were able to emulate the Beatles music proving an outlet for people who crave the sound of the Beatles. They were harassed by England’s media for replicating the Beatles sound, though are praised everywhere else as an ambitious band able to live up to the Beatles reputation. ELO, to others were not just a band copying the Beatles. They are a second Beatles that encourage people to look within their memories…

Country music is a genre of the United States popular music that has originated in the Southern and Southeastern United States in the year of 1920. Country music takes the roots of several music genres from the southeastern part of the United States known as Blues music, folk music, and western music. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes. Country music features instruments such as banjos, mandolins, guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, accordions, dulcimers, acoustic bass, jaw harp,…

Rock and roll, as a genre of music, quickly became a cultural phenomenon in the United States after its inception in the forties and fifties, reaching its peak of popularity in the sixties and seventies. But, while rock and roll originated in the United States, different countries soon developed their own styles and flavors, from Western Europe to Latin America. But, while rock and roll has always held heavy anti-establishment messages across nations, nowhere have these sentiments been more…

Favorite Song Analysis: Bill Withers, “Lovely Day” My favorite song is “Lovely Day”, performed by R&B artist Bill Withers. The date of the composition was December 16, 1977 and it was released as a single. "Lovely Day" peaked at #6 on the Billboard R&B chart and at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US in early 1978.[1] Rhythm “Lovely Day” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYi7uEvEEmk) is a song that I impart into my life on a daily basis, mainly because of its positive message and…

On April 16, 1971, one of the most important artists in the history of Latin music was born. Selena Quintanilla Pérez was born to Marcella and Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. in the city of Lake Jackson, Texas (Selena, 2008). She grew up in a music oriented family and first began singing as a young girl. Selena was destined for stardom with her amazing talent. By the age of 13, she had recorded her first album. She went on to record and release over thirty more albums, including, but not limited…

1. What is Tin Pan Alley? Where did it originate? Why was it named ‘Tin Pan Alley’? • In the first half of the 20th century, the primary way of selling music was sheet music. Tin Pan Alley was a name given to those who were in the sheet music business: writers and publishers. About a hundred years ago, Tin Pan Alley got its start in New York City. Because of the many song writers plunking out their song ideas on rows of pianos sounded like a bunch of people banging tin cans, the locals began…

1. Rock and roll has been expressed differently across cultures because each culture has different costumes, beliefs, and styles of artistic elements, such as music. This caused multiple types of rock and roll to form. These types of rock and roll include blues rock, punk/funk rock, hard rock, glam rock, rockabilly, and southern rock. The difference between these types of rock and roll is because of the movements that are happening at that time period. 2. Rock and roll is currently…