Ramones

Green Day launched American Idiot in September 2004. Soon after it’s launch the album became a massive hit – one of the most revered and critically acclaimed albums of Green Day. This Album is a story about an “idiot American” teenage boy – Jesus of Suburbia (JoS). JoS is a representation of everything the typical American outcasted youth is. He does drugs and drinks ("to fall in love and fall in debt, to alcohol and cigarettes") He's depressed, unloved and hates his Mom (and his step-dad,…

this idea and created their own magazines often dedicated to certain artist or band. This was how fanzines emerged. Sniffin’ Glue was the first punk fanzine that was created by Mark Perry in 1976. He decided to create the fanzine after seeing The Ramones and took the name “Sniffin’ Glue” from their song “Now I Wana Sniff Some Glue”. The Sniffin’ Glue embodied the punk culture. It reported on bands using an insider’s point of view and practiced the DIY ethics that punk culture has promoted. The…

A terrible mistake started something big and strong. Racism has gone on for decades and it was something normal. Nobody said anything about it and even slaves themselves. They didn’t make it a big riot. They didn’t have the right. They were nothing for the “yankees.” So the slaves started something different. Something quiet but loud. They sang! They wrote songs about their slave life and racism that they had to see every day. Their songs had different codes that only, but only they could…

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…

From Barack Obama to The Ramones, from John Wayne to a common criminal, from hippies to high fashion model, denim is as American as baseball and apple pie. It always seems to find its way back into style. Rudei Karrer, the curator, of the denim museum in Zurich, Switzerland, Ruedi Karrer, is not into denim as in terms of style trends and fashion but he just loves denim. Karrer is more evolved with the history of denim as well as running this museum. “Denim is one of the world’s most popular…

The King of Disney Disney is renowned for their spectacular animated movies. Most, if not all, of their movies are considered as classics and are timeless. For the past 80 years, there has been an ongoing debate about which Disney movie is greatest. It seems as if every individual has their own opinion and belief about which movie is the best and why. Overall, it seems to come down to two movies, Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King. “NAAA ZABENYA BABA SITHI UHM!” This short phrase can…

irl?” Gaiman remarks. Born into a musical family in Cleveland, Ohio, music surrounded Diane Dixon from a young age. Whether she was listening to her mother sing in a jazz big band or her older brother practicing for his gigs opening for the Doors or the Who, no instrument or musical experience was off limits. She met Jim Morrison backstage at age eleven, but her life-changing moment happened when her brother took her to see the Beatles. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Dixon says. “It was…

Introduction The 1950’s saw the birth of rock and roll. Ever since then, rock has not only survived, but thrived. Artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry paved the way for The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and many others in the 1960s and 1970s. In turn, they made way for the new metal, punk, and grunge artists of the 1980s and 1990s. 1950s jazz, blues, and R&B have served as the basis for eighties and nineties R&B, hip hop, and rap. Pop has continued to develop with the changing minds…

playing guitar along to the songs on the game. As far as songs go, there's a plethora of rock that will both entertain and challenge the players. Just a few of the songs include Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction," Pantera's "Cowboys from Hell," The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated." Other artists include Cream, Boston, White Zombie, and David Bowie. In short, there's a variety of killer tracks to rock out to. Guitar Hero has won numerous awards from a variety of sources, including D.I.C.E.,…

Stranglers, formed in 1974, started out playing in pubs and basically anywhere, where they could. They became fairly well known through this, but the milestone of their success happened in 1976, when they got the opportunity to be an opening act for the Ramones, the legendary punk rock band from America, which was one the bands that started the initial punk rock wave along with the Pistols and Velvet Underground. The Stranglers started out with the typical aggressive vocals and lyrics, inspired…