Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

How would your life change if you went from being an average individual to a member of a rock band? For the various members of Aerosmith, their lives have altered and continue to alter each and every day- mostly for the good, of course. Each of the eight members of the band have issues they face together and issues they face alone, from members coming and leaving to dealing with personal matters. This is shown in their albums, Get a Grip and Done with Mirrors, just to name a couple. Due to the…

The week of April 4,1964, the Beatles held the first five slots on the Billboard singles chart. But that was just one of the Beatles many great accomplishments. The Beatles were a band from 1962 to 1970, they had many successful albums and songs that people still to continue to listen to today. No band has or ever will match the success that the Beatles had. The Beatles were the greatest band of the sixties and still continue that legacy today. The four Beatles we know and love today…

Finally, in 1989, Dylan was inducted in the rock and roll Hall of Fame. Also he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2012. In “like a rolling stone”, Bob dylan is worthy of the Nobel prize of literature, because of his unique writing style and innovation idiom. With his…

artist, he was an influencer, style icon, and an activist. Prince was noted as controversial and racy, due to his personal style and his style of music. In his life, he won 32 awards, which included 7 grammy’s, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame in 2004 (Prince Biography). Prince’s legacy will live on through music and style. Prince influence has changed the music industry, by pushing artist to go out of their boundaries. During his reign, his music spewed sex and soul with a…

In 1967, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and legendary guitarist player Peter Green formed the first Fleetwood Mac. It was numerous years before they had the awareness that Christine Perfect, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham even existed. The original band had a successful string of number one singles in Europe. Including a Peter Green classic made famous in the US by Carlos Santana, Black Magic Woman. But through the years, the band had a series of guitarist front men and back up singers that…

is so much more than the heart of one of the greatest bands of all time. He is a lifetime musician, a role model for generations of musicians and a true lover of his profession. Ringo Starr, musician, songwriter, singer, and actor; who gained global fame as the drummer for the Beatles, has changed the music industry in an unfathomable amount of ways. Starr was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music. He was knighted in an ordination ceremony at Buckingham…

Throughout history, rock and roll has always been a male dominated genre consistently focusing on the male listener. From the beginning of this enormously popular genre, Women waited patiently to find a way and to be accepted into this “man’s world.” As years past this continued to be an issue for women as they tried to knock down those doors and even today one can argue that women continue to fight for that spot that they rightfully deserve. However, over the course of this time there have…

timeless treasure of talent,wit and charisma. When you are a music addict like myself, you appreciate that Buddy Guy is one of the reasons that you have had the pleasure to enjoy the likes of Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and the many rock, funk and soul artists. His influence is deep and…

Art has always been a medium to evoke emotion and convey a message to its audience. Music harnesses the power to polarize people, rallying them behind an artist, a genre, or even an important cause. Similarly with rock ‘n’ roll and the Vietnam War, hip-hop became a vessel of social realism of the oppressive conditions going on in urban black communities of American society. One group crucial to the evolution of the genre of hip-hop was Public Enemy which spoke with strong conviction to spread…

The Life of Jimi Hendrix James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career lasted only four years, he is regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in American history. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame regards him as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock. He was born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a…