The Rock

Missouri’s Geology Missouri is home to a wide variety of geological history as well as treasure which can be found throughout the state. From its wonderful variety of caves to the rock columns in the state parks of the south as well as the mines. The soil is as rich in diversity as the plant and animal life, from the north to the south as well as the east to the west. It can be dated back as far as before there was life on this planet and at one time even had an ocean over it. It is truly…

Van Halen In 1972 the legendary hard rock band known as Van Halen was born in Pasadena, California. From 1974 until 1989, the band consisted of guitarist Eddie Van Halen, vocalist David Lee Roth, drummer Alex Van Halen, and bassist Michael Anthony. Later in 1985 Sammy Hagar replaced David Lee Roth. The band later became famous stars, and in the early 1980s they were one of the most successful and popular rock acts of the time. The album 1994 was their most famous one yet. Their best single,…

Elvis Aaron Presley, “the king of Rock and Roll,” was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was the most successful American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and actor during the mid 1950s. He was born and raised in the South in poverty. His first musical experience was from the Pentecostal services of the First Assembly of God Church. Other influential styles that shaped his music included county, blues, rhythm and blues music, and the popular tunes at the time. In 1954,…

During their period with Andy Warhol, the band became a significant part in his multimedia spectacle entitled ‘Exploding Plastic Inevitable.’ Simply called Plastic Inevitable or EPI, it was a series of performances established Warhol between 1966 and 1967. Originally called ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound,’ it played in theaters in Early ’66, which was VU and Nico accompanying a 70-minute long silent black and white film. As the idea evolved, it was advertised as the ‘new…

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…

Jaden Southworth 4 November 2016 We got the beat- Rock music through the ages The music industry is, and always has been, based purely off of supply, demand, and sales. It all began with the creation of sheet music; once music took a physical form, it was desired by rich aristocrats who paid for it in full. Then came the phonograph, a device invented by Thomas Edison that used phonographic disks to play recorded audio out loud. It was originally intended for the use of business documentation,…

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…

they would need to “clean up” the music and this resulted in clean, shaven, and well-dressed white artists performing covers of blues songs. These covers genuinely lacked the soul and emotion of the original performers. This stripped-down version of rock ‘n’ roll left many in want and it took a few more years for the desire to be filled when Elvis Presley had entered the building, causing one of the biggest musical impacts of modern music.…

William Martin “Billy” Joel...who is he? Well to the current youth, he might just be a random name with no meaning, but to those of us who have heard his songs and watched his performances, whether on TV or in person, we know that this is no ordinary man. So who is he? He’s the Piano Man. As a big fan of Billy Joel’s songs, especially “Piano Man,” not only do I enjoy listening to his music, but I also feel like I have a connection with Joel. I feel like I can identify some of my life with his…

generations that were not my own and began listening less to overplayed pop songs from my generation. Don’t get me wrong, I do love good pop, modern rock, and indie rock songs. My musical taste ranges from Aretha Franklin to The Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan to Fleetwood Mac to The Animals and Nina Simone. Some of the things I love about classic rock are that their songs are timeless, their lyrics are unforgettable, their band members have unique styles and they do not rely solely on a computer to…