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Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the world. Classic rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the mid to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum. The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it an unprecedented social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and in the new medium of television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It later spawned the various sub-genres of what is now called simply 'rock music'. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll) With the spirit of ROCKand ROLL upon us, anything goes from here on. | OI' GUYS! If you have any idea on
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"SID SINGS" is the title of punk rocker Sid Vicious's solo album. It was released on December 15, 1979 and peaked at number 30 on the British album charts. The album features the two hit singles, "My Way", and "Something Else". These songs also appeared in the film and album The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle along with "C'mon Everybody", which did not appear this album. C L I C K T H E P I C T O P L A Y V I D ! video courtesy: http://www.youtube.com/user/weirdzodliner notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Sings
Download this and other original video files with Multiply Premium.IF YOU WANNA BE A GREAT LEAD SINGER... (CLICK the IGGY photo after reading) 1. Have an uninitiated announcer give you an intro ("Here's an act and the kids watches them (band) tune up for 10 minutes without playing anything and the kids don't mind at all.." LOL!) 2. Look towards the crowd like a crazy man (as if to say "I own you!") 3. Stage dive and disappear. 4. Have the announcer cut to commercial because they've "lost audio" on you. 5. Dive again after commercial. 6. Shout "I feel alright?!" 3X 7. Have a fan ask you: "Are you alright?-- can we take a picture?!" 8. Stand over the heads of your fans! 9. Spread peanut butter on yourself. Throw some at fans. 10. Have everyone laugh like crazy while you say to yourself: "I do own you!" links: http://www.confusedconfucious.multiply.com/ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=iggy+pop+stooges&search_type=  Professor Iggy Pop (lead singer of the seminal punk group The Stooges) gave a speech on punk rock from in an interview on the CBC on March 11, 1977. During that interview, Peter Gzowski asked Iggy to clarify music labeled as "punk rock." Pop, dubbed "the Godfather of Punk", sat upright in his chair and first attacked, then reappropriated, the use of "punk", ending his speech (or tirade) in indignant repose. - "I'll tell you about punk rock: punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and, uh... and, uh... heartless manipulators, about music... that takes up the energies, and the bodies, and the hearts and the souls and the time and the minds, of young men, who give what they have to it, and give everything they have to it. And it's a... it's a term that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion, style, elitism, satanism, and, everything that's rotten about rock 'n' roll.'I don't know Johnny Rotten... but I'm sure, I'm sure he puts as much blood and sweat into what he does as Sigmund Freud did.
- You see, what, what sounds to you like a big load of trashy old noise... is in fact... the brilliant music of a genius... myself. And that music is so powerful, that it's quite beyond my control. And, ah... when I'm in the grips of it, I don't feel pleasure and I don't feel pain, either physically or emotionally. Do you understand what I'm talking about? Have you ever, have you ever felt like that? When you just, when you just, you couldn't feel anything, and you didn't want to either. You know, like that? Do you understand what I'm saying, sir? "
(Even if most people don't, WE do, Iggy. We certainly do.) All types of music and bands from the '70s 'til today with the word "metal" attached to its name owes a lot to these rock jocks. Everything after Led Zep needed to reach this level of rock greatness or just give up trying. Thank you Sir Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy (Page-Guitars), John (Bonham-Drums) and John Paul (Cook-Bass). CLICK THE PIC.
Greenday, Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Simple Plan and Avril Lavigne (AaccccKKK!!!) owe their fame to these guys who never got to be millionaires like them poseurs. These are pure, angry, bastards singing about their pure, angry, bastardized lives-- Rotten, Sid, Glenn and Steve, Paul. Click the link and--Oi! Oi! Oi!
 THIS ALBUM KILLED THE 'ONEHITWONDER' STAR
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys 3. Revolver, The Beatles 4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan 5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles 6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye 7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones 8. London Calling, The Clash 9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan 10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles WANNA KNOW WHO'S ON NO. 11 TO 500? CLICK THIS! One of the first power groups in ROCK: Jack Bruce playing base, Eric Clapton (guitars) and Ginger Baker (drums), created the most recognizable guitar hooks in ROCK history. Assignment No. 1: CLICK the pic. Look and Listen. Study guitar intro and memorize.
 ALMOST every other guy I know has fantasized of either becoming a porno star or a rock star growing up depending on which instrument they’re good at. I did wish to be one of the two—but I ended up with rock (sigh).
I learned to strum the Eagle’s ‘Hotel California’ in grade school; immersed myself in Beatles’ music in high school; got lost into New Wave in college and discovered Punk in my first office job. Along this musical journey I found other guys who, like me, were not qualified to be the next John “12-inch” Holmes. But we all held our guitar fret boards with pride just like John held his. My first band was in college called “ABAKADA BOYS” (we were so basic the name “ABC” Boys, in English, was inevitable). We were able to stock up with horrible song versions of · “The One I Love” (REM) · “Absolute Reality” (The Alarm) · “In Between Days” (The Cure) We had 5 lead singers, 2 lead guitarist, 1 bassist, 2 drummers and others (we called them ‘roadies’) who were always there to share with the studio rent in exchange of bragging claims that they too were in a band. So after school, we pay for a 2-hour studio time--spend the first hour either tuning instruments or playing on our own, 30 minutes for the actual practice, then 30 minutes more trying to figure out how to pay for the studio rent. After the jam session, we guzzle a couple of beers while convincing ourselves that the practice went great. Of course, we were drunk by this time. My second band was a power-trio called “THE FANTASTIC FUNGUS FACES”. We were office boys. We were bored. We wanted to rock. I played bass and did a bad impression of Sting (think Asian with a Brit twang). We had a great punk drummer (who also listens to Eddie Peregrina—not Vedder) and a Lenny Kravitz-wannabe (who always needed to pass by a grocery store after practice to buy milk for his baby) for a lead guitarist. We can’t copy the sound of any song so we made our own bastardized versions of · “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” (The Clash) · “Satisfaction” (The Rolling Stones) · “With Or Without You” (U2) So after work, we pay for a 2-hour studio time--spend the first hour either tuning instruments or playing on our own, 30 minutes for the actual practice, then 30 minutes more trying to figure out how to pay for the studio rent. After the jam session, we guzzle a couple of beers while convincing ourselves that the practice went great. Of course, we were drunk by this time… (more)
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