... the most influential artist in rock music. His music was powerful, scary, yet comforting because he wrote what most people were afraid to talk about. The word "taboo" had no meaning to him. His life was hard, but it brought out the pain that he was feeling and ... was introduced to music like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and KISS. Although he listened to those kinds of bands, it was purely for their musical value, but not for their lyrics. The sexist attitude bored and disgusted Kurt. On the twenty-fifth of February 1981, Kurt received his first real guitar on his ... and Dave began rec...

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... Many others think that some musicians have a bad influence on teenagers and children. One major one was when Kurt Cobain, the singer of the band Nirvana. When Kurt committed suicide, three teenagers in Canada committed suicide in he same week. Some people felt it was to follow in his foot steps Another ... called the "Scorpions," a heavy metal band from Germany, who came out with and album called, "Virgin Killer" in 1976. The album has a young girl about the age of twelve, whose genitals were barely covered. Many people thought that is album cover was child pornography. Because of that t...

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... Cultural Revolution. During this time, musicians reacted to what they saw and often the youth of the Sixties were living out lyrics and popular songs of the day. For every headline there was a song by artists such as Bob Dylan, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, The Jefferson Airplane, and The ... Sly and the Family Stone, Jeff Beck Group, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, and many others. And the Guest List...How about... Anti-War Protesters Vietnam Vets Black Militants Rednecks Anti-Gays Gays/Lesbians Legalize Drugs advocates Ban Drugs advocates Anti-Government advocates Pro-...

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