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... think caused teenagers and artist to turn to drugs? Chuck berry was a singer, composer, and a guitarist. He was known as one of the first most important performers of rock and roll music. His real name was Charles Edward Anderson Berry. He was born on October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. When chuck first started to be interested with the guitar was ... ", both in the same year. Holly was also the co-composer of both of those songs; the band also had a regular radio show during 1955-1958. Holly career was ended when he died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, lowa. Rock stars Ritchie Va...

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... social life they were able to enjoy later on. Teens had little spending power and influence. Music was controlled by the parents most of the time and limited to the radio at home or the occasional record purchase. With the end of the war and with the with spread prosperity, teens no longer had to work after school and had more ... explosions must link up with and accelerate, broad shifts for sexual behavior, economic aspirations and political beliefs." Eventually TV and radio caught on to the new marketing power of youths and rock and roll dominated the play-lists of disk jockeys on rad...

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... wife Yoko Ono, was able to write social-sensitive lyrics. They were also able to cash in their success by making feature films with no real story, just them running around and promoting their latest album. The music was full of rhythm and it also became very fashionable to be a ... with the U.K., they were forming the main source of popular music material. The 1980's was the time of Michael Jackson, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, soft-rock Bon Jovi, Europe and Gun's and Roses. In the end of the decade another soon-to-be phenomenon made her debut: Madonna. In 1981, MTV ... lifestyle, refle...

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... artists compared to rap. The beats are usually composed by a produce, a couple of times will the rap artist compose their own beats. Unlike rap music, rock music uses actual instruments, such as: Guitar, a drum set, keyboards, etc. to give a song a melody. Rap music relies on the artist rhyming ... out of the African-American communities, where it started, and developed a wide audience. As mentioned before, rap has changed, but in the past, rock and rap song shared similar topics. For instance, the song "Catcher in the Rye" by Guns 'N Roses speaks of loss of innocence ... it affec...

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... also mirror the darkness and aggression of standard heavy metal, although the sensibility is filtered through the personal alienation of punk and alternative rock. Whether its rage is turned inward at the self or outward at society, industrial metal is unremittingly bleak and angst-ridden, using ... for melodic songwriting and multi-layered production. In the wake of Nine Inch Nails" success, a number of similar-sounding bands popped up on alternative radio, and toward the end of the decade, a number of popular alternative metal bands appropriated industrial metal's electronic producti...

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... brought forth a new sense of culture to society. The United States had moved from World War II and was beginning to rebuild a sense of "Americana." Fast cars, rock and roll, and free spirits were running wild. Being a product of the 80's, I cannot tell you what life was like during these times. The only way I ... single song written during that generation. The art of music, you see, is an accurate way of depicting a cultures views and morals at a given time. "She's real fine, my 409- is a phrase that will last the test of time. Most people know that the song 409 was written by the Beach...

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... became popular again, only a few short years later. After hangin' out and displaying his talents on the block, he was asked to became a part of Rock Steady. "Rock Steady was a crew in every sense of the word. You gotta hang, you gotta be down for everything. Whether it be fighting, chilling, dancing. Ultimately, ... bye... "Darren Henson, that got that video out, I grew up with that kid, he was a real dancer. He's really good...he can pop. He was a younger cat, and he used to dance for Scott La Rock. I use to hook up a lot of kids to dance for Scott to go do his shows. And ... " quickly ...

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... younger, they"re interested in Radio Disney, cartoon theme songs, School House Rock, Sesame Street, and Mister Rogers. According to, Joan Raymond, author of "Radio Active", around the critical age of 9, their "allegiance switches" to a top 40 rock station (25). Co-authors of It's Not Only Rock & Roll, Christenson and ... urge to steal or murder, that concept is ridiculous. Commenting on this, Dr. Gail Gross, licensed psychologist and host of the "Let's Talk" radio show states that "although consistently listening to or singing dark, depressing or inappropriate lyrics can have a negative ...

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... voice, thereby redefining the role of vocalist in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the "60s - ... people believing along the same lines as the hero (Metallica). As time passed on, Metallica became more and more professional, until finally becoming radio friendly. Their popularity only increased, but unfortunately so did their professionalism. Just recently, Metallica turned heal on count...

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