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Inspired by the "skiffle boom", a student at Quarry Bank School in Liverpool named John Lennon decided to form a group in 1957 which laid the foundation to what was to become the most famous rock band of all time. John's original name was "The Blackjacks". However, this name only lasted a week and John used the school name as inspiration for the later name "The Quarry Men" in March 1957. John sang and played guitar, Colin Hanton played drums, Eric Griffiths on guitar, Pete Shotton on washboard, Rod Davis on banjo and Bill Smith on tea-chest bass. Bill was soon replaced by Ivan Vaughan.
A couple of days back, we had a look at the Lamborghini Madura concept, and now there’s a more aggressive concept from designer Slavche Tanevsky in the form of the Lamborghini Ankonian concept. According to the designer, the Ankonian takes the design of the Reventon to the next level, even though the concept itself manages a unique expression.
Formed: 1971 in London, England Years Active: 1971 through 1991, 1995 Group's Main Members: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon
Queen was a glam rock/heavy metal band that started out in 1971 after guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, who together had been in several bands, decided to form yet another one and joined up with vocalist and some time piano player Freddie Mercury. After a short time bassist John Deacon joined them and in 1972 they were signed to EMI Records. Their first single "Keep Yourself Alive" was released shortly thereafter but didn't sell well. Then their debut album Queen came out in '73 with a combo of glam and hard rock songs on it.
It wasn't till 1974 that they would make it big with their third album Sheer Heart Attack. It went to number two in the UK and the album's single "Killer Queen" became the band's first US hit, just missing the US top ten. They also started to make a name for themselves, especially Mercury who early on would always be satin-clad and was one great showmen on stage with his theatrics. He also had one hell of a voice too.
Avert your eyes, "Dawson's Creek" diehards: Ke$ha takes aim at the TV drama's former star James Van Der Beek (who she lovingly refers to as "James Van Der Douche") in the bizarre, unicorn-filled music video for "Blow," which premiered today (Feb. 25). Watch the official video here.
The White House reverberated like a long-ago basement sound studio in Detroit as the likes of John Legend, Seal, Jamie Foxx, Nick Jonas and Sheryl Crow channeled their inner Motown before Michelle and Barack Obama.
At Sunday's Academy Awards, Trent Reznor could become the second rock bandleader to win the Oscar for original score, joining Talking Heads'David Byrne, who took home the trophy for "The Last Emperor" in 1987.
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an Americansinger and songwriter. Eventually referred to as "The Godfather of Soul", Brown started singing in gospel groups and worked his way on up.[4][5] He has been recognized as one of the most iconic figures in the 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing. He was also called "the hardest-working man in show business".[6]
Army of Lovers was a Swedish dance music group formed in 1987. The name of the band alludes to a documentary Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen about the German gay rights activist Rosa von Praunheim, the title of which in turn alludes to the Theban Band.
Kool & The Gang found a special sound at the unique intersection of jazz, r&b, funk and pop. Their music has been created by the same core of players for over thirty years: Robert "Kool" Bell, his brother Khalis Bayyan, their longtime friends Dennis "DT" Thomas and George "Funky" Brown, and past members Robert "Spike" Mickens, the late Charles Smith, Ricky West, and Woody Sparrow.
From the bowels of his Tennessee mansion where he sits around in the dark – No, really. – Billy Ray Cyrus has decided to throw the entire Hannah Montana franchise under the tractor in a new interview with GQ that’s as depressing as it is random. (Apparently this is all David Lynch’s fault.) Jumped for length.
Here’s Irina Shayk posing for the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue which she also happens to grace the cover of. Now, usually this is the part where I attempt some sort of witty commentary, but if you’re even reading this, you’re probably thinking about shoes and/or behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. — You should probably look at the road now.
Halle Berry has apparently been talked down and now realizes calling Gabriel Aubry a racist in the press might not have been the most constructive move in their custody battle – or she’s a race-traitor. You can read into this however you like. Via RadarOnline:
Jessica Alba already roped Cash Warren into marrying her by “accidentally” getting pregnant, so you’d just assume she’d be content with what she has and not risk the irreparable damage to her body again. But then you’d realize I’m employing logic and reason and proceed to laugh heartily at my folly. Via Facebook:
It seems that people cannot have enough of Kim Kardashian. The 30-year-old- reality star graces the cover of the March issue of US Harper's Bazaar. Inside the magazine, there is a special photo shoot made by Terry Richardson featuring Kim dressed as Cleopatra. Moreover, Kim interviews Elizabeth Taylor speaking about jewels, diamonds, glam, and life as a legend.
In the heat of the release of the brand new single “Born This Way”, Lady Gaga covers Vogue US March 2011. The uber-popular singer and artist reveals details about the upcoming single as well as other essential issues from her life and career.
TO celebrate the day of love the BLAST TO THE PAST presents this collection of the top 20ROCK ballads of the last 30 years! These are songs that cause strong feelings and we certainly connected with personal experiences.
The pastgive us today modern dance music,remember the past and have respect.
For many it's impossible to imagine a time when disco wasn't dressed up in a white designer suit with gold chains and a medallion around its neck. After the 'Saturday Night Fever' film and soundtrack went stratospheric in 1978 such was the impact of the genre on music it seemed that the only way established rock acts like Blondie, The Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart could keep up was to “go disco”, too. Before long the backlash began, culminating in a riotous 'disco demolition night' in Chicago's Comiskey Park during a White Sox game when hundreds of disco records were blown up. The event resulted in several injuries and the demonization of the genre, which was apparently pronounced 'dead' in 1980.
But the rock reactionaries were to be proved wrong - we now know that disco lived on, in just about every permutation of dance and pop music since those heady, hedonistic dancing days of the 1970s. For the first time, Universal Music Catalogue's 4-CD set 'The Complete Introduction To Disco' takes a chronological, decade-long journey tracing the metamorphosis and development of the genre from its roots in soul, funk and Motown into a form that effortlessly absorbed European electronica, Latin percussion, big bands, African grooves, thumping beats and gospel-influenced vocals. Indeed, once the disco scene was set – first in New York City before making waves all over the world - the 1970s period gave birth to modern clubland as we would recognise it today. It would be disco music that would, for the first time ever, soundtrack the coming together of a melting pot of sexes, races and sexualities… one nation under a disco groove.
Beautifully packaged and compiled in consultation with those at the centre of the storm at the time, and after exhaustive research into club DJ playlists and DJ charts, 'The Complete Introduction To Disco' throws the spotlight on disco's groundbreaking producers, vocalists, DJs and house bands, many of whom provide quotes and anecdotes for the set's detailed sleevenotes. It contains the landmark records from the time – such as Diana Ross's 'Love Hangover' and Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' – alongside overlooked classics that lit up the dance floors of the 1970s. Choc-full of some of the most musically adventurous and life-affirming music ever made, it's both a serious attempt to rescue the genre from those white suit and medallion connotations AND the box set you can dance to. Yowsah!
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