The Rolling Stones
Written by Admin Musician Online on February 22, 2010 – 1:34 pm -The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in 1962 in London when Brian Jones, the multi-instrumentalist and Ian Stewart, famous pianist combined with Keith Richards, the guitarist and Mick Jagger, the vocalist. Charlie Watts, the drummer and Bill Wyman, the Bassist finished the early lineup. Stewart who was considered not suitable as teen idol, was got rid off from the official group in 1963 but he joined as the road manager of the band and as casual keyboardist till his death in 1985. After they signed to the Decca Records during the year 1963, the band name changed to “The Rolling Stones” from “the Rollin’ Stones”.
Richards and Jagger formed a partnership during the year 1963 and they started the leadership of the band since Jones was more erratic and troubles. After they recorded the covers of R&B and American blues songs, the studio record they produced since the album Aftermath in the year 1966, all of them featured mainly Richards/Jagger songs. Mick Taylor replaced Brian Jones just before his death in the year 1969. In the year 1974, Taylor quit the band and he replaced in the year 1975 by guitarist Ronnie Wood who stayed in the band ever since. Wyman left the band in the year 1992, and then Darryl Jones who was not the official member of the band has remained as the main bassist since the year 1994. Read more »
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The Metallica
Written by Admin Musician Online on February 21, 2010 – 1:31 pm -The Metallica – Top Heavy Metal Band in US
Metallica is an American heavy metal band who formed in the city of Los Angeles in California during the year 1981. The group was founded by Lars Ulrich, the Drummer who posted an ad in the local newspaper. Metallica’s lineup mainly consisted of James Hetfield, the vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Ulrich the Drummer and Kirk Hammett, the lead guitarist when going through many bassists. Robert Trujillo is the bass guitarist at present.
The early released of Metallica included instrumentals, fast tempos and very aggressive music which placed them in the top four of thrash metal genre along with Megadth, Anthrax and slayer during the development of this genre into a famous style. The group got a good fan base in underground music community and they became more popular with their album “Master of Puppets” released in 1986 which is considered as the heaviest and thrash metal albums. The band achieved great success with their album Metallica in the year 1991 which got into top position in Billboard 200. With the release of Metallica, the band enhanced its musical direction which resulted in album which was more appealing to an mainstream audience. In the year 2000, Metallica was one among few artists that filed a lawsuit for sharing the copyright protected materials of their band for free without the consent from the band members against Napster, an online music sharing service. They came with a settlement and Napster soon became a service for pay and use. Despite becoming top on Billboard 200, the release in St. Anger estranged lots of fans with snare drums of steel sounding and expulsion of Guitar Solos. There was a film which documented St. Anger’s recording process under the name Some Kind of Monster. Read more »
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