U2: Ireland Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on January 1, 2010 – 1:34 pm -U2 – Ireland’s Top Rock Band
U2 are a reputed rock band from the city of Dublin in Ireland. The group has a Bono (guitar and vocals), the Edge (keyboards, vocals, and Guitar) and Adam Clayton (Bass Guitar), and Larry Mullen (Percussion and Drums). The band was developed in 1976 at the Secondary School level when member were teenagers with very less musical knowledge. Within 4 years, they signed with Island Records and they released their first album named Boy. During the mid 1980s, they became as top international acts. They were very successful in live acts that in selling studio records till their album “The Joshua tree’ was released in 1987. This album elevated the stature of U2 band from heroes to Super heroes according to The Rolling stone magazine.
The album Achtung baby which was released during the year 1991, which accompanied the Zoo TV Tour was a thematic and musical reinvention for their group. Reacting to their own musical stagnation in the late 1980s, the band introduced alternative rock and dance music into their albums and live performance which replaced their early image with an ironic tone. Also they continued the same experimentation during the 1990s. Since the year 2000, U2 have continued to be more conventional in their music, and they have maintained influences from their musical exploration and influences. Read more »
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The Doors – Rock Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on December 21, 2009 – 1:38 pm -The Doors
They are famous American rock band who were formed in Los Angeles, California during the year 1965. The band had ray Manzarek, the Keyboardist, John Densmore, the Drummer and Jim Morrison, the vocalist and Robby Krieger, the guitarist. They were one of the most controversial rock arts in 1960s owing to wild and poetic lyrics of Morrison and his unpredictable stage acts. After the death of Morrison in 1971, the rest of member pursued as a trio till they finally disbanded for their good in 1973. Though the career of the Doors ended during 1973, the popularity of the group has not failed. According to Recording Industry Association of America, the band has sold more than thirty two million albums in United states alone.
The band originated with an accidental meeting between fellow alumni of UCLA school, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison on Venice beach in California during July 1965. Morrison informed Manzarek that he has been doing some song writing and with encouragement from manzarek, they sang the “Moonlight Drive”. Impressed by the lyrics of Morrison, Manzarek suggested that they can form a band. Read more »
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Led Zeppelin
Written by Admin Musician Online on November 11, 2009 – 1:31 pm -Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin had a ten year career from the year 1969 to 1979 and were the most famous rock band in word with more than fifty million records sale in United States alone and with more than 200 million records worldwide. They developed the blues based power and also trio along with lead singer archetype in different directions including folk rock, mystical English, quirky pop, Eastern impacted exotica and all manner of heaviness. They also symbolized Dionysian type of rock lifestyle.
The band’s ability to produce classic rock radio albums and the earlier mentioned excesses have influenced many to consider the band as overrated and they symbolized the end of rock and roll during the 1970s. The album which is considered as super value collection is the “Early days and latter days: Best of volumes 1 and 2 (2 discs) signify that, if the bands greatness is not appreciated well, it is due to earlier mentioned resentments and since the band did not have any bigger cultural impact. They did not have any particular group or style to create an impact on the culture. Led Zeppelin was formed during the year 1969 by guitarist Jimmy Page, vocalist and harmonium expert Robert Plant, Bass guitarist John Paul Jones, Keyboard expert Mandolin and Drummer John Bonham. Led Zeppelin was a famous band for their guitar drive and heavy music and they are generally cited as primogenitors or hard rock and heavy metal music. The band’s unique style was driven from various sources and they transcend into one particular genre. Led Zeppelin was not releasing any album and the famous songs in their albums as UK singles and they developed the album oriented rock concept at later stage. Read more »
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The Eagles Rock Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on November 10, 2009 – 1:39 pm -The Eagles Band
The Eagles are a famous American Rock Band who were formed in the city of Los Angeles in California during the year 1971 by Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Glenn Ferry and Bernie Leadon. With 5 top singles and 6 albums, the Eagles remained as the commercially and critically successful recording artists during the 1970s. At the end of twentieth century, their 2 albums, Hotel California and Their Greatest hits (1971 to 75) were ranked as the twenty top selling albums in United States as per the sources of ‘Recording Industry Association of America’. Hotel California was ranked as Number thirty seven among 500 greatest albums of all times by the Rolling Stone magazine. The band was ranked as Number seventy five in the the Rolling stone magazine 2004 list among the 100 Greatest Artists of All times. Their Greatest hits (1971 to 75) was the top selling album in United states during that time.
The Eagles group split during the year 1989 and they reunited during the year 1994 for Hell Freezes over which was a mix of new studio tracks and live music. They have toured sporadically since then, and they were introduced to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the year 1998. The Eagles released the album “Long Road Out of Eden” during the year 2007 which was their 1st studio album in twenty eight years. The following year, they started the Long Road out of Eden tour to support and backup the album. The tour continued till the year 2009, crossing Europe and North America and it will continue till 2010 with tour dates from North America. Read more »
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