Ask any musician who the most important member in the band is, and most will tell you that it is the sound…
Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan) is not your average artist. He is a jack-of-all arts kind of guy. His massive amount of works of art can be visualized as a great river with many streams and tributaries. He has taken on all kinds of roles, a role as a vintner, a comedian, singer/songwriter, and he’s played every band member’s role in at least one of his productions. Because of the deep philosophic meaning his fans find in his lyrical works he is practically seen as a god. Maynard James Keenan is far from divine, he is human, that is what inspires me about him. He in an artist through and through, he sees through ruse and facade of humanity in the modern era. He speks from his heart. He is genuine in his emotion, and his emotion flows through all of his artistic…
He definitely inspires people everyday using music that he writes and sings and his luscious flowing hair. The songs he sings and composes allow people to overcome challenges in their lives and can improve their mood. Millions of people listen to his music everyday and are struck in a daze of happiness from his vocal cords, I am guilty of enjoying such pleasures in my free time. Not only is his voice angelic his hair looks as attractive as a brand new Ferrari and as soft as puppy ears. Dave Grohl contributes to society in so many ways using his voice and his hair and should be celebrated in some…
Soon he was lending his drumming skills to motion picture soundtracks, making appearances on SNL and even began writing and recording some new tracks. Grohl was also messing around with some previously recorded demos, eventually releasing them under a new name the Foo Fighters. His latest creations showcased his unique songwriting talents, vocals and ability to play multiple instruments. When the time came to tour for his Pocketwatch album he enlisted bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith (both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate) and guitarist Pat Smear (former part of Nirvana’s final tour). Grohl took lead vocals and lead guitar releasing their first album July of 1995 under the name of the Foo Fighters, which went on to earn positive reviews and did well on many top charts.…
For as much as I love Phish, there is so much music I hadn’t heard until I decided to write this paper. It was almost impossible for me to have lots of experience with all the different periods of jamming they had. I decided that I would listen to and discuss how music from the same band could change so drastically throughout their career, and I think I learned more than I thought I would.…
Thesis Statement: Lead singer of Alice in Chains, Layne Staley, was one of the most influential vocalists of the grunge boom even with his drug abuse, depression and self-harm which became regular topics in his songs.…
There are several influential performances during the Information Age of the Twentieth Century. The Dave Matthews Band is definitely a pivotal one. For 20 years, they have sold out concerts across America and overseas. The band started during 1991 in Charlottesville, Virginia with South African singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, saxophonist LeRoi Moore, drummer Carter Beauford, violinist Boyd Tinsley and bassist Stefan Lessard. Jeff Coffin has played saxophone since Moore’s passing in 2008. Currently, trumpeter Rashawn Ross and electric guitarist Tim Reynolds are touring with the band and have been for some time. Their music initially targeted college students. Since then, they have influenced four generations with the art of music. At their concerts today, you will find a cult following of fans that span from generation X, their small children of a generation unnamed, to generations Y and Z in between.…
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".[1]Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US. The double LP was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.…
The album “Time Out” (1959), by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is considered one of the…
“If someone listens to [our] music, and it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything”. These are the words of Marilyn Manson, a controversial musical artist from the ‘90s. His messages and live performances have earned him both praise and great hostility. Marilyn Manson is one of the most important figures of the ‘90s and early 21st century because he artistically exercises his freedom of speech and expression whilst inspiring others to do so as well.…
Music is used to help people of every ethnicity, religion, and lifestyle, cope with different struggles, times of enjoyment, and life itself. But, what is it about music that makes it so therapeutic? It’s the fact that no matter what the genre of music is, it’s what message that artist is putting out into the world. It’s the beat, the tone, and the emotion behind the lyrics is what makes listeners feel the way they do because it speaks on a specific aspect of life and what someone can be going through.…
Jimi Hendrix’s destructive behavior is evident with his untimely death at the age of 27. Could his song “Manic Depression” be from a person who does not know how to handle his fame? Perhaps it was a cry for help from either a cocaine addiction or bipolar disorder. I believe that his lyrics reveal his lack of pleasure in the music he once loved. The words “turn myself off” and “go on down, all the way down” are signs of severe depression or suicide. (Song, 2013)…
Bob Dylan is maybe one of the most famous rock n’ roll writer/singer in the 1970’s to the 1980’s. His songs were, considered by the public, really good, and some of the best. But unfortunately some kids have never heard of him in their life. Bob Dylan wrote and composed songs that changed the world of music with cultural rock n’ roll, creating a passion for music that was loved by many.…
'Established, beyond comparison, as the most important logician of our times.' - Soloman Feferman. Kurt Friedrich Gödel was born on April 28, 1906 in Brunn, Austria - Hungary and died of starvation on January 14, 1978. His father, Rudolf Gödel, Sr., was the managing director at a textile factory in Brunn. Here, he came to know Gustav Handschuh, whose daughter Marianne married Rudolf despite the fourteen year age difference. Together they had two sons, Rudolf Jr. and Kurt, both of whom became very successful men.…
Frank Zappa was involved in many different bands, musical styles and genres. ‘The 60s produced many creative new musicians, but none was more inspirational, controversial, stratological or creative than Frank Zappa (Arbus 1997)’. Frank Zappa rose to fame through his band The Mothers of Invention, which was known to play a range of styles from jazz to heavy metal rock to operas. Frank Zappa became highly known by the broader community for outstanding musical ability, innovative recording techniques, and his fascinating social and political battles.…