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    Music 1091 Pink Floyd‚ Final Paper Pink Floyd is one of the most well-respected and influential rock and roll bands of all time. Pink Floyd brought something new to the table of Rock and Roll. They created a sense of psychedelic hallucinations through their music and the lights they used during their performances. The band did not immediately come up with the name “Pink Floyd.” The group first went by “Sigma 6” then “Architectural Abdabs” before finally settling on the name Pink Floyd

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    Eric Hartsfield Apr 11‚ 2010 Trotta 1st Hour The King of Rock N’ Roll To make music history artist must do the unthinkable to make it to the top. Elvis Presley has done many things that have boosted his reputation to an extraordinarily popular person. Presley has changed music by creating a unique style no one has brought to the stage before‚ by having an incredible fan base that keeps growing today and accomplishing the unthinkable in the music industry. Even though Presley’s

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    *Subject to change* Rock ‘N’ Roll History Rock and roll has been an integral part of American culture since the 1950s. Throughout the decades‚ Rock and Roll has contributed to the vast array of sounds and musical styles in the pantheon of musical genres. Rock and roll has also influenced the creation of other musical subgenres‚ including alternative‚ metal‚ hardcore‚ punk‚ and grunge. Inspired by the emergence of blues and jazz‚ and the popularization of country‚ rock ‘n’ roll strived to imprint

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    ROCK N’ ROLL Rock n’ Roll was a significant part of American History. It was a genre of popular music that was derived in the year of the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Rock n’ Roll consisted of Blues‚ Country and Gospel music. The name Rock n’ Roll did not obtain its name until the year of 1950s. Piano or saxophone were considered the lead instrument in the earliest rock and roll such as the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ however‚ these were later on replaced by guitars in the middle to the

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    Origins of Rock and Roll Research Project World Music in the Global Village 345-101-MQ sec. 00029 22/04/13 The musical ethnography being studied is the origins of Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll evolved from blues in America and started in the 1920’s but only became popular in the 1950’s. Rock mainly uses a fast paste beat of drums‚ electric guitar‚ bass guitar and acoustic guitar. Some famous Rock musicians such as Elvis Presley were in the early stages of when Rock was popular

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    Rock N Roll Research Essay                                                     Over the year’s rock and roll has been shaped and changed by many bands who have either added on; or have changed the sound of rock to a higher level. The bands who have change it significantly are recognized greatly for their contributions. Conversely‚ there still are bands out there that have contributed greatly and are not recognized on such a high level of fame for it. Alice in Chains was a group

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    Originating in America Rock and Roll was fast‚ rhythmic and a blend of black rhythm and blues with white western country music which made the audiences love it. Rock and Roll arrived onto Australian shores in 1955 with Rock and Roll legend Bill Haley’s hit record ‘Rock Around The Clock’‚ young teenage Australians loved Rock and Roll as they would usually gather around in dance halls dressed in the latest fashion and would perform popular dances such as the Jitterbug dance and the Boogie-Woogie teenagers

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    THE BIRTH OF ROCK n’ ROLL - A CASE OF RACIAL CONFLICT The term rock ‘n’ roll has been traced back as far as the 1920s in black music‚ but it became an accepted when disc jockey Alan Freed began used it to describe the character of the rhythm and blues he played on his radio program in the mid-‘50s. The term “Rockin’ and Rollin” were originally used as slang for sex‚ in black pop music. However‚ it went on to become the name for a new‚ salacious musical genre. Innovation in audio technology‚ new

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    The Red Hot Chili Peppers The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a band that arose in the early 1980’s‚ and carried on to be one of the most influential bands in rock and roll around the world. They brought about a new style of music that had never really been played before. The band consists of four members‚ but would go through many different guitarist and drummers throughout the years for number of reasons. It is amazing to some people that the band was so successful‚ and got along decently‚ due to their

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    Sex‚ drugs‚ and rock n’ roll. This phrase has long been used to summarize the rock lifestyle‚ but given the great diversity of rock music many would agree that this concept is most prevalent in the subgenre known as punk. Punk was gritty‚ foul‚ arrogant and snotty‚ nothing it said had meaning outside of what could be said with a mere finger gesture…or was it? In truth punk was as diverse in its nature as rock was as a whole. It is because of this that so many argue about when exactly the punk scene

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