Fall out boy Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band originated from Chicago's hard-core punk scene, with which Wentz was heavily involved. The group was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop punk side project of their respective hard-core bands, and Stump joined shortly thereafter. The group went through a succession of drummers before landing Hurley and recording their debut album which became a huge success. With Wentz as the band's singer and Stump as the primary song writer, the band's 2005 breakthrough produced two hit singles, "Sugar, We're Goin …show more content…
It was released in April 2005 as the lead single from their second album, From Under the Cork Tree (2005). With the music composed by lead vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stumpand all lyrics penned by bassist Pete Wentz, it was the bands first top 10 hit and it launched there career. In an interview with Rolling Stone that he slurred the lyrics in the chorus on purpose to make it sound better and he wanted the song to be a fun punk song. During the writing of the song, the band made 30 changes to it. He said that he saw the lyrics first time he sung it out loud and it sounded excellent so he came up with the rest. I have chosen this song because it brings back so so many significsant memories in my life, such as the first time my family went to America, this song was played almost 5 times every day on the radio. It is also a very lively, energetic song that can turn a frown upside-down in a second. Even when I am having a horrible day, when I get home and listen to this song it makes my day so much better and always brings a smile to my face. This song tells you that you must never give up without a fight and I believe that , that is a excellent morale to sing
This song became the perfect background for PSA's. Maybe, after all, there was more to this band than sexuality and drugs. This album has a bit of each of the necessary elements to become a hit. In fact, it has. much more than that.
America had a successful revolution due to the motley crew, despite the lack of recognition and amenities they received for their contributions. “A Motley Crew in the American Revolution” by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker highlighted the motley crew for their influence on the American Revolution, and provided information and background generally not given in a standard textbook. The motley crew, comprised of sailors and slaves in a literal sense, and the urban mob in a political sense, paved the way for the American Revolution and the founding documents through rebellions, uprisings, conflicts, protests, and violence. This group of men changed the world in the opposition of forced labor, press-gangs and slavery in particular, through influencing
The Dave Matthews Band has been a musical power house for years. They have meshed together almost every type of music together to create their extremely unique sounds and attractiveness towards their music. Dave Matthews, lead singer and guitarist from South Africa has put together a band that no one will ever be able to create again. Dave picked four extremely talented and unique sounding men to join his band and together they have created some amazing music. The members of the band include Stefan Lessard on bass, Boyd Tinsley on violin, Leroi Moore on saxophone and one of the best drummers in the world, Carter Beauford. Together these men will one day leave behind a similar reputation as one of the all time greatest "jam" bands of time.
Phish is one of the most amazing and unique bands that were ever founded. The music is a cross between bluegrass, folk and rock. The fans would pretty much do anything for this band, as they follow them around the country to different cities. In resemblance to the Grateful Dead (A Jam Band during the 70’s and 80’s), Phish puts on long shows with continuous jams. Each show being completely different from any of the other shows that they have performed drives fans to continue to follow this astonishing band. While each musician attended the University of Vermont, no one would have ever thought that this band would have made it huge. “Never thought I could make it this far, with a pain in my soul and a whole in my heart, never thought I could never thought I could but when the lights are turning round the wheels are flowing on the ground, the day I burn this whole place down when the circus comes to town” (Trey Anastasio).
Van Halen took heavy metal to new heights. After more than two decades of playing sold-out concert halls, selling millions of albums and enduring various lineup changes and solo projects, Van Halen is recognized as one of the most resilient and successful rock bands to emerge from the 1970s and continue into the 1980’s. Eddie and Alex Van Halen were raised in Pasadena, the children of Dutch immigrants who immigrated to California in 1967. The Van Halen brothers grew up taking classical piano lessons. Eddie played guitar and Alex played the drums as teenagers. In 1974, they hooked up with David Lee Roth (vocals) and Michael Anthony (bass), while gigging around town in their band Mammoth. Within a few years, they had become one of the most popular bands on the Los Angeles scene. Fans packed L.A.'s smoky rock clubs to check out Eddie's unconventional guitar riffs and Roth's over-the-top showmanship.
With a busy year ahead with both an upcoming tour and the release of his new album, Childish Gambino has finally appeases his fans with a new music video and two new songs. Gambino performed both "This is America" and "Saturday" live on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. His new video for "This is America"has definitely caught the attention and risen awareness from people it may concern. But, we'll get into later.
The members of the group are Jimmy Page, born on April 9, 1944, Robert Plant, born on August 24, 1948, John Paul Jones, born on January 3, 1946, and John Bonham born on May 31, 1948.
Rock and roll evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s. It influenced the fashion, language, and lifestyle of many people. The roots of Rock and Roll lay in African American Blues and Gospel. Since rock and roll originated among the lower classes and segregated ethnic groups, many middle- class whites thought it was tasteless. Many rock and roll records were banned from schools and radio stations. During the 1960's, Rock and Roll became extremely popular and took over the popular music charts. Also, television became an important factor in the popularity of rock and roll because it attracted a younger audience. A number of diverse genres of music in Memphis and New Orleans, allowed for different rock forms to merge and allowed
Rock and Roll, like many other form of music, originated from the African-Americans that came to the United States as slaves. During the late 1940s and quite early 1950s, Rock ‘N’ Roll was created from the Africans-Americans other musical styles, such as, Gospel, Jazz, Boogie Woogie, Rhythm, Blues and country. It is unclear who exactly invented Rock ‘N’ Roll, but it is most likely Berry chuck did in 1955, which is why he is known as the father of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Rock ‘N’ Roll or Rock and Roll is a very unique and powerful type of music that often gives us the feel of Freedom and energy.
Eddie Vedder at lead singer, bass player Jeff Ament, drummer Matt Cameron, and guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard set off to start an unforgettable sound in punk rock which is known as the grunge era. Pearl Jam would start with their first album “Ten,” this album would then sell ten million copies. A lot of bands came out of
The constantly growing and changing world is trying its best to sway and alter the minds of the common people by using as many influential platforms possible from ads on television, entertainment in the theaters, politics in the government, to music on the radio. The Dave Matthews Band sings about either issues in life or in love. To find a song that correlates to individualism is not a surprise. When singer Dave Matthews performs the song "Drunken Soldier" live, he puts an emphasis on the lyrics "Don't waste time trying to be something you're not/ Fill up your head/ Fill up your heart/ And take your shot/ Don't waste
The lead singer of the band Train, Pat Monahan revealed in an interview that this song is about the death of his mother. In the interview Monahan stated, “ Loss of the most important person in my life was heavy on my mind, and
In 1951, Cleveland radio disc jockey Alan Freed sparked the three word phrase ‘Rock and Roll’. But whatever you call this genre of music, it took the world by storm, and changed the face of music, and history forever.
Green day started way back in 1989 as a garage band centered around Berkeley California. Their third studio album and top seller Dookie came out in 1994 and sold over 20 million copies with 5 hit singles. Later on, in 2003, it even was ranked number 193 on the Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Until the album Warning, more specifically the single Minority 6 years later, they had little to no success. Many had thought Green day to have already left the scene, but in 2004 they released the album American Idiot. This album charted in 27 countries and even peaked at number one in 19 of them, including the United States, with a total of 5 successful singles. To this day they still continue to make popular albums. Over time they started evolving to please the time period and this is probably the main reason behind the many hits that followed the release of American Idiot. Their fans, on t...
John Quincy Adams once said “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Justin Timberlake started inspiring and helping people at the age 14 when he joined NSYNC. Because of his leadership qualities, artistic skills and humanitarian efforts, Justin Timberlake is a great leader, with good influence on the rest of society.