Introduction: Def Leppard was a wild band and had a unique style of music. Bad things may have happened, but they still became a successful band. Rick Allen was born in Derbyshire,England on November 1st 1963. Vivian Campbell was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 25, 1962. Phil Collin was born on December 8, 1957 in London, England. Joe Elliot was born on August 1, 1959 in in Sheffield, England. Rick Savage was born on December 2, 1960 in Sheffield, England. Former band member Steve Clark was born on April 23, 1960 in Sheffield,England. Pete Willis was born on February 16, 1960. In Sheffield, England, Pete Willis and bassist Rick Savage made the band Atomic Mass in the year of 1977. Steve Clark (the guitarist) Joe Elliot (singer) sang in a variety of places. They also changed the spelling of Deaf Leopard to a better looking name to Def Leppard. The authentic Def Leppard bond is from Sheffield, England. They all met once this guy named Joe Cocker became sorta famous. In November 1977 they rented a room in the spoon factory where they can practice their song. They scraped up some money when they booked a gig. The drummer Rick Allen dropped out of high school at the age of 15 and became interested in drumming when he was a child. Def Leppards’ names they use on stage in order …show more content…
are Rick, Joe, Sav, Pete, and Steve. They use these names when they are onstage. They use them so they don't have to use their super long names. Willis ran into Joe Elliot one night in Sheffield and became partners.
They made plans for the band and talked about Joe had fantasy about forming his own band one day. Willis and Savage said the plans sounded good so far and agreed to change the spelling of their name. Def Leppard toured with Sammy Hangar and AC/DC and gathered some of the best radio production. Then they finished their first album called On Through The Night. The other album Def Leppard made was Promises. First it starts off with a guitar riff that quickly continues with a second line. “ I Won’t Make Promises” is what the backup singers say and Joe Elliot finishes off their sentence by saying “ That I can't
keep” Def Leppard released a compilation album in 1995 titled Vault. One of their songs was titled When Love and Hate Collide. They made a new texture and added piano and strings. Happily,Adrenalize rose to number one on the charts. Sadly the song wasn't really inspired. The the album was released soon after Stephen Clark sadly passed away. Pyromania was the name of Def Leppard's third album. Def Leppard got a lot of attention from pyromania. They hosted their own tour and got number two on the best album list with the song Foolin. X was Def Leppards last album to be released. You're Beautiful and Now are promising an undeveloped album. Def Leppard more with other producers. Def Leppard participated the song Two Steps Behind. The song was in the movie Last Action Hero. The songs in Retroactive album were Miss You In A HeartBeat and Shes Tough. High ‘N’ Dry had the song Bringin On The HeartBreak. It was Def Leppards second album. It sounded of empty, but put together a lot of good rhythm. The song “High ‘N’ Dry” went platinum 2 times and sold 2 million songs. Def Leppard signed a big money making contract. the radio station BBC played one of Def Leppard's songs, making Def Leppard popular. Bad things happened with Def Leppard. Pete Willis was fired for having a drinking problem. Phil Collin replaced Pete Willis for his addiction to alcohol. Phil Collin finished the Pyromania album. Pretty soon Steve started drinking and will probably end up passing away. On January 8 1991 a member by the name of Steve Clark had an addiction to alcohol and passed away. One day Allen passed by a car in a highly dangerous speed. He came to a sharp curve and lost control of his car. Allen slammed into a brick wall and the car flipped over. That all happened on December 31, 1984 where he also lost his arm. His girlfriend was also in the car and she ended up covered with bruises. This is what the band members of Def Leppard do now. Pete Willis was also fired for having a drinking problem. When he was fired, he joined the band Atomic Mass. He soon ended up Having an Atomic Mass concert reunion. Right now Allen has a wife by the name of Lauren Monroe. He also has two children and live in Malibu, California. Soon Lauren started a Raven foundation. Vivian lives with his two daughters and wife in California, too. Vivian has replaced Clark and has been in the band longer than Clark was. He usually plays soccer like the other band members except he plays with celebrities and kinda famous professionals. Rick Savage has two sons and a wife. He met the members of Iron Maiden, another English heavy metal with an awesome name. Rick loved soccer and even played a game with Iron Maiden. Phil Collin, his wife, and two children also live in California. Phil makes cover songs of David Bowie with Joe Elliot with his new band an awesome name Cybernauts. Then Phil started another band called Man-Raze. Man-Raze is a three piece alternative rock band. Outro: This was about the band Def Leppard and how they came to be Def Leppard.
Eddie Van Halen was born in Holland in 1955 and immigrated to Pasadena California. At the age of seven, Eddie was training as a classical pianist, although his love for Rock and Roll was developing. He started working a paper route and used the money to buy a drum set. His brother Alex, also musically inclined, bought a guitar. After months of practicing, Alex and Eddie switched instruments. Alex would spend hours on Eddie's drums and loved to play them. Eddie, a little frustrated with the drums, picked up Alex's guitar and felt at home with the instrument. Eddie would sit in his room for hours memorizing Eric Clapton guitar rifts' from "Cream". In his teenage years, Eddie and Brother Alex Van Halen played in local clubs and local parties in California. They started become a big name in the local area of Pasadena California. A police officer once commented that the parties that the Van Halen brothers played at were so big, that the police were looking for where the party was in a four-block radius. There would be almost 2,000 people attending house parties when the Van Halen brothers played. Alex and Eddie initially called there band Genesis but learned there was a much bigger group in Europe with the same name, so they changed it to Mammoth. The band had humble beginnings and the brothers could not afford a PA system for their concerts. They rented a PA system from David Lee Roth when his band was not playing. During one performance, the rented PA system broke down. A member of the local band...
... around famous band. They were an icon to the U.S by trying to send a message in their music that says drugs aren't bad, to the people. Jerry Garcia was a main part in this band and they wouldn't have been this successful without him. The Grateful Dead made rock and roll history from all of these points.
Black Sabbath’s band was called Earth, but before they go the name Earth the band was called Polka Tulk Blues Band Cogan,2009). Those were the bands they had until they realize their band should be called Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath got their name from a movie banner that was called Black Sabbath(Aberback,2011). If they did not have a band name they probably would not have a manager, because the manager would not know the band. All bands have some tragic.
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When you think your average baseball player, what do you think of? The player usually has all of his arms, legs, and no physical disabilities. Anyone who plays baseball would think it is hard to imagine that a person born without a right arm is able to play the game and let only be able to be a pitcher. Jim Abbott faces all the odds and has ten-year career in the major leagues. Abbott had to faces many obstacles throughout life and his playing career. Jim Abbott grew up being picked on since he didn’t have a right arm. When Abbott was younger he would use a steel hook as right hand and other children were afraid of him. Also, they called him names like Mr. Hook.
The band consisted of many different members with different musical backgrounds. Ron McKernan was an organist who loved the blues, where Phil Lesh had very formal training in classical music. Bill Kreutzmann, the drummer for the Dead, has a history of playing R&B and jazz. Though the band continues to influence artists to this day, other bands helped shape and inspire their sound. The Grateful Dead first decided to go electric and create a rawer sound after seeing the Lovin’ Spoonful live in New York.
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.
The band consist of 8 members, Nathan East bassist/vocals, Andy Fairweather-Low, lead guitar/vocals, Steve Ferrone- drums, Chuck Leavell-key boardist, Ray Cooper- tambourines, Katie Kissoon and Tessa Niles- vocals, and Eric Clapton- composer, rock n roll guitarist, lead vocalist. The band members dressed in casual attire. The band members were professionals, they knew exactly how to orchestrate every chord, they collaborated with the lead singer and each other in ways that wasn’t so noticeable to the audience but they knew which chords to use for every song, the band was a top notch team. The tempo of the songs were a mixture of fast, slow, to a medium style beat. The texture of the songs was homophonic and well put together lyrics. The style of the music was from the 1960s-1970s which genres were rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, jazz and blues.
The members included Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Larry Van Kriedt, Dave Evans, and Colin Burgess. The people who wanted the most success out of them were Australia’s legendary roadie Ray Arnold and his partner Alan Kissack. The two men convinced “Chequers” entertainment manager Gene Pierson to let the band play at the popular Sydney nightclub in 1973. Colin Burgess was the first member fired, and several bassists and drummers passed through the band the next year. The Young brothers decided that Evans was not a suitable frontman for the group, because they felt he was more of a glam rocker. It was Gene Pierson who arranged for Bon Scott from “Fraternity” to join them as the lead singer. (Paul Sutcliffe, Pg. 34, P.2)
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.
The third important member of ELO was Richard Tandy. Tandy was born on March 26, 1948 in Birmingham, U.K. At Moseley Grammar School he had been taught to play bass and guitar. Tandy’s first gig was at Solihull Civic Hall when he was fifteen. He was in many different bands before joining ELO.
Jimmy Valentine was an extraordinary thief who changed his life around to become a thoughtful person. Jimmy Valentine was a former bank robber and professional thief. He could pick just about any lock there was with his set of tools however, it clearly can be seen that Jimmy Valentine changed much in one year to be a better man with a moral life because he started his very own shoe company, fell in love with Annabel Adams, and used his past skills for the greater good to help someone in need.
The band was officially formed in 1962, having six original members. Mick Jagger was lead vocals and also played the harmonica. Jagger’s signature look has always been his lips, but they were often criticized. Keith Richards played the guitar and also sang. Charlie Watts was on drums, and Brian Jones played the guitar, harmonica, sitar, and sang. Two less popular members were I...
The band Led Zeppelin consisted of four members, Jimmy Page (guitarist), Robert Plant (vocalist), John Paul Jones (bassist & keyboardist), and John Bonham (drummer). Before the English group formed, Page was looking for new members to join his band, the New Yardbirds, in which he came across Robert Plant in 1968 after Terry Reed (singer) recommended the blues singer, since he was unavailable and could not join. At the time, Plant was performing with the group Hobbs Tweedle, where Jimmy Page observed the vocalists unusual style. In turn, after inviting the singer to join the New Yardbirds, Robert recommended the drummer, John Bonham who was also a member of Hobbs Tweedle, to join the group. When Page was looking for new members, he had chosen