Jimi Hendrix |
Biography
In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:38:00 GMT |
Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Biography
With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the '80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy Water...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:37:00 GMT |
Hair and Pop Metal |
Biography:
Hair Metal:
Hair Metal is a derisive term applied to the slick, pretty, and pop-oriented heavy metal and hard-rock bands of the late '80s. These bands expanded the approach of the loud but ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 21:31:00 GMT |
Heavy Metal |
Biography:
Of all rock & roll's myriad forms, heavy metal is the most extreme in terms of volume, machismo, and theatricality. There are numerous stylistic variations on heavy metal's core sound, ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 21:31:00 GMT |
Hard Rock |
Hard rock is a term that's frequently applied to any sort of loud, aggressive guitar rock, but for these purposes, the definition is more specific. To be sure, hard rock is loud, aggressive guitar roc...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 21:31:00 GMT |
Guns N’ Roses |
Biography
At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play r...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 21:17:00 GMT |
Metallica |
Biography
Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s, responsible for bringing the music back to Earth. Instead of playing the usual rock star games of metal stars of...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 21:15:00 GMT |
