Janis
Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and
songwriter from Port Arthur, Texas. As a youth Joplin was ridiculed by her
fellow students due to her unconventional appearance and personal beliefs. She
later sang about her experience at school through her song "Ego
Rock." Early in her life, Joplin cultivated a rebellious and
unconventional lifestyle, becoming a beatnik poet. She began her singing career
as a folk and blues singer in San Francisco, playing clubs and bars with her
guitar and auto-harp.
Joplin
first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the
psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a
solo artist with her more soulful and bluesy backing groups, The Kozmic Blues
Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. She was one of the more popular acts at the
Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the
Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour.
Janis
Joplin only charted five singles in her life but her hits and other popular
songs from throughout her four year career include "Down On Me",
"Bye, Bye Baby", "Coo Coo", "Summertime",
"Piece of My Heart," "Turtle Blues," "Ball 'n'
Chain," "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)," "Maybe,"
"To Love Somebody," "Kozmic Blues," "Work Me,
Lord," "Move Over," "Cry Baby," "A Woman Left
Lonely," "Get It While You Can," "My Baby,"
"Trust Me," "Mercedes Benz," "One Night Stand,"
"Raise Your Hand" and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby
McGee."
Joplin
was well known for her performing abilities and her fans referred to her stage
presence as electric. At the height of her career, she was known as "The
Queen of Rock and Roll" as well as "The Queen of Psychedelic
Soul" and became known as Pearl amongst her friends. She was also a
painter, dancer and music arranger.
Rolling
Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists
of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of
All Time.
Birth
name: Janis Lyn Joplin
Also
known as: Pearl, Mary Jane
Born:
January 19, 1943. Port Arthur, Texas, United States
Died:
October 4, 1970 (aged 27), Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres:
Blues rock, soul, psychedelic rock, acid rock, country, folk, hard rock, jazz
blues
Eric
Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist and
singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The
Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important
and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone
magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and
fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
In
the mid 1960s, Clapton departed from the Yardbirds to play blues with John
Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton
gained the nickname "Slowhand". Immediately after leaving Mayall,
Clapton formed Cream, a power trio with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack
Bruce in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty,
blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the 1970s, Clapton's output bore
the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley.
His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped reggae reach a
mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla",
recorded by Derek and the Dominos, another band he formed and Robert Johnson's
"Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy
Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998,
Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre
on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers.
Birth
name: Eric Patrick Clapton
Also
known as: Slowhand
Born:
30 March 1945 (age 67), Ripley, Surrey, England
Genres:
Rock, blues rock, blues, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Occupations:
Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, artist
Instruments:
Vocals, guitar
Years
active: 1962–present
Labels:
Warner Bros., Reprise, Polydor, RSO, Atco, Apple, Deram
Associated
acts: The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Powerhouse, Cream,
Free Creek, The Dirty Mac, Blind Faith, J.J. Cale, The Plastic Ono Band,
Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Derek and the Dominos, Sheryl Crow, The Beatles,
Phil Collins, The Rolling Stones, Luciano Pavarotti, The Band, Freddie King,
B.B. King, Mark Knopfler, Brian Wilson, John Mayer, Roger Waters, Dire Straits.
Deep
Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. They are considered
to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some
band members claimed that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any
one genre. They were once listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as
"the loudest pop group", and have sold over 100 million albums
worldwide,including 7.5 million certified units in the US. Deep Purple were
ranked #22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme.
The
band has gone through many line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976–84).
The 1968–76 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and IV.Their second
and most commercially successful line-up featured Ian Gillan (vocals), Roger
Glover (bass), Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums), and Ritchie Blackmore
(guitar). This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973, and was revived from 1984
to 1989, and again in 1993, before the rift between Blackmore and other members
became unbridgeable. The current line-up (including guitarist Steve Morse) has
been much more stable, although Lord's retirement from the band in 2002 has
left Paice as the only original Deep Purple member still in the band. As of
2012, Deep Purple have not been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Also
known as: Roundabout
Origin:
Hertford, England
Genres:
Hard rock, heavy metal, psychedelic rock, blues rock
Years
active: 1968–1976, 1984–present
Labels:
Tetragrammaton, Warner Bros., Polydor, BMG, EMI, Edel
Associated
acts: The Maze, Episode Six, Rainbow, Paice, Ashton & Lord, Whitesnake,
Black Sabbath, Gillan & Glover, Hughes Turner Project, Living Loud
Members:
Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey
Picture:
Song:
Concert:
Deep Purple - Live at Montreux 2006 - Full Concert
Arctic
Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb
of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals,
lead/rhythm guitar), Jamie Cook (rhythm/lead guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass
guitar, backing vocals) and Matt Helders (drums, backing vocals). Former
members include Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Glyn Jones
(lead vocals, rhythm guitar).
The
band have released four studio albums: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What
I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009) and Suck It and
See (2011), as well as one live album At the Apollo (2008). Their debut album
became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history, surpassing
Oasis' Definitely Maybe and remains the fastest-selling debut album for a band
in the UK.
Arctic
Monkeys are heralded as one of the first acts to come to the public attention
via the Internet (fan-based sites rather than from the band), with commentators
suggesting they represented the possibility of a change in the way in which new
bands are promoted and marketed. They are also regarded as one of the most
prominent bands to be part of the post-punk revival in the UK, after achieving
commercial success and spawning two number one singles with their debut album.
Also
known as: The Death Ramps
Origin:
Sheffield, England
Genres:
Indie rock, post-punk revival, psychedelic rock, garage rock
Years
active: 2002–present
Labels:
Domino, EMI, Warner
Associated
acts: The Last Shadow Puppets, Mongrel
Members:
Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley, Matt Helders
Past
members: Andy Nicholson, Glyn Jones
PIcture:
Song:
Concert:
Arctic Monkeys - MTV Winter Valencia, Spain 2009 Full Concert
Album:
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare Full Album
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Non Blondes was an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in
1989. The group was formed by bassist Christa Hillhouse, guitarist Shaunna
Hall, drummer Wanda Day, and vocalist and guitarist Linda Perry. Prior to the
release of their first album, Roger Rocha replaced Hall on guitar, and Dawn
Richardson replaced Day on drums. They hit the charts in 1993 with "What's
Up?", their only major hit single. Perry left the band in 1995 to begin a
solo career, and the remaining members disbanded.
Origin: San Francisco, California, United
States
Genres:
Alternative rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Years
active: 1989–1996
Labels: Interscope, Atlantic
Associated
acts: Malibu Barbi, Louis Metoyer Band
Past
members: Linda Perry, Christa Hillhouse, Shaunna Hall, Wanda Day, Dawn
Richardson, Cara Crash, Louis Metoyer,
Roger Rocha.
James Marshall
"Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27,
1942–September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is
widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history, and
one of the most influential musicians of his era. After initial success in
Europe with his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, he achieved fame in the
United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle
of Wight Festival. He often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain
and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar
amplifier feedback.
Hendrix, as well as
his friend Eric Clapton, popularized use of the wah-wah pedal in mainstream
rock which he often used to deliver an exaggerated sense of pitch in his solos,
particularly with high bends, complex guitar playing, and use of legato. As a record
producer, Hendrix also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an
extension of his musical ideas. He was one of the first to experiment with
stereophonic phasing effects for rock recording.[citation needed] Hendrix was
influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf,
Albert King and Elmore James, rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis
Mayfield and Steve Cropper, and the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Hendrix
began dressing and wearing a moustache like Little Richard when he performed
and recorded in his band from March 1, 1964 through to the spring of 1965. In
1966, Hendrix stated, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard
does with his voice".
Hendrix won many
prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime, and has been posthumously
awarded many more, including being inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage blue
plaque was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street, London,
in September 1997. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was dedicated in 1994.
In 2006, his debut US album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United
States National Recording Registry, and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top
guitarist on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time in 2003.
Birth name: Johnny
Allen Hendrix
Born: November 27,
1942. Seattle, Washington, US
Died: September 18,
1970 (aged 27) Kensington, London, England
Genres: Psychedelic
rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, acid rock
Associated acts:
Little Richard, The Isley Brothers, The Blue Flame, The Jimi Hendrix
Experience, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, Band of Gypsys, Curtis Knight.
Lewis Allan
"Lou" Reed (born on March 2, 1942) is an American rock musician,
songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and
principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo
career, which has spanned several decades. Though the Velvet Underground were a
commercial failure in the late 1960s, the group has gained a considerable cult
following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the
most widely cited and influential bands of the era. As the Velvet Underground's
principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that
rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including sexuality and
drug culture.
After his departure
from the group, Reed began a solo career in 1971. He had a hit the following
year with "Walk on the Wild Side", although he subsequently lacked
the mainstream commercial success its chart status seemed to indicate. Reed's
work as a solo artist frustrated critics wishing for a return of the Velvet
Underground. In 1975 Reed released a double album of feedback loops, Metal
Machine Music, upon which he later commented: "No one is supposed to be
able to do a thing like that and survive."
In 2008, Reed
married performance artist Laurie Anderson.
Birth name: Lewis
Allan Reed
Born: March 2, 1942
(age 69), Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres: Rock, experimental rock, art rock,
protopunk, noise music, drone music, psychedelic rock, folk rock, glam rock,
blue-eyed soul, spoken word
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