On A Friday was the first name of the English Rock Band Radiohead. The
name On A Friday represented the day the members got together to practice. The band
members all met at the Abingdon School, a independent school for boys, in the town
of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Thom Yorke - lead vocals, guitar, piano and
keyboards, Jonny Greenwood - lead guitar, keyboards and other instruments,
Ed O’Brien - guitar and backing vocals, Colin Greenwood - bass and Phil Selway -
drums, percussion and backing vocals, formed the band in 1985. The band’s songs are
classified in the categories of Art Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronica and Experimental
Rock.
After years of doing local clubs and shows, On a Friday signed a six album
contract with EMI Records, a British record label, in 1991. At the request of the record
label the band changed their name to Radiohead. Taken from the song Radio Head by
the Talking Heads from their album True Stories.
Radiohead released their first single in 1992 entitled Creep. The single was
from their debut album Pablo Honey in 1993. Creep became a worldwide hit
when the album was released.
Radiohead’s second album The Bends, released in 1995, made them hugely
popular in the United Kingdom. When their third album was released in 1997, entitled
OK Computer, they became an international sensation. OK Computer has been
considered one of the best albums of all time.
In 2000, Radiohead released their fourth album
played with a few local outfits. He had his Boyd Tinsley Band, which he continued to play
On May 15th, 1968, the Beatles announced the start of their own record label and production company, ______________, while appearing on The Tonight Show (guest hosted by Joe Garagiola that night).
The Beatles originally started off as The Quarrymen in 1957, headed by John Lennon and consisting of other musicians. That same year Paul McCartney was invited to join the group by John Lennon, and eventually joined by George Harrison. In 1958 the groups name was changed to Johnny and the Moondogs (rolling stone article). Two years in 1960 later another member was added and the group was now named The Beatles. During this time The Beatles (with Pete Best playing drums), were playing mostly cover songs of popular artists in Hamburg, until the group came back to England to where they would play at the famous Cavern Club, where their local popularity would take off.
Performing his songs was Jason Michael Webb (piano), Bobby Scharmann (Bass), Mike Roe (Drums), and a mixture of independent singers and a large company that included UNL, UNO, Creighton and guest students and artists.
Aside from producing hit records, DJ Premier owns his own recording label, Year Round Records. One of
The original lineup did not last long; after much shuffling around, the members today are Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell, and Scott Shriner. The band includes typical instruments of the alternative rock sound, including guitar (Rivers Cuomo—lead), bass (Scott Shriner), drums (Patrick Wilson), and vocals (Rivers Cuomo—lead). The backups include guitar (Brian Bell) and vocals (all members).
As a solo artist, he releases music since the early 1990ees and mixes funk, soul, dance and electronica music. Until today he published four albums, one collaboration with the mighty
The Motley Crue is a heavy metal band, with carefree lifestyle, that they spread throughout the world through their music. The members of the band were not only memorable on the stage, but off stage as well. They lived a lifestyle most would not deem socially correct, though it seemed to benefit their career. Selling over 100 million albums worldwide, Motley Crue helped spread the heavy metal brand of music around the world. All of these factors contributed to making them one of the best selling bands of all time. Their style, their life outside of music, and the spread of their music has lead Motley Crue to the top of Rock and Roll.
His career started as early as 1963 when he formed a band called Tommy Scott and the Senators. They were accepted by the crowd extremely good, but because of their not quite urban area, success was only limited. Never mind that, it all changed next year, when a London based manager, Gordon Mills, noticed Jones and his crisp baritone voice. After that, he brought him to London, and the rest is history; however Jones’s first single, “Chills and Fever” didn`t quite got good ratings. Nevertheless, Jones did not surrender and continued making music. His second single, “It`s not Unusual” broke the charts, landing at No. 1 on British charts in 1965. Since then, his career has gone only up, in next few years, everything he released was made into hits, songs like “Once Upon a Time”, “With These Hands” and “Delilah”.
The group was formed in 1965 by bluegrass - enthusiast Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan on vocals and organ, Bob Weir on guitar and vocals, classical music student Phil Lesh on bass and vocals, and Bill Kreutzmann on drums. From the beginning, they brought together a variety of influences, from Garcia's country background to Pigpen's feeling for blues (his father was an R&B radio DJ) and Lesh's education in contemporary serious" music. Add to that, the experimentation encouraged at some of the group's first performances at novelist Ken Kesey's
Acoustic guitar by Jerry, vocal & piano by Zino Park, bass guitar by Clay Luna, vocal & guitar by Zen, guitar & saxophone by Dan Stark, drum by Skip Mccain, and harp by Monica.
Although the musical group finally decided on what to call themselves, they still were waiting for their big break. Their big break came in the form of a man notice Brian Epstein, a record storeowner. Epstein’s interest was piqued when he heard about a young band making its way through Liverpool. So Epstein decided to go watch "The Beatles" perform. Something about the Beatles energy when they play inspired Epstein to become their manager. Pulling a few strings throughout the musical community of Liverpool, Epstein was able to gain "The Beatles" a few auditions. After a few auditions, the Beatles were able to get an audition with George Martin, a respected member of Parlophone records. The only part that Martin didn 't like about the Beatles was the drummer, Pete Best. Before a record could be signed Epstein had to replace Best. The new drummer was known as Ringo Starr. At last, "The Beatles" we 're complete.
(Wiener, 4). The new band had no name, and their early inspirations were Buddy Holly, and the
The second vocal ensemble of the night started out with a song which included a twelve bar blues, called “ I use to know you”. This performance consisted of the most combinations of solos of the night as well as using an improvising style. The entire band started all together which led to a Trumpet solo. Then Jose on the Sax did his solo followed by the pianist comping. Then the choir along with the band joined together to lead to a female solo which was particularly interesting since she was scatting. The second performance of this ensemble was “Spring can really hang you up the most” which consisted of 3/4 time and 4/4 time. This started with a female solo vocalist then a male one. The band as a whole played together and ended with a male solo scatting. The third and shortest performance of the night was a vocal acapella piece, “Love walked in” which was short and sweet. The fourth performance of the night was a Richmond Rogers piece. This had a rhythmic swing/salsa feel from the “Lady is a tramp”. This started with the rhythm section, with the male vocalist and horns. Then the female vocalist from the choir joined and concluded this piece. The fifth performance for the group was a sequel to voice stand an acapella piece by Greg Jaspers. This song started with the choir using their voices as the instruments altogether. The final performance of the night was one of
The world market of record music in 1990s was dominated by only five big corporations: BMG Entertainment, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. The majors could maintain their status thanks to patents and agreements, technological improvements and M&As. The majors had the complete control of patents and music rights from the artists. Even though the artists tried to directly contact to the customers, they could not afford the attempt. Thus, they relied on the professional signers and on the publishing company. The