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16 unusual facts about Rock music


Álvaro Benito

Álvaro Benito Villar (born 10 December 1976 in Salamanca, Castile and León) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left midfielder, and the vocalist/guitarist of Rock band Pignoise.

And the Flying Boombox

And the Flying Boombox is the second album by Los Angeles rock band No More Kings.

Andrew Bartlett

He played in a number of local rock bands around this time, as a drummer and keyboard player.

Atomic Tangerine

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Brixton, Gauteng

The popular Afrikaans rock-band Brixton Moord en Roof Orkes ("Brixton Murder and Robbery Band") is named after this squad.

For 2000 AD

For 2000 AD is the fourth studio album from rock singer Kim Kyung Ho, released on Samsung Music in 1999.

For the Broken

For the Broken is the debut album of American Rock band One Step Away.

Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades

Combining various influences from swing music, ska, rockabilly music and rock Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades attracted a local following throughout the Southwest of The United States.

Honey Barbara

Honey Barbara is an American rock band from San Antonio, Texas.

Kottak

Kottak, formerly known as KrunK, is a pop punk/rock group formed in Los Angeles in 1996 by James Kottak aka Jimmy Ratchitt, drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions and his ex-wife Athena Lee.

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Pork Tornado

The band played a number of country-western and rock originals as well as a number of standard covers.

Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory

Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory, released in 1973, was the seventh album and sixth studio album by English rock band Traffic.

Up the Empire

Up The Empire is a Rock band from Brooklyn, NY.

Wagram Music

It has a catalog in various music genres such as French Pop, Rock and Hard rock, Pop, World, electronic music, Reggae, Soul, Jazz and Blues.

Where the Devil Don't Stay

"Where the Devil Don't Stay" is a song written and recorded by the rock and alt-country group Drive-By Truckers, and released on their 2004 album, The Dirty South.


A Classic Case of Cause and Effect

A Classic Case of Cause and Effect is the second album by English rock band Laruso, released in May 2009 on Autonomy Recordings.

All the Rockers

All the Rockers is a compilation album by the rock band April Wine.

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1 (trans. Belgrade, Live '97 - 1) is the first disc of the fourth live album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, released in 1997.

Beograd, uživo '97 – 2

Beograd, uživo '97 – 2 (trans. Belgrade, Live '97 – 2) is the second disc of the fourth live album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, released in 1997.

Billy Rich

As a session musician, Rich has gotten the chance to play different styles of music, including Reggae, Blues, Country Western, R&B, Jazz, Rock, Samba, Pop and Bluegrass.

But What Will the Neighbors Think

The song "Queen of Hearts" was first recorded in 1979 by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds for his album Repeat When Necessary.

Canción Animal

Canción Animal (Spanish for Animal Song) is the fifth album released by the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released in December, 1990 (see 1990 in music).

Dave Marsh

He was a formative editor of Creem magazine, has written for various publications such as Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and has published numerous books about music and musicians, mostly focused on rock music.

Dave Tweedie

Living in the small, working-middle class town of Crockett, California, Dave Tweedie grew up with Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of the rock band Green Day, as well as Scott Holderby of pioneering heavy funk metal band Mordred.

Don L. Harper

Harper’s first CD, Dream and Variations, is a hybrid of jazz, Americana, rock, spirituals, blues, and bluegrass.

Haiqeem

HAIQEEM (Al Hakeem Muhammad II) is an American Rock Singer/Songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Halfdan E

After stints as a session bass player in many different rock bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by a degree from the Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Halfdan E collaborated with Danish poet Dan Turèll on the crossover project "Pas På Pengene", resulting in two CD recordings, which both won Danish Grammy awards.

Hamburg Records

Throughout the 2000s, the company included an artist management department, while the musically focus was on any kind of Rock, particularly on Punk.

HNŠK Moslavina

The core of the fan base is usually associated with the rock, punk and metal subculture.

Holy Touch

"Holy Touch" is the second single from American rock band Foxy Shazam's fourth studio album, The Church of Rock and Roll.

Hope This Finds You Well

This version of "Say It Ain't So" was recorded with Carabba for the compilation Rock Music: A Tribute to Weezer and was previously included as a bonus track on the vinyl LP version of The Moon is Down.

Jim Bonfanti

James Alexander Bonfanti (born December 17, 1948 in Windber, Pennsylvania) is a rock drummer, best known as a member of the band Raspberries.

Jimmy Page discography

Jimmy Page is a British rock musician, best known as the guitarist and producer for English rock band Led Zeppelin.

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas is the third live album from American rock band Kansas, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music).

Les Massiliades

Multiple musical genres were represented, including rock, rap, reggae, afrobeat, metal, folk, java and what the headline band Les Hurlements d'Léo calls "caravaning".

Lewis Shiner

Several of his novels have rock music as a theme or main focus, especially the musicians of the late 1960s; for example, Shiner's 1993 novel Glimpses considers the great never-recorded albums of The Doors, Brian Wilson, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix.

Little Black Submarines

"Little Black Submarines" is a song by American rock band The Black Keys.

Live 06

The Keane Live 06 were a series of official limited live albums produced by ConcertLive consisting of songs recorded during English rock band Keane's live performances during late October 2006, contained in the Under the Iron Sea Tour.

Living with the Living

Living with the Living is the fifth album by the Washington, D.C. rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, released in 2007 by Touch and Go Records.

Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle

Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle is the sixth album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music).

October Tour

The October Tour was a concert tour by Irish rock band U2 that took place in 1981 and 1982 to support the band's second studio album, October, which was released in October 1981.

Panzerballett

Panzerballett plays both original compositions by guitarist Zehrfeld and his creative arrangements of popular songs from rock ("Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple), to pop ("Ein Bisschen Frieden" by Nicole), to jazz ("Birdland" by Weather Report) to soundtrack (as the title theme The Simpsons).

Reality Serum

'Trans-urban' is a new genre which is a unique blend of Alternative Hip Hop and Psychedelic Rock music... fans of Gary Numan, Cake, Tricky, Linkin Park, Placebo, Black Sabbath, Meat Beat Manifesto, Crazy Town, Monster Magnet, etc., will definitely be intrigued.

Retrospective I

Retrospective I: 1974 to 1980 is a compilation album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music).

Ruth Pointer

Continuing as a trio, the group found their biggest success covering tunes of rock, pop and New Wave with singles such as "Fire" (1978), "He's So Shy" (1980), and "Slow Hand" (1981).

Ryszard Riedel

Ryszard Henryk Riedel (September 7, 1956 in Chorzów - July 30, 1994 in Chorzów) – was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish for 'jam').

Sailing on the Seven Seas

The song pays homage to two rock groups: firstly to The Velvet Underground, with the song "Sister Ray" being directly referenced (OMD had previously covered "I'm Waiting for the Man" as a B-side to 1980 single "Messages"); and secondly to The Who, with the line "people try to drag us down" being near-identical in melody and lyrical content to the opening line of "My Generation".

So Young, So Insane

So Young, So Insane is the second EP by You, Me, and Everyone We Know, a rock band from Washington, D.C. The six-track record was released independently on November 18, 2008.

Stay with Me Bright Eyes

"Stay with My Bright Eyes" is a song by Australian band Something with Numbers; it was the first single from their third studio album Engineering the Soul.

Steelheart

Steelheart started off as a rock band called Red Alert whose members included James Ward (bass), Chris Risola (guitars), Jack Wilkenson (drums) and after auditioning, Miljenko Matijevic on vocals.

Talent Party

Talent Party was a Southern teen dance TV program that aired between 1964 and 1973 featuring many of the popular artists in Rhythm and blues, rock and pop music of the day.

Tenleytown

Fort Reno also hosts community gardens, free rock concerts in the summer, sledding in the winter, and tennis courts, playing fields, and dog-walkers year round.

Terry Woods

He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks and, briefly, Dr. Strangely Strange and Dublin rock band Orphanage, with Phil Lynott, as well as in a duo/band with his then wife, Gay, billed initially as The Woods Band and later as Gay and Terry Woods.

The Boldness of Style EP

"The Boldness Of Style EP" is the first single from the American rock band Thelonious Monster's second studio album, Next Saturday Afternoon.

The Day I Went Mad

The Day I Went Mad is the sixth solo album by English rock singer Graham Bonnet, originally released in 1999.

The Good Will Out

The Good Will Out is the debut album by English rock band Embrace, first released in 1998 (see 1998 in music).

The Rocky Fellers

Stanley Kahn discovered The Rocky Fellers, a pop/rock band in the 1960s, and signed them to Scepter Records.

The Whole World's Goin' Crazy

The Whole World's Goin' Crazy is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in September 1976 (See 1976 in music).

Us Against the Crown

Us Against the Crown is the first full-length LP from reggae-rock band State Radio, headlined by former Dispatch vocalist, Chad Urmston.

What Is and What Should Never Be

"What Is and What Should Never Be" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin on their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II.