Lou Reed is an American-born performer, talented rock musician and poet. More than one generation of the world grew up on his singles. He became famous as the leader of the legendary band The Velvet Underground, went down in history as a bright frontman of his time. Childhood and youth of Lewis Alan Reed Full name - Lewis Alan Reed. The boy was born in […]
Rock
The musical genre originated in the 50s of the last century. He has absorbed many styles and trends. Rhythm is at the core of rock music. Most often it is set by percussion instruments. At the beginning of the development of the musical genre, these were drums and cymbals, for a given period of time, these are computer sequencers.
The content of the tracks varies from light and cheerful motives to gloomy, depressing and philosophical ones. There are several styles of music direction.
For the first time, rock sounded on the territory of the United States of America and Western Europe. The first compositions in this genre were recorded in English, but soon rock spread to all countries of the world. For example, in the Soviet Union, it was actively born in the 60s.
Tom Waits is an inimitable musician with a unique style, signature voice with a hoarseness and a special manner of performance. Over 50 years of his creative career, he has released many albums and starred in dozens of films. This did not affect his originality, and he remained as before an unformatted and free performer of our time. While working on his works, he never […]
In the 1990s, the alternative rock and post-grunge band The Smashing Pumpkins were incredibly popular. Albums were sold in multi-million copies, and concerts were given with enviable regularity. But there was also the other side of the coin… How was The Smashing Pumpkins created and who joined it? Billy Corgan, after failing to form a band in […]
Los Lobos is a group that made a splash on the American continent in the 1980s. The musicians' work is based on the idea of eclecticism - they combined Spanish and Mexican folk music, rock, folk, country and other directions. As a result, an amazing and unique style was born, by which the group was recognized all over the world. Los […]
The Hungarian rock band Omega became the first of its kind among Eastern European performers of this direction. Hungarian musicians have shown that rock can develop even in socialist countries. True, censorship put endless spokes in the wheels, but this did them even more credit - the rock band withstood the conditions of strict political censorship in their socialist homeland. A lot of […]
My Darkest Days is a popular rock band from Toronto, Canada. In 2005, the team was created by the Walst brothers: Brad and Matt. Translated into Russian, the name of the group sounds: "My darkest days." Brad was previously a member of Three Days Grace (bassist). Even though Matt could work for […]
