Friday, March 30, 2007

INCUBUS TOUR POSTPONED

Incubus has been proved to be one of the most successful band of alternative rock in recent times.This band is from California and was formed in nineties by vocalist Brandon Boyd , guitarist Mike Einzeiger and drummer Jose Pasillas.Since then they have been continuing their success over more than a decade.Incubus is known for their albums like SCIENCE, MORNING VIEW, MAKE YOURSELF etc.They have given given numbers like Drive and Wish You were here. Their latest album is Light Granedes which has also topped in the US and UK.
Incubus is also known for their tours.They have already performed with Korn which has proved to be very popular.Incubus is chiefly known for their European Tour.The rest of the European Tour was sceduled to be performed shortly.But due to some injury in the hand of their lead guitarist Mike Einzeiger the tour is going to be postponed.Doctors have advised him to rest for 8 weeks more. So till then Incubus will not be able to perform.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

DARK BAND BLACK SABBATH

Black Sabbath will survive untill darkness is there.Yah i am going to talk about the darkest hard rock band Black sabbath which is regarded as one of the most successful bands of all time. The band was formed by the great rock singer Ozzy Osbourne who itroduced darkness into the rock music.Ozzy is regarded as one of the most influential rock singer of any time.Black sabbath was formed in Birminghem in early seventies .the band had Ozzy on vocals ,Tonny Iommi on guitar, Geezer Butler on bass giuitar and Billl Ward as drummmer.Black Sabbath released their first album under the band name i.e.,Black Sabbath which was a great success for the band.After that they released their second album Paranoid.Parnaoid was a huge success of Black Sabbath. The song Paranoid of this album is regarded as a milestone of rock music.The guitar solo in Paranoid and Ozzy's hard vocals started a new success story.Another popular song of the album Paranoid was War Pigs which was written in protest of the Vietnumm War.Other important albums of the band were Master Of Reality ,Sabotage , Sabbath,Bloody Sabbath ,Black Sabbath -vol.4 etc.They gave rock numbers like Paranoid , War Pigs, Black Sabbath , Iron Man ,Children of The Grave,Snowblind, etc.These songs establish Black Sabbath as a classic hard band and inspired the hard rock to a great extent.you will see the influence of Black Sabbath on other bands like System Of A Down , Metallica etc.They are remembered proudly as a hard rock band .The band broke up soon after Ozzy quitted due to drugs-related problems.Here is good news for us that they have reunited recently and are going to perform in concerts.

DARK BAND BLACK SABBATH

Black Sabbath will survive untill darkness is there.Yah i am going to talk about the darkest hard rock band Black sabbath which is regarded as one of the most successful bands of all time. The band was formed by the great rock singer Ozzy Osbourne who itroduced darkness into the rock music.Ozzy is regarded as one of the most influential rock singer of any time.Black sabbath was formed in Birminghem in early seventies .the band had Ozzy on vocals ,Tonny Iommi on guitar, Geezer Butler on bass giuitar and Billl Ward as drummmer.Black Sabbath released their first album under the band name i.e.,Black Sabbath which was a great success for the band.After that they released their second album Paranoid.Parnaoid was a huge success of Black Sabbath. The song Paranoid of this album is regarded as a milestone of rock music.The guitar solo in Paranoid and Ozzy's hard vocals started a new success story.Another popular song of the album Paranoid was War Pigs which was written in protest of the Vietnumm War.Other important albums of the band were Master Of Reality ,Sabotage , Sabbath,Bloody Sabbath ,Black Sabbath -vol.4 etc.They gave rock numbers like Paranoid , War Pigs, Black Sabbath , Iron Man ,Children of The Grave,Snowblind, etc.These songs establish Black Sabbath as a classic hard band and inspired the hard rock to a great extent.you will see the influence of Black Sabbath on other bands like System Of A Down , Metallica etc.They are remembered proudly as a hard rock band .The band broke up soon after Ozzy quitted due to drugs-related problems.Here is good news for us that they have reunited recently and are going to perform in concerts.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

AXLE ROSE -FRONTMAN OF G N R

Axle rose was the founder of the revolutionary rock band Guns and Roses.This American band of nineties created a new era at that time giving some great rock numbers. Axle rose was the vocalist of this time.His melodious voice with a high tone was the main key to their success . With the legendary guitarist Slash they gave some classic rock numbers . It was very good to see Axle rose singing , running on the stage from here and there in mere shorts.His glamour and vocals atracted large crowds to their concerts.If any one has heard all of their songs they will realise the variations that he imparted to his songs.He also used to play key boards as any one can see in November Rain which has proved to be one the greatest rock number by any band. The talent of Axle rose has been reflected through rock numbers like Sweet Child of Mine, November Rain , Paradise City ,Dont Cry , Welcome To The Jungle , Civil War ,Patiance , You Could Be Mine and many more.All these has been proved to be great rock songs of all time .These songs easily toppped the Billboard Chart at that time.Their poularity climbed the top and Guns And Roses turned a major rock band in the history of rock music.After that they started their Illusion Tour which was also a gret success.Axle rose with guitarist Slash turned Guns And Roses a success story.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

LATEST RELEASE BY NEIL YOUNG


It is time to hear some great rock numbers by Neil Young.This vetaran singer guitarist who began his career as solo performer ,later joined Buffallo Springfield and formed Crazy Horse.Neil Young became famous as an rock artist by his solo perfomance Cinnamon .This song has been immortalised by his guitar perfomance and has entered the list of top 100 guitar solos with pride.His band Crazy Horse reached the peak of popularity by giving albums like Deja-Vu, Four Way street , Everybody knows this is nowhere etc.Among his solo albums After The Gold Rush , and Time Fades Away can be mentioned.
Now Neil young is back with his latest album "Live At Massey Hall".This album is the second version of his perfomance in Massey Hall in Canada in 1971.It contains some old numbers and also with some original songs which have not been yet released.This album contains seventeen songs among which Ohio , I am A Child and The needle and The Damage Done etc. are his already realesed songs.I am sure he will again captivate you with his vocals and guitar .So you find it yourself!!

Monday, March 19, 2007

LEGENDERY ROCK GUITARIST JIMMY PAGE

Jimmy page has been regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.He remained as the number one guitarist for four successive years during his time.This english guitarist is regarded as a guitar icon of his time.Jimmy page is reknowned for his creativity and talent which has been reflected in his songs like Stair Way To Heaven , Heart Breaker and many more.Page was the lead gutarist of The Yard Birds and founder of the hard rock band Led Zeppelin.He replaced Eric Clapton when the latter quitted from The Yard Birds.But he didnot achieved much success in The Yard Birds.He then formed the band Led Zeppelin which later became a legendery rock band.Jimmy page created just magic with the vocalist Robert Plant in Led Zeppelin .They gave albums like Led Zeppelin-1, LedZeppelin-2and Led Zepppelin-3 which climbed the top of success at that time.He became the guitar idol of his time.He created some legendery guitar performance in songs like Stair Way To Heaven , Who Lotta Love , Kashmir,etc.The guitar solo played by Jimmmy Page in Stair Way To Heaven has been voted as the greatest guitar solo by any guitarist in history. His another classic solo was Heart Breaker.With Jimmmy Page as the lead guitarist Led Zeppilin created history by becoming the most successful rock band
of all time.After the break up of Led Zeppelin with the death of their drummer, Jimmy Page continued his work with old friends Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.Jimmmy Page is mostly Known for his Creativity .His technique of playng guitar with a bow became very popular among the gutarists at that time. To add to his glory, he has been voted fourth among the great guitarists of all time in a recent poll conducted all over the world.We can just say that he is a legend in the world of rock.

Friday, March 16, 2007

NIRVANA BLAST ONCE AGAIN

I am going to talk about a revolutionary band of recent times named Nirvana.This band was formed by Kurt Kobain who was a really talented gutarist-singer.He may be called as the frontman of the band.Othersmembers of the band were bass guitarist Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl who was the drummer.Nirvana gave many successful albums.Their first album was Bleach which was realeased in 1993.But they were mostly known for the album Nevermind.Nevermind tells the glory of Nirvana.Soon after realease , Nevermind topped the Billboard chart.Nevermind is considered as one of the most influential and successful album of all time.It mde the way for a different type of rock and estblished the success of rock over pop music.The lead single Smells Like A Teen Spirit was was the most popular rock number at that time and topped all charts at that time.Other hit albums include In Utero, Bleach etc.The band has given many hit rock numbers like Come As You Are , In Bloom, Lithiam, Smells Like A Teen Spirit, Abot A Girl , You Know You Are Right, Heart Shaped Box and many more. These numbers are all milestones of Nirvana. Kurt Cobain created just magic with his voice and goitar performance.Their success came to an end with the
untimely death of Kurt Cobain.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

THE METAL BAND METALLICA

Which one is the greatest metal band of recent times? the question is not easy as there are bands like System Of A Down or Metallica or Slipknot .But if you have to pick one of them ,you can surely choose Metallica.Metallica is one of the most successful band of recent times.They have got both popularity and pride in rock metal.In other words they have revolutionised the world of metal music .Metallica is proudly compared with the pioneers of metal rock like Black Sabbath or Megagadeth.Metallica is an american band founded by guitarist singer James Hetfield and drummer Lars Larwich.Later Kirk Hammett joined Metallica as the lead guitarist.
Metallica is mostly known for the heavy voice of vocalist Hetfield which gives an excellent combinaton with the guitar and drum.Metallica began their journey with the album Master of Puppets.It contained the numbers like Master of Puppets and Welcome Home.It soon enterd the Billboard Top albums chart.After that they gave many successful albums like Kill'em All, Ride The Lighitning and Metallica Load and Reload.metallica created some really heavy and great rock numbers like Muster Of Puppets, One , Nothing All Matters , Whiskey in The Jarr, Fade to Black, and many more.They soon became the premere rock band of recent times.The guitar solo in the song "One" is one the top 100 guitar solos of all time.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

JIMI HENDRIX VOTED AS NUMBER ONE GUITARIST


As any one knows , the guitarist is a major part of a rock band.In any great rock number, the guitar solo is the main factor to drive any body crazy. Every gutarist has got their own style and with his guitar he can do wild things.After the introductoin of electric guitar in rock music , it has been used in a wide a range. Talent , practice and variaton ....all these things are required to be a good guitarist.This has been shown by many great gutarists like Jimi hendrix, Jimmy Page, Slash , Mofler, Eric Clapton etc.In a poll conducted recently world wide Jimi Hendrix has been voted as the number-1 guitarist of all time.The Rolling Stones Gutarist Keith Richards is on second and Led Zeppelin Guitarist Jimmy Page is on fourth.Jimmy Hendrix may be called as the craziest guitarist of all time.His "All Along The Watch Tower" , "Purple Haze" , "Voodoo Child"etc. will show how talented he was as a guitarist.He is thought to understand the gutar on the largest range although it is not fair to compare these talnted guitarists among each other.

Friday, March 9, 2007

NEW ALBUM RELEASE by AVRIL LAVIGNE


The name Avril Lavigne has been a household name for any rock music fan.The female punk rock artist in long straight hair with an electric guitar in her hand has proved herself to be a renowned rock idol of modern times.I am not going for her punk look or her glamour.Which has impressed any one is her rock numbers that have proved very sucessful in recent times.This Canada based rock artist started her success with the album "LET GO".the number "Complicated" of this album topped in many coutries and prodly announced her presence in the rock world. After this she gave another hit album "Under My Skin".
Now it is a good nwes for her fans that she is going to realese her next album "The Best Damn Thing" in April of 2007.The album contains twelve rock numbers which include one song under the same name as the album.Other numbers include "Girlfriend", "Hot", "I can do Better","Keep Holding on" ,etc.This album is surely going to be a smash hit like her previous albums.Just you have wait for a couple of days.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

RE-UNION OF THE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE


Rage against The machine has been a revolutionary rock-band of recent times.The band was formed by vocalist zack dela Rocha and guitarist Tom Morello.Lead singer Rocha was initially a rap singer .So you will find the influnence of rap style in their songs which is bent into hard rock.The band's first album " Rage against The machine" was a big hit which proudly entered the Billboard Chart.This album contained the hit song "Killing In The Name".After this album they released their second album "Evil Empire" which was another hit of hard rock.They also gave the movie track for the hollywood blockbuster "The Matrix trilogy".But their success story came to a halt due to the departure of zack dela Rocha from the band.Then the rest of the band incuding guitarist Tom Morrello formed a new band Audioslave with vocalist Chriss Kornell.Here is a good news for their fans that original singer Zack Dela Rocha is back and is going to perform with again with other mrmbers of the band.Let their success story continue again.Atlast we can hope that the band is back.

A REVIEW ON PINK FLOYD


Pink floyd was an english rock band.They were mostly known for their lyrics.Pink Floid mostly put emphasis on lyrics which were greatly meaningful and combined them with voice and guitar.They were a great success as a band.they gave a variety of albums in rock music.Originally the band was formed by Syd Barett who was later replaced by the singer-gutarist David Gilmour.Among the albums releasd in the time of Syd Barett "The Relics" and "Atom Heart Mother" can be mentioned.After the departure of Syd Barrett the bass gutarist Roger Waters took the leadership of the band.David guilmour gave a new dimension to the band with his vocals and guitar performance.They gave many big albums like "The dark Side Of The Moon",The Division Bell","The Wall",The Animal","Shine ON You Crazy Diamond" etc.All of these albums topped the Billboard Chart at that time.They gave Some really hit rock numbers like Time, Pigs, Money,Learning To Fly,Shine On You Crazy Diamond, The Wall,Marooned , Wish You Were Here, comfortably Numb etc.Time has been a Great rock song over the years.Pink Floyd Perfomed The album "Wish You Were Here" in the memory of Syd Barrett.I expect everyone to listen every album of Pink Floyd and realise the depth of their lyrics and guitar performance mixed with the uniqe voice of David Guilmour.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

REVIEW ON LED ZEPPELIN


It was the golden period of Rock Music in late sixties.at that time some pioneers in rock music were formed which include Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple,and Black Sabath.Among them Led Zeppelin proved the most successful band.no one can be a rock fan if he has not listened to the song Stairway To Heaven.Probably Led Zeppelin is The only band to give highest number of successful rock albums.They had robert Plant as vocalist and Jimmy Page on guitar who is regarded as one of the greatest guitarist of all
time.Their combinaton created some great rock numbers and
gave the band immense success.
The first album of the band was Led Zeppelin.It contained songs like "Black Mountain Side","Dazed and Confused", and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You".After the success of first album they released their secon album Led Zeppelin-2.It contained the song "Who Lotta Love" and "Ramble On and Heart Breaker".The most successful album was their fourth album which included "Stairway To Heaven", "Black Dog" ,and "Rock and Roll"."Stairway to Heaven" was a big hit.It is the greatest rock number of all time.Jimmy Page and Robert Plant created magic with this song.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

NEW METAL ALBUM BY KORN


The californian metal band corn is about to release their newest album "Korn Unplugged".Earlier Korn has proved themselves as a very successful metal band of recent times.This band formed in 1994 has given albums like "Life Is Peachy" which has became one of the successful metal albums of all time.They have got till now six Grammy nominatitons and has won tho of them.
the latest album "Korn Unplugged" contains 11 numbers.It is to be released in June,2007.It contains the numbers....."Blind","Hollow Life","Throw Away From Me","Freak On A Leash"," Falling Away From Me","Love Song", "creep",etc.This album will surely be a hit like previous records.

NEW REALESE BY "MACHINE HEAD"

Here is some good news for heavy metal lovers.Machine

Head which is a heavy metal rock band of present days is

all set to release their new album.At this time let me

remind you some previous hits of Machine Head.I think you

will not forget the numbers like "Life On The road","The

Blood,The Sweat, The tears",and "Crushing Around You".They

have Robert Flynn as vocalist,Phil Demmel on guitar and

Mcclain with drums.
Machine Head's latest album "THE BLACKENING" is

soon going to hit the market on March 27 this year.I think this

album will also contain some great numbers.So keep

patience and wait for them to drive you crazy.

Monday, March 5, 2007

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME HEAVY METAL!!!!


Here is some thing for the fans of really really heavy metal.I am going to focus on one classic heavy metal band.yah iam going to talk about DEEP PURPLE.You may call this band as a pioneer in heavy metal.They were formed in London in the year 1968 along with LED ZEPPELIN and BLACK SABATH.They made the way for a different kind of music called heavy metal in the world of rock.with Ian Gillan as vocalist,curtis on key board and Blackmore on guitar they started a trail of success.
their first album was IN ROCK.it contained the numbers like Black Night,Into the FIRE,and Speed King.the number Black Night soon topped in UK.Hillan's vocal with Lander's gitar created a new era in the rock world.they never looked back.in the year 1972 they realesed the album Machine Head which became one of the most famous album by DEEP PURPLE.it contained the numbers like Smoke On The Water,Highway Star,Space Truckin and Lazy.

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Appetite for guns n roses

Let me take you to the time of led zeppelin,black purple,eric klapton,or jimi hendrix.They all are great.....there is no doubt about that.led zeppelin revolutionised the world with one Staireway to heaven.the lyrics , the guiter solo by jmmy page mixed with the drum beats was simply excellent.the road paved by led zeppelin was brilliantly extended by ozzy,deep purple, megadeth, iron maiden and so on.they all were simply best of their kind.but still there was the need of something different.

Then came guns and roses formed by axle rose and tracii guns.tracii guns was replaced by slash.they together continued the glory of rock music.the voice of axle rose and the guitar performance by slash created just magic.they started with appetite for destruction-1.it was followed by appetite for destrucion -2, and illusion tour.they contained some great numbers like november rain, sweet child of mine, paradise city,dont cry,civil war.they influnenced the rock world alot.the guiter intro in sweet child of mine was a magical performance by slash.it topped the billboard chart.the appetite for destruction turned one of the most ifluential album of all time.

Thursday, March 1, 2007

pink floid created an era......


pink floid made history by their performance.they gave a new dimension to rokc music.here are some thrilling nubers of pink floid.gillmore created history by TIME.TIME will be followed by PIGS,WALL,COMFORTABLY NUMB,LEARNING TO FLY,and so on.

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