Avril Lavigne

Name : Avril Lavigne
Birth Name : Avril Ramona Lavigne
Date of Birth : September 27, 1984
Place of Birth : Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Occupation : Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Actress, Model
Genre(s) : Modern rock, Pop rock, Teen Pop, Punk Pop, Post-grunge, Alternative rock
Inst.(s) : Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Drums
Height : 5' 3''
Nationality : Canadian
Nickname : Avie
Avril Lavigne, actually Avril Ramona Lavigne, was born on September 27, 1984 in Belleville, Ontario to conservative Franco-Ontarian Christian parents John and Judy Lavigne, Avril grew up in Napanee. her name is of French origin, she herself does not speak French and her name is pronounced in an anglicized way, more or less as "La-veen" (although, actual pronunciation should be "La-Vine"). Her first name, Avril, means "April" in French and is pronounced "Av-reel" (anglicized "Ahv-ril"). at the age of five. It was in Napanee that she sang country music and in a church choir and taught herself to play guitar. Avril Lavigne was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario. During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Avril was spotted by Steve Medd, a local folksinger, who invited her to perform vocals on his song Touch The Sky for his 1999 album Quinte Spirit. Suitably impressed, he invited her back to perform vocals on Temple Of Life and Two Rivers for his followup album, My Window To You in 2000. By the age of sixteen, Avril Lavigne was signed by Ken Krongard, the artists-and-repertoire (A&R) representative of Arista Records, who invited his boss, Arista head Antonio "L.A." Reid, to hear her sing in a New York City studio. She then completed work on her first album.Avril Lavigne is a Canadian pop punk singer/songwriter and actress who is well known for her "skater punk" persona. Her two albums to date, Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004), have topped the charts in numerous countries.
Avril Lavigne described her first album, Let Go, as a pop album with "a couple of rock songs on it", and has indicated a desire to write more rock-oriented songs in the future. It was released by Arista on June 4, 2002 in the United States.Avril Lavigne the youngest female solo act ever at the time to have a number-one album in the UK.The media have often compared Avril Avril Lavigne to Alanis Morissette (one of her favourite artists alongside Coldplay and The Goo Goo Dolls), who is also Canadian, as well as singer-songwriters such as Vanessa Carlton and Michelle Branch, who emerged at about the same time and were popularly credited, with Avril Lavigne, as part of a trend towards more genuine creativity in the teen pop-music market. Avril Lavigne was named "Best New Artist" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.
She formerly traveled with a bag full of about thirty neck ties. Some of them she bought, and the rest of them she took from her father and some were sent to her by fanmail. but Lavigne stopped wearing neckties completely in 2003, as she was horrified at the constant media references to them overshadowing her music and that she was starting a fashion trend amongst her fans.
She wrote most of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, though some tracks were co-written by Lavigne and Ben Moody (formerly of Evanescence.Avril Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2004 for World's Best Pop/Rock Artist and World's Best Selling Canadian Artist. She received five Juno Award nominations in 2005, picking up three including, Fan Choice Award, Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year. She also won the award for Favourite Female Singer at the eighteenth Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

Avril Lavigne is also acting in the Richard Gere film The Flock, and her third project is Fast Food Nation, based on her favourite book. Her co-stars in the film include Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Hawke and Greg Kinnear. In January 2006, Lavigne signed a contract with Ford Models.She appear on the February edition of Harpers Bazaar Fashion Magazine with a new look. She sing at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Turin, Italy) for the eight minutes of the Vancouver 2010 portion. Her third album is released during the middle of 2006.
Current Member :
* Al Berry ( bass guitar, backing vocals )
* Rodney Howard ( drums, percussion, backing vocals)
* Stephen Anthony Ferlazzo Jr. ( electronic keyboard, backing vocals)
* Jim McGorman ( rhythm guitar, backing vocals )
* Devin Bronson ( lead guitar, backing vocals)
* Charlie Williams ( backing vocals, dancer )
* Andrew Ford ( backing vocals, dancer)

Yo Maan Ta Mero NEPALI Ho.

Kathmandu and rock music...

The Kathmandu valley is the musical center of Rock, Blues and Metal scene in Nepal. Many new Metal bands has emerged around in Kathmandu valley since the KtmRocks started. Most of these bands are highly influenced by the foreign metal. These bands play gigs from time to time in the underground scene.These days Jazz and Blues has been highly appreciated by the Nepali music lovers.Upstairs Ideas is promoting the Jazz scene in Nepal
Along with Cadenza band And Nekhvam Rendezvous is promoting the Blues scene in Nepal along with the Nekhvam band. The rock, Blues, Jazz and metal scenes are evolving in Nepal with much improvement in quality and performance. Many bands emerged after the 20th century with genres like alternative, progressive, punk, etc. but most of the bands are unable to exist in the musical environment of Nepal.
The most prominent Rock artists/band in Nepal are 1974 AD, Nepathya, Mukti and Revival, Robin and the new revolution (Robin, from the band Robin and Looza), Looza (minus Robin) , The Shadows, X-mantra etc.

Bob Marley-Life of a Great Singer

Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in the parish of St. Anns in Nine Miles, Jamaica to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella ‘Ciddy’ Malcom. Norval was a British Marine officer and Ciddy was a native Jamaican. Soon after his birth, Bob’s father left and had little contact with him although he did financially support his son.
When Bob was five, his father took him to Kingston, Jamaica. It wasn’t until a year later that Bob saw his mother again. Soon after, he moved with his mother to Trenchtown, a section of Kingston notorious for it’s rough ghettoes.

In 1961, at the age of sixteen, Bob released his first song, Judge Not, which did not do well. This did not discourage Bob. He continued to pursue a career in music and in 1965, he formed a group called ‘The Wailers’ with Bunny Livingstone (later known as Bunny Wailer) and Peter McIntosh (later known as simply Peter Tosh.) Bob acted as front man for the group and wrote most of the group’s material. The trio released ‘Simmer Down,’ ‘Rule Them Rudie’ and ‘It Hurts To Be Alone,’ all of which were hits in Jamaica.

In 1966, Bob Marley married Rita Anderson, his long-term girlfriend. The next day he went to the United States and stayed long enough to gain financing for his next record. The next year Bob and Rita’s first child, Cedella, was born. Soon after, the Marleys set up their own recording label, Wail ‘N Soul ‘M Records, and produced a single, ‘Bend Down Low/Mellow Mood.’ That same year, the record label was ended.

Their next child, David (Ziggy) was born in 1968. The Wailers continued to release singles without producing an album. The band formed another label, Tuff Gong, and
finally reached a degree of success. By that time, the
Wailers were famous in the Caribbean, but were unknown in
the rest of the world.

Finally in 1971, the Wailers got a break. Island Records forwarded them 8,000 pounds for the production of a full album. The Wailers were the first reggae band to receive so much money and to have access to the best recording studios. They produced two albums, ‘Catch a Fire’ and ‘Burnin’’, the latter which included ‘Get Up Stand Up’ and ‘I Shot the Sheriff.’ The Wailers began to extensively toured the United States and the United Kingdom and when Eric Clapton covered ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ the Wailers soared to instant fame.

Soon after their success in the US, the band changed their name to Bob Marley and the Wailers and then released their next album, ‘Natty Dread.’ The album included the hit single ‘No Woman No Cry,’ perhaps their most popular song. Soon after, Bunny and Peter left to pursue solo careers and were replaced by new members. By 1976, reggae fever had swept the United States. Rolling Stone magazine named Bob Marley and the Wailers the ‘Band of the Year’ and ‘Rastaman Vibration’ rose to the top of the charts.

On December 3 of 1976, an assassination attempt was made on Bob Marley, his wife and the managers of the Wailers to keep him from playing at the Smile Jamaica concert in Kingston. His concert was scheduled for December 5 after a presidential candidate’s election rally, a presidential candidate who happened to be at odds with the US. Some people believe that the assassination attempt was executed by the US government, for fear that Marley’s performance would sway the vote. Despite receiving two gun shot wounds, Bob Marley performed anyway and then left for the UK.
Bob Marley and the Wailers went on to produce their next album, ‘Exodus,’ in 1977. The release of this album propelled Bob to a international superstar. Later, in May of the same year, Bob found out that he had cancer in his toe. Doctors recommended that he have the toe removed, but Bob refused since this was against his Rastafarian beliefs.
In July, the rest of the Exodus tour was canceled.
In 1978, the band released another album, ‘Kaya.’ The group's songs went from protest anthems to love songs about ganja (marijuana), which is highly held by Rastafarians as a way to connect with Jah (God.) In April, Marley returned to Jamaica to perform in the One Love Peace Concert, and later that year he received a Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations. Bob Marley also traveled to Africa for the first time, making stops in Kenya, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.
The band went on touring throughout the US and Europe and produced a few more albums, ncluding ‘Uprising.’ However, in 1980, Marley fell gravely ill. The cancer in his toe had spread upwards through his body and had infected his liver, stomach and brain. In September, Bob nearly fainted during a concert in New York City. The next day he collapsed while jogging through a park and was rushed to the hospital. The doctors revealed that the tumor in his brain had greatly enlarged and that Bob had less than a month to live.
Bob wanted to continue the tour though, and he performed a spectacular show in Pittsburgh on September 22. Rita was not happy with his decision to spend his final days touring though, and the concert was canceled the next day. Bob then went to Miami where he was baptized at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church on November 4. Five days later, in a last attempt to save his life, Bob flew to a controversial treatment center in Germany with Rita. Three months later on May 11, 1981, Bob Marley died at the young
age of 36.
Bob Marley’s funeral was held in Jamaica on May 21, and hundreds of thousands of people attended, including the Prime Minister of Jamaica. Bob’s body was taken back to his birth place in Nine Miles where it now rests in a mausoleum.

EAGLE-A Country Rock Band

Eagles is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California during the early 1970s. The group chose the name Eagles as a nod to The Byrds (Leadon had been in Dillard & Clark with former Byrds singer Gene Clark and in The Flying Burrito Brothers with former Byrds Gra Parsons, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke). Comedian Steve Martin records in his autobiography, Born Standing Up, that Frey was very particular that the name was Eagles and not The Eagles.
With five #1 singles and six #1 albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful recording artists of the decade. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 and Hotel California, ranked among the 10 best-selling albums according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The best-selling studio album Hotel California is rated as the 37th album in the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and the band was ranked #75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They also have the best selling album in the U.S. to date with Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975.

The Eagles broke up in 1980, but reunited in 1994 for Hell Freezes Over, a mix of live and new studio tracks. They have toured intermittently since then, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2007, the Eagles released Long Road out of Eden, their first full studio album in 28 years.

Current Member : Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh,Timothy B. Schmit

Songs Lyrics- मैले बा आमा त्यागेर रोजेको ..........

.......... मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई
मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई
मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई....
मन की त सारै कुरुप रैछे रूपमा त सारै राम्री थीई
मन की त सारै कुरुप रैछे रूपमा त सारै राम्री थीई
थई मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई
---------------संगीत----------------------
बा ले भन्थे यो तेरो प्रेम दूई दिनमै झरने फुल हो भनेर
बा ले भन्थे यो तेरो प्रेम दूई दिनमै झरने फुल हो भनेर ,
आमले भन्थिन ऐ छोरा बैशको ठुलो यो भुल हो भनेर
सुनिन मैले कसैको कुरा माया नै मेरो सब थोक हो भनेर।
मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई.
माया गरेथे संसारै भूली म प्रेम को सारै अंधो बनेर ।
माया गरेथे संसारै भूली म प्रेम को सारै अंधो बनेर
खेलौना समझी खेली छाडी मलाई उस्ले सोझो देखेर
के थाहा मलाई त्यों हसो भित्त्र यती ठुलो धोका हुन्छ भनेर
मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई।
मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई,
मन की त सारै कुरूप रैछे रूपमा त सारै राम्री थीई

मैले बा-आमा त्यागेर रोजेको माया ले मलाई धोखा दिई ..........

RAP IS NOT A MUSIC

We don't have to think for a second to shout that rap is not a music. Rap is nothing more than a crap. If you know how to talk you know how to rap.
It is possible to record a complete rap ****** without knowing how to play musical instruments and even without knowing how to sing. Rap is simply a conglomerate of words, usually offensive words, spoken very fast and backed up by a simulated band. A music must have rhythm and rhythm isn't surely a beatbox or a sound created by fisting table. A rap ****** ( Call it anything but not a music or a song) .Opposing rap music (sorry not a music ) surely is not being a racist. Moroever rap is incredibly offensive. There are very few rap songs that do not, in some form or another, mention sex, doing drugs, or even murder. It is mostly concerned with external appearance rather than music. Rap is nothing more than a long beep.
We know that metal and rock are offensive too. But they are still a music. You need a great skill in vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums and lyrics writing too. Even if We consider rap as a music, it is the worst music genre that ever originated.

METALLICA

Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California, in early 1981 when drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper—The Recycler—which read "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden." Guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement. Although he had not formed a band, Ulrich asked Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel if he could record a song for the label's upcoming compilation Metal Massacre. Slagel accepted, and Ulrich recruited Hetfield to sing and play rhythm guitar. Ulrich talked to his friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine. Quintana had proposed the names Metal Mania and Metallica. Ulrich used Metallica for the name of his band. A second advertisement was placed in The Recycler for a position as lead guitarist. Dave Mustaine answered, and, after seeing his expensive guitar equipment, Ulrich and Hetfield recruited him. In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song "Hit the Lights" for the Metal Massacre I compilation. Hetfield played bass on the song .

In the fall of 1982, Ulrich and Hetfield attended a show at the nightclub Whisky a Go Go which featured bassist Cliff Burton in a band called Trauma. The two were "blown away" by Burton's use of a wah-wah pedal and asked him to join Metallica. Hetfield and Mustaine wanted McGovney out as they thought that he "didn't contribute anything, he just followed."[8] Although Burton initially declined the offer, by the end of the year he accepted on the condition the band move to San Francisco. Metallica's first live performance with Burton was at the nightclub The Stone in March 1983, and the first recording to feature Burton was the 1983.Metallica's first show with Hammett was on April 16, 1983, at the nightclub The Showplace in Dover, New Jersey.

In 1983, Metallica traveled to Rochester, New York to record its first album, Metal up Your Ass, with production duties handled by Paul Curcio. Due to conflicts with the band's record label and the distributors' refusal to release an album with that name, it was renamed Kill 'Em All. Released on Megaforce Records in the United States nMetallica recorded its second studio album, Ride the Lightning, at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Released in August 1984. Metallica played its largest show at the Monsters of Rock festival on August 17, 1985, with Bon Jovi and Ratt at Donington Park in England, playing in front of 70,000 people. A show in Oakland, California, at the Day on the Green festival saw the band play in front of a crowd of 60,000.

Metallica's third studio album, Master of Puppets was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios and was released in March 1986. The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200On September 27, 1986, during the European leg of Metallica's Damage Inc. tour, members drew cards to see which bunk of the tour bus they would sleep in. Burton won and chose to sleep in Hammett's bunk. Around dawn near Dörarp, Sweden, the bus driver lost control and skidded, which caused the bus to flip several times. Ulrich, Hammett, and Hetfield sustained no serious injuries; however, bassist Burton was pinned under the bus and was killed. Hetfield recalls, "I saw the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked. The bus driver, I recall, was trying to yank the blanket out from under him to use for other people. I just went, 'Don't fucking do that!' I already wanted to kill the guy." Burton's death left Metallica's future in doubt. The three remaining members decided that Burton would want them to carry on, and with the Burton family's blessings, the band sought a replacement.

In March 1987, Hetfield broke his wrist a second time skateboarding. Guitar technician Marshall returned playing rhythm guitar, but the injury forced the band to cancel a Saturday Night Live appearance.…And Justice for All, the group's first studio album since Burton's death, was released in 1988.

In 1989, Metallica received its first Grammy Award nomination for …And Justice for All, in the new Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrument category.

In October 1990, Metallica entered One on One studio in North Hollywood to record its next album.After almost three years of touring to support Metallica, including a headlining performance at Woodstock '94, Metallica returned to the studio to write and record its sixth studio album. The band took a break in the summer of 1995 and played three outdoor shows which included headlining Donington Park in the United Kingdom, supported by Slayer.

On April 21 and April 22, 1999, Metallica recorded two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen. Kamen, who had previously worked with producer Rock on "Nothing Else Matters", approached the band in 1991 with the idea of pairing Metallica's music with a symphony orchestra. Kamen and his staff of over 100 composed additional orchestral material for Metallica songs. Metallica wrote two new Kamen-scored songs for the event, "No Leaf Clover" and "-Human". The audio recording and concert footage were released in 1999 as the album and concert film.

June 3, 2002 Napster filed for Chapter 11 protection under U.S. bankruptcy laws. On September 3, 2002, an American bankruptcy judge blocked the sale to Bertelsmann and forced Napster to liquidate its assets according to Chapter 7 of the U.S. bankruptcy lawsIn April 2001, filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky began following Metallica to document the recording process of the next studio album. Over two years.

In June 2003, Metallica's eighth studio album, St. Anger, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 .DVD containing all the music videos from 1989 to 2004. The DVD, titled The Videos 1989–2004, sold 28,000 copies in its first week, and entered the Billboard Top Videos chart at number three.[62] Metallica recorded a cover of Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold" for a tribute album titled We All Love Ennio Morricone, released in February 2007.

In 2006, Metallica announced on its official website that after 15 years, long-time producer Bob Rock was stepping down and would not be producing Metallica's nextDeath Magnetic debuted at number one in several countries to make it top the Australian, Canadian, Mexican[citation needed] and European album chart. Selling 490,000 units in the United States to debut at number one, Metallica became the first band to have five consecutive studio albums debut at number one in the history of the Billboard 200.[69] After a week of its release, Death Magnetic remained at number one on the Billboard 200, the European album chart, and became the fastest selling album in Australia for 2008Death Magnetic is a return by Metallica to their mid-eighties heavy/thrash metal roots. It is more similar to Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All rather than their more recent albums.

In November 2008, Metallica came to the end of their record deal with Warner Bros., and the band is now considering their options for the future...............
studio album. Metallica chose to work with producer Rick Rubin, who has produced albums for the bands Danzig, Slayer, Slipknot and System of a Down. Metallica set the release date for the album Death Magnetic as September 12, 2008, and they filmed a music video for the first single "The Day That Never Comes".

Current Members : James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Krik Hammett , Robert Trujillo

सत्य पचाउन गाह्रो हुन्छ |

यदि हमी मानव जातिले केही कर्म गर्न सकेनौं भने हामी चेतनशील भएको के काम ? अबसर पटकपटक आउदैन अवसर आएको बेला त्येसको सदुपयोग गर अध्ययन ब्यावहारिक भएन भने मानिस ले चाहे डिग्री नै हसिल गरोस त्येसको कुनै औचित्त्य रहदैन दुस्टले माया गर्दैन, कसैको हित्त चाहदैन र सुविचार पनि प्रकट गर्दैनजहाँ शंका उत्पन्न हुन्छ, त्यहां अविस्वास पैदा हुन्छ दूधमा घिउ ,फलमा रस, तेलमा चिल्लो र घाममा ताप हुन्छ भने मनिसमा मानवता हुनु पनि नितान्त जरुरी छ सम्पत्ति हुदांका बखत साथ दिने तथा अगाडि-पछाडी लगनेहरुले नै बिपत्ति पर्दा धोका दिन्छन

Night Nepal New Year 2066

April-9 Sydeny

History OF AC/DC

AC/DC

AC/DCOrigins: Formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973
Origin of the Name:The reference to electrical current was intended — like name of the band’s first album, High Voltage — to symbolize the band’s high energy music.
Original Members:Dave Evans – vocals,Angus Young – guitar,Malcolm Young – guitar,Larry Van Kriedt – bass guitar,Colin Burgess – drums
Other Members:Rob Bailey – bass guitar,Peter Clack – drums,Tony Currenti – drums,Mark Evans – bass guitar,Brian Johnson – vocals,Phil Rudd – drums, Bon Scott – vocals,Chris Slade – drums,Cliff Williams – bass guitar,Simon Wright – drums,George Young – bass guitar
Current Members:Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd
First Album:High Voltage (1975)
Most Recent Album:Black Ice (2008)
Influenced By:Rolling Stones, Marc Bolan (T Rex)
Influence On: Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, INXS, Van Halen, Whitesnake (and many others)
Biography: Australia’s most famous rock band was formed by two brothers – Angus and Malcolm Young -- who were born in Glasgow, Scotland. Their older brother, George, who made a name for himself with The Easybeats in the ‘60s joined his younger siblings in 1975.
In its first few years, This band toured relentlessly, primarily in Europe and Australia. Their first foray into America came in 1977.
By 1979 they were among the top rock bands in the world. Their 1980 album Back in Black has reportedly sold over 40-million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest selling of all time. They are currently in the top five best selling bands in US music history.
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Over the years, This band has been variously classified as hard rock, heavy metal, punk, even glam rock. The band considers itself simply rock 'n' roll.
Angus Young’s trademark “school boy” outfit and the rest of the band’s satin jumpsuits have led some people to erroneously conclude that the band’s name suggests a bisexual theme.
The band has released more than two dozen studio and live albums. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, who said, “AC/DC became the litmus test of what rock does.”
Essential CD: Highway to Hell
This 1979 album was the last for vocalist Bon Scott, who died of acute alcohol poisoning in 1980. It has sold over 7-million copies in the US alone. AC/DC’s sixth album, it solidified the band’s international superstar status.

What Is Classic Rock ?

Classic Rock grew out of a radio format that used to be called AOR -- Album Oriented Rock. Classic Rock defines entire albums, whereas the Oldies genre encompasses selected singles that were commercially successful.
What Makes Classic Rock Classic?Is it the artist? Not automatically. While a group or artist may have released rock albums in the '70s, there’s no automatic guarantee that everything they ever recorded, or will record, is automatically classic. Is it radio airplay and record sales? Not exclusively. In 1979, The Knack had the top-selling single of the year, My Sharona, from an album that went platinum in less than two months. After two more albums that were received far less enthusiastically, the group disbanded in the early 80s.
Is it a particular musical style or lyric theme? Not so much. Led Zeppelin and The Beatles both recorded classic rock albums, but they hardly performed the same kind of music, or had the same musical style.
Who Started It?Originally, the term was coined to define a radio format that featured rock music primarily from the 1970s. Later, the format was expanded to include some '60s and even '50s rock. Today, you’ll even hear grunge, punk, and '80s hair bands on classic rock radio stations.
Perhaps the best answer to the question lies in the word classic. Virtually every available dictionary definition of classic includes a key test. The most telling aspect of the adjective is that it describes something about which the same opinion has stood over a long period of time. People listen to it, and feel the same way about it today as they did when it was first recorded.
Put It To the TestIf you aren’t sure whether a particular song or album should be considered classic rock, subject it to this test:
When was it recorded? If it was within the past 15-20 years, it hasn’t been around long enough to be considered classic, no matter how big a hit it was or who recorded it. On the other hand, the mere fact that it was recorded 30 years ago doesn’t automatically mean it’s considered classic.
How big a hit was it? It may have been a personal favorite of yours, but in order to qualify as classic, it has to have been the personal favorite of a few million of your closest friends, too.
Who recorded it? This will no doubt be a factor in how big a hit it was, but if only one or two songs from a particular album were widely accepted, it isn’t likely the artist or group falls into the classic category.
Can you still hear it on the radio and find it in the record store?
By : DAVE WHITE

History OF Megadeth

After being kicked out of Metallica in 1983, guitarist Dave Mustaine started Megadeth. The original lineup included bassist David Ellefson, guitarist Kerry King and drummer Lee Rash. Shortly thereafter Kerry King left for his old band Slayer and was replaced by Chris Poland and Lee Rash was replaced by Gar Samuelson. In 1985 their debut album Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good was released.
Thrash Titans: The success of their debut drew the attention of major labels, and Capitol Records signed Megadeth for their second album, 1986's Peace Sells...But Who's Buying. It was huge successful, and the band was poised to battle Metallica to be the most popular thrash metal band.
Problems: Mustaine's behavior was becoming erratic due to drug and alcohol problems. Prior to their third album he fired Poland and Samuelson, who were replaced by guitarist Jeff Young and drummer Chuck Behler. There were several more lineup changes over the years, culminating in the acrimonious exit of original member David Ellefson in 2002.
Injury and Recovery: In 2002, Mustaine suffered a nerve injury and it was initially thought he may not be able to play guitar again. He used the downtime to remaster Megadeth's previous releases with added bonus material. Luckily he recovered and reformed the band with a new lineup to release 2004's very well received The System Has Failed. Mustaine also put together the Gigantour Festival that Megadeth headlined in the summer of 2005.
Current Megadeth Band Members: Dave Mustaine - Vocals, guitar (Fallen Angels, Metallica, Panic, Sanctuary),Chris Broderick - Guitar (Jag Panzer),James Lomenzo - Bass (Black Label Society, White Lion),Shawn Drover - Drums (Dimension Infinite, Eidolon)
Former Band Members: Gregory L. Handevidt - Guitar (1983),Chris Poland - Guitar (1984-1986, 2003-2004),Jay Reynolds - Guitar (1987),Jeff Young - Guitar (1987-1989),Marty Friedman - Guitar (1990-2000),Glen Drover - Guitar (2004-2008),Al Pitrelli - Guitar (2000-2002),Dave Ellefson - Bass (1983-2002),Jimmy Sloas - Bass (2003-2004),James MacDonough - Bass (2004-2006),Dijon Carruthers - Drums (1983),Lee Rauch - Drums (1983-1984),Gar Samuelson - Drums (1984-1986) Died in 1999 Chuck Behler - Drums (1987-1989),Nick Menza - Drums (1989-1998),Jimmy DeGrasso - Drums (1998-2002),Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums (2003-2004)
Megadeth Albums: 1985 Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! (Combat)1986 Peace Sells....But Who´s Buying? (Capitol)1988 So Far, So Good, So What? (Capitol)1990 Rust In Peace (Capitol)1992 Countdown To Extinction (Capitol)1994 Youthanasia (Capitol)1997 Cryptic Writings (Capitol)1999 Risk (Capitol)2000 Capitol Punishment (Capitol)2001 The World Needs A Hero (Metal-Is)2002 Rude Awakening (live) (Metal-Is)2004 The System Has Failed (Sanctuary)2005 Back To The Start: Greatest Hits (Sanctuary)2007 United Abominations (Roadrunner)
Greatest Megadeth Album: Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?Their 1986 sophomore album was a thrash masterpiece. The guitar work is great, and Mustaine's lyrics are dark and twisted.

BY : DAVE WHITE

Chris Brown Arrested For Assaulting Rihanna

Chris Brown, 19 year old singer and songwriter, turned himself in to police at the Wilshire division of the Los Angeles Police Department, accompanied by high profile lawyer Mark Geragos and his investigator Scott Ross.The musician was charged with assaulting and making criminal threats against his girlfriend, R&B singer Rihanna,

Music Touches Universal Chord

( No Matter The Culture And Heritage, People Everywhere Recognise & Respond To Most Basic Feelings In Unfamiliar Tunes )

MICHAEL Jackson may have been more precient than he realised when he wrote the lyrics to the global " feed-good" song, We Are the World.
New research recognises that people from vastly different culture and heritages respond to the same happy ,sad and scared emotions in unfamiliar music.This suggests the universality of emotions inmusic and may help explain why western music has been adopted so ubiquitosly worldwide,said the authors,from the Max Planck Institute for Human Congnitive and Brain Science in Leipzig Germany . " We know that our auditory system responds in distinctive ways to consonant sounds,even when we're not actively listening to them ," said Nina Kraus, Hung Knowles professor of communication sciences, neurobiology, physiology and otolaryngology at Northwestern University in Chicago. " It's fascinating how our sensory system have evolved to respond effectively to sounds that signal what's important , such as emotional meaning."
Kraus was not involved with the study which is published in the march 19 online issue of current biology." There are fundamental acoustic features that communicate basic emotions similarly in both speech and music . much of the meaning we get from music is not so much reliant on musical structure , but rather how it - the music - is performed," said DANA starit a doctoral condidate in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory , also at Northwestern University. " It's the same with speech - it's not the actual words spoken, but more how they're said thatcommunicates emotion."
" The question of ' musical universals' has triggerd intense denate in our field for years," she continued ." It intregues us in part because of its implications for music being 'built in' to the human genome. these outcomes move us yet another step closer towards defining biological mechanisms driving the human music obsession." previous research has determined that babies as young as 5 month old cas distinguish between upbeat and gloomy music,provideing more evidence that the brain's ability to detect emotion develops early.For This study, researchers trekked to the far reaches of mountainous northern cameroon and asked members of the MAFA ethnic group to participate . A group of MAFA listned with headphones to computers-generated piano music with defferent tempos, pitch range, rythem , etc The music was played on a sun-powered CD ( the MAFA don't have electricity ). Meanwhile, a group of Westerners who had not before heard african music listened to a sequence of MAFA music. Both groups were then asked to rate the music as pleasent or unpleasant.
Africans and Westerners alike recignised the same three emotions in the music: happy,sad and scared or fearful. And both made their judgments based on timing of the music and on mode. MAFA Participants were more likely to think of faster pieces as happy and slower pieces as scared or fearful.
BY.AMANDA GARDNER/HEALTHDAY NEWS