Essays on Rock Music

Rock music began as “race music;” the white middle class teenager’s middle finger to his conservative parents by listening to music made by African Americans. It then moved on to be a key player in the countercultural revolution of America in the 1960s where the...

In this essay I will make an analysis of the song Give peace a chance by John Lennon. Give peace a chance is an amazing protest song which was written in a time when the entire world was talking about racism, injustice while barely anyone...

Talking Heads was formed in 1975 by David Byrne and Chris Frantz, who had recently left Rhode Island School of Design to pursue a music career in New York City. Their art college background played an integral role in the creation of their unique sound,...

For rock legend Jimi Hendrix to have spoken these prophetic words may come as a surprise to some. He was at the height of his career; he was wanted by women worldwide; he was living a rags-to-riches fairytale. Yet Jimi’s dying wish was to jam...

After postponing the tour, after guitarist Eddie Van Halen underwent emergency surgery to treat a digestive disorder, Van Halen opened their first tour in Japan in 15 years at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya. Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in...

The growing division between teenagers and older generations in the 1950s was collectively referred to as the generational gap, and was mostly blamed on the impact rock ‘n’ roll had on teenagers. The teenagers and the generation of today take their teenage period for granted,...

In 2008, lead singer Dan Reynolds joined drummer Andrew Tolman at Brigham Young University where they were both students. Reynolds and Tolman combined Andrew Beck, Dave Lemke, and Aurora Florence to play guitar, bass, and piano each for their band. Their name is an anagram...