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 Pasadena, California, in 1972. From 1974 until 1985 the band …
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, drawing on elements and processes employed by visual artists. Such …
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 then-teenaged baby boomers once again used it to express their …
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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 for a phrase only known to members of the band, …
Chicago is an American rock band that was formed in Chicago Illinois around the year of 1967. When the band was first created their name was Chicago Transit Authority and they ended up shortening the name a few years later. To date, Chicago is still one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups. Chicago …
A talented, troubled performer, Kurt Cobain became a rock legend with his band Nirvana in the 1990s. A. He was born February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. B. He has one younger sister, Kim. C. As a boy, Cobain enjoyed drawing, playing the drums, and piano. Cobain began listening to rock music and that’s when …
