REVIVING THE ROCK ...!!!

DEAR XELLOS,,,,

I was siting down the porch of my house...hearing the slow rhythm of raindrop on the veranda...suddenly i came through voice of AXL singing "sweet child of mine "...i ran down the living room and i was transfixed to see...guitar solo by SLASH ...damn i got goosebumps..seeing how he played those awesome riffs ...it jus struck me to write something on rock ...ROCK ....gosh thrs so much to write btw ..whr to start ...ohk ...it all started with SWING MUSIC....ROCK in its earlist time can be described as blues wid electric guitars..rocabilly emrged in 1950 wid mixture of rock and roll..jazz...blues...etc..!!...and the major pioneers were ELVIS PRESLY (yeah the man wid goggles who like to swing his leg all through the song ....)..and BILL HALEY ..

Then in 1960's ...came BEATLE one of the influential rock bands.....after beatlemania ..thr came PHYCHEDELIC ROCK .....such as PINK FLOYD..JIMMI HENDRIX...ROLLING STONES...wid drug influened and hypnotic lyrics....( specially talkin abt this 1..."come here boy now have a cigar u wanna go high...."..lol...thts rock humor..)..ohk sorry ..i knw i hav no sense of humor....lol..then came PROGRESSIVE ROCK ...characterized by experimentation ..on electrric guitar ,..bass...etc...it ws made popular by pink floyd .and many othr such bands...

amidst all this another band BLACK SABBATH ..(YEAH ...OZZY OSBORNE...).....popularized '.....METAL...ROCK(thick and highly amplified form of rock ) "..world jus started to realize power of rock it had on society ..!!

In 1970's after vietnam war thr came a band...LED ZAPPELIN became popular ....thr perfect blend of hard rock and blues made them one of the best hard rock group of all time ..!!....( i stilll litsen to thr songs like stairways to heaven ..i mean ...JIMMY PAGE is a guitar god ..truly ..)..some other successful bands were THE EAGLES...DAVID BOWIE AND THE QUEEN ....later world saw emergence of PUNK ROCK ..its founding father was THE RAMONES...it was a biriyani of anarchism ...teenage rage and rock and roll ....CLASH was another such punk band..

1980's was a golden period for worls rock scene in my opinion.. .cuz its gave us hell of bands......with big hair... .and tight pants ..some of them are AC/DC...( HIGHWAY TO HELL .....:))...).,..GUNS AND ROSES ..(SLASH ....:))..).,,.AEROSMITH.,,..IRON MAIDEN..,,.MEGADEATH ..,,.METALLICA.,,,VAN HALEN AND BONJOVI ..they created superb ballads..with resplendent guitar solos.....

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE ROCK began to emerge in late 1980's...wid bands like U2....R.E.M....THE CURE....SMITHS AND SONIC YOUTH ..

in 1990'S CAME ERA OF GRUNGE and alternative rock. GRUNGE originated in seatle (usa)....mainly described with ...strong guitar riffs with distortion..and feedback ...which enlightened teenage angst ..!!...NIRVANA ws the most popular band of this genre ..others were ..!...PEARLS JAM...ALICE IN CHAINS..DOORS...AND..JANE'S ADDICTION ..!!

Since the year 2000 many rock sub genre has evolved..such as emo rock .(sub genre of punk rock ..)..which has emotional lyrics wid hardcore guitar overtone ....TAKING BACK SUNDAY...SENSES FALL AND DASHBOARD ARE SOME EMO BANDS..

METAL has reached its new exteme..with new sub genre as DEATH METAL ...THRASH METAL ..AND BLACK METAL ..which is more loud aggressive and fast ...with some awesome bands like ..SLIPKNOT...KORN...AS I LAY DYING ..CANNIBAL CORPSE..AND LAMB OF GOD ..!!

ALTERNATIVE ROCK ..(OR INDIE ROCK )..reached its heights wid bans like RED HOT CHILI PEPERS..INCUBUS...FOO FIGHTERS ..COLDPLAY..... CHEVELLE

The most latest genre of metal is NU METAL ..with same basic metal grounds they hav rap and sampling added down the songs with new progressive tempos the nu metal gnere is often refered as new generaration of rock ...LINKIN PARK ..DEFTONES..LIMP BIZKIT ..are some famous bands...

I can go on explaining intricacies of rock and bands but i stop here ..(overdose ho gaya na,,,,:D)..

rock in itself means freadom ..lassaize fair...democracy in itself ..u havn't hav to be punk or weirdo to listen rock ...feel it and keep rocking on ....

( mail me at apzerogravity@gmail.com...i will give u my infinite playlist ..)...DO COMMENTS UR FAVORITE BAND WID THE SONG ..:d

REGARDS,

AAKASH

(WANNABE SINGER ..LOL..)