RockOverload

07/14/2023

Chuck Berry – ‘Rock And Roll Music’
The Lennon is version is great, Chuck’s own original is better, but for something a bit different, and amazing, and maybe even better than either, check out this clip of him doing it with Etta James. Oh YES.

Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to honor Chuck Berry for an evening of music to commemorate Berry's 60th birthday. Taken from the Hail! Ha...

04/26/2023

Kings of Leon

Formed in: Nashville, Tennessee in 2000
All time US album sales: 2.5 million
Most popular album: Only by the Night
Annual Wikipedia page views: 1,786,703

04/20/2023

Avenged Sevenfold

Formed in: Huntington Beach, California in 1999
All time US album sales: 3.0 million
Most popular album: City of Evil
Annual Wikipedia page views: 2,623,803

03/28/2023

Many Americans would agree that there’s nothing more American than apple pie, NASCAR, and Rock and Roll. Music culture in the United States is very strong. One of the most listened to genres of music in the US is Rock and Roll (usually just called “Rock”). Not only does Rock music find its origins in the US, but it has had a major influence in American society and youth culture. Here is a history of the creation and growth of Rock music in the United States, and how it has effected American culture, society, and other musical genres.

03/13/2023

The Department of Art and Music Histories is pleased to welcome Theo Cateforis, Associate Professor of Music History and Cultures, as part of AMH’s colloquium series.

From the twelve-bar blues and AABA to the verse/chorus, the history of rock music has featured various song forms that have proven to be durable generic types. In the 1990s, alternative rock ushered in a novel twist on the verse/chorus—a song form often referred to as the “soft/loud”—that became one of the genre’s and era’s strongest sonic markers. With its volatile juxtaposition of restrained verses and explosive choruses, featured most notably on Nirvana’s famed 1991 single “Smells like Teen Spirit,” the soft/loud song form came to signify alternative rock’s rebellious underground ethos and its subversion of popular mainstream standards. Since then, the soft/loud has spread to genres as far flung as rap-metal, emo, indie and power pop.

02/20/2023

The most famous band of all-time from every state

Great music can be found all across the country. And every state has a famous band that hails from it.

To determine the most famous band from every state, we looked at reputation, record sales, and awards, considering each band within their own era.

We used the term "band" loosely here, including any musical act consisting of more than one person. We focused mostly on the state where each band originally formed, but also considered where their music was popularized, as well as artists' hometowns.

01/05/2023

‘Whole Lotta Love’ by Led Zeppelin
Zeppelin achieved god-tier fame and redefined music throughout the ’70s, all but defining the term ‘epic’ in rock thanks to its explosive compositions, blues-rock detours, Tolkien-inspired head trips and the thunderous approach to blowing minds. ‘Whole Lotta Love’, from the quartet’s second album, solidified Zeppelin as rock’s next great thing, serving almost as a mission statement for what the band would unleash upon the next decade.

12/13/2022

most popular rock bands of all time
No Doubt

11/21/2022

Grateful Dead

-Grateful Dead, one of the greatest rock bands in history of music and one of the most popular touring acts, was the epitome of psychedelic music.
The underground rock group, who were admirers of The Beach Boys and The Beatles, rose to fame as counterculture leaders.
The band's 1993 US arena tours, which featured Sting as their opening act, provided evidence of their level of popularity. What percentage of rock bands have performed at more than 2000 live events? Before Garcia passed away in 1995, they completed 2300.
The renowned Californian group is often regarded as the originators of acid rock and is associated with the 1960s hippie movement and L*D.
To get a sense of what the band is capable of, listen to Box Of Rain.

09/27/2022

Bob Seger
Like his heartland rock rival Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger wrote impassioned, blue-collar anthems with an across-the-board appeal which he delivered with a raspy voice and a gutsy urgency. With help from evergreen classics such as “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” “Night Moves,” and “Turn The Page,” the Detroit-born rock singer-songwriter has moved over 75 million records.

08/20/2022

Gloria: In Excelsis Deo" (1975) — Patti Smith

08/06/2022

Frank Zappa was a critic of everything from the herd mentality of the middle-class to censorship of rock and roll. In his career, he associated with every genre from rock to jazz to classical music and produced sixty radical, groundbreaking and irreverent albums.