Some interesting facts about the history of rock music:
Raditude, an album by the band Weezer released in 2009. Although it rose to number seven on the Billboard 200, it is not considered a hit. Perhaps because the cover art was more interesting than the material on the album. It features a picture of a jumping dog from National Geographic magazine.
That Prince was “doomed to success” was known by his dad, who threw his son onstage at a James Brown concert. The latter, not caring at all about the crowd, simply started dancing with the hero of the evening.
The most famous of the educated musicians is probably Brian May of the band Queen. In 2007, he became a doctoral student in astronomy, defending a paper on radiation velocities in cosmic dust. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine also has an education to be proud of. The son of a Kenyan guerrilla, later the country’s representative to the UN, he became an art major at the extremely prestigious Harvard. He also tried his hand at political science.
When The Smashing Pumpkins started performing in 1988, there were only two of them: Billy Corgan played guitar and sang the main parts, and James Iha, the second guitarist, was also responsible for the backing vocals. Due to the lack of a drummer, the first songs were recorded with a drum machine.
One of the best metal vocalists of all time, Chris Cornell appeared alternately in Audioslave and Soundgarden. To help his mother, young Chris took any job he could get, including hauling seafood. For a time, he also worked as an assistant chef at a restaurant in Seattle.
Many consider Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” to be the best song in rock history, referring not only to musical values but also to some special achievements. The song, which lasted about six minutes, revolutionized radio. Most stations in those days didn’t want to play songs longer than three minutes. Meanwhile, the response from listeners was so great that many people demanded the song go on the air. Eventually, the restriction was lifted.
Pink Floyd’s album “The Dark Side of the Moon” was a breakthrough in many ways, and many consider it the best album in rock history. The song “Money” was the first track to be played uncensored on the radio.