Guitar-smashing

	Guitar-smashing The destruction of musical instruments is an act performed by a few pop, rock and other musicians during live performances, particularly at the end of the gig. Early years The act of destroying instruments has origins in animation performances as far back as the 1930's. Some of the very first footage of instrument destruction (guitar smashing) can be viewed in '' The Old Mill Pond'' an animated short film from the ''Happy Harmonies'' series, directed by Hugh Harman for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. The scene may be viewed between times 7:30-7:42. In 1956, on the ''Lawrence Welk Show'', a zoot-suited performer billed as "Rockin' Rocky Rockwell" did a mocking rendition of Elvis Presley's hit song " Hound Dog." At the conclusion of the song he smashed an acoustic guitar over his knee. US country musician Ira Louvin was famous for smashing mandolins that he deemed out-of-tune. Jerry Lee Lewis may be the first rock artist to have destroyed his equipment on stage, with sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Townshend Smashing Guitar Townsend or Townshend may refer to: Places United States Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York Townsend, Delaware Townsend, Georgia Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, the main village in the town Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts, another village in the town Townsend, Montana Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio * Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio * Townsend, Tennessee Townsend, Wisconsin, a town Townsend (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Townshend, Vermont, a New England town Townshend (CDP), Vermont, the main village in the town Port Townsend, Washington Port Townsend Bay Port Townsend Film Festival Canada * Townsend Township, Ontario * Townsend, Ontario * Townsend Lake, Saskatchewan United Kingdom * Townsend, Buckinghamshire * Townshend, Cornwall * Townsend, Bournemouth, Dorset * Townsend, Poulshot, Wiltshire Townsend, Kingswinford, an area at the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Robin Page Robin Page (2 November 1932 – 12 May 2015) was a British painter. He was one of the early members of the Fluxus art movement. Biography Page was born in England in 1932. His father, Peter Carter-Page, was a humorist and cartoonist who worked as an animator at the Disney studios in Hollywood in the 1930s. The family moved to Canada where the young Page lived until the age of 27. Page moved back to Europe in 1959. He taught at Leeds College of Art in the north of England until 1967. He then moved to West Germany and associated with Fluxus artists, such as Robert Filliou, Dieter Roth, Dorothy Iannone, Daniel Spoerri, and Ben Vautier. Page performed many Happenings, including one titled ''Guitar'', which involved him in kicking his guitar with the help of an audience along The Mall, London for the ICA's Misfits concert. On another occasion Page made a chalk portrait drawing of Joseph Beuys, with begging bowl, on the pavement in front of the National Gallery. In 1966 he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fluxus Fluxus was an international, interdisciplinary community of artists, composers, designers, and poets during the 1960s and 1970s who engaged in experimental performance art, art performances which emphasized the artistic process over the finished product. Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media and disciplines and for generating new art forms. These art forms include intermedia, a term coined by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins; conceptual art, first developed by Henry Flynt, an artist contentiously associated with Fluxus; and video art, first pioneered by Nam June Paik and Wolf Vostell. Dutch gallerist and art critic Harry Ruhé describes Fluxus as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties".. 1979. ''Fluxus, the Most Radical and Experimental Art Movement of the Sixties'' Amsterdam: Editions Galerie A. They produced performance art, performance "events", which included enactments of scores, "Neo-Dada" noise music, and time-based w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]