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Song About The Vietnam War
This is a list of songs concerning, revolving around, or directly referring to the Vietnam War, or to the Vietnam War's after-effects. For a more complete listing see "Vietnam on Record", and the Vietnam War Song Project. Some popular songs of this variety include: 0–9 *" 19" by Paul Hardcastle *"1954 Cha Bỏ Quê, 1975 Con Bỏ Nước" by Phạm Duy 1975.] *"2 + 2 = ?" by The Bob Seger System *"50,000 Names" by George Jones [about the Vietnam Memorial wall] *"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" by Simon & Garfunkel *"8th of November (song), 8th of November" by Big & Rich *" 21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson A *"The 'A' Team" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler *"Agent Orange" by Grinder *"Agent Orange" by Sodom *"Agent Orange Song" by Maan Shah *" Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie *"All My Children of the Sun" by Pete Seeger *"Am I Ever Gonna See My Baby Again" by The Sweet Inspirations *"Amerika the Brutal" by Six Feet Under *"America, Fuck Yeah" by Trey Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct United States in the Vietnam War, US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian Civil War, Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming Communism, communist in 1975. After the defeat of the French Union in the First Indoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Grinder (band)
Grinder was a late 1980s/early 1990s speed metal/thrash metal band from Germany. They released three full-length albums and one EP before disbanding. Grinder was the first international heavy metal act to play in Turkey, on May 12, 1990, at the Open Air Theater in Istanbul. Members * Adrian Hahn – vocals (plus bass guitar on first three albums) * Andy Ergün – guitars * Lario Teklic – guitars * Andi Reichert – bass * Stefan Arnold – drums (played in Grave Digger (band), Grave Digger afterwards) Discography * ''Dawn for the Living'' (1988, No Remorse Records, No Remorse) * ''Dead End'' (1989, No Remorse) * ''The 1st EP'' (1990, No Remorse) * ''Nothing Is Sacred'' (1991, Noise) References External links * * http://www.bnrmetal.com/v3/band/band/Grin Andy Ergun, Interview: "We Were An Original Band" January 5, 2012Grinder Biography {{DEFAULTSORT:Grinder German thrash metal musical groups German speed metal musical groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nargaroth
Nargaroth is a German black metal band led by René "Ash" Wagner, who was previously known as 'Kanwulf.' The band is associated with raw and misanthropic themes within black metal. History Nargaroth was formed by René Wagner, also known as Ash, following the disbandment of his previous band, Exhuminenz, which included members R.S., Charoon, and Darken (not to be confused with Rob Darken of Graveland). While Wagner had previously claimed that Nargaroth was established in 1989 and had released the demo Orke in 1991 and Herbstleyd in 1993, later statements clarified that the band was officially founded in 1996. The early Nargaroth recordings, including the aforementioned demos, were completed in 1998 with Charoon on guitar and the use of a drum machine. Nargaroth's debut album, Herbstleyd (translated as Autumnal Suffering), was released in December 1998 through No Colours Records. In 2000, the label released Amarok, a compilation featuring older and previously unreleased materi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Huy Du
Huy Du, full name Nguyen Huy Du (1 December 1926 – 17 December 2007) was a Vietnamese musician specializing in red music, for songs such as The road we go, I still act. army, Ignite you, ... and the musical composition of the South of my homeland (written for Violin and Piano). Career Du was known for his revolutionary songs, praising the Vietnam Communist Party.Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world: Volumes 3-7 John Shepherd - 2005 Songs of this period both utilized elements of traditional music and absorbed outside influences like blues, jazz and Latin ... Huy Du's setting of the poem 'Duo ng chung ta di' (The Road We're Taking, 1968) by Xuan Sach (Le Hung and Van) He was a recipient of the Hồ Chí Minh Prize The Hồ Chí Minh Prize () is an honorary award given by the government of Vietnam in recognition of cultural and/or scientific achievement. The prize was established by decree in 1981, and has been awarded in 1996, 2000, 2005 and 2012, often pos .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter)
Sam Roberts (born October 2, 1974) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has released seven albums. His debut EP ''The Inhuman Condition'', reached the Canadian charts in 2002. He and his bandmates have released three albums as Sam Roberts and four albums as Sam Roberts Band. He is also a member of the Canadian group Anyway Gang, who released their debut self-titled album in 2019. Roberts has been nominated, together with his band, for fifteen Juno Awards, winning six, including Juno Award for Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year twice (2004 and 2009) and Juno Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year once (2004). Early life and Northstar Born in Westmount, to White South African, South African immigrants who had arrived in Montreal three weeks earlier, Roberts grew up on Cedar Avenue in Pointe-Claire, where his family moved to when he was five years old. Roberts is an alumnus of St. Edmund Elementary School, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Beaconsfield; Loyola High School (Montr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Guess Who
The Guess Who was a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1965. The band found their greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman, with hit songs including " American Woman", " These Eyes", " No Time", “ Laughing”, and “ Share the Land”. During their most successful period, the Guess Who released eleven studio albums, all of which reached the charts in Canada and the United States. Their 1970 album '' American Woman'' reached no. 1 in Canada and no. 9 in the United States, while five other albums reached the top ten in Canada. The Guess Who charted fourteen Top 40 singles in the United States and more than thirty in Canada. The band was the first Canadian rock band to have widespread success in the United States and, unlike several other Canadian acts of the time, did not move to the US to achieve fame, become American citizens, or downplay their Canadian identi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
American Woman
"American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band the Guess Who, released January 1970, from the album of the same name. It was later released in March 1970 as a single backed with " No Sugar Tonight", and it reached number one for three weeks commencing May 9 on both the United States' ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the Canadian ''RPM'' magazine singles chart. ''Billboard'' magazine placed the single at number three on the Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 list, and it was listed as number five for 1970 on the RPM Year-End Chart. On May 22, 1970, the single was certified as gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also reached the top ten in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria, and the top twenty in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Produced by Jack Richardson, the single was recorded on August 13, 1969, at RCA's Mid-America Recording Center in Chicago.''Greatest Hits'' RCA Victor BG2 67774 liner notes Writing and lyrics The music and lyrics of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and musician. He is best known for co-creating ''South Park'' (1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. Parker was interested in film and music as a child and at high school and attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met Stone. The two collaborated on various short films and co-starred in Parker’s feature-length musical '' Cannibal! The Musical'' (1993). Parker and Stone moved to Los Angeles, and Parker made his second feature-length film, ''Orgazmo'' (1997). Before the premiere of the film, ''South Park'' premiered on Comedy Central in August 1997. The duo possess full creative control of the show, and have produced music and video games based on it. A film based on the series, '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (1999), was well-received by both critics and fans. Parker went on to write, produce, direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Six Feet Under (band)
Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band is currently composed of founding vocalist Chris Barnes, bassist Jeff Hughell, drummer Marco Pitruzzella, and guitarists Ray Suhy and Jack Owen. It was originally a side project formed by Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary, but became a full-time commitment after Barnes was dismissed from Cannibal Corpse in 1995. Six Feet Under has released 14 albums, and is listed by Nielsen Soundscan as the fourth-best-selling death metal act in the U.S. History Formation, ''Haunted'', and ''Warpath'' (1993–1997) After Barnes and West joined forces, they recruited Terry Butler, who knew West from his involvement with Massacre, and Greg Gall, Terry Butler's brother-in-law. Six Feet Under first played in 1993 at clubs, performing mostly cover songs. The band began writing original material in the middle of 1994. Because Barnes was already signed to Metal Blade Records with Cannibal C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Sweet Inspirations
The Sweet Inspirations are an American R&B girl group from Newark, New Jersey, founded by Cissy Houston who are mostly known for their work as backup singers on studio recordings for other R&B and rock artists but who are also a Grammy-nominated recording act in their own right. The group's origins went back to the late 1950s when the Gospelaires, a group which included siblings and future soul stars Dionne Warwick and sister Dee Dee Warwick as well as Sylvia Shemwell and another future soul star Doris Troy and was an offshoot of the Drinkard Singers, began a professional career as session vocalists. Cissy Houston later replaced Dionne in 1961 with Troy later being replaced by Myrna Smith in 1962 while Dee Dee was eventually replaced by Estelle Brown in 1963. From 1963 until 1967, the group, known informally as "The Group", would back up several important artists in the soul, pop and rock genres, most prominently Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthyism, McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest song, protest music in support of nuclear disarmament, international disarmament, civil rights, workers' rights, Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture, environmentalism, environmental causes, and ending the Vietnam War. Among the prolific songwriter's best-known songs are "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with additional lyrics by Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" (also with Hays), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
