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Women In Rock
Women in rock describes the role of women singers, instrumentalists, record producers and other music professionals in rock, popular music and the many subgenres and hybrid genres that have emerged each decade. Women have had a high prominence in many popular music styles as singers, helping shape modern music and embracing more authenticity in their sound. However, professional women instrumentalists are uncommon in popular music, especially in rock genres such as heavy metal. " aying in a band is largely a male homosocial activity, that is, learning to play in a band is largely a peer-based... experience, shaped by existing sex-segregated friendship networks. As well, rock music "...is often defined as a form of male rebellion vis-à-vis female bedroom culture."Julian Schaap and Pauwke Berkers. "Grunting Alone? Online Gender Inequality in Extreme Metal Music" in ''IASPM Journal''. Vol.4, no.1 (2014) p. 102 Overview In popular music, there has been a gendered "distinction bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzi Quatro Plays A Bass Guitar While She Sings At AIS Arena
Suzi is an English language, English nickname for people with names such as Susan, Suzanne (given name), Suzanne, Susanna (given name), Susanna or Susannah (given name), Susannah. Notable people with the name include: * Suzi Battersby * Suzi Digby * Suzi Ferrer (1940–2006), US/Puerto Rican visual artist and feminist * Suzi Gardner * Suzi Lane * Suzi Leather * Suzi Lovegrove * Suzi Oppenheimer * Suzi Perry * Suzi Quatro * Suzi Ragsdale * Suzi Rawn * Suzi Ruffell * Suzi Schott * Suzi Shelton * Suzi Simpson * Suzi Wu * Suzi, character on ''Camp Lakebottom'' * Suzi Lind See also *Suzi, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *Suži, a neighborhood in Riga, Latvia *Susie (other) *Susi (other) *Susy (other) *Suzie (other) *Suzy (other) {{Given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll audiences, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmother of rock and roll". She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Tina Turner, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues. Her guitar-playing technique had a profound influence on the development of British blues in the 1960s. Her Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cranberries
The Cranberries were an Irish rock music, rock band formed in Limerick in 1989. The band was composed of lead singer and guitarist Dolores O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan (Noel's brother), and drummer Fergal Lawler. O'Riordan replaced founding member Niall Quinn in 1990. The band, originally named The Cranberry Saw Us, was renamed after the addition of O'Riordan. The band classified themselves as an alternative rock group, but they incorporated into their sound elements of indie rock, jangle pop, dream pop, folk rock, post-punk, and pop rock. In 1991, the Cranberries signed with Island Records. They released their debut album, ''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' (1993), to commercial success. Their second album, ''No Need to Argue'' (1994), brought the band to international fame and included the single "Zombie (The Cranberries song), Zombie," which became a stadium anthem and one of the band's most recognizable songs. The band continued this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halestorm
Halestorm is an American Rock music, rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, drummer Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith. Siblings Lzzy and Arejay founded the band in 1997. The group's Halestorm (album), self-titled debut album was released in 2009 through Atlantic Records. The lead single "Love Bites (So Do I)" from their second album ''The Strange Case Of...'' (2012) won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. The band's third album, ''Into the Wild Life'' (2015), peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Their fourth album, ''Vicious (Halestorm album), Vicious'' (2018), debuted at number eight on the chart, becoming their second top 10 record. Their fifth album, ''Back from the Dead (Halestorm album), Back from the Dead'', was released in 2022. Halestorm is known for their constant touring, often performing as many as 250 shows a year. After touring as supportin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lzzy Hale
Elizabeth Mae "Lzzy" Hale IV (born October 10, 1983) is an American musician. She serves as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of hard rock band Halestorm, which she co-founded with her brother Arejay Hale in 1997. Early life Hale was born October 10, 1983, in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, and grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. She is the fourth Elizabeth Mae in her family. At age 17, she began using the name "Lzzy" following confusion caused by a fan calling her that on the band's website. Career Hale began writing and performing music in 1997, when she founded Halestorm with her brother Arejay Hale. She has since gained success as Halestorm's lead singer, and she has performed live and recorded guest appearances alongside fellow rock/metal artists and musicians from other genres. Hale refers to herself as an "Ambassador for Rock". She is recognized being a role model for young artists and girls, and speaking to the need for gender equality and acceptance of people of all sexu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the American New wave music, new wave genre and scene of the mid-1970s. The band's first two albums also contained strong elements of Punk rock, punk. Although successful in the UK and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground music, underground band in the US until the release of their critically acclaimed third album in 1978, ''Parallel Lines''. Over the next two years, the band released a string of hit singles, including "Heart of Glass (song), Heart of Glass" (US No. 1), "One Way or Another", "Dreaming (Blondie song), Dreaming", "Call Me (Blondie song), Call Me" (US No. 1), "Atomic (song), Atomic", "The Tide Is High" (US No. 1), and "Rapture (Blondie song), Rapture" (US No. 1). The band became noted for its eclectic mixture of musical styles, incorporating elements of disco, Pop music, pop, reggae, funk and early hip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble, July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie (band), Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in Miami, Florida, Harry was adopted as an infant and raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. After college she worked various jobs—as a dancer, a Playboy Bunny, and a secretary (including at the BBC in New York)—before her breakthrough in the music industry. She co-formed Blondie in 1974 in New York City. The band released its Blondie (album), eponymous debut studio album in 1976 and released three more studio albums between then and 1979, including ''Parallel Lines'', which spawned six singles, including "Heart of Glass (song), Heart of Glass". Their fifth studio album, ''Autoamerican'' (1980), produced hits including a cover of "The Tide Is High", and "Rapture (Blondie song), Rapture", which is considered the first rap song to ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Olson
Carla Olson (born July 3, 1952) is an American, Los Angeles-based songwriter, performer and record producer. Biography Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Olson moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1978 where she formed the Textones, whose debut album ''Midnight Mission'' entered the ''Billboard'' 200. Carla is multilingual. She served as a French translator for Malian legend Ali Farka Toure. She also speaks Italian, Japanese and Swedish. An early version of the Textones, consisting of Olson, Kathy Valentine, Markus Cuff, and David Provost, played the late 1970s punk/new wave scene in Los Angeles and toured the US and Europe. They also released an EP in the UK and a single in the US. Their debut album for A&M Records, ''Midnight Mission'', consisted of Olson along with George Callins, Joe Read, Tom Jr Morgan, and Phil Seymour. They also toured the US and Europe. The record charted at 76 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and both singles, "Standing in the Line" and "Midnight Missio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Deal
Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician. She was the original bassist and co-vocalist in the alternative rock band the Pixies (band), Pixies from 1986 to 1993 and again from 2004 to 2013. She is the frontwoman of the Breeders, which she formed in 1989. Deal joined the Pixies in January 1986, adopting the stage name Mrs. John Murphy for the albums ''Come on Pilgrim'' and ''Surfer Rosa''. Following ''Doolittle (album), Doolittle'' and the Pixies' hiatus, she formed the Breeders with Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses, Josephine Wiggs of the Perfect Disaster, and Britt Walford of Slint; following the band's debut album ''Pod (The Breeders album), Pod'', her twin sister Kelley Deal replaced Donelly. The Pixies broke up in early 1993, and Deal returned her focus to the Breeders, who released the platinum record, platinum-selling album ''Last Splash'' in 1993, featuring the popular single "Cannonball (Breeders song), Cannonball". In 1994, the Breeders went on hia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vixen (band)
Vixen are an American all-female glam rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1973. During its most commercially successful period from 1987 to 1992, the band "Classic lineup" consisted of Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar), Janet Gardner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Share Ross (bass guitar), and Roxy Petrucci (drums). The band's eponymous first album was released in 1988, and reached No. 41 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Their second studio album '' Rev It Up'' was released in 1990, and reached No. 52 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Their third studio album ''Tangerine'' was released in 1998. Their fourth studio album ''Live & Learn'' was released in 2006. Part of the Los Angeles, California, glam metal scene, the band has been described as "the female Bon Jovi." Several singles released by the band from 1988 to 1990 reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including the Top 40 singles "Edge of a Broken Heart" at No. 26, and "Cryin'" at No. 22. While the band originally disbande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Gardner
Janet Patricia Gardner (born March 17, 1962) is an American rock singer. She is best known as the former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the all-female glam metal band Vixen joining in 1983. She was the band's longest serving vocalist having performed on three of the band's four studio albums. When Vixen broke up in 1992 she took a hiatus from singing to pursue personal endeavors. She briefly unofficially reformed Vixen in 1997 with drummer Roxy Petrucci. She returned to Vixen in 2001, later studying to become a dental hygienist. In 2004 she took part in a Vixen reunion for a one-night-only gig as part of VH1's ''Bands Reunited'' TV show. She returned to Vixen full-time in 2012. In 2017, she released her self-titled debut solo album and in 2019 decided to leave Vixen to focus on family and her solo career. Early life Gardner was born in Juneau, Alaska, and her birthday is listed as March 21, 1962. Her father, Rulon B. Gardner, was a civil engineer who worked for the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress. Often referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music#J, Godmother of Punk", she is regarded as a Pop icon, rock icon and an influential figure in Popular music, popular rock music. Jett co-founded and performed with the Runaways from 1975 to 1979, with whom she released The Runaways#Discography, four albums. After their dissolution, she formed the independent record label Blackheart Records with producer Kenny Laguna. She founded Joan Jett and the Blackhearts as her backup band in 1979; during this time, she released her solo debut album, ''Bad Reputation (Joan Jett album), Bad Reputation''. With the Blackhearts, Jett has released Joan Jett discography#Albums, twelve albums, three of which have been certified RIAA certification, platinum or RIAA certification, gold. Additionally, eleven of their singles have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
