Rock and Roll

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A group for those who are about to rock and those who salute them. For all types of rockers.

Website: http://www.rockhall.com/
Location: Wherever there are face-melting solos and heart-pounding beats.
Members: 74
Latest Activity: Oct 25

Rock and Roll. The Big Picture.

"Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the world.
Classic rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum.
The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it an unprecedented social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and in the new medium of television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the characteristic backbeat, that are more properly called simply 'rock music'." - Wikipedia

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MY ALL TIME FAVE -Led Zeppelin 5 Replies

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Remakes - Good, Bad, Ugly 4 Replies

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the different types of rock? 4 Replies

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Acoustic Renditions? Yes please! 1 Reply

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Rest in peace Richard Wright. 2 Replies

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Coldplay and their rockness! 1 Reply

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Comment by Mighty Mow on May 6, 2009 at 3:14am: elvis presley, jimi hendrix, jim morrison, john lennon, kurt cobain, freddie mercury just to name some Rock N Roll legends, We missed them but their Music Lives On. Long Live Rock N Roll.

Comment by Happy Valentine on February 19, 2009 at 6:17pm: thx for starting the group.

Comment by Happy Valentine on January 26, 2009 at 1:24am: and the burger, will never die !!!!

Comment by Happy Valentine on January 26, 2009 at 1:23am: Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world. :)

Comment by Happy Valentine on December 15, 2008 at 5:19pm

Comment by Happy Valentine on December 15, 2008 at 4:57pm: yes, nice gear, enjoy :)

Comment by The Beard on December 15, 2008 at 10:13am: you got a nice setup there Slush, I'm jealous

Comment by Slush on December 7, 2008 at 8:54am: these Are my instruments!!!

Comment by The Beard on December 3, 2008 at 11:29pm: yeah mate i've been trying hard to get more activity in the group :)

Comment by Happy Valentine on December 2, 2008 at 8:28pm: the ballad of gumby by dr. demento or i might be moving to montana, by frank zappa, and lets leave my sister out of this.