sexta-feira, 24 de agosto de 2012

Judas Priest


JUDAS PRIEST

     It’s a British heavy metal band, formed in 1970 by K. K. Downing, Ian Hill, and John Ellis. They met each other in their early childhood growing up on the Yew Tree estate in West Bromwich. Downing and Hill became close friends in their early teens, when they shared similar musical interests and learned to play instruments. The band was founded in October 1970 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, after a local ensemble named Judas Priest (from a Bob Dylan's song) disbanded.

  • IAN HILL

     Ian Frank Hill was born in 1951, Jan 20th. He’s the bass player of the band, and the sole constant member following the departure of K.K. Downing. He learned how to play the bass with his father, a former jazz’ bass player.

  • ROB HALFORD

     Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford was born in 1951, Aug 25th. He’s best known by his incredible voice, ranging ‘till nearly four octaves. He left the band in 1992, going back in 2003. Rob is credited as the first openly gay heavy metal star, having come out in 1998.
  • GLENN TIPTON
Glenn Tipton Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest performs at broadcast personality Eddie Trunk's celebration honoring his 25th Anniversary in radio broadcasting at the Hard Rock Cafe New York on August 4, 2008 in New York City.

     Glenn Raymond Tipton is the guitar player and occasional keyboards player of the band. He was born in 1947, Oct 25th, and when he was five he started to learn to play the piano. He learned to play the guitar with his brother when he was nineteen.
  • SCOTT TRAVIS

     Scott Travis was born in 1961, Sep 6th. He played in a lot of bands since 1980’s, and joined  Judas Priest in 1989, when Dave Holland left  citing personal reasons. Scott also plays at the band Racer X.
  • RICHIE FAULKNER

                       

    Richard Ian Faulkner was born in 1980, Jan 1st. He joined the band in 2011,
    Apr  20th, replacing K. K. Downing.


domingo, 19 de agosto de 2012

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - NEW VIDEOS


  • NEW VIDEOS OF RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Renegades of Funk

No Shelter

Sleep Now in The Fire

Born of a Broken Man

sábado, 18 de agosto de 2012


RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - DISCOGRAPHY, AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

  •     DISCOGRAPHY
1992 - Rage Against the Machine
1996 - Evil Empire
1999 - Battle of Los Angeles
2000 - Renegades

  • AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
     Rage Against the Machine has received two Grammy Awards; Best Metal Performance for the song "Tire Me" and Best Hard Rock Performance for "Guerrilla Radio". The band has also received three nominations from the MTV Video Music Awards, but has yet to win an award. In 2008 the band were given a special "Hall of Fame" award from Kerrang!.


terça-feira, 14 de agosto de 2012

segunda-feira, 13 de agosto de 2012

Rage Against the Machine


RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

    That’s an American heavy metal rock band, formed in 1991, by today’s members. The band stopped playing  in 2000 and only in 2007 the band got back together again. Some of their albums have ranked it as an important rock band.

  • ZACH DE LA ROCHA

     Zacarías Manuel "Zack" de la Rocha was Born in 1971, Jan 12, in Long Beach, California. After his parents got  separated, he moved to Irvine, California, when he was only one year old. That city was considered very racist, and going through this terrible situation he metTim Commerford, future Rage Against bandmate.

  • TOM MORELLO

    Thomas Baptiste Morello was born in 1964, May 30, in Harlem, NY. He is the guitarist of this great rock band, and he has a unique and creative guitar playing style and he is ranked the twenty-sixth best guitarist of all the time.

  • TIM COMMERFORD

    Timothy Robert Commerford was born in 1968, Feb 26, in Irvine, California. He is the bass player of the band and has a lot of nicknames.

  • BRAD WILK

    Brad Wilk was born in 1968, Sep 5, in Portland, U.S. He is the drummer of the band and started to play drums when he was thirteen. His influences are John Bonham, Keith Moon and Elvin Jones. He is fan of Van Halen

  • ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I wanna thank some of my friends who helped me to write these last posts. They are:

    Murilo Regio - idea of what band to talk about
    Rogério Belloc - correction




quinta-feira, 14 de junho de 2012