The fathers of heavy metal music. With Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, Tony Iommi creating genuinely fearsome riffs, and Geezer Butler and Bill Ward creating the heavy groove, Black Sabbath rocked their way into rock and roll stardom and heavy metal history With their eponymous debut album and their hit album, “Paranoid”. Often considered the pioneers of heavy metal (Along with Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple), Black Sabbath has sold over 70 million records worldwide.
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One of the great rock bands of the 60’s and 70’s, Deep Purple was known as one of the bands that changed rock music and put a different spin on it (And for having a constantly changing lineup!). Known for the classic songs, ‘Smoke On The Water’ and ‘Highway Star’, they broke out as a majorly popular band.
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One of the big bands to bring punk to the forefront, The Clash burst through the rock and roll walls with boundless energy and badass, power chord rock music that redefined music, and influenced many. Always a classic.
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These guys, along with the help of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains (I’ll get to these guys later), paved the way for Alternative rock. With distorted guitars, aggressive drums, and powerful bass, they changed the way rock and roll was played. This is Nirvana.
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What many people consider to be the pride and glory of Canada. Prog-Rockers Rush have always been virtuosos of the rock community, with songs like ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Limelight’ from their hit album, ‘Moving Pictures’. Although they’ve broken their Prog barriers to try other areas of music, they’ve received many awards including The Order Of Canada and continue to tour the world.
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One of the great fingerstyle players of rock and roll. Showing his amazing chops on the classic song ‘Sultans Of Swing’ and many more over his fantastic career. This is Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.
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Led Zeppelin. One of the greatest bands to walk the earth. They’re one of the fathers of heavy metal. Always a rock standard.
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One of the first ‘Rock Stars’. Ladies and gentlemen, to start off this blog, Mr. Buddy Holly.
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