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15.02.1981 - Chitaristul Mike Bloomfield este gasit mort in masina personala. Mike murise in urma unei supradoze. A cantat alaturi de Electric Flag si Bob Dylan.

The Byrds ( B4 )

Soon after, David Crosby introduced himself to the duo at The Troubadour and began harmonizing with them on some of their songs. Impressed by the blend of their voices, the three musicians formed a trio and named themselves the Jet Set, a moniker inspired by McGuinn's love of aeronautics.

Crosby introduced McGuinn and Clark to his associate Jim Dickson, who had access to World Pacific Studios, where he had been recording demos of Crosby. Sensing the trio's potential, Dickson quickly took on management duties for the group, while his business partner, Eddie Tickner, became the group's accountant and financial manager. Dickson began utilizing World Pacific Studios to record the trio as they honed their craft and perfected their blend of Beatles pop and Bob Dylan-style folk. It was during the rehearsals at World Pacific that the band's folk rock sound—an amalgam of their own Beatles-influenced material, their folk music roots and their Beatlesque covers of contemporary folk songs—began to coalesce. Initially, this blend arose organically, but as rehearsals continued, the band began to actively attempt to bridge the gap between folk music and rock. Demo recordings made by the Jet Set at World Pacific Studios would later be collected on the compilation albums Preflyte, In the Beginning, The Preflyte Sessions and Preflyte Plus.

Drummer Michael Clarke was added to the Jet Set in mid-1964. Clarke was recruited largely due to his good looks and Brian Jones-esque hairstyle, rather than for his musical experience, which was limited to having played congas in a semi-professional capacity in and around San Francisco and L.A. Clarke did not even own his own drum kit and initially had to play on a makeshift setup consisting of cardboard boxes and a tambourine.

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The Animals - The Story Of Bo Diddley ( L1 )

Now lets hear the story of Bo Diddley and the Rock n Roll scene in general
Bo Diddley was born Elias McDaniels in a place called McCoom,
Missississipi about 1926
He moved to Chicago about 1938
Where his name was eventually changed to Bo Diddley

He practiced the guitar everyday and sometimes into the night
Till his papa's hair began to turn white
His Pa said Son, listen hear, I know
You can stay but that guitar has just gotta go
So he pulled his hat down over his eyes
Headed out for them Western Skies
I think Bob Dylan said that
He hit New York City

He began to play at the Apollo in Harlem
Good scene there everybody raving
One day, one night, came a Cadillac with four head lights
Came a man with a big, long, fat, cigar said, C'mere son, I'm gonna make you a star
Bo Diddley said, Uh..whats in it for me?
Man said, Shut your mouth son , play the guitar and you just wait and see

Well, that boy made it, he made it real big
And so did the rest of the rock n roll scene along with him
And a white guy named Johnny Otis took Bo Diddleys rhythm
He changed it into hand-jive and it went like this
In a little old country town one day
A little old country band began to play
Add two guitars and a beat up saxophone
When the drummer said, boy, those cats begin to roam
Oh baby oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll
Ya hear me oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll

Then in the U.S. music scene there was big changes made
Due to circumstances beyond our control such as payola
The rock n roll scene died after two years of solid rock and you got discs like,
Ah...
Take good care of my baby
Please don't ever make her blue and so forth

About, ah, one year later in a place called Liverpool in England
Four young lads with mop haircuts began to sing stuff like, ah...
It's been a hard days night and I;ve been working like a dog and so on
In a place called Richmond in Surrey, whay down in the deep south
They got guys with long hair down their back singing
I wanna be your lover baby I wanna be your man yeah and all that jazz

Now we've doing this number, Bo Diddley, for quite some time now
Bo Diddley visited this country last year
We were playing at the Club A Gogo in Newcastle, our home town
The doors opened one night and to our surprise walked in the man himself, Bo Diddley
Along with him was Jerome Green, his maraca man, and the Duchess, his gorgeous sister

And a we were doing this number
Along with them came the Rolling Stones, the Mersey Beats,
They're all standing around diggin' it
And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'
He turned around to Jermone Green
And he said, Hey, Jerome? What do you think these guys doin' our..our material?
Jerome said, Uh, where's the bar, man? Please show me to the bar...
He turned around the Duchess
And he said, Hey Duchess...what do you think of these young guys doin' our material?
She said, I don't know. I only came across here to see the changin' of the
Guards and all that jazz.

Well, Bo Diddley looked up and said to me, with half closed eyes and a smile,
He said Man, took off his glasses,
He said, Man, that sure is the biggest load of rubbish I ever heard in my life...

Hey Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride ( YT1 )

Alice Cooper ( b45 )

Alice Cooper filmography

1970s

1970

• Diary of a Mad Housewife feature film – starring Carrie Snodgress (see Neil Young) and Richard Benjamin with the original Alice Cooper band in a cameo appearance performing at a "loft party".

1974

• Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper concert/feature film
• Episode of The Snoop Sisters, guest star. Alice Cooper performs "Sick Things" solo.

1975

• Alice Cooper: The Nightmare TV special

1976

• Welcome to My Nightmare concert film

1977

• Alice Cooper and Friends TV special.

1978

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band feature film
• Episode of The Muppet Show, guest star
• Singing Waiter in Mae West film Sextette

1979

• The Strange Case of Alice Cooper concert video
• Lunch with Soupy Sales guest star

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Bad Company - Can't Get Enough ( L2 )

Well, I take whatever I want
And baby, I want you
You give me something I need
Now tell me I got something for you

Come on, come on, come on and do it
Come on and-uh do what you do

I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love

Listen

Well, it's late and I want love
Love that's gonna break me in two
Don't you hang me up in your doorway
Don't you hang up like you do

Say it
Come on, come on, come on and do it
Come on, come on, do what you do, Woo!

I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love

Well I say now

I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love

Say it again, aah
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love

I've got to tell ya baby, that I
I love you so much I can't get enough of your love
I love you so much I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love

Mmm, you know what I'm saying baby
I can't get enough of your love

I can't get enough, enough of your love
I can't get enough, enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love, Yeah
Woo! Ah, come on baby
Come over here right now
Oh oh oh oh...

Jethro Tull ( B22 )

During interviews in November 2011, Martin Barre stated that there were no current plans for future Jethro Tull work. In 2012, Barre assembled and toured with a group, billed as Martin Barre's New Day, which included Jonathan Noyce that played mostly Tull material. In 2015, Barre stated "It's important that people realize there will never be a Jethro Tull again. There will be two solo bands: the Ian Anderson Band and the Martin Barre Band, and long may they exist, and long may they enjoy playing music. I'm not being pedantic. I always hate to hear, '"Oh, you've left Jethro Tull." I haven't really. Ian wanted to finish Jethro Tull, wanted to stop the band completely."

After Jethro Tull (2012–2017)

On 30 January 2012, Anderson announced via the Jethro Tull website that Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?, a followup to Thick as a Brick, would be released on 2 April 2012. It was recorded by Anderson and the Ian Anderson Touring Band, who made the following tour together too. There are two former Jethro Tull members bassist David Goodier and keyboardist John O'Hara plus guitarist Florian Opahle, drummer Scott Hammond and as an additional vocalist Ryan O'Donnell. Thick as a Brick 2 had its world premiere on 14 April 2012 at Perth Concert Hall, Scotland, UK, kicking off an expected 18-month tour supporting both the original and new albums.

In November 2013, Anderson announced via the Jethro Tull website that a new album Homo Erraticus ("The Wandering Man") would be released in April 2014. This will be followed by tours in the UK and US, during which the album will be played in its entirety. 

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The Byrds ( B3 )

History

Formation (1964)

"McGuinn and I started picking together in The Troubadour bar which was called 'The Folk Den' at the time ... We went into the lobby and started picking on the stairway where the echo was good and David came walking up and just started singing away with us doing the harmony part ... We hadn't even approached him."

—Gene Clark recalling the encounter at The Troubadour folk club in Los Angeles that marked the genesis of the Byrds

The nucleus of the Byrds formed in early 1964, when Jim McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby came together as a trio. All three musicians had a background rooted in folk music, with each one having worked as a folk singer on the acoustic coffeehouse circuit during the early 1960s. In addition, they had all served time, independently of each other, as sidemen in various "collegiate folk" groups: McGuinn with the Limeliters and the Chad Mitchell Trio, Clark with the New Christy Minstrels, and Crosby with Les Baxter's Balladeers. McGuinn had also spent time as a professional songwriter at the Brill Building in New York City, under the tutelage of Bobby Darin. By early 1964, McGuinn had become enamored with the music of the Beatles, and had begun to intersperse his solo folk repertoire with acoustic versions of Beatles' songs. While performing at The Troubadour folk club in Los Angeles, McGuinn was approached by fellow Beatles fan Gene Clark, and the pair soon formed a Peter and Gordon-style duo, playing Beatles' covers, Beatlesque renditions of traditional folk songs, and some self-penned material. 

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Alice Cooper ( b44 )

• Trash Tour (1989–1990)
• Operation Rock N' Roll Tour (1991)
• Nightmare on Your Street Tour (1991)
• Hey Stoopid Tour (1991)
• South America '95 Tour (1995)
• Summer's Out for Summer '96 Tour (1996)
• School's Out for Summer '97 Tour (1997)
• Rock N' Roll Carnival Tour (1997–1998)
• New Year's Rotten Eve Tour '98 (1998)
• Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper Tour (1999)
• Brutal Planet Tour (2000–2001)
• British Rock Symphony Tour (2000)
• Descent into Dragontown Tour (2001–2002)
• Bare Bones Tour (2003)
• The Eyes of Alice Cooper Tour (2003–2004)
• Dirty Diamonds Tour (2005–2006)
• Psychodrama Tour (2007–2009)
• Theatre of Death Tour (2009–2010)
• No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour (2011–2012)
• Raise the Dead Tour (2012–2015)
• Spend the Night with Alice Cooper Tour (2016–2017)
• A Paranormal Evening with Alice Cooper Live Tour (2018)
• Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back: Alice Cooper (2019)

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Take a Pebble ( L1 )

Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea,
Then watch the ripples that unfold into me
My face spills so gently into your eyes
Disturbing the waters of our lives

Shreds of our memories are lying on your grass
Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past
Photographs are grey and torn, scattered in your fields
Letters of your memories are not real

Wear sadness on your shoulders like a worn-out overcoat
In pockets creased and tattered hang the rags of your hopes
The daybreak is your midnight, the colours have all died
Disturbing the waters of our lives,
Of our lives, of our lives, lives, lives, lives
Of our lives

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T. Rex ( I1 )

Jethro Tull ( B21 )

An Ian Anderson live double album and DVD was released in 2005 called Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull. In addition, a DVD entitled Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 and a live album Aqualung Live (recorded in 2004) were released in 2005.

2006 saw the release of a dual boxed set DVD Collector's Edition, containing two DVDs—Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 and Living with the Past. Bassist Jon Noyce left the band in March 2006. Keyboardist Andrew Giddings quit the band in July 2006, citing constant touring allowing not enough time for family. They were replaced by David Goodier and John O'Hara respectively. In the following year The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull, a 24-song set of Tull's and Ian Anderson's acoustic performances taken from various albums, was released. Included are a new live acoustic version of "One Brown Mouse" and a live performance of the traditional song (attributed to Henry VIII), "Pastime with Good Company".

In September 2007, Jethro Tull released CD/DVD Live at Montreux 2003. The concert was recorded on 4 July 2003 and featured, among others, "Fat Man", "With You There to Help Me" and "Hunting Girl", with the longest unchanged line-up: Anderson, Barre, Perry, Noyce and Giddings.

In February 2010, the band were commemorated with a Heritage Award by PRS for Music. A plaque was erected on a Catholic church in Blackpool, where the band performed their first ever gig.

Anderson and Barre go solo and the end of Jethro Tull (2011–2012)

2011 marked the 40th Anniversary of Aqualung (1971). A new re-issue was released with new remix of the album (by Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson) and include a DVD and unreleased songs.

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The Byrds ( B2 )

The original five-piece lineup of the Byrds consisted of Jim McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums). This version of the band was relatively short-lived; by early 1966, Clark had left due to problems associated with anxiety and his increasing isolation within the group. The Byrds continued as a quartet until late 1967, when Crosby and Clarke also departed.McGuinn and Hillman decided to recruit new members, including country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, but by late 1968, Hillman and Parsons had also exited the band. McGuinn elected to rebuild the band's membership; between 1968 and 1973, he helmed a new incarnation of the Byrds that featured guitarist Clarence White, among others. McGuinn disbanded the then-current lineup in early 1973 to make way for a reunion of the original quintet. The Byrds' final album was released in March 1973, with the reunited group disbanding later that year.

Several former members of the band went on to successful careers of their own, either as solo artists or as members of such groups as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band. In 1991, the Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an occasion that saw the five original members performing together for the last time.Gene Clark died of a heart attack later that year, while Michael Clarke died of liver failure in 1993. McGuinn, Crosby, and Hillman remain active.

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Alice Cooper ( b43 )

• Hey Stoopid (1991)
• The Last Temptation (1994)
• Brutal Planet (2000)
• Dragontown (2001)
• The Eyes of Alice Cooper (2003)
• Dirty Diamonds (2005)
• Along Came a Spider (2008)
• Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
• Paranormal (2017)

Tours

• Pretties for You Tour (1968–1970)
• Easy Action Tour (1970–1971)
• Love It to Death Tour (1971)
• Killer Tour (1971–1972)
• School's Out for Summer '72 Tour (1972)
• Billion Dollar Babies Tour (1973–1974)
• Welcome to My Nightmare Tour (1975–1977)
• King of the Silver Screen Tour (1977)
• School's Out for Summer '78 Tour (1978–1979)
• Madhouse Rocks Tour (1979)
• Flush the Fashion Tour (1980)
• Special Forces Tour (1981–1982)
• The Nightmare Returns Tour (1986–1987)
• Live in the Flesh Tour (1987–1988)

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15.02.1977 - Glen Matlock este concediat din postul de bassist in Sex Pistols. Este inlocuit cu Sid Vicious.

Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking ( d1 )

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Jethro Tull ( B20 )

Doane Perry (returning as the band's full-time drummer) recruited his friend and widely respected session bass player Steve Bailey to fill the gap: Ian Anderson, in turn, relinquished control of the rhythm section arrangements on that record, leaving them completely to Bailey and Perry. Despite his studio contributions, however, Bailey did not join the band, and Pegg's formal replacement as Jethro Tull bassist was Jonathan Noyce.

Roots to Branches (1995) and 1999's J-Tull Dot Com were less rock-based than Crest of a Knave (1987) or Catfish Rising (1991). Songs on these albums reflect the musical influences of decades of performing all around the globe. In songs such as "Out of the Noise" and "Hot Mango Flush", Anderson paints vivid pictures of third-world street scenes. These albums reflected Anderson's coming to grips with being an old rocker, with songs such as the pensive "Another Harry's Bar", "Wicked Windows" (a meditation on reading glasses), and the gruff "Wounded, Old and Treacherous".

Live albums, world tours and The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2001–2010)

In January 2002, the original lineup of the band (including Anderson, Abrahams, Cornick and Bunker) reunited for a one-off pub performance in England that was filmed for inclusion in the Living with the Past DVD. It was the first and only time the original four members had played together since 1968, as well as the only time a former Tull lineup has ever reunited. 2003 saw the release of The Jethro Tull Christmas Album, a collection of traditional Christmas songs together with old and new Christmas songs written by Jethro Tull. It is the last studio album of this band. It became the band's biggest commercial success since the 1987 Crest of a Knave. 

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The Byrds ( B1 )

The Byrds  were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole consistent member. Although they only managed to attain the commercial success of contemporaries like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Rolling Stones for a short period in the mid-1960s, the Byrds are today considered by critics to be nearly as influential as those bands. Their signature blend of clear harmony singing and McGuinn's jangly twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar was "absorbed into the vocabulary of rock" and has continued to be influential.

Initially, the band pioneered the musical genre of folk rock as a popular format in 1965, by melding the influence of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands with contemporary and traditional folk music on their debut album and the hit singles "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!". As the 1960s progressed, the band was influential in originating psychedelic rock and raga rock, with their song "Eight Miles High" and the albums Fifth Dimension (1966), Younger Than Yesterday(1967) and The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968). They also played a pioneering role in the development of country rock, with the 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo representing their fullest immersion into the genre.

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Alice Cooper ( b42 )

Discography

Band albums

• Pretties for You (1969)
• Easy Action (1970)
• Love It to Death (1971)
• Killer (1971)
• School's Out (1972)
• Billion Dollar Babies (1973)
• Muscle of Love (1973)

Solo albums

• Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
• Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976)
• Lace and Whiskey (1977)
• From the Inside (1978)
• Flush the Fashion (1980)
• Special Forces (1981)
• Zipper Catches Skin (1982)
• DaDa (1983)
• Constrictor (1986)
• Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987)
• Trash (1989)

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band ( B9 )

Discography

The discography of British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band consists of 17 studio albums, 3 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 5 video albums, and 37 singles. Manfred Mann's Earth Band have been releasing albums and singles since 1971.

The Earth Band was formed in 1971 by South African musician Manfred Mann after the break-up of Chapter Three. Mann formed the Earth Band as a progressive rock group to break away from the pop genre.

The band's albums have charted in at least 8 countries and their singles have charted in at least 5. The group is most notable remembered for their cover versions of Bruce Springsteen songs, including "Blinded by the Light", which topped the singles charts in the United States and Canada. The group's albums have been the most successful in Norway, where a total of 7 released peaking in the top 10 of the VG-lista albums chart.

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1972)
• Glorified Magnified (1972)
• Messin' (1973)
• Solar Fire (1973)
• The Good Earth (1974)
• Nightingales & Bombers (1975)
• The Roaring Silence (1976)
• Watch (1978)
• Angel Station (1979)
• Chance (1980)
• Somewhere in Afrika (1983)
• Criminal Tango (1986)
• Masque (1987)
• Soft Vengeance (1996)
• 2006 (2004)

Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath ( YT1 )

The Hollies - Talking About You ( L1 )

Let me tell you about a girl I know
I met her walking down Lowtown Street
Well she's so fine
Well I wish she was mine
I get shook up everytime we meet

I'm talking about you
Nobody but you
I do mean you now
I'm just trying to get a message to you now

Let me tell you about a girl I know
I tell you now she looked so good
Well guys stood still
At such a beautiful build
She ought to be somewhere in Hollywood

I'm talking about you
Nobody but you
I do mean you now
I'm just trying to get a message to you now

[Break]

Let me tell you about a girl I know
I tell you now she looked so good
Well guys stood still
At such a beautiful build
She ought to be somewhere in Hollywood

I'm talking about you
Nobody but you
I do mean you now
I'm just trying to get a message to you now

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Jethro Tull ( B19 )

1991's Catfish Rising was a more solid album than Rock Island (1989). Despite being labelled as a "return to playing the blues", the album actually is marked by the generous use of mandolin and acoustic guitar and much less use of keyboards than any Tull album of the Eighties. Notable tracks included "Rocks on the Road", which highlighted gritty acoustic guitar work and hard-bitten lyrics about urban life and "Still Loving You Tonight", a bluesy, low-key ballad.

Roots to Branches and J-Tull.com: the world music influences (1995–2000)

Jethro Tull performing in Jerusalem, 2007

Following a further, semi-acoustic 1992 tour (which included Dave Mattacks but not Andy Giddings, and which was documented with A Little Light Music, the band's second official live album), Anderson relearned how to play the flute (after his daughter, who took up flute classes at school, discovered that her father often used the wrong fingering) and began writing songs that heavily featured world music influences. However, the first Tull releases containing the "relearned" flute were the 1993 25th Anniversary Box Set which, as well as the remixes of classic songs and unreleased live material, included a whole CD of old songs from the band's entire career recorded by the current line-up, and the 1993 Nightcap compilation album containing unreleased studio material (mainly from the scrapped pre-A Passion Play album), with multiple flute parts re-recorded.

Prior to the recording of 1995's Roots to Branches album, longstanding bass player Dave Pegg left the band, wishing to concentrate on Fairport Convention and not being keen on the world-music direction the band chose. 

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11.01.2003 - Pete Townshend (The Who) ofera un comunicat prin care neaga acuzatiile politiei, cum ca este pedofil.

Alice Cooper ( b41 )

Solo band members

Alice Cooper band performing live in London in 2012

Current members

• Alice Cooper – lead vocals, harmonica, guitar, percussion, synthesizer (1962–present)
• Ryan Roxie – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1996–2006, 2012–present)
• Chuck Garric – bass guitar, backing vocals (2002–present)
• Tommy Henriksen – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals (2011–present)
• Glen Sobel – drums, percussion (2011–present)
• Nita Strauss – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2014–present)

Former members

• Erik Scott - bass (1980-1982)
• David Rosenberg - drums (1985-1986)
• Kane Roberts - lead and rhythm guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, backing vocals (1985-1988)
• Kip Winger - bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1985-1987)
• Paul Taylor - keyboards (1986-1987)
• Ken Mary - drums (1986-1988)
• John McCurry - lead and rhythm guitar (1988-1989)
• Hugh Mcdonald - bass (1988-1991)

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band ( B8 )

Personnel

Current members

• Manfred Mann – keyboards and vocals (1971–present; founding member)
• Mick Rogers – guitar and vocals (1971–1975, 1983–present; founding member)
• John Lingwood – drums (1979–1987, 2016–present)
• Steve Kinch – bass guitar (1986 session, 1991-present full-time)
• Robert Hart – vocals (2011–present)

Former members

• Chris Slade – drums (1971–78; founding member)
• Colin Pattenden – bass (1971–77; founding member)
• Chris Thompson – vocals and guitar (1975–1986, 1996–1999, 2004)
• Dave Flett – guitar (1975–1978)
• Pat King – bass (1977–1981; band lighting designer, 1991–2013)
• Steve Waller – guitar and vocals (1979–1983; died 2000)
• Geoff Britton – drums (1979)
• Trevor Rabin – guitar, producer (1980–1981, 1984)
• Matt Irving – bass (1982–1983)
• Shona Laing – vocals (1983)
• Noel McCalla – vocals (1980 – 1983, 1991–2009, 2010)
• Clive Bunker – drums (1991–1996)
• John Trotter – drums (1996–2000)
• Richard Marcangelo – drums (2000–2002)
• Pete May – drums (2002)
• Geoff Dunn – drums (2002–2007; on loan from Epic)
• Jimmy Copley – drums and percussion (2007–2015; died 2017)
• Peter Cox – vocals (2009–2010)

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David Coverdale - Absolution Blues ( l1 )

Bless me, father, I have sinned, I've broken hearts, got drunk on gin
An' still I lust for sweet young things.
On the day that I was born, bells rang out in babylon
Still I can't tell right from wrong, no matter what the good book says.

Now I can see the sun is shining,
But, I can feel the rain
Falling down to wash my tears away,
Wash my tears away.

Holy mother, save your tears, you've cried for me a thousand years
But, I was blind to all your fears.
Now I can't stop the tears from falling down.
Come the dawn of judgement day,
I'll get down on my knees and pray,
St. peter don't you, don't you send me away.

Now I can see the sun is shining,
But, I can feel the rain
Falling down to wash my tears away.

Bless me, father, I have sinned, I've broken hearts, got drunk on gin
An' still I lust for everything, every little thing
Come the dawn of judgement day, I'll get down on my knees and pray,
The good lord don't send me away, I'll never ever go.

Now I can see the sun is shining,
But, I can feel the rain
Falling down to wash my tears away.

Wash my tears away, I'll get down on my knees
Don't send me away, don't you send me away, no, no, no. 

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Jethro Tull ( B18 )

They toured this album with "The Not Quite the World, More the Here and There Tour". It was also the first time in the band's history that it had two electric guitar players on stage, when Anderson, albeit rarely, played rhythm guitar.

1988 was notable for the release of 20 Years of Jethro Tull, a five-LP themed set (also released as a three-CD set, and as a truncated single CD version on 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights) consisting largely of rarities and outtakes from throughout the band's history, as well as a variety of live and remastered tracks. It also included a booklet outlining the band's history in detail. Now out of print, it has become a collector's item, although many (but not all) of the outtakes have been included as bonus tracks on remastered releases of the band's studio albums.

In 1989, the band released Rock Island, which met with less commercial and critical success than Crest of a Knave (1987). The lead-off track, "Kissing Willie", featured bawdy double-entendre lyrics and over-the-top heavy metal riffing that seemed to take a satiric view of the group's recent Grammy award win. The song's accompanying video found difficulty in receiving airplay because of its sexual imagery. Although Rock Island was something of a miss for the group, a couple of fan favourites did emerge from the album. "Big Riff and Mando" reflects life on the road for the relentlessly touring musicians, giving a wry account of the theft of Barre's prized mandolin by a starstruck fan. "Another Christmas Song", an upbeat number celebrating the humanitarian spirit of the holiday season, stood out against the brooding and sombre mood of many of the songs on the album and was well received at concerts. It was re-recorded for the 2003 The Jethro Tull Christmas Album release.

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Alice Cooper ( b40 )

2003–2010 Eric Bergeron (guitar) Tommy Clufetos (drums) Alice Cooper (vocals, harmonica) Calico Cooper (stage actor/dancer) Jimmy DeGrasso (drums) Eric Dover (guitar, keyboards) Brent Fitz (drums) Chuck Garric (bass) Jason Hook (guitar) Damon Johnson (guitar) Keri Kelli (guitar) Tiffany Lowe (stage actor/dancer) Ryan Roxie (guitar) Eric Singer (drums) Rob Zombie (vocals, guest)

Since 2011 Currently active (2014 — present touring members listed in Bold. Michael Bruce (guitar) Alice Cooper (vocals) Dennis Dunaway (bass) Chuck Garric (bass) Tommy Henriksen (guitar) Steve Hunter (guitar) Damon Johnson (guitar) Bruce Kulick (guitar, guest) Tiffany Lowe (stage actor/dancer) Jonathan Mover (drums) Orianthi (guitar) Ryan Roxie (guitar) Neal Smith (drums) Glen Sobel (drums) Nita Strauss (guitar) Rob Zombie (vocals, guest) continuare

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band ( B7 )

In 2007, two separate dance remixes of Bruce Springsteen songs as performed by Manfred Mann's Earth Band entered the Austrian Charts. The first was a remix of "Blinded by the Light", which was credited to Michael Mind featuring Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The second was a remix of "For You", credited to The Disco Boys featuring Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Also in 2007, the 1983 Budapest concert was released in DVD format and included tracks not previously available. In 2008, the band released the Watch DVD which includes footage from a 1979 Austrian concert.

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  Singer and guitar player Mick Rogers (2010)
 
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  Manfred Mann's Earth Band live in Gelsenkirchen 11 June 2010
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  Mick Rogers (left), Peter Cox (middle) and Steve Kinch (right)
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REO Speedwagon - Gypsy Woman's Passion ( L1 )

Walking all alone in the dead end, the gypsy wants us all around, yeah
I took your fare, I paid your party
There's a hell to spent above these clowns, oh hey hey

And nobody knows where we're going too far
Something for sure or we got it booted, oh hey!

Down to the tough sweet mountain, yeah
There's a psychic woman under in Old North
Do y'all wanna set this speed off, baby?
I persuade you don't I have my fill? Oh hey hey

And nobody knows where we're going too far, yeah
Something was sure or we gotta do, oh hey!
Maybe we got no direction. Said we got no place to go, no no.
She shoved all our batch end; am I just a big wad blow? Yeah yeah
Gypsy woman's passion, said I'm not gonna let you go
What'd I say, anyway, let's get on with it!

Watch out!

Now the queens they're humping back
And we made it on our train, heading south down the tracks
She comes to me however that you'll see (?)
Our only self is a gypsy need, yeah

And nobody knows where we're going too far, yeah
Something for sure or we gotta do, oh hey! Hell, fucking great!
We got no direction. Said we got no place to go, no no.
She shoved all our batch end; am I just a big wad blow? Yeah yeah
Gypsy woman's passion, said I'm not gonna let you go
What'd I say, anyway, let's take it on home, yeah!

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11.01.1985 - In Rio are loc un festival urias. Canta in cadrul evenimentului: Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes si Iron Maiden.

Jethro Tull ( B17 )

The band won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, beating the favorite Metallica and their ...And Justice for All album. The award was particularly controversial as many did not consider Jethro Tull hard rock, much less heavy metal. On the advice of their manager, who told them they had no chance of winning, no one from the band attended the award ceremony. In response to the criticism they received over the award, their label, Chrysalis, took out an advertisement in a British music periodical with a picture of a flute lying amid a pile of iron re-bar and the line, "the flute is a heavy metal instrument." In response to an interview question about the controversy, Ian Anderson quipped, "Well, we do sometimes play our mandolins very loudly." In 2007, the win was named one of the ten biggest upsets in Grammy history by Entertainment Weekly. In 1992, when Metallica finally won the Grammy in the category, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich joked, "First thing we're going to do is thank Jethro Tull for not putting out an album this year", a play on a Grammy comment by Paul Simon some years before thanking Stevie Wonder for the same thing.

The style of Crest of a Knave (1987) has been compared to that of Dire Straits, in part because Anderson no longer seemed to have the vocal range he once possessed and preferred to use the lower registers, while Martin Barre's guitar sound apparently drifted towards Mark Knopfler's style. Two songs in particular—"Farm on the Freeway" and "Steel Monkey"—got heavy radio airplay. The album also contained the popular live song "Budapest", which depicts a backstage scene with a shy local female stagehand. Although "Budapest" was the longest song on that album (at just over ten minutes), "Mountain Men" became more famous in Europe, depicting a scene from World War II in Africa. Ian Anderson referred to the battles of El Alamein and the Falkland Islands, drawing historical parallels of the angst that women left behind by their warrior husbands might have felt:

died in the trenches at El Alamein,
died in the Falklands on TV

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