Queen

Queen is a rock group from the United Kingdom that debuted in the year 70 to year 90. Even today they are still popular, mainly because the songs are often played like "We Are the Champions", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You". They were from the beginning till the end never experienced personnel turnover, with four members John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor.

Queen was disbanded at the beginning of 1990 when Freddie Mercury died of AIDS. Even so, they still managed to release a new album, which is Made In Heaven in 1995 by using a prerecorded voice Mercury. They also had issued a new single, No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) in 1998. In this single, guitarist Brian May act as lead singer for Queen vocalist not get fixed.

 

Queen had entered the Queen + project. This project is a project where the Queen collaborate with other artists such as George Michael, Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti, and so forth. Queen +. 've seen since the holding of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in memory of Freddie Mercury in 1992. Only, Queen +. just sing their old songs that became hits, such as Somebody to Love, Too Much Love Will Kill You, and so forth. Following release of singles No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young), bassist John Deacon decided to end the togetherness with the Queen. In 2004, the Queen found a new vocalist, that is Paul Rodgers. They had held a show in Hyde Park, Sheffield, England. In 2008, Queen and Paul Rodgers plan to release a new album.

Albums
     * Queen (1973)
     * Queen II (1974)
     * Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
     * A Night at the Opera (1975)
     * A Day at the Races (1976)
     * News of the World (1977)
     * Jazz (1978)
     * Live Killers (1979)
     * The Game (1980)
     * Flash Gordon (1980)
     * Hot Space (1982)
     * The Works (1984)
     * A Kind of Magic (1986)
     * Live Magic (1986)
     * The Miracle (1989)
     * Innuendo (1991)
     * Live at Wembley '86 (1992)
     * Made In Heaven (1995)
     * Queen on fire - Live at the Bowl (2004)

Compilation
     * Greatest Hits [Elektra] (1981)
     * The Complete Works (1985) - all albums from 1973-1985
     * Queen at the Beeb (1989)
     * Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1991)
     * Classic Queen (1992)
     * Greatest Hits [Hollywood] (1992)
     * Greatest Hits [Parlophone] (1994)
     * At the BBC (1995)
     * Greatest Hits, Vols. 1-2 (1995)
     * Queen Rocks (1997)
     * Dragon Attack - A Tribute to Queen (1997) - tribute album
     * The Crown Jewels (1998)
     * Greatest Hits III (1999)
     * Platinum Collection, Vols. 1-3 (2000)
     * Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You Edition (2004)
     * Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (2005) - tribute album

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Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band from America whose name is taken from two brothers who become members, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen.

On August 13, 2007 Van Halen to announce reunion with singer David Lee Roth to tour North America in September. Michael Anthony will be replaced by Eddie Van Halen's son, Wolfgang. Meanwhile, Anthony himself joined former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar in a band called The Other Half.

Members
     * David Lee Roth - lead singer (1974-1985, 1996-1997, 2007.
     * Eddie Van Halen - guitar, keyboards, background singers
     * Alex Van Halen - drums, percussion
     * Wolfgang Van Halen - bass, background singers

Former
     * Michael Anthony - bass, background singer (1974 - 2006)
     * Sammy Hagar - lead singer, rhythm guitar (1985-1996, 2004-2006)
     * Gary Cherone - lead singer (1997-1999)

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Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience is a rock music group led by Jimi Hendrix. Although it was brief, they are very influential and produce songs like Purple Haze, Foxey Lady, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and All Along The Watchtower. Though Hendrix was the center, two other members are also very important.

Members
     * Jimi Hendrix - guitar, lead vocals
     * Noel Redding - bass, vocals
     * Mitch Mitchell - drums
     * Chas Chandler - management, production
     * Eddie Kramer - production, engineering

  

 

The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Known as	The Cry of Love (1970)
Origin	London, England
Genre	Hard rock, psychedelic rock, blues-rock, acid rock, heavy metal
Years active	1966–1969, 1970
Labels	Track (Britain), Reprise, Polydor (Eropa), Barclay (Perancis), MCA
Influenced by	Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, Band of Gypsys, The Noel Redding Band, Ramatam
Situs web	www.jimihendrix.com
Mantan anggota
Jimi Hendrix Billy Cox Mitch Mitchell Noel Redding

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin is a rock group from England that was formed in September 1968, and disbanded after drummer John Bonham died. Led Zeppelin consisted of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham. With its music featuring the guitar sound that loud and heavy, Led Zeppelin is considered one of the first heavy metal band. Most of their songs are interpretations of blues and folk music are given shades of rock, including rockabilly, reggae, soul, funk, jazz, classical music, Celtic music, Indian music, Arabic music, pop music, Latin American music, and country music.

Led Zeppelin never released a single of his songs that became popular in Great Britain. The reason, they preferred the concept of album-oriented rock music.

Led Zeppelin never released a single of his songs That Became popular in Great Britain. TheSetelah 25 years broke up due to the death of John Bonham in 1980, Led Zeppelin still praised music fans thanks to the artistic achievements, commercial success and broad influence among rock musicians. To date, the album Led Zeppelin has sold more than 300 million copies, of which, 109.5 million copies sold in the United States, and became the only band that managed to put all of his albums in the order of the Top 10 Billboard album charts. Also, Led Zeppelin is ranked number one in the list of 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock version of VH1.

Members
     * Jimmy Page - guitar
     * Robert Plant - main vocals, harmonica
     * John Bonham - drums
     * John Paul Jones - bass, keyboards, mandolin

Album

Cover albums	Release date	Title
	12 January 1969	Led Zeppelin #6 U.K. #10 U.S.
	22 October 1969	Led Zeppelin II #1 U.K. #1 U.S.
	5 October 1970	Led Zeppelin III #1 U.K. #1 U.S.
	8 November 1971	Led Zeppelin IV #1 U.K. #2 U.S.
	28 March 1973	Houses of the Holy #1 U.K. #1 U.S.
	24 February 1975	Physical Graffiti #1 U.K. #1 U.S.
	31 March1976	Presence #1 U.K. #1 U.S.
	22 October 1976	The Song Remains The Same #1 U.K. #2 U.S.
	15 Agust 1979	In Through The Out Door #1 U.K. #1 U.S.
	19 November 1982	Coda #4 U.K. #6 U.S.
	11 November 1997	Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions #23 U.K. #12 U.S.
	27 May 2003	How The West Was Won #5 U.K. #1 U.S.

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The Killers

The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The group was formed in 2001. Members of the band consists of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.. (drums, percussion).
Debut album, Hot Fuss (2004) brought them to success. The second album of The Killers, Sam's Town, released in 2006, and the compilation album Sawdust containing old and new material, released in 2007. Their third studio album, Day & Age, produced by Stuart Price, released in 2008. The band has sold more than 5 million albums in the United States, more than 4.5 million in the UK, and more than 15 million worldwide.

Formation and early years (2001-2002)
In 2001, Brandon Flowers left by his first band, synthpop band known as Blush Response, when he refused to go with some of them to Los Angeles, California. After watching Oasis play at the Hard Rock Hotel, Flowers decided he wanted to be a rock band and started looking for guitar players. He then met Dave Keuning after answering an ad in the newspaper put Keuning in Vegas who writes Oasis, The Cure, U2, and The Beatles as his influens. They began playing together and at the end of 2001 they had recorded a demo tape (which became the main single Mr. Brightside) with the help of drummer and bassist named Matt Norcross named Dell Neal. Keuning and Flowers played their first live show at Cafe Espresso Roma in Las Vegas in early 2002, in the fall of 2002 and Norcross and Neal have been replaced with bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vanucci Jr.., which are both friendly with Keuning and Flowers when playing with other bands on the live circuit in Las Vegas. The name "The Killers" is taken from the fictional band's bass drum in the music video for the song New Order "Crystal".

Awarded the contract (2003)

Initially, The Killers playing in small clubs in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they often played in performances of protracted. With the arrangement of the band that is not changing and growing list of songs, they attracted the attention of Alex Gilbert, representatives of Warner Bros. UK. Though Warner Bros. did not like the band, he took the demo back, and showed it to his friend, Ben Durling, who worked at UK indie label, Lizard King and the BBC Radio DJ Zane Lowe. As label head Martin Heath was interviewed by HitQuarters what interested him from the band, he said, "the voice of the original song, nice and interesting. When we met Brandon Flowers for the first time, it is clear to me that he is a big star. He has kharisama great. He fully believed in what he did. He was just standing and singing the music ". The Killers signed a deal with UK label in July 2003. On August 19, 2003, "Mr. Brightside" premiere on DJ Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show in the UK. The killers then went to London and began playing in bars and clubs, crowds increase every night through word of mouth and media reports are very positive. Soon after their return to America in the contract by Island Def Jam.

Awards and nominations

The Killers have won four NME Awards: Best International Band in 2005, 2008 and 2009 and Best Video for "Bones" in 2006. They also won two awards in the first U.S. NME Awards in 2008 for Best Band and Best Track for "Tranquilize". The Killers also been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, but never win it. In 2006 the band won a BRIT Award for Best International Band and album Sam's Town winning the Best International Album.

Members
     * Brandon Flowers - lead singer
     * David Brent Keuning - guitar player, singer supporters
     * Mark August Stoermer - bass player
     * Ronnie Vannucci Jr.. - players dram

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