Essays on Band

In the history of all bands, I believe that many can argue that among the greatests, if not at the very top of the list of greatests, would be the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead came about in the 60’s, starting with Jerry Garcia as…

The rock band KISS is one of the best live shows you can see on this planet! Back in the 1970’s and 1980’s people would stand in line for several hours in hopes to get KISS tickets. This fact still remains true in today’s era….

The Band of Founding Brothers On July 4th, 1776, The “Band of Brothers of ‘76’” (Ellis, 235) ventured into uncharted territory when they signed the Declaration of Independence. These men who would soon become known as our Founding Fathers led the fledgling United States to…

Benny Goodman’s commissioned piece Derivations for Clarinet and Band by Morton Gould combines classical and jazz worlds of music in a well orchestrated piece. Gould was directly influenced by Goodman in this work from their friendship, understanding of what jazz is really about and he…

Arguably, Phil Spector was one of the most influential, praised, and credible producer of modern music. Phil Spector was uniquely experimental and had strong feelings about how musical instruments and composure should play out in a piece of music. Spector’s use of “wall of sound”…

Guns N’ Roses is a famous American hard rock band known for and adored for its dangerous and unpredictable behavior. The band is also notorious for its iconic duo of Slash, the guitarist, and Axl Rose, the lead singer. The duo had a falling out…