Essays on Rock Music

Alice Cooper: Shock Rock Monster In the tumultuous period of the early 70’s, historically-conservative western culture was beginning to lose its largely unrestrained dominance. Throughout the prior decade, it had been challenged by the free-loving peace doves known as the hippies, and now, a new…

Don McLean’s “American Pie” is an absolute classic and an epic of folk-rock music, and one I’ve grown up hearing since before I could even walk. I had always wondered what the seemingly cryptic lyrics were about, looked into it a bit a couple years…

David Munkittrick has a Juris Doctorate from the Indiana University of Law and a Bachelor of Piano Performance. He is an associate of Proskauer Rose LLP, a company that provides a wide variety of international legal services from offices based in countries such as the…

The Arctic Monkeys is an English rock band that was formed in 2002. The band members are Alex Turner who is the lead vocalist and guitarist, Matt Helders who plays the drums and vocals, Jamie Cook who plays the guitar, Nick O’ Malley who plays…

Now this one may take some thought. If you see the entire Band or any member of the band representing a fairy tale, fable, myth, fictional character from a movie or novel, superhero or archetype? Aside from many rock musicians fulfilling a hero myth, can…

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…

He was named after the renowned religious messiah Jesus Christ, however, he lived his life directly opposite to his namesake. GG Allin has bad records of being anti-authoritarian, he was known for his bad acts on stage where he demeaned a lot of his audiences….

Paul McCartney is living legend! He’s been doing music for almost 70 years and he’s already a Rock N Roll Hall of Famer. He’s one of the Beatles and one of the controversial artists throughout the years. He first met John Lennon in July 6,…