Monday, 5 August 2013

Limp Bizkit

                                     Limp Bizkit 

Name: Limp Bizkit

Genre: Nu Metal/ Rap Metal

Years: 1994 - present

Record Labels: Interscope, Flip and Cash Money 

Original Members: Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto and Dj Lethal

Present Members: Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers and John Otto


Limp Bizkit was formed in 1994in Florida and it included Fred Durst, 

 Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto and Dj Lethal. Limp Bizkit was creative it included Fred Durst's rapping and Wes Borland's creative body and face paint. Limp Bizkit became popular in the late 90s and eventually got a record deal with Flip Records and also at the same time Interscope to bring the public  Three Dollar Bill, Yall it was released in 1997. Fred Durst said " Its not Hip Hop or Heavy Metal." Interscope paid Portland Oregon radio station $5,000 to play counterfeit 50 times! Wes Borland left Limp Bizkit preceding a successful performance opening for Korn at the Dragonfly in Hollywood.  In 1998 Borland was back to record Significant Other which was released in 1999. Break stuff won MTV Video Music Award for the best rock video in 2000. They also won it the next year in 2001 with Rollin (Air Raid Vehicle) and that was on the next album Chocolate Star Fish and the hotdog Flavored Water. This album debuted at number 1 on the billboard 200 selling 1.05 million copies in its first week. The Next album Results May Vary had new guitarist Mike Smith replace Wes Borland. This album was number 3 on the billboard 200.Eat you alive is Limp Bizkit's first Single Without Wes Borland. Results May Vary Also Featured a Hidden Track named All That Easy. Limp Bizkit's next E.P The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) was released in 2005 and Wes Borland was back and new drummer Sammy Siegler was on this E.P. In 2008 Wes Borland went to Marilyn Manson and Marilyn Manson said " Wes Borland Used to be in a rubbish band" he was referring to Limp Bizkit. In 2011 Limp Bizkit released Gold Cobra. DJ Lethal then left Limp Bizkit because he did not want to be just another Dj.

 

 

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Green Day

                                       Green Day 

Original Name: Sweet Children

Name: Green Day

Genre: Rock/punk

Years 1987-Present

Record deals: Lookout! and Reprise

Original Members:Billy Joe, Mike dirnt and John Kiffmeyer

Present Members :Billy Joe, Mike dirnt, Tre Cool and Jason White

Greenday was formed in 1987 in California and it consisted of

Billy Joe, Mike dirnt and John Kiffmeyer they started Day was  part of the punk scene at 924 Gilman street and Independent record label ' Look Out! ' released their first album named 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. In 1990  John Kiffmeyer was replaced by current drummer Tre Cool to follow up 1,039 with Kerplunk in 1992. In 1994 Greenday released Dookie with new record label Reprise this was when it sold over 10 Million copies in the U.S.A alone. In 1995 Greenday Released Insomniac It was not was successful as  Dookie with only around 10 million world wide. Before the name Insomniac, the band considered naming the album Tight Wad Hill. Nimrod was the follow up to Insomniac and track 17 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) was a massive hit and was played at many pop culture events. Billy Joe wrote this song in 1990 and was not showed to the band until 1993. Warning followed Nimrod In 2000 and Featured Minority which stayed number 1 in the modern rock chart which makes it one of the band most successful songs in the 2000s. Shenanigans was a compilation album from b-sides, rarities,covers and a previously unreleased track, Ha Ha You're Dead.  In mid-2003, the band began recording songs for an album titled cigarettes and valentines but the master tracks were stolen, and the band decided to start recording a new album rather than re-record Cigarettes and Valentines and that was a good choice since this album was so successful. Wake me up when September ends was a hit, the song deals with the death of lead singer Billie Joe's Dad, who died in September 1982 when Billy was a child. Billie was 10 years old when his Dad died of Cancer. At the funeral Billie  couldn't handle it, so he ran home and locked himself in his room. His mother, worried, ran after him, only to find the door locked. She asked him to come out, but he only said, "Wake me up when September ends. American Idiot (song) also won Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. I Could speak about American Idiot all day but we have to move on to Bullet in a Bible which was the American Idiot album played to the United Kingdom and featured future guitarist Jason White was playing to replace Billie Joe from playing guitar. They played to over 130,000 people at the Milton Kings Bowl In England. After this was 21st Century Breakdown and was released in 2009. 21 guns became number 22 in the billboard hot 100 which is the highest charting single since 2005. There next album was !Uno! which was followed by of course !Dos! and !Tre! they were all released in 2012. Also in 2012 Jason White Became a full Member in Green Day.


   

 

 

 

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Hello my name is Tyla Eastwood And I shall discuss the world of alternative music , if you are new to this genre i shall share some of my favorites first in separate posts If you wont to know the recent head lines I will also share those.