to do something drasticly that would make me un credible. I wouldn’t be trusted or believe by really anyone ever because my past always seems to follow me. Works Cited "'Baby' to Bad Boy: Justin Bieber's Life in Photos." Rolling Stone. Ed. Jann S. Wenner. 2014 Rolling Stone, n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2014. Duke, Alan, and CNN En Español's Adriana Hauser. "Justin Bieber Arrested on Drunken Driving, Resisting Arrest Charges." CNN. Cable News Network, 24 Jan. 2014. Web. 07 Mar. 2014. Duke, Alan, and Suzanne
her sophomore year of studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute that Annie Leibovitz discovered her interest in taking photographs. In 1970 Leibovitz went to the founding editor of Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, who was impressed by Leibovitz’s work. Leibovitz’s first assignment from Wenner was to shoot John Lennon. Leibovitz’s black-and-white portrait of Lennon was the cover of the January 21, 1971 issue. Ironically, Leibovitz would be the last person to capture her first celebrity subject
Rollingstone.com As s fan of music, movies, TV and just about all things pop culture it was hard for me to choose which was my favorite website. In this day and age, any and all information is just a click away. I chose a website that gives me access to all of these things and more, Rollingstone.com. As I subscriber to the magazine since 1997, I remember getting excited when they day came every 2 weeks or so (depending on the US postal service) when a new Rolling Stone magazine would find it's way
As many people know, Kurt Cobain was lead singer and guitar player for the grunge band, Nirvana (Russomanno, Tony). There is truth behind the lyrics and tone of Cobain’s music. It takes people into the depths of what was really occurring behind closed doors. Cobain struggled with many adversities such as heroin, chronic stomach pains, drinking, and pills (Cobain, Kurt). Cobain, however; he did not deal with his adversities well. He was actually unable to ever overcome them. As a child, Cobain was
famous as other bands during the 60’s, but they established the initiation that the guitar would have on other musicians. The original band members of the Yardbirds were Keith Ref, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell- Smith, Jim McCarty, and Anthony Topham (Wenner, Jann S.). They became known as “inventors,” one of their inventions being the “rave-up,” a blues rhythm. Throughout the 60’s, this became the groundwork for all of rock music. Other bands such as Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Jeff Beck Group are all derived
were more than music; they were an inspiration to anti-war protesters and “expressed freedom for the oppressed” (“John Lennon”). John Lennon was placed as the “ leader of a revolution in which the center of creative conscious shifted to young people”(Wenner). He helped introduce the world to rock & roll and freethought. Lennon's brutally confessional solo work and his political activism were a huge influence on subsequent generations of artists and social reformers. Despite the fact that Lennon has been
Houston and John Russell Houston, and Aretha Flanking was her godmother (Hampton 1). She started singing "in her family's church choir" (Wenner 1). Whitney performed "in her mother's nightclub act" (Wenner 1). The star attended a Catholic high school and while there she "signed with a modeling agency and posed for magazines including Glamour and Vogue" (Wenner 1). Houston was released in 1985 and was a big hit. From there new singles came, duets with great artists, and even recorded the theme song
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Aguayo 1 Kayla Aguayo Mr. Halloway Photo 1 Due April 24 2014 Annie Leibovitz Research Paper Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer, born in Connecticut into a large famiy of six. She began her photography career by studying at the San Franisco Art Institute and launched into the Rolling Stones magazine and aspired from there in the 1970’s. She met her partner a decade later, who passed away in 2004 and has 3 daughters. Annie Leibovitz (born Anna-Lou) was born in Waterbury
music early on in his childhood watching big bother Jimmie Vaughan play guitar. By the age of 14 Vaughan was playing in Dallas blues clubs. (Simon, 2001) When he played he demanded the audience’s attention and had a sound of blues meets Jimi Hendrix. (Wenner, 2011) His fame was based mainly in central Texas. It was not until he played at a party thrown by Mick Jagger that his band Double Trouble got their big break when David Bowie as Vaughan to perform on his upcoming album Let’s Dance. (Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Beatles were more than their music. They influenced the lives of millions of people unlike any musicians before them. They were the first and most popular band in one of the most important music movements in American history, the British Invasion. The year 1964 was the year both the British Invasion and “Beatlemania” came to America and forever changed the landscape of music in the United States by introducing the genre of pop, as it is today. The Beatles changed the rules of music. Many
became enthralled with the art form. Leibovitz was still studying at the San Francisco Art Institute, she was giver her first official job assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. She was to photograph John Lennon. The founder of Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, paid
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successful without him. The Grateful Dead made rock and roll history from all of these points. Works Cited “Grateful Dead”, keno, Kenos Classic Rock N Roll website, 2014, website, 16 April 2014 “The Grateful Dead”, Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone; Jann S. Wenner. Edition And publisher, 2014, web, 16 April 2014. “The Grateful Dead Biography”, Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 2014, web, 16 April 2014 “Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny”, AllMusic, AllMusic A Division of All
Anna - Lou Leibovitz, also know by Annie to her friends and colleagues, was Born on October 12, 1949 to Sam and Marilyn Leibovitz, in the small city of Waterbury Connecticut. Her Mother was a dancer who had traveled the world and her father an officer in the Air Force, who coincidentally worked at one time in the fashion industry. Her mother also had a strong fascination in documenting their family’s travels in photos this is where she thinks her love for photography sparked. Leibovitz graduated
Steve Miller was born October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Steve’s family was very involved with music. His mother was a jazz-influenced singer, and his father was a pathologist that very interested in the world of music. Dr. Miller was friends with many musicians which greatly aided in young Steve’s development in music. One of his father’s friends included Les Paul, who showed Steve some chords on a guitar at the age of five. Les Paul proved to be a very valuable mentor to Steve, and he
Pete Townshend Imagine one were charged with a quest to compose a catalog of the greatest and most influential lyricists of the rock and roll genre. Such a roster would inevitably include names like John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Elton John; however, if one were to scroll a little farther down the list they would come across a man named Pete Townshend. Townshend ascended to fame as the lead guitarist and principle songwriter for a rock band called The Who. Through his work with The Who as well as
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affecting record sales, and how these trends could be turned around to help the industry. “The Record Industry is in trouble,” says Jann S. Wenner in an editorial appearing in a recent issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. “Album sales are now down almost 20% from two years ago, and the record business is facing the biggest retail slide since the Great Depression” (Wenner). People are buying less and less products released by the recording companies. “Nobody doubts that the music business is in trouble