till 12:03 eh?
Come on, we all know my pick. Band: Foo Fighters.
Oh sorry, i'll get my fancy one up With the Second Overall pick, FOOFIGHTER15's selects as suspected and selects "Foo Fighters" to fill his band category.
He went on to say; "Foo Fighters are a band that have inspired me in many aspects of my life. The most notable one would be to pursue a music career."
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After Nirvana recorded Nevermind, Grohl went back to the D.C. area and recorded a handful of tracks that would appear on Pocketwatch, a cassette released by Simple Machines. For most of 1992 he was busy with Nirvana, but when the band stayed off of the road, he recorded solo material with Jones, who had moved to Seattle. The pair kept recording throughout early 1993, when Grohl returned to Nirvana to record In Utero. Grohl had toyed with the idea of releasing another independent cassette in the summer of 1993, but the plans never reached fruition. Following Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994, the drummer kept quiet for several months. In the fall of 1994, booking time in a professional studio, Grohl and Jones recorded the album that became Foo Fighters' debut album in a week. Boiling down his backlog of songs to about 15 tracks, Grohl played all of the instruments on the album. He made 100 copies of the tape, passing it out to friends and associates. In no time, Grohl's solo project became the object of a fierce record company bidding war.
With the 3rd pick in the draft, 604flames select Armando "Chick" Corea (keyboard player).
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Real name: Armando Anthony Corea
Born: Jun 12, 1941 in Chelsea, MA
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Free Jazz, Post-Bop, Fusion
Instruments: Piano (Electric), Leader, Keyboards, Composer, Piano
Chick Corea has been one of the most significant jazzmen of the past 30 years. Not content at any time to rest on his laurels, Corea has been involved in quite a few important musical projects and his musical curiosity has never dimmed. A masterful pianist who along with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett was one of the top stylists to emerge after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, Corea is also one of the few electric keyboardists to be quite individual and recognizable on synthesizers. In addition he has composed several jazz standards including "Spain," "La Fiesta" and "Windows."
as Corea began playing piano when he was four and early on Horace Silver and Bud Powell were influences. He picked up important experience playing with the bands of Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo (1962-63), Blue Mitchell (1964-66), Herbie Mann and Stan Getz. He made his recording debut as a leader with 1966's Tones for Joan's Bones and his 1968 trio set (with Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes) Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is considered a classic. After a short stint with Sarah Vaughan, Corea joined Miles DavisHerbie Hancock's gradual replacement, staying with Miles during a very important transitional period (1968-70). He was persuaded by the trumpeter to start playing electric piano and was on such significant albums as Filles de Kilimanjaro, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew and Miles Davis at the Fillmore. When he left Davis, Corea at first chose to play avant-garde acoustic jazz in Circle, a quartet with Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul. But at the end of 1971 he changed directions again.
and Leaving Circle, Corea played briefly with Stan Getz and then formed Return to Forever which started out as a melodic Brazilian group with Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell, Airto and Flora Purim. Within a year Corea (with Clarke, Bill Connors and Lenny White) had changed Return to Forever into a pacesetting and high-powered fusion band; Al DiMeola took Connors' place in 1974. While the music was rock-oriented, it still retained the improvisations of jazz and Corea remained quite recognizable, even under the barrage of electronics. When RTF broke up in the late '70s, Corea retained the name for some big-band dates with Clarke. During the next few years he generally emphasized his acoustic playing and appeared in a wide variety of contexts including separate duet tours with Gary Burton and Herbie Hancock, a quartet with Michael Brecker, trios with Miroslav VitousRoy Haynes, tributes to Thelonious Monk and even some classical music.
In 1985 Chick Corea formed a new fusion group, the Elektric Band, which eventually featured bassist John Patitucci, guitarist Frank Gambale, saxophonist Eric Marienthal and drummer Dave Weckl. To balance out his music, a few years later he formed his Akoustic Trio with Patitucci and Weckl. When Patitucci went out on his own in the early '90s the personnel changed but Corea has continued leading stimulating groups (including a recent quartet with Patitucci and Bob Berg) up until the present time. During 1996-97 Corea toured with an all-star quintet (including Kenny Garrett and Wallace Roney) that played modern versions of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk compositions. He remains an important force in modern jazz and every phase of his development has been well-documented on records.
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Reggae's most transcendent and iconic figure, Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve international superstardom, in the process introducing the music of his native island nation to the far-flung corners of the globe. Marley's music gave voice to the day-to-day struggles of the Jamaican experience, vividly capturing not only the plight of the country's impoverished and oppressed but also the devout spirituality that remains their source of strength. His songs of faith, devotion, and revolution created a legacy that continues to live on not only through the music of his extended family but also through generations of artists the world over touched by his genius.
One of the few songs in Bob Marley's discography without the characteristic reggae rhythm, the acoustic protest song "Redemption Song" closed the final album released during his lifetime. Echoing several of Marley's favorite themes (empowerment, psychological as well as physical freedom), "Redemption Song" includes surreal yet powerful images reminiscent of Bob Dylan's mid-'60s work. Marley calls up the history of slavery in the first verse with talk of pirates and merchant ships, then applies it to the present day by reminding listeners that "mental slavery" still takes place. Finally, Marley leaves us with the thought, "Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom/cause all I ever had, redemption songs."
"No Woman, No Cry" is Bob Marley's touching reminiscence of growing up in the middle of deep poverty in the Kingston ghetto known as Trenchtown. Though he wrote it himself, Marley credited the song to V. Ford (aka Tartar), a man who operated a kitchen that kept numerous children (including Marley himself) from starving to death. In the song, Marley sits with his friends, observing the hypocrisy of the rich amidst the generosity of the poor. He ends the song attempting to cheer up his friends with the words, "Ev'rything's gonna be alright." Released on 1974's Natty Dread, "No Woman, No Cry" became Marley & the Wailers' first British hit and introduced thousands of listeners to reggae's crown prince.
Quite honest, we had to take Bob in the first round. You know what? Everyone would have put Bob first in the world category. Put it this way - Bob was the most famous person in the world; more famous than Presidents, Popes or Pele.
With the 5th pick in the draft, scwf's Creeping Death, like Jeff Spicoli who's dream was to have Van Halen to play his birthday - I pick in the band category, from San Francisco, CA - METALLICA
Started Listening to the Band in High School (some 20+ years ago) and recently went to a show and was amazed at the number of high school aged kids at the show.
Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s, responsible for bringing the music back to Earth. Instead of playing the usual rock star games of metal stars of the early '80s, the band looked and talked like they were from the street. Metallica expanded the limits of thrash, using speed and volume not for their own sake, but to enhance their intricately structured compositions. The release of 1983's Kill 'Em All marked the beginning of the legitimization of heavy metal's underground, bringing new complexity and depth to thrash metal. With each album, the band's playing and writing improved; James Hetfield developed a signature rhythm playing that matched his growl, while lead guitarist Kirk Hammett became one of the most copied guitarists in metal. Lars Ulrich's thunderous, yet complex, drumming clicked in perfectly with Cliff Burton's innovative bass playing. After releasing their masterpiece Master of Puppets in 1986, tragedy struck the band when their tour bus crashed while traveling in Sweden, killing Burton. When the band decided to continue, Jason Newsted was chosen to replace Burton; two years later, the band released the conceptually ambitious ...And Justice for All, which hit the Top Ten without any radio play and very little support from MTV.
I wouldnt mind playing but I'm as comfortable offering my opines and criticism at the end.
Take it if you want.
Ok you're in at 21 then. This way I don't have to re-format my board.
Any questions just let me know. There are no points.. it's just educational.
Like the hottie draft we may have judges at the end but that's not really the purpose
correction, you're 20th, I've moved ALE down to 21.. I'm getting a bit worried.
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