There are multiple definitions of what qualifies as a "Christian Rock" band. Christian rock bands that explicitly state their beliefs and use Christian imagery in their lyrics tend to be considered a part of the contemporary Christian music (CCM) industry and play for a predominantly Christian market. Other bands perform music influenced by their faith but see their audience as the general public. They may generally avoid specific mention of God or Jesus. Such bands are sometimes rejected by the CCM rock scene and may specifically reject the ...

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One of the first popular Filipino rock stars was Bobby Gonzalez, whose major hit was "Hahabul-Habol." Eddie Mesa, another teen idol from the period, became known as the "Elvis Presley of the Philippines." Back then, many Filipinos refer to Rock bands as "combos," many of which used nontraditional instruments like floor-bass bongos, maracas, and gas tanks. Pinoy rock - 1960s. In the early 1960s, as electric instruments and new technology became available, instrumental American and British bands like ...

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The layering within metamorphic rocks is called foliation (derived from the Latin word folia, meaning "leaves"), and it occurs when a strong compressive force is applied from one direction to a recrystallizing rock. This causes the platy or elongated crystals of minerals, such as mica and chlorite, to grow with their long axes perpendicular to the direction of the force. This results in a banded, or foliated, rock, with the bands showing ...

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In the United Kingdom the Trad jazz movement brought visiting blues music artists and Lonnie Donegan's 1955 hit "Rock Island Line" began Skiffle music groups throughout the country, including John Lennon's "The Quarry Men" formed in March 1957 as a precursor to The Beatles. Britain was quick to become a new centre of rock and roll, without the color barriers which kept "race records" or Rhythm and Blues separate in the U.S.. Cliff Richard had the first British rock 'n' roll hit with "Move It", beginning the different sound of British rock.See also:

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Rock cycle - Transition to igneous. When rocks are pushed deep under the Earth's surface, they may melt into magma. If the conditions no longer exist for the magma to stay in its liquid state, it will cool and solidify into an igneous rock. A rock that cools within the Earth is called intrusive or plutonic and will not cool very rapidly producing a coarse-grained texture. As a result of volcanic activity, magma may cool very rapidly while being exposed to the atmosphere and are called extrusive or volcanic rocks. ...

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Rock & Roll faded as Cliff, the Shads and the others followed Elvis into lightweight pop and schmaltzy ballads, but rock groups were stirring at a basement club level. With their 1960 hit "Shakin' all over" Johnny Kidd and the Pirates introduced a harder beat for motorbike rockers and the song was soon being played by amateur groups at dances all round the UK along with R & B from the likes of Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and invariably Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode". London's blues clubs featured Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated w ...

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The Trad jazz movement spawned an offshoot when Chris Barber's Jazz Band introduced interval entertainment with their banjo player Lonnie Donegan playing guitar "skiffle". He had an unlikely hit with his version of Leadbelly's "Rock Island Line", recorded in 1955 and becoming a hit in both Britain and the U.S.A. in 1956. Skiffle introduced the idea of music being easy to play and spawned "skiffle groups" across the country, including "The Quarrymen" in Liverpool who would later become the Beatles. The folk scene also increased the appetite f ...

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Rock and Roll in its various guises came from a fusion of musical cultures, and in turn its influence fed back to these cultures, a process of borrowings, influences and new ideas that continues to develop rock music. Rock music - Rock 'n' Roll diversifies. Main articles: rock and roll, and [[{{{2}}}]]See also:

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"We encamped at the city of the rocks, a noted place from the granite rocks rising abruptly out of the ground," wrote James Wilkins in 1849. "They are in a romantic valley clustered together, which gives them the appearance of a city." Wilkins was among the first wagon travelers to fix the name City of Rocks to what looked like "a dismantled, rock-built city of the Stone Age." California Trail pioneers were leaving civilization as they knew it in the East for new lives in the West. Some wrote their names in axle grease on rock faces, and the ...

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Classic rock is also a term used to mean a fusion of classical and rock music, or more usually, rock music arranged for and played by a symphony orchestra and is consequently also called symphonic rock. The style was popularised by a series of albums called Classic Rock, Classic Rock 2, etc. performed by the London Symphony Orchestra in the 1970s. The resulting easy listening albums sold well and were popular until the early 1980s, when the form seemed to fall out of favour with the public. The LSO even scored a hit single with ...

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With the death of Kurt Cobain, rock and roll music searched for a new face, sound, and trend. A second wave of alternative rock bands began to become popular, with grunge declining in the mid-90s. The Foo Fighters, Green Day and Radiohead spearheaded rock radio, and 311 and Rage Against the Machine brought a fresh rap/rock hybrid sound. In 1995, a Canadian pop star Alanis Morissette arose, and released Jagged Little Pill, a major hit that featured blunt, personally-revealing lyrics. It succeeded in moving the introspection that had be ...

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Credit for starting the Glam genre is often given to David Bowie or Marc Bolan of T. Rex. Proponents included Slade, Mud, Gary Glitter, Sweet, and at the more cerebral end of the scale, early Roxy Music including Brian Eno. In America, glam rock was most prominently represented by the proto-punk New York Dolls, whose sleazy Rolling Stones-influenced rawk-n-roll was matched by the wildly feminine look of the band. A sensation in New York City. Earlier, in 1968-69, Alice Cooper had arguably sketched the first hints of glam rock when they used a transvestite look and an overtly sexual ...

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The earliest and most lofty of the Cashel edifices is the round tower, a very perfectly preserved 28 metre (90 feet) high example, which dates from c.1100. The Chapel of King Cormac, Cormac's Chapel, consecrated in 1134, is the most important building from the point of view of the modern visitor. Begun in 1127, it is a very sophisticated structure, unlike most Irish Romanesque churches which are simple in plan with isolated decorated features. The Abbot of Regensburg sent two of his carpenters to help in the work and the twin towers o ...

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The Toronto Rock won the Champion's Cup in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005. The 2002 final was against the Albany Attack, and the 1999, 2000, and 2003 finals were against the Rochester Knighthawks. In 2001, the Toronto Rock went to the league title game but came up one goal short against the Philadelphia Wings. In 2004, the Rock earned a first round bye after clinching the East Division regular season crown. The Buffalo Bandits came to town and upset the Rock 19-10. Therefore, the Toronto Rock, since their installation in Toronto, have never missed the playoffs and have now gone to the champi ...

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Kid Rock - Early Years. Kid Rock derives his name from his early years of rapping in parking lots and bars, when, so Kid Rock says, people in the audience would remark, "Look at that white kid rock." He dropped "white," and his stage name was born. He began his hip-hop career at the age of 15. He became well-known in a Mount Clemens, Michigan housing project because of his unique style of rapping. He later moved to New York City, where he was said to have lived just below Queen Latifah. He got to know a lot of the area's rappers and landed a tour deal with Ice Cube and Too $ ...

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The short "The Preamble," set to highly infectious music, has a slightly abridged wording of the Preamble of the United States Constitution. The song starts, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union...", but the actual document starts, "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union...." Along the same lines; a more complete definition of a noun is that it's the name of a person, place, thing, "or idea". Or more completely, that it's the name or title of any object or idea. Love and fear are not thing ...

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These are alphabetically sorted by first name. Christian rock - Numbers. 10 Shekel Shirt 12 Stones 2 Tim. 2,3 2nd Chapter of Acts 38th Parallel 4-4-1 4Him 4th Avenue Jones The 77s 88 Miles Per Hour Christian rock - A. A band called David Aaron Jeffrey Ace Troubleshooter Across The Sky Adam Again Adelaide After The Fire< ...

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He originally appeared in a strip in the comic book Our Army at War #81 in 1959 with his unit, Easy Company. The stories, written mainly by Robert Kanigher, and drawn by Joe Kubert, steadily gained popularity, until, in 1977, the name of the comic was changed to Sgt. Rock. The comic ran until Sgt. Rock # 422 released in July 1988. In addition to the semi-regular comic, several "digests" were sold, under the DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest banner. In these digests, stories from Our Army at War or Sgt. Rock< ...

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Fred Hale, a former gangster, has returned to Brighton to anonymously distribute cards for a newspaper competition (this is based on "Lobby Lud"). The antihero of the novel, Pinkie Brown, is a teenage sociopath and up-and-coming gangster who has just taken control of the gang Hale had belonged to. Ida Arnold, a kind-hearted and decent woman, is drawn into the action by a chance meeting with the murder victim. When Pinkie murders Hale, his attempts to cover his tracks lead to a chain of fresh crimes and to an ill-fated marriage to Rose, a wai ...

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The Rock entertainer - Nicknames. The Brahma Bull The People's Champ/Champion (or The Corporate Champion) The Great One The Most Electrifying Man in Sports-Entertainment (later Sports and Entertainment) The Rock entertainer - Previous managers. Debra Vince McMahon The Rock entertainer - Finishing and signature moves. Rock Bottom (Side slam) See also:

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Whereas most rock music uses a basic 4/4 beat (however accented or syncopated), math rock frequently uses compound meters such as 7/8, 11/8, or 13/8, or features constantly changing meters based on various groupings of 2 and 3. This rhythmic complexity, seen as "mathematical" in character by many listeners and critics, is what gives the genre its name. Musically, math rock derives from other rock genres, including rock, heavy metal, progressive rock or punk rock. Math rock often sounds familiar but somehow "off". It fits into ...

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