Let's talk about the International Famous Music Bands

[HeavenKnows]

Hello all the members of English box, I've had two topics about the biography of Bryan Adams and Take That.Now this topic is just for all the favourite bands .So everybody can enter here and tell each others about thier feeling to the music bands.Hope that this topic could help us to know more the English and music knowledge .Thanks!

[HeavenKnows]

ABBA.Every year when the TET holiday comes in spring we have the chance to hear the famous song by them" Happy new year" .The song has become popular in Viet Nam and all over the world.This post is collection from BBC, VH1, and geocities sites will give you some information of them.

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The acronym Abba, coined in 1973, represented the coming together of four leading figures in Swedish pop. Agnetha F„ltskog (b. 5 April 1950, J”nk”ping, Sweden) had achieved pop success in her country with the 1968 hit "Jag Var Sa Kar" ("I Was So In Love"). Bj”rn Ulvaeus (b. 25 April 1945, Gothenburg, Sweden) had previously appeared with the folk-influenced Hootenanny Singers (originally known as the Westbay Singers). They also recorded and released a few records overseas as Northern Lights, before teaming up with Benny Andersson (b. G”ran Bror Benny Andersson, 16 December 1946, Stockholm, Sweden), appearing occasionally with his popular beat group, the Hep Stars. The one non-Swede in the line-up was the solo singer Anni-Frid Synni-Lyngstad (b. 15 November 1945, Narvik, Norway; later known as Frida ). Under the guidance of Scandinavian svengali Stig Anderson (b. Stikkan Anderson, 25 January 1931, Hova, Sweden, d. 12 September 1997), and following the break-up of the Hep Stars in 1969, Ulvaeus and Andersson joined forces for one album, Lycka. After its release in 1970, the duo started working as house producers at Stig Anderson's Polar record company. Meanwhile, Ulvaeus continued to work with the Hootenanny Singers in the studio only.
The marriage of Ulvaeus and F„ltskog, followed later by that of Andersson and Lyngstad, had laid the romantic and musical foundations of the Abba concept. An early single, "People Need Love", reached number 17 in Sweden in June 1972. The Eurovision Song Contest served as a backdrop to their international ambitions and after Lyngstad's tentative entry in the qualifying Swedish heats as a soloist in 1971, the quartet, now known as Bj”rn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, attempted to represent their country with the infectious "Ring Ring" in 1973. They succeeded the following April as Abba, with the more polished and bouncy "Waterloo", which not only won the contest, but topped the UK charts and, amazingly, for a Eurovision entry, infiltrated the US Top 10. The middling success of the re-released "Ring Ring" and singalong "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" provided little indication of the chart domination that was to follow. In September 1975, Abba returned with the worldwide hit "SOS", a powerhouse pop production highlighted by immaculately executed counter-harmonies and an infectiously melodic arrangement. These classic ingredients of the Abba sound were ably evinced on their first trilogy of UK chart-toppers "Mamma Mia", "Fernando" and "Dancing Queen", which also found favour in Australia and Germany, and just about every other country in the world. The last also brought them their only US number 1 and precipitated their rise to pop superstardom with sales unmatched since the golden age of the Beatles.

Firmly in control of their destinies, both on the artistic and commercial fronts, the band undertook a tour of Europe and Australia in 1977, most remarkable for its extravagant use of costume, sets and orchestration. Between 1977-1978 they celebrated a second trilogy of UK chart-toppers ("Knowing Me, Knowing You", "The Name Of The Game" and "Take A Chance On Me"), whose haunting grace was enhanced by some of the finest promotional videos of the period. Although Abba: The Movie proved less memorable, there was no doubting their commercial acumen. With international stardom assured, they began the 80s with two more UK number 1s, "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper", taking their UK chart-topping tally to an impressive nine in a little over six years. Although the dissolution of both marriages in the band threatened their unity, they maintained a high profile, not least on the international business circuit where they eclipsed the car manufacturers Volvo as Sweden's largest earners of foreign currency during 1982. With little left to achieve within their chosen genre, they elected to rest the band that same year.

Agnetha and Anni-Frid (Frida) subsequently went solo, but found chart success elusive. Bj”rn and Benny, meanwhile, concentrated on composing, and enjoyed a productive relationship with Tim Rice, culminating in London's West End musical Chess. In 1990 the Australian band Bjorn Again enjoyed some success touring with a set composed entirely of faithful Abba cover versions. In 1992 a well-publicized 70s fashion and music boom gave fuel to countless (misguided) rumours of an Abba re-formation. Seven years later, Mamma Mia!, a stage musical based on the songs of Abba, opened in London to excellent reviews. A detailed and revealing biography Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story Of Abba was published in September 2001..


All ABBA Albums

Story Of Abba (MGM 1986)

Video Biography 1974-1982 (Virgin Vision 1987)

Abba: The Movie (MGM/UA 1988)

Abba: The Video Hits (Screen Legends 1988)

More Video Hits Of Abba (Screen Legends 1988)

Abba Gold: Greatest Hits (PolyGram Music Video 1993)

Thank You Abba (PolyGram Music Video 1995)

Forever Gold (PolyGram Music Video 1996)

More Abba Gold (PolyGram Music Video 1996)

The Winner Takes It All: The Abba Story (VVL 1999)

[BROOM]

ah ha! such a long and interesting post HeavenKnows!
ah ha! i like Scobions !
but i don't have so much information about them as you! i think you've listened a lot, right ? i will be very glad to make friend with you!

[HeavenKnows]

ah ha! such a long and interesting post HeavenKnows!
ah ha! i like Scobions !
but i don't have so much information about them as you! i think you've listened a lot, right ? i will be very glad to make friend with you!


I guess it must be "Scorpions"
Yeah! you can read my post about them in the music box
http://www.gamevn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13589
hope that you will find some good feeling there>bye> Have Fun!
I will tell you their information latter with a new post.

[Hank Williams]

I like ABBA, too. I've heard them since I was a little boy. Happy New Year is really a pretty good song, but sometimes I think if we play it regularly, it'll become boring.
I like a lot of their songs, so much that I can't list them here. However, I have to say that I really love the songs Fernando, and The Day before You Came.

[HeavenKnows]

In Viet Nam ,especially to the fans of rock Scorpions is a famous name ,with a lots of wonderful ballads Scorpions has won thousands heart of fans. I have the best feeling to this band ,I have heard lots of their songs.such as"Still loving you","When the smoke is going down", "Wind of change", "Holiday", "Send me an angel","You and I",...They are all wonderful.


One of the longest-lived and most commercially successful hard rock bands, the Scorpions formed in Hannover, West Germany in 1969 and have since gone on to record dozens of albums that have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Not long after coming together, the Scorpions lineup settled on Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Michael Schenker (lead guitar), Lothar Heimberg (bass) and Wolfgang Dziony (drums). After the release of their 1972 debut Lonesome Crow, Michael Schenker left to join UFO while Lothar Heimberg got married and left the music scene; Schenker was replaced by acclaimed guitarist Uli Jon Roth, while Francis Buchholz stepped in on bass. Several drummers came and went before Herman Rarebell joined permanently, after which the group's lineup remained constant for their next four albums, which were largely ignored in the U.S., but were quite popular overseas. (Except for 1976's Virgin Killer -- it was actually banned in the U.S. due to its graphic cover art!) In 1978 Roth left the Scorpions to form his own band, Electric Sun, making one final appearance on the 1978 double-live album The Tokyo Tapes. Not long after Roth left the group, Michael Schenker returned from UFO and the Scorpions toured the U.S. for the first time; he soon returned to UFO, and ex-Lady guitarist Matthias Jabs took over on lead guitar. Schenker went on to form the successful Michael Schenker Group.

The quintet's next album, 1980's Animal Magnetism, finally broke them in the United States, going gold; unfortunately their next album was delayed while Meine underwent surgery on his vocal chords. When he was fully recovered the group returned with 1982's Blackout, which went platinum on the strength of the hit single "No One Like You." Their 1984 follow-up Love at First Sting solidified the Scorpions status as international light metal superstars, selling millions of copies thanks to their famous single "Rock You Like a Hurricane." A major world tour followed, preserved on the 1985 live album World Wide Live.

After taking a short break, the Scorpions returned in 1988 with Savage Amusement, which spawned the Top 40 ballad "Rhythm of Love" and led to another world tour, including a groundbreaking string of appearances in the U.S.S.R. 1990's Crazy World became their biggest hit yet, spawning singles like "Wind of Change" and "Tease Me, Please Me." Unfortunately for the Scorpions, musical tastes began to change in the early '90s, and their pop-metal/hard rock sound was suddenly outmoded by "grunge." As a result 1993's Face the Heat sold less than expected, as did 1995's Live Bites. After a lineup reconfiguration the Scorps returned in 1996 with their latest release, Pure Instinct. Despite numerous lineup changes and constantly changing popular tastes, the Scorpions remain a popular band outside North America, especially in Germany, where they are vocal opponents of the neo-Nazi movement.

Nothing's better than the student time when we have chance to sit around together to have a cup of coffee telling the story and enjoy the rock music

[Hank Williams]

Hey, Heaven Knows, I think you made a pretty big mistake in your post above, man. You know what?
Hehehehe, that's the images :)). The images you posted are about a rock band too, but they're ain't Scorpions :)), they're Deep Purple.
Sorry guy, I have to correct that, so don't blame on me, man. B-)

[HeavenKnows]

Hey, Heaven Knows, I think you made a pretty big mistake in your post above, man. You know what?
Hehehehe, that's the images :)). The images you posted are about a rock band too, but they're ain't Scorpions :)), they're Deep Purple.
Sorry guy, I have to correct that, so don't blame on me, man. B-)


Thank for the corecction, LOL Im searching for their pics but i dont know why they are wrong.????? When I posted I didn't appear so i could not recognise the wrong pics ,Thank alot I will corect latter

[Hank Williams]

Thank for the corecction, LOL Im searching for their pics but i dont know why they are wrong.????? When I posted I didn't appear so i could not recognise the wrong pics ,Thank alot I will corect latter
What the ... they might be fool! :D I can affirm that the images you posted were from a live concert, and there's a VCD, in this VCD there're 2 parts, 1 about the Deep Purple, and 1 about the Scorpions. Maybe they've been fooled for this reason (?) :-?

[HeavenKnows]

I have heard their music ,but not really much, I only like some song by them, I have many times listened to them and try to explain how they would be so famous and successful like that. And What I could tell you is their music are easy to hear. The more we hear the more wonderful they are.
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The BEATLES

Probably the most popular, influential and enduring rock group of all time, the Beatles almost single-handedly reshaped rock 'n' roll from a genre of throwaway singles by faceless stars to an artistic medium with recognizable images and idols. The Beatles placed the emphasis on a group, rather than a single individual (like Frank Sinatra or Elvis). They also set an example for all rock acts to follow with their strong sense of self-determination, going against their record company and management on many issues, even refusing to tour at the height of their popularity. Their countless hit singles have become modern-day folk songs, covered by hundreds of individuals and groups and inspiring countless more, and have sold more copies than those of any other band in history.

The roots of the Beatles date back to Liverpool, England in the late 1950s. Inspired by the growing British skiffle craze, John Lennon bought a guitar in March 1957 and formed a skiffle group called the Quarrymen, named after his high school, Quarry Bank. The lineup changed frequently, but by October 1959 it consisted of Lennon, his younger classmate Paul McCartney, George Harrison and drummer Colin Hanton. By March of 1960, Lennon's art school classmate Stuart Sutcliffe joined the band on bass and suggested the name the Beetles, a response to Buddy Holly's group the Crickets. By that summer they were the Silver Beatles, settling on the Beatles in August. That month the Beatles departed for Hamburg, West Germany, with their new drummer Pete Best, to try to establish themselves in Europe. The band became a popular local act, performing at various clubs until they were expelled from the country in November because George Harrison was underage. The Beatles returned to Germany in early 1961 to record as a backup band for singer Tony Sheridan; these sessions were later released during the mid-'60s as "new" Beatles material, taking advantage of unsuspecting fans. Meanwhile Sutcliffe had left the band to pursue his art career, with McCartney taking over on bass. Sutcliffe died of a brain hemorrhage the following year.

Throughout 1961 the Beatles played clubs in Britain, becoming an underground sensation; they were particularly famous at the Cavern Club in their native city of Liverpool. Though they played mostly covers, Lennon and McCartney began writing original songs together, agreeing to forever share songwriting credits, even though they only co-wrote a handful of tunes during their entire career as the Beatles. By the end the year, Liverpool record store owner Brian Epstein had become the band's manager, and quickly began trying to find them a record contract. On January 1, 1962 the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records, performing 12 covers and three originals for A&R assistant Mike Smith. The group was rejected, however, and told that "guitar groups are on the way out." Undaunted, Epstein got the group an audition at Parlophone, an EMI subsidiary, with producer George Martin, who signed the Beatles on May 9, 1962. After one recording session, Martin suggested that drummer Pete Best be replaced, and the Beatles brought in Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey), a well-known local drummer, as his replacement. By October 1962 their first single, "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You," was a U.K. Top 20 hit, allegedly because Epstein bought 10,000 copies himself to ensure that it would chart. The band began regular guest spots on the BBC, performing over fifty times between 1962 and 1964.

In February of 1963 the Beatles returned to the studio to record 10 songs (in one day!) for their first album, Please Please Please Me, which was released the following month. It became an instant hit, staying at No. 1 in Britain for 30 weeks and by October, female fans were screaming at their performances -- the start of "Beatlemania." Following an early November performance before the royal family, Parlophone released a second Beatles album, With The Beatles. By the end of the year the group had sold over 2.5 million albums in Britain, and had a string of million-selling singles.

Naturally, word about this amazing new act soon spread to America. Yet, ignoring the British success of the Fab Four, EMI's U.S. partner, Capitol, declined to issue the first few Beatles singles, which were instead picked up by the Chicago-based indie label Vee Jay Records. Vee Jay packaged the early singles as Introducing the Beatles, their first U.S. LP. During the second half of 1963 it was the only Beatles material available in America, and sold incredibly well; by 1964 a court awarded the rights to all Beatles recordings to EMI/Capitol, and the record went out of print, only to become one of the most counterfeited albums in music history.

In January of 1964 Capitol released their first U.S. Beatles LP, Meet the Beatles, containing remixed material from their two British albums. Following a landmark three- weekend stint on the Ed Sullivan show in February of 1964 (viewed by over 73 million people), the Beatles were the biggest band in America -- "Beatlemania" had taken hold of the U.S., also paving the way for other "British Invasion" groups. To capitalize on their incredible popularity, the Fab Four were made the stars of a comedy film, A Hard Days Night, which, surprisingly, earned good reviews and, not surprisingly, spawned a hit soundtrack album. Following the release of the movie in July, the band embarked on their first North American tour, performing 25 stadium dates in the U.S. and Canada. By the end of the year Beatles For Sale was in British stores, part of EMI's plan to have a new Beatles album out every six months, while their previous albums and singles still clogged the U.S. and U.K Top 10. In 1965 the band appeared in a second movie, the James Bond spoof Help!,which also spawned a soundtrack album. Another huge U.S. tour followed.

Not content with their unprecedented commercial success, the Beatles began to take their music more seriously, shifting from covers and upbeat pop love songs to more introspective, experimental material, highlighted on December 1965's Rubber Soul. The next U.S. Beatles album, Yesterday...And Today, was released on June 15, 1966 and featured a shocking cover featuring the handsome Fab Four surrounded by raw meat and butchered baby dolls, a protest against Capitol's "butchery" of their albums in the U.S. market. Complaints from retailers immediately rolled in, and the album was withdrawn, reissued the following week with a new, mundane cover of a steamer trunk. (Today copies of the album with the original cover are worth thousands of dollars.) Further controversy plagued the group when John Lennon claimed in a newspaper interview that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." Many radio stations stopped playing their songs, and protesters appeared outside their concerts. Meanwhile the group was increasingly under the influence of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, an Indian guru; this flirtation with Eastern religion soon became common among '60s rock stars, and, more interestingly, lead the Beatles to experiment with Indian sitar music on their next few albums. The band also began using copious amounts of psychedelic drugs, foreshadowing the "flower children" of the next few years.

Following the release of Revolver, their most mature effort to date, in August 1966, the Beatles embarked on their final U.S. tour, playing their last live show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August 29th. Henceforth, the band announced, they were going to eschew live performances to concentrate on more elaborate studio recordings. Rumors of a breakup were spread in the media as the band disappeared from the public. The Beatles spent much of early 1967 in the studio, recording their magnum opus, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This groundbreaking concept album completely changed the way rock albums created: it used numerous studio effects, placed the emphasis on the album as a whole rather than on singles, and rewrote the standard for cover art with its famous mannequin-based photo collage.Sgt. Pepper's later won four Grammys, including Best Album.

On August 27, 1967 Beatles manger Brian Epstein was found dead of a drug overdose, possibly intentional. The band was shaken, but decided not to hire a new manager, assuming complete control over their own career. Their first project without Epstein's guidance, the concept album and BBC TV special Magical Mystery Tour, was attacked by critics, and perhaps was the beginning of the end for the Beatles. By 1968 the group had formed its own record label, Apple, and was recording tracks for a new double album. Sessions were filled with tension as members of the group stormed out periodically and often failed to record together, turning in tracks recorded independently. The often bizarre result, popularly referred to as The White Album but officially called The Beatles, was released in November of 1968, and featured a guest appearance by Eric Clapton on the single "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." That same month John Lennon released a solo album recorded with his controversial new lover, Japanese-American artist Yoko Ono, entitled Unfinished Music No. 1 - Two Virgins.Late in 1968 an animated film inspired by the song "Yellow Submarine" was released in theaters. Despite the cheery tone of the film, created with little band involvement, the real Beatles were hardly speaking, spending more time on their personal lives and own musical projects than on the group.

In January 1969 the weary band began preparing to record a new album live in the studio, without any overdubs, tentatively entitled Get Back. For an accompanying film, the Beatles performed on the roof of their studio, their last public appearance ever. While preparing the album, the group began to fight over creative issues, and the project was shelved amid many bad feelings. On March 12, McCartney married American photographer Linda Eastman; several days later Lennon formally married Yoko Ono. By May the Beatles' situation worsened when the group appointed Allen Klein as their new business manager, despite objections by Paul McCartney, who wanted to give the job to his new father-in-law. Though conflict continued to plague the group, the Beatles returned one last time to EMI Studios to record Abbey Road with George Martin, an amazingly cohesive album. By early 1970 each of the four Beatles was working on a solo album, but each publicly denied rumors of a split. In September 1969, Lennon told his bandmates that he wanted to quit, but because the group was renegotiating with EMI at the time, the breakup was temporarily put aside. Meanwhile, rampant rumors spread across America that Paul McCartney had died in an auto accident several years earlier and had been secretly replaced by a look-alike; the alleged "clues" hidden in lyrics and cover art were quickly proved to be the product of overactive imaginations.

Sadly, internal tension resurfaced in the Beatles when Allen Klein brought in Phil Spector to produce and overdub Get Back (released in May 1970 as Let It Be) against Paul's wishes, also demanding that Paul delay the release of McCartney, his solo debut, in order to avoid detracting from sales of Let It Be. In anger, McCartney released his album in April, before Let It Be, and publicly announced that he was quitting the group. On December 31, 1970 McCartney filed suit against Klein to break up the Beatles, which upset the other three, who had considered periodically recording as a group while continuing their solo careers -- now any chance of a reunion was gone, at least for quite a while. Apple Records became a financial and legal mess.

During the 1970s each of the Beatles released solo albums. McCartney, performing with wife Linda in the group Wings, was the most commercially successful; Lennon recorded on and off with Yoko Ono, and continued to attract attention for his radical politics (though he semi-retired from music in 1975 to spend time with his newborn son, Sean). Throughout the decade there was idle talk of a reunion, peaking around 1976 when a Beatlesque Australian group named Klaatu was rumored to be the Fab Four under a false name (they weren't, though their manager and record company encouraged speculation) and Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels half-seriously offered the Beatles $3,000 to perform on his show. Though all four Beatles did contribute to the 1973 Ring Starr song "I'm the Greatest," no genuine reunion ever took place. On December 8, 1980 all chances of that happening were ended when deranged fan Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon outside his New York apartment.

Although the Beatles had not released any new albums since 1970, interest in the group remained high into the '90s, their backcatalog selling millions of copies a year and providing Capitol with a large percentage of its annual income. Publishing rights to all Lennon-McCartney compositions were sold during the '80s for hundreds of millions of dollars, at one point passing through the hands of Michael Jackson. Though Capitol issued singles/out-takes compilations such as Past Masters and Rarities,a lot more unreleased material remained unavailable due to ongoing legal problems, and ended up on illegal bootlegs.

By the early '90s Paul, George, Ringo and Yoko Ono settled their contractual disagreements, permitting the re-release of long unavailable recordings. In 1994 Capitol issued a double CD of early Beatles recordings for the BBC. Phenomenal sales of Live at the BBC inspired more exploitation of the Beatles legacy. In 1995 the surviving Beatles came together to contribute to a TV documentary about the group and select material for a planned rarities anthology of out-takes and demos. While together, Paul, George and Ringo laid down music for two John Lennon demo out-takes, "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love." Though the sound quality was often abysmal, the material inferior, and the surrounding hype insulting, America's aging populace ate up the three 1996 double-album releases, Beatles Anthology 1, 2, and 3, which sold over 15 million copies in less than a year.t

[Red Devil]

Oh man, does anyone know about famous rockband nowadays ? Such as Linkin' Park with Numb, In the end, From the inside..., Bowling for Soup with Punk Rock 101 ? I don't like any band. I like songs because bands are famous of their songs.
ABBA and Beatles are surely famous but their songs are too old now, and I really don't like it although many people do.
Let's talk about modern band and hip hop singers, they are great, aren't they ? Nelly, Murphy Lee, Slim Shady, P.Diddy, all of their names end with "y" in pronuonciation, don't you feel strange ?

[HeavenKnows]

Oh man, does anyone know about famous rockband nowadays ? Such as Linkin' Park with Numb, In the end, From the inside..., Bowling for Soup with Punk Rock 101 ? I don't like any band. I like songs because bands are famous of their songs.
ABBA and Beatles are surely famous but their songs are too old now, and I really don't like it although many people do.
Let's talk about modern band and hip hop singers, they are great, aren't they ? Nelly, Murphy Lee, Slim Shady, P.Diddy, all of their names end with "y" in pronuonciation, don't you feel strange ?

Oke Man! the modern bands are suitable for the youth,but I prefer the old bands cos it's them-yes not the others- have written the finest history of pop-rock . They must be set at the top of all my post , do you like Cinderrella, Metallica, Gun&Roses, Tesla, Aerosmith, you should visit music box at the topic" Rock-Quần Anh Hội" to show us your the opinion.
Nice. HAVE FUN ,Bye

[HeavenKnows]

In Viet Nam Metallica has become a favourite rock band ,they have won thousands hearts of fans Especially for the young."Nothing else matters,The Unforgiven,Unforgiven II,Mamma Said,they are quiet good .
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Metallica is widely considered to be the most popular and influential heavy metal band of the past two decades. During the 1980s the group sold millions of albums through relentless touring and positive word of mouth, despite virtually no radio play or publicity. During the 1990s their sound became more complex and the group embraced radio and MTV to further expand their enormous fan base.

Metallica was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield, Danish-American tennis pro-turned-drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Dave Mustaine, and roommate-turned-bassist Ron McGovney. The quartet recorded four songs for a 1982 compilation titled Metal Massacre 1 and four more for a widely circulated demo tape called "No Life 'Til Leather." They soon gained a small underground following. By 1983 the group had relocated to San Francisco, signed to the indie label Megaforce Records and brought in local bassist Cliff Burton and former Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammet to replace McGovney and Mustaine, respectively. That May the revised quartet recorded their full-length debut album, Kill 'Em All (originally titled Metal Up Your Ass), a powerful punk-infused metal album that galvanized the metal underground. After a tour of Europe with Venom, Metallica returned with 1984's Ride the Lightning, a more complex work that continued to attract new fans.

Signing to Elektra Records, Metallica made their major-label debut with 1986's Master of Puppets, a critically acclaimed metal opus supported by a U.S. tour with Ozzy Osbourne. Later that year the group toured Europe, where tragedy struck. On September 27, 1986 bassist Burton was killed when the band's tour bus crashed while traveling to Stockholm. The group returned to the U.S. and recruited Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Jason Newsted, then entered the studio to record a limited-edition all-covers EP, titled Garage Days Re-Revisited, as a warm-up for future work.

Metallica roared back in 1988 with ...And Justice For All, which entered the Top 10 despite receiving virtually no radio play and only limited MTV play of the group's sole video, "One." Electing to embrace the mainstream, Metallica returned with an eponymous 1991 release whose all-black cover has led to it being referred to as the Black Album. More radio friendly and melodic than earlier works, Metallica entered the charts at No. 1 and went on to sell more than seven million copies, spawning the radio/MTV hits "Enter Sandman," "Wherever I May Roam," "The Unforgiven," and "Nothing Else Matters." While the group toured the world for several years, Elektra released the acclaimed box set Live Shit: Binge and Purge in 1993.

Metallica recorded two albums worth of material for their next release, but ended up releasing some of the material as 1996's Load and the rest as 1997's Reload, both of which debuted at No. 1 on the album charts.

The double CD Garage Inc., includes the Garage Days Re-Revisted EP as well as rare B-sides and newly recorded covers. The album was released in late November 1998 on Elektra.

In November 1999, S&M hit record store shelves. The double CD was recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at the Berkeley Community Theatre.

Source:(www.rollingstone.com)

[Hank Williams]

OK, Heaven Knows, I think you don't have to post all of the contents in another web site here, I mean you can collect, pick up some information, and summarize them. OK, buddy?
I like Metallica, generally the Heavy Metal. I can list some cool bands, such as Metallica, Slayer, Scorpions,...
Though most of people like Scorpions because of their ballad songs, they had a lot of pretty good Heavy Metal songs. They didn't only write it, but also played it well. Just listen to Rock You Like a Hurricane or Blackout, you can feel the heat, and come on make some noise, heheheh. Believe me, they really rock.

[BROOM]

oh! i have never seen such a long post as yours! they're full of information! i am sure that you've listened to music a lot! yes, thanks! i meant Scorpions, but i typed quickly and didn't check it ! i am so sorry! so,..why don't we talk about Ace of Base ?i also like this band! do you agree with me ?

[Eisenhow]

Hey, those pieces of information are abundant on the web. I think you should discuss about those band only, not copy an article from somewhere and post it here.

Anyway, my favorite band is always the same: Boney M. They were famous during my grow-up time, and I just can't forget their excellent type of music.

[Hank Williams]

Ace of Base is a good band, I think. However, today it appears that they're put under :(. I'm so sorry about that, but I still love Ace of Base for all of the songs that they have sung. In the early, I used to be get crazy for their songs, such as "All that She Wants", "The Sign",... wow, they're really really good!
BoneyM's good, too. Their Disco is eternal, at least they used to make me get "hungry" for some Disco. When I was a child, I always wanted to listen to all of their songs.

[vBulletin]

In the hearts of thousands fan of music in Viet Nam Air Supply known as a good band that has alot of cool song in the Album "The greatest hit of Air Supply"
We can hear lot of song by them:

Lonely is the night
Here I am
Even the night are better
Making love out of nothing at all
Good bye
...
they have come to Viet Nam twice in Ha Noi in a short tour round the Asia
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Formed around the partnership of Russell Hitchcock (b. 15 June 1949, Melbourne, Australia; vocals) and Graham Russell (b. 1 June 1950, Sherwood, Nottingham, England; guitar, vocals), soft-rockers Air Supply turned out a solid string of seven US Top 5 singles between 1980 and 1982. The duo first came together in Sydney, Australia, during 1975 while performing in a production of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar. They formed Air Supply with Chrissie Hammond (vocals), who was soon replaced by bass player Jeremy Paul. After signing a recording contract with CBS Records, the band recorded their debut album with a line-up comprising Hitchcock, Russell, Paul, Mark McEntee (lead guitar), Adrian Scott (keyboards) and Jeff Browne (drums). The single "Love And Other Bruises' reached the Australian Top 10. Nigel Macara and Rex Goh (b. 5 May 1951, Singapore) replaced Browne and McEntee on 1977's The Whole Thing Started. The band undertook a North American tour supporting Rod Stewart, gaining important international exposure, but this coincided with the departure of Paul who went on to form Divinyls with McEntee. Hitchcock and Russell were joined by David Moyse (b. 5 November 1957, Adelaide, Australia; guitar), Brian Hamilton (bass, vocals), and Ralph Cooper (b. 6 April 1951, Coffs Harbour, Australia; drums) on 1978"s Life Support, which also featured contributions from Frank Esler-Smith (b. 5 June 1948, London, England, d. 1991; keyboards).
Air Supply's international breakthrough came about after they signed an American distribution deal with Arista Records in 1980. The band's debut for the label, which featured new bass player Criston Barker, included three US Top 5 hits with the title track, "All Out Of Love" (their only substantial UK success, reaching number 11) and "Every Woman In The World". The US number 10 album The One That You Love yielded three more major American Top 5 singles, with the number 1 title track, "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" and "Sweet Dreams". By now the line-up had stabilised around Hitchcock, Russell, Moyse, Cooper, Goh, Esler-Smith, and David Green (b. 30 October 1949, Melbourne, Australia; bass). "Even The Nights Are Better" reached US number 5 in 1982, but the attendant Now And Forever was a poor collection. In 1983, they achieved their second US number 2 with "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All', taken from their hugely popular Greatest Hits album. The line-up on 1985"s self-titled set featured Hitchcock, Russell, Esler-Smith, Cooper, Ken Rarick (keyboards), Wally Stocker (b. Walter Stocker, 17 March 1954, London, England; guitar, ex-Babys), and Don Cromwell (bass).

Towards the end of the decade the popularity of Air Supply declined although they continued to tour regularly. They disbanded in 1988 but Hitchcock and Russell re-formed the unit in 1991. Subsequent releases failed to reach the charts in most overseas markets, but were remarkably popular in Asia. The two mainstays continue to play the US and Asian concert circuit with a varying line-up of musicians. Out of their occasional studio forays 1997's The Book Of Love is the strongest since the band's early 80s heyday.

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