During 1976–77, in the midst of the original UK punk movement, bands emerged such as Manchester's Joy Division, The Fall, and Magazine, Leeds' Gang of Four, and London's The Raincoats that became cen ...
Meanwhile, punk rock scenes were emerging around the globe. In France, les punks, a Parisian subculture of Lou Reed fans, had already been around for years. Following the lead of Stinky Toys, Métal U ...
Chickasha, Oklahoma gave birth to avant garde, glam-punk bands Victoria Vein And The Thunderpunks in 1974 and Debris' in 1975 whose self-released underground classic Static Disposal was released in 19 ...
The first wave of punk rock aimed to be aggressively modern, distancing itself from the bombast and sentimentality of early 1970s rock. According to Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, "In its initial form, ...
Punk rock emerged in the mid-1970s as a reaction against contemporary social conditions as well as what was perceived as the overindulgent, overproduced rock music of the time, including heavy metal. ...
Heavy metal is traditionally characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound, and vigorous vocals. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more ...
Blues rock can be characterized by bluesy improvisation, the twelve-bar blues, extended boogie jams typically focused on the electric guitar player, and often a heavier, riff-oriented sound and feel t ...
There are three types of harmonicas: the diatonic, the chromatic, and the tremolo.The basic parts of the harmonica are the comb, reed-plates and cover-plates.Comb The comb is a term for the main body ...
The saxophone uses a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. Most saxophonists use reeds made from Arundo donax cane, but since the 20th century some have also been made of fiberglass ...
The saxophone was developed in 1880, by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian car maker, flautist, and clarinetist working in Paris. While still working at his father's instrument shop in Brussels, Sax began develop ...
Almost every modern piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys for a total of 88 keys (seven octaves plus a minor third, from A0 to C8). Many older pianos only have 85 keys (seven octaves from A0 to A7 ...
The piano was founded on earlier technological innovations. The first string instruments with struck strings were the hammered dulcimers. During the Middle Ages, there were several attempts at creatin ...
The earliest synthesizers used a variety of thermionic-valve (vacuum tube) and electro-mechanical technologies. While some electric instruments were produced in bulk, such as the Ondioline, the Hammon ...
The most common kit drumming sticks are wooden sticks modelled on, or in some cases identical to, those originally designed for use with the snare drum. These come in a variety of weights, conventiona ...
The first recognizable ancestors of the modern drum kit were born in the Vaudeville era and specifically the 1920s of New Orleans's. Pecuniary and theater space considerations demanded that fewer perc ...
