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Bon Jovi- One Cute Rock Musician

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Labels: 1980s music, cute singers, hot lead singers, music, musicians as actors, rock, rock bands, rockstars, singing

Still hot after all these years...

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Bon Jovi: Young and Now

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Labels: 1980s music, cute guys, cute Italian guys, cute singers, hard rock, hot lead singers, music, musicians as actors, rock, rock bands, rock music, singing

Jon Bon Jovi Now. Man what a hottie. Ages like fine wine, gets better with age.....

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Ruby Tuesday (The Scorpions)

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Labels: 1980s music, hard rock, heavy metal, rock bands, rock music

Recently, 1980s era German hard rock band The Scorpions released their newest album, Comeblack. This album has alot of their earlier hits like "Rock You Like a Hurricane" "No One Like You" redone in a harder rock version

The album has half of their songs and the other half are covers of other songs.

Tracks
Rhythm of Love
No One Like You
The Zoo
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Blackout
Wind of Change
Still Loving You
Tainted Love: Gloria Jones
Children of the Revolution: T.Rex
Across the Universe: The Beatles
Tin Soldier: Small Faces
All Day and All of the Night: The Kinks
Ruby Tuesday: The Rolling Stones

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KISS

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Labels: 1970s, 1970s pop culture, 1980s music, hard rock, heavy metal, music, rock bands, rock music

KISS

Origin: New York City
Genres: heavy metal, hard rock
Years active: 1973-present
Website: www.kissonline.com

Members
Paul Stanley

Gene Simmons

Tommy Thayer

Eric Singer

Past Members
Ace Frehley
Peter Criss
Eric Carr
Vinnie Vincent
Mark St. John
Bruce Kulick

-American rock band formed in 1973 in New York City
-Well known for it's members face paint and stage outfits, they rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their live performances, which featured blood spitting, fire breathing, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, pyrotechnics.
-The 1973-1980 lineup was Paul Stanley(vocals, rhythm guitar), Ace Frehley(lead guitar), Gene Simmons(vocals, bass guitar), Peter Criss(drums)
-With their makeup and costumes, they took on the personas of comic book characters. Starchild(Stanley), The Demon(Simmons), Space Ace or Spaceman(Frehley), Catman(Criss)
-Stanley got the name 'Starchild' because he was referred to as the "starry eyed lover" and "hopeless romantic", The "Demon" reflected Simmons cynical attitude and dark sense of humor, as well as a love of comic books, Frehley's "Spaceman" was a reflection of his fondness for sci-fi, Criss' "Catman" was in his belief that he had 9 lives because of his rough childhood in Brooklyn. By 1982, Criss and Frehley were cut from the band.
-Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer have replaced the 2.

History
-KISS traces its roots to Wicked Lester, a band started by founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. In 1972, they abandoned this idea and began forming a new band. In late 1972, Simmons and Stanley came across an ad in the the East Coast version of Rolling Stone placed by Peter Criss, who was previously in a Chelsea band called Lips. He joined up and the 3 started focusing on a harder rock version of the previous band.

-This band was inspired by the theatrics of Alice Cooper and The New York Dolls. So they started experimenting with makeup and outfits. In early January 1973, the group added lead guitarist Ace Frehley. He impressed the band, even though he showed up wearing 2 different sneakers, one red, one orange. The name Wicked Lester dropped and KISS became the name
-It was said that Stanley came up with the name, as he, Simmons and Criss were driving around New York City. Criss said that he was in a band called Lips. Frehley came up with the idea of making the "SS" look like lightning bolts. The letters were said to look like the insignia of the Nazi SS, which is illegal to display in Germany. So it was changed to 2 backward Zs

-Their debut concert was on January 30, 1973, for an audience of 3 at the Popcorn Club in Queens. For the first 3 gigs: January 30-February 1, they wore no makeup. Their official debut came on Dec. 31, 1973 at the Academy of Music in New York City, as opening act for The Blue Oyster Cult. On March 19, 1975, they released their Dressed to Kill album, which featured the track "Rock and Roll All Nite."
-The band was quickly getting a reputation as a top flight live act. The concerts featured things like Simmons spitting "blood", which was only eggs and food coloring, or "breathing fire", which was spitting flammable liquid at a torch, Stanley busting his guitar Pete Townshend style, Criss' elevating drum kit that sparked, Frehley soloing as his guitar burst into flames(light and smoke bombs inside the guitar

-In March 15, 1976, they released their Destroyer album, which featured the track "Beth". This was their first ballad. In 1977, the band played 5 shows at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo, breaking the previous record of 4 shows by The Beatles.
-The band ended up releasing solo albums in the late 1970s, with Stanley and Frehley's albums staying pretty close to the hard rock that KISS had used. Criss' album featured an R&B style and had ballad after ballad. Simmons' was the most unique, featuring hard rock, ballads, Beatles-influenced pop, and his take on the Pinocchio song "When You Wish Upon a Star". He collaborated with many musicians, such as Joe Perry from Aerosmith, Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick, Jeff Baxter from The Doobie Brothers, disco singer Donna Summer, Janis Ian, Helen Reddy, Bob Seger, Katey Sagal, and then girlfriend Cher
-On May 20, 1980, Criss left the band

-In June 1980, Eric Carr(who was born Paul Caravello on July 12, 1950) was given the stage name Eric Carr. He was KISS' first replacement member.
-On Oct. 13, 1982, they released another album, Creatures of the Night. This one featured Vinnie Vincent on guitars. Frehley's last time with the band was on the video for "I Love It Loud". Vinnie wanted to use his birth name, but Simmons said it sounded too ethnic and Vinnie, who was born Vincent Cusano, ended up using Vinnie Vincent.

-In February 1991, the band enlisted the help of Bob Ezrin, a record producer, to help with their first 1990s album. But tragedy struck. The band's guitarist, Eric Carr, was found to have a tumor on his heart. It was removed in surgery, but then his lungs were found to be full of tumors. He received chemotherapy treatments and was pronounced cancer free in July. He died on Nov. 24, 1991, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at age 41, the same day as Freddie Mercury
-To replace him, they brought in Cleveland, Ohio born drummer Eric Singer(b. Eric Mensinger). This guy had played with bands like Black Sabbath, Lita Ford, Gary Moore, Badlands, Alice Cooper
-In the summer of 2004, KISS headlined the Rock the Nation 2004 World Tour, with Poison as opening act. Stanley had been suffering from hip problems because of his high platform boots and had already had 2 previous hip surgeries

-In 2007, the band did 4 concerts, prior to the July 27 show, Stanley was hospitalized with extremely rapid heartbeat.
-On May 25, 2006, KISS, Queen, Def Leppard, Judas Priest were honored at the VH1 Rock Honors event in Las Vegas.

-In April 2007, their former guitarist Mark St. John died from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 51.

Makeup design

Starchild- Paul Stanley

The Demon- Gene Simmons

The Spaceman- Ace Frehley, Tommy Thayer

The Catman- Peter Criss, Eric Carr

The Fox- Eric Carr

The Egyptian Warrior- Vinnie Vincent

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KISS: Without Makeup and With Makuep

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Labels: cute guys, hard rock, hot men, music, rock, rock bands, rock music

L-R: 'Space Man' 'Star Child' 'The Demon' 'Cat Man'

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The Who

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Labels: 1960s, 1960s music, 1960s pop culture, British 60s, British rock, England, hard rock, rock bands, rock music, rockstars

The Who

Origin: Shepherd's Bush, London, England
Genres: rock, hard rock, power pop, art rock
Years Active: 1964-1982, 1985, 1988-1989, 1996-present
Website: http://www.thewho.com/

-English hard rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey(lead vocals, harmonica, guitar), Pete Townshend(guitar, keyboards, vocals), John Entwistle(bass guitar, brass and vocals), Keith Moon(drums and percussion)
-Rose to fame in the UK with singles being played in pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, starting in January 1965 with songs like "I Can't Explain". They released albums like My Generation(1965), A Quick One(1966), The Who Sell Out(1967). In 1967, they hit the US Top 40 with their single "Happy Jack". In 1969, they released the movie Tommy.
-In 1978, at age 32, drummer Keith Moon died from a drug overdose. They released 2 albums afterto his death, Five Faces(1981) and It's Hard(1982), with Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones, before disbanding in 1983.
-According to Rolling Stone Magazine, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who complete the holy trinity of British rock. In 1990, The Who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

History
-In 1962, influenced by American R&B and skiffle, Townshend and Entwistle started a Dixieland jazz band called The Confederates. Townshend played banjo and Entwistle played French horn. Roger Daltrey met Entwistle while walking down the street with a bass guitar over his shoulder and asked him to join his band called The Detours. After a few weeks, Entwistle suggested Townshend join up.

-This band played a variety of music, most of it inspired by American R&B, country music and jazz. The lineup consisted of Daltrey on lead guitar, Townshend on rhythm guitar, Entwistle on bass, Doug Sandom on drums and Colin Dawson on vocals

-The band wanted a recording contract and they were told they needed a better drummer. They used The Rolling Stones and The Beatles as a slight inspiration. In 1964, Sandom left the band and Keith Moon replaced him.

-In February 1964, The Detours changed their name to The Who. They became popular among the British 'Mods', which was a subculture in Britain involving cutting-edge fashion, scooters, R&B, soul and blues music.

-Their debut album was My Generation in 1965. This album had the tracks "The Kids are Alright" and the title track "My Generation". Also included were the tracks "Happy Jack" "I'm a Boy", "Pictures of Lily".

-Their most famous performance was at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, where others "poor" performances were hailed as good. They came through with flying colors. While doing this, they performed the song "A Quick One While He's Away"

Pete Townshend, Keith Moon and Mick Jagger

The Rolling Stones. L-R: Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman

-In 1971, the band released it's Who's Next album. This one had tracks like "Baba O'Riley" "Won't Get Fooled Again". Both of which are used on CSI: NY and CSI: Miami.
-On Sept. 7, 1978, Keith Moon overdosed on Heminevrin, a drug used to combat alcohol withdrawal and died in his sleep.

-On dec. 3, 1979, while The Who was playing at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, OH, a crowd crush killed 11 fans and injured 26 others. This was due to festival seating, which is a seating arrangement that is basically the first to enter the venue is the one to get the best seats. When the fans heard the band's sound check, they mistook this for the concert starting, so they tried to force their way in. When the doors opened, people were trying to stampede in to get the best seats and the crowding became deadly.

-The band was not informed until after the show because police feared problems if the concert was canceled. The band was deeply hurt by what happened and they required safety precautions for future concerts.
-In 1996, Townshend, Entwistle, Daltrey performed their rock opera Quadrophenia with guest stars at a concert in Hyde Park. Zak Starkey, son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, sat in on drums.

-In Nov. 2003, The Who landed 7 albums in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, more than any other artist with the exceptions of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen.

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1989 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour

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Labels: 1980s music, 1980s pop culture, British rock, cute singers, English musicians, hard rock, hot lead singers, Mick Jagger, pop culture all, rock bands, rock music, rockstars, The Rolling Stones

1989 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour

-This tour helped to promote the band's recently released Steel Wheels album
-Continued to Japan in February 1990, with 10 shows at the Tokyo Dome.
-That show featured a different stage and was called the Urban Jungle tour, which ran from May-August 1990.
-This would be the last tour with Bill Wyman as bassist

History
-A pre-tour 'surprise show' took place on August 12, 1989 at Toad's Palce in New Haven, Connecticut.
-The official Steel Wheels tour kicked off later that month at the now demolished Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

-During the show in Pennsylvania, the power went out when the band was performing "Shattered" and caused a delay in the show. Jagger started talking to the people in the audience during the delay