H@@SBASTAN*!

I´m not a perfect personThere´s many things I wish I didn´tdoBut I continue learningI never meant to do those things to youAnd so I have to say before I goThat I just want you to knowI´ve found a reason for meTo change who I used to beA reason to start over newand the reason is youI´m sorry that Ihurt youIt´s something I must live with everydayAnd all the pain I put you throughI wish that I could take it all awayAnd be the one who catches all your tearsThats why i need you to hearI´ve found a reason for meTo change who I used to beA reasonto start over newand the reason is You [x4]I´m not a perfect personI never meant to do those things to youAnd so I have to say before I goThat I just want you to knowI´ve found a reason for meTo change who I used to beA reason to start over newand the reason is youI´ve found a reason to showA side of me you didn´t knowA reason for all that I doAnd the reason is you

GOD SAVE The SEX PisToL

P*#@K generation

Rancid is a punk rock band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong.
Rancid includes Armstrong on guitar and vocals, Freeman on bass and vocals, Branden Steineckert on drums, and Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals. Former drummer Brett Reed left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Branden Steineckert, former drummer of The Used. As of November 2006, Armstrong and Freeman have been permanent members of the band and Frederiksen did not join Rancid until 1993 after the band was searching for a second guitar player.
They are credited, along with fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Green Day, with reviving mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid 1990s.[1][2]
Rancid's style often draws comparison with The Clash in their albums ...And Out Come the Wolves and Life Won't Wait, the latter of which is sometimes referred to as "Rancid's Sandinista!". This influence is further emphasized by direct homages to the seminal punk rock group in the lyrics to several of Rancid's songs, such as the title track to Indestructible.
Among mainstream audiences, Rancid is best-known for the songs "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb" from the 1995 album ...And Out Come the Wolves, as well as "Fall Back Down" from their 2003 album Indestructible. As of 2007, Rancid was working on a studio album, due to be released in spring.[3]

THE LEGEND of BEATLES

The Beatles

John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo StarrPete Best Stuart Sutcliffe

Management
Brian Epstein Allen Klein Neil Aspinall Apple Records

Production
George Martin Geoff Emerick Norman Smith Phil Spector Abbey Road Studios Jeff Lynne
Official studio albums

Please Please Me (1963) With the Beatles (1963) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Beatles for Sale (1964) Help! (1965) Rubber Soul (1965) Revolver (1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Magical Mystery Tour (1967) The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) Yellow Submarine (1969) Abbey Road (1969) Let It Be (1970)

Filmography
A Hard Day's Night (1964) Help! (1965) Magical Mystery Tour (1967) Yellow Submarine (1968) Let It Be (1970)

AEROSMiTH

live konser

NOV
11.02.06 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
11.04.06 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, NV
11.07.06 Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA
11.09.06 Coors Amphitheatre San Diego, CA
11.11.06 Hyundai Pavilion Devore, CA
11.13.06 Cricket Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
11.15.06 Smirnoff Music Centre Dallas, TX
11.17.06 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre TX San Antonio
11.19.06 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Houston, TX
11.22.06 Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
11.24.06 Sound Advice Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
11.26.06 Coliseo de Puerto Rico - Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
11.29.06 Mohegan Sun Uncasville, CT

DEC
12.01.06 Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI
12.05.06 Bell CentreMontreal, Quebec, Canada
12.07.06 Target CenterMinneapolis, MN
12.09.06 Rexall Place Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
12.11.06 Saddledome Calgary, Alberta, Canada
12.13.06 GM Place Vancouver, BC, Canada
12.15.06 Reno Events Center Reno, NV
12.17.06 Arco Arena Sacramento, CA

SUM $!

Sum 41
is a Canadian Juno Award winning band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed from members of several local high school bands, 41 days into the summer (July 31st) of 1996, hence the name Sum 41. The band consists of Deryck Whibley (a.k.a. Bizzy D) (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard/piano), Jason McCaslin (a.k.a. Cone) (bass and backing vocals), {( Mitchell Evans)} (a.k.a Mitchster) (Template:Lead guitar) and Steve Jocz (a.k.a. Stevo32 and now it is just Stevo) (drums and backing vocals). The band was first formed when Deryck and Steve decided to put aside their differences as rival bands to form a new band.
Since signing a record deal with Island Records in 1999, the band has released four studio albums, two live CDs, a few DVDs, over ten singles and sold millions of copies worldwide.
As of 2006 the band performed more than 600 times and have become famous for their world tours that are usually more than a year-long. [1]

NIRVANA go to heaven

one legend grunge music

Nirvana was a popular rock band from Aberdeen, Washington, United States. With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their 1991 album Nevermind, Nirvana exploded into the mainstream, bringing along with it a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden also gained in popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s.
As Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana the "flagship band" of "Generation X".[1] Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music, challenging the band's audience with their third studio album In Utero. While Nirvana's mainstream popularity waned in the months following its release, their core audience cherished the band's dark interior, particularly after their 1993 performance on MTV Unplugged.
Nirvana's brief run ended with the death of Cobain in 1994, but the band's popularity expanded in the years that followed. Eight years after Cobain's death, "You Know You're Right", an unfinished demo that the band recorded two months prior to Cobain's death, topped radio playlists around the world. Since their debut, the band has sold more than sixty million albums worldwide (see also Best selling music artists), including more than ten million copies of Nevermind in the US alone.[2] Nirvana remains a consistent presence on radio stations worldwide.

THE CURE

The Cure are a successful English rock band, widely seen as one of the leading pioneers of the British alternative rock scene of the 1980s. A combination of lead singer Robert Smith's iconic wild hair, pale complexion, smudged lipstick, and the frequently gloomy and introspective lyrics have led to the band being primarily classified as gothic rock.

Discography

Studio albums
1979 - Three Imaginary Boys
1980 - Seventeen Seconds
1981 - Faith
1982 - Pornography
1984 - The Top
1985 - The Head on the Door
1987 - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
1989 - Disintegration
1992 - Wish
1996 - Wild Mood Swings
2000 - Bloodflowers
2004 - The Cure

[Band members
Main article: The Cure personnel

Current members
Robert Smith - lead vocals, guitar(1976-present)
also keyboards
Porl Thompson - guitar (1976-1978, 1983-1993, 2005-present)
also keyboards, saxophone and artwork design
Simon Gallup - bass (1979-1982, 1985-present)
Jason Cooper - drums, percussion (1995-present)

Past members
Lol Tolhurst - drums, keyboards, drum machine, various instruments (1976-1989)
Michael Dempsey - bass, backing vocals (1976-1979)
Matthieu Hartley - keyboards (1979-1980)
Frank Moreno - bass (1982-1983)
Phil Thornalley - bass, production (1983-1984)
Andy Anderson - drums (1983-1984)
Boris Williams - drums (1984-1994)
Roger O'Donnell - keyboards (1987-1990, 1995-2005)
Perry Bamonte - keyboards, guitar, six-string bass (1990-2005)

my chemical romance

the Black Parade Tour

10/24/2006 - New York, NY, Webster Hall
10/25/2006 - Boston, MA, Axis
10/26/2006 - Chicago, IL, House Of Blues
10/28/2006 - New Orleans, LA, Voodoo Music Festival
10/31/2006 - Los Angeles, CA, House Of Blues
11/08/2006 - Stockholm, Arenan TIX
11/09/2006 - Cologne, E-Wrek
11/11/2006 - Bournemouth, International Centre TIX
11/12/2006 - London, Brixton Academy TIX
11/13/2006 - Liverpool, UK, Univ TIX
11/14/2006 - Glasgow, Barrowland TIX
11/15/2006 - Nottingham, Rock City TIX
11/17/2006 - Hamburg, Grosse Freheit TIX
11/29/2006 - Providence, RI, WBRU Birthday Bash - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
11/30/2006 - Richmond, IL, WDYL "Snow Ball" Xmas Show
12/01/2006 - Norfolk, VA, WROX's Xmas Show
12/02/2006 - West Palm Beach, FL, WPBZ-Buzz Bake Sale - Sound Advice Amphitheathre
12/03/2006 - Tampa, FL, 97X Next Big Thing 2006 - Ford Amphitheatre
12/07/2006 - Seattle, WA, Deck The Hall Ball - Key Arena
12/08/2006 - Sacramento, CA, KWOD Xmas Show - ARCO Arena
12/10/2006 - San Diego, CA, 91X Nightmare Before Xmas - San Diego Sports Arena
12/13/2006 - Detroit, MI, Cobo Arena 89Xmas
12/13/2006 - Milkwaukee, WI, WLUM Xmas Show - Riverside Theatre
12/14/2006 - Detroit, MI, 89 X-Mas
12/15/2006 - Chicago, IL, Aragon Ballroom

EVANESCENCE

Biography
The goth-inspired Arkansas rock band Evanescence, with its Linkin Park-meets-Tori Amos sound backed by chugging guitars, easily made it to the top of the charts in 2003 with its Wind-Up Entertainment debut album, Fallen. Amy Lee and guitarist/songwriter Ben Moody formed the band at the end of the '90s after meeting in their early teens during a "youth camp," Moody said in a statement. "I heard Amy playing Meat Loaf's 'I'd Do Anything for Love' at the piano. So I went over to meet her, and she started singing for me. I was pretty much blown away, so I suckered her into joining a band with me." As a duo, Evanescence didn't perform live, instead opting to release EPs and the full-length Origin. Lee told the BBC that Evanescence was mastering demos in Memphis, TN, when she and the band were discovered by producer Pete Matthews. He shopped the songs to record companies in New York, and Evanescence eventually landed a contract with Wind-Up Entertainment, the home of Creed. The soundtrack to the 2003 Ben Affleck action movie Daredevil brought success to Evanescence. The begging "Bring Me to Life," which appeared on the soundtrack along with the ballad "My Immortal," became a hit. Paul McCoy, of labelmates 12 Stones, raps on "Bring Me to Life," which originated as a piano ballad. It proved to be a head start to Evanescence's future hit album Fallen, produced by Dave Fortman (Boy Sets Fire, Superjoint Ritual) and released in March 2003. Evanescence ran head first into controversy promoting Fallen. Originally, it was released in the Christian and secular markets; however, the band's use of profanity during an interview with Rolling Stone prompted its label, Wind-Up Records, to recall Fallen from Christian stores. Ironically, 12 Stones is also labeled Christian. Fallen surpassed double-platinum status, reaching the Top Ten in the United States, including the Top Contemporary Christian Albums chart, the Top Five in Canada, and number one in the United Kingdom. Live, the duo filled out its lineup with John LeCompt on guitar and Rocky Gray on drums. ~ Christina Fuoco, All Music Guide

The Strokes are an American rock band, consisting of Kon, that was formed in 1999 and rose to fame in the early 2000s as a leading group in the garage rock revival.
Upon the release of their acclaimed début album Is This It in 2001, many critics hyped the group as the "saviors of rock" for their stripped down sound heavily influenced by bands such as Television. Since then, the band has maintained a fan base and has enjoyed much success in the United Kingdom, and Canada.

The Member
Julian Casablancas - vocals, songwriter
Nick Valensi - guitar (rhythm and lead)
Albert Hammond, Jr. - guitar (rhythm and lead)
Nikolai Fraiture - bass guitar
Fabrizio Moretti - drums

Awards and nominations

ASCAP Pop Awards – College Vanguard Award
Brit Awards – Best International Band
Meteor Ireland Music Awards – Best International Album (Is This It)
NME Awards – Best Album (Is This It), Band of the Year, Best New Act
Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards – MTV2 Award (Last Nite)
MTV Europe Music Awards – Best New Act
Q Awards – Best Live Act

Nominated
NME Awards – Best International Band

Won
NME Awards – Best International Band
Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards – Best Rock Band

KORN

ALTER BRIDGE

The evolution of Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall as artists is marked with the debut of Alter Bridge. After selling 30 million albums worldwide, Creed has called it quits and its members have chosen to pursue new creative directions. Over three albums, Creed achieved countless industry accolades, had two # 1 albums, and played to millions of fans around the world. Guitarist/ songwriter Mark Tremonti states, “After all Creed achieved professionally, I felt that I needed to refocus on the goals that I had personally. One of those goals was to get back to my rock and roll roots. After Creed took a break, band-mate Scott Phillips and I started to jam together again and realized that we both shared the same vision and were surprisingly anxious to get back out there and start doing it again.” The evolution continued when original Creed bassist Brian Marshall, who was not part of Creed’s Weathered album and had been working as a musician/ producer at his home studio, got a call from Tremonti. “When I got the call from Mark I could tell by the tone of his voice that Alter Bridge was something that he was really excited about and I immediately knew that I wanted to be a part of it. He told me, ‘Your bass playing matches the sound more than any other, you’re the guy’, he told me. It’s great to be working with those guys again, we haven’t skipped a beat,” Marshall notes. In addition to Tremonti, Phillips and Marshall is Myles Kennedy. Myles, formerly of the Mayfield Four, was recruited to be the band’s singer. Tremonti’s search for a vocalist had begun in late 2003. “We didn’t have a timetable and we were prepared to take as much time as needed to search the world for the best available rock roll vocalist when we remembered Myles from the Mayfield Four who had opened for Creed in 1998,” Tremonti recalls. “We called him and asked him to lay down vocals on a couple of tracks we were working on. None of us could recall hearing someone with his voice or passion – as soon as we heard what he did we knew he was the guy. Then he came down to rehearse with us in Orlando and he was one of the nicest and most humble people we had ever met; everything just clicked with all four of us. As we were running through the songs, the future fell into place before our eyes.”The shared vision of the band seemed to coincide with a concept from Tremonti’s youth, and the name ‘Alter Bridge’ was born. The name comes from a long-standing bridge near Tremonti’s childhood home in Detroit, which was often regarded as a boundary to the children in surrounding neighborhoods; beyond it was uncharted territory. The small bridge epitomized “choice” and “the unknown” for Tremonti. While there remains a sense of familiarity amongst he, Phillips and Marshall, there is a natural level of excitement that is evoked from what is new, and ultimately unknown, about the future– they are truly starting a new chapter in their lives. Tremonti notes, “It’s a new road ahead of us, but the essence of this band is organic and honest rock n’ roll. The music is driven by melody and instrumentation. It is all about fun, and if it weren’t, I doubt any of us would be committed to the new band to the level that we are.”As a way of indoctrinating Myles into the fold, the three chose an interesting initiation rite –they all went bungee jumping over a ledge from a 300-foot drop. As Phillips mentions, “This is representative of what is going on with the new band. Everything is a lot of fun for us.” Tremonti adds, “The three of us have always been great friends, so it was important to find somebody who could fit in and who we would be comfortable with. There is no doubt that Myles is that guy.”On joining the fold, Kennedy mentions, “When the call came in from Mark, I was working on a solo record in Spokane, Washington and I didn’t expect to ever be a part of another rock band. Now that I am here, these guys are the antithesis of the prototypical rock stars, and the setting has made me feel more empowered than ever before.” Prior to joining Alter Bridge, Myles had been signed to Epic Records and released two albums with the Mayfield Four. Kennedy explains, “The experience was incredibly significant in preparing me for this opportunity, and I learned a tremendous amount.”Alter Bridge’s debut album One Day Remains (Wind-up) was produced by Ben Grosse (Filter, Fuel, Sevendust). When asked about the choice Phillips mentions, “Personally, I have always been a big fan of his.” Tremonti weighs in, “I spoke to John Connolly from Sevendust and his thoughts combined with the sound of the Filter record were enough for me.” The selection is a perfect choice considering the fact that according to Kennedy, “The music we are creating covers a fairly wide scope and crosses a lot of boundaries – there are elements of modern rock, soul, and aggressive metal all incorporated into the mix.” Tremonti shared, “With this album, we are trying to learn from our past but begin with a different perspective. Ben definitely offered the setting we were looking for, and on a production level, his recordings are sonically huge. On the Filter album, you think every instrument will be drowned out by another in the mix, but he has this knack for making each track stand out without losing any of its sonic power.”The majority of the songs took root in a small handheld recorder where Tremonti started by recording riffs and melodies. “The first track I started to work on was Shed My Skin - it really digs into events of my past that shape who I am today. From a lyrical perspective, I spent more time on this one than any of the others. All you have to do is listen and you will get a pretty clear picture of where I am coming from.” He continues, “There are a lot of themes on this record that are very personal, for example In Loving Memory is about my mother who recently passed away. In terms of purely personal significance, you cannot get any deeper than that. It is definitely a sad, but uplifting song.” This band displays a respect for the roots of where rock came from. The lineage for the material ultimately draws its closest connection to the Seventies. As Tremonti mentioned, “Back in the Seventies, there seemed to be a greater focus on great melodies and great musicianship. Melody is the core of everything. It is more important than a vocal, drum fill, or bass line. Melodies run the show, and without them there is nothing.” He went on, “The Seventies can really be defined by one word --- real. From the beginning we have tried to work within the parameters of being true to that quality, while at the same time bringing the sound into the 21st Century. I do believe that the realness comes out in this music purely as a product of us doing this for the fun of it. It begins and ends with the love of the music.” Kennedy offers, “It is so important to begin with a great song. If the song is not there, it will never work. A great, timeless song is what rock n’ roll has always been about. Down to My Last, gave me the chills when I first heard it, and that hasn’t happened to me in a very long time.” Given the history that Tremonti, Phillips and Marshall have together, there is obviously a natural continuity that still exists between Creed and Alter Bridge, yet there are new and significant dynamics in Alter Bridge’s music that can definitely be pointed to. Most notably, on tracks such as Open Your Eyes and Find The Real, the compositions feature Tremonti singing more harmonies than he has in the past. Also, with Myles there is the additional dynamic of having a second guitarist when the band plays live that definitely makes a significant impact. Tremonti adds, “Myles also brings an amazing vocal approach to the material he is able to deliver with an amazing ease, whether he is hitting the highest of the highs or the lowest of the lows. His natural projection is amazing.” Lastly, the trademark soliloquy guitar intro to the songs that made many of Creed’s tunes so poignant continues to find life within many of the compositions that make up this repertoire, and the guitarist continues to be a purveyor of tasteful guitar lines. The impact of the reunion of Phillips and Marshall is also very evident. Both players emerge as forces in their own right – whether it’s Marshall controlling the groove on Burn it Down, or Phillips delivering a constant rush in Metalingus As the quartet awaits the release of their debut, there is, as Marshall points out, “A combined level of excitement and fear in starting over. It definitely does feel, for at least me personally, like the My Own Prison days.” Phillips continued, “The most significant things that we are taking from the Creed experience are the lessons that we learned. From the beginning, we decided that it would be unfair to the fans and ourselves if anyone other than Creed were out there playing Creed songs. We truly believe that the decisions we’ve made for our future are the right ones. After writing and rehearsing the new material, we are confident that we’ve made the right choices.” Tremonti added in summation, “It’s no longer about the past – it’s about the future. This is a new band and a new beginning.”

COLD PLAY

COLD PLAY IN CONCERT (from the original website)

25 January: Key Arena, Seattle, WA (3397 Reads)
26 January: GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia (2579 Reads)
27 January: GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia (1547 Reads)
30 January: Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA (2387 Reads)
31 January: Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA (1596 Reads)
1 February: HP Pavillion, San Jose, CA (1343 Reads)
2 February: San Francisco - Private Acoustic Performance (814 Reads)
3 February: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV (1510 Reads)
4 February: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA (1826 Reads)
6 February: Arrowhead Pond Of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA (1241 Reads)
7 February: Arrowhead Pond Of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA (1520 Reads)
Grammy Awards 2006 (793 Reads)
13 February: Radio 2 - Abbey Road Studios (1153 Reads)
15 February: Brit Awards (397 Reads)
19 February: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO (1336 Reads)
20 February: Qwest Center, Omaha, NE (1041 Reads)
22 February: Palace Of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI (1310 Reads)
23 February: Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY (1370 Reads)
25 February: Toyota Center, Houston, TX (1408 Reads)
26 February: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX (1395 Reads)
27 February: Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK (1864 Reads)
2 March: MCI Center, Washington, DC (936 Reads)
4 March: T.D. Waterhouse Center, Orlando, FL (1250 Reads)
5 March: Ford Pavilion, Tampa, FL (1577 Reads)
17 March: ScotiaBank Place, Kanata, ON (1114 Reads)
19 March: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI (1235 Reads)
20 March: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH (1096 Reads)
22 March: Air Canada Center, Toronto, Ontario (3279 Reads)
23 March: Air Canada Center, Toronto, Ontario (2852 Reads)
25 March: Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ (1570 Reads)
26 March: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (1170 Reads)
27 March: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (1044 Reads)
30 March: United Center Chicago, IL (1347 Reads)
31 March: United Center Chicago, IL (1324 Reads)
3 April: Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH (512 Reads)
4 April: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT (571 Reads)
6 April: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA (1745 Reads)
6 April: China Club, New York, NY [Acoustic Set - WPLJ] (959 Reads)
11 June: Isle Of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, Isle Of Wight (1068 Reads)
23 June: Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia (1453 Reads)
24 June: Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia (701 Reads)
26 June: Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia (982 Reads)
27 June: Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia (778 Reads)
28 June: Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia (845 Reads)
1 July: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia (1090 Reads)
2 July: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia (578 Reads)
3 July: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia (699 Reads)
5 July: Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia (712 Reads)
7 July: Burswood Dome, Perth, Australia (1184 Reads)
10 July: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore (1350 Reads)
13 July: Hong Kong Airport Expo, Hong Kong (704 Reads)
15 July: Intex Osaka, Osaka, Japan (433 Reads)
17 July: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan (390 Reads)
18 July: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (462 Reads)
19 July: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (980 Reads)
27 September: Jay-Z and guests at Royal Albert Hall (feat. Chris Martin)

ReD HOT CHILI PePPER

Red Hot Chili Peppers (originally Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem) were formed after what was supposed to be a one-time performance in 1983 by Fairfax High School alumni Michael "Flea" Balzary, Jack Irons, Anthony Kiedis, and Hillel Slovak. Later in that same year, they secured a record deal with EMI.
Irons and Slovak were committed to their original band, What Is This?, so the sessions for their self titled debut, Red Hot Chili Peppers were recorded with Jack Sherman on guitar and Cliff Martinez on drums. Produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill, the album did not achieve commercial success. The ensuing tour did not fare much better, with internal fighting resulting in Sherman leaving the band, at which point Slovak returned.
Parliament-Funkadelic's George Clinton was hired to produce their second album, 1985's Freaky Styley. Martinéz left the band soon after the release of the album, allowing the return of original drummer Jack Irons in early 1986.
While the album did garner some attention from college radio, mainstream radio gave it little notice.
Their first album to enter the Billboard Top 200, 1987's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, was produced by Michael Beinhorn. This would be the only album to feature the four original high school friends. Its first single, "Fight Like a Brave", would later be featured on the soundtrack to the video game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 in 2001.
During the supporting tour, drug problems, which have haunted the band throughout its career, came to public light when Slovak relapsed; resulting in erratic behaviour and botched performances. Shortly after the band returned from some performances in Europe on June 27, 1988, Slovak was found dead of a heroin overdose. When news spread of the death of one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, everyone (including Blackie Dammett, Kiedis' father) assumed it was Kiedis, because of the severity of his addiction. It wasn't until later that they discovered the truth. Anthony couldn't be immediately tracked down, as he was somewhere in Los Angeles, presumably getting high. Anthony himself had such drug problems at that time that he couldn't really comprehend the fact that his soulmate was dead. He explains in his autobiography that at some point there he turned off his brain from all the mess. Some people associated him with being responsible for Hillel's death, Hillel's family said he was the bad influence for him. Even though his best friend just passed away he continued to get loaded on speedballs. He didn't know what else to do. He decided that he was in such bad shape he couldn't attend to the funeral. Togheter with Ione, his girlfriend at that time, he traveled to a house in a small fishing village in Mexico that Ione's mother had mentioned once. He felt better but after ten days he returned and was again down in the mess that he left. One day Jack Irons called to a band meeting and he explained that "I don't want to be part of something where my friends are dying" He left the band and never came back
The band temporarily employed Dead Kennedys drummer D.H. Peligro and former P-Funk guitarist DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight, later replacing them with Chad Smith and John Frusciante. Mother's Milk was released in August 1989, providing the band with their first top modern rock hits with their tribute ballad to Slovak, "Knock Me Down" [2], and their cover of Stevie Wonder's hit "Higher Ground". The album reached #52 on the album charts, the best chart position yet for the band at that point. Contributing to the ascending to success was Kiedis' girlfriend at the time, Ione Skye, having a lead role in the movie "Say anything", from which the hit "Taste the Pain" was included in the soundtrack. Frusciante proved to be a prodigious and talented guitarist, and that contributed to that album being their breakthrough album. Although it is thought to have been their breakthrough album to the mainstream, the band usually refrains from playing it in live concerts due to John's dislike of the "macho" way he used to play on it. In an 2002 interview, the guitarist stated:
"Way back when I joined the band and when we were recording 'Mother's Milk' the producer pushed me into this metal-funk department and I therefore played mainly hard riffs on the lower e-string. That didn't really come from the heart, however, in those days it seemed to be a good idea. Although I'm not too proud of 'Mother's Milk', it is probably our most influential album. At least back then a lot of people jumped at it. In some instances we simultaneously put five distorted guitar tracks and a piercing solo on top of the bass." [citation needed]
John later said that it was largely the producers decision rather, than his own, to have multi-layered guitar parts, and the "weird experience" he had with layering on 'Mother's Milk' was the reason that he did not layer so much on later albums with the band

QUEEN

Queen is an English rock band formed by Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. The band became popular during the mid-to-late 1970s and to this day retains an extremely large international fan base.
Although formerly overlooked by critics, especially those in the United States, Queen has more recently been acclaimed as a pioneer of arena rock[1], glam rock[1], hard rock[2], heavy metal[1], and progressive rock[1].
In the Music Of The Millenium poll conducted by Channel 4 in 1999, Queen was voted the second greatest band in music history[3].
The band has also been cited as a strong influence on many later artists and in 2001 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2003 Queen became the first and only band to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2004 the band was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, and in 2006 was the first inductee in to the VH1 Rock Honors.
Queen has also been inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame (at Guitar Center on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard), and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Queen has had a total of eighteen #1 albums, seventeen #1 singles, and eight #1 DVD's worldwide.