Past Music legends

As time goes by..fashion..technology and of coz music changes as well.. No music no life. So how has music from our father's time tranformed into sumthing we young ppl live to enjoy today. From Frank Sinatra,The Platters and Richie Valens to the now Linkin Park, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguileria etc etc..there's so many artists now to suit everyone's taste.

So what do i like? As for me..i feel music peaked during the 80s and 90s. Dun get me wrong..modern artist are good too but many owe their trade of style and music to the many musicians and singers of yesteryear.

Here are the examples:



Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
One of the best guitarist ever to walk this earth. Stevie was a self taught guitarist who excelled in blues. He's idol was Jimi Hendrix, another guitar legend who too died young. Stevie or SRV to some carried on where Jimi Hendrix left off and brought guitar solo and wizardry to another level. SRV played mainly blues with his band - Double Trouble and was hailed by many as the best even by the great Eric Clapton.



The original Guns & Roses - Slash, Izzy Stradlin,Duff McKagan, Axl Rose and Steven Adler. Who can forget the band who gave us hits like Sweet Child Of Mine, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and many more! Formed in the late 80s the band was considered by many as the best ever rock band. Over the years GNR changed members stating drug problems and differences as some of the reasons. GNR is still around today with only Axl Rose left in the band. But it has lost the power and the essence that made it once the greatest. Slash and Duff Mckagan are now part of the band - Velvet Revolver.



Queen - an english band whose rock music spanned 3 decades in the 70s till the 90s as one of the most successful bands ever and can be placed in the same league as the beatles in my opinion. Hits like Bohemian Raspsody, We will rock You, One Vision, Princes of the Universe, I want to Break Free, We are the Champions and Bicycle. I can still remember rocking along with We will Rock You during my primary sch days in the bus. Everyone will jus sing along and thumped our feet to the beat. Those were the days.

Band members - Guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury,drummer Roger Taylor with bassist John Deacon.

Freddie Mercury died of AIDS in 1991 and even still, the band didn't really disbanded. The members remain a low profile and still perform to this day under the name - Queen.




You may not hear of them before but Skid Row was very famous as a heavy metal band in the late 80s to 90s. Vocalist Sebastian Bach, guitarists Scotti Hill and Dave "Snake" Sabo, bassist Rachel Bolan, and drummer Rob Affuso created incredible music that could never be surpassed. Teenagers just loved them for their bad attitude, rebellion, and especially for their hit "Youth Gone Wild," which was pretty much the national anthem of that year. Skid Row wrote other songs like "18 and life", I remember you, Wasted Time and In the Darkened Room to name some. Skid Row broke up in late 1997.

So to some of you out there whom may question or even argue with me the musicians i chose. Well i can't stop you and i can't possibly please everyone out there so i only list out four. And afterall all this is my blog so if you have a problem...SCRAM!!!Wahahahaa!!!! Nah i'm not that heartless..Anyone and everyone out there has their own unique taste of music. Whatever is it, i'm sure it has accompanied you through time like how music has brought me from child to adulthood. So to all there - ROCK ON!

desong was shot at Monday, August 13, 2007