20th Century Music - Unit #11

AC/DC, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osborn, Kiss, and Aerosmith. CW for mentions of drug use, one mention of killing a live animal, and suicide

Angus and Malcolm Young formed the first version of the band with Bon Scott followed by Phillip Rudd and Mark Evans

How AC/DC got started

Hard Rock

AC/DC’s sound

Bon Scott passed away and was replaced with Brian Johnson

What happened to AC/DC’s vocalist

Back in Black, it spent a year on US charts

The big AC/DC album that came out after the change in their lineup

3 fans were crushed to death

The tragedy that occured with AC/DC at one of their shows in January of 1991

Angus Young wore a schoolboy uniform on stage, they go all out with fog, cannons, and effects. Overall they’re pretty crazy

What AC/DC live shows were like

They still continue with member change ups

What AC/DC is doing now

Jan Van Halen played saxophone and clarinet

The instruments that the Van Halen brothers’ father played

Eddie and Alex Van Halen got piano lessons, then discovered Rock n Roll in America

The musical training that the Van Halen brothers received

Eddie played drums and Alex played guitar, except eventually they swapped instruments

What the Van Halen brothers play

Mammoth; David Lee Roth, Michael Anthony, Alex + Eddie Van Halen

The Van Halen brothers’ first band and the members

They did cover material; the genres were anywhere from disco to pop

The type of music that Mammoth played at first

Gene Simmons; Warner Bros

Who helped Van Halen get signed to a record company and which company

Van Halen

Van Halen’s debut album

He uses a lot of hammer-ons, he combines sounds for his own style, and makes his own guitars

What Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing was like

Van Halen II

Van Halen’s second album

David Lee Roth broke his nose on-stage and they trashed their dressing room over M&Ms

The problems with one of Van Halen’s tours

1984

Van Halen’s biggest album

That the band was going to break up, David Lee Roth delaying recording with the group and eventually left to be replaced with Sammy Hagar

What was widely rumored about Van Halen and what resulted from it

5150, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

The three multiplatinum Van Halen albums from the Hager era

Sammy Hagar wanted to take time off touring to be with his pregnant wife, and he didn’t want to sing what the others wanted; he quit/was fired

What happened with Sammy Hagar from Van Halen

David Lee Roth was invited back, but he left after it was announce that he wasn’t a “real” member; Gary Cherone replaced him

Who was invited back to Van Halen after Sammy Hagar was no longer apart of the group and what happened to him

They had a few reunions, Eddie Van Halen passed, the end of Van Halen was announced, David Lee Roth went off solo

What is up with Van Halen now

The four original members were schoolmates and formed Polka Tolk Blues Company, which became Earth, which became Black Sabbath

How Black Sabbath started

Paranoid

The Black Sabbath single that came out before it’s album released

Negative themes, death, destruction, dark magic

What Black Sabbath songs were about

Ozzy Osborn briefly quit due to drug use

Who ended up quitting Black Sabbath

They weren’t as successful

What happened after Ozzy Osborn left Black Sabbath

A grammy for the best Metal performance, for their song Iron Man

The award that Black Sabbath received

Dio passed away, the band had reunions and members worked on new materials, eventually an official disbandment was announced

What happened to Black Sabbath

He bit a head off of a live duck, then a dead bat and after the bat he had to get rabies shots, he also stated that he was “not a musician but a ham”

Some… Interesting things Ozzy Osborn did on stage

You Can’t Kill Rock n Roll; Blizzard of Ozz

Ozzy Osborn‘s first two solo albums

His tour plane crashed and his hairdresser died

The tragedy associated with Ozzy Osborn that happened

He was fined because his fans trashed a stadium, he disappeared for three weeks, and acted in trick or treat

What Ozzy Osborn was fined for and what else that happened in that year

He was sued over his song “Suicide Solution” because some parents thought their children committed suicide because of it

Why Ozzy Osborn was sued

No More Tears, No More Tears, No More Tears

The Ozzy Osborn tour announced in 1991, the ablum that released and a hit that came from it

He broke his foot on tour and almost caused a riot

What happened with Ozzy Osborn on his No More Tears tour

His tour brought him to San Antonio Texas where he was banned from. He was banned from a lot of places

Where Ozzy Osborn was brought on tour, and what was significant about the place

He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and he canceled his tour for health reasons

What’s going on with Ozzy Osborn now

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley formed a band, then they found Peter Criss’s ad in a Rolling Stones magazine. Ace Frehly joined later

How Kiss Formed

They felt that the bands image was “threatening”

How critics first thought of Kiss

Kiss Army

What Kiss fans were known as

Peter Criss wrote Beth for his wife

Who wrote Beth

It started with teen guys then just became all young people

The type of people who were Kiss fans

Kiss, got two Marvel comic books

Which band got comic books made for them?

NBC broadcasted Kiss Meets Phantom of the Park

The movie that Kiss was apart of and who broadcasted it

Peter Criss left to go off on his own, and was replaced by Eric Carr who died

What happened to the first drummer from Kiss

They briefly changed it and removed their face paint

What happened to Kiss‘s image

They did a reunion tour and sold lots of merchandise

What happened with Kiss in the 90’s

They’ve gotten together for reunions but Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are the only two original members left

What is up with Kiss now

Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Steven Tyler, Joe Kramer, and Brad Whitford

The members of Aerosmith

Colombia Records

The record company that signed Aerosmith

Aerosmith, Dream On

Aerosmith‘s first album and the hit from it

Joe Perry and Steven Tyler were the Toxic Twins cus drugggggs

The nickname given to two members of Aerosmith

Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club as villains; Come Together

The movie that Aerosmith members appeared in, and the song that they covered

Joe Perry quit because there were too many conflicts with Steven Tyler, after that Brad Whitford left

What problems happened with Aerosmith

They had a quad-platinum album come out which won a grammy, they started producing “Get a Grip” and it was their first time back with colombia. They didn’t get along with the producer and he left and was replaced. The band also ended up firing their manager

The stuff that happened with Aerosmith relating to recording near the end of their career

They got 2 grammies and were nominated for an academy award

The awards that Aerosmith received

Mrs. Doubtfire

The movie where the song “Dude Looks Like a Lady” was used

Bon Scott passed away and was replaced with Brian Johnson

What happened to AC/DC’s vocalist and who he was replaced with