The band's music is described as a blend of genres, including hard rock, funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, jazz and ska and is often compared to that of Rage Against the Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone.

Although Holly had already begun to become disillusioned with Norman Petty before meeting Maria Elena, it was through her and her aunt Provi, the head of Latin American music at Peer-Southern, that he began to fully realize what was going on with his manager, who was paying the band's royalties into his own company's account.

Although Hole's sound changed over the course of the band's career, the pretty / ugly dynamic has often been noted as a consistent theme in Love's music, most prominently in Hole's first two studio albums.

It includes 19 of the band's greatest hits and is also available in a box set with a 25 track DVD of their music videos.

The album was played as two continuous pieces of music on the two sides of the vinyl and produced the band's two biggest hit singles, " Kayleigh " and " Lavender ".

The band's music had evolved much in a short time, moving away from hardcore formulas toward a more innovative jazz-informed style, featuring musicianship and dynamics far beyond other bands in the genre ( thus effectively removing the music from that genre ).

The front and back covers of Devo's first release, the 45rpm single ( music ) | single " Mongoloid ( song ) | Mongoloid " b / w " Jocko Homo " ( 1977 ), released on the band's Booji Boy Records

The fictional band's music was done by a real band named " Swamp Baby " with vocals by Dillon.

Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now regularly represented in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone lists of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums.

The acid jazz flavours and ethnic influences of the first three albums continued with the release of Synkronized, and Jay Kay's interest in funk and disco music were shifting the band's directions towards such.

In a 2002 story for the Chicago Daily Record, Mark Guarino, the newspaper's music critic, wrote that "' Forever Changes ' is a touchstone for serious pop fanatics ..." He added that, "... the band's first three albums were since rediscovered as visionary classics, all three culminating in ' Forever Changes ' ( Elektra ), the band's 1967 masterpiece of ornate pop.

However, the band's individualistic style drew from a wide variety of influences, including folk music, which they incorporated into their next two albums.

The result was a more acoustic sound that was strongly influenced by folk and Celtic music, and showcased the band's versatility.

From the visit to Bron-Yur-Aur in 1970, the songwriting partnership between Page and Plant became predominant, with Page supplying the music, largely via his acoustic guitar, and Plant emerging as the band's chief lyricist.

In the later stages of the band's career, Page took a back seat in composition and Jones became increasingly important in producing music, often composed on the keyboard.

Many of the band's songs dealt with themes of romance, unrequited love and sexual conquest, which were common in rock, pop and blues music.

That was quite a contrast with the earlier recordings, as he had written and co-written the music for much of the band's early material.

The band's first experience in the recording studio was recording the music to Riff Raff, a low-budget stage musical on which Sneddon had worked.

Though the band's early years were shadowed by the legacy and basic sound of Joy Division, their experience of the early 1980s New York City club scene increased their knowledge of dance music and saw them incorporate elements of that style into their work.

The band's style of music contains a range of elements, including indie rock, psychedelia, noise rock, and surf rock.

" The band's music incorporates extreme dynamic shifts ; Francis explained in 1991, " Those are the two basic components of rock music.

Allmusic critic Greg Prato notes that the album demarcates the boundary between the band's early years and the next era of their music.

The band's image also changed as members began to wear elaborate, flamboyant clothing.

The band's unfashionable reputation and image problem has often been mentioned in the media, even in otherwise positive reviews.

Sutcliffe's input was, however, an important early influence on the development of the band's image ; Sutcliffe was the first to wear what would later become famous as The Beatles ' moptop hairstyle, asking his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr to cut his hair in emulation of the hairdo worn by friend Klaus Voormann.

McLaren, manager of the Sex Pistols, Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow, and notorious for generating scandal, proposed some new material that was sexually suggestive, and did not fit with what at the time was the band's tomboyish and straightforward image.

" It also provided a cerebral aspect to the band's image: as the mainstream media caricatured Black Flag as a mindlessly aggressive act, the pairing of their music with high-concept artwork hinted at a greater intelligence at work that was unknown to outsiders.

Reasons for the breakup vary based on the band member interviewed, but were rooted in control of the band's sound and image.

The sombre mood of these early albums, along with Smith's on-stage persona, cemented the band's " gothic " image.

According to Shannon, Vaughan parted ways with the group after disliking the band's image.

The group's record producer, Mickie Most ( who controlled the band's output ), emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R & B numbers.

In addition, the youthful exuberance of the band's music, the inventive melodies and harmonies that they utilized, and their image as four equal personalities — rather than the more usual star being backed by a group of anonymous musicians — were all revolutionary in terms of creating a new standard for musical groups.

Despite their Beatlesque image, the band's use of minor chords, haunting harmonies, and folky acoustic guitar playing — as heard on their debut single " Laugh, Laugh "— was stylistically very similar to the later folk rock of The Byrds.

In November, Barnwell himself was judged surplus to musical requirements ( as well as being at odds with the band's image ), and was asked to leave.

Characterised at first by hard, bold typography and photo-collage, Garrett's designs for the band would later incorporate pop-religious iconography in clean, integrated package designs that befitted the band's idealised image as neo-romantic purveyors of European anthemic pop.

At this point in their history, the band's image reflected that of their biggest fans — leather jackets and motorcycles.

The cover art is a tribute to Minor Threat, a landmark hardcore punk band, that originally used the image of Alec MacKaye ( brother of the band's lead singer Ian MacKaye ) with his head on his knees on steps of the " Dischord House " on their eponymous EP.

The artist James Marsh designed the first cover image for It's My Life based on the band's name.

The original line-up of Ministry consisted mainly of Jourgensen ( vocals and guitar ), Stephen George ( drums ), Robert Roberts ( keyboards ), and John Davis ( keyboards ), although with a few personnel changes, the band's image would begin to focus more on Jourgensen and Stephen George.

's visual image ; often selecting album artwork and directing many of the band's music videos.

His designs crystallised the band's image, and spanned the entire range of their visual material – stage costumes, hair styles, sets and stage designs, posters, buttons, badges, handbills, promotional photos, tour programmes, and album and single covers.

The band's image was part of its success, and they became known for their shaved heads and multi-colored body painting, done to represent traditional Beti scarification, as well as torn t-shirts that implied a common folkness in contrast to the well-styled pop-makossa performers of the period.

Thursday was routinely upset at Victory Records over the use of the band's image and promotion, including the label's attempts to distribute Thursday-themed whoopie cushions.

Filled with the band's personal experiences and sexual innuendos, they became central to the group's image.

In a 2006 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ferguson revealed that both frustrations with the band's image and personal drug problems led her to leave Wild Orchid.

Fearing it would compromise the band's image, record company executives and band members began pressuring her to lose weight.

In early May 1963, the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, said Stewart should no longer be onstage, that six members were too many for a popular group and that the burly, square-jawed Stewart did not fit the image.