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.

This unique sound is the backdrop for the band's message of dignity for indigenous people, all of humanity, and Earth.

" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

Bassist Nick Seymour, who is also an artist, designed or co-designed all of the band's album covers and interior artwork.

This slight difference in instrumentation derives from the British concert band's heritage in military bands, where the highest brass instrument is always the cornet.

1: The Miracle and the Sleeper ", which was released on the band's 1992 breakthrough album, Images and Words, and is followed by the 2005 album " Octavarium ".

2008 also saw a Japan exclusive box set containing the band's first six albums, This is the Devo Box.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

The band's fashion-sense has been seminal ; Simeon Lipman, head of pop culture at Christie's auction house, has commented that " Led Zeppelin have had a big influence on fashion because the whole aura surrounding them is so cool, and people want a piece of that ".

The band's success peaked between 1980 and 1981 with a number of UK chart hits, including the classic single " Ace of Spades ", which is still a crowd favourite today and the # 1 on the live album No Sleep ' til Hammersmith.

The band announced a three-week residency in Las Vegas, with bassist Nikki Sixx stating, " This is the beginning of what will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band's career.

The band's 1983 hit " Blue Monday ", the best-selling 12-inch single of all time, is one example of how the band transformed their sound.

Rob Gretton, the band's manager for over twenty years, is credited for having found the name " New Order " in an article in The Guardian entitled " The People's New Order of Kampuchea ".

The band's identity with its " hometown " of Burlington, Vermont is evident in their actions.

The lead track, " Tom Sawyer ", is probably the band's best-known song with " Limelight " also receiving satisfactory responses from listeners and radio stations.

The bulk of the band's music has always included synthetic instruments in some form or another, and this is a great source of contention in the Rush camp, especially the band's heavy reliance on synthesizers and keyboards during the 1980s, particularly on albums Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire.

Moving Pictures is currently the band's highest-selling album ( 4. 4 million units ).

The Midwestern United States was the original REO Speedwagon fan stronghold and is pivotal in this period of the band's history.

In a recent webisode posted on the band's website, Lewis stated that eight songs are written and that " every one of them is as heavy or heavier than the heaviest song on the last record ".

The jury and judges also noted, in their words, that Biafra “ lacked credibility ” on the songwriting issue and found from evidence presented by both sides that the songwriting credits were due to the entire band, using a clause in the band's written partnership giving a small share of every Dead Kennedys song royalty directly to the band partnership.

When his manager informed him that a band by the name of " Bastard " would never get a slot on " Top of the Pops ", Lemmy changed the band's name to " Motörhead " – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind.

He has written about a number of offbeat subjects in the band's songs, such as extraterrestrials, surrealism, incest, and biblical violence.

For example, Led Zeppelin was largely written off by Rolling Stone magazine critics during the band's most active years in the 1970s.

The song, which had been written the previous summer by Damian O ' Neill and Michael Bradley, reached number 9 in the UK charts and would subsequently prove to be the band's highest charting single.

Finally released from Virgin, they formed their own label, Idea Records, and embarked on the recording of the ambitious " Apple Venus " project, a collection of the best material written during the band's dispute with Virgin.

Although the majority of the band's material was written and performed by Gary Barlow, Williams did perform lead vocals on their first Top Ten hit " Could It Be Magic ", " I Found Heaven ", and " Everything Changes ".

A joint statement between Williams and the group said " The rumours are true ... Take That: the original lineup, have written and recorded a new album, to be called, Progress for release later this year ," read the band's statement.

Since the band's beginning, nearly all songs had been written by and credited to a single member, with other members adding minimally.

All but one of the band's songs were written or co-written by Bono, Shink, and Mark Hudson.

It was announced in August 2010 that new material had been written for the band's twentieth studio album Fly from Here, the first since 2001.

The initial release of the band's first album, From Genesis to Revelation, used a plain black sleeve with Genesis written in a green gothic typeface.

The album's first single, " The Distance ", written by Greg Brown, became the band's biggest hit to date and is considered their " ubiquitous " song ; it hit number 5 on the RPM Alternative 30, and entered the Modern Rock Tracks top 5.

In a documentary programme about that album ( as part of the Classic Albums TV series ), lead singer Bruce Dickinson wanders through the avenues of Portmeirion and describes how the song was written and how the band's manager obtained permission from Patrick McGoohan to use dialogue from the show in the song's introduction.

His style has changed with the band's evolution ; much of the lyrics on Core were written about societal issues such as religion, abuse of power, and isolation.

The lyrics of the band's fourth album were written to provide closure to his marriage and addiction to heroin.

On 23 July 2009, the band's website announced that most of the material for a new album has been written, and that their tenth album is to be released independently rather than through a record label.

In reaction to public speculation that Kurt Cobain had written the band's second album, Celebrity Skins liner notes listed explicitly every musician's contribution to the record, specifying authorship for every song.

The band's final album, Mardi Gras, was released in April 1972, featuring songs written by Fogerty, Cook, and Clifford and a cover of " Hello Mary Lou " ( a song Gene Pitney originally wrote for Ricky Nelson.

Also, the song " Cast No Shadow " was written as a homage to Richard Ashcroft, who in turn wrote " A Northern Soul " from the band's second album for Noel Gallagher.

Smith has written or co-written the bulk of the band's music and lyrics over its thirty six-year lifespan.

Many of Byron's lyrical stories are soon to be expanded into short stories and graphic novels ( written by Byron and illustrated by fantasy artist Martin Hanford ), and the forthcoming expanded Glossary, which will be an extended version of the glossary previously posted to the band's website, will be the definitive A-Z of all the characters and events of the vast lyrical universe.

Townshend is the primary songwriter for The Who, having written well over 100 songs for the band's 11 studio albums, including concept albums and the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, plus popular rock and roll radio staples like Who's Next, and dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations like Odds & Sods.