* The Damned-Damned Damned Damned, a limited number of which were deliberately printed with a photo of Eddie and the Hot Rods on the back of the cover, rather than The Damned playing at The Roxy Club, and with an erratum sticker apologising for this " mistake ", and on the front of the LP, on top of the original shrinkwrap, a red food-fight sticker saying ' Damned Damned ', thus completing the LP's title when read underneath the band's name ;

After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.

The band's sound appealed to both Lemmy's original fans and, eventually, to fans of the punk rock scene.

Saints of Los Angeles features the band's original lineup.

Meanwhile, in 2002 material from the band's original 17-track demo tape was released as an EP, Pixies, on Cooking Vinyl in the U. K. and SpinArt Records in the U. S .; Frank Black has also used these labels to release solo work and albums with The Catholics.

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

Many early Pink Floyd songs such as " See Emily Play " ( played with a Zippo lighter for a slide ), feature Syd Barrett's slide guitar performances, reflecting the band's original Chicago urban blues repertoire from musicians such as Bo Diddley and Slim Harpo.

The band's original intention with Fingerprince was to release it as the very first " three-sided " album – they had found a way to simulate a third side by arranging the grooves on one side of the vinyl album to play a completely different program of tracks depending on which series of grooves the needle was dropped on.

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.

These events included numerous appearances and performances by surviving members of the original Comets, including the band's induction into the Rock Walk hall of fame, a performance at the Viper Room club on the Sunset Strip, and a special performance for employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena to celebrate the success of the Deep Impact space probe.

The band's popularity in the United States began to wane in 1956 – 57 as sexier, wilder acts such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard began to dominate the record charts ( although Haley's cover version of Little Richard's " Rip It Up "-which was released in direct competition-actually outsold the original ).

In the wake of the group's success for the Victor release, in May the band returned to Columbia, recording two selections of popular tunes of the day chosen for them by the record company ( possibly hoping to avoid the copyright problems which arose after Victor recorded two of the band's supposedly original compositions ) " Darktown Strutter's Ball " and "( Back Home Again in ) Indiana " as catalogue # A-2297.

The band's original 1917 composition " Tiger Rag " became a jazz standard that later was covered by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ted Lewis, Joe Jackson, and the Mills Brothers.

And after a slew of rumours, they announced that this original line-up of Asia were planning a CD, DVD and world tour to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary.

" Their lyrics are sung exclusively in Swedish instead of the Finnish language " apparently because this language was better to evoke the trollish spirit ", even though the real reason for this lies in the band's original vocalist belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority.

They contributed two tracks to the influential Marty Thau Presents 2x5 compilation and their debut album, the self-titled Comateens, ( 1980 ) featured the band's bizarrely original compositions alongside covers of " Summer in the City " ( The Lovin ' Spoonful ), " TVC 15 " ( David Bowie ), and the theme song from TV's The Munsters.

" The album's singles — the Bruce Johnston-produced original " Bluebirds Over the Mountains " ( Billboard # 64 ) and the Carl Wilson-produced cover of The Ronettes ' " I Can Hear Music "— won lukewarm attention, with the latter reaching # 24 on the Billboard single chart in April 1969 ; the lead track, the Wilson / Love-authored " Do It Again ", an unabashed throwback to the band's earlier surf hits, had been an international hit in the summer of 1968, reaching # 20 in the US charts and # 1 the UK while also scoring well in other countries.

The band were originally known as Riot but the name became Riot / Clone after two members of the original lineup wanted the band's name to become Clone.

The Kinks ' early recordings of 1964 ranged from covers of R & B standards like " Long Tall Sally " and " Got Love If You Want It "; to the chiming, melodic beat music of Ray Davies ' earliest original compositions for the band, " You Still Want Me " and " Something Better Beginning "; to the more influential proto-metal, protopunk, power chord-based hard rock of the band's first two hit singles, " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ".

On October 11, 2011, Goomba Music released Worship the Animal, which is a newly titled version of Nile's demo, which the band's original line-up recorded in 1994.

It has been identified alternately as an abbreviation of " Parliament-Funkadelic ", " pure funk " or " Plainfield Funk ", referring to Plainfield, New Jersey, the hometown of the band's original line-up.

" Another suggested definition is " Plainfield Funk ", referring to Plainfield, New Jersey, the hometown of the band's original line-up.

Drummer Pierre Moerlen, who had been persuaded by Virgin to rejoin Gong as a co-leader with Malherbe ( after his spell with the French contemporary ensemble Les Percussions De Strasbourg ) in 1975, gradually took over the band's leadership ( with the original band dissolving in 1976 ).

The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell ( vocals ), Dave Navarro ( guitar ), Eric Avery ( bass ) and Stephen Perkins ( drums ).

The original version of the video is only available on a few of the band's DVD releases, as well as on YouTube.

Early lyrics drew on the band's blues and folk roots, often mixing lyrical fragments from different songs.

Since the release of the band's self-titled debut album in March 1974, Rush has become known for its musicianship, complex compositions, and eclectic lyrical motifs drawing heavily on science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy.

Their third album Drums and Wires contained the band's first major hit single " Making Plans for Nigel " ( another Moulding composition ), which caused a minor controversy because of its lyrical reference to British Steel.

The album ’ s title, a reference to the Doomsday Clock, foreshadowed the band's new lyrical themes.

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.

The lyrical content of Down III: Over the Under covers subjects such as the breakup of Pantera, the murder of ex-Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, the band's anger at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and Anselmo's recovery from back surgery and drug addiction.

The album featured a darker lyrical outlook as compared to the band's previous record, although there is still a great deal of the band's trademark humor.

The band's later albums retained a leftist politicisation and intellectual lyrical style while adopting a broader alternative rock sound.

With the exceptions of " Grind ", " Heaven Beside You ", and " Over Now ", the lyrics are all written by Staley, making this album his greatest lyrical contribution to the band's catalogue.

The band's lyrical content offers a varied focus, including such topics as love, hate, depression, misanthropy, drugs, and religion.

Banks was one of the main composers of Genesis's music, and also made major lyrical contributions to the band's songs.

Although credited as a songwriter on most Blur tracks, his most significant lyrical contributions appeared on the hit singles " Tender " and " Coffee & TV "; a number of tracks in the band's catalogue were also penned mainly by Coxon.

The band's identifying characteristics, and those that distinguished them from their contemporaries, included noticeable and abrupt transitions from loud to quiet, Joy's distinct arpeggiated guitar ( often picked ), and Vance's esoteric, stream of conscious lyrical content.

However, the band's lyrical themes don't often draw inspiration from horror films, instead adopting a tongue-in-cheek manner.

Aesthetically, the band's firmly-held ideals, staunch independence, insistence on creative control, and stark lyrical topics had a significant impact on the developing independent rock community.

The partnership between Squire and Brown formed the heart of the band's lyrical and musical output.

Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of ' 50s and ' 60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content ( e. g., crime, drugs, murder, suicide, love, lust, and betrayal ), similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground.

Another common lyrical theme in the band's material was that of insulting other bands, as well as music in general, an example being " Limp Bizkit Think They're Black, but They're Just Gay " on their 2001 EP Defenders of the Hate and " 311 Sucks ".

McCready made his first lyrical contribution for the band with the track " Inside Job ", which closes the band's 2006 self-titled album.

The band's lyrical content is concerned with subjects such as life, religion, science, politics and the environment.

The two mainstay members of Shai Hulud are considered to be Matt Fox ( guitar ), who writes most of the band's musical and lyrical output, and Matt Fletcher ( originally guitar, but then moved on to bass ), who assists in writing.

Despite the name, the band's traditional lyrical themes involving evil and occultism has evolved into a more " mystic " path, and they have modified their musical direction on each album, utilizing elements such as clean melodic baritone vocals, doom, gothic metal and industrial music traits, and male / female Benedictine chants.