In the later part of the band's career Plant's lyrics became more autobiographical, and less optimistic, drawing on his own experiences and circumstances.

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.

Whereas some praised the band's new Stones-influenced sound, some dismissed the album as tired and drawing too heavily on their influences.

As the band gained popularity the logo was graffiti ed in and around Los Angeles, drawing the attention of the police to the band's activities. Black Flag's visual imagery and artwork complemented the themes found in the band's music.

The band's supporting tour was a success, with its show at Pine Knob Amphitheater in metro Detroit drawing a sell-out crowd of 18, 000.

Download's music has been described as post-industrial, drawing from the band's genesis as part of Skinny Puppy but also sharing common stylistic ground with such artists as Aphex Twin and Autechre.

While Ozzy Osbourne was the frontman of the band, Butler wrote almost all of the band's lyrics, drawing heavily upon his fascination with religion, science-fiction, fantasy and horror, and musings on the darker side of human nature that posed a constant threat of global annihilation.

The band's name was taken from the title of a drawing by Riebl's younger brother, Max, and its distinctive cat's eye icon, known as " Pablo ", was created by Ian McGill, Ollie McGill's father.

The band's sound is generally a mix of staccato bass and rhythmic, harmonized guitar, with a snare heavy mix, drawing comparisons to post-punk bands such as Joy Division and The Chameleons.

The drum production in particular is especially dry, lending Bobo's playing a surprisingly appropriate electronic quality, while at the same time drawing direct attention to the band's rhythmic precision as the band drops effortlessly in and out of beats.

Compared with the band's debut EP, Shine, vocalist Andrew Wood's vocal stylings are more mature, drawing heavily upon similar techniques of guitarist and singer Marc Bolan.

The album is a greatest-hits compilation, drawing from the band's first three albums, two outtake compilation and live album on Polydor Records and several co-owned labels ( Verve, MGM and Mercury ).

In 1997, the band released a compilation album, My Body, The Hand Grenade, which featured material from the band's earliest recordings in 1989 up until 1995, and, in September 1998, released their third studio album, Celebrity Skin, which featured a stark power pop sound as opposed to the group's earlier punk rock influences.

The history of the band's use of the internet is described by Michael Lewis in the book Next: The Future Just Happened as an example of how the internet is shifting power away from established elites, such as record producers.

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 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 ".

Roe chose not to replace Leonhardt, preferring to record and perform as a power trio ; however, multi-instrumentalist Scott Reams was occasionally brought in to enhance the band's sound during their live performances.

( Dallabnikufesin )" was intended to illustrate the band's disdain for power ballads, which were very fashionable in the commercial metal scene at the time.

The power ballad " Silent Lucidity ", which featured an orchestra, became the band's first Top 10 single.

The singerless " power trio " lineup of Navetta, Lombardo, and Stevenson recorded the band's debut single at Media Art studios and released it on their own label, Orca Records, named after Stevenson's fishing boat.

The band's songs " One Way or Another " and " 11: 59 " from Parallel Lines clearly demonstrated Blondie's power pop side.

It featured two of the band's most highly acclaimed songs, the power ballad " Forever Free " and a cover of The Who's " The Real Me ".

Although it will not be a power metal album, it will be published under the name of Blind Guardian because it matches the theme of the band's lyrics, according to Hansi.

Failure to find a winning followup to " Gloria " handicapped the band's earning power, and led to its disintegration.

Some of the topics addressed in the band's albums include sexuality, war and its effect on family and humanity, environmental issues ( such as nuclear power ), the forming of the individual, and the nature of God, humankind, and existence.

Herman Li commented on descriptions of the band's style in an interview with Guitar World: "' Nintendo metal ', ' extreme power metal ', ' Bon Jovi on speed ', ' Journey meets Slayer ', ... people are always coming up with weird labels for us.

The opening line ' Libraries gave us power ' was inspired by the legend above the entrance to the former Pillgwenlly Library in Newport, near the band's home town of Blackwood in Wales: ' Knowledge is Power ', whilst the phrase ' then work came and made us free ' refers to the German slogan Arbeit macht frei that featured above the gates of most of the Nazi concentration camps and which was earlier referred to by the band on " The Intense Humming of Evil " from The Holy Bible.

Dreamaker is a Spanish power metal band, formed by three former Dark Moor members, following the band's split.

The band's album Rocket Ride features even less symphonic and power metal elements, and is arguably more oriented towards hard rock.

The band's first release, " Broadcaster ", was often referred to as " Cheap Trick meets Nirvana " and featured power-pop two-toned guitar crunch and a stunning power backbeat.

It was the follow-up to the band's 1996 self-titled debut ; like its predecessor, it showcases upbeat, power pop music.

Though the band's long career has seen them successfully pioneer many different musical genres ; including glam rock, power pop, electronic dance music, mainstream pop and most recently chamber pop, Sparks have arguably created their own unique musical universe.

The planning for this " video album " had begun early in the band's career, as Duran Duran and their management realized the power of video as an artistic marketing tool.

While the Daddies are generally labeled as swing and / or ska, critics have conceived terms such as " punk swing ", " power swing " and " big band punk rock " to describe the band's unique approach, mixing " the propulsion of swing beats and rabbit-punch bursts of brass with grimy rebel-rock guitars to give the jumpin ' jive sound a much-needed facelift ".

The band's style takes elements from gothic metal, folk metal, power metal and melodic death metal.

By the time of Let's Active's third and final album, Every Dog Has His Day ( 1988 ), the band's sound had evolved into harder-edged power pop.

A deluxe digital version, available for download only, has 32 tracks including a rare 1987 live recording of the band's version of the Hunters & Collectors song " Throw Your Arms Around Me ".

The following day's second Oakland concert was the band's final live appearance in the United States.

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.

Although it debuted at No. 4, and in spite of a live performance at the American Music Awards, the album was a commercial failure, due in part to the band's label's lack of support.

The album delineates the apex of Rush's progressive period by featuring live material from the band's Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures tours.

Mixed by producer Paul Northfield and engineered by Terry Brown, it contained three discs packed with recorded performances from the band's Counterparts, Test For Echo, and A Farewell to Kings tours, marking the fourth officially released live album by the band.

In November 2009, the " Skyhooks Tour Archive ", displayed on the band's website, listed 925 live shows.

They played mainly new Stacy-penned tracks, though Darryl Hunt also contributed songs, and the band's live set included a few Pogues songs.

The band's first live performance was at the Orpheum Theater.

As their stylistic repertoire began to expand with the writing and recording of Hootenanny the following year, the band's increasingly antagonistic stage show left them with a reputation for their rowdy, often drunken live shows.

It featured the band's first single ( A-and B-side ), several rare B-side tracks as well as a radio promotion from 1979, a live track and several extended dance mix versions of their biggest MTV hits.

Since the band's inception, Andi Watson has been their lighting and stage director, designing the visuals of Radiohead's live concerts, such as the carbon-neutral " LED forest " of the In Rainbows tour.

The band's chief live technician, Peter Clements, or " Plank ", has worked with the band since before The Bends, overseeing the setup of their instruments for both studio recordings and live performances.

The album also featured one of the band's heaviest songs, Brian May's " Tie Your Mother Down ", which became a staple of their live shows.

Many of these fans, and some members of the band itself, regard the performances filmed at Madison Square Garden as merely average for the time, coming as they did at the end of a long and exhausting tour, but nonetheless representative of the generally high standard of the band's live performances during this era.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler has made scatting a part of many of the band's recordings and live shows, sometimes performing extended scat solos which work to complement extend guitar solos, act as solos themselves, even to replace forgotten lyrics.

Ambrose's acrobatic saxophone playing, along with Lytle on the double bass-literally on it, riding it like a pony, and holding it over his head-were highlights of the band's live performances during this time.

An article in Q Magazine describes a 1977 Ray Lowry cartoon which depicted an arena of " either asleep, moribund, comatose " fans watching a live Genesis performance, with the band's name emblazoned on a banner above the stage reading " GENESNOOZE ".

The band's March 1971 live recording, Pictures at an Exhibition, an interpretation of Modest Mussorgsky's work of the same name, was issued as a low-priced record, the success of which contributed to the band's overall popularity.

The band took a full Moog modular synthesizer ( an enormous, complex, and unreliable ( tuning-wise ) instrument, which Dr. Robert Moog thought " would never work live ") on the road with them, which added to the uniqueness of the band's live sound.

Among other things, the podcast featured the band's thoughts about their 2005 South American tour, some information on their new album, a mash-up of " Drive " and Tupac Shakur's " Better Dayz ", a cover of Soundgarden's " Black Hole Sun ", and a few live interludes.